{"nrhp_refnum":"74001449","name":"Overlook Road Carriage House District","other_names":["Herrick,Gordon,Hinds and Johnson Carriage Houses"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1-5 Herrick Mews","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50326173500008,"lon":-81.59713265299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of five brick carriage houses (stables) grouped around an undeveloped street and a private alley in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built shortly after 1898-1899 for the nearby Overlook Road houses.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the group unique in greater Cleveland, a cluster of suburban stables around a private alley that forms the equivalent of a British mews. It argues the buildings embody one aspect of the way wealthy residents lived at the turn of the twentieth century. The stables served houses of prominent citizens, including Myron T. Herrick, and one was designed by architects Frank Meade and Alfred Hoyt Granger.","narrative":"Five brick carriage houses cluster around a private alley and an undeveloped street in Cleveland Heights, forming the equivalent of a British mews. They were built shortly after land was bought in 1898 and 1899 to serve large houses on Overlook Road belonging to wealthy Clevelanders. The southernmost, built for banker and later ambassador Myron T. Herrick, is a two-story Georgian Revival building with a gambrel roof, Ionic pilasters and a Palladian window, designed by Frank Meade and Alfred Hoyt Granger. The other four differ from one another, with forms hinting at Prairie and Bungaloid styles, and include a long hipped-roof block with cupolas, a stable with massive pier buttresses, and one with a large gabled roof. Together they create varied open courtyards. Described as unique in greater Cleveland, the group illustrates the lifestyle of affluent households around 1900. Each building has since been converted for residential use. Homer H. Johnson, one of the owners, was the father of architect Philip Johnson.","period_of_significance":"1898-1900","architect_builder":"Frank Meade and Alfred Hoyt Granger (Herrick stable)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival (Herrick stable); the other four are of no single style, with forms suggesting Prairie and Bungaloid elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated excellent and altered; the buildings have been adapted for present-day residential use, and the Herrick stable was occupied only on its second floor with renovation of the carriage and stable spaces planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.230995-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001449.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000897","name":"Euclid Heights Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/euclid-heights-historic-district-12000897/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987729","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/overlook-road-carriage-house-district-74001449/"}