{"nrhp_refnum":"79001955","name":"Hoover Farm","other_names":["Hoover Historical Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of North Canton on Easton St","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.875473224000075,"lon":-81.36607239699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building farmstead complex on a 2-acre plot south of North Canton, Stark County, Ohio, consisting of a brick farmhouse (1853 core, remodeled 1870), a braced-frame tannery (ca. 1845) and a bank barn (ca. 1870), now operated as the Hoover Historical Center.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact example of a 19th century farmstead showing agriculture and related manufacturing, including a well-preserved early tannery. It is also the only remaining historical tie to the Hoover family, founders of a major electric sweeper company, since their North Canton plant and home were demolished in the 1930s.","narrative":"Hoover Historical Center occupies a landscaped two-acre corner of a former 160-acre farm south of North Canton, Ohio. It includes a two-story white-painted brick farmhouse on a limestone foundation, a board-and-batten tannery from about 1845, and a three-bay bank barn. The house has a rectangular 1853 core, and an 1870 front block gave it a largely Victorian Italianate appearance. Daniel Hoover bought the farm after his marriage in 1847 and ran a tannery there, taking one hide for every three he prepared, until he retired in 1873. His son William Henry Hoover later moved the leather business into North Canton, and in 1908 helped launch the electric sweeper firm that became the Hoover Company. Because the company's original plant and the family home in town were demolished in the 1930s, the farmstead is the sole remaining link to that heritage. The company has converted the complex into a museum and maintains the grounds.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1847-1873","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Italianate (the farmhouse, as remodeled in 1870)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; recently renovated and converted to a museum displaying Hoover products, with part of the tannery turned into an orientation center/theatre.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.76632-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001955.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001955/e61b283200-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001955/e61b283200-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_Farm_(North_Canton,_OH).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Hoover_Farm_(North_Canton,_OH).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991333","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138686108"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/hoover-farm-79001955/"}