Mansfield, Judge, House
Also known as: Marc Associates Advertising & Public Relations
Why it's listed
Built around 1890 at 228 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, this two-story square wood frame house shows how residential design changed at the turn of the century. A hipped roof with a central dormer, a central bay front porch with round Ionic columns, a two-story projecting bay, leaded glass and varied window shapes make up its exterior, and the interior has ornate woodwork. The survey notes plain soffit brackets and a pedimented attic gable, and the building appears to have been little altered. It was listed as an example of the move from earlier Italianate details to Queen Anne styling, which the nomination says it illustrates better than other buildings on Park Avenue West or elsewhere in Mansfield. The porch and projecting bay represent that shift most clearly. The house is also linked to Judge Edwin Mansfield, a Common Pleas judge and attorney involved in local politics and the city's development, who lived there from about 1920 into the 1930s. The survey lists its use as commercial.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is a distinctive example of the turn-of-the-century shift in residential design from Italianate details to Queen Anne period features, showing the transition better than other examples on Park Avenue West or in Mansfield. It is also tied to Judge Edwin Mansfield, a Common Pleas judge and attorney active in local politics and city development, who lived there from about 1920 to the 1930s.
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 83002036, listed July 8, 1983. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 228 Park Ave., W., Mansfield |
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| County | Richland County |
| Listed | July 8, 1983 |
| Reference number | 83002036 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Italianate (inventory sheet); described as turn-of-the-century transitional architecture between Italianate and Queen Anne |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Inventory sheet lists the exterior condition as very good and the present use as commercial; the building appears to have undergone little or no alteration. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 40.75423, -82.51730 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 83002036.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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