Chagrin Falls in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Joseph Stoneman House

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2021

1. Joseph Stoneman House Marker

Inscription.
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.

Location. 41° 25.95′ N, 81° 23.509′ W. Marker is in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is on East Orange Street just east of North Main Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is mounted at eye level on the northeast corner of the subject house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18 East Orange Street, Chagrin Falls OH 44022, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland,

on the Lake Erie Shore,

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chagrin Falls Township Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Chagrin River's "High Falls" (about 600 feet away); Chagrin Falls & Eastern Railway (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Cleveland Grand Prix (approx. 2 miles away); Birthplace of James A. Garfield (approx. 2.7 miles away); James A. Garfield (approx. 2.7 miles away); 1850’s One Room Schoolhouse

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(approx. 2.7 miles away); From Log Cabin to the White House (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chagrin Falls.

Regarding Joseph Stoneman House. National Register of Historic Places № 75001358.

From the National Register Nomination prepared by Daniel H, Giffen, 6/1/1973:
The building is Italianate in style, L-shaped, with a projecting three-bay front portion, the central structure projecting well beyond the side wings. The house is of locally made brick and river stone. There is a wooden cornice in the bracketed style and small porches carrying a similar mode of ornament. The building is two stories tall and has a low hipped roof. The front doors are double, with a glass fan over the entire width. The exterior has seen little change, except for the addition of a wooden porch and triple window in the rear. The house retains its walnut banister on the front stairs and its softwood floors throughout. An attendant brick stable retains its arched carriage entrance but has been remodeled to make an apartment and garage.
The Stoneman-Nokes House represents the flowering of Victorian prosperity in Chagrin Falls. It is the most fully developed Victorian house in the village. Built in 1873,
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2021

2. Joseph Stoneman House Marker
The marker is mounted at eye level on the northeast [left] corner of the house, facing East Orange Street.
the property was the residence of Joseph Stoneman, a prominent local merchant and businessman. The house is built of bricks burnt in Stoneman's brickyard in the Village. The property adjoined in the rear that of a hardware store of which Stoneman was a part-owner.
Stoneman was active in both hardware and brickmaking. He financed the brickyard operated by his nephew, Boss Hutchings, who had come to the area from England in 1845. This brickyard was but one of several small businesses and industries which had grown up around the Falls area by 1873. The town was founded in 1833 by Noah Graves, of Sunderland, Massachusetts, who recognized the possibilities of the water power of the Chagrin River, and bought 210 acres along it from Captain Edward Paine of Chardon in that year. By the end of the summer of 1833, a dam had been built across the river above the falls, and a sawmill was built. This first mill was followed by a flour mill, paper mill, foundry and Hutchings' brickyard.

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Excerpt: The Joseph Stoneman House, also known as the Stoneman-Nokes House, is a T shaped Italianate house built in 1873 for hardware merchant Joseph Stoneman. Stoneman also had a brickyard where the bricks in this house were
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2021

3. Joseph Stoneman House (northeast elevation)
made. The house was two apartments and a decorator’s shop when the application to the National Register of Historic Places was submitted in 1975, and now houses Cuffs, an upscale clothing and accessories shop.

(Submitted on June 5, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 5, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.