{"nrhp_refnum":"78002049","name":"Gabel, Daniel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1102 E. Ridgewood Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seven Hills","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.39194581000004,"lon":-81.67541646999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped brick farmhouse at 1102 East Ridgewood Drive in Seven Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1872 for Daniel Gabel. It has a two-story front section and a 1-1/2 story rear kitchen ell on a cut stone foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an interesting example of a brick farmhouse built in a fairly conservative style for the third quarter of the nineteenth century, with double semi-circular gable windows and the entrance as its only flamboyance. It is also of local historic significance through Daniel Gabel, a German-born farmer and Mennonite who helped build a nearby church. Additional correspondence notes the house is architecturally distinctive in a community that developed after World War II.","narrative":"Built in 1872, this T-shaped brick farmhouse on East Ridgewood Drive in Seven Hills was the home of Daniel Gabel, who was born in Germany in 1824 and came to Ohio with his family in 1836. The house has a five-bay front with a center entrance, a paneled double door with arched glass panels and cast iron grillwork, and a stone lintel bearing his name and the dates 18 and 72. Half-round windows in each gable end add the only flourish to an otherwise conservative design. Gabel farmed 53 acres, kept an orchard of cherry, apple and peach trees, and, as a Mennonite, helped build a church about half a mile away. His daughter Katherine and her family took over the farm in 1902, and the family kept the home into the 1960s. Once rural, the house now stands among postwar suburban homes and is distinctive in that setting. It was listed for its local significance as a well-preserved vernacular farmhouse.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, occupied, and used as a private residence; now on an 85' x 208' lot that was once part of a 53-acre farm.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.155921-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002049.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002049/a742685e22-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002049/a742685e22-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Gabel_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Gabel_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987683","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137734718"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/gabel-daniel-house-78002049/"}