{"nrhp_refnum":"87002636","name":"Jones Home for Children","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3518 W. Twenty-fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.45844496900003,"lon":-81.70149206499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick children's home at 3518 West 25th Street in the Brooklyn Centre area of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1902 (the form also gives 1903) to designs by architect Sidney R. Badgley.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a rare and architecturally significant example of turn-of-the-century institutional architecture and an inspired example of Neocolonial design, with a gambrel roof, central cupola, quoins and cornice modillions. It was designed by Sidney R. Badgley, a Cleveland architect with a national reputation. It is also one of few surviving institutional buildings of its era in Cleveland, and it is tied to the home's founding by Mayor Carlos Jones.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at 3518 West 25th Street in Cleveland, the Jones Home for Children is a two-story brick institutional building with a gambrel roof, pedimented dormers, a one-story entrance porch and a central cupola with a slightly pointed dome. The facade runs about 100 feet, with arched first-floor windows, keystone lintels above the second-floor windows, corner quoins and cornice modillions that reflect Georgian influence. The home was founded in the late 1880s by Carlos Jones, mayor of Brooklyn Village, and his wife on their 40-acre farm, to care for and educate destitute children. Early trustees included former President Rutherford B. Hayes. Cleveland architect Sidney R. Badgley, known for church and college work and for projects in many states, designed it, and Carey & Terwood built it for $25,000. It was listed as a rare surviving example of turn-of-the-century institutional architecture in a city where many similar buildings have been demolished. It continued to serve as a children's home.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Sidney R. Badgley (also spelled Badgely); builder Carey & Terwood","architectural_style":"Neo-Colonial Revival (also described as Neocolonial and Neo-classic Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition listed as excellent; the building was still used as a children's home, the same as its original use. The owner first objected to listing in 1985 and 1987, then withdrew the objection in 1996.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.584674-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87002636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002636/67223e79ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002636/67223e79ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jones_Home_for_Children_2.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:Jones_Home_for_Children_2.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000031","name":"Jones Home Subdivisions Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/jones-home-subdivisions-historic-district-12000031/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984596","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137708457"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/jones-home-for-children-87002636/"}