{"nrhp_refnum":"79002795","name":"Hale, Elijah, Residence","other_names":["Joss Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3243 Ira Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.18921865800007,"lon":-81.62085635599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival double house at 3243 Ira Road in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1838 by Elijah Hale and his son Theodore Hale.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the early settlement of Bath Township by the Hale family, who arrived in 1810. Elijah Hale built a log cabin nearby in 1811 and later built this double house with his son. It is also a surviving example of Greek Revival design in wood-frame post and beam construction.","narrative":"Built in 1838, this two-story double house at 3243 Ira Road in Bath Township, Summit County, was constructed by Elijah Hale and his son Theodore. Elijah Hale arrived in the area in 1810 and built a log cabin nearby in 1811. The house is a Greek Revival, post and beam structure with clapboard walls, a shallow gable roof, a wide entablature and a broken-bed pediment. A shed-roof porch covers the double entrances, which have paneled doors flanked by Doric pilasters. Theodore lived in one half of the house until 1869, when it was sold to S. McNeil. By 1891 Charles Joss owned most of the McNeil property, and the house stayed with the Joss family. It stands on a quiet country road between the original Hale settlement in the Cuyahoga River valley and the town of Bath, with a large barn behind and fields on all sides. The house is valued as a reminder of the area's early settlement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Elijah & Theodore Hale","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good exterior condition and still used as a residence; a large barn and fields remain around it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.780192-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002795.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986228","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/hale-elijah-residence-79002795/"}