Forest Glen Estates Historic District
Why it's listed
Forest Glen Estates is a planned residential neighborhood of roughly 130 acres in Boardman Township, south of Youngstown, Ohio. Platted between 1923 and 1929 by the Kreider-Rotzel Real Estate Company, it was laid out by the Cleveland landscape architects Pitkin and Mott. Gently curving streets, wide tree lawns, concrete sidewalks, cast-iron street lights and landscaped islands set it apart from Youngstown's usual street grid, and utility lines were kept to the rear lot lines so street trees could grow tall. Its siting followed Warren Manning's 1922 plan for Mill Creek Park. The district has 106 contributing buildings, mostly one-and-a-half or two-story wood-frame houses in Colonial, Georgian, Tudor, Dutch Colonial and related revival styles, many designed by Cleveland architect Munroe Copper. It was the first Youngstown-area neighborhood designed around the automobile, with a garage for nearly every house. Deed covenants limited lots to single-family homes and controlled design and landscaping.
Significance in brief: The district is a cohesive, auto-oriented suburb of revival-style single-family houses, with a distinctive designed landscape of curving streets, tree lawns, landscaped islands and buried rear-lot utilities. Its siting reflects Warren Manning's 1922 plan for Mill Creek Park. It also illustrates restrictive covenants and the upper middle class suburban development of Youngstown's steel-era economy.
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 98000565, listed May 20, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Homestead Dr., Glenwood Ave., Alburn Dr., and Market St., Boardman Township |
|---|---|
| County | Mahoning County |
| Listed | May 20, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98000565 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architect / builder | Munroe Copper (principal architect of record); Pitkin and Mott, landscape architects; Kreider-Rotzel Real Estate Company, developer |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Georgian Revival, Tudor Revival, Dutch Colonial, French Colonial Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current functions remain single dwellings, secondary structures and landscape parks; much of the early landscape detailing survives, and many houses are unaltered. |
| Acreage | 130 |
| Coordinates | 41.05464, -80.66890 (NPS GIS) |
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).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98000565.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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