{"nrhp_refnum":"95001197","name":"Eagle Cliff Hotel","other_names":["Beach Club, The"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5254 Lake Rd., E","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva-on-the-Lake","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.86112878200004,"lon":-80.94439416499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small resort complex at 5254 Lake Road East in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ashtabula County, Ohio, made up of a 2 1/2-story frame hotel built about 1900 by Bert Warner and several rental cottages, with two later non-contributing buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex reflects the recreation history that dominates Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio's oldest resort. The hotel and cottages show the span of the village's summer boarder business from about 1900 to 1945. It is described as one of the two most intact remaining hotels in the village, still serving its original purpose.","narrative":"Eagle Cliff Hotel is a lakeside lodging complex on Lake Road East in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. The centerpiece is a 2 1/2-story frame hotel on a stone foundation, with clapboard siding, a wrap-around porch, and modest millwork in its gables. The interior retains its original plan, fluted door surrounds, wall-hung sinks, and claw-foot tubs. Behind it stand a duplex and several cottages, including three moved onto the lot in 1936. Two later buildings, a 1959 garage and a 1962 ranch house, do not contribute to its historic character. Geneva-on-the-Lake grew from a picnic ground opened in 1869 into a resort that drew vacationers from Youngstown and Pittsburgh, and its heyday ran from the early 1900s to the 1940s. The hotel, built by Bert Warner, and its cottages illustrate the move from large boarding houses to individual cottages. The property is listed for its link to this resort era and to a pattern of family recreation that has largely disappeared.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900-1945","architect_builder":"Unknown (hotel built by Bert Warner per the narrative)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Hotel and cottages are described as still serving their original purpose; the hotel interior is largely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.566683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/95001197.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001197/89c23bd7e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001197/89c23bd7e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Alfredtwo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Cliff_5.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfredtwo</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:Eagle_Cliff_5.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986697","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137598705"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/eagle-cliff-hotel-95001197/"}