{"nrhp_refnum":"93000078","name":"Cranz, William and Eugene, Farm","other_names":["NPS Tract #120-55","List of Classified Structures HS-337"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2401 Ira Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peninsula","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.18778407800005,"lon":-81.59201161173434,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 41.3-acre historic farm district on Ira Road in Bath Township near Peninsula, Summit County, Ohio. It has a farmhouse begun in the 1830s, two bank barns, several outbuildings and the Ira Cemetery.","why_significant":"The farm is significant for its role in the agricultural development of the Cuyahoga Valley, covering the Cranz family's ownership from 1864 to the 1930s. Eugene F. Cranz was an agricultural innovator and conservation advocate, an early Ohio reforestation promoter whose farm became Ohio Tree Farm Number 81. The farmstead buildings, including a Sweitzer forebay barn and a farmhouse remodeled in Craftsman style, illustrate typical farmstead architecture.","narrative":"Set along Ira Road in Bath Township, this farm district covers about 41 acres of open fields, farm buildings and the historic Ira Cemetery. The farmhouse dates to the 1830s, when Lewis Hammond, son of an early valley settler, introduced Shorthorn cattle and Merino sheep to the area. William F. Cranz bought the farm in 1864 and built a bank barn in 1885. His son Eugene F. Cranz later became known for conservation work, promoting reforestation, fencing livestock out of woodlots and exchanging nut tree grafts; a hickory variety bears his name. His farm was dedicated Ohio Tree Farm Number 81 in 1949. The property includes a Sweitzer forebay barn, a second bank barn, a carriage house, chicken house, cider house and smokehouse. The house was remodeled in the 1920s with Craftsman and Prairie-influenced features such as paired windows and large porch columns. The farm is listed for its agricultural history, its association with Eugene Cranz and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1860-1930","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the federal government (National Park Service since 1976); the house is still used as a single dwelling and the farm continues to include agricultural processing and cemetery uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.944982-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93000078.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000078/f501de756f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000078/f501de756f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_AND_EUGENE_CRANZ_FARM,_PENINSULA,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_AND_EUGENE_CRANZ_FARM,_PENINSULA,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85001123","name":"Valley Railway Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/valley-railway-historic-district-85001123/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986212","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100606219"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/cranz-william-and-eugene-farm-93000078/"}