{"nrhp_refnum":"79000297","name":"Ulyatt, Abraham, House","other_names":["Bessie Birth House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6579 Canal Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Valley View","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.386045196000055,"lon":-81.61961853099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story Greek Revival sandstone house at 6579 Canal Road in Valley View, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1849 for Abraham Ulyatt on a hillside facing the Ohio and Erie Canal.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the few surviving stone houses in this part of the Cuyahoga Valley, an area where stone quarrying was a chief industry. It is a good example of Greek Revival style in sandstone, with an unusually original facade. Its hillside setting above a well-preserved stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal adds to its historical integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1849 on a steep, wooded hillside facing the Ohio and Erie Canal in Valley View, this one-and-one-half-story sandstone house follows the Greek Revival style. Its five-bay facade has a central entrance, a wide plain frieze, and a gable roof with returns. The facade is the most refined part: paired windows sit within round-arched recesses with voussoirs and keystones, and chiseled stone pilasters imitate individually laid blocks. The rear and side walls are far cruder, and the top third of the rear wall is clapboard. The house is among the few remaining stone houses in this part of the Cuyahoga Valley, where quarrying was a major industry. Little is known about Abraham Ulyatt, who assembled the land in 1841 and 1842 and had died or left the area by 1862, when the farm was sold at auction. Later alterations include a brick-filled entrance, removed chimneys, tie rods, and a remodeled interior. The surrounding canal section remains well preserved.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered but in a fair state of preservation; the form lists it as a private residence, and the owner who bought it in 1939 was still living there when the form was prepared.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.867473-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79000297.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000297/b33e9a5365-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000297/b33e9a5365-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Momopanda4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Ulyatt_House.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:Abraham_Ulyatt_House.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/71987403","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96742976"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/ulyatt-abraham-house-79000297/"}