{"nrhp_refnum":"79000293","name":"Lock Tender's House and Inn","other_names":["See Also:Ohio and Erie Canal"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7104 Canal Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Valley View","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.37247907700004,"lon":-81.61303200699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame building at 7104 Canal Road in Valley View, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, dating to about the 1830s. It is reputed to have served as a lock tender's house and an inn for canal travelers, opposite Lock No. 38 of the Ohio and Erie Canal.","why_significant":"The building is reputed to be a lock tender's house and canal inn, a tradition made plausible by its design and its closeness to Lock No. 38 and its spillway. It is the only such structure still standing for that stretch of the canal in the Cuyahoga Valley. It is also part of the Ohio and Erie Canal historic district.","narrative":"Beside the Ohio and Erie Canal in Valley View, a two-story wood frame building with clapboard siding and a gable roof sits opposite Lock No. 38. Dating to about the 1830s and built in the Classic Revival style, it is reputed to have been a lock tender's house, on the left, with an inn for canal travelers on the right. No documentation has been found to confirm this, but the design of the building and its closeness to the lock and spillway make the local tradition entirely plausible. Porches at the left front and right rear were added later, the front one probably between 1910 and 1920. The double doors on the right-hand section were probably a later change, possibly to admit vehicles. It originally served as a dwelling and inn and now serves as a dwelling and storage. It is the only surviving structure of its kind on this part of the canal in the Cuyahoga Valley, which gives it particular value to the canal's history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior and interior condition are given as good; present use is dwelling and storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.079899-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79000293.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000293/e4b785b4a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000293/e4b785b4a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Momopanda4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lock_Tender%27s_House_and_Inn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Momopanda4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lock_Tender%27s_House_and_Inn.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000607","name":"Ohio and Erie Canal","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/ohio-and-erie-canal-66000607/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984704","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96781857"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/lock-tenders-house-and-inn-79000293/"}