{"nrhp_refnum":"74001602","name":"Howard, C. R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"411 E. Garfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Aurora","county":"Portage County","state":"OH","lat":41.31769972500007,"lon":-81.33077803999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cobblestone house with three wings at 411 East Garfield (Route 82) in Aurora, Portage County, Ohio, built in 1853 and reportedly by builder M. Smith.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most architecturally unusual pre-Civil War houses in northern Ohio. Its cobblestone walls are believed to be unique in the Western Reserve, and it blends Greek Revival and Gothic Revival details with good judgment. It was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936.","narrative":"Set on a slight rise well back from the road in Aurora, Ohio, this two-story house has three wings of nearly equal importance and walls faced with small cobblestones, with stone quoins at the corners. Built in 1853, it reflects the shift from Greek Revival to Gothic Revival style. The front gable carries delicately sawn vergeboard ending in a slender octagonal pinnacle, while heavy, slightly gabled stone lintels top the openings and the doorway keeps Greek Revival sidelights and transom. The house sits on the Chagrin River at the former Aurora Depot, near a nineteenth-century mercantile town in a cheese-producing region. C. R. Howard, a sawmill owner, had it built; the builder is recorded as M. Smith. The cobblestone construction is believed to be unique in the Western Reserve, and the Historic American Buildings Survey recorded the house in 1936. It was listed for its architectural distinction among pre-Civil War houses in northern Ohio.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (1853)","architect_builder":"M. Smith (builder, according to Campen)","architectural_style":"Transition from Greek Revival to Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, on its original site; 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 02:53:09.323873-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001602.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001602/9d146064f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001602/9d146064f2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carl F. Waite","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C.R._Howard_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl F. Waite</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C.R._Howard_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990963","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.R._Howard_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54958218"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/portage-county/howard-c-r-house-74001602/"}