{"nrhp_refnum":"82003633","name":"Hopkins, Benjamin F., Stone Building","other_names":["Standing Rock Cemetery House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Standing Rock Cemetery","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kent","county":"Portage County","state":"OH","lat":41.16540062400003,"lon":-81.35289743099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story sandstone ashlar building in Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, Portage County, Ohio, probably erected in the mid-1840s on land owned by builder Benjamin F. Hopkins.","why_significant":"The building is a rare survivor of Kent's early manufacturing history, much of which has been demolished. Hewn stone construction was uncommon in the area before mid-century. Its unexplained flat-decked roof and unusual interior plan give it potential to yield further information on mid-nineteenth century building and industrial practice.","narrative":"Standing in Standing Rock Cemetery in Kent, Ohio, this one-and-a-half story building is made of hand-hewn sandstone ashlar that still bears the marks of the stonecutters' tools. It rests on a high basement and has a gable roof with a flat deck in place of a ridge, a feature whose purpose is unknown. Inside, the plan is unusual: three large rooms on the main floor, fluted door and window casings, and a raised ceiling section in one corner. It was probably built in the 1840s on land owned by Benjamin F. Hopkins, a builder whose firm erected mills, a tannery and a glass factory in early Kent. A preliminary assessment suggests it served partly as a residence and partly as a workshop, though this is tentative. The property joined the cemetery in 1858. Most of Kent's early industrial buildings are gone, so this stone structure in an open setting is a valued reminder of that era and may yield more information on period construction.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1822-1831; 1858)","architect_builder":"Benjamin F. Hopkins","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and used for storage; condition rated good and altered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.374983-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003633.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991029","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/portage-county/hopkins-benjamin-f-stone-building-82003633/"}