{"nrhp_refnum":"73000258","name":"Hale, Jonathan, Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2686 Oak Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.19315221100004,"lon":-81.59239131899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick pioneer farmhouse at 2686 Oak Hill Road in Bath, Summit County, Ohio, begun in 1825 by settler Jonathan Hale and his sons, with rear additions from about 1830 and 1840. It is part of the Hale Farm and Village Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a pioneer Western Reserve homestead with an unusual brick house that survives in excellent condition with few major changes. The property stayed with the same family from 1810 until 1956, so the house holds family records and belongings that document architecture, interior design and artifacts across fifteen decades.","narrative":"This brick farmhouse at 2686 Oak Hill Road in Bath, Ohio, was built by pioneer settler Jonathan Hale and his sons, using materials from the property. The original three-story block dates to 1825 and is backed into a hillside, so the front wall rises three stories and the rear two. It has step gables, Federal-style modillioned eaves and five bays across the front. A living room was added about 1830, and two wings followed about 1840. The Hale family settled here in 1810 and kept the property until 1956, when it became a museum. The house sits within the Hale Farm and Village Museum, run by the Western Reserve Historical Society, though the other buildings there were moved in and were not part of the listing. The house was recognized as a surviving pioneer Western Reserve homestead in excellent condition. Family accounts, letters, diaries and belongings are preserved and available to the public. Much of the brick and interior woodwork was rebuilt after 1938.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (settled 1810, built 1825)","architect_builder":"Jonathan Hale with John Boswort(h) (as read from the state inventory form)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and used as a museum, owned by the Western Reserve Historical Society and open to the public seasonally.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.981269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73000258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000258/10682f82de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000258/10682f82de-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Frank John Aleksandrowicz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AERIAL_VIEW_OF_THE_HALE_FARM_AND_WESTERN_RESERVE_VILLAGE_NEAR_BATH_AND_AKRON,_OHIO._OPERATED_BY_THE_WESTERN_RESERVE..._-_NARA_-_558063.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank John Aleksandrowicz</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AERIAL_VIEW_OF_THE_HALE_FARM_AND_WESTERN_RESERVE_VILLAGE_NEAR_BATH_AND_AKRON,_OHIO._OPERATED_BY_THE_WESTERN_RESERVE..._-_NARA_-_558063.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85001123","name":"Valley Railway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/valley-railway-historic-district-85001123/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986230","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Farm_and_Village","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12059377"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/hale-jonathan-homestead-73000258/"}