{"nrhp_refnum":"94000415","name":"Hill, James, House","other_names":["Cuy-354-3"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1840 W. 58th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.481799316000036,"lon":-81.72641937899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and sandstone single-family house at 1840 West 58th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, built around 1880 and later expanded, probably by its owner James Hill, a mason contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a well-crafted late nineteenth century masonry residence showing Queen Anne massing with abundant Eastlake detail. In a city where frame houses were the norm, its carved sandstone and fine brickwork stand out. The main section survives intact, with later additions confined to the rear.","narrative":"This two-story brick house on West 58th Street in western Cleveland was built around 1880 by James Hill, a mason contractor who lived there. It combines Queen Anne massing with Eastlake ornament, including a gabled roof, semi-octagonal bays, bracketed eaves and carved wood trim. Its standout feature is the masonry: locally quarried sandstone quoins with beveled edges, string courses carved with diamond patterns, carved stone tablets, herringbone brickwork and corbeled sawtooth gables. Inside, molded plaster ceilings, carved fireplaces and a reversed curving stair survive. Most neighboring homes were wood frame, so the house stands apart, and the nomination suggests Hill may have used it to show his skills to prospective clients. Permits record a kitchen addition and barn in 1889, a brick porch in 1891, and further additions by later owners in 1911, 1913 and 1927. The main front section remains intact, with changes mostly at the rear. It was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1880-1913","architect_builder":"Hill, James (additions)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Eastlake","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a dwelling; rear rooms, altered and deteriorated during apartment conversion, were being rehabilitated at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.650898-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/94000415.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000415/4451395500-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000415/4451395500-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Hill_House_3.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:James_Hill_House_3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987460","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137711816"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/hill-james-house-94000415/"}