{"nrhp_refnum":"77001054","name":"Honam, John, House","other_names":["The Old Stone House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14710 Lake Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lakewood","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.49329954400008,"lon":-81.79842921899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story sandstone dwelling known as the Old Stone House, built in 1838 for John Honam at 14710 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. It was moved in 1952 and now sits in Lakewood Park.","why_significant":"It is a surviving example of the sturdy stone houses early settlers in the Western Reserve built to replace log cabins. It is the oldest stone building in Lakewood and perhaps in Cuyahoga County. It also reflects the settlement of East Rockport (now Lakewood) by farmers who bought land from the Connecticut Land Company.","narrative":"Built in 1838, the Old Stone House is a one-and-a-half-story dwelling of locally quarried sandstone blocks, with a wooden summer kitchen on its west side. John Honam, a Scottish-born weaver, bought a 97 1/2 acre tract in Rockport, now Lakewood, and farmed it. Tax records indicate he built the house six years after arriving. Early settlers in the Western Reserve often replaced log cabins with stone homes of this kind, and this one is the oldest stone building in Lakewood and perhaps Cuyahoga County. Later it served as a doctor's office and for retail uses. In 1952 it was saved from demolition and moved into Lakewood Park, which lies within Honam's original tract. The summer kitchen and a basement were added in 1975. The interior has been restored with furnishings from the 1830s and 1840s, and the house operates as a museum of pioneer life.","period_of_significance":"1838","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and operated by the Lakewood Historical Society as a museum of pioneer living, with over 5,000 visitors annually; in excellent condition, owned by the City of Lakewood.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.332156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001054.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001054/8f6606c91c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001054/8f6606c91c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carl Waite","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Honam_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl Waite</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Honam_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987681","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137723337"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/honam-john-house-77001054/"}