{"nrhp_refnum":"93000397","name":"Center Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Center St. between Town Cr. and Walnut St. and between Samaritan and Morgan Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashland","county":"Ashland County","state":"OH","lat":40.862502009500076,"lon":-82.31249474684245,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to a residential historic district along Center Street in Ashland, Ohio, adding nine houses and two churches at the north and south ends of the street, plus two noncontributing buildings. The street was laid out in 1846, and the added buildings date from 1859 to about 1917.","why_significant":"The increase is significant under Criterion C in architecture. It completes the residential neighborhood that housed the industrialists, bankers, physicians, merchants and political figures behind Ashland's growth. The added houses and churches show high-style and vernacular architecture from the 1840s through the 1920s, and they were closely tied to families already living in the existing district.","narrative":"Center Street in Ashland, Ohio, developed as a continuous run of homes and churches stretching about seven blocks south from Town Creek. An earlier district listing left out the first and last blocks. This boundary increase adds nine houses and two churches at the two ends, along with two noncontributing buildings, so the district covers the whole residential stretch. The additions include Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake, Romanesque, American 4-Square and Bungalow examples, built between 1859 and about 1917. The street was laid out in 1846 and was paved and prosperous by the 1890s. These buildings housed or served families of the pump manufacturers, bankers and merchants who drove the town's growth, including the Myers and Freer families. A.N. Myers's house at 408 Center Street and Randolph Freer's brick Italianate house at 313 Center Street are among them. The increase was justified on architectural grounds, with a period of significance of about 1840 to 1929.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840 - 1929","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, American 4-Square, Italianate, Romanesque, Stick/Eastlake, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most buildings are in use as homes, apartments, offices, a funeral home, a restaurant, a bed-and-breakfast and churches. Most houses are described as well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.449901-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93000397.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"76001362","name":"Center Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/center-street-historic-district-76001362/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986621","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashland-county/center-street-historic-district-boundary-increase-93000397/"}