{"nrhp_refnum":"73001426","name":"Old Center School","other_names":["Mayfield Center School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"784 S.O.M. Center Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mayfield Village","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.53991320000006,"lon":-81.43909371599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick school building at 784 S.O.M. Center Road in Mayfield Village, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1906 as the original school for the Mayfield district, with a central tower and open belfry.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant locally as a good example of preservation for adaptive use, involving a well-designed early 20th century small school building. After closing in 1954 and serving as storage, it was restored in 1971-72 with its woodwork and exterior preserved, and reopened for educational use.","narrative":"Old Center School, also called Mayfield Center School, is a two-story red brick schoolhouse on S.O.M. Center Road in Mayfield Village, Ohio. Its design includes a forward-projecting central tower with an arched fanlight over the doorway, masonry-trimmed windows, and an open belfry with a steep slate roof. The Mayfield Center School District board voted to build it on May 28, 1906. It first served both elementary and high school pupils, with no running water, electricity or telephone, and its first graduating class in 1907 had nine pupils. Bell tower, steam heat, fire escapes and indoor plumbing came in later years. Enrollment peaked during World War II at as many as 200 children in four rooms. The school closed in 1954 and was used for storage until 1971, when the board of education restored it for administrative offices. It reopened in July 1972. Its listing recognizes local significance as an example of adaptive reuse of an early twentieth-century school.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (specific date 1906)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in 1971-72 and reopened in July 1972 for educational use as administrative offices after being closed in 1954 and used for storage until 1971.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.471663-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001426.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001426/0f03e15f71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001426/0f03e15f71-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Center_School_in_Mayfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Center_School_in_Mayfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987496","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137727180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/old-center-school-73001426/"}