{"nrhp_refnum":"95000498","name":"Cook, George E., House","other_names":["Vadose Research Center","Corman Health Care"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1435 Market Ave. N.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.81347702200003,"lon":-81.37154246099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large 2 1/2-story Queen Anne residence at 1435 Market Avenue North in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, completed in 1893 for businessman George E. Cook. It is a single building on less than one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues under Criterion C that the house is a high-style example of Queen Anne architecture, with varied wall textures, multigabled rooflines and an elaborate interior. It is described as arguably the most elaborate and intact Queen Anne house remaining in Canton. Cook was also a prominent turn-of-the-century local businessman.","narrative":"Completed in 1893 on Canton's once-opulent Market Avenue North, this large Queen Anne house was built for George E. Cook, vice-president of the Princess Plow Company and first president of the Lakeside Street Railroad. Many neighboring mansions, including the Case Mansion, Harter Estate and the McKinley residence, have been demolished. The house has a red pressed brick first floor, a clapboard second floor with flared lower courses, shingled overhanging gables and an upper-story porch. Inside are a mahogany stair hall, a paneled staircase with carved newel posts, parquet floors, tiled fireplaces and varied woods such as birdseye maple and cherry. The family sold it in 1945; it served briefly as a restaurant, then a nursing home, and a 1957 addition enclosed the porch and removed the original front doors. Owners acquired it in 1992 and restored the entry and porch from historic photographs. It was listed for its architecture, as Canton's most elaborate and intact Queen Anne example.","period_of_significance":"1893","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restoration was underway at the time of the nomination; the front porch and double-door entry were being or had been restored after a 1957 addition, and the building's current function was listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.814036-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/95000498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000498/ebf006b4a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000498/ebf006b4a7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_E._Cook_House_(Canton,_OH).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:George_E._Cook_House_(Canton,_OH).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991362","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138685079"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/cook-george-e-house-95000498/"}