{"nrhp_refnum":"91001486","name":"North End Neighborhood Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, N. Fourth St. from Dock St. to Franklin Ave. and E side of jct. of Franklin and N. Fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Steubenville","county":"Jefferson County","state":"OH","lat":40.36749095400006,"lon":-80.6114381666064,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear residential historic district about five blocks long along North Fourth Street in Steubenville, Ohio, between Dock Street and Franklin Avenue. It includes 70 contributing and 12 noncontributing buildings, developed from the 1860s to the 1940s.","why_significant":"It is described as the only large remaining cohesive collection of residential structures from an important period of Steubenville's development. It was an upper-class neighborhood whose high-style houses reflect wealth from the city's rapid industrial expansion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It holds excellent examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and other styles, plus landmark institutional buildings.","narrative":"North Fourth Street in Steubenville, Ohio, forms the spine of a five-block neighborhood that was once the city's largest and finest residential area. Running from Dock Street north to Franklin Avenue, the district holds 70 contributing buildings, mostly two- and three-story brick or frame houses on small lots with regular setbacks, slate roofs and abundant leaded and beveled glass. Construction began in the 1860s and continued into the 1940s. The houses show a wide range of styles, including Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Shingle and Colonial Revival. Larger landmarks include St. Peter's Catholic Church of 1907, designed by Emile Ulrich of Cleveland with Beaux-Arts influences, the Art Deco Steubenville High School of 1940, and the Holy Resurrection Eastern Orthodox Church of 1947. The district was listed because it is the last large, cohesive group of homes reflecting the wealth produced by the city's industrial growth. Some houses have become offices or apartments, yet the neighborhood keeps its residential feel.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Emile Ulrich of Cleveland (St. Peter's Catholic Church)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Shingle, Beaux-Arts); Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Many homes have been converted to offices, apartments or institutional uses, and some infill has been built, but the area retains its character as a historic residential neighborhood.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.695101-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/91001486.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989476","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/jefferson-county/north-end-neighborhood-historic-district-91001486/"}