{"nrhp_refnum":"86002878","name":"Bell, Dr. James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1822 E. Eighty-ninth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.515898793000076,"lon":-81.62421365199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large 2-1/2 story brick Richardsonian Romanesque Revival house at 1822 E. 89th Street in the Hough neighborhood on Cleveland's east side, built in 1901 and designed by architect George Hardway.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the house represents the large turn-of-the-century upper middle class residential architecture found in many Cleveland neighborhoods. It also reflects the local architectural reaction against late nineteenth-century Victorian excess, showing a simpler, more severe design influenced by Cleveland architect Charles F. Schweinfurth.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at 1822 E. 89th Street, this brick house with stone trim stands in the Hough, an east side Cleveland neighborhood that was among the city's most desirable around 1900. It rises two and a half stories under a steep front gable, with a rock-faced stone porch, round-arched windows, leaded glass and a third-floor ballroom. Architect George Hardway designed it for Dr. James Richard Bell, a noted Cleveland dentist. Its round arches and rusticated porch allude to Richardsonian Romanesque design, while plain brick walls and simple massing show a move away from Victorian ornament, a direction associated with architect Charles F. Schweinfurth. The surrounding block retains houses from the Italianate style of the 1870s to elaborate Queen Anne residences of the 1890s. From 1969 to 1973 the house served as a youth center, and from 1973 to 1979 as a live-in rehabilitation facility for drug abusers. The only major exterior alteration is an aluminum awning over part of the porch.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"George Hardway","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the form reports the house as unaltered apart from an aluminum awning over part of the porch, and in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.611722-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86002878.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002878/989c824286-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002878/989c824286-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._James_Bell_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._James_Bell_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000382","name":"Rockefeller Park and Cleveland Cultural Gardens Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/rockefeller-park-and-cleveland-cultural-gardens-historic-district-05000382/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987468","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._James_Bell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30623682"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/bell-dr-james-house-86002878/"}