Hartong, Levi J., House and Farm
Why it's listed
Set on 197 acres in a rural corner of the City of Green, this former farm centers on a 2½-story wood frame farmhouse built about 1883 by Levi J. Hartong. The house has a cruciform plan, sandstone foundation, shiplap siding, and Eastlake porches with turned posts, spindle balustrades and sawn bargeboard. Nearby are a timber-frame Sweitzer barn with a datestone reading LEVI HARTONG and 1883, a chicken house, a well house, a shed, four ponds, and fallow fields. A small earlier family cemetery unrelated to the Hartongs lies on the tract. Hartong, born in 1844 into a Pennsylvania Dutch family, farmed the land into the twentieth century. The property is considered important as one of the last surviving farmsteads in an area once dominated by agriculture and now crowded by suburban growth between Akron and Canton. The city bought it in 2005 for a park and nature preserve, and the barn now serves the county's mounted sheriff patrol.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farm is a rare surviving nineteenth-century farmstead in a community now largely taken over by suburban and commercial development (Criterion A, agriculture). It also cites the farmhouse's Eastlake detailing and the timber-frame barn under architecture (Criterion C).
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 07001089, listed October 17, 2007. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 6521 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Green |
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| County | Summit County |
| Listed | October 17, 2007 |
| Reference number | 07001089 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1883-1927 |
| Architect / builder | Levi J. Hartong (builder of the farmhouse and Sweitzer barn) |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian/Stick/Eastlake |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house is listed with a current function of vacant/not in use. The barn houses horses of the Summit County Sheriff's mounted division, and the surrounding land is used as park and nature preserve space by the City of Green. |
| Acreage | 197 |
| Coordinates | 40.91306, -81.46797 (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).
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.
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 07001089.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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