BlockFrom the record
One of 426 National Register listings published here for Cuyahoga County · listed in 1981 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lyman Stearns Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Listed as. Stearns, Lyman, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 6975 Ridge Rd., Parma
- When was it listed? October 1981
- Category. building
- National Register reference number. 81000431 - 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.
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lyman Stearns Farm: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bloating Material, Clay, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Independence Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry Division Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 Cleveland South quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John M. Annis House | 2.3 miles | 1992 |
 | John Froelich House | 2.3 miles | 1974 |
 | Robert W. Henry House | 2.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Phillip Henninger House | 2.9 miles | 2003 |
 | Daniel Gabel House | 3.0 miles | 1978 |
 | Joseph II Kuenzer House | 3.5 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000431 in Record Group 79. |
| Cuyahoga County | All 426 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.