Patterson, Mary A., Memorial
Why it's listed
Built between 1924 and 1926, this four-story brick building on East Fourth Street in downtown East Liverpool was funded by Monroe Patterson as a memorial to his wife, Mary. Its purpose was to provide lodging for single women who came to the city to work, mainly in the ceramics industry, which employed many young unmarried women. The symmetrical facade has a central entrance flanked by columns, round-arched second-floor openings with stone keystones, rectangular windows elsewhere, and decorative swags, wreaths and a simple cornice. The walls are brick laid in stretcher bond, with a flat built-up roof. It sits close to the street beside the Carnegie Library, on the southern edge of downtown. The building was recognized for its Renaissance Revival-inspired institutional design, which is unusual in East Liverpool because of its size, and for its role in addressing a social problem tied to the local ceramics workforce. Its exterior is well preserved, and it now houses offices.
Significance in brief: The form argues it is significant for architecture as an example of Renaissance Revival-inspired institutional design, unusual in East Liverpool because of its size. It is also significant in the area's social and cultural history as an effort to address a problem created by the ceramics industry and its workforce of young single women.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 85003516, listed November 14, 1985. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | E. Fourth St., East Liverpool |
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| County | Columbiana County |
| Listed | November 14, 1985 |
| Reference number | 85003516 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Classical influence; Renaissance Revival-inspired institutional architecture |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Present use is offices; exterior condition is good and interior condition is unknown. The form notes a possible sale as a threat. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | East Liverpool Downtown Historic District |
| Coordinates | 40.61764, -80.57822 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 85003516.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6778769
- This listing as JSON
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