{"nrhp_refnum":"78002039","name":"Goldsmith, Jacob, House","other_names":["Jewish Infants Orphan Home","Universal Negro Improvment Associ"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2200 E. 40th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.49816010400008,"lon":-81.65711161599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Victorian Eastlake mansion of red brick and cut stone at 2200 East 40th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, occupied by Jacob Goldsmith from 1880, with a later brick auditorium addition at the southwest corner.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a superb example of Eastlake architecture and one of the few great masonry mansions left in Cleveland's inner city. It was built by a wealthy Jewish clothing merchant, later housed the Jewish Infants Orphan Home, and from 1923 served as the Cleveland branch of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.","narrative":"This large red brick and cut stone mansion at 2200 East 40th Street in Cleveland is a richly detailed example of Victorian Eastlake design. It has a crested hip roof, paneled chimneys with stone pots, and a Dutch gabled dormer with a carved stone pediment. Inside, a central stair hall organizes the plan, and the main rooms have carved and spindled wood or marble chimneypieces. Jacob Goldsmith, a partner in a wholesale clothing firm, moved in during 1880. By 1908 the house held the Jewish Infants Orphan Home, which cared mainly for pre-school children and added the brick auditorium at the southwest corner. In 1923 the Universal Negro Improvement Association, founded by Marcus Garvey, acquired the building and still owned it at the time of nomination. The house was listed for its architecture and as one of the few remaining mansions in Cleveland on the scale of those that once lined Euclid Avenue.","period_of_significance":"1880; 1908; 1923","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still owned by the Universal Negro Improvement Association at the time of nomination; original fabric described as intact and in remarkably good condition, though the rear porch is badly deteriorated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.073642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002039.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987648","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/goldsmith-jacob-house-78002039/"}