{"nrhp_refnum":"75001484","name":"Root, A. I. And E. R., Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"662 W. Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Medina County","state":"OH","lat":41.13883665600008,"lon":-81.87466077399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story brick house at 662 West Liberty Street in Medina, Ohio, built in 1879 for A. I. Root next to his bee-supply factory. It shows some Queen Anne and Eastlake characteristics.","why_significant":"The nomination argues its primary significance is historical rather than architectural. A. I. Root founded the Medina bee industry, and this house was his family homestead until 1953. His business grew from a jewelry store into a world-wide bee-supply manufacturer.","narrative":"Built in 1879 at 662 West Liberty Street in Medina, Ohio, this large brick house was the home of A. I. Root, founder of the Medina bee industry. It rises two and a half stories on a sandstone foundation, with four projecting gabled bays, a steeply hipped roof and four chimneys. Segmental-arched windows with alternating brick and stone voussoirs and corbelled brick courses give the walls a regular pattern. A small bowed wooden porch at the northeast angle shows Eastlake ornament in its spindles and jigsawed brackets. Root, born near Medina in 1840, began as a jeweler, became interested in bees in 1865, invented a honey extractor and began manufacturing beekeeping equipment. He built a factory in 1878 and his house beside it a year later. The business grew to serve customers worldwide. The house remained the family homestead until 1953 and is now divided into private apartments.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1879)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne and Eastlake elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered; used for private apartments, with a later screened rear porch or breezeway addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.136169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001484/c351a30752-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001484/c351a30752-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Duds98","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRHP-AI_Root_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Duds98</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NRHP-AI_Root_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990219","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138570028"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/medina-county/root-a-i-and-e-r-homestead-75001484/"}