{"nrhp_refnum":"79000295","name":"Rich, Charles B., House","other_names":["Squire Rich Historical Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9367 Brecksville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brecksville","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.30710082500008,"lon":-81.62651418499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story braced frame Greek Revival farmhouse at 9367 Brecksville Road in Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built about 1846 for Charles B. Rich. It has a rear ell, a barn and a chicken coop, and now serves as the Squire Rich Historical Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an intact, well-preserved example of a modest farmhouse typical of those built by early Brecksville settlers. It is also tied to Charles B. Rich, a settler, township trustee and longtime Justice of the Peace who heard cases in the sitting room. It has been a community museum since 1944.","narrative":"Built about 1846 on Brecksville Road, this plain Greek Revival farmhouse was the home of Charles B. Rich, an early settler who arrived from New York in 1835. The one-and-one-half-story frame house has a five-bay front, a central entrance, clapboard siding and a rear ell holding a kitchen and carriage house. Inside, floors are white ash and the woodwork and doors are black walnut. Rich farmed about fifty-five acres, served as township trustee, and was Justice of the Peace for nearly thirty years. Local accounts say he held trials in the sitting room and performed weddings in the parlor until the town hall opened in 1874. The park district bought the house in 1922, and it opened as the Squire Rich Museum in 1944. A barn and chicken coop, thought to be original to the farmstead, are used for craft demonstrations. Its typical design and good preservation underlie its listing.","period_of_significance":"c. 1846","architect_builder":"Charles Richardson","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District and operated as a museum, open to the public on Sunday afternoons from May through October. Described as occupied and in a very good state of preservation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.265191-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79000295.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000295/2906e434d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000295/2906e434d5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_B._Rich_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_B._Rich_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987685","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96743059"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/rich-charles-b-house-79000295/"}