{"nrhp_refnum":"87000804","name":"East Point Manor","other_names":["Payer,Harry Franklin,Estate"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S. Shore Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middle Bass Island","county":"Ottawa County","state":"OH","lat":41.69457029200004,"lon":-82.78693587799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former summer estate on East Point, a peninsula of Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. The nominated area covers a manor house built 1925-1926, a riding stables complex of 1936, an entry gate, a pump house and the surrounding grounds.","why_significant":"The estate is tied to Harry Franklin Payer, a Cleveland trial lawyer who became an assistant Secretary of State and an unofficial member of Franklin Roosevelt's \"Brain Trust.\" The manor house is an unusual example of work by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer, blending Prairie School and Tudor Revival influences. The stables are notable for their use of local stone.","narrative":"East Point Manor is a former country estate on East Point, a long peninsula reaching east from Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. Lawyer and Roosevelt administration official Harry F. Payer began it in 1925 as a weekend and summer retreat. The estate once covered about 100 acres of meadow, orchards, vineyards and a nine-hole golf course. Later owners subdivided it, and the surviving buildings now sit among summer cottages. The listed area centers on a long, low limestone manor house of 1925-1926, designed by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer and built by Alfred Schnurr of Sandusky. An octagonal central pavilion and copper-trimmed gables give it a mix of Prairie School and Tudor character. Nearby are a 1936 stables complex of rubble stone with a cobblestone courtyard, a stone entry gate and a pump house. The property was recognized for its link to Payer, who served as assistant Secretary of State and advised on recognition of the Soviet Union, and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1925-1936","architect_builder":"Alfred Schnurr/J. Milton Dyer","architectural_style":"Prairie School; Tudor Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Manor house and stables survive amid later summer cottages. The estate was subdivided in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Current functions are listed as domestic single dwelling and secondary structure.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.766137-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000804.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990815","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ottawa-county/east-point-manor-87000804/"}