Cottage Hill Farm
Why it's listed
Cottage Hill Farm is a 65-acre hilltop estate about two miles east of Ravenna, Ohio, built around a stone house of 1834. Merchant Edmund B. Bostwick had it built in the Jeffersonian style, and the architect remains unknown. The property later passed to the Rhodes family and then, in 1895, to Daniel Rhodes Hanna, a Cleveland coal and iron-ore executive and newspaper publisher. Between 1903 and 1913 the house was enlarged to 39 rooms with a stone wing and a large Jacobethan addition. Hanna also built a working model farm, and cattle, horse and bull barns, an ice house, granary, corncrib, kennel and an 80-foot water tower survive, along with rubble stone entrance walls and wrought-iron gates. The estate is recognized for its association with the Rhodes and Hanna families, who helped develop Cleveland's coal and iron-ore trade, and for the rare 1834 house and the largely intact early twentieth-century estate landscape.
Significance in brief: It is significant under Criterion B as the longtime country home of Cleveland industrialists Daniel Pomeroy Rhodes and his grandson Daniel Rhodes Hanna, leaders in the coal and iron ore trade. Under Criterion C, the 1834 house is a rare Ohio example of Jeffersonian Classicism, and the estate preserves nearly intact an early twentieth-century industrialist's country estate and model farm.
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 93000401, listed May 6, 1993. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 5555 Newton Falls Rd., Ravenna Township, Ravenna |
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| County | Portage County |
| Listed | May 6, 1993 |
| Reference number | 93000401 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1834-1913 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Early Classical Revival; Tudor Revival (Jeffersonian original block with Jacobethan addition) |
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| Areas of significance | Industry, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The estate remains a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings. Some outbuildings are ruins, and others have been lost to demolition or fire. The house was used as a dude ranch from 1959. |
| Acreage | 65 |
| Coordinates | 41.16523, -81.19562 (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 93000401.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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