{"nrhp_refnum":"79000287","name":"Coonrad, Jonas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Brecksville at 10340 Riverview Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brecksville","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.28054009500005,"lon":-81.57240334499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse built in 1875 at 10340 Riverview Road, southeast of Brecksville, on the western rim of the Cuyahoga Valley in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was built for dairy farmer and cheese maker Jonas Coonrad.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its ties to Brecksville township and to dairy-based agricultural development in the Cuyahoga River Valley. Jonas Coonrad was the only dairy farmer in the 1874 Brecksville business directory, and his farm was likely one of the township's largest. The nomination also calls it one of the finest nineteenth-century houses in the valley, and the only early brick farmhouse in the park dating from the second half of the century.","narrative":"Built in 1875 on the western rim of the Cuyahoga Valley, this red brick farmhouse was the home of Jonas Coonrad, a New York-born former stove molder and grocer who bought a 300-acre farm in Brecksville township. He ran a dairy and a cheese factory said to have capacity for 500 cows, and the 1874 county atlas listed him as the only dairy farmer in the township. The two-story house has a sandstone foundation, tooled stone sills and lintels, two-over-two windows and an oculus in the gable. Its paneled front door recalls the Second Empire style. The house was split into two apartments in 1954, though much of the original molding survives. A 1913 bank barn stands nearby. The nomination values the house for its agricultural associations, its architecture, and its setting along a still largely rural Riverview Road. It is one of only four early brick farmhouses in the surrounding national recreation area.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Traditional brick farmhouse with Second Empire-reminiscent door detail","criteria":[],"status_note":"Divided into two apartments in 1954; the form lists the property as occupied and in use as a private residence, with condition checked as good and the house described as having excellent historical integrity. The land was farmed until about 1978.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.992968-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79000287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000287/b0df95f305-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000287/b0df95f305-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonas_Coonrad_House_NPS.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonas_Coonrad_House_NPS.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987337","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86721232"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/coonrad-jonas-house-79000287/"}