Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, Jaite Company Village (House A)
In 1905, Charles Jaite, a German immigrant established a paper mill and with it a company village to house workers. He built houses for manager in one area and houses for workers in another.
In 1917, a row of four houses were built to accommodate workers and families. A worker's house is a one-half story gambrel roof house with a shed-roofed dormer on its sides. Each house is similar in design, but have details that are different. For example, this house has a hipped-roof porch and a Palladian motif window in the half-story crowned by a sunburst fan. The raking cornice (roof line on the gable) is made of shingle. (See House B for differences -- www.flickr.com/gp/23711298@N07/i64547
Jaite family sold the mill in the 1950s and he company owned houses were sold to private owners. The mill changed hands three times until it closed in December 1984. In 1985, the National Park Service acquired all the property owned by the mill, including the formerly owned company houses. The homes were restored by the National Park Service. In 2016, they were used for park administration offices.
The each worker's house is in the Jaite Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a contributing property.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, Jaite Company Village (House A)
In 1905, Charles Jaite, a German immigrant established a paper mill and with it a company village to house workers. He built houses for manager in one area and houses for workers in another.
In 1917, a row of four houses were built to accommodate workers and families. A worker's house is a one-half story gambrel roof house with a shed-roofed dormer on its sides. Each house is similar in design, but have details that are different. For example, this house has a hipped-roof porch and a Palladian motif window in the half-story crowned by a sunburst fan. The raking cornice (roof line on the gable) is made of shingle. (See House B for differences -- www.flickr.com/gp/23711298@N07/i64547
Jaite family sold the mill in the 1950s and he company owned houses were sold to private owners. The mill changed hands three times until it closed in December 1984. In 1985, the National Park Service acquired all the property owned by the mill, including the formerly owned company houses. The homes were restored by the National Park Service. In 2016, they were used for park administration offices.
The each worker's house is in the Jaite Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a contributing property.