Roof Replacement by Area in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

How is Cuyahoga Falls divided for roofing?

By building era more than by map lines. The village began beside the river in 1812, spread west and north in the decades after World War II, and took in all of Northampton Township in 1986. Census tract data shows the pattern clearly. The typical house near the Gorge dates from the 1940s, the typical house north of Portage Trail from the 1950s, and the typical house on the north end from the 1980s or 1990s.

• The north end and former Northampton Township

  State Road north of Graham Road, Wyoga Lake Road, Steels Corners and the valley roads. Newer, larger houses on wooded lots, many still on their first roof.

• Off State Road and Portage Trail

  The postwar heart of the city. Ranches, Cape Cods and split-levels from the 1950s and 1960s, often with two layers of shingles.

• Downtown and the riverfront streets

  Front Street, Second Street, Broad Boulevard and the blocks between. The oldest roofs in town, with plank decks and brick chimneys.

• The south side near the Gorge

  Prewar and wartime houses on the Akron line, under the trees that spill out of Gorge Metro Park.

What about the east side and Silver Lake?

East of the river, the streets off Bailey Road, Hudson Drive and Munroe Falls Avenue belong to the same postwar wave as the State Road neighborhoods. Tract medians there run from the mid 1950s to the early 1960s, so the advice in the State Road guide applies almost word for word.

Silver Lake sits just beyond those streets. It is a separate village with its own government, not a Falls neighborhood, and it is mentioned here only because people often ask.

Does the permit office change by neighborhood?

No. Every Falls address, from the Gorge to the old township line, goes through the same two offices. Building permits come from the Summit County Division of Building Standards in Akron, under the city's contract with the county. Zoning stays with the City of Cuyahoga Falls at 2310 Second Street.

Where should you start?

Pick the guide that matches your street, then book the free roof inspection to see how your own roof compares with the pattern. The Cuyahoga Falls roof replacement page lists what a new roof includes, and the cost page explains why two houses a mile apart price so differently.