{"nrhp_refnum":"74001435","name":"Cozad, Justus L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1508 Mayfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.508185998000044,"lon":-81.60280984799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italian Villa style residence at 11508 Mayfield Road in Cleveland, Ohio, dated to 1853, with a cupola, bracketed eaves and a long south wing.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a notable example of Italianate architecture, with unusual curved bay windows. It is also tied to the Cozad family, early settlers of east Cleveland. It is described as the only relatively early structure left in the University Circle area that belonged to the family.","narrative":"Built in 1853, this two-story brick house at 11508 Mayfield Road in Cleveland is an Italian Villa residence facing north across a large lawn. Its square main block has a hipped roof topped by a low cupola with a pyramidal roof and spear-shaped finial, wide eaves on paired brackets, and round-arched windows with stone keystones. A wooden veranda runs across the front, and a long wing extends to the south. The curved bay windows are unusual for the style and may reflect a late carryover from the Federal style. Later changes include large segmental-arched windows added around 1900 and an interior divided into apartments, though the entrance hall woodwork and stair survive. The house was built by Andrew Cozad for his son Justus L. Cozad, a civil engineer and real estate dealer, who moved in around 1863. The Cozad family were early settlers of east Cleveland, and the house is the only relatively early structure in the University Circle area that belonged to them.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1853)","architect_builder":"Builder unknown; owner Andrew Cozad built it for his son Justus L. Cozad","architectural_style":"Italian Villa / Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; the interior is divided into apartments, and the form marks it as occupied with preservation work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.106081-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001435/a9f1208896-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001435/a9f1208896-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Christopher Busta-Peck","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cozad-Bates_House_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Busta-Peck</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:Cozad-Bates_House_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozad%E2%80%93Bates_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5180117"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cozad-justus-l-house-74001435/"}