{"nrhp_refnum":"79001894","name":"Gayer, Jacob, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Medina at 4508 Marks Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Medina County","state":"OH","lat":41.15528690000008,"lon":-81.87916987899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story wood frame farmhouse with a one-story ell at 4508 Marks Road, York Township, near Medina, Medina County, Ohio, built in the mid-nineteenth century by German immigrant farmer Jacob Gayer.","why_significant":"The house was built by an important early German immigrant farmer and is a remnant of the intensive German settlement of Medina County and York Township. Its doorway and recessed porch combine Greek Revival and Gothic or Italianate details, which are unusual in the locality. The form places it in the upper 5 to 10 percent in architectural quality among common farmhouses of the area.","narrative":"This farmhouse on Marks Road in York Township, Medina County, was built by Jacob Gayer, a German immigrant farmer. Born in Germany in 1808, Gayer came to Medina County with his parents in 1823, settled in Liverpool Township, and bought the 76-acre York Township farm in 1851. Family tradition says he built the house in 1857. The one-and-a-half story wood frame house has a one-story ell, a sandstone foundation, a slate roof and six-over-six windows with original wooden shutters. Composition shingles covered the original clapboard in 1949. Its distinction lies in the ell doorway and recessed porch, which blend Greek Revival pilasters and entablature with a flattened pointed arch and scrolled brackets suggesting Gothic or Italianate influence. Curved brackets between the porch posts create the effect of an arcade. The house was listed as a local example of unusual ornamental detail and as a remnant of the German settlement of the county.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Jacob Gayer (built the house, according to family tradition)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Gothic or Italianate elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence in good condition; altered by composition shingle siding added in 1949; still held by descendants of the Gayer family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.363493-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001894.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990235","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/medina-county/gayer-jacob-house-79001894/"}