{"nrhp_refnum":"00001556","name":"Ozmun, Isaac and Maria, Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6928 Olde Eight Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston Heights","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.254180045000055,"lon":-81.50795288399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead at 6928 Olde Eight Road in Boston Heights, Summit County, Ohio, centered on a two-story brick Federal house built in 1827 in front of an earlier timber-frame residence from about 1810, built by Isaac Ozmun. It sits on 8 acres with early outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for Social History as a center of crossroads community life across five generations of the Ozmun family. Under Criterion C it is an example of late Federal architecture, an unusual brick center-hall house type in the area with exceptional brick and sandstone masonry. It also keeps early outbuildings, including a rare well cover and smokehouse/storeroom.","narrative":"This eight-acre farmstead in Boston Heights, Summit County, Ohio, centers on a two-story, double-pile, center-hall brick house completed in 1827 by Isaac Ozmun, who fired the bricks from clay on the property. The house was built against an earlier timber-frame residence of about 1810, which became its kitchen wing. Sandstone from ledges above the Cuyahoga River was used for the foundations, walks and gate posts. Surviving early features include a sandstone-lined well with its cover, a smokehouse/storehouse and a privy, arranged along the original farm lane. The barn, wagon shed and silo remain only as foundations. The Ozmun family occupied the property for five generations, and it served as a gathering place for an isolated crossroads community. It was recognized for that social role and as an unusual, well-preserved brick Federal farmhouse in the Western Reserve, with masonry judged superior to comparable local examples.","period_of_significance":"1810-1930","architect_builder":"Isaac Ozmun, brick maker","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single-dwelling residence with a secondary structure; the barn, wagon shed and silo survive only as foundations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.183953-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/00001556.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001556/44209db8bd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001556/44209db8bd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac_and_Maria_Ozmun_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac_and_Maria_Ozmun_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991647","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138697886"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/ozmun-isaac-and-maria-farmstead-00001556/"}