{"nrhp_refnum":"10000974","name":"Ghent Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W side of Wye Rd. between Granger and Yellow Creek Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ghent","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.15736849950005,"lon":-81.63811859458764,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, compact historic district of eight modest wood-frame buildings on the west side of Wye Road in the hamlet of Ghent, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. The buildings date from the early to mid-19th century and include a former woolen mill, houses, a barn and a bee house.","why_significant":"The cluster shows how a Western Reserve hamlet in Bath Township developed from the 1810s into the early 20th century, with mixed residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural uses. The woolen mill is one of only two surviving mill buildings in the township, and the octagonal bee house is a unique local landmark. The period of significance ends in 1952, when the general store burned and local shopping shifted elsewhere.","narrative":"Ghent is a small hamlet in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, and its historic district preserves eight modest wood-frame buildings along the west side of Wye Road. The oldest is a woolen mill built in 1832 beside Yellow Creek. It produced wool cloth and yarn, peaked during the Civil War, became a machine shop in the 1890s and was then converted to multiple-family housing. Nearby are houses from the mid-19th century, including one built by Thomas Pierson, who also built an octagonal bee house around 1859 to raise bees year round. Two houses on the hillside above Wye Road have always been residential, and a small barn is counted as non-contributing after reconstruction. The district was recognized as a compact, intact example of a hamlet's mixed-use character in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its significance runs through 1952, when the general store burned and the hamlet's role as the township's local center of goods and services faded.","period_of_significance":"Ends 1952 (the form gives 1952 as the end date; the start date is not visible in the truncated text)","architect_builder":"Thomas Pierson (800 Wye Road house and Bee House); Hiram Wilton (probable builder of 792 and 794 Wye Road); Aaron Miller (probable builder of 3693 Yellow Creek Road); Samuel Myers (probable builder of 3692 Yellow Creek Road)","architectural_style":"Other - vernacular; Mid-Nineteenth Century","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are in residential and commercial use. The mill is a multiple-family residence and the house at 800 Wye Road is a bakery. The barn at 788 Wye Road was re-sided and is non-contributing. The bee house and mill no longer serve their original purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.074211-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000974.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986324","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/ghent-historic-district-10000974/"}