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) X preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested Primary location of additional data - previously listed in the National Register X State Historic Preservation Office - previously determined eligible by the National - Other State agency - Federal agency - designated a National Historic Landmark - Local government J recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - University - Other Name of repository: Ohio Historic Inventory 1903-1914 UNKNOWN Register Bibliography COMMERCE Architect/Builder Applicable National Register Criteria our history.
Criteria Considerations Significant Dates Property is: for National Register listing) recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Cultural Affiliation significant in our past. (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 1 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio period from the early 1880s to his death in 1920. His accomplishments during this time include his development of Meyer's Lake as a well-known regional amusement park, development of Lakeside Stock Farm where he bred prize racing horses, a critical donation of land to attract a prominent industry to Canton, Little remains of Edward Meyer's important civic and business works with the exception of the St.
Edward Hotel, the subject of this nomination. His purchase and re-naming of the hotel after himself in 1903 is a tangible representation of Edward Meyer's role in the community, as will be described. The period of developer of the Lake View Hotel at Meyer's Lake, a resort hotel that he built and managed during the 1880s at address in 1903. Historic Development and Context of the Hotel The St. Edward Hotel was constructed as the Yohe Hotel in 1891 on the site of the former county jail, which Stark County, who built the hotel upon his retirement from teaching in 1890 (Old Landmarks, p. 477). The from holding two public offices simultaneously.
Yohe held his position as school examiner for many years and is credited with making several improvements to public education in Stark County, including licensing qualified In 1903, Professor Yohe sold his hotel, described as "one of the old and well-known hotels in Canton," to date hotel." (Old Landmarks, p. 1470.) Changes made to the property included the addition of an elevator, and improvements in steam heat and electric lights. He also immodestly changed the name to the St. Edward hotel made by Meyer was the pressed metal projecting cornice with dentil row, added during the early 1900s to reflect the Classical Revival architectural influence prevalent at the time. Significantly, Edward Meyer teachers. life of Edward J.
Meyer (1858 - 1920), a prominent civic leader, businessman and entrepreneur in Canton significance for the building under Criterion B is the year of its purchase by Edward Meyer in 1903 until his this country retreat outside of Canton. At the St. Edward Hotel, he made improvements to the building, adding had burned to the ground. The owner was Professor George W. Yohe, a prominent educator in Canton and minutes" (Attachment 1). The Yohe Hotel is also pictured in Industrial Canton, 1896 (Attachment 2). The same year Professor Yohe built his hotel he was appointed to the office of City Clerk. He was also appointed to the post of School Examiner, which forced himto quit his appointment as the city clerk as he was prohibited The St. Edward Hotel in downtown Canton is significant under Criterion B for its association with the productive during the late 19t and early 20* centuries.
The hotel is important as an example of Edward Meyer's diverse disposition of it in 1914. Meyer's ownership of the St. Edward Hotel was in line with his experience as the 1892 - 93 Canton City Directory contains an advertisement for the hotel in the front of the book: "New House, Hotel. A contemporary account from 1904 describes the hotel as containing 60 rooms and a "fine collection of NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 2 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio 1903 through 1909. After 1921,the St.Edward Hotel housed various merchants including clothiers, hatters, furniture, jewelers, resulted in conversion of the hotel to a furniture warehouse on the upper floors.
City Directories indicate that since 1934 the building has housed a variety of retail uses, including restaurants and cafes, clothing stores, a furniture store and a beauty school. A 1965 photo identifies the building as the Gerber Beauty School and shows the later alterations to the first floor, including the cast stone sign band above the storefront and the The 1896 Stark County Atlas identifies six hotels in the city of Canton at that time. In addition to the Yohe Hotel, these were the Union Hotel, the Hotel Conrad, the Hurford Hotel, the Barnett House and the Melbourne Hotel. Each of these was built by 1891. These hotels typically occupied corner locations either on Market view, Attachment 7). The Melbourne Hotel, a railroad hotel that was located on W. Tuscarawas adjacent to the lines, represents the other end of the scale.
A visual survey determined that the Union, Conrad and Hurford stories and its length cut in half; it has little resemblance to the original design. The Melbourne Hotel the Barnett House or the Yohe Hotel in the community. The St. Edward Hotel was one of seven hotels listed in the 1903 Canton City Directory, including the Barnett grown significantly in the previous decade, gaining only about 4,000 people between 1890 and 1900 when the previous hotels, containing 150 rooms in 1928. Canton's grand hotel, the Onesto, was not completed until 1930 (NR, 1982). Built with 13 stories, the Onesto also contained a grand lobby and ballroom spaces (the building still stands today, but has been vacant for many years). These larger hotels contributed to Canton's during an earlier period of Canton's history.
relocated his family, including his wife Helen and son Joseph, to the hotel upon his purchase of the building in following Edward J. Meyer's death. However, city records indicate that Meyer sold the building in 1914. optometrist, barbers, saloons and a beauty salon. At about 1930, changing retail patterns in downtown Canton Hotels no longer exist.The Barnett House (Attachment 8, upper photo) has been reduced from four to two typically no more than four stories in height and generally offering between 40-100 rooms. In 1905, a period of changing skyline, as the city grew from a population over 30,000 in 1900 to over 87,000 in 1920. The St. Edward Hotel remains as an example of the smaller but still upscale European style hotels that were built The St.
Edward Hotel, also listed as the Edward Hotel in some city directories, closed in 1921, the year changes to the storefront, which appears to be trimmed with Carrara glass (Attachment 6). Street or Tuscarawas (the two primary cross streets in Canton) and ranged in size from two to four stories. Their locations took advantage of the streetcar lines in the city, which were begun with horse-drawn cars in House, City Hotel, Conrad Hotel, William Hotel, Mckinley Hotel, and the Hotel Melbourne. Canton had not population grew from about 26,000 to about 30,000 (Heald). These 1903 hotels remained of a smaller scale, NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 3 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio Significance of Edward J. Meyer Edward J.
Meyer was a significant and leading citizen of Canton and Stark County during the late 19t and early 20* centuries, and he received notice in the county histories of the period. The 1892 Portrait and "He is a young and wealthy citizen of Stark County, very popular, and his success has been well deserved. He has acquired much of his property through his own efforts.
In business, he is methodical and systematic, reliable in all things, enterprising and progressive." Twelve years later, the 1904Old Landmarks of Canton and Stark County, Ohio, continued the praise of Meyer's business abilities: ...a man of fine administrative ability and business sagacity, as is evident from the pronounced breeders of the Union and as one of the most influential and successful business men of Stark Among his accomplishments, Edward Meyer is credited with establishing Lake View Park at Meyer's Lake, which was later renamed Meyer's Lake Park and which became one of Ohio's largest early 20 century amusement park venues. He built and operated the Lake View Hotel at the park during the 1880s and 1890s.
Meyer was also a nationally renowned horse breeder whose Lakeside Stock Farm was famous in the 1890s for late 1880s, he and his siblings platted the largest subdivision in the city of Canton to that date on the former family farmland west of Canton. On a civic level, Edward Meyer had political ambitions; he was nominated for candidate's photo, Attachment 13). He was a businessman who conducted two hotels during his lifetime. It newly christened St. Edward Hotel in downtown Canton in 1903. Meyer Family Background The Meyer family was one of the pioneer families in Canton, coming from Germany first to Baltimore, Maryland, at the end of the 18 century.
The family Patriarch was "the owner of extensive vineyards on the Rhine" and was considered a "man of wealth and influence." Of the four sons born in Germany, Francis Meyer, the oldest, was a colonel in Napoleon's army and was present at the taking of Moscow and the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon awarded Francis the Cross of the Legion of Honor on the field of battle. Another son, Andrew, served in the military service of Austria in the conflict with Turkey, and was later pressed into service Baltimore. According to a local history the brothers were "well fortified financially" at the time of their county." emigration.
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio described Meyer this way: success which has attended his efforts, and he is regarded as one of the representative horse- was perhaps because of his political interests that he chose to move from his home at Meyer's Lake to the in Napoleon's army. Andrew, and the remaining two brothers, Godfrey, and Ignatius, all immigrated to several political offices in Stark County, and ran for the United States House of Representatives (1914 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 4 St.
Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio Andrew Meyer (1760-1848) provided valuable assistance to the United States Army during the War of 1812 by furnishing them with brass and copper supplies and not requesting payment until peace and economic (The Farmer's Bank), did business in real estate, and established St. John's Church. Shortly after Andrew's Meyer's death in 1848, he owned 2,220 acres in and around Canton. became the largest wheat farm in Ohio. This farm was located west of Canton, extending south from Wells Lake to what became the Lincoln Highway and west toward Massillon. Wells Lake, one of the few natural lakes in northeastern Ohio, had been named for Bezaleel Wells, one of Canton's founders, but after Meyer purchased the land, the lake was renamed Meyer's Lake. Andrew and his wife had four children including his including Edward J. Meyer. Meyer's Lake, named after his grandfather.
Developments at Meyer's Lake the site as a summertime destination. His efforts are described as follows: "When the subject assumed control marshy banks and being little more than a stagnant pond. He at once set himself to the task of improving the attractive sheet of water." At the time, the lake was supplying water for the city of Canton. At the initiation of The lake remained Canton's only source of water until 1902 when forty wells were drilled in the southwest the spot. Joseph built the Lake Park Hotel on the north shore in 1879, a resort hotel that was accessible by portion of the city. Joseph Shorb.
Arriving several years prior, Shorb established a store, became president of Canton's first bank Andrew Meyer continued to purchase land and developed a 3,000-acre farm called Sweet Spring Farm, which son, Joseph, who was born in 1815 in Baltimore and came to Canton with the family in 1818. Joseph was a farmer and at a young age purchased land and established Duck Farm at the head of Meyer's Lake (Old Upon his purchase of the property, Edward Meyer set about making improvements to the lake and developing shore, removing the tangled and decayed vegetation from the bed of the lake and developing it into an Edward Meyer and his cousin, Joseph A. Meyer, constructed two hotels at Meyer's Lake to attract tourists to arrival, the two men purchased real estate in Stark County that totaled 1,600 acres. At the time of Andrew Landmarks p. 643). Joseph married a distant cousin, Catharine A.
Meyer, and the couple had five children Edward was born in 1858 into a family of affluence and influence. This position afforded him a quality on a farm near the rest of the family on Fulton Road. Three years later he began acquiring the land around of the property, the lake, though of ample dimensions, was lacking in attractiveness, being surrounded by 10). It formed the centerpiece for his development of the property as Lake View Park, a recreational resort that NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 5 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio Park). In its early years, the Lake View Park was a pleasant attraction, but was quite remote from Canton, being three miles from the center of the town.
As soon as he was able, Edward Meyer used the street railway under the control of the Canton Street Railway Company. Meyer is credited with extending streetcar lines to the resort just one year later, in 1885, when the Lakeside Street Railway was incorporated. This horse-driven passengers; they were often so full that extra horses had to be used to pull the cars. A steam dummy the control of the Canton-Massillon Electric Railway.In 1895, the Interurban Line connecting both Canton and Massillon with Meyer's Lake was completed. of their lines. In this case, Edward Meyer had the means to develop the resort himself and then to make sure that a street railway line was extended to the spot.
(It is likely that he also had an interest in the Lakeside Street Railway, but this could not be verified.) By 1886, when he is listed as proprietor, Lake View Park at Meyer's Lake offered attractions that included a roller coaster, a roller skating rink, ten-pin alleys, dance floors, billiard and pool tables, boats, a boat race course, a half mile horse and bicycle track, a shooting range and ball grounds in addition to wooded picnic grounds (Attachment 9). According to a Canton Board of Trade (Reymann Brewing Co. of Wheeling, West Virginia) andin 1902, itwas acquired by Northern Ohio Traction & Light (NOT&L), owner of the streetcar lines that served the resort. Renamed Meyers Lake Park, the resort was one of six parks owned by the interurban line.
NOT&L continued to add attractions to the park until its In addition to his development of the park, Edward Meyer was also known for his development of a 300-acre horse breeding and training farm at Meyer's Lake, which he named Lakeside Stock Farm (shown in known that Currier and Ives produced a print of the farm and its three famous horses, "A Celebrated Stallion The Dueber-Hampden Watch Works and Subdivision Development became immensely successful, attracting generations of visitors (the name was changed to Meyer's Lake as the means to popularize his lakeside attraction. Public streetcar service was inaugurated in Canton in 1884 car line ensured that a steady stream of tourists and visitors could enjoy the park and its offerings, arriving from the square in Canton for a fare of 10 cents.
The cars for this line were larger than the city cars and held 35 Often, such amusement parks of the late 19t* and early 20** centuries were the creation of the streetcar companies who would promote pleasure riding by establishing race tracks, parks, resorts and hotels at the end pamphlet from the period, the resort was one of the "most completely equipped resorts for those who delight in Attachment 11). He purchased additional land from his brother in 1883 for development of the farm and locomotive replaced the horses in 1887, and the system was electrified in 1890. In 1892, the line came under sale in 1926. The park continued to thrive through the 1950s and 1960s, and was finally closed in the 1970s. became well known in the 1880s and 1890s for his prize racehorses.
He owned 60 horses, including Black Trio." Meyer built a large training barn and a half-mile track on the property in 1889. for a major industrial development in the 1880s and their subsequent development of a large residential NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 6 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio and Stark County. County histories relate that Edward Meyer and his siblings were instrumental in recruiting the Dueber- Hampden Watch Works to Canton in 1886 through their donation of land for the factory site. A little background on the watch making industry helps to set the stage for the relocation of this industry to Canton. Watch making at that time consisted of two distinct operations: movement works and case production.
Case companies could produce more quickly than movement companies, often creating a glut of cases. The watch manufacturers formed a trust, which case maker John Dueber of Newport, Kentucky refused to join. Deuber had to buy a movement works to stay in business. He acquired the Hampden Watch Works Company of families could increase a town's population by 7,500 to 10,000. The Canton Board of Trade was established in 1885 to entice new industries to Canton and specifically to work and assistants in June 1886 and attended a meeting at the Opera House with some 1500 attending.
At the meeting it was announced that in addition to the $100,000, the Meyer'sheirs would donate 20 acres from their the secretary for the Board of Trade and possibly was the connection of Edward Meyer to the Dueber- The race between Canton and Massillon and Alliance was over, as Canton began to so far outdistance the other two. arrival of railroad transportation in the mid 19 century. Incorporated as a city in 1854, Canton had a population of 2,603in 1850, a number that grew to over 12,000 in 1878. Among the industries attracted to the relocated to Canton from their home in New England in 1871; and the Diebold Safe and Lock Co., which relocated from Cincinnati in 1872.
When the firm of Dueber-Hampden followed Diebold in 1886, its relocation new factories, Canton became an industrial center producing farm machinery, locks and safes, and watches, later followed by paving bricks, steel, and roller bearings. Springfield, Massachusetts, which employed 450 people. Because he couldn't expand in Newport, Dueber let farm west of the creek for the factory. Louis Schaefer, the Canton City Water Works director, was at that time Hampden deal. The Deuber-Hampden Watch Works was a huge boon to the City of Canton. The Meyer's gift of land was "indeed a donation of magnitude and incalculable advantage to Canton." (Landmarks, p. 1470).
Bypassed by the Ohio and Erie Canal (which went through Massillon), Canton's growth had been slow until the city were the Aultman Company, manufacturers of harvest machinery, in 1851; the Novelty Iron Works, which up $5,000 each in securities backed by a local bank. Dueber came to Canton with a party of 40 associates NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page Z St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio way to becoming a substantial city. As John Dueber erected his factory buildings from 1886-1888, the city the factory, Edward Meyer and other Meyer's heirs divided their family farmland into 742 lots, platting the most extensive addition that had yet been made in Canton (McKinley p. 172). Between 1887 and 1891, over 1,000 shown in Attachment 12.
Proprietorship of St. Edward Hotel from about 1907 describes the success of Edward Meyer and the St. Edward Hotel: "Mr. Meyer has been identified with the hotel business in Canton for four years, and has made steam heat, electric bells and lights and everything new and modern. The hotel is run on the European plan.There is a well-ordered café in connection with wholesome food and efficient for business integrity than he has." Meyer's interests during this period also turned to politics and, as he moved with his family to the hotel, he to the widow. Political Ambitions received a telegram from Governor Cox expressing his shock at the sudden death and extending his sympathy Dueber-Hampden Watch Works in Canton (no longer extant) and the beginnings of the adjacent subdivision is Northern Ohio Traction & Light, the operators of Canton's streetcar system.
At about the same time, according decline in the horse racing industry. Returning to live in Canton, he purchased the Yohe Hotel which he renamed the St. Edward Hotel. Moving into the hotel with his wife and son in 1903, he made improvements to the building and continued to operate it as a 60-room, "European Plan" hotel until he sold it in 1914. A write-up this house one of the best in the city. The rooms are comfortable and sixty in number, with commissioner, but was unsuccessful at the polls. He was also nominated for county treasurer, and in 1914 received the Democratic nomination for state representative for the sixteenth ward (the portrait of Meyer was Clarendon Avenue in Canton, where he is shown residing in the 1909 Canton City Directory. By 1910, he was platted additions and built dwellings to provide homes for the hundreds of workers and their families.
Next to From 1884 through 1900, Edward Meyer resided at his Lakeside Stock Farm estate outside of Canton with his wife Helen, whom he married in 1881. In 1902, however, Lake View Park at Meyer's Lake was sold to the service, where meals can be had at all hours. Mr. Meyer owns a stock farm and has other Ohio Governor James C. Cox and Congressman John J. Whitacre. Upon Edward's death in 1920, his wife Following the death of his first wife Helen in 1907, Edward Meyer moved out of the St. Edward to a home on became active in campaigning for political office.He was twice nominated for the position of county NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 8 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio remarried to Virgilla C.
Meyer, and the couple continued to live on Clarendon Avenue through 1915. In 1916, Meyer moved to a home on Broad Avenue, where he remained until his sudden death in 1920 at the age of 62. Significant Properties associated with Edward Meyer The St. Edward Hotel is significant under National Register Criterion B as the only remaining building that is 40s, after Lake View Park at Meyer's Lake had been sold to the street railway company and his horse breeding renovation and its operation, but it may have also provided a central location for his political campaigns. He certainly made the hotel his own, giving it his name and making both exterior and interior improvements. His residency there also seems to be in line with past experience: while running the hotel and resort at Lake View Park and operating Lakeside Stock Farm, he lived on the Meyer's Lake property.
Meyer was an experienced hotel proprietor and seems to have done well at that business. He owned the hotel for 11 years, or about one- third of the time that it was used as a hotel. It's possible that the hotel had served its purpose by 1914, after Other specific properties that would have an important association with Edward Meyer and his life and 1929. Meyer's Lake Park, which he established and developed as Lake View Park, was closed in the 1970s homestead that Edward Meyer occupied at the stock farm survived until the 1970s, when it was also bring to Canton, no longer exist. In addition, the two residential addresses that Edward Meyer occupied the last 10 or so years of his life, as his home. The "end of Clarendon Avenue, N.W." is shown as his address from 1909-1915. This street today N.W., given as Meyer's address from 1916 to his death in 1920, is located east of Meyer's Lake.
North of 13th closely associated with the business interests of Edward J. Meyer, a man who demonstrated a high degree of built the Lake View Hotel and served as its proprietor for many years. As he turned his interest to politics, political office. Living in the hotel with his family gave him the opportunity to closely oversee the hotel his unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Congress, and so Meyer sold the building in that year. business interests no longer exist. The Lake View Hotel that he built and operated at Meyer's Lake burned in Meyer's Lake area today, but in an altered form. Lakeside Stock Farm, with the huge barn, farmhouse, and listed in city directories from 1909 through 1920, do not contain extant historic structures that could have been meets with a dead-end, where Habitat for Humanity homes are currently being constructed. Broad Avenue operation was ending.
His interest in operating a hotel had existed at the start of his career as well, when he and demolished. This area is now the Village of Lake Meyers Marina and the Moonlight Bay condominium extensive racing track has been razed and the land developed as a residential subdivision. The family destroyed. The farm was located in the area between Meyer's Lake and Interstate 77 across from the Timken consists of modest post WWII - era ranch houses, with the Timken rolling plant nearby. Clarendon Avenue houses. South of 13 Street, Broad Avenue consists of tightly packed bungalows and catalogue houses. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 9 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio Discussion of Integrity The St.
Edward Hotel is an important example of the small European style hotels that existed in Ohio towns appeared between each window bay. Canton has one other hotel listed on the National Register: the Onesto Hotel, built in 1930, is the city's grand a small-scale hotel that was self-named and operated for 11 years by Edward J. Meyer, a prominent Canton City Directory, 1892-93, Hotel Yohe Advertisement Undated "Hotel Yohe" engraving St. Edward Hotel, undated photograph 1891 Sanborn Insurance Map Gerber Beauty School, former St. Edward Hotel, c. 1965 Canton City Directory, 1892-93, Barnett House Advertisement Barnett House, Melbourne Hotel 2004 photographs 1886 view of Lake View Park (Meyer's Lake), E. J. Meyer, proprietor Lake View Hotel, photograph, c. 1890 Lakeside Stock Farm, print, c. 1890 Dueber-Hampden Watch Works, c. 1890 Edward J. Meyer, political portrait, 1914 his lifetime.
List of lllustrations NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES including the cornice added by Meyer, are intact. Importantly, later modifications to the first floor (made when of-the-century appearance. The face-brick masonry is being restored, including sandstone band courses that entrepreneur who contributed in a significant way to the development and business success of Canton during Meyer. The building still conveys its 19t and early 20* century character as a hotel. The upper facades, NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 2 Page 1 St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio Major Bibliographic Sources Blue, H.T.O. History of Stark County, Ohio. Chicago: Clarke Publishing, 1928. Brown, Jeffrey D., and Fete, Raymond D. Meyers Lake: A Second Look.
Canton, Ohio: Daring Books, 1988. Brown, Jeffrey D., and Fete, Raymond D. Meyers Lake Revisited. Canton, Ohio: Daring Books, 1985. Blower, James M. Northern Ohio Traction Revisited. Akron, Ohio: 1968 Blower, James M. The NOT&L Story. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1966. City of Canton Directories, 1891 -1923, The Birch Directory Company, Akron, Ohio Danner, John, Ed. Old Landmarks of Canton and Stark County, Ohio, Part | and II. Logansport, Indiana: B.F. Bowen, Pub, 1904. Society, 1950. Kauffman, William J. Atlas of Stark County, Ohio. Canton, Ohio: Ohio Map and Atlas Co., 1896. Perrin, William Henry. History of Stark County. Evansville, Indiana: 1892. Reese, John S. Guide book for the tourist and traveler over the Valley Railway: the short line between Cleveland, Akron, and Canton. Canton, Ohio: 1880. Portrait and Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio.
Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1892. Heald, Edward T., The McKinley Era of Stark County, Ohio, 1875-1901. Canton: Stark County Historical Lehman,John H.A Standard History of Stark County.Ohio.Chicago:Lewis Publishing Co.,c.1916 St. Edward Hotel Canton, Stark County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property Less than one (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 17 468454 4516478 - See continuation sheet. Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11.
Form Prepared By name/title organization Jeffrey Winstel and Judy Williams street & number telephone 614-481-7999 city or town Columbus _state_Ohio zip code _43221 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) _telephone instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of name Maps state Photographs Additional items UTM References Continuation Sheets Property Owner Additional Documentation zip code Zone Easting Northing date 6/01/04 city or town A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Representative black and white photographs of the property.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 10 Page 1 St.
Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property consists of part of City of Canton Lot 10in Stark County, State of Ohio. feet along the west line of Lot 10 to the north line of Lot 10; thence go east along the north line of Lot 10 approximately 80'to the rear wall of the building at 400Market Avenue North; thence go south approximately 63 feet along the rear wall of 400 Market Avenue North to the junction with the south line of Lot 10; thence go The nominated propertyincludes the building at 400 Market Avenue North and the portion of City Lot 10 that it Boundary Justification National Park Service demolished) that were not historically associated with the St. Edward Hotel during the period of significance. Beginning at the northeast corner of Market Avenue North and East Fourth Street, go north approximately 63 occupies.
Remaining land on Lot 10 to the east of the building previously contained buildings (since west approximately 80'along the south line of Lot 10 to the point of beginning. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES St. Edward Hotel, Stark County, Ohio The following information is the same for all photographs: St. Edward Hotel 400 Market Avenue North Canton, Stark County, Ohio Photo by Jeffrey Winstel, 2004 Negatives at 2237 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 1. South and west elevations 3. Detail of corner, upper façade 4. East elevation 5. View of south elevation and adjacent 2 story commercial building 6. Detail of north storefront, west elevation 7. Interior of north storefront, looking west 8. Detail of pressed metal ceiling and egg & dart molding 9.
View of first floor commercial space, looking west 10. View of second floor space, looking southwest 11. View of third floor space, looking southwest 13. Detail of southeast interior stairwell Photo views: CONTINUATION SHEET 12. Detail of southeast corner closet and window molding, typical on each floor RESTAURANT IN THE REAR ! 50 N. MARKET STREET. CANTON, O. Furniture, Fine Sam- Heat, Electric Light. Cor. Market and Third CANTON, O. Canton City Directory, 1892-93 St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio PROPRIETOR. minutes. AMOS BYERS, the house every ten Electric Cars pass ple Rooms, Steam Hotel Yohe advertisement Telephone 126. W. F. Schario, PROVISIONS GROCERIES FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS. One of the Best in the City. HOTEL : YOHE -AND - New New House,New St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio The Yohe. Undated Hotel Yohe Engraving St. Edward Hotel HOTEL St.
Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio Undated photograph Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970 - OHIO 600 x 400 pixels - 25% zoom N. PIEDMONT Set the zoom and size then click an area on the image Canton, Stark County (December, 1891) Search Menu i Search List St. Edward Hotel Nomination 12/2/03 Canton, Stark County, Ohio http://ohiodmc.ohiolink.edu/mrsid/bin/viewmap.pl 1891 Sanborn Insurance Map ChioLINK Digital Media Center Hotel Yohe HALL rage 1 01 1 Zoom to 50 = (percent) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970 - OHIO 800 x 600 pixels - 50% zoom Set the zoom and size then click an area on the image Search Menu | Search List 1914 Sanborn Insurance Map EDWARD HOTEL St.
Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio 12/2/03 http://ohiodmc.ohiolink.edu/mrsid/bin/viewmap.pl Canton, Stark County (1914) OhioLINK Digital Media Center 1914 MATKET AVE LIGWIS: FLEC -CITY WRTER Lobby e - MARTIN (percent) 125 135 St. Edward Hotel, c. 1965 St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio 400 SCHOOL The Whitman & Barnes Mig, Geo. Barnes, ci Boston, 92 S. Market St. CANTON, O Syracnse, N. T EVERYTHING NEW, DESIRABLE AND PROGRESSIVE. St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio Canton City Directory, 1892-93 Barnett House advertisement J. W. BURNS, Propr. Drop Forgings a Specialty Branch Houses- Cor. E. Tuscarawas and S. Cherry Sts. - CANTON, O Akron, Ohlo. Chicago, 79 to 85 Sonroe St London, England. GEO. A. BARNES, Manager Canton Works. Walnut St. James Barn Works at- Barnett House, Melbourne Hotel 2004 photographs St.
Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio MORRIS THE EARLY YEARS LAKE VIEW PARK, MEYER'S LAKE-E. J. MEYER, PROPRIETOR 2. Road to Canton 3. One-half mile Track. 5. Grand Stand 6. Bathing House. 1. Picture Gallery 4. Roller Coaster. 9. Band Stand Stables. 14. Cottages. 8. Ten-pin Alley 11. Meyer Cottage. Dead Man Point 17. Stone House Point 18. Point Breeze. 19. Point Pleasant. Point McCan. 21. Road to Massillon. 1886 View of Lake View Park E. J. Meyer, Proprietor St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio the Lake Park Hotel. Meyers Lake Park) looking south from the direction of An 1886overview of Lake View Park (later renamed 10.Hotel.96X56fee. 13. Ice Houses. Lake View Hotel, c. 1890 St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio Photograph CESIDE HORSE FARM. Terry W. Thomas Lakeside Stock Farm, 1890 St.
Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio Print shown are Wamba and Black Cloud. 1890 cover of "Indiana Horseman & Turf News.'Horses The Meyers Horse Farm was featured on the March 14, & adjacent development, c. 1890 St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio Dueber-Hampden Watch Works CANTON, OHIO NEW 16th DISTRICT Stark. Tuscarawas, Wayne and Holmes Counties Edward J. Meyer, 1914 St. Edward Hotel Nomination Canton, Stark County, Ohio Political portrait mination on Democratic Ticket ED. J. MEYER, For CONGRESS, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NAME : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Stark DATE OF 16TH DAY: N PDIL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM.
/CRITERIA If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the- TELEPHONE DATE 12/28/04 2/10/05 REJECT RETURN ACCEPT 2005 MULTIPLE 1/29/05 OTHER: PERIOD: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 45TH DAY: APPEAL: N REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION REFERENCE NUMBER: 05000024 DISCIPLINE Histurian UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME : ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : TELEPHONE DATE 5/04/05 RETURN MULTIPLE ACCEPT 3/21/05 EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE RECEIVED: DETAILED EVALUATION: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 16TH DAY: 5/a12005 REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION REFERENCE NUMBER: 05000024 RECOM.
/CRITERIA Quept B Canton, Ohio Stark Co Canton, Ohio starklo (2004) Canton, Ohio Stask Co St. Edward Hotel 400 Market Avenue N. Canton, hio Sthwk co Canton, hio Sturk Co St. Edward Hotel St. Edward Hotel Canton Ohio Stark Co Canton, Ohio Stark lo 11+01 NBNNN 307 St. Edwaud Hotel 25 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Canton, Ohio Stark Co, OH CANTON EAST QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO_STARK CO UTh Cocdinks Hotel, canton, 17 468454 CANTON EAST, OHIO UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION REC'D BY OHPONOV 2 6 2004 131 Wertz Ave. N.W. - Canton, Ohio 44708 November 23, 2004 Ms. Barbara Powers Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 E. Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Ms. Powers, We would like to take this opportunity to inform the Ohio Historic Preservation Office that the Canton Preservation supports the nomination of the St. Edward Hotel Building to the National Register of Historic Places.
In addition to the building being a cornerstone of our downtown cityscape, we feel that Edward Meyer was a very prominent and significant businessman for the Canton area. The City of Canton has already lost too many historic structures and applauds Jim Bower and the Stark Community Foundation's efforts in rehabilitating the St. Edward Hotel We hope this project will further encourage the preservation of our historic properties and Executive Director Preservation is Progress Too Phone: (330) 452-9341 - Fax: (330) 452-8935 - www.cantonpreservation.com Building. Sincerely, credit incentives. Joseph C. Engel Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you. JCE:cls also be a catalyst for other property owners to explore the possibilities of using the tax REC'D BY OHPO NOV 2 4 2004 222 MARKET AVE. N.
CANTON, OHIO 44702 330.456.0468 MAIN LINE 800.533-4302 TOLL FREE November 23, 2004 Ms. Barbara Powers Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, OH 43211 Dear Ms. Powers: It is indeed an honor to write this letter recommending that the Stark Community Foundation building, known as the Centennial Building, located at 4* Street and Market Ave. North in downtown Canton, Ohio, be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. city's rebirth. We thank the foundation for their commitment to Canton and for the good work they do for our community. Michael P. Gill, Director James A. Bower PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS CANTON TOMORROW, INC. - DOWNTOWN CANTON SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT,INC. DCLB, CORP.
- CANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - CITY OF CANTON www.cantonchamber.org renovation of the Centennial Building represents another significant positive milestone in our The foundation has been a driving force in the renaissance of our center city.The 330.452.7786 FAX Singerely, REC'D BY OHPO NOV 2 6 2004 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CANTON, OHIO November 24, 2004 Barbara Powers Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, OH 43211 St. Edward Hotel Building - 400 Market Avenue North, Canton, Ohio Nomination to The National Register of Historic Places Dear Ms. Powers: I am pleased to confirm my complete and enthusiastic support for the Nomination of the St. Edward Hotel building here in Canton to The National Register of Historic Places.
SCF Development, Ltd., an entity formed by Stark Community Foundation, has undertaken the historic preservation and renovation of this building for its offices plus space for several other tenants. It is a key location in downtown Canton, and this project will continue the redevelopment of the core area of our county seat. I understand that the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board is meeting in Columbus on December 3, 2004 to consider approval of the nomination. As you are aware, this project has a significant connection with the life of on the St. Edward Hotel Building. Our city has continually appreciated the presence of Stark Community Foundation in our downtown area. This project will increase the Foundation's visibility as well as amplifying and Your consideration and assistance are appreciated 218 Cleveland Avenue, S.W. / P.O.
Box 24218 / Canton, Ohio 44701-4218 PH 330-489-3000 / FAX 330-489-3282 / www.cityofcanton.com Sincerely, Mayor City of Canton, Ohio Edward J. Meyer, a very important citizen in the history of Canton and Stark County. Please preserving meaningful, local history. Janet Weir Creighton convey my support to the members of the Advisory Board and encourage their positive decision HOME OF THE REC'D BY OHPO NOV 2 6 2004 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GOOD. FOREVER. November 24, 2004 Department Head, Inventory & Registration VIA TELEFAX 614-298-2037 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Original Via U.S. Mail 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, OH 43211 St. Edward Hotel Building - 400 Market Avenue North, Canton, Ohio Nomination to The National Register of Historic Places Dear Ms.
Powers: On behalf of the Distribution Committee and Board of Directors of Stark Community Hotel Building on The National Register of Historic Places. Thank you to you and your colleagues for your work with us in the approval of Part 1 and Part 2 as well as placing our Nomination on the Agenda of The Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board for the meeting on December 3, 2004. As you may be aware, our Foundation's previous home was The Saxton House here in downtown Canton. That National Register property is now used by the National First Ladies' Library. Our Foundation is pleased to have another opportunity to both preserve and enhance local history as well as to meet our needs for office space in the center of our community. Through development of our project and the Nomination, we have come to learn how significant and productive a life was lead by Edward J.
Meyer in his business and civic activities in Canton and Stark County. Please convey to the Advisory Board our strong endorsement for their STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION James A. Bower John R. Werren. Esq., Chairman - Stark Community Foundation President positive decision on our Nomination. Barbara Powers Foundation, I am writing to confirm unanimous and strong support for placing the St. Edward Phone: 330-454-3426 Fax: 330-454-5855 # www.starkcommunityfoundation.org Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/298-2000 Fax: 614/298-2037 DEC 2 8 2004 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org December 20, 2004 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Park Service National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street, NW 8" Floor Washington DC 20005 Enclosed please find six (6) new National Register nominations.
All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION Franklinton Apartments at Broad and Hawkes Franklinton Apartments at State and May Mentor Village School St. Edward Hotel If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact the National Register staff in the Ohio Historic Preservation Office at (614) 298-2000. State Historic Preservation Officer COUNTY Cuyahoga enclosures SOCIETY Miami Sincerely, Stark HISTORICAL Lake McKinley School Rachel Tooker Dear Ms. Shull: Franklin Halle's Shaker Square OHIO March 16, 2005 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Washington DC 20005 Enclosed please find four (4) resubmitted National Register nominations. These nominations were returned for technical corrections.
All of the technical deficiencies have been addressed for RETURNED NOMINATION Franklinton Apartments at Broad and Hawkes Franklinton Apartments at State and May McKinley School St. Edward Hotel staff in the Ohio Historic Preservation Office at (614) 298-2000. State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 COUNTY HISTORY Miami Sincerely, enclosures www.ohiohistory.org Franklin Stark OHIO OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1201 Eye Street, NW 8" Floor Rachel Tooker these nominations. If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact the National Register Dear Ms. Shull: RECEIVED 2280
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