{"nrhp_refnum":"07000580","name":"Forest Hill Realty Sales Office","other_names":["Abeyton Realty Corporation Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2419 Lee Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.51812775800005,"lon":-81.56973968499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small single-story wood-shingled sales office at 2419 Lee Boulevard in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, built in 1930 for the Forest Hill development and moved to its present site in 1937. It is designed in the French Norman style, freely interpreted by New York architect Andrew J. Thomas.","why_significant":"The office is a physical reminder of the Forest Hill allotment and the developers who shaped it, under Community Planning and Development. It is also a unique example of a realty office built in the French Norman style, a miniature version of Thomas's Rockefeller homes. Few onsite sales offices survive, and this one still serves the community.","narrative":"This small cedar-shingled building at 2419 Lee Boulevard in Cleveland Heights was built in 1930 as the onsite sales office for the Forest Hill development, planned by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. with architect Andrew J. Thomas. It has a steeply pitched hipped cedar shake roof, steel casement windows, a round-topped oak door and a brick chimney. It originally stood in East Cleveland near the Rockefeller homes and was moved less than a mile in 1937 to follow where houses were being built. It rests on railroad ties rather than a true foundation, reflecting its intended temporary role. The office served as the sales office until 1957, when the Forest Hill Home Owners association bought it. It remains the association's office, meeting space and blueprint archive. It is considered significant for its link to the community's planning and development and as a rare, architecturally sophisticated surviving realty office modeled on the Rockefeller homes.","period_of_significance":"1930-1957","architect_builder":"Thomas, Andrew J.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Period Revivals: French Norman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as the office and archive of the Forest Hill Home Owners association and used for community meetings; no extensive exterior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.454255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/07000580.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000580/dd84b470f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000580/dd84b470f1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_Hill_Realty_Sales_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_Hill_Realty_Sales_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987843","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137712738"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/forest-hill-realty-sales-office-07000580/"}