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Nomination for Federal Knitting Mills Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 5,982 words across 60 pages, filed in 2001. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

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OMB No. 10024-C018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service DEC | 3 2000 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions. architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property 2. Location n/ a -not for publication street & number city or town - U vicinity State code 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this bcl nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of J nationally - statewide [X] locally. ([] See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. (] See continuation sheet for additional Signature of commenting official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification Date of Action W entered in the National Register. J See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the L removed from the National L other, (explain:) comments.) Date Ohio Register.

National Register NPS Form 10-900 Creveland This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the historic name - other names/site number - J meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant I hereby certify that the property is: - zip code - 44114 Federal Knitting Mills Building Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply F private - public-local - district - public-State O site - public-Federal - structure - object - Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Current Functions (Enter categories from instructioris) 7.

Description foundation masonry roof asphaltic other steel and timber frame Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Cuyahoga County Materials Noncontributing Work in progress - multiple dwelling Architectural Classification Manufacturing Facility Historic Functions See Attached. Federal Knitting Mills walls_masonry Processing Site Commercial Style building(s) Category of Property Vumber of Resources within Propert! Do not include previousiy listed resources in the count. Name of related multiple property listing (Check only one box) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Federal Knitting Mills Building Section number Page Narrative Description address is 2860-2894 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

When the building was constructed in 1910 Street, towards downtown Cleveland. The Franklin Circle Historic District (a Cleveland Landmark) buildings of the Franklin Circle Historic District. The 1910-1915 commercial style building was Schwarzenberg and Gaede Company in 1917. Originally, the building opened as the Federal Knitting masonry constructed building, with a small additional one story in the northeast "L" of the building. minimizes the horizontal effect of the building. The façade faces Detroit Avenue, it is 44' high and carries 16 bays along Detroit Avenue. There are two entrances at the east and west end of the employs several entryways for delivery access. The east wall is a blank wall with limited projections the south elevation and ten bays deep to the north.

There are several entrances into the building, two on the south elevation, one on the west, three on the north and three on the east. The building is a asphalt flat roof. 1934 demonstrates the use of 1/1 double hung wood windows in the sixteen bays that front Detroit (8-86) Mills Building, but was sold to the Seaway Company in the 1960s. The building is a three-story third floor. designed by local architect Gustave B. Bohm.Additional construction for the building, required during The Federal Knitting Mills Building is located at the northeast corner of Detroit Avenue and West 29th The immense fenestration allows a great amount of light to fill the interior space. A photo dating form The interior structure is wood post and steel-beam construction, with skylights and a clerestory on the decorative accents along the cornice (photos:1 and historic photo).

The building is a simple design, NPS Form 10-900-a Cuyahoga Co., Ohio structures. The Federal Knitting Mills Building is recognized as one of the few remaining commercial The Federal Knitting Mills Building is a Chicago Commercial style brick structure with stone limited to detail in the fashion of the commercial style of the 1910s. Projecting piers between the bays building on the south façade. The west elevation is similar to the south façade. The north elevation building. A large water-tower structure is located on the roof, the tank is missing (photos: 4-10) combination of masonry construction and steel and wood beams with wood piers. The roof is a rolled the neighborhood was primarily residential, with commercial buildings lining Detroit east of West 28th remains an equal mix of residential and commercial buildings.

The majority of the residential buildings The building is a three-story warehouse building with an open plan. The building is sixteen bays along OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Federal Knitting Mills Building Section number Steel industrial windows are located throughout the window openings, based on the 1934 photo, indirectly these are replacement windows. An open interior court is located in the center of the building. The court has a brick flooring and is Both steel industrial windows and wood 12/12 remain, in addition to the glass block and concrete constructed in 1910.In 1915, an additional 4 bays was constructed to the east along Detroit, spanning a depth of 114' towards Vermont Avenue. The plan for these first two phases was designed by local architect Gustave B. Bohm.

The last two phases of construction were administered by the architectural firm of Christian, Schwarzenberg and Gaede Company. Phase three of the building occurred in 1917. The change in front of the Federal Knitting Mills, resulting in changes to the building. The widening of Detroit removed 34' of the existing southernmost face of the structure in effect the remaining surface of the structure fronting Detroit was refaced and an addition of 118" was constructed to the east along (photo 13). The entrance to the lower level of the Detriot-Superior Bridge was directly in front of the building, explaining the width of the street at this point. Streetcars utilized this entrance from 1917- 1955, it has since been closed and covered.

Significant architectural features can be identified as the central courtyard (photos: 17-19), the stone accents at the parapet and the extensive use of fenestration, monitor windows and skylights. The existing conditions of the building are good. The exterior brick demonstrates the usual sign of air (8-86) Page details. display deterioration while the majority of the monitor windows are in good condition, minus the Little of the original structure's exterior designed by Bohm remains, only a portion of the west wall blocked in areas (photos: 18-19). Cuyahoga Co., Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a the structure occurred in response to the construction of the nearby bridge to the north. The pollution. The existing wood and industrial steel sash windows demonstrate neglect. The skylights enclosed on all four sides with an entrance to the east. The existing windows demonstrate alterations. Avenue.

Recent alterations, some time after 1994, blocked in a majority of the lower level windows. Detroit, sharing a common face. The last substantial phase of additions transpired in 1921, when Federal Knitting Mill enlarged the complex to 93' along Vermont Avenue with a depth of 93'. Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance Enter categories from instructions for National Register listing.) X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of -B Property is associated with the lives of persons - C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and Period of Significance individual distinction. 1910, 1937 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) religious purposes. Significant Person - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery.

- E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. -G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Gustave B. Bohm - architect Christian, Schwarzenberg, and Gaede Co. - arch, Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: & preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark 2 Other J recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey U recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Industry Register Bibliography Architect/Builder our history. Property is: Name of repository: Federal Knitting Mills Cuyahoga, Ohio distinguishable entity whose components lack Western Reserve Historical Society significant in our past.

Cultural Affiliation A owned by a religious institution or used for (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number Page Statement of Significance The Federal Knitting Mills Building at 2882 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio is significant under garment industry. Cleveland ranked fourth among American cities in garment productions approaching New York as one of the country's leading centers for garment production in the 1920s.? The Federal Knitting Mills Company occupied the building from 1910 to 1937 and closed as a result of intense union activities that occurred in 1937.

There have been a few minor changes to the building since the 1917 addition, including an attached garage, delivery access and replacement aluminum where they have been blocked in with glass and concrete block. Recently, these have been replaced with sympathetic 1/1wood sash windows. The interior of the building has maintained the warehouse open plan, with minimal interior partition walls. The structure is located in the northernmost portion of the Cleveland Landmarks Franklin Circle Mills is located in a predominantly residential neighborhood, although commercial buildings once is limited to a few storefronts in small frame buildings.

The Garment Industry in Cleveland The garment industry was stimulatedby the need to manufacture uniforms for sailors, slaves and industry also coincided with the tremendous urbanization in industrial cities like Cleveland and the University Press and Western Reserve Historical Society. 1996. p.459. (8-86) The garment industry in Cleveland started as early as 1860 and reached its peak during the 1920s. wave of immigrants that came into the country at the turn of the century. Federal Knitting Mills Building 2Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John, editors.The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.Bloomington: Indiana 3 Van Tassel, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p.459. criterion A as "one of the largest companies in its field west of New York" contributing to Cleveland's is another exceptional example of the commercial buildings that remain along Detroit.

The building is clothing, aided the increase in development, which was based on measurements obtained during the Civil War. The Depression of 1873 contributed to the growth of ready-made clothing. Men found door systems. The most significant alterations occur at the first and second floor window openings, miners and increase mechanization. The establishment of systems for sizing men's and boys' 1 "Federal Knit Vote is for Dissolution, $10 First Dividend", Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 7, 1937. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Page The first wave of entrepreneurs of the garment industry in Cleveland was mainly of German and Sidney Vincent and Judah Rubinstein: "In a survey in 1892 the 'Plain Dealer' listed twenty-two local owned clothing manufacturers. According to the obituaries of Federal Knitting Mill's long-term officials Herbert Goldberg (whom later changed his name to Goulder) and Louis Seligman ( Who later The Richman Brothers Company, manufacturers of men's suits, furnishing's and hats, started their East 55th Street is currently abandoned. Historical Society, 1978. p. 133. 6 Gartner. P.69 (8-86) 7 Gartner. P.74. manufacturing started in the Flats along the Cuyahoga River, but by the 2oth century it was Gartner, Lloyd p.

History of the Jews of Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1978. P. 67. sellers."5 "Not only was the sale of clothing Jewish, but... its manufacture also." 6 By the second changed his name to Selden) were Jewish.Whether the company employees were predominately decade of the twentieth century, garment production ranked among Cleveland's foremost industries. 4Vincent,Sidney and Judah Rubinstein.Merging Traditions: Jewish Life in Cleveland.Cleveland:Western Reserve Jewish is unknown. Section number. 8 Austro-Hungarian decent. The system evolved from home sewing to factory production. Garment concentrated in the Warehouse District. The garment industry also spread to other areas in the city.

new masses required garments, and Jews figured prominently among both their makers and their Company, Joseph & Feiss Company, Printz-Biederman Company, and the Federal Knitting Mills. Jewish community had a great impact on the garment industry in Cleveland as summarized by business in Portsmouth, Ohio and moved to Cleveland in 1879. The company was the first clothier to was sold to the F.W. Woolworth Co. of the New York. The Richman Brothers building located on open retail outlets selling factory-produced men's clothing directly to customers. In 1969 the company The Cleveland Worsted Mills (NROHP 1985, demolished) near E.55th and Broadway was organized in the 1870s.

The Richman Brothers Company, located at 1600 East 55th Street, was one of the Not only were the entrepreneurs in the booming industry predominately Jewish, but so was a manufacturers and wholesale houses in the clothing industry, all of them Jewish. These firms for the largest clothing chains in the nation during the 1950s.Other large firms included the L.N.Gross OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number Moritz Printz, a native of Austria, who came to Cleveland to work for his brother-in-law David Black, founded the Printz-Biederman Company. Black moved his company to New York in 1894.

Printz, his sons, Alexander and Michael, and son-in-law, Joseph Biederman, established a partnership that Tower Press is an outstanding factory building, designed by Robert Kohn in a Spanish Colonial Style. and the building has stood virtually empty. The building demonstrates many years of neglect. production. The company eventually closed and the building, located at 425 Lakeside, has been rehabilitated and converted for residential use. company had 800 workers in the Cleveland area. garment workers, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, was formed in 1900 in New York City. Assisted and encouraged by the ILGWU, employees of the H. Black Co. (Wooltex -The Tower Press Building) of Cleveland went on strike in early 1911 and failed.

On June 6, 1911 - 1,000 The workers' demands included a 50-hour workweek with Saturday afternoons and Sundays off, no Van Tassel, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p.462. (8-86) Page former Cleveland mayor. The strike resulted in better conditions for factory workers. The improved merged with the H. Black & Company in 1922. The H. Black Company, a major manufacturer of rejected all of these.° After 4-months of a violent strike, the International union could no longer however was quickly resolved due to the early intervention of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War and NPS Form 10-900-a financially support the strikers. The strikes cost the union more than $300,000 and were called off in shirtwaists. L.N. Gross was a pioneer in the manufacturing process, the first to employ assembly line The company was well known for manufacturing "Wooltex"coats and suits.

The firm closed in 1978 The L.N. Gross Company was founded in 19o0,specializing in the production of women's Joseph & Feiss Company, an important part of Cleveland's garment industry, set up a wholesale clothing store in 1907 at 82 Superior Street and moved several times before settling at their W. 53rd workers at the H. Black Company walked out in a dispute regarding wages and working conditions. A The garment industry prospered during World War I, as did union activities. The first trade union for October of 1911 without gaining any concessions. A second strike occurred in 1918. This dispute, total of 4,0o0workers took to the streets to picket for improved working conditions in their factories.

United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number conditions provided meaningful services for the workers including cafeterias, clinics and nurseries. In manufacturers continued to be challenged by unions. Cleveland Worsted Mill Company also witnessed strong union activity. Cleveland Worsted Mill worsted mills in the country. Located on Broadway Avenue, the Cleveland plant was closed in 1956 ended with the foreclosure of the company. With the loss of the Cleveland Worsted Mills in 1993, the Federal Knitting Mills stands as a symbol of the knitting industry and the unionization that aided in the shift of the industry out of the Cleveland economy. History of the Federal Knitting Mills Company in Cleveland in1905. Within six months Louis L.

(Seligman) Selden joined the company as a partner. and Detroit. The firm was incorporated in 1926 and by 1928, the firm employed 650 people. Over 100,000 pieces of knitwear were produced each week. Federal Knitting Mills made sweaters, bathing suits, caps, dresses, shawls, scarves, knitted headwear and many knitted novelties. It also exported and mail order houses, including Marshall Field, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, and Carson Cleveland Stock Exchange. Production records were set in 1934 and bonuses continued to be given out as late as December 1936. In the summer of 1937,the plant was the site of union activities that were extensively covered in the newspapers. Unionization led to strikes, which featured "bitter rivalry" and jurisdictional disputes between unions. ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) Page Road.

Around 1910 the company relocated and became the sole occupant of a building at West 2gth jobbers (middlemen) and also through Federal Knitting Mills' own agency in New York City, which Pirie Scott. The Federal Knitting Mills continued to flourish during the Great Depression and sales reached a theatrical activities. The industry continued to meet challenges from the work force, and addition, workers were encouraged to participate in extra curricular activities such as sports and Company, founded by Joseph Turner in 1878 and later reorganized in 1902, was one of the largest after a bitter strike over union recognition and a desire to secure a contract and a $0.7½ per hour wage increase. The strike of the Textile Workers Union of America ran from August 22^d, 1955 to knitted lace for Spanish shawls that were sold to tourists in Manila.

The products were wholesaled to controlled worldwide distribution. The company's customers included well-known department stores NPS Form 10-900-a The company, employing 75 people, was first located at a rented 10,000 square foot loft at 600 Huron peak of $2,782,418 in 1932. That year the company had the best record of all issues listed in the United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number Page ILGWU, a CIO (Committee for Industrial Organization) affiliate, picketed the mill, and the AFL and police escorted workers into the mill. The strike involved several locally notable names including Eliot influential labor leaders".

The strike also brought to town such visitors as Rose Pesotta, International Vice President of the ILGWU (who was arrested at least once) and Heywood Broun of New York, president of the American Newspaper Guild. In her book, Bread Upon the Waters, Pesotta recorded some of the events of the strike. The strikes in Cleveland involved four of the ready-wear factories, in addition to strikes occurring at Republic Steel, the Industrial Rayon, and Cleveland Worsted Mills. The picketers four plants; the Federal Knitting Mills, Stone Knitting Mills, and Bamberger-Reinthal.

Attorney "Section 8: It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer - (1) To interfere with, restrain, interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization..." Even after Federal Knitting Mills' workers chose the ILGWU as their union in August, 1937, in a vote at prices below those that manufacturers could make the goods and sell them to the jobbers. These "sweat shop" methods made competition difficult. protection." (8-86) December, 1937, to liquidate the company over the next few years. One of the reasons for this action was a result of the union activities in conjunction with the growing tendency by jobbers(middlemen) to supervised by the National Labor Relations Board, picketing continued due to the unions' Wagner Act: campaign by inviting AFL (American Federation of Labor) organizers.

The AFL had agreed on a Ness, who was safety director in Cleveland at the time, and Beryl Peppercorn, "one of the city's most by the AFL. On July 15,1937, the Regional Labor Board began its hearings regarding three of the organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, forthe purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7. (2) To dominate or it had been placed in an "unfavorable competitive position." 1937 was the first year ever that the guarded all eight entries at Federal Knitting Mills, and were harassed by both the legal authorities and Corrigan made a case for the ILGWU, based on two pertinent clauses in the labor law known as the company had lost money, though it remained in strong financial condition.

A decision was made in jurisdictional dispute. In November of 1937, the Federal Knitting Mills company management said that NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number Little is known of the 1910 architect, Gustave B. Bohm. He was born in Cleveland around 1874 and educated in Cleveland's public schools. He attended Columbia University and was listed in Cleveland City Directories asan architect from 1901-1932 and died on April 15, 1934.The architects of the later sales and shipping areas. Two unusual features are the large cafeteria located on the third floor and the abundant restrooms found on each floor.

The firm also designed the Richman Brothers Building major elements and configurations are based on the operations of the manufacturing process. The attention to building access. The unadorned commercial design of the Federal Knitting Mills building demonstrates the trend in factory structures in the early part of the twentieth century. Functionally designed, employing large windowpanes, skylights, and monitors, in an effort to provide the necessary lighting for garment manufacturing.In addition, the evolution of the construction methods manufacturers, occupied the building from 1940-1956; their printed sign is still visible on the building. residential use, maintaining the significant historic elements. (8-86) Page additions, Christian-Schwarzenberg and Gaede Company, also designed the L.N. Gross Building The Barton Knitting Mills occupied the building through the 1950s-60s.

From the 1950s to the 1990s, smaller and varied businesses occupied the building, including the Deltronix Corporation and the constructed using one of the first cast-in-place concrete slab plate systems to be built within the designed in a way that allowed an interior frame to carry the weight with window openings being the Federal Knitting Mills.The Gottfried Company(Marie Dressler and Mynette dresses),a dress Classical elements.The building housed facilities for the production of garments in addition to offices, The design for the L.N. Gross Building by engineering firm Christian-Schwarzenburg and Gaede, was In the late 18"h century and the early 1g century, textile mills were built in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. Factories in general in America grew out of a need to manufacture mass design offactories and the load that these structures could hold.

These buildings could also be of the building illustrates the growth of the industry in the early part of the twentieth century. industry. The building continued to be utilized by garment companies for years after the liquidation of (NR, 1981). The L. N. Gross company was established in 1898, specializing in women's shirtwaists. Warehouse District and possibly Cleveland. The building is a Commercial Style building with Neo- on East 55 south of Superior. Richman Brothers manufactured men's suits and furnishings. quantities of goods. The advent of wrought and later cast iron for building structures changed the need to transport raw materials into factories and finished products away often requires special manufacturer occupied the building through the 1940s. The S. Weitz and Company, cloth Glasier Casket Company, both of the 1960s-90s.

Today, the building is being rehabilitated for United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet the garment industry and the market place after World War Il in Cleveland was a direct result of a national trend. The garment industry employed about 7% of Cleveland's workforce from the 1890s to influenced by lower labor wages in the South, and later by lower wages outside the country. Page (8-86) Section number the 1940s.9Cleveland's garment industry was still large and influential into the 1950s with the union activities that occurred in the garment industry, especially in the case of the Federal Knitting Cuyahoga County, Ohio 9Van Tassel, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p.4. The garment industry had a significant impact on Cleveland's economy at the turn of the century.

The Mills, permanently damaged the industry in Cleveland and throughout the northeast. The change in greatest decline occurring in the 1960s and 1970s.The slow decline of the garment industry in NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number Page Atlas of Cleveland, Ohio, G.M. Hopkins, 1881. Cleveland City Directories, various editions, 1905-1966. Pesotta, Rose. Bread Upon the Waters. Ithica: New York ILR Press and Cornell University State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1987. Vincent, Sidney and Judah Rubinstein. Merging Traditions : Jewish Life in Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1978. Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John editors. The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography.

Cleveland: Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John editors. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press and Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1996. The Critic and Amusement Gazette, December 1895. "A.F.L.,Knit Coercion Denied", Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 17, 1937. "Denies Union Row in Textile Strike", Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 13, 1937. "Escort Crew to Knit Plant", Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 30, 1937. 1978. Books 11, 1969. Newspapers (8-86) Bibliography Journals Haines and Company. Criss Cross Cleveland City and Suburban Directories, various editions, 1976- "Fashion Labels May Sound British but Dresses Are Made Right Here", Cleveland Press, September Gartner, Lloyd P. History of the Jews of Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, Federal Knitting Mills Building "Admits A.F.L.

Had agreement in Plant Before First Sign-up", Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 16, 1937. 1986. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Page "Federal Knit Vote is for Dissolution, $10 First Dividend", Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 7, 1937. "Federal Knitting Acts to Liquidate", Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 22, 1937 "Gottfried Builds New Dress Plant", Cleveland Press, September 23, 1957. "Gustave B. Bohm Dies", Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 16, 1934. "Hearing Set in Picketing Suit", Cleveland Press, July 14, 1937. "I.L.G.W.U. Hits at 'Vicious' Combine, Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 31, 1937. "Merger of 3 Dress Firms is Disclosed", Cleveland Pain Dealer, August 15, 1961.

"NLRB Orders Union Vote in 3 Knit Mills", Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 9, 1937. Plain Dealer, November 8, 1929. "Police seize 75 Pickets at Knitting Mill, Cleveland Press, July 28, 1937. "Rites Tomorrow for Gustave B. Bohm", Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 16, 1934. "Strikers Beat Mother, Girl", Cleveland Press, July 29, 1937. "Strikers Seek to Halt Police", Cleveland Press, July 13, 1937. (8-86) "Says Contract made before Union Formed", Cleveland Press, July 15, 1937. "Goulder, Herbert", clipping unidentified, January 3, 1933. Section number "Ohio Securities on Cleveland Exchange, No. 13 Federal Knitting Mills, A Steady Earner", Cleveland Federal Knitting Mills Building "Pickets Sue Ness in Knitting Strike", Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 14, 1937. "Move to Settle Knit Dispute Seen", Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 8, 1937.

"Scouts Theory of More Knit Closings", Cleveland Press, November 12, 1937. "Scouts Theory of More Knit Mill Closings", Cleveland Press, November 22, 1937. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Section number "Tiny Knitting Firm of 1905 Now Hires 600", clipping unidentified, May 17, 1928. "Vote Today at 3 Knitting Plants", Cleveland Plain Dealer,, August 16, 1937. WPA Newspaper Index, volumes for years 1933-1938. Hopkins Plat Books, various editions, 1922-1937. Sanborn Insurance Maps, various editions, 1886- updated 1990. Index of Building Permits, Building Department, Cleveland City Hall. Ohio Historic Inventory form, Eric Johannesen, 1976. TRW-REDI Real Estate Data, 1994. Page (8-86) Other Maps and Photographs Cuyahoga County Maps.

Cleveland Press Photograph Collection, Cleveland State University. Cuyahoga County, Ohio Federal Knitting MIlls Name of Property 10. Geographical Data UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description See Attached Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title Diana Kulka organization Sandvick Architects, Inc. - date - September 20, 2000 street & number_ 1265 West 6th Street _ telephone. city or town_Cleveland - state .zip code - Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Representative black and white photographs of the property.

Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) David Perkowski - Charge Development 2348 Professor Avenue P.O.Box 91644 street & number city or town Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seg.). Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. 44113 216-621-8055 216-241-4069 Zone name Maps Easting Cleveland Ohio Northing Photographs Cuyahoga, Ohio Additional Documentation County and State (Describe the boundaries of the property ona continuation sheet.) A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gatheringand maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect Acreage of Property less than one acre OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Federal Knitting Mills Building Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number Verbal Boundary Description The Federal Knitting Mills Building is located on Detroit Avenue at the west 280th block, between elevation located on Vermont Avenue. The building follows Detroit Avenue west for 262.90', then then south for 162.70'. Boundary Justification Boundary is based on land survey, completed by Survey Title Agency, file no.

ST-3757A, April 27, 1998. (8-86) Page NPS Form 10-900-a Permit Parcel # 00314027, August 5, 1998. Volume # 09990, page 1. follows 29th Street for 158.90' northward, the property follows Vermont Avenue eastward for 260.40' NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places MEMORIAL SHOREWAY VERMONT AVE. DETROIT AVE. LOT (8-86) SURFACE Site Map FKM Continuation Sheet Cuyahoga County Section number Add. Docume Page VAN ROOY Federal Knitting Mills Bldg. W. 29th STREET ING STATION MACH SHOP. Add. Documentation Page 3 29TH MASTER VERMONT Cuyahoga County OH Insurance Map) The Federal Knitting PRINTING SHIPPING LASTERS : W. 28TH Mills in 1952/65 (Sanborn MEMORIAL Cuyahoga County Of Add.

Documentation FEDERAL KNITTING MILLS, c1934 CLEVELAND PRESS COLLECTION, CSU Page4 Federal Knitting Mills Building Cleveland Flats Cleveland Warehouse Historic District Ohio City Historic District Franklin Circle Historic District CUYAHOGA COUNTY ENGINEER Federal Knitting Mills xo 000 PLANIMETRIC for National Register Nomination NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL:N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SLR DRAFT: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : TELEPHONE DATE RETURN REJECT PROPERTY MULTIPLE REVIEWER 1/12/01 1/27/01 DISCIPLINE 12/13/00 RECOM./CRITERIA NATIONAL: PERIOD: Federal Knitting Mills Building SAMPLE: OTHER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Registar Entered in the DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF PENDING LIST: COMMENT WAIVER: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 12/27/00 PDIL: VACCEPT 209 9925 N N N-5 NN 2(022> Sandrck Architecs Cuyahoga Co., OH Federal Kni+ting Mi ll s Bla6 209 9925 N N N-5 06 2(022) SANDVICK ARCHITECTS DIANA KULKA 6-IZ.99 209 9925 N N N-4 NN 2(022) FEDERAL KNITTING MLLLS BLDG.

CUYAHOGA, OHHO SANDVICK ARCHITECTS FEDERAL KNITTING MILLS BLDG. 2560 - 2894 DETROIT AUE. CLEVELAND CUTAHOGA, OHIO SANDVLCK ARCHITECTS 209 9925 NNN-4 10 2(022) DIANA KULKA 6.17.99 209 9925 NNN-3 15 2(022) FEDERAL KUITTING MILLS BLDG. FEDERAL KNITTINGO MILLS BLDGO. DIANA KULKA 6 -17.99 SANDUICK ARCHITECTS 209 9925 N N N-405 2(022) 2860 - 2894 DETRAT AUE, CLEUELAND SANDUICK ARCHITECTS CUYAHOGA OHO 209 9925 NN N-4 01 2(022) FEDERAL KNITTING MILLS BLDG. SANDVICK APCHITECTS 209 9925 N N N-5 06 2(022) CUYAHOGA, OHO FEDERAL KUITTING MILLS BLDG. 209 9925 N N N-4 06 2(022) JANDVICK ARCHITECTS CUYAHOGA,OHO Sandvice architects cuyanoga, Ohio 6.17.99 Federal Knihng mills Bldg sandvick aronitects cuyanoga, onio 13. Firet Floor, camera divection sw. Federal knitting mills Bidg cuyanoga, Ohio Sandvick arcnitects 14. First Floor, camera direction E.

1n Federal Knitting Mills Bldg Sandvick architects Federa1 Knitting Mills Bldg sandvick arcnitects Sanavictarchitects B. courtyard, camera direction sw. cuyanoga, onro Federal knitting mills Bidg Federal knittmg mills Bidg Diana kulka 5-17.9a 27. Third Floor, camera direction E. Federal Knitting mills Bidg cuyanoga, onio 28. Third fleor, Monitor windows. Federal knitting mills Bidy Federal knithing mins Bidg Sandurck architects al. monitor window. Federal knithng Mille Bldg Sanavrck architects 33. Nortn Elevator / stairweu, camera direction N. federal knithng mills Bldg 34. Third Aoor, camera direction s. Cuyohoga, Ohio NNN12 N N-12 Sandvick Architects Original 70' X 192 Cuyahoga Co., OH Addition 73' X 114' Addition 118' East Addition 93'X 83' Removal of 34' 1921 1917 1915 1910 PHASES CONSTRUCTION Additional Doc.

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