{"nrhp_refnum":"73001417","name":"Schweinfurth, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1915 E. 75th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50512536100007,"lon":-81.63585318399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house with a stone foundation at 1951 East 75th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1894 by architect Charles Schweinfurth. It is about forty feet square and sits on roughly half an acre.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for its architecture and its link to Charles Schweinfurth, a noted Cleveland architect who designed about thirty significant buildings in the Western Reserve. Its fortress-like form, carved door and Art Nouveau-related details show his imaginative approach. Original drawings found in the cellar show it was first designed for a member of the Vanderbilt family, and Schweinfurth built it for himself.","narrative":"Built in 1894 at 1951 East 75th Street in Cleveland, this two-story brick house was designed by architect Charles Schweinfurth. Roughly forty feet square, it rests on a stone foundation and has rock-faced stone on three sides, a flat roof and a battlemented front that give it a fortress-like look. The entrance has a Tudor-arched doorway and a wooden door with carvings Schweinfurth made himself, along with large wrought iron strap hinges, an S-shaped handle and a lion-and-shield corbel under the lamp. Inside, the stair balusters rise to the ceiling, fireplaces are framed in mosaic tile and the woodwork is carved, details linked to Art Nouveau. Schweinfurth, born in Auburn, New York, in 1856, became a prominent Cleveland architect with about thirty significant buildings in the Western Reserve. The house was long thought to be his own design for himself, but original drawings found in the cellar name a Vanderbilt family member as the intended client before Schweinfurth built it for himself.","period_of_significance":"1894","architect_builder":"Charles Schweinfurth","architectural_style":"Related to Art Nouveau; Schweinfurth favored Richardsonian Romanesque in his other work","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, occupied as a private residence, with the original site and some alterations noted; the owner planned preservation work.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.122263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001417.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001417/4f9f7ddf89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001417/4f9f7ddf89-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Christopher Busta-Peck (Talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Schweinfurth_House_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Busta-Peck (Talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 1.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Schweinfurth_House_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987357","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137697954"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/schweinfurth-charles-house-73001417/"}