{"nrhp_refnum":"74001459","name":"Clifton Park Lakefront District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Clifton Blvd., Rocky River, Lake Erie, and Webb Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lakewood","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.49039306750004,"lon":-81.82717444731819,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 94 acres in Lakewood, Ohio, along Lake Road on the Lake Erie shore just east of the Rocky River mouth. It includes 103 buildings, most built 1900-1915, plus an early waterfront pumping station.","why_significant":"The district is significant mainly for its overall coherence as a turn-of-the-century upper-class residential area that grew out of a lakefront resort. Its houses represent nearly all the architectural styles common between 1890 and 1920. Residents included industrialists, manufacturers, engineers and architects, among them Walter C. Baker, Francis H. Glidden and W. Dominick Benes.","narrative":"Clifton Park Lakefront District is a residential neighborhood in Lakewood, Ohio, running along the Lake Erie bluff just east of the Rocky River mouth. It began in 1868 as a summer resort promoted by the Clifton Park Association, and the first house went up in 1897. Most of the major lakefront homes were built between 1900 and 1915 for industrialists, businessmen, engineers and architects. The 103 buildings show a wide range of period styles, including Shingle, Georgian Revival, Jacobethan, Mission and Renaissance Revival. One small stucco house of 1903 is notable for its Tiffany glass and mosaic work. The district is valued less for individual landmarks than for its unity: winding streets with limited traffic, spacious lawns, generous setbacks and a close relationship to the lake. A few houses have been demolished and some newer ones added, but these do not seriously damage the area's historic character.","period_of_significance":"1868-1929","architect_builder":"Hubbell and Benes (W. Dominick Benes house, 1903); Charles Church (Baker house, 1901); Arthur N. Oviatt and G. F. Hammond (several houses)","architectural_style":"Eclectic mix: Shingle Style, Neo-Classic and Georgian Revival, Jacobethan Revival, Renaissance Revival, Mission Style, Bungaloid, Art Nouveau decoration","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and altered. The district is occupied and mostly in private residential use. A few original houses were demolished and some post-1945 houses were added, but the form says the district's integrity is not seriously affected.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.258351-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001459.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987733","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/clifton-park-lakefront-district-74001459/"}