{"nrhp_refnum":"00001557","name":"Shaker Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["City of Shaker Heights"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Lomond Blvd., Lytel Rd., Scottsdale Blvd., and Lindholm Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shaker Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.45883657300004,"lon":-81.5506240132521,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-01-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 417-acre residential expansion of the Shaker Village Historic District in the southernmost part of Shaker Heights, Ohio. It is bounded by Lomond Boulevard, Lytle Road, Scottsdale Boulevard and Lindholm Road, and was developed mainly from the 1920s to the 1960s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the area is significant under Criterion A and Criterion C as part of an early 20th century planned garden-suburb community, loosely based on the Garden City philosophy. Houses were built to the Van Sweringen Company's architectural standards, which required Colonial, English or French revival styles, authentic materials, uniform setbacks and standard heights. The result is a cohesive streetscape that matches the existing district.","narrative":"This 417-acre residential area in the southern part of Shaker Heights, Ohio, extends an existing historic district southward to the Cleveland border. It holds 2,607 buildings, of which 2,003 are counted as contributing. Most are single-family houses, with a smaller share of two-family homes and many garages. Development ran mainly from the 1920s to the 1960s on small, narrow, deep lots. Every house had to follow the Van Sweringen Company's Shaker Village Standards, which required Colonial, English or French Revival designs, authentic materials such as slate, brick, stone, stucco and wood shingles, and a standard two-story height. Uniform setbacks and mature street trees gave the neighborhood a wooded, cohesive look despite its dense lots. Tudor Revival, French Chateau, Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial and Georgian Revival houses are all represented. The area was listed for its role in community planning and for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of an early twentieth-century planned garden suburb.","period_of_significance":"1919-1950","architect_builder":"George Burrows; Maxwell Norcross; Dunn & Coppe; Chester Lowe; Fox, Duthie, Foose; John Sherwood Kelly","architectural_style":"20th century revivals: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, French Renaissance","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The area is entirely residential and has changed little. Front elevations are rarely altered, though some roofing, windows and siding have been replaced. Many original bluestone sidewalks survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.266037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/00001557.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001557/9878057e0b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001557/9878057e0b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Spencer","credit_html":"Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shaker_Heights_Houses.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987590","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaker_Village_Historic_District_(Shaker_Heights,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7462744"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/shaker-village-historic-district-boundary-increase-00001557/"}