{"nrhp_refnum":"74001632","name":"McKisson, Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7878 N. Gannett Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sagamore Hills","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.32291774500004,"lon":-81.56405231299993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house at 7878 North Gannett Road in Sagamore Hills Township, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1837-1838 by Robert McKisson on the site of a celebrated murder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a local reference point for an early and notable murder case that occupies ten pages in a standard county history. The murdered woman was grandmother of Cleveland mayor Robert E. McKisson. It is also one of the best preserved local examples combining late Colonial vernacular and mature Greek Revival features.","narrative":"Built in 1837-1838 on North Gannett Road in Sagamore Hills Township, this two-story frame house combines two building traditions. The exterior shows mature Greek Revival detail, including a frieze board, cornice returns and a two-column entrance porch, while the interior follows an earlier Connecticut-style plan with a large central chimney serving three principal rooms. Walnut cut on the land supplied the main timbers and the finish carpentry, and the cellar hearth piers are sandstone brought from the nearby Ohio-Erie canal. The house stands on the site of a murder committed on July 24, 1837, when Catharine McKisson was killed. Her brother-in-law David was convicted and hanged in Ravenna in 1838. Her widower, Robert McKisson, built the present house to replace the log cabin where the crime occurred. She was the grandmother of Cleveland mayor Robert E. McKisson. Locally the house has long been tied to this event, and it remains a well preserved example of its blended style.","period_of_significance":"1837-1838","architect_builder":"Robert McKisson (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, with late Colonial central-chimney plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, occupied as a private residence, with repair and restoration work since 1963 and the central chimney rebuilt in the mid-1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.277285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001632.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001632/0426e2fd5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001632/0426e2fd5c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_McKisson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_McKisson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991595","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138748957"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/mckisson-robert-house-74001632/"}