BlockFrom the record
One of 180 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Albert Cofta Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Listed as. Cofta, Albert, Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 2966 Brush Rd., Richfield
- When was it listed? November 2004
- Category. building
- Also known as. Agricultural Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley MPS
- National Register reference number. 04001214 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Albert Cofta Farmstead between 1994 and 2012, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | RIVERVIEW ROAD |
| 22 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | ERDOS |
| 15 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | KEEBLER |
| 17 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | BOSTON |
| 19 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STUMPY |
| 15 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | PINE LANE |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Daniel Tilden House | 1.5 miles | 1985 |
| Orson Minot Oviatt House | 1.6 miles | 2021 | |
 | Allen Welton House | 2.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Boston Mills Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1992 |
 | Jim Brown Tavern | 3.0 miles | 1979 |
| Camp Crowell Hilaka Historic District | 3.1 miles | 2020 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001214 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 180 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.