{"nrhp_refnum":"12001183","name":"Stan Hywet Poultry Keepers Cottage","other_names":["Smith Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1103 Courtleigh Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Akron","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.11777695600006,"lon":-81.55336060699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Tudor Revival brick and half-timbered cottage at 1103 Courtleigh Drive in Akron, Ohio, built in 1917 as living quarters for the poultry keeper of the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens estate. It was originally attached to a chicken run, which was demolished in 1955.","why_significant":"It is nominated as locally significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a building tied to the high-style Tudor Revival estate architecture of Stan Hywet Hall. Frank Seiberling worked closely with architect Charles S. Schneider to give outbuildings consistent design details and construction methods. The cottage keeps its original form, materials and interior layout, and its 1957 additions were kept compatible with the original.","narrative":"Built in 1917 at the edge of the Stan Hywet estate in Akron, this Tudor Revival cottage housed the estate's poultry keeper and originally connected to a chicken run. Frank Seiberling, co-founder of Goodyear, worked with Cleveland architect Charles S. Schneider and wanted every outbuilding to share the design details and construction methods of the main house. The two-story building has double-laid brick walls, a half-timbered and stucco upper floor, a slate roof, and leaded metal casement windows. Inside, the original room arrangement, concrete floors, radiators and a grain chute still reflect its first use. After the chicken run came down in 1955, the cottage was sold and saved from demolition. Industrial designer F. Eugene Smith and his wife converted it to a home in 1957, adding a porch and garage that are distinguished from the original work. Though later suburban houses surround it, the cottage remains a locally significant example of the estate's Tudor Revival architecture.","period_of_significance":"1917-1957","architect_builder":"Schneider, Charles; Smith, F. Eugene","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; the attached chicken run was demolished in 1955 and a rear porch and garage were added in 1957.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.46145-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/12001183.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001183/86e9f19f7d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001183/86e9f19f7d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stan_Hywet_Poultry_Keepers_Cottage.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stan_Hywet_Poultry_Keepers_Cottage.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991535","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138688404"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/stan-hywet-poultry-keepers-cottage-12001183/"}