{"nrhp_refnum":"96001623","name":"Smith, Charles William and Anna, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"651 W. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elyria","county":"Lorain County","state":"OH","lat":41.368102382000075,"lon":-82.11184701299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Queen Anne style house at 651 West Broad Street in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, built in 1885 for watchmaker and jeweler Charles W. Smith, with a contributing carriage house on the same lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as a good example of late 19th century Queen Anne residential architecture in the small industrial town of Elyria. It shows the style's irregular plan, polychrome brick and sandstone masonry, corbelled chimneys, wood gable detailing and ornate interior woodwork. It is also described as the last remaining historic residence on Broad Street in the downtown commercial area.","narrative":"Built in 1885 on what was then the edge of Elyria, Ohio, this two-story brick house at 651 West Broad Street was the home of Charles W. Smith, a watchmaker, jeweler and local real estate figure who opened his first Elyria business in 1862. The land had been mostly cow pasture. The house shows the Queen Anne style through its asymmetrical plan, steep hipped roof with cross gables, brick walls trimmed in sandstone, four heavily corbelled chimneys, and gable ends finished with fishscale shingles, half-timbering and decorative bargeboards. Inside are high ceilings, ornate milled woodwork, faux-marbleized fireplaces, stained glass, a carved oak staircase and Daisy-pattern hardware. A brick carriage house echoes the main building's styling. It is the last historic residence remaining on Broad Street in the downtown commercial area, and it was listed for its architecture and its link to Elyria's prosperous late nineteenth century period.","period_of_significance":"1885","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with minimal interior alterations; still used as a single dwelling with a secondary structure (the carriage house).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.835016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/96001623.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001623/08ffd62aa7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001623/08ffd62aa7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CW%26A_Smith_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CW%26A_Smith_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989785","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138507930"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lorain-county/smith-charles-william-and-anna-house-96001623/"}