Stewart-Hanson Farm
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
This three-acre farmstead on Call Road in Stow centers on a two-story brick farmhouse built by Thomas Stewart in 1855. Around 1900 his son-in-law, Charles E. Hanson, enlarged it with east and west gables, a brick kitchen wing and a Victorian porch. Behind the house stand a cow barn, horse barn, pig sty, granary and a tile-block garage from about 1917, plus a 1944 shed that does not contribute. The Stewart and Hanson families farmed the land, mostly as a dairy operation, for four generations from 1832 until 1966, when 91 acres were leased for a golf course. The property matters because the farmhouse is the best-preserved mid-19th century brick house in Stow Township, and the outbuildings form its most cohesive group of farm structures. Open land around the farmstead helps preserve its rural setting in a township that grew from about 900 people in the late 1800s to roughly 28,000 by 1990.
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| Period of significance | 1855-1942 |
|---|---|
| Styles | No style |
| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Stewart-Hanson Farm (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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