{"nrhp_refnum":"79000299","name":"Brown, Jim, House","other_names":["See Also:Brown--Bender Farm (Boundary Increase)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Peninsula at 3491 Akron Peninsula Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peninsula","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.18178477400005,"lon":-81.57809988199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story Greek Revival wood frame farmhouse, built about 1845, on a hilltop south of Peninsula in Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio. A c. 1886 bank barn and a family grave marker stand on the same property.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its association with James \"Jim\" Brown, a legendary figure in Cuyahoga Valley folklore who led a counterfeiting ring in the nineteenth century. The nomination also notes that the house and the Victorian-period bank barn keep a high degree of historical and architectural integrity.","narrative":"Set on a hilltop above the Cuyahoga River Valley south of Peninsula, Ohio, this large two-story Greek Revival farmhouse was built about 1845 and is tied to the legend of Jim Brown. Brown and his brother Dan were said to have directed a counterfeiting operation in the valley beginning around the opening of the Ohio Canal in 1827. Jim Brown was later convicted, imprisoned, and pardoned by President Zachary Taylor. The house is an L-shaped, five-bay frame building with clapboard siding, a stone foundation, a pedimented gable with Gothic-arch louvers, and a central entrance with sidelights. It has been little changed apart from rear additions and a 1950 division into apartments. A three-story bank barn from about 1886 and a stone obelisk grave marker also stand on the property. The house was listed for its connection to this local folklore and for its architectural integrity.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence, converted to double occupancy in 1950 with separate apartments on the ground and top floors; the surrounding farm is still worked.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.837779-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79000299.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000299/e86e4bb7a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000299/e86e4bb7a8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Brown_House_NPS.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Brown_House_NPS.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85001123","name":"Valley Railway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/valley-railway-historic-district-85001123/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991635","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18378927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/brown-jim-house-79000299/"}