{"nrhp_refnum":"93001439","name":"Moore, Leonard M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"309 5th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lorain","county":"Lorain County","state":"OH","lat":41.465754626000034,"lon":-82.17801166599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2 story Neoclassical Revival brick house at 309 West Fifth Street, Lorain, Ohio, designed by Leonard M. Moore and built in 1906, with a contributing two-car detached garage.","why_significant":"The house is nominated under criterion B for its association with Leonard Miller Moore, a prominent Lorain businessman, real estate developer, philanthropist and political leader. He was a long-time officer of Lorain Lumber and Manufacturing Company and president of Peoples Bank. As mayor from 1916 to 1917 he led the purchase of the land that became Lakeview Park, and he financed large-scale housing for immigrant steelworkers.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at the corner of West Fifth Street and Reid Avenue in Lorain, this 2 1/2 story Neoclassical Revival house was designed by its owner, Leonard M. Moore, for his wife and three daughters. It is faced in variegated yellow glazed brick with sandstone and wood shingle accents, a slate hip roof, wood modillions under the eaves, and an irregular front porch with Ionic columns on rock-faced ashlar pedestals. A brick two-car garage stands behind it. Moore rose from office boy to officer of the Lorain Lumber and Manufacturing Company, served as president of Peoples Bank, and financed housing for immigrant steelworkers. Elected mayor in 1915 by twelve votes, he pushed through the 1916 purchase of lakefront land that became Lakeview Park, a landmark public beach. He died in this house in 1920. The building is recognized for its connection to his business, civic and political career, though it is now vacant and parts of it have deteriorated.","period_of_significance":"1906-1920","architect_builder":"Moore, Leonard M. - Designer","architectural_style":"Classical Revival (described in the text as Neoclassical Revival)","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the south second-story porch is described as deteriorating from neglect and lack of use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.293919-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93001439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001439/fb202a7c27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001439/fb202a7c27-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Rona Proudfoot from Lorain, Ohio","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore_House_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rona Proudfoot from Lorain, Ohio</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moore_House_Museum.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100007496","name":"Broadway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/broadway-historic-district-100007496/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989861","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138512028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lorain-county/moore-leonard-m-house-93001439/"}