Connecticut Land Company Office
Why it's listed
This small brick building in Unionville, Ohio, was a land office of the Connecticut Land Company, built around 1817 and probably by company surveyor Abraham Tappan. The original structure was a pedimented brick rectangle with twin brick pilasters topped by Ionic capitals, dentils along the gable, and an oval light in the pediment. A wooden porch and a masonry lean-to were added after 1820. Inside, a square front room and a smaller rear room retain distinctive woodwork, including corner blocks carved with concentric circles. Its historical importance lies in the Connecticut Western Reserve, a tract of about 3,000,000 acres south of Lake Erie that Connecticut kept when it ceded its other western lands in 1786. The reserve was sold in 1795 to a syndicate of investors, the Connecticut Land Company, and offices like this one handled the partitioning, sale and administration of the surrounding land. The building is also a modest example of Federal Greek Revival design.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents it as one of several land offices in the Connecticut Western Reserve through which surrounding lands were divided, sold and administered. It is also described as a good small example of Federal Greek Revival architecture.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 73001491, listed August 14, 1973. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 7071 E. Main St., Unionville |
|---|---|
| County | Lake County |
| Listed | August 14, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73001491 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 19th Century (c. 1817) |
| Architect / builder | Probably Abraham Tappan, surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company |
| Architectural style | Federal Greek Revival |
| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site, and unoccupied at the time of nomination; the original owner's name is omitted for privacy. A 1985 letter records a change of ownership. |
| Acreage | 0.2 |
| Coordinates | 41.77954, -81.00848 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
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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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 73001491.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138456642
- This listing as JSON
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