{"nrhp_refnum":"79001812","name":"Day, Erastus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"16807 Hilliard Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lakewood","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.47490405800005,"lon":-81.81413221299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A modest frame house at 16807 Hilliard Road in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, combining Italianate and Carpenter Gothic detailing. Captain Erastus Day acquired the property in 1874; the form lists 1874 and 1892 as specific dates.","why_significant":"The house was the family home of Capt. Erastus Day, a Great Lakes ship captain who built and superintended the ore docks at Conneaut, Ohio. He developed hoisting and conveying machinery for handling ore that was used for many years. The house is also a well-preserved, nicely detailed example of mid-Victorian architecture and the best remaining structure associated with him.","narrative":"This frame house at 16807 Hilliard Road in Lakewood, Ohio, combines Italianate and Carpenter Gothic details. It has two gabled rectangular blocks, steep slate roofs, jigsawed gable ornament with quatrefoils, and segmental-arched openings with sawtoothed arches. A polygonal bay and a three-bay bracketed porch mark the east side. Inside, five rooms on the first floor and four on the second keep their original stairways, doors, woodwork and hardware; only the kitchen has been divided. The house was the home of Capt. Erastus Day (1831-1917), who began as a cook on a lake schooner at thirteen and later commanded several ships. He then ran ore docks in Cleveland and, from 1892, oversaw the long chain of ore docks at Conneaut. He devised hoisting and conveying machinery for ore handling and simplified the connections between rail lines and docks. He acquired the Lakewood property in 1874. It is the best remaining structure tied to him and a well-preserved mid-Victorian house.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate and Carpenter Gothic detailing; mid-Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and occupied; the only noted alteration is that the original kitchen was divided into two parts.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.212606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001812.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001812/a93f8bbf4e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001812/a93f8bbf4e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ekamposek","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erastus_Day_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ekamposek</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:Erastus_Day_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987831","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137723363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/day-erastus-house-79001812/"}