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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 REGISTRATION FORM NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the 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 historic name - Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District Boundary Increase other names/site number street& number 6705-7003, 7319-7405 Detroit Ave. not for publication city or town - vicinity OH county _ zip code_44102 3.
State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant O nationally O Signature of certifying official Inventory & Registration 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 4. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet.
Signature of Keeper ate of Acti determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register other (explain): code state Date comments.) Cuyahoga Cleveland National Register RECEIVED 2280 2. Location OCT 27 2001 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested.If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, Department Head Ohio Franklin Blvd.-W. Clinton Ave. HD 5.
Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Check as many boxes as apply Check only one box (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) X private - building(s) - public-local X district - public-State - site - public-Federal - structure lame of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: single, multiple dwelling COMMERCE/TRADE: store RELIGION: religious building 7.
Description LATE VICTORIAN: Italianate, Queen STONE: sandstone Anne, Stick/Eastlake, Shingle, STONE: slate ASPHALT BRICK: SYNTHETICs: REVIVALS: Colonial Revival, WOOD: weatherboard Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or 372 roof Total walls object other Foundation Materials Noncontributing more continuation sheets.) (Boundary Increase), Cuyahoga County, OH Architectural Classification Historic Functions vinyl Romanesque LATE AND CENTURY OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase), Cleveland, This nomination expands the Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District to include No streams or other natural features interrupt the district.
character. Many of these survive in a good state of preservation. One is in the process of rehabilitation. The boundary moves around a handful of post-World War II era non-residential properties on the south side of the district expansion contribute to its significance. twentieth centuries in Greater Cleveland. The predominant style in the district boundary increase is Colonial Revival.This example is reflected in the only single-family residence present and in most of the apartment and Crafts architecture is more rare, but some apartment blocks reflect this style, particularly in their window The buildings along Detroit Rd.
largely date from the 1910-1920 time period, an era of tremendous growth in evolution of the multi-family house type, a time when the basic flat type apartment unit was developed These units evolved from the terrace and Cleveland double prototypes, taking their basic features such as also tend to have visual features that link the floors to create the sense of a single large residential building rather than an assortment of individual housing units. This is achieved by tall porch columns, more architecture. monumental main entrances and a more animated roofline, often concealing functional flat roofs beyond. the district is fairly level, but slopes gradually to the north. The land also slopes very gradually to the west. front porches, two bedrooms, separate dining room and rear kitchen and adapting these amenities into a larger entity.
These larger buildings, often built on tight urban lots, are taller and broader than single-family detailing.An apartment building at 7001-03 Detroit Ave. is an example of Spanish Colonial Revival style of Detroit and W. 74h Street through its crenellated parapet and Tudor-influenced window openings.Arts National Register of Historic Places Cleveland and a time when the apartment building form evolved.These properties represent a second The architectural styles of the boundary increase area represent the range of styles popular in the early buildings.Tudor Revival is a less common style, but still represented by the apartment building at the corner Cuyahoga County, Ohio The district expansion contains 13 buildings, adding to the 249 primary buildings and an additional 144 Section number 7Page 1 .
district is located on the west side of the City of Cleveland and is set south of a ridge paralleling the shoreline houses. They use more monumental materials, such as brick and stone, as opposed to wood siding. They residential properties along the south side of Detroit Ave. between West 65'h and West 74" Streets. The route that follows an ancient beach ridge and determines the angled layout of these three streets. The land in Detroit between W. 65th-w. 74h that do not relate to the themes of the district. Thus, all of the properties in (8-86) of Lake Erie.It is approximately one-half mile south of that shoreline.Detroit Avenue is a busy commercial NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase), Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Most of these apartment buildings are Colonial Revival in style, having classically inspired entrances, porch 6907-19 Detroit Ave. have monumental front porches and orange brick facades. adjoining the current northern end of the Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue National Register extension. The apartment buildings here are fairly consistent in type, style and period of construction. They are three stories tall, are faced in brick and have flat-type apartments, generally two or three per floor. a single-family residence at 6933 Detroit Ave. Detailed Property Descriptions The eastern edge of the proposed district begins at the northeast corner of the property at 6705 Detroit Ave.: 1.
6705 Detroit Ave. (photo 57) - Contributing - The storefront of this two-story brick building has been out to the sidewalk along Detroit Ave. A porch with pediment in its center is at the second floor level in front, giving the building a more monumental presence along the street. and those on the second floor are square wood columns capped by a pent roof. Broad picture windows are at the ends of the façade and doors to the porches are near the center. Like most of these apartment Historic District. The existing district is primarily comprised of single-family frame houses from the turn of architecture, with its stucco upper floors, blind arcades, Spanish tile decorative roof and cast stone cresting This nomination consists of 13 buildings along Detroit Ave. in the City of Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway above the entrance wing.
It is a relatively rare example of this style but, other than its facade and the first hipped roof in front accents this flat-roofed building.It has modern sash in the original masonry openings. the 20th century era, but it does contain eight flat-type apartment buildings similar to those in the district The character of the proposed extension is similar to that of the existing district.The extension would 3.6809 Detroit Ave.(photo 58) - Contributing - This has a broad central entrance that is flanked by National Register of Historic Places Square in the early 2o"h century as both a residential and retail node on the city's west side.
bays of either side, it is a plain apartment building, typical of its early 2o" century era.The apartments at 2.6803Detroit Ave.(photo57)-Contributing-This apartment buildinghas two storefronts that extend neighborhood.These properties face the south side of Detroit Ave. between W. 69'h St. and W. 74th St., provide a larger multi-family residential component to the district and would recognize the role of Gordon altered for a fast food restaurant, but the upper floor sand the dies and rear elevations are intact. Its two-part projecting two-story porches on either side. The porches on the first floor have square orange brick columns buildings, this structure has two flat-type apartment units on each floor. Exceptions to this are two apartment buildings with retail on the ground floor at 6705 and 6803 Detroit and (8-86) Section number _7_ Page _2 .
NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase), Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 6901 Detroit Ave. (photo 58) - Contributing - This is one of a pair of nearly identical apartment Spanish-tiled hipped roof in front, concealing the flat roof beyond. Like other nearby buildings, the sides and rear of this structure are finished in common brick and the front has orange glazed brick. 5. 6905 Detroit Ave. (photo 58) - Contributing - This second of the pair has a lighter color brick than its neighbor to the east but is otherwise identical. 6. 6907 Detroit Ave.
(photo 58) - Contributing - This apartment building is set further back from the street other apartment buildings in this district extension, this has a broad doorway with transom that leads to a flight of stairs to the units on each floor. This building has two floors plus a basement. Its porches have a the building seems largely unaltered. very similar two-story four-unit apartment buildings. It is faced with glazed orange brick and is accented by floors. The main entrance has an ornate masonry pediment with modillion blocks overhead pediment overhead and the building is virtually identical to its neighbor to the east, except that it has a broader band atop its second floor porch and its porch roof appears flatter. rhythm to this two-story apartment building with raised basement. This building is deeper than the others, with two units facing the rear, for a total of six apartments.
Rear porches are set in a recess on the east side. 10.6933 Detroit Ave. (photo 60) - Contributing - A lateral gambrel roof is accented in front with an octagonal tower with pyramidal roof and a square tower with hipped roof. The building has a very animated profile. It is intact except for the newer vinyl siding, probably covering original clapboards. This is the only single-family residence in the district extension and is the oldest property in the extension. the only building in this vicinity that has Spanish influence in its architecture. This is in the form of stucco accents in front, a Spanish tile roof that wraps around both sides and tile accents in front above the third inspired cast stone cresting that crowns the building above the third floor. Continuation Sheet pent roof above and they have newer overhangs and boxed in railings at the second floor level.
Otherwise National Register of Historic Places Detroit. This building has open porches that project out on either side of the center doorway. Like most (8-86) buildings.It has a raised first floor level, making it taller than nearby apartment buildings.The projecting 12. 7319 Detroit Ave.(photo 63)- Contributing - This is a four-suite flat-type apartment building with on a broad lawn than its neighbors to the east, which are closer to the commercial node at W. 65th and four large square piers that support its slightly pitched pent roof with open railings at the first and second 9.6929 Detroit Ave. (photo 60) - Contributing - A pair of gabled porch roofs provides a distinctive visual 8.6917Detroit Ave.(photo59)-Contributing-The entrance of "The Arnold"has an ornatebracketed wire-cut dark red brick and simple wood trim. 11.
7001 Detroit Ave.(photo 61)-Contributing-The Muriel apartment building is distinctive in that it is porches flank the recessed main entrance and are supported by massive brick piers. These piers support the 7.6913 Detroit Ave.(photo 59)-Contributing-This building,"The Florence",is part of a row of three OMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase), Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and buff brick with cast stone and cut sandstone trim. It is a picturesque and prominent building at the Architectural Styles Landmarks Commission Executive Secretary Robert Keiser has noted, the city went from having very few examples by 1920.
These buildings largely date from the 1910-1920 time period, an era of tremendous growth in Cleveland and a time when the apartment building form evolved. These properties represent a amenities into a larger entity. These larger buildings, often built on tight urban lots, are taller and broader than single-family houses. They use more monumental materials, such as brick and stone, as opposed to columns, more monumental main entrances and a more animated roofline, often concealing functional flat buildings at6907,6913 and 6917 Detroit Ave. have monumental front porches and orange brick facades. creating the image of colossally scaled classical columns. provide more light and air into the dining rooms and bedroom spaces. Some apartments use broad three- part windows to let in as much light as possible from these light wells.
The apartments also incorporate safety features such as rear exits from most units, usually in the form of stairways leading from porches that service the kitchens. roofs beyond. features such as front porches, two bedrooms, separate dining room and rear kitchen and adapting these Continuation Sheet developed. These units evolved from the terrace and Cleveland double prototypes, taking their basic architecture, with its stucco upper floors, blind arcades, Spanish tile decorative roof and cast stone cresting (8-86) These buildings also display some innovative features for their time.
Broad plate glass windows were used The properties in this proposed extension represent the trends in American apartment architecture of the to penetrate into the less well-lighted inner rooms.The plainly finished side elevations have recesses to Most of these apartment buildings are Colonial Revival in style, having classically inspired entrances, porch National Register of Historic Places bays of either side, it is a plain apartment building, typical of its early 20th century era.
The three apartment The western two of these buildings have broad square piers accented by corbelled brickwork at their tops, second evolution of the multi-family house type, a time when the basic flat-type apartment unit was 13.7405Detroit Ave.(photo64)-Contributing-This large corner buildingfeatures a crenellated parapet to admit plenty of light into these long, deep units.The broad windows in front maximized the use of light residential building rather than an assortment of individual housing units.This is achieved by tall porch gateway to the district. wood siding. They also tend to have visual features that link the floors to create the sense of a single large above the entrance wing. It is a relatively rare example of this style but, other than its façade and the first early 20" century era.
This was an evolving building type at the turn of the 20" century and, as Cleveland railings and front porch entablatures. The Muriel is an example of Spanish Colonial Revival style apartment buildings in the late 19"h century to having a broad range of building types as well as many Section number _7_ Page _ 4 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase), Cleveland, Cuyahoga Properties along the south side of Detroit Ave. between 7001 and 7319 that are excluded from the district Beyond it to the west is a large parking lot and car sales area. At 7301 Detroit Ave. is a 1940s era commerc building that has been heavily altered and which is still used for commercial purposes. A vacant lot, site o demolished house, is between 7301 and 7319 Detroit Ave.
CONTRIBUTING AND NON-CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS style or type contributing or non-contributing ca. 1910 ca. 1920 ca. 1900 7001-03 Detroit Ave. 7319-23 Detroit Ave. 7405 Detroit Ave. 1924 1912 1913 address contr Spanish Col. Rev. 6705-09 Detroit Ave. Colonial Revival County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Tudor Revival NPS Form 10-900-a 6901 Detroit Ave. 6917 Detroit Ave. Section number7Page5 : Just west of 7001 Detroit (the Muriel) is a 1970s era McDonald's restaurant surrounded by a large parking | 1911 date (8-86) Franklin Blvd.-W.Clinton Ave. H.D. (Boundary Increase) 8. Statement of Significance