{"nrhp_refnum":"74001605","name":"Ferrey, Aaron, House","other_names":["Winan Snyder House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5058 Sunny Brook Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kent","county":"Portage County","state":"OH","lat":41.127348461000054,"lon":-81.36508364999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A symmetrical frame cottage in the Early Gothic Revival style at 5058 Sunny Brook Road, Brimfield Township, near Kent, Portage County, Ohio. Brick manufacturer Aaron Ferrey settled there in 1866, the date given for the house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is of major importance in how architectural ideas spread in northeastern Ohio. Pattern books were commonly used for details and proportions, but duplicating a whole building was rare. This house replicates Design III from A. J. Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses (1850), with one change: an open upper porch replaces an enclosed dormer room.","narrative":"Near Kent in Brimfield Township, this frame cottage at 5058 Sunny Brook Road was built for Aaron Ferrey, a brick manufacturer who settled in the township in 1866 and ran a brick yard just south of the house until 1880. The house is T-shaped, with a kitchen wing to the rear, vertical board-and-batten siding, simple rafter brackets under the eaves and a single center chimney with a distinct base, shaft and cap. Its front porch, framed by large scroll-shaped brackets, carries an upper porch with a full-length Gothic window. Bracketed window hoods are another signature feature. The design is a near-exact copy of Design III, the Symmetrical Bracketed Cottage, in A. J. Downing's 1850 pattern book; only the open upper porch differs from his enclosed dormer room. Complete copies of pattern-book buildings were rare, which gives the house its importance in northeastern Ohio. The interior keeps its simple character despite added plumbing and heating.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1866)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, on its original site; in use as a private residence. The rear porch was recently replaced, and plumbing and heating were added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.376324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001605.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001605/509e0f68db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001605/509e0f68db-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron_Ferrey_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aaron_Ferrey_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990955","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ferrey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4662002"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/portage-county/ferrey-aaron-house-74001605/"}