{"nrhp_refnum":"78002042","name":"Stager-Beckwith House","other_names":["University Club"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3813 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.503909977000035,"lon":-81.65968600299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mansion at 3813 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1863 for Anson Stager and later used as the University Club. A masonry house with white stucco is attached to a rear wing containing athletic facilities.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last remaining 19th-century mansion from the era when Euclid Avenue was known as \"Millionare's Row.\" It is an early example of the Second French Empire style, mixed with Italianate elements. It is also a landmark in Cleveland's social life as the home of leading merchants and later a club of scholars and professionals.","narrative":"Built in 1863 for Anson Stager, a Western Union Telegraph official who directed Northern telegraph lines during the Civil War, this mansion at 3813 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland combines Italianate and Second French Empire features. The masonry house is covered in white stucco and has a central entrance tower with a convex mansard roof, round-arched dormers, a bracketed cornice and carved floral window hoodmolds. In 1869 it was sold to dry-goods merchant T. Sterling Beckwith, and his family kept it until 1909. In 1913 it became the University Club, whose members included the city's educators, businessmen and professionals. A bulky rear wing holds gyms, squash courts and a dining hall, yet the mansion still dominates the site. Alterations include removal of the front porch and roof cresting. It is described as the last surviving 19th-century mansion from Cleveland's \"Millionare's Row\" era on Euclid Avenue, and the club's declining membership left its future uncertain.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second French Empire, with Italianate influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"The University Club still occupies the property, but declining membership has made the house's future uncertain. The interior is described as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.31252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002042.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002042/214e0f2098-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002042/214e0f2098-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anson_Stager_House_%E2%80%94_Cleveland,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anson_Stager_House_%E2%80%94_Cleveland,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006160","name":"Midtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/midtown-historic-district-100006160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987790","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137699075"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/stager-beckwith-house-78002042/"}