{"nrhp_refnum":"95001196","name":"Andres, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Co. Rd. No. 154 (Fox Rd.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middle Bass Island","county":"Ottawa County","state":"OH","lat":41.685551599000064,"lon":-82.81071668699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, T-shaped gable-front-and-wing frame house on Fox Road, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, built by winegrower Charles Andres on land he bought in 1866, with a c. 1930 garage also on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is historically significant for its link to the Lake Erie Islands winegrowing district, which was among the most prominent in the United States until Prohibition. It is also significant architecturally as a well-preserved example of vernacular Italianate and Greek Revival, or folk Victorian, island residences. It is described as the best maintained of only six island houses that kept their architectural integrity.","narrative":"Set well back from the main north-south road on Middle Bass Island, this two-story frame house has a T-shaped gable-front-and-wing plan with Greek Revival and Italianate details. It was built by Charles Andres, a German immigrant from Baden who settled on the island in 1854 and bought 17 acres in 1866. About half that land was planted in vineyards by 1874. The house features pedimented window hoods, sawn eave brackets, a wide frieze with arched molding, and a full-width front porch with turned balusters, dentils and scroll brackets. Careful restoration reversed years of neglect, though the wing chimney is gone and the back porch appears to be an addition. The house reflects the small family vineyards that made the Bass Islands a leading wine region in the late 1800s. Of roughly 35 island residences from that era, it is among the six that kept their architectural integrity, and it is the best maintained of them.","period_of_significance":"1866-1922","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Greek Revival (vernacular folk Victorian, gable front and wing)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored by its current owners to nearly match its original appearance, after earlier neglect and deterioration; the home is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.061843-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/95001196.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990805","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Andres_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075128"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ottawa-county/andres-charles-house-95001196/"}