{"nrhp_refnum":"73001539","name":"Barber, O. C., Creamery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"365 Portsmouth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barberton","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.00704433100003,"lon":-81.59226787699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick dairy building with attached living quarters at 365 Portsmouth Avenue, Barberton, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1909 for Ohio Columbus Barber as part of his Anna Dean Farm.","why_significant":"It was the second Anna Dean Farm building completed by O. C. Barber and the only farm enterprise that turned a profit. It was also the longest-running enterprise on the farm. The nomination also notes its mechanized milk bottling and its architectural details, including varied shades of red brick and wooden overhangs.","narrative":"Built in 1909, the O. C. Barber Creamery at 365 Portsmouth Avenue in Barberton was the second building finished on Barber's Anna Dean Farm. It is a long brick rectangle trimmed with concrete block, with a hip roof of red tile and a square section that housed the dairykeeper's family in twelve rooms. A datestone reading \"O. C. B. 1909\" marks the south end. The east room was used for bottling and the west room for distribution, with large doors for loading milk wagons and trucks. Barber, head of the Diamond Match Company and founder of Barberton, insisted the creamery be mechanized. Of all the Anna Dean enterprises, it alone turned a profit and ran the longest. After Barber's death in 1920 the farm was split up and sold; the creamery later served as a dairy and as a golf clubhouse. The building is unaltered and in excellent condition, though nearby Barber buildings had been demolished and redevelopment threatened it.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (specific date 1909)","architect_builder":"Ohio Columbus Barber (builder/owner); Michael Alexander laid out the farm","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition inside and outside and unaltered on its original site; the owner reportedly threatened demolition, and the property is checked as occupied and in use as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.362581-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001539.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001539/056a753418-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001539/056a753418-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kalej523","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creamery,_Anna_Dean_Farm,_Barberton,_OH.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalej523</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creamery,_Anna_Dean_Farm,_Barberton,_OH.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991487","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._C._Barber_Creamery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7072096"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/barber-o-c-creamery-73001539/"}