Perrysburg Historic District
Why it's listed
Perrysburg's historic district covers about 90 acres along the Maumee River in Wood County, Ohio. It includes a commercial strip on Louisiana Avenue, mostly Victorian brick buildings such as the Phoenix Block, built in the 1830s as the Eagle Hotel, and the Centennial Block of 1875. Front Street, once the Fremont Pike and paved in 1838, holds houses in styles from Greek Revival and Gothic Revival to Italian Villa, Italianate and Shingle. The town was platted after an 1816 act of Congress and became county seat in 1823. Shipping and shipbuilding flourished from 1823 to 1840, and the greatest building came between the late 1850s and 1870s, after a cholera epidemic in 1854 and the arrival of German immigrants and railroads. Loss of the county seat to Bowling Green in 1879 and the rise of Toledo as a trade center ended its commercial growth. The district was listed as an example of a prosperous nineteenth-century rivertown with well-preserved architecture.
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| Period of significance | 1830's-1926 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Greek Revival to High Victorian Italianate, with Gothic Revival, Italian Villa, Shingle and Carpenter Gothic examples |
| Areas of significance | Commerce, Architecture |
| Acreage | 90 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Perrysburg Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.