{"nrhp_refnum":"99001687","name":"Voegele Building","other_names":["Karl Schafer Co.","Ric-265-11"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.763755984000056,"lon":-82.51591715399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick warehouse, industrial and commercial building at 211 N. Main Street in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built in 1897 by the Voegele brothers in the area known as the Flats.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an excellent, well-preserved example of late 19th century warehouse, industrial and commercial architecture in Mansfield under Criterion C. It keeps its Richardsonian Romanesque features, including round arches, contrasting light and dark masonry and a row of arched ribbon windows. It is also one of the few ornamented survivors of the Flats' earlier industrial prosperity.","narrative":"Built in 1897 at the foot of the North Main Street hill in Mansfield, Ohio, this four-story brick building was constructed by the Voegele brothers to house two family businesses: a wholesale and retail coal and building products firm and a candy manufacturing and confectionery operation. It stands in the Flats, once a dense district of warehouses and industries served by sidings from three railroads. Most of that streetscape has since been lost. The building rests on a stone foundation and has a heavy timber interior. Its facade shows Richardsonian Romanesque influence through round-arched openings, light stone set against red pressed brick, rusticated trim and a row of arched ribbon windows. Inside, the front offices keep oak trim, pressed metal ceilings and etched glass doors. Painted Voegele Brothers signs remain on the south wall. The building is valued as a well-preserved, richly detailed example of late 19th century commercial and industrial design in the city.","period_of_significance":"1897","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as remarkably intact but only partially used for decades; a wholesale paper products company has occupied part of the first floor since 1946, and the Voegele coal business operated there until 1971.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.631264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/99001687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001687/3f032a957f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001687/3f032a957f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voegele_Building_in_Mansfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voegele_Building_in_Mansfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991104","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138663798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/voegele-building-99001687/"}