{"nrhp_refnum":"87000435","name":"Townes, Clayton, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3800 W. Thirty-third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.451667831000066,"lon":-81.70501070999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house built around 1865 at 3800 West 33rd Street in the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, unusually early example of brick Italianate residential architecture in the area, distinguished by its corbelled brick cornice and brick hood moldings. It also has a local historical link to Clayton Townes, who as president of city council served as Cleveland's mayor during the 1920s city manager period and helped establish Cleveland Hopkins Airport.","narrative":"This two-story brick house at 3800 West 33rd Street in Cleveland's Brooklyn Centre neighborhood dates to about 1865 and is an early example of the Italianate style. It has segmental arched windows topped by brick hood moldings, paired brackets with widely spaced consoles, and a corbelled brick cornice. Inside are a broad open stairway and high-ceilinged rooms. Only two brick Italianate houses survive in the neighborhood, the other being the Adam Poe House, and brick examples stand out against the many frame houses nearby. The house was among the most imposing residences in the area when built. It is also tied to Clayton Townes, a long-serving city councilman who lived here into at least the 1920s. As council president during Cleveland's brief city manager era, he held the title of mayor and worked with city manager William Hopkins on the creation of Cleveland Hopkins Airport. The original owner is unknown. The porch columns were altered around 1900.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; interior in good condition and exterior in fair condition, with the porch columns altered around the turn of the century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.286148-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000435/b5652b7177-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000435/b5652b7177-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clayton_Townes_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Cricchetti</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:Clayton_Townes_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000238","name":"Brooklyn Centre Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/brooklyn-centre-historic-district-99000238/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984684","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137708086"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/townes-clayton-house-87000435/"}