{"nrhp_refnum":"99000238","name":"Brooklyn Centre Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by I-71, Pearl Rd., and Big Creek Valley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.451465351500076,"lon":-81.70860030303925,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district covering the western part of Cleveland's Brooklyn Centre neighborhood in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, bounded by Pearl Road, Interstate 71, Big Creek valley and Fulton Road. It includes houses, apartments, churches and commercial buildings from the 1800s to the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C for a wide range of architectural styles, mainly from the post-Civil War era to the Great Depression, including several buildings already listed individually. It also cites Criterion A for the area's evolution from a rural township center to a trading center, small manufacturing town, inner ring suburb and inner city neighborhood.","narrative":"This district occupies the western portion of Cleveland's Brooklyn Centre neighborhood, between Pearl Road, Interstate 71, the Big Creek valley and Fulton Road. It began as a township center settled around 1818 and grew through several stages into an inner ring suburb and later an inner city neighborhood. Its street grid reflects old country roads and filled-in stream valleys. The buildings show a broad range of American styles, including Greek Revival farmhouses, brick and frame Italianate residences, Queen Anne houses with corner towers, Swiss Chalet cottages, Colonial Revival apartments and large Neoclassical and Gothic Revival churches. Notable examples include the Adam Poe House, the Coates House, the Brooklyn Branch Library and the Brooklyn Savings & Trust Building. Several properties are already listed as part of an earlier multiple resource area. The district was listed for its architectural variety, mostly from the post-Civil War years to the Great Depression, and for its record of changing community types.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Bungalow, Late Gothic Revival, Georgian Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Churches, houses and apartments remain in residential, commercial and religious use; some buildings have been rehabilitated or restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.010632-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/99000238.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000238/62fbbadd41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000238/62fbbadd41-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Kroehle_House.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:Oscar_Kroehle_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984678","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88895358"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/brooklyn-centre-historic-district-99000238/"}