Yager, John and Carrie, House

This 1 1/2 story bungalow at 7612 South Center Street in Mentor, Ohio, was built in 1911 by John Yager, a local stonemason who laid its walls himself. The first-floor walls and porch columns are cobblestone, set off by a smooth stone watertable and string course, with stucco on the gables. A full-width inset porch and a low shed dormer centered over the entry mark it as a dormer-front bungalow. Inside, the original brick fireplace, arched doorways, woodwork and staircase remain. A garage, two cobblestone corner columns at the sidewalk, and a filled-in cobblestone-lined fishpond also survive. The house was listed for its architecture. It shows the low, horizontal lines, natural materials and mixed wall surfaces typical of early twentieth-century bungalows, and it is the only cobblestone house in Mentor. Yager's other known work includes cobblestone porches, foundations and driveway markers nearby, but this house is his finest example.