{"nrhp_refnum":"00000421","name":"Falls River Road","other_names":["Falls","Falls Road, et al."],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Falls Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chagrin Falls","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.448455608000046,"lon":-81.39735029071792,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Falls River Road is a 1.5-mile brick-paved country road running through Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills, Chagrin Falls Township and the Village of Chagrin Falls in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Its brick surface was laid in 1924 over an earlier dirt route used since 1826.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the road as an intact example of 1924 brick road construction, built during the 1920s industrial standardization and simplification movement. It is described as the only known existing brick country road with brick-lined gutters in Ohio and one of only three brick roads recorded on the Ohio Historic Inventory Survey. It also reflects the growth of automobile travel and suburban development in the Chagrin Valley.","narrative":"Falls River Road is a winding, tree-lined, 1.5-mile brick road in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, passing through Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills and Chagrin Falls Township before ending at North Street in the Village of Chagrin Falls. Settlers began using the dirt route in 1826 as a link to the Ohio-Erie Canal and Cleveland. In 1924 the county paved it in brick as part of the Kinsman Road #6 project, awarded to Lake City Construction. The work followed state and national brick-paving specifications issued during the standardization movement of the 1920s. The surface uses lugged, wire-cut Buckeye bricks, grooved hillside bricks on steeper grades, brick-lined gutters, and a widened, diagonally laid curve. The road is described as the only known brick country road with brick-lined gutters in Ohio. It is listed as an intact example of 1924 brick road construction and as part of the automobile-era growth of the Chagrin Valley. It remains in vehicular use today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lake City Construction (contractor, Cuyahoga County Contract No. 5023); Cuyahoga County Engineer Frank R. Lander assigned to the project","architectural_style":"Other","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a vehicular connecting route to Kinsman Road (State Route 87) leading toward Cleveland; retains its 1924 brick surface.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.752807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/00000421.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987951","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/falls-river-road-00000421/"}