Nomination for Halle's Shaker Square

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29 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National 1. Name of Property Historic name Halle's Shaker Square Other names/site number Halle's Dept. Store, Shaker Square, Halle Bros. Co. Buidling 2. Location street & number 13000 Shaker Boulevard city or town Cleveland state Ohio code OH county Cuyahoga zip 44120 code 035 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification _ n/a [ not for publication n/a -vicinity As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets - does not meet the National Register Criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally -] statewide X gçally.See contnuation sheet for additional comments.) uran v Department Head, Inventory and Registration December 1l0, 2004 Signature of certifying official Date Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society State or 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 or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification 1. herd by nered hat thsatronal egi entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the National Register - See continuation sheet.

- L determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain): Beall Date of Action 2/9/05 Halle's Shaker Square 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) X private - public-local - public-State - public-Federal Cuyahoga County, Ohio Category of Property (Check only one box) & building(s) -district -site - structure -object Vame of related multiple property listing Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing N/A 1 0 buildings sites structures objects Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE/department store Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE/Professional/Architect's Office 7.

Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) MODERN MOVEMENT/International Style Materials (Enter categories from instructions) Foundation CONCRETE/Reinforced Concrete roof ASPHALT, rubber walls BRICK GLASS other STONE/Limestone Colocrete Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) See Attached NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page _1 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Narrative Description Halle's Shaker Square is located at 13000 Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland's Shaker Square.

Shaker Square is predominately an early 20th century planned shopping center set on an open green space enclosed by buildings in an octagonal formation, with roadways entering in a cross like fashion. Each of the four resulting quadrants contains a two-story building flanked by one-story wings and square corner pavilions. The buildings, designed in the Georgian Revival style, are of red brick with white trim and slate roofs. The Halle building, however, is a contemporary building in the International style, relating only by materials and scale to the surrounding architecture. The architects employed red brick, framed with white limestone in an effort to blend with the existing architecture. In addition they were the first to receive approval by the Van Sweringens to depart from the traditional style.

The successful relationship between the old and the new Halle's building gained the architects a medal for the best store building of 1948 from the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Another medal that same year came from the Ohio Society of Architects. The Halle Brothers Company first suburban building, when it opened on August 24, 1948, exhibited early characteristics of modern-day retail construction, includingsite planning to lure patrons inside, convenient parking, and interior flexibility to rotate and manage merchandise. The $800,000 branch in its simple modern rectangular form was built to compliment, not compete, with the downtown flagship store. After many studies, the architects' analysis concluded that the parking lot to the rear of the Halle site provided a plethora of potential patrons and as a result the eastern side of the building was opened as a pedestrian access way.

In addition, they purposely placed the window display frontage to capture potential shoppers traveling in the existing traffic patterns of transit, automobile and pedestrian. The loading dock was located on the western façade, which takes advantage of the change in grade and the least valuable building frontage. The glass and brick building employed fixed louvers of blue-colored limestone to admit north light into the fitting rooms. The interior of the building had an uninterrupted sales area through the use of open bar joists spanning forty-three feet. The ceiling was a dry-built modular system, which incorporated air- conditioning that delivered air through the perforations in the acoustical tile. The partitions were hung from the ceiling joists for easy removal and alterations.

The modular incandescent light fixtures, designed by Abe Feder, were also flexible to allow for shifting merchandise. The store floor was laid out by specific departments based on dollar sales per square foot expected by Halle's. Halle's Shaker Square store closed in 1982 and the building was sold shortly thereafter to an architectural firm. At that time simple modifications were made to both the interior and exterior of the building. The pedestrian access way leading from the parking lot was enclosed with brick and glass block. The overhang still exists and the freestanding columns were left exposed to maintain the NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Page _2 "floating box" as originally designed. All other display windows were in-filled with glass block, which maintain the feel of the original design while providing an opaque wall for the offices inside. The Halle signage was removed and a skylight was added. Several windows along the dock were in-filled with brick. The interior was also modified. The acoustic tile ceiling remains along with the Westinghouse elevator. Permanent interior partitions were installed and the lighting was altered to be more appropriate for an office. The mezzanine floor was expanded to make the now second floor over the original sales area, yet an open area in the floor captures some of the original height.

Although the building has experienced architectural changes to the original design, it has maintained merit due to the original architect's successful integration of a modern yet complimentary building into the Colonial Revival context of Shaker Square. Halle's Shaker Square 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing) -A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X 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 distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: - A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. - B removed from its original location.

- C a birthplace or a 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. Cuyahoga County, Ohio Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Architecture Commerce Period of Significance 1947-1948 Significant Dates 1948 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Conrad, Hayes, Simpson, Ruth & Robert A. Little - Architects Cleveland Construction Co. - General Contractor Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested.

- previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National Register - designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # L recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Primary location of additional data: - State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency X Federal agency - Local government - University &Other Name of repository: Cleveland Public Library NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page_ OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Statement of Significance Halle's Shaker Square at 13000 Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio is significant under criterion A for its role in the history and development of department stores.

Halle's was an important presence along with Higbee's, May Company, and Sterling-Linder, during the golden age of Cleveland's downtown department stores. The group of Cleveland department stores was one of the finest and most complete in range and merchandising-ability of all the department store groups in the country. Halle's Shaker Square was the first big Cleveland department store to move out to the suburbs and was the first to build in a contemporary style. The Shaker Square location provided an established successful suburban shopping center surrounded by 10,000 upper middle-class households at the main stop of the Shaker Rapid. Halle's Shaker Square is also significant under criterion C as the first Halle building constructed in the International Style as a suburban branch, designed by local architects Conrad, Hayes, Simpson, Ruth and Robert A. Little.

The building although modern in design, employed red brick and white limestone elements in an effort to blend in with the Shaker Square architecture. The Van Sweringen's had specific design requirements, and although the International Style design was a departure from the Colonial Revival appearance of the main square, the modern building conformed not only in material but in scale to the existing buildings. Modern building devices, for example the dry-built modular system, accomplished both a finish ceiling and a place to incorporate both lighting and air-conditioning. The use of open bar joists, spanning forty- three feet, allowed for an uninterrupted sales area. The partitions, which hung from the ceiling joists, could be easily reconfigured. These innovations of the plan and the interior features provide the flexibility to allow for the success of the suburban branch.

Department Stores in Cleveland The department stores of Cleveland grew out of the continuing development of dry good stores and the popularity of ready-to wear clothing that was manufactured in the local garment industry. Six main department stores dominated the mercantile scene of Cleveland prior to the turn of the century and for most of the twentieth century. Halle's was considered one of Cleveland's leading department Fries & Schuele Company (1868-1979), William Taylor Son and Company (1870-1961), and the May Company (1888 -1993). Sterling-Lindner Company was a combination of three specialty shops; the Sterling & Welch Company, the W. B. Davis Company, and the Linder Company In 1845, the Sterling & Welch dry good store opened and by 1857 they had become purveyors in floor coverings and curtains. By 1909, the firm was one of the largest and finest home furnishing stores in the area.

The W. B. Davis NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page_ 2 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Company was a pioneer in menswear that began in 1879. Linder Company was once the largest women's specialty store in Cleveland. Between 1947 and 1949 a New York operating firm, Allied Stores Corporation, purchased the three stores combining them to make Sterling-Linder-Davis general department store, located on Euclid Avenue (NR, 1978). In 1958, the Davis name was dropped and by 1968, as a result of not expanding into the suburban neighborhoods, the store was closed. Higbee Company was the oldest of the downtown department stores, opening its store in 1860.

The Higbee Company prospered later in the 1930s as the anchor store to the Van Sweringen brothers Terminal Tower (NR, 1976). They too followed Halle's in suburban expansion but not until the 1960s. The high end merchandising chain sold in 1987 to Dillard's Department Stores. Fries & Schuele Company,founded in 1868,was Cleveland oldest west side department store. Throughout the company's history, the department store occupied the same block across from the West Side Market (NR, 1973) in Ohio City (NR, 1974). The company, which started as Fries, Klein and Company specialized in custom-made carpets, curtains, and draperies. The store expanded, names changed and by 1909 the company was incorporated as the Fries & Schuele Company. In 1912, the business opened a new five-story building adding a wide range of merchandise in addition to the carpet and drapery instillation business.

By 1979,the company closed its doors, unable to compete with discount stores. William Taylor Son and Company, established in 1870, dealt in clothing, furniture and jewelry. In 1890, after the death of her husband and son, Sophie Strong Taylor became president of the store, directing it forthe next 40years.In 1907the companymoved to a new five-story building at 630 Euclid Avenue (Euclid Avenue Historic District NR, 2002) and six years later four additional stories were added. In the early 1930s the company acquired the neighboring buildings and the name changed to Taylor's Department Store. Sophie Taylor died in 1939 and as a result, May Company acquired Taylor's, which continued to operate under its own name until 1961 when they closed it due to competition between their two downtown stores.

May Company, founded in Denver in 1888, opened its first store in Cleveland in 1899 at the southeast corner of Public Square. The store continued to expand with frontage along Euclid Avenue. Expansion continued in the early part of the twentieth century with a new building constructed in 1913, designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham and Co. (NR, 1974). By 1931, May Company wasthe largest departmentstore in Ohio. In 1946 May Company acquired the Pittsburgh Kaufmann stores. Early in the 1990s, May closed the downtown store due to the drop in downtown retail and transferred all the Ohio chains to the Kaufmann division. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 3 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio History of the Halle Brothers Company The Halle family, Jews of Bavarian descent, was one of 100 prominent extended families who had collectively built Cleveland. The brothers, Salmon and Samuel were the sons of Moses Halle and Rebecca Weil. A purveyor in men's furnishings with his brother Manuel, Moses Halle married Rebecca Weil in 1865. The first son Salmon Porter Chase Halle was born on August 6, 1866. Their second son, Samuel Horatio Halle was born in 1868, on July 8**. Unfortunately, the untimely death of Rebecca in 1871 left 5 year old Sal and 3 year old Sam without a mother.

Five years later, Moses married opera singer Rosa Lowentritt who often performed for the Young Men's Jewish Association that was held at Halle's Hall. She gave the brother's two stepsisters, Jessie and Minnie. The Halle Brothers Company developed from the purchase of the Captain Thomas S. Padden shop at 221 West Superior in 1891. Theypurchasedthe shop and inventoryfor $7,500 with money their father gave them to either pay for college or start a business. Their 25-foot wide shop had 5,000 square feet that provided selling space, workroom, and storage area in the basement. The store specialized in hats and furs and after one year in business, in an effort to reduce their overhead, the brothers moved their business to the Nottingham building (razed 2003) on Euclid Avenue. By the end of the second year the company was making a profit, dealing in suits, skirts, and waists (shirts).

The success of the company continued, with the close of each fiscal year demonstrating a doubling in profits. By the end of 1896, the brothers had discontinued men's furnishings, becoming an exclusive women's specialty store. By 1905, the brothers had organized the nation's first advertising club and the Cleveland Credit Men's Company,the first cooperatively owned credit bureau.They were also key members of the Cleveland Retail Merchants Association, and went on to form the Halle Brothers Company Corporation. The brothers continued success led to the construction of a new company store in 1910. The new ten-story department store was situated on Euclid Avenue at the twelve hundredth block. The Halle Building (NR, 1983) was originally known as the Pope Building, named after the building's developer, Alfred Atmore Pope.

New York architect Henry Bacon designed the building in the Neo-Classical revival style employing white glazed terra cotta. The new building had been successful, and at the end of the first year the company had doubled sales with a total surpassing $2 million. A second phase of construction occurred in 1914, also designed by Bacon. The same style was applied, doubling the building by five additional bays to the west of East 12* Street. An interior renovation occurred in 1936 by New York architect Gilbert Rohde. Local architects Walker and Weeks completed a third and final phase in 1947. Another five bays on the Huron elevation widened the building and the overall building received an eleventh floor. In March 1947, Halle's opened Cleveland's first suburban branch in a re-modeled building atthe corner of Cedar and Fairmount in Cleveland Heights.

A year and half later in August of 1948, Halle's opened their new store on Shaker Square, an award winning design by Walter Halle's brother-in-law, architect Robert A. Little. The store was as Jay NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Iglauer, executive president of Halle's stated " ...the first unit to be completed of an important modernization and construction program, the remainder of which will be completed as rapidly as building conditions permit." Additional suburban stores opened at Cedar Center and Westgate both in 1950, and in Pennsylvania, capping the Halle empire at nine stores. The stores at Cedar Center and Westgate were part of linear shopping centers.

The business continued forward. Sal Halle departed for an early retirement in 1921 exploring his interest in philanthropic work. Sam Halle worked until he was 72, passing the torch on to his son Walter in 1941, marking the store's fiftieth anniversary. Sam continued as president of the board. Later the business would be passed on to Walter's son, Chisholm. In 1970, Halle's merged with Marshall Fields & Company with Chisholm resigning in 1974. Field's later sold Halle's in late 1981 to a liquidator who closed the downtown store. The suburban shops closed soon after. Shaker Square Shaker Square, originally known as Moreland Circle, is an early suburban shopping center in Cleveland built in 1927 in conjunction with the development of Shaker Heights.

It was originally laid out as a traffic circle at theintersection of Moreland and Shaker Boulevards and later, with the aid of the Van Sweringen brothers, the junction of two branches of the Shaker Rapid transit, the Green Road and Van Aken lines. Plans for a Tudor-style shopping center were originally conceived in 1923 as part of the Moreland Court project. When it failed one year later, the Van Sweringen brothers decidedto take on both the Moreland Court venture and Shaker Square. They hired Philip Small and Charles Bacon Rowley. The layout plan was octagonalto accommodate automobile parking and designed in the American Colonial style, inspired by the Amalienburg Square in Copenhagen, to conform to the domestic vision planned for Shaker Heights. The Shaker Square stores were planned to appeal to upper class clientele.

The Van Sweringen brothers were real estate developers known mostly for their involvement in establishing Shaker Square, the Shaker rapid line and Terminal Tower. In 1905, they had purchased the old Shaker property and began the development known as Shaker Heights. In 1909, needing transportation between the suburb and downtown, they began to acquire land along Kingsbury Run to build their interurban line. The New York Central's Nickel Plate owned land along a portion of the area the brothers needed to run their line, so in 1916 they acquired the railroad. They continued to purchase railroads and by 1929 owned $3 billion in railroad enterprises. In 1920 they began operation of the Shaker Rapid which prompted a need for a new central terminal in downtown Cleveland. As a result, the brothers began construction on Terminal Tower in 1923.

The complex was completed and 1 "Preview Marks Opening of Halle Store", Cleveland Press, August 23, 1948. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number 8 Page_ 5 opened in 1930.In 1926 the brothers received the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce's Medal for Public Service. Robert A. Little - architect Robert A Little (b.1916) was born in and raised in Boston and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design (Class of 1937; M.A., 1939). He began practicing architecture in the Cambridge office of G. Holmes Perkins. He established his own firm in 1946 in Cleveland with Conrad, Hayes, Simpson and Ruth.

TheHalle buildingwashis first commission, at age29, and he received the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce medal for the best store building in 1948 along with a first medal from the Ohio Society of Architects for a commercial building. In addition to the Halle building the firm designed the Birds of the World Building (1950) and the Pachyderm Building (1954) at the Cleveland Zoo. Little alsotaught at Western Reserve University's school of architecture. Over the course of his career he designed the Community Health Foundation(now Community Dialysis Center) at University Circle, which he received a national award for in 1965. He designed several buildings of significance in Cleveland including the Supplementary Education Center on Lakeside Avenue in 1968, Jane AddamsHigh School, Case Institute of Technology dorms along Cedar Hill, and the twin towersof Cleveland's Metro General Hospital.

He also designed several buildings for Hawken School's upper school campus in Gates Mills, and the USAF Museum in Dayton. In 1954,his master plan for the area around Cleveland's St. Vincent Charity Hospital won him the urban design award from Progressive Architecture. He was awarded The J. Milton Dyer Award for architecture given by The Cleveland Arts Prize in 1965. His passion for home design brought him a commission for the Timken family in Canton. His interest in naturally heating and coolinghomes led him to invent a pre-computer tool called Solux to aid in tracing the path of the sun in order to calculate the size and location of windows to either maximize solar energy during the winter or minimize solar exposure during the summer through the use of eaves. He was retained by Westinghouse Corporation in the 1950s to design a prototype all-electric home suitable for the Midwest.

Sixty versions of the design were eventually constructed around the country. Between 1950 and 1954 he designed homes at Pepper Ridge, in Pepper Pike, Ohio, which was an early planned street of modern homes. He designed not only his own home, but homes for former Cuyahoga County commissioner Seth Taft and sculptor William McVey. His home for William McVey granted him an award from Progressive Architecture. Robert Little lives at Pepper Ridge. In Pepper Ridge, Little positioned each home with respect for the landscape and to take advantage of the best views. The lots were of different sizes,the setbacks varied, and the layouts customized to each household's needs. Houses were built into hillsides; small lakes were created to slow the runoff. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number 8 Page_ 6 Little designed the signage and mailboxes for the street. The narrow, meandering road added to the community's feeling of comfort and intimacy. J. Byers Hays -architect J. Byers Hays, born in 1891, was an active architect in Cleveland from 1920-1963. Originally, he worked in the New York firm of Raymond Hood, the winner with John Mead Howells of the international competition for the Chicago Tribune Tower. In 1920, he began working in the office of Walker and Weeks and was chief designer on the 1927 Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland (NR, 1976), the 1931 Cleveland Municipal Stadium (NR, 1987), and the Indiana Memorial, Indianapolis (NR, 1989). Russell Simpson and Hays left Walker and Weeks to start their own office.

Later Hays collaborated with Paul Ruth and they plannedthe first majoraddition to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1968, which contained an interior sculpture court. Marcel Breuer's 1971 addition for the museum absorbed the court. J. Byer Hays and Paul Ruth also designed the Lakewood Civic Auditorium. Hays also received The J. Milton Dyer Award for architecture given by The Cleveland Arts Prize in 1962. After World War I! the major Cleveland downtown department stores sought methods to better serve the spreading population of the metropolitan area, with Halle Brothers Company leading the way. Halle's Shaker Square, when viewed in conjunction with Shaker Square, exhibits the fundamental changes occurring in retail shopping habits. Shaker Square itself demonstrates this evolution as one of America's earliest planned suburban shopping developments.

The employment of design principals of the emerging International Style demonstrates the application of "Form Follows Function" that ultimatelyaffected the cost and efficiency of construction, along with success of the established business; through the use and expression of reinforced concrete as part of the design elements in a asymmetrical composition. The ribbon of display window, set flush with the wall along the north elevation enhances the horizontal emphasis common used in the International style. The smooth uniform masonry wall surface blends with the masonry located on Shaker Square. The overall design of the branch mimics the building type that defines the suburban mall.

As one of the first Cleveland architects to address the changing trends of contemporary living, Robert Little and his associates' careful application of Bauhaus theories had revolutionary results within the Cleveland landscape and are exemplified by the design for Halle's Shaker Square. Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 0.43 acres (less than one) UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) Zone Easting Northing 1 17 450561 4592385 2 Zone Easting Northing 4 - 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 Diana Wellman, Sandvick Architects, Inc.

date 6-11-04 street & number 1265 West Sixth Street, Suite 200 city or town Cleveland state Ohio_ zip code 44113 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property.

Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) telephone(216) 621-8055 Property Owner (Complete this item atthe request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Richard Bowen street & number 13000 Shaker Blvd telephone (216) -491-9300 city or town Cleveland _ state OH zip code44020 - Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate 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 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 instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division,National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503 NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Bibliography Books Cleveland City Directories, various editions. Altman, Bruce L.

The History and policies of the department stores of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland : Fenn College, 1939. Crooks, Edwin W. The History of the Halle Bros. Co. Cleveland : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1959. Gaede, Robert C., ed. Guide to Cleveland Architecture, Second Edition, 1997. Gartner, Lloyd P. History of the Jews of Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1978. Johannesen, Eric. Cleveland Architecture, 1876-1976, Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1979. Haines and Company. Criss Cross Cleveland City and Suburban Directories, various editions, 1976- 1986. Herrick, Clay, Cleveland Landmarks, 1986. Hunker, Henry L. Columbus, Ohio A Personal Geography, Columbus, Ohio State University Press, 2000. Rose, William Ganson. Cleveland: The Making of A City, Cleveland: World Pub. Co.,1950. Schofield, Mary-Peale. Landmark Architecture of Cleveland, 1976.

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: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1996. Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John editors.The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press and Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1996. Wood, James M. Halle's: Memoirs of a family department store 1891-1982. Cleveland, Ohio: Geranium Press, 1987. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 2 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Journals "Branch Store breaks modern design blockade inCleveland" Architectural Forum v.25 (February 1950) 96-101. Newspapers "Halle's Break Ground for Shaker Square store", Cleveland Press, July 7, 1947. "Halle's in Shaker on View Monday", Plain Dealer, August 20, 1948. "New Halle Store is Flexible, Vital", Plain Dealer, August 24, 1948. "Preview Marks Opening of Halle Store", Cleveland Press, August 23, 1948. Widder, Milton, "Sights and Sounds", Cleveland Press, August 24, 1948. Maps and Photographs Cleveland Press Collection, Cleveland State University. Cuyahoga County Property Maps, 1999. Haines City Suburban Criss-Cross Directories, various editions. Hopkins Plat Books, various editions. Sanborn Insurance Maps, various editions.

Other Cleveland Landmarks Commission files, Cleveland City Hall. Architectural drawings, Conrad, Hays, Simpson & Ruth, Robert A. Little. Shaker Square National Register Nomination. http://www.clevelandartsprize.org/arch_1965.htm http://www.lkwdpl.org/history/civicauditorium.html http://architronic.saed.kent.edu/v2n1/v2n1.04.html NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Verbal Boundary Description Halle's Shaker Square building is located on Shaker Boulevard, on the south side of the street, approximately in the middle of the lot with parking on the south and west. Shaker Square's southwest quad is directly north of the building.

Beginning at the northwest corner the building heads southerly 11' then continues southeast 7' to a return west of 3', repeating this pattern of 7' southeast and west 3' four times before continuing south 18" and returning into a vestibule easterly 5', then continuing south 11', west 5' and southerly 18" before moving easterly 21'6", then heading southerly 31', westerly 5', southerly 18" to the southwest corner. From the southwest corner the building heads easterly 123' to the southeast corner. From the southeast corner the building heads north 18" turning westerly for 4'8" then north 32' , then easterly 20' then northerly 57'10"to the northeast corner. From the northeast corner the building heads westerly 67'3", then heading north 10' heading westerly 18" with a return south 4" before heading westerly 88'3"to the northwest corner.

The permanent parcel number:129-12-005 Boundary Justification Boundary is based on County Auditor's File and Architect's drawing of existing building. The nominated property includes the entire parcel historically associated with the property. NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department Of The Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Halle's Shaker Square Cuyahoga County, Ohio Page_ Halle's Shaker Square SHAKER RAPIO TRANSIT SHAKER CLEVELAND SOUTH LOCATION MAP Halle's Shaker Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH C.

1950s UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME : Halle's Shaker Square MULTIPLE NAME: STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Cuyahoga DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 12/28/04 1/29/05 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 1/14/05 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2/10/05 REFERENCE NUMBER: 05000029 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: NLANDSCAPE: N OTHER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N NATIONAL: N ACCEPT RETURN REJECT 2/9/05 DATE ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : Entered in the National Befister RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER - DISCIPLINE TELEPHONE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.

1 NoLIES ERATe, CAMERA DIREETON SN. GUYAHOGA CO.J ON1o DIANA WELLMAN SANDVICK ARCHITECTS 1265 W.6TH STREET CLEVELAND,OHIO 2. NORTH ELEVATION, CANERA DREGTON S.E HALLE'S SHAKER SOPUAE cutfttola Co., OHio DIANA HEUMAN SANDrICK ARCHITECTS 1265 WA GTASTREET CLEVELAND, OHIO RESERVED 3. WEST ELEVATION, CAMERA DIFELTION EA HALLE'S SHAKER SQUAPE CUTANOGA C., OHtO DIANA HELMAN SANDVICK ARCHITELTS 1265 M.bTH STREET CLEVELAND, OHIO 4. KEST ELEVATION, CAMERA DIRFETION eI HALLE'S SHAKER SQUARE CUYAHOGA CO., OHLO DIANA HELAN SANOVICK ARCHI TELTS 1265 W. LTN STREET CLEVELAND, OHLO 5. SOUTH ELEVATION, CAMERA DIFECTION N HAUE'S SHAKER SQUARE CUYAHOGA CO., OHIO DIANA HELLNAN SANOMCK ARCHITELIS 1265 w. LTH STREeT CLEVELAND, OHTLO 6. INTEROR, FIRST FLOOR HALLE'S SHAKER SQUARE CUYAHOGA CO., OHIO DIANA WELMAN SANDVICK ARCHITELTS 12165 H GTH STREET CLEVELAND ,OHLO 7.

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