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OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) RECEIVED 2280 AUG 0 3 2012 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How 1. Name of Property historic name The Richman Brothers Company other names/site number 2. Location street & number 1600 East 55* Street not for publication state Ohio 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended I hereby certify that this X nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards 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 - national X local Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government Signature of commenting official 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: - determined not eligible for the National Register _removed from the National Register _other (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 035 44103-2411 Date vicinity Registration Form zip code National Register of Historic Places NATIONAL PARK SERVICE entered in the National Register United States Department of the Interior Title be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: NPS Form 10-900 to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form.

If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). Mer Dept. Head, Inventory & Registration July272012 United States Department of the Interior OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) public - Local public - State public - Federal Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously 6. Function or Use INDUSTRY/manufacturing facility 7.

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1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH County and State property, such as its location, setting, size, and significant features.) Summary Paragraph In 1916 the Richman Brothers Company, a leading American manufacturer of men's clothing established in 1879, movec Richman's success in operating direct-sell retail outlets stimulated enormous growth for the Richman operation, leading to Harlem Avenue (south elevation), and 276 feet across the rear (west) elevation. The additions created two large interior courtyards, which were partially infilled over the years with small, one-story additions. The overall layout of the building balustrade. The building still retains a Richman sign. institutional buildings that included churches, a school, and social halls. The surrounding neighborhood has experienced nearly 80 years.

between 1910 and 1929, including the Federal Knitting Mills on Detroit Avenue in Ohio City and the L. N. Gross Building 1929), the firm was founded in 1913 and specialized in warehouse and industrial structures. The partners in the firm were changed to Christian &Klopper in 1970, and again to Neville Architects in 2010. Cleveland Landmarks Commission, Architects Database. 2 Dana Clark, Obituary. The Plain Dealer. June 30, 1950, 7. Narrative Description Name of Property This five-and six-story Commercial Style brick and reinforced concrete factory building began with an E-shaped, four- Avenue to the north, the main block of the Richman Brothers Company building is set back behind a grass lawn that five major additions between 1924 and 1929 and resulting in a building that has over 17 acres of floor space and measures 323 feet along E.

55' Street (east elevation), 621 feet along Luther Avenue (north elevation), 477 feet along The Richman Brothers Company building features large, regularly-spaced, industrial steel sash windows in most bays significant physical presence and record of a successful clothing factory and business that functioned in that location for National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form building covers about two-thirds of the parcel with a paved, fenced parking lot in the rear.

(some bays have been infilled over the years), brick of various shapes laid in decorative patterns, and inlaid terra cotta At the time of construction in 1915-16,the immediate neighborhood was mostly small frame houses with a few brick the Richman Brothers Company Building retains its architectural significance and historic integrity, and stands as a The Richman Brothers Company building was designed by the architectural and engineering firm of Christian, Charles Christian (1884-1968), Louis Schwarzenburg (1888-1954), and Oscar Gaede (1885-1933). The firm name was who secured the services of Dana Clark, architect, to develop the aesthetic features of the structure. The result of this 3"Medal of Merit Awarded American Factory Building.* The American Architect, vol. 14, October 30, 1918, 525-532. United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State Gaede to build the five Richman additions. Henry Richman was involved in reviewing the design concepts and details for architects and altered and approved designs. permits of a more interesting elevation and landscape effects in the ways of lawns and flower beds. This building takes setting." The main entrance is centered on East 55 in the middle of the shallow center wing, which is three bays wide brick. The double leaf doors sit between brick and stone pilasters, which support a round stone arch over the doorway. are boarded. Terra cotta tiles also cover the spandrels on either side of the stone arch. The center bay of this entrance the fifth floor.

Where existing and depending on the size of the opening, the industrial steel sash windows feature a series four-light panels that would have pivoted horizontally to provide ventilation (this ventilation feature is used over the entire fair condition. storefront windows with transoms and retractable awnings instead of the industrial steel windows (Figures 4-6). The neighborhood. In the center bay of the south wing was a second entrance that provided access to the lunch room, coat rooms, restrooms, and the upper floors. The entrance is marked with a projecting brick surround and an inset doorway covered or infilled in some bays. Where windows exist, it is likely the four-light ventilation panels used throughout the complex are corroded and not operable. Secondary entrances on the additions are treated similarly with the exception of original stone at the base of this assembly.

and terra cotta in different shapes and sizes to create decorative panels on the vertical brick piers and the horizontal vivid on the north elevation. The Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company was the general contractor responsible for constructing the original building. E-shaped in plan and completed in 1916, the original building had four stories, covered the building lot, and is 323 feet its position splendidly in the locality in which it stands and the property upon which it is built is ample to give it a proper projecting stone and brick pilasters. The pilasters have panels of square terra cotta tiles that are similar in color to the wing is slightly wider than the flanking bays, which is visible when examining the windows above the entrance The north and south wings are three bays wide, six bays deep, and extend to the sidewalk on East 55t*.

Historic photos display windows were used to show the latest Richman fashions to passersby and neighbors in the largely residential the paired employee and shipping entrance on the north elevation, which features a large stone surround and entablature, create. Above the fourth floor windows, brick and square terra cotta tiles that match the brick create a horizontal band that is further decorated with square blue and green terra cotta tiles (Photos 2-6, 11, 13-14). The blue terra cotta tiles are similar detailing in the brick but only uses terra cotta tiles along the parapet.

The parapet has a stone cap and stepped tiles on the east and south sides of the building have faded with nearly 100 years of exposure to sun, but tare still quite 5 Ibid National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form along East 55 and 195' down the side streets (Figures 1-8, Photos 1-5, 13, 14). "The large court faces the street, which Historically, awnings flanked the entrance bay on the adjacent first-floor windows (Figures 35, 38). Large, regularly spaced industrial steel sash window openings between brick piers rise in regular patterns on all elevations to what is now and renderings show the three bays that front the East 55t* Street sidewalk on each wing were originally finished with most of the other first floor window openings have been infilled orboarded up over time for security purposes as the neighborhood declined.

Windows on the upper stories appear to be in poor to fair condition, and have been boarded, stone pilasters, engaged stone columns with decorative capitals, and inset doorways (Photo 12). Granite replaces the Slightly projecting brick piers mark the bays on this building and the dark red exterior brick walls utilize a variety of brick decorative cornice, which was removed when the fifth floor was added to the original building 1924. The fifth floor has brick corbels between which is a single square terra cotta tile alternating in color from yellow to orange. The color of the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State The interior retains the design of its open plan (Photos 19-28).

While some of the window openings have been infilled or area, a shipping room, and a boiler room. The lobby, restrooms, and hospital space have terra cotta tile floors; the rest of the floors in the building are concrete, walls are brick (decorative in the main lobby) and ceilings are concrete, as are all the columns.

The second floor housed the company offices and the mail order department, the third floor was dedicated The 1922 Hopkins Plat Book Map (Figure 1) shows that the Richman Brothers Company had begun to acquire land west 1915-16 - Building 1; original office and factory, four stories, brick and reinforced concrete 1924 - Fifth floor added to Building 1,brick and reinforced concrete 1924 - Section A4, six-story brick and reinforced concrete addition to Building 1 1924 - Building 5, one-story brick addition to Section A4 1924 - Building 9, one-story brick addition to Building 1 1928 - Section A6, six-story brick and reinforced concrete addition to Section A4 1945 - Buildings 10 and 11, one-story brick additions to Section A2 buildings; the small additions are in poor to fair condition.

The major additions, which are in fair to good condition The building has been vacant since 1992 and is in fair to good condition. At the time the Richman brothers moved their company operation to East 55 Street, the immediate neighborhood was mostly small frame houses on the surrounding Nancy F. Schwartz, April 29, 1994. roof.6 (Expires 5/31/2012) boarded up, the feel of the open, light-filled manufacturing floors remain surprisingly intact in most areas. The first floor of of the original building to undertake a huge factory expansion. Deeds appear to indicate that all the land in the block there were five major additions to the Richman Brothers Company (in bold below) that creates the existing plan seen on the 1932 Hopkins Plat Book map (Figure 2) and 1952 Sanborn map (Figure 3).

A 1974 Inspection Report Map for the As the additions were constructed, two inner courtyards were created and then mostly infilled with the smaller, one-story are repeated. On the rear additions, the concrete floors and piers are expressed on the outside of the building. The Figure 39, Photos 17-18), restrooms, a small hospital space, coat rooms, a large lunch room, a large finished stock room 1928 & 1929 - Sections A2, five-and six-story brick and reinforced concrete addition to Building 1 1928 & 1929 - Section A3, six-story brick and reinforced concrete addition to Sections A2 and A4 blocks with a few brick institutional buildings (churches, a school, and several social halls) along East 55 Street. Today, the building is surrounded by a large number of vacant lots, and vacant and boarded buildings.

There are a few occupied residential and commercial buildings, but disinvestment has left the immediate neighborhood mostly void of activity. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance for National Register listing.) Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high Period of Significance artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. 1915-16, 1924, 1927, 1928-29, 1941 (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) Owned by a religious institution or used for religious removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery.

E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. Christian, Schwarzenburg & Gaede, Dana Clark / F a commemorative property. Hunkin-Conkey Construction Co. (original building) less than 50 years old or achieving significance Sam W. Emerson Company (additions) within the past 50 years. 1915 for their new offices and factory from which they operated for nearly 80 years. The end date coincides with the 50- Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) 1915-1962 purposes. ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY Architect/Builder Criteria Considerations individual distinction.

Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Person Significant Dates (Enter categories from instructions.) Period of Significance (justification) NPS Form 10-900 Name of Property (Expires 5/31/2012) (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property The period of significance is bounded by the first recorded construction on the site by the Richman Brothers Company in United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH County and State Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph The Richman Brothers Company building on E. 55 Street in Cleveland, Ohio is eligible for listing in the National Register Richman (1872-1936), and Henry C.

Richman (1876-1934), assumed the leadership of the company when their father retired in 1904. It was under the brothers' leadership that the company began to grow and continued to prosper, resulting facility, warehouse, and distribution centers for the retail and mail order segments of the business for nearly eighty years. and thrive long after their deaths. the building's dedication, it was described as "one of the most complete plants of its kind in the world, it being equipped in their work." The Garment Industry in Cleveland Cleveland declined. Scores of plants moved out of the area, were sold, or closed their doors.

Local factors certainly played their part but the rise of the ready-to-wear industry in Cleveland, as well as its decline, paralleled the growth and decline of the industry nationwide."® In the early 19 century clothing was still handmade, produced for the family by sizing developed based on millions of measurements obtained by the U.S. Army during the Civil War, the Depression of Name of Property in the need for a new building. Ground was broken at the E.55th Street site in 1915,and the Richman Brothers Company married or had children, so when Nathan, the last surviving brother died in 1941, company leadership was passed to a managed from the E. 55 Street building. Therefore, the Period of Significance for the Richman Brothers Company is The Richman Brothers Company building is significant under Criterion A for its role in the history and development of the status.

So engrained was the business culture established by the Richman brothers, that the company continued to grow administrative and production facility for nearly 80 years. The building was designed and engineered by Christian, for its design and physical presence, which grew in size as the Richman Brothers Company expanded.It provided spacious windows for ample light and high airy ceilings for the benefit of every worker. In a newspaper article written after with every facility to make the working conditions of the employees ideal and to create among them a spirit of happiness "As early as 1860 the manufacture of ready-to-wear clothing became one of Cleveland's leading industries. The garment industry grew enormously from the 1860s to the 1880s for a variety of reasons." Increasing mechanization, systems for occupied the new building from 1916 until 1992 when the company was liquidated.

None of the Richman brothers ever long-time employee and a distant cousin. The company continued to grow and expand over the next four decades, all women in the household or custom-made for the more well-to-do by tailors and seamstresses. "The ready-to-wear 1873 made buying off-the-rack garments more acceptable and a less costly alternative to custom-made clothing, but the United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property "Most immigrants from 1830-70 came from the German states, Great Britain, and, particularly Ireland, with the city Cleveland occurred from 1870-1914, the period of the 'new immigration,' in which many Southern and Eastern Europeans bounded by West 6* and West 9th streets and Lakeside and Superior avenues.

As the garment industry spread to other 12 Van Tassel, 459 1 Van Tassel, 460 " Van Tassel, 595. Garment production was often categorized depending on whether the firm produced men's or women's garments.19In decadesof the2ocentury,the garment industry spread from downtown to the east side-Bobbie BrooksonPerkins (Expires 5/31/2012) County and State early 20" centuries. 1916, Cleveland ranked fourth in the production of women's garments. It had many successful firms devoted to this area first in terms of employment at women's garment firms, but was ranked second behind Cincinnati in the men's sector. 13 "The Joseph & Feiss Company Clothcraft Shops."National Register Nomination, August 31, 2010. " Ibid. 1 Ibid 2Ibid. National Park Service /National Register of Historic Places Registration Form industry.

New York City dominated with Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland and other trialing behind in terms of total industry in Cleveland were often Jews of German or Austro-Hungarian extraction. Their previous experience in retailing its Jews held a distinctive place, just as did the other ethnic and religious groups of the city. In 1910 the Jewish economic factors in industrial and commercial enterprises, particularly in the manufacture of cloaks and clothing and all kindred for Cleveland manufacturers, as well as other garment manufacturers in other parts of the country.

During the first three biggest factors were expansive urbanization and rapid growth during the great wave of immigration in the late 19t and attracting substantial representation from each of these groups.1o The most substantial and diverse migration to United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH The History of the Richman Brothers Company (1879-1992) attended school until they were sixteen, it was understood that each would work in the family business. They started 1888, and Henry, Jr. in 1892. sons. Nathan became Chairman of the Board, Charles was made President, and Henry, Jr. the Secretary/Treasurer. company changed from the Henry Richman Company, to N. G.

Richman and Company, and then to United Clothes before permanently being named the Richman Brothers Company. However, for a period of time after that, the names without paying for the middleman's profit. The venture was successful and was followed a year later by a second store in Cleveland and one in Louisville, Kentucky. middleman's profit, and keeping prices down. The mail-order department was set up within the factory and orders were house" salesmen selling directly to customers across the country. Richman Brothers' house-to-house sales and mail fabric and patterns during World War II. A New Address 2 Cleveland Landmarks Commission Files, Cleveland City Hall. company. Richman Brothers Company trucks that toured towns.The trucks advertised the Richman Brothers Company(and United Name of Property County and State immigrants of German-Jewish descent, with Richman hailing from Bavaria.

As an outgrowth of that early business the When the Great Panic of 1893 ended in 1897, the company was heavily in debt. Joseph Lehman retired and the was moved to Cleveland. This is perhaps due, in part, to the source of the records, the leadership and financial infusion United Clothes and the Richman Brothers Company names were used together in advertising. The Richman brothers In1912-13, the Richman Brothers Company started a mail order business and also began direct-selling through traveling Clothes) and were fitted with lighted, glass cases holding actual suits on forms; customers could view the latest Richman the factory for final assembly was generally superseded by factory production. With a growing customer pool - the supplied clothes to ironworkers and the iron furnace industry in southeastern Ohio and West Virginia.

Both men were and then the fabric pieces("piecework) were given to outside contractors who sewed the suits together and bought them 1941), Charles L. Richman (1872-1936), and Henry C. Richman, Jr. (1876-1934), grew up in Cleveland, and while all Richman Company opened a retail store in the Seaman Hotel on West9 and was producing about 50 suits per week. With their past part-time and full-time employment, the brothers had thorough understanding of the operation, each The Henry Richman Company continued to manufacture men's suits, selling them directly to customers from their retail established their first retail store in 1906 in Cincinnati, Ohio, banking on the public's readiness to buy good quality suits Brothers fashions and order a suit or topcoat to meet their needs. The trucks and other advertising touted "No Middleman's Profit" which was the company's mantra for decades.

By 1930, the Richman Brothers had 1,000 "house-to- By the end of the 19century, the practice of contracting fabric out to home sewers who then returned the piece goods to filled.Salesmen sold door-to-door(or house-to house as it was referred to in company records),and some sold from United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State The partners were Charles Christian (1884 - 1968), Louis Schwarzenburg (1888 - 1954), and Oscar Gaede (1885 - 1933). The business became Christian & Klopper in 1970. The name of the firm was recently changed in 2010 to Neville and Weeks from 1912 until his retirement in 1947, was added to the project team to design the intricacies of the brick and Richman Brothers Company.

Only one reference to these awards could be found in a 1917 newspaper article and no declining Jewish neighborhood in the mid-1920s, while the number of Jews around East 105'h Street and Mount Pleasant- and other Eastern European immigrants (Figures 9-19). Cleveland Landmarks Commission Architect's Database. 29 Van Tassel, 460. 30 Gartner, 269. elevations. "Christian, Schwarzenburg and Gaede was founded in 1913. The firm specialized in warehouse and industrial structures. Grabler Manufacturing, Wolf Envelope Building, L.N. Gross Building, Atlas Brass Manufacturing Co., Monarch Brass, terra cotta on the exterior of the original building.

The Commercial Style building features a variety of brick and terra cotta in different shapes and sizes to create decorative panels on the vertical brick piers and the horizontal bands between the the element was repeated throughout the building in every addition, giving visual rhythm and composition to the information was given about the other buildings under consideration for the award. At the time the new Richman Brothers prominent role, other immigrant groups such as Czechs, Poles, Germans and Italians were also employed in large workforce." The neighborhood around the Richman Brothers Company was one of the first Jewish neighborhoods in building that could be easily converted to a 1000-bed hospital for the war wounded. It was thought that recovery would be " Ibid.

National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form population of Cleveland grew from 381,768 in 1900 to 560,663 in 1910 to 796,841 in 1920 and 900,429 in 193025 - the Brothers Company to acquire land for a new headquarters at 1600 East 55th Street. The company engaged the architectural firm of Christian, Schwarzenburg, & Gaede to design the new building windows (Photos 3-6, 11-14). Stone sills further emphasize the horizontal banding the windows create. Above the fourth floor windows, brick and square terra cotta tiles that match the brick create a horizontal band that is further decorated with turned 45 degrees are regularly spaced between the panels. While not all design details were repeated on the unified building to house all the company functions under one roof in 17 acres of floor space. It is not clear which firm 2 Van Tassel, Timeline, xxiv-xxv.

United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State 1919,the same year the company was incorporated in Ohio. Corporate Paternalism and Employee Benefits brothers belleved that the productivity of their workers depended on a good working environment that went beyond the Reserve Historical Society, "Throughout its history, Richman Brothers Company maintained a policy of corporate benefits also included the following: free life insurance, hospital and surgery benefits, double indemnity and In 1920,1923,1925,1929 and 1936, employees were offered the opportunity to buy shares of stock in the company, each time at a price well below the market rate.

Due to the Depression, for the 1936 stock offer, shares were sold to When the employees were not engaged in work, they were afforded the use of a large recreation hall. There were Euclid Beach, Thanksgiving dinner, and holiday parties. Manufacturer's Code of National Recovery Act ($14.40 per week or 40 cents per hour). In 1932, Henry Richman, Nathan Richman, and Charles Richman eliminated their own salaries and established the Richman Foundation to give grants and Leadership and Growth after the Richman Brothers 31 Cleveland Landmarks Commission Files, Cleveland City Hall. 36 Ibid armistice was signed in November,1918, and the building was turned back over to the Richman Brothers Company in time the factory shut down. In 1949, paid vacation was increased to three weeks.

By 1950, Richman Brothers employee dismemberment insurance, childbirth benefits, loans without interest,pay for holidays, medical expenses reimbursement, sick benefits, and pensions for any employee working 15 years. Employees were also encouraged to become company-sponsored activities throughout the year, including the Miss Richman beauty pageant, talent shows, picnics at company reported that its minimum factory wage ($16 per week) was actually higher than that required by the Clothing married. The brothers "worked in perfect economic harmony to each other for honest values to their customers and National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form After the war, business was very good, more employees were hired, and more retail stores opened.

The Richman organization to give its employees annual paid vacations: one week at Christmas and one week at July 4, during which shareholders, each employee had a vested financial interest in working together as a family to consistently turn out quality basketball teams for both men and women, and baseball teams that practiced inthe inner courtyards and played against Between 1930 and 1933, twenty-three new stores were opened. Of these, only three operated at a loss. In the 1930s, an Henry Richman, Jr.died in 1934, followed by Charles in 1936, and Nathan in 1941. The three brothers had never United States Department of the Interior OMB No. 1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State he became chairman of the board, and George H. Richman, a distant cousin of the original three brothers who had changed his last name to Richman, became president.

Lewman and George Richman served in those capacities until at the E. 55" Street facility and another 1,300 employed in the retail stores. The success and growth of the Richman Scotland, is purchased for the Cleveland plant, and is said without qualification that some of the finest fabrics in America the sixty-one retail stores and the thousand personal representatives.....Richman's own designers-and they're among the on the West Coast. During the same period the company also experienced union problems. Richman Brothers, a non- document the court battles regarding this and similar injunctions throughout the 1950s. Richman Brother's battle with the union shop throughout its existence company presence in new markets. The Stein's stores were almost all converted to Richman Brothers stores soon after their acquisition, while Anderson-Little stores continued to trade under their original name.

In 1969, the F. W. Woolworth Co. bought out Richman Brothers, which continued to function as a wholly-owned subsidiary. In 1975, Richman Brothers 4°Gartner, 269 * Ibid, 273-74. NPS Form 10-900 Union Pressure position via the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union43"Beginning in 1950,a number of Richman Brothers (Expires 5/31/2012) quality, service and civic responsibility, which would be their legacy. Frank C. Lewman, who had joined the company in "In the 1940s, Richman Brothers continued to grow, establishing its first West Coast stores.

In the early 1940s the organization was "the direct result of giving the customer the maximum value for his dollar, and this has been accomplished through quantity buying of materials and the use of machinery that is the last word in efficiency, not a little Brothers nevertheless held out against unionization throughout the 1920s with extensive systems of efficiency rewards, "Despite their union troubles, Richman Brothers continued to expand. In 1959, it acquired ninety Stein's stores (men's clothing) in the South, and in 1966, Anderson-Little (men's and women's professional clothing) in New England, giving the National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 1914 as an accountant with the mail-order division, became president of the company following Charles' death.

In 1950, laser cutting system was developed that sized patterns, wasted little fabric, and cut out all parts of a suit in 90 seconds. company began adding furnishing goods departments to some of its stores. It also took on war work, manufacturing are [made]into suits and overcoats that are worn bythe business and professional men of the great territoryserved by in 1920 the union signed a preferential shop agreement with the employers' association. The kaleidoscopic ethnicity of (ACWA), made overtures to Richman Brothers workers as early as 1939, but the company remained non-union."42 This was no doubt due to the family atmosphere create within the company and generous pay and benefits offered to each stores were picketed by ACWA. The company responded by getting an injunction against the union's picketing from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers reached both the Ohio and U.S.

Supreme Courts. Richman Brothers remained a non- "Ibid. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State Woolworth's. About 100 employees were released. In 1989, Lee Sunderland became president and CEO of the brothers started a tradition of greeting their employees like they would family - in this case, the Richman family. At the single E.55" Street entrance where every factory worker and executive employee entered and left the building, at least of the best benefits and pay in the industry, there was a waiting list for employment at the Richman Brothers Company. believed they got better employees this way, which only benefitted the company and the bottom line.

Because most were their jobs just like everyone else. Although motor-driven machines were used to construct all garments, a single pair of 1940, when the company introduced its SuperQuality (sic) Line and furnishings department, respectively, suits were Cleveland reveals the following: 1910 ads show men's suits and overcoats priced from $11.50 to $29.50, and in 1917 from $15 to $40, all of which were above the $10 Richman Brothers suit or overcoat. Similarly, 1920 ads priced suits and 47 Draft National Register Nomination, Sharon Gumto, 1/30/05 * Forbes Magazine. March 15, 1928: 14. manner.

closed.46 thereafter as more efficient methods made it possible the price was brought down to the present $22.50.49 In 1939 and Employee Recruitment and Sponsorship Company Pricing Policy "In 1986, Richman Brothers Company corporate headquarters was moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, the location of Anderson-Little's corporate office. In 1987, their accounting and data processing departments were merged into In a retrospective article after the death of Charles Richman in 1941, Frank C. Lewman, the new company president who brothers and I knocked on scores of doors, inviting the womenfolk to work for us. And despite the fact that they had never As a result, no one could work for the company without a recommendation from a current employee. The brothers order customer.

And it was through this customary process that the well-known Richman Brothers Company slogan, which the uniform pricing policy seems to have stopped.* While retailer and product quality varied, in doing a search of 4Richman Brothers Company Records, MS. 4664, Western Reserve Historical Society. began liquidating Richman Brothers by closing the warehouse/distribution center and several retail stores. By December 31,1992 Richman Brothers had been completely liquidated, with Richman-Brothers and Anderson-Little retail stores one of the brothers was there to greet employees by name in the morning and tell them goodbye in the evening. Because employees kept track of their own time and piecework units (something very rare in those days)....Time clocks and trousers would have passed through 49 pairs of hands before completion, a vest 46, and a coat through 159.

The garment passed to another worker. Upon completion of assembly, each garment was subject to final inspection by an 'Seven Hundred Fussy Tailors' was derived.By 1915, Richman Brothers Company could boast that it sold a suit or overcoat once a year to every 6 man in Cleveland. 48 priced at $22.50 for a regular suit and $27.50 for the SuperQuality Line. In 1953, prices were $39.50 and $44.50, after 45 "The Joseph & Feiss Company Clothcraft Shops." National Register Nomination, August 31, 2010. The company employed former outside contractors as in-house supervisors and instructors."Using the honor system, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property slogans included, "Factory Direct to You - with just two profits - Yours and Ours - No Middleman's," "The House that Value Built," and "700 Fussy Tailors." considered and referred to its many employees as the Richman Family. When its E. 55* St. factory opened, employees employees annual paid vacations: one week at Christmas and one week at July 4, during which time the factory shut included free life insurance, hospital and surgery benefits, double indemnity and dismemberment insurance, childbirth benefits, loans without interest, pay for holidays, medical expenses reimbursement, sick benefits, and pensions for any Developmental history/additional historic context information (if appropriate) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.) Recreation Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, 1978, p. 53. 52 Cleveland Landmarks Commission files, research for Landmark nomination. 53Richman Brothers Company Records, MS. 4664, Western Reserve Historical Society. 55 Cleveland Landmarks Commission Files, Cleveland City Hall. County and State overcoats from $29-$125; $30-$55 in 1939; and $49-$99 in in 1953.

Over the years, Richman Brothers Company Richman brothers built a headquarters and factory that served the company, its employees, and customers for nearly 80 artistic and practical use of inexpensive materials, and adaptability of the building to the site and neighborhood; adaptation of space to use-plan; and sanitation: fire safety, light, ventilation, and provision for thorough and economical its clothes-making operations under one roof." Not long after the building was constructed, the Cleveland Press wrote, 'common colds' are virtually unknown in the Richman personnel.*S4 as early as 1900 and went on strike in Cleveland in 1911. The Richman Brothers Company was unaffected by the strike "A Small Town Tailor's Dream Comes True." The Ohio Motorist. 1920s (exact date unknown): 10-11.

With a growing customer pool, need for more in-house production space and a desire to upgrade factory facilities, the Richman Brothers Company facility was completed it was said to be the first and the largest in the country to house all of the most perfect in use..plenty of heat in winter and plenty of cool breezes in summer is a significant fact. So-called With the successful transition in company leadership from father to the Richman sons in 1904 and the construction of Cleveland over eight decades. Eliminating the middleman and selling direct to customers, be it through mail order, door- Brothers built a successful business with loyal employees producing quality products. Garment workers began organizing 51 "Medal of Merit Awarded American Factory Building." The American Architect, vol.

14, October 30, 1918: 525-532 Summary -The Richman Brothers and the East 55th Street Richman Brothers Company Headquarters United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State Cleveland Landmarks Commission Architects Database. Cleveland Landmarks Commission Files, Cleveland City Hall. "Cleveland's Best Factory." The Plain Dealer, October 14, 1917. Cuyahoga County Auditor, Richman Brothers Company Inspection Report, Cuyahoga county Archives, 1974. Dana Clark, Obituary. The Plain Dealer. June 30, 1950: 7. Draft National Register Nomination, Sharon Gumto, 1/30/05 "Employees Get Richman Stock." Cleveland News. May 10, 1929. Forbes Magazine. March 15, 1928: 14. Gaede, Robert C., ed. Guide to Cleveland Architecture, 2'd ed., AIA Cleveland, 1997. Dealer Publishing Company, 1931: 16-27, 30-31.

History Department, Cleveland Public Library, clipping file. "Homes Wrecked for New Richman Plant." Cleveland News, April 1, 1928. Hopkins Plat Map, various editions. Keiser, Robert, "Cleveland Architects and Their Buildings," typescript, 2002. Board, September, 1930 Ohio Historic Inventory form, Eric Johannesen, December, 1975. Photograph Collection, Cleveland Public Library, Downtown. Photograph Collection, Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University. Society Archives Library. Cleveland City Directories. (Expires 5/31/2012) McCandless, T.L. "Richman Brothers-An Institution." Based on an interview with Nathan G. Richman, Chairman of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Historical Newspaper Database, Cleveland Public Library. Gartner, Lloyd P. History of the Jews in Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1978.

"Medal of Merit Awarded American Factory Building." The American Architect, vol. 14, October 30, 1918: 525-532. "New Richman Factory is Largest of its Kind in World." The Plain Dealer, October 6, 1928. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property Richman Brothers Company Records, MS. 4664, The Western Reserve Historical Society, Manuscript Collections, Processor: Jane H. Rothstein, Editor: Nancy F. Schwartz, April 29, 1994. Rose, William Ganson. Cleveland: The Making of a City. Cleveland: World Publishing Co. 1950. Sanborn Insurance Maps, various editions. "The Richman Foundation." Cleveland News. Editorial, January 2, 1933. Van Tassel, David, and John Grabowski, editors. The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography.

Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1996 Van Tassel, David, and John Grabowski, editors. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 2^d ed., 1996. State Historic Preservation Office Other State agency previously listed in the National Register x previously determined eligible by the National Register x Local government designated a National Historic Landmark x University recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # x Other recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey# Historic Resources Survey Number (if 10. Geographical Data (Do not include previously listed resource acreage.) (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.) The Permanent Parcel Numbers are 104-22-006, 104-22-007 and 104-22-008.

of the side walk to the southeast corner of the building and Harlem Avenue; thence proceed westerly along the property 4595988 445512 CUY0019805 Easting Zone assigned): requested) UTM References Northing Federal agency Starting at the northeast corner of the property at East 55th and Luther, proceed southerly along property line at the edge The boundary of the Richman Brothers Company property appears as a dashed line on the attached Photo Key map. County and State Primary location of additional data: Previous documentation on file (NPS): NPS Form 10-900 "Won't Cut Salaries in Richman Factories." Cleveland Press. April 20, 1931.

preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been Name of repository: Western Reserve Historical Society line atthe edge of the sidewalk, along the building line and the fence line tothe southwest corner of the fenced parking lot at East 49th; thence proceed northerly along the fence lineto the northwest corner of the fenced parking lot and Luther "The Joseph & Feiss Company Clothcraft Shops." National Register Nomination, August 31, 2010. United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH County and State Avenue; thence proceed easterly along the fence line and building line to the back to the northeast corner of the building Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The boundaries follow the property lines of the parcels owned by the Richman Brothers Company since 1926. 11.

Form Prepared By date April 12, 2012 street & number 1801 East Ninth Street telephone (216) 452-1201 State: Ohio zip code 44114 Submit the following items with the completed form: photographs to this map - Continuation Sheets - Additional items: (Check with the SHPOor FPO for any additional items.) Name of Property: The Richman Brothers Company City or Vicinity: Cleveland Photographer: Heather Rudge, Weber Murphy Fox Date Photographed: 1/10/2012 Photograph Number, Description and Camera Direction: Listed below Photograph 1 of 28 Description: Original building, east elevation Camera Direction: West Description: Original building, east elevation, north wing Camera Direction: Northwest Photographs: e-mail Additional Documentation hrudge@wmf-inc.com or larger.Key all photographs to the sketch map. and the point of origin.

County: Cuyahoga A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all Name of Property organization Weber Murphy Fox (Expires 5/31/2012) city or town Cleveland National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) name/title Heather Rudge, Historic Preservation Studio Leader United States Department of the Interior OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property County and State Photograph 4 of 28 Description: Original building, east elevation, main entrance Camera Direction: West Camera Direction: Southwest Description: South elevation, original building and additions Description: Rear (west) and south elevations along Harlem Avenue Description: Addition, north elevation along Luther Avenue Description: North elevation along Luther Avenue, detail of dock bay, pedestrian entrances Description: East courtyard, rear of original building Description: East courtyard and addition Description: Interior, entrance lobby, original building Camera Direction: Northeast Description:Rear(west) and south elevation from southeast corner of property The Richman Brothers Company Description:Rear(west) and north elevations of addition along Luther Avenue NPS Form 10-900 National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form Description: Rear (west) elevation across parking lot Description: Original building, north elevation along Luther Avenue Description: Detail, original building, north elevation along Luther Avenue United States Department of the Interior OMB No.

1024-0018 The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH Name of Property Description: Interior, entrance lobby, original building Camera Direction: West Camera Direction: South Description: Interior, first floor, auditorium Description: Interior, first floor, auditorium balcony Camera Direction: Northeast Description: Interior, typical second floor factory space, original building Description: Interior, typical third floor factory space, center addition Description: Interior, typical fourth floor factory space, center addition Description: Interior, typical fifth floor factory space, rear addition Description: Interior, typical double stair Description: Interior, typical single stair HISTORIC MAPS AND PHOTOS - Please see attached Continuation Sheets 1-43 Figure 2 - 1932 Hopkins Plat Map Figure 3 - 1952 Sanborn Map Figure 4 - Bird's eye view Figure 5 - 1954 bird's eye view rendering Figure 6 - 1917 Plain Dealer advertisement Figure 7-1974 Inspection Report Map, Cuyahoga County Auditor Figure 8 - City of Cleveland Ethnic Settlements, Circa 1923 Figure 9 -1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: German Immigrants County and State (Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 Photograph 27 of 28 Description: Interior, typical first floor factory space, original building National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The Richman Brothers Company Cuyahoga, OH County and State Figure 10- 1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: Austrian Immigrants Figure 11 - 1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: Hungarian Immigrants Figure 12 - 1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: Czechoslovakian Immigrants Figure 13 - 1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: Polish Immigrants Figure 17- Population Characteristics by Census Tracts Data Table Figure 19 - 1915 Richman Bros. Co. mail order sales truck Figure 20 - 1923 Richman Bros. Co. street view rendering Figure 21 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. 4* floor fabric stock Figure 22 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. recreation baseball Figure 23 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. cafeteria Figure 24 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. cutting department Figure 25 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. cutting fabric Figure 26 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co.

inspecting fabric Figure 27 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. ladies sewing Figure 28 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. pants shop Figure 29 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. shipping room Figure 30 - 1927 Richman Bros. Co. tailors Figure 31 - 1928 Richman Bros. Co. sewing room Figure 32 - 1929 Richman Bros. Co. hand sewing Figure 33 - 1934 Richman Bros. Co. Thanksgiving dinner Figure 34 - 1940 Richman Bros. Co. beauty contest Figure 35 - 1941 Richman Bros. Co. employees Figure 36 - 1942 Richman Bros. Co. war scrapping Figure 37 - 1954 Richman Bros. Co. bird's eye view rendering Figure 38 - 1980 Richman Bros. Co. Memorial Day service Figure 39 - Richman Bros. Co. employees with flags Figure 40 - George Richman greets employees Figure 41 - Richman Bros. Co. pressing clothes Figure 42 - Richman Bros. Co. employees steam, pre-shrink Figure 43 - Richman Bros. Co. employee's sports team Figure 44 - Richman Bros. Co.

employees leaving for vacation (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) 1600 East 55' Street, LLC street & number 1375 East 9* Street, Suite 2450 city or town Cleveland state Ohio 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.460 et seq.). instructions, gathering andmaintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C.

Street, NW, Washington, DC Property Owner: telephone 216-970-0772 NPS Form 10-900 Name of Property zip code 44114 Figure 15 -1920 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: Russian Immigrants 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 name LUTHER AVE. NE HARLEM AVE. NE DOROTHY CT. NE NOT TO SCALE THE RICHMAN BROTHERS COMPANY NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION PHOTO KEY APRIL 2012 SITE WMF WEBER MURPHY FOX FIRST FLOOR NOT TO SCALE THE RICHMAN BROTHERS COMPANY NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION PHOTO KEY APRIL 2012 WMF LUTHER AVE. HARLEM AVE. DOROTHY CT. WEBER MURPHY FOX LUTHER AVE. NE HARLEM AVE. NE DOROTHY CT. NE SECOND - SIXTH FLOORS NOT TO SCALE THE RICHMAN BROTHERS COMPANY NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION PHOTO KEY APRIL 2012 WMF WEBER MURPHY FOX NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev.

8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information FIGURE 1 - 1922 Hopkins Plat Map Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet 1922(-24),v.1,p1.11 NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Information FIGURE 2 - 1932 Hopkins Plat Map Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Richman Brothers Company County and State NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 3 - 1952 Sanborn Map 1952/72, v.1, p1. Page Continuation Sheet HARLEM LUTHER National Register of Historic Places Richman Brothers Company Name of Property 928-29 NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 4 - 1923, Richman Bros. Co. Street View Rendering Cleveland, Ohio Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company The Great Factory of The Richman Bros. Co.

County and State Name of Property National Register of Historic Places FIGURE 5 - Bird's Eye View National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) IN TEE YEAR 1913 OMB No. 1024-0018 Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property seventeen acres of foor space (Expires 5-31-2012) Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places DESIGNATED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Original Richman Brothers County and State AS THE BEST FACTORY Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Factory Building Section number_Additional Information NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 6 - 1954, Richman Bros. Co. bird's eye view rendering Page Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 7 - 1917 Richman Brothers Company Advertisement Hundi a taupe color nost fashion- [1600]East 55th Street, from Harlem Ave. to Luther Ave. .

and staple It is in this factory where we make over 1000 coats, vests We dare say it is the one factory in America where ef- It is this factory with its modern labor saving equipment, style and fit into suits and overcoats for $12.50 that no manufacturer has 10 "hemstitohed. From our East 55th, Street Factory Direct to You - With Style Book and Sample: illar Set for $45.00 Page Cleveland's Best Factory Suits Continuation Sheet clothes manufacture. You have the unrestricted choice of any suit or overcoat National Register of Historic Places The Richman Brothers' Factory Light, kets More Prospect Avenue, Cor. Ontario United States Department of the Interior and trousers every day. Designated by The Chamber of Commerce Established 1879 As the Best Factory Just Two Profits-Yours and Ours-No Middleman's.

County and State Erected in Clevcland in the Year 1917 We have been awarded a bronze tablet which says- This to orthy of the Velvet$2.95 (Built in 1916-'17) will b Ve Fill Mail Orders - Write for Fall and Winter the activa ever equalled for the same price. iatin Ribbon Back NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Information FIGURE 8 - 1974 Inspection Report Map, Triennial Update, Cuyahoga County Auditor RICHMAN BROS. & RALPH A.

COLBERT, ETAL PARCEL 104-22-7 SABRE SYSTEMS Page 104-22-7 Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places 104-22-6 Richman Brothers Company CITY OF CLEVELAND County and State RICHMAN BROTHERS COMPANY-LESSEE Name of Property Figure 9 - City of Cleveland Ethnic Settlements, Circa 1923 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property Richman Brothers Company 1920 Cleveland Ward Boundaries 1995 Cleveland City Boundary (Expires 5-31-2012) Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places City of Cleveland Ethnic Settlements, Circa 1923 County and State Lake Erie 1995 Interstate Network Section number_Additional Information The following features are shown for reference purposes: 1995 Highway Network Section number _Additional Information National Register of Historic Places National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 Name of multiple listing (if applicable) County and State Name of Property (Expires 5-31-2012) FIGURE IX: DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN GERMANY: 1930 1930 Page GERMANY Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company Figure10-1930Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:German Immigrants RICHMAN BROTHERS CO. COUNTRY OF BIRTH Cuyahoga County, Ohio ID PERSONS CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 RICHMAN BROTHERS CO.

Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Name of Property (Expires 5-31-2012) 1930 Page Continuation Sheet AUSTRIA Cuyahoga County, Ohio COUNTRY OF BIRTH Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places County and State Figure 11-1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:Austrian Immigrants FIGURE XI:DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN AUSTRIA:1930 - - I0 PERSONS CEMETERY, PARX AND PUBLIC PROPERTY Section number_Additional Information POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS INDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD PROPERTY National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 RICHMAN BROTHERS CO - 10 PERSONS INDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD PROPERTY Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Cuyahoga County, Ohio Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) 1930 Page Continuation Sheet HUNGARY Figure 12-1930Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:Hungarian Immigrants COUNTRY OF BIRTH National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of Property FIGURE XIV:DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN HUNGARY:1930 CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS Section number_Additional Information National Register of Historic Places National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS OMB No.

1024-0018 Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) 1930 Page CZECHOSLOVAKIA Continuation Sheet Figure 13-1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts: Czechoslovakian Immigrants RICHMAN BROTHERS CO. COUNTRY OF BIRTH County and State FIGURE XII:DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA:1930 - - IO PERSONS CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 RICHMAN BROTHERS CO Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) 1930 POLAND Page Continuation Sheet Figure 14-1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:Polish Immigrants COUNTRY OF BIRTH FIGURE XII:DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN POLAND:1930 National Register of Historic Places County and State INDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD PROPERTY - - IO PERSONS CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS Section number_Additional Information National Park Service NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) COUNTRY OF BIRTH OMB No. 1024-0018 RICHMAN BROTHERS CO.

Name of multiple listing (if applicable) County and State Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property (Expires 5-31-2012) 1930 Page Continuation Sheet YUGOSLAVIA National Register of Historic Places Figure 15-1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:Yugoslavian Immigrants Richman Brothers Company FIGURE XV:DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN YUGOSLAVIA:1930 United States Department of the Interior - - 10 PERSONS CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS Section number_Additional Information United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 RICHMAN BROTHERS CO.

CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) 1920 Continuation Sheet Page RUSSIA COUNTRY OF BIRTH County and State Figure 16-1920 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:Russian Immigrants National Register of Historic Places National Park Service FIGURE XIX:DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN RUSSIA:1920 - = IO PERSONS INDUSTRIAL ANO RAILROAD PROPERTY POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS Section number_Additional Information National Register of Historic Places National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 RICHMAN BROTHERS CO.

CEMETERY, PARK AND PUBLIC PROPERTY Name of multiple listing (if applicable) County and State Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of Property Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) FIGURE XX: DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION BORN IN RUSSIA: 1930 1930 Page Continuation Sheet RUSSIA COUNTRY OF BIRTH Figure 17-1930 Population Characteristics by Census Tracts:Russian Immigrants POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS - = IO PERSONS INDUSTRIAL AND RAILROAD PROPERTY NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information Figure 18 - Population Characteristics by Census Tracts Data Table POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS BY CENSUS TRACTS DOMINANT AND SECONDARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF EACH CENSUS TRACT Lith Page Continuation Sheet CHARACTERISTIC AND PERCENTAGE Poreign White Stock NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information Figure 19 - Population Characteristics by Census Tracts Data Table CHARACTERISTIC AND PERCENTAGE Page Syria Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) FIGURE 20 - 1915, Richman Bros. Co. Mail Order Sales Truck THE RICHMAN BROS. CO.

NoMiddlemans Profit Always FIO Page RICHMANS Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) National Register of Historic Places Of Spreading the Merits of UNITED CLOTHES A PROGRESSIVE WAY Section number_Additional Information NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information Mammoth stock of all wool suitings and every year. Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Woolen Stock FIGURE 21-1927,Richman Bros.Co.4th floor fabric stock County and State Name of Property overcoatings-Six times this amount is used Second Floor Fourth Floor Woolen Stock Cuyahoga County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 22 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. recreation baseball The Richman Athletic Field with building in teams developed here, are prominent in Clevel. and amateur athletics Page Continuation Sheet County and State National Register of Historic Places Name of multiple listing (if applicable) the outdoor exercise they need, and Richman s the background. Here boys and girls alike get NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 23 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co.

cafeteria Our dining hall occupies one entire wing of Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places County and State our big factory. (Expires 5-31-2012) Name of Property Lunch time at the Richman Factory. NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 24 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. Cutting department Richman's Cutting Department covering Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places an area of 61295 square feet. Name of Property NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 25 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. cutting fabric Knives, cut 20 to 30 thicknesses of cloth at Page Continuation Sheet County and State National Register of Historic Places one time. Richman Brothers Company (Expires 5-31-2012) Close up view of the Modern Electric NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 26 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. inspecting fabric Every yard of goods is examined to safe- Page Continuation Sheet guard against weave imperfections.

Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places (Expires 5-31-2012) Name of multiple listing (if applicable) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 27 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. ladies sewing Perfected machinery and trained operators, working under ideal factory conditions are the Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company County and State National Register of Historic Places the work. Constant inspection guarantees wool clothes. NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 28 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. pants shop Richman's Pants Shop, a Factory in its Richman's trousers are as carefully Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places tailored as our vests and coats. United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information FIGURE 29 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co.

shipping room Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Clothes everywhere in the United States. Shipping room for our large mail order business. Uncle Sam delivers Richman's NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Information FIGURE 30 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. tailors Page National Register of Historic Places Richman Brothers Company Continuation Sheet a garment is correctly tailored give the final United States Department of the Interior inspection to a Richman Suit. Old Experienced hands who know when NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 31 - 1928, Richman Bros. Co. sewing room Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places (Expires 5-31-2012) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 32 - 1929, Richman Bros. Co. hand sewing Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places Name of Property 1600 E. 55th Street. These girlsdo the hand sewing on NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Information FIGURE 33 - 1934, Richman Bros. Co. Thanksgiving dinner Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places County and State (Expires 5-31-2012) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) FIGURE 34 - 1940, Richman Bros. Co. beauty contest Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places Section number_Additional Information (Expires 5-31-2012) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 35 - 1927, Richman Bros. Co. employees Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 36 - 1942, Richman Bros. Co. war scrapping TIN Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places County and State FOR OUR COUNTRY Name of Property RICHMAN FAMILY'S NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 37 - 1980, Richman Bros. Co. Memorial Day service Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company County and State Richma NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Information FIGURE 38 - Richman Bros. Co. main entrance Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Richman Brothers Company Name of Property NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Information FIGURE 39 - Richman Bros. Co. George Richman greeting employees Page Continuation Sheet (Expires 5-31-2012) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 40 - Richman Bros. Co. ladies pressing Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 41 - Richman Bros. Co. steam pre-shrink Page Continuation Sheet Richman Brothers Company National Register of Historic Places Name of multiple listing (if applicable) NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyanoga County, Ohio Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 42 - Richman Bros. Co. sports team Page National Register of Historic Places LOTHE Continuation Sheet County and State CLOTHES MAN LUI HE CLOT CHM NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev. 8/2002) OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5-31-2012) United States Department of the Interior Richman Brothers Company National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Section number_Additional Information FIGURE 43 - Richman Bros. Co.

employees leaving for paid vacation Page Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 45TH DAY: 9.19.12DATE N PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE RETURN REJECT DATE DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE REVIEWER 8/03/12 PDIL: OTHER: RECOM./CRITERIA Historic Places The National Register NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: Entered in NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: REQUEST: N N SLR DRAFT: N ACCEPT STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Cuyahoga 8/31/12 9/17/12 SAMPLE: NATIONAL: nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPs.

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REGISTER ÖF HISTORIC PLACES Ms. Carol D. Shull, Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street, NW (2280) Washington DC 20005 have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall I am requesting a SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW for the Franklin Hotel nomination. The nomination is being recognized collectively for the group's significant role in the development and promotion of the Memorial Hall must be listed before September 30, 2012 in order to qualify for the next round of the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit. In order to expedite the listing of these properties I am requesting 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 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 COUNTY Lawrence www.ohiohistory.org STATE Enclosures Cuyahoga Portage Sincerely National Register Oppmann Terrace Richman Brothers Company OHIO OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY officials for each community have received the appropriate notification from the Ohio Historic Franklin Hotel The nominations for the Richman Brothers Company and the Grand Army of the Republic Preservation Office and are fully aware of the nomination and the property owners are in full support of the nomination of their properties. documentation has been provided to support Criterion B and the significance of this group.

Burt Logan guidance for applying Criterion B I am requesting a substantive opinion as to whether sufficient Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations.All appropriate notification procedures RECEIVED 2280 being nominated under Criteria A and B.For Criterion B the members of the Kent Hotel Company are Executive Director and CEO waiving the15-day commenting period in the Federal Register for these nominations.The chief elected NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Franklin Hotel within the commercial and social history of Kent, Ohio.In order to be consistent in our Dear Ms. Shull: HISTORY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS TRANSMITTAL CHECK LIST OHIO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 800 E.

17* Avenue Columbus, OH 43211 Historic Places: Original National Register of Historic Places nomination form Multiple Property Nomination Cover Document Multiple Property Nomination form CD with electronic images Sketch map(s)/Photograph view map(s)/Floor plan(s) Piece(s) of correspondence Please provide a substantive review of this nomination This property has been certified under 36 CFR 67 _ do not_ Constitute a majority of property owners Other (614)-298-2000 COMMENTS: Photographs The enclosed owner objection(s) do Original USGS map(s) _to the National Register of other: please waive the 15- day comment