{"nrhp_refnum":"94000413","name":"Rose Hill and Community House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Cahoon and Lake Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bay Village","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.48792120200005,"lon":-81.92642000599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A park-setting complex at Cahoon Road and Lake Road in Bay Village, Ohio, made up of Rose Hill, a frame farmhouse begun in 1818 by Joseph Cahoon, and Community House, a Cahoon barn of 1882 converted in 1936. A small moved sandstone smokehouse is a noncontributing third building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for association with the innovative philanthropy of Ida Maria Cahoon, who bequeathed the 128-acre family farmstead to Bay Village and required that Rose Hill be kept as a library and museum. It was the first such gift in greater Cleveland to specify preservation of a historic building. The lands later became the center of civic and social life in the village, aided by Works Progress Administration development.","narrative":"Rose Hill and Community House stand in Cahoon Park at the corner of Cahoon and Lake roads in Bay Village, Ohio. Rose Hill is a two-story frame farmhouse whose oldest section dates from 1818, built by settler Joseph Cahoon. Later additions brought Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival influences. Nearby, the Cahoon barn of 1882 was remodeled in 1936 into Community House, with Colonial Revival detailing, a cupola and a large meeting room. The basement once held the fire department and now houses a senior center. A small sandstone smokehouse moved to the site is not counted as historic to the farm. The complex matters because Ida Maria Cahoon left the 128-acre farmstead to the village in 1917, requiring that the house be kept as a library and museum. It was the first gift of its kind in greater Cleveland to protect a historic building. The park later became a center of community activity.","period_of_significance":"1917-1943","architect_builder":"Cahoon, Joseph (original house)","architectural_style":"No Style; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Rose Hill is now used as a museum and Community House serves as a meeting hall with a senior center in the basement; the apartment on Rose Hill's second floor is no longer in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.99487-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/94000413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000413/1c5d2cc9cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000413/1c5d2cc9cf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bay_Village_Community_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bay_Village_Community_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987939","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137636187"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/rose-hill-and-community-house-94000413/"}