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OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How 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 instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property 2. Location street & number 1717 East 9t* Street not for publication N/A vicinity state Ohio 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60 In my opinion, the propertyX meets does not meet the National Register Criteria.

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National Park Service Certification I hereby gertify that this property is: entered in the National Register _ determined eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register ignature of the Keeper Date of Action Registration Form Date Title NPS Form 10-900 National Register of Historic Places zip code (Expires 5/31/2012) Decembes 3,2012 DEC 0 7 2012 1.23.1 "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the I hereby certify that this X nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional Wer Dept.

Head, Inventory & Registration 44114-2806 035 county Cuyahoga United States Department of the Interior (Expires 5/31/2012) The East Ohio Building Name of Property County and Stati 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.) public - Local public - State public - Federal Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Vacant/Not in Use 7.

Description Modern Movement: International Style Roof Membrane building(s) Commerce/Business structure Private object Total Materials Transportation/Road-related roof: Current Functions Architectural Classification Cuyahoga County Ohio district site NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Concrete, Aluminum Stone, Aluminum Noncontributing Concrete walls: other: foundation: United States Department of the Interior OMB No. 1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property County and State Narrative Description Summary Paragraph The East Ohio Building, a 21-story office building and attached parking garage are situated on a site that is less than one prevention) concrete block wall, which was not original to the building, was constructed to separate the structures (photo to the building on the East 9 façade and to the Superior and Walnut St. elevations (photo 001 and 006).

The original primarily located on the first floor along with the central core of the upper levels (2-21). The main lobby (renovated in integrity of the building (photos 023-029). The East Ohio Building was designed by Emery Roth and Sons for The Tishman Realty and Construction Group, both of New York City. The design was for a 21 story square International Style tower (photos 001 and 003) with an additional +2 story basement and the first attached parking garage in downtown Cleveland (photos 035-42). The parking garage is 8.5 consists of two stair shafts, two banks of elevators on opposite sides (4 elevators per bank) and an open air mechanical shaft that extends from the basement to the roof. veneer at the ground level is combined with clear glazing panels framed with anodized aluminum, and divided in bays of six (6), each bay containing three (3) glazing panels.

The main entrance lobby for the building and former East Ohio Gas Payment Center is located in a recessed vestibule on East gt Street. The recessed walls are clad using 'pink' granite located within the recessed vestibule were previously removed due to material deterioration. Entry to the main building lobby is through the original two sets of stainless steel revolving doors set in a storefront system. A secondary entry into doors set in a storefront system, deemed original to the structure. Cleveland NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) National Park Service /National Register of Historic Places Registration Form environment consisting of multiple high-rise buildings and streetscape of concrete sidewalks and limited vegetation principal entrance point (photo 005).

Secondary elevations face Superior Avenue to the north and Walnut Street to the story mechanical penthouse set back from the main mass of the building. Additionally, the building incorporated a one The building was constructed using cast-in-place reinforced concrete (concrete encasing steel rebar reinforcing). Based the building perimeter, acting as an organizational element. Black granite veneer was utilized to cover the structure on the The exterior envelope of the building is articulated using two methods. The ground level is constructed with black/charcoal (replacement material) with a painted white ceiling with recessed can lights (photo 011). The original white marble panels Superior and Walnut Street elevations. These fixtures are not original to the building and were added at a later date, with (photos 001-009 and 048-053).

The East 9th Street elevation constitutes the buildings primary facade which includes the south; the parking garage is immediately adjacent to the east (photos 001-009). The attached parking garage has two (2) 040), a requirement rendered by the local fire marshal and building department. The exterior of the building and parking building stand-off lettering has since been removed but traces of it are still faintly visible. The interior of the building has The building, currently vacant, provided approximately 327,247 net leasable square footage of office space (historical use). The building extends to a height of +280'-0" above street level and is located within the Central Business District of five months and floors were typically poured in as little as four days.

Structurally, a standardized grid of reinforced first floor while aluminum covered panels extended from the second level to the roof parapet. The interior structural core the East Ohio Payment Center is situated to the south of the revolving doors and consists of a set of stainless steel (swing) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property the 1997 remodel. A continuous anodized aluminum band separates the black granite panels at the first floor level from the upper story curtain wall system. The curtain wall system replicates the storefront bays below, separated into six (6) bays. However, each upper floor curtain wall bay consists of four (4) horizontal glazing and spandrel panels (photo 002). vertically.

Of note, traces of the original standoff building lettering/signage (since removed) are faintly visible. The interior of the first floor opens to a lobby which extends to a double loaded elevator bank on the first floor, which hosts eight elevators. Elevator doors maintain their original stainless steel finish (photo 020). All current lobby areas have been stepped ceiling treatment has been removed and replaced with a painted white ceiling - featuring a barrel vault and accent security and life safety equipment below the counter. The original stainless steel mail station chute and elevator control vacant but has an open counter/kitchen arrangement; the 'deli space also has access to the basement level from the accommodate the revolving door system.

The interior storefront to the south of the building lobby opens to the original East Ohio Gas Payment/Service Center, since columns), teller windows/stations and travertine flooring. Based on information received from the building department, it appears that several lengths of teller stations and office area were modified, as part of an expansion to better service the to the space. The existing offices have since been removed, with the original teller stations, material and ceilings remaining to the north and characterized by a custom stainless steel post and wood handrail.

Based on research and existing construction documents, it appears this is an original element and was at one time filled with water (approximately 3"-4") provides a vestibule area, and the Theater area is a tiered terrazzo seating/standing area with a view to the presentation The upper floors (2 through 21) once housed office space for The East Ohio Gas Company and various office tenants as curtain wall perimeter. All floor levels contain two stair shaft access points, elevator bank (quantity varies by floor), mechanical shafts, and vacated restrooms, janitors' closet and open shaft.

Floor and ceiling finishes on levels two through NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) The interior main building lobby storefront to the north opens to a vacant space formerly occupied by the'Wall Street Deli' County and State The pattern alternates the entire height of the building, with the exception of the parapet, where two (2) spandrels stack street level except at extreme angles/views. The penthouse, which houses a variety of mechanical equipment, is set back characterized by the original tile floor with decorative black border/trim (mimicked original ceiling treatment). The walls panel remain within the lobby area. The original stainless steel storefront systems which provide access to commercial spaces at the north and south of the Building Lobby remain as original construction. The space also has an entrance from Superior Street (via non-historic revolving door - photo 030).

This existing space is vacated. The space still maintains the original circular light fixtures, wainscot marble surround (walls and structural East Ohio Gas customers. The space also includes temporary wood framed window display areas which are not original variety of functions for their executives. The lobby space is defined by a terrazzo reflecting pool that faces Superior Street storefront wall with two pairs of wood pivot doors. An outerportion ofthe Theater accessed from the Building Lobby the Theater. The kitchen also has a service access from the Building Lobby. exception of the lantern ornamentation (added at a later date). The two story mechanical penthouse is not visible from from the building perimeter approximately 20'-0" (photo 016). The penthouse is clad with a black glazed brick up to 5'-4" lighting.

A building security/reception counter is located in the northeast corner of the lobby, and was constructed in 1997 kitchen area. The 'Wall Street Deli space has been modified from its original character and offers limited historic value with the exception of theinterior and exterior storefront systems, with the latter receiving minimal modifications to The northeast corner of the first floor is occupied by the 'Gas Light Theater,' where the East Ohio Gas Company held a closet. The ceiling is characterized by the original plaster scalloped ceilings, which provide alcove space for lighting and United States Department of the Interior The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio County and State (1959). Elevator access was divided for greatest efficiency, with floors two (2) thru 13 accessed by one bank of elevators bottom side of the concrete slab and/or has a dropped ceiling.

The flooring varies, from tile to exposed concrete (painted in limited areas). vacated by The East Ohio Gas Company (levels 2-9) have been emptied in the past five (5) years while floors 10-21 have undergone changes throughout the building's history. OMB No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 Name of Property (Expires 5/31/2012) dimension to exposed ceiling is 10'-6"+. Levels 10 through 21 contain non-historic partition walls and various levels of finish. The wall partitions and ceilings for levels 10-21 were constructed during various times post original occupancy and 14 thru 21 accessed by the remaining banks. By separating the elevator service, floors 14 thru 21 were able to gain additional rentable square footage, since the elevators and equipment was limited to the 13" floor. additional office space(s) for facility management.

The spaces are partitioned by concrete block walls, glazed brick at Street at the south and Superior Avenue at the north. The building was constructed using structural reinforced concrete the garage utilizes white glazed brick and geometric patterned precast concrete block panels (the majority of the precast blocks appear to be a custom design with the exception of several standard precast concrete blocks used around the (Budget Car Rental Office). Painted (black) corrugated metal panels distinguish the upper levels of the garage. interventions to the facades were minimal, replacement of the original white marble at the recessed entry (maintenance former 'Wall Street Deli.! The primary historic components of the building are located on the first floor. The main lobby, plumbing and electrical equipment (abandoned in place).

Existing structural columns and beams remain intact - existing The full basement was primarily used as tenant storage and for building services (i.e. city electric vault and metering) and the west and RBC Building and garage immediately to the east. Access and exiting from the garage is both from Walnut outside edge of the panels on the south elevation of the garage). The white brick extends the length of the garage and is facades and the first floor, withparticular attention paid to the first floor main/elevator lobby, 'Gas Light Theater' and the East Ohio Gas Payment Center. The exterior façade retains a majority of its historic character, the original curtain wall purposes), the introduction of the contemporary lanterns on the first floor and recessed revolving door system at the renovated in 1997, retains a vast majority of its historic character and materiality.

The largest component modified was the ceiling and lighting system, to achieve a contemporary look. The marble floor and walls, custom stainless storefront and layout remain largely intact. The 'Gas Light Theater' remains the most significant space throughout the building; from the highlight of the building. The upper floors, while vacated retain the original core for systems and egress. The spaces The East Ohio Building represents a building that has undergone minimal change throughout its history, thereby completion in 1959, incorporates three materials to distinguish its appearance (photos 009-010, 035-042). At street level, United States Department of the Interior The East Ohio Building Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions.) Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our 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 artistic values, or represents a significant Period of Significance and distinguishable entity whose components lack Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion Bis marked above.) Owned by a religious institution or used for religious removed from its original location.

Cultural Affiliation C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery. E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. F a commemorative property. Emery Roth and Sons - Architectural Firm The Tishman Realty and Construction Group - less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years. Victor Mayper and Assoc. - Engineer Period of Significance (justification) tenant ending at the fifty year cut-off of 1963 Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) 1958-1963 Developer/Contractor Commerce purposes. Architecture history. Engineering Architect/Builder Property is: individual distinction. Significant Dates Cuyahoga County Ohio (Expires 5/31/2012) OMB No. 1024-0018 duration of the construction process and the initial occupancy of the East Ohio Gas Company as the building's primary NPS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.

1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph the architectural contributions that it provided. As evidenced by the later partnership that The East Ohio Gas Company Cleveland area. Cleveland's economic standing from postwar and depression era industrial expansion - convincing Tishman Realty of The Illuminating Building (now known as 55 Public Square). The 1958 Illuminating Building (NR, Euclid Avenue Historic District) was the first and tallest building constructed post war and also in the International Style. Both buildings are Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, following the Beaux Arts style.

Both TheIlluminating Building and The East Ohio Buildings established anew precedent in Cleveland, building larger Narrative Statement of Significance natural gas from West Virginia, which was piped and delivered to the Akron area. The early years were marked by rapid growth as a result of technological advancement. intimate friend, as in fact he was." (Expires 5/31/2012) The East Ohio Building and attached parking garage represents a significant architectural structure under Criterion"C." County and State The East Ohio Building is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A as representative John D. Rockefeller(1839-1937) as a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company, the East Ohio Gas Company experienced Cleveland's potential as a major business center.

The building was also constructed roughly during the same period as The modern movement and style was initially characteristic of larger and more progressive cities such as Chicago and The East Ohio Gas Company quickly established itself as the primary natural gas service provider for northeastern Ohio The company began in the late 1890s and from the start developed innovative strategies and charismatic leaders to In the early 1900s The East Ohio Gas Company rapidly expanded their market and service. This was due, in part, to the over older and less resourceful companies. As a result of entering the Cleveland market, The East Ohio Gas Company Martin Daly, then president of The East Ohio Gas Company, its growth and service was unmatched all of the modern amenities that the time permitted.

The Cleveland Mall (NR, 1975), a result ofthe City Beautiful National Park Service /National Register of Historic Places Registration Form The building is occupied on the site of the former Greyhound Bus Terminal that served downtown Cleveland. The Tishman Company, original owner and developer, purchased the property in part because of their extensive research on characterized by their unadorned facades and simplicity of shape and mass which contradicts the stylings of many era and for helping to define the modern high-rise landscape along East 9th Street. fitting resulting in an efficient installation with minimal loss of gas from leakage. By providing efficient and cost effective was able to service 85,252 customers in 1906 compared to just 3,874 in 1899.

As evidenced by an obituary written about As a result of their growth, The East Ohio Gas Company, originally headquartered at The Cleveland Arcade (NR, 1973), strived to become a highly visible presence in downtown Cleveland. The Cleveland Mall provided the appropriate location, Courthouse,Public in the neo-classical style.However, The East Ohio Gas Building(1916) United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property County and State Beaux Arts movement.

While the physical architectural appearance featured prominently on the mall, one of the most The East Ohio Gas Company publicly stated: "In building for the convenience, pleasure and service of our customers we have also built for the convenience, women do not exist." The East Ohio Gas Company continued to grow and expand from the early 1900s through the late 1920s until the Great experienced in 1917 until 1946. Additionally, with the stock market crash and the onset of The Great Depression, the The immediate cost savings and efficiency were more than double in some cases. The result was slow, but by 1935, East The mid to late 1930s brought additional changes, the New Deal by Franklin Roosevelt and the subsequent Public Utility Holding CompanyAct of1935 and Natural Gas Act of 1938 brought about changes to East Ohio.

The New Deal provided legislation for the work place, including the National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act of 1935, ultimately resulting in the by law; it required Standard Oil (the main holding company) to divest them from East Ohio. As a result, Consolidated State, River and Peoples) to be grouped into one independent public holding company - resulting in minimal impact, if any eliminate companies charging rates that were not competitive. proved to be such a success that a fourth tank, twice the size of the originals at 120 million cubic feet was added in 1943 However, the result was short lived. East Ohio experienced a monumental disaster in 1944. The fourth tank ruptured and from the disaster. existing infrastructure. As a result of the disaster, independent investigations were conducted to determine the cause and OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) National Park Service /National Register of Historic Places Registration Form through the Depression. While the country was experiencingthe hardships of the Depression and consumers unable to pay for services, East Ohio was having a battle on another front, with electricity. Electricity at the time was considered causing an estimated $6 million in damages and leaving 680 homeless. The explosion and fire took 130 lives, 50 of whom damage claims, East Ohio was able to successfully close out approximately 78% of all death claims, 83% of personal interesting aspects of the building proved to be its technological and safety features that were implemented.

The building construction."As a result, the building provided a much safer experience for the customer and worker -President Daly of happiness and health of our own men and women - for a more deserving, faithful and ambitious lot of meant and While they still retained a large majority of their customers their customers were purchasing less gas due in part to more industrial need dropped significantly. Of special note, The East Ohio Gas Company was able to retain all of its employees treatment of their employees, the union along with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 helped standardize minimum The late 1930s were also seen as a time of great innovation for East Ohio. As research and testing proved, liquid gas proved to be the most efficient and cost effective way to store gas. As early as 1920, scientists knew that one could store was underway.

An initial three storage tanks, large steel spherical shaped holding tanks were a success. The program leveled portions of the city, resulting in the most disastrous fire in Cleveland's history. The fire engulfed more than one (1) square mile of Cleveland's east side bounded by St. Clair Ave. NE, E. 55" St., E. 67" St. and the Memorial Shoreway United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio County and State any potential fault due to safety failures or protocols. Based on the investigations, it was determined that East Ohio was age for gas, as it was underpriced and homeowners, builders, industrialists, developers, etc. all favored natural gas as industries being forced to shut down.

strategies, one of which was underground storage.As the technology proved,it could sately store the gas underground, focus on efficiency and decentralize their corporate hierarchy.The result was a creating two divisions, one focused on the built post-war in downtown Cleveland fully air conditioned, fully automatic elevators and the use of fluorescent lighting. The 1950s were an important period for Tishman as they looked to expand beyond New York City. As a result of the post war and depression economy, the on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles (now known as the mid-Wilshire District). Building.'In March 1958, prior to the completion of construction, Robert Tishman in conjunction with Robert W. Ramsdell, president of The East Ohio Gas Company, secured a long term lease of the lower nine floors of the building.

As a result of building in March 1959; the building was formally opened and dedicated on April 21,1959, 14 months from the start of outside of New York City. Their website (www.tishmanhotels.com/) indicates, they are an "integrated real estate owner, (Expires 5/31/2012) OMB No. 1024-0018 Name of Property their primary fuel of choice. Following the war, everything was in short supply, including gas. East Ohio responded by sales division which flourished. The salesmen were able procure long term contracts to the steel mills in the Cleveland along with Robert Tishman agreed on a long term lease agreement for the East Ohio Building, the second tallest structure The developer, The Tishman Company, based in New York City was founded in 1898 by Julius Tishman, a Polish New York.

The success of the first venture along with additional residential developments in the early 1900's leads to 1900's through the late twenties when they listed their company on the New York Curb Exchange (American Stock office building located on Park Avenue. The building offered many amenities and innovations for the time, including being 1950's marked a period of rapid growth and the first completed project outside of New York City, a series of developments The East Ohio Building further represents the early beginnings of their expansion outside of New York City. Their desire to the Eastern seaboard. Robert Tishman, headed the development efforts in Cleveland for the then named 'Tishman As World War II continued and East Ohio slowly emerging from the Depression and the disastrous explosion, gas prices J.

French Robinson, then president of East Ohio, was instrumental in ending the gas shortages by testifying to multiple congressional hearings. The solution was to allow for natural gas to be piped from Texas and Louisiana which reached funds generated from this venture allowed him to develop his first project in 1898, a six story apartment building located in market due to its thriving steel industry, nautical port system on Lake Erie and subsequent connections to major ports on United States Department of the Interior OMB No.

1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property County and State operator, developer and advisor," and credits them with several high profile projects such as 3 and 4 World Trade Center opportunities that were presented due to the steel industry; Cleveland was comprised of a diversified population of ethnic tallest outside of New York City. The building is representative of the Beaux Arts architectural movement, a classical architectural style that was common for the city in that time period exhibiting classical detailing and hierarchy throughout its framed with classical columns and arches.

The upper portion of the tower is characterized by a round tiered cupola with Along with the Illuminating Building on Public Square, the East Ohio Building significantly changed the downtown skyline City, due to the influence of Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, architects that immigrated to the United States before an urban environment (i.e. limited street parking). The 8.5 level garage is serviced by Superior Avenue and Walnut were being constructed outside cities in the growing suburbs. Urban sprawl was a direct result of two factors, the Federal Highway Act of 1956 and the ability to mass produce affordable homes for the masses. The Federal Highway Act of 1956 NPS Form 10-900 The East Ohio Building represents more than an architectural structure; it also served as justification for the city as an gas for their blast furnaces).

A result of this sustained growth in the business and support sectors was an increase in groups which included Italians, Russians, Slovenians, Polish, African Americans, Hungarians, etc. These ethnic groups Lakes Terminal Tower at Public Square. The Terminal Tower at one point was the fourth tallest building in the world and the façade. The upper levels of the building exhibit a continuation of the square tower base culminating by recessed windows in particular East 9th Street, were primarily populated with low to mid-rise buildings done in classical styling, such as the shapes which were consistent the entire height of the building. The buildings both had unadorned facades and utilized Ohio. The architects at East Ohio created six (6) bays at each façade (photos 001-005), allowing the structural grid to become visible on the exterior.

The systems also differed in their treatment of shielding mechanical and structural the conscious decision to incorporate the garage into the overall design scheme of the site, complementing the design of incorporate a specialized sprinkler system, since it was an open air/unconditioned structure. Therefore, a dry sprinkler National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form approximately 914,808, was the seventh largest city in the country.

The city attributed much of its economic development largely filled the ranks of the workforce for expanding industry, in part supported by Lake Erie's access to all of the Great Prior to The East Ohio Building and Illuminating Building, the largest building constructed in downtown Cleveland was the Additionally, the East Ohio Building helped to open up the downtown area along East 9th Street which was to become Hanna Building. The East Ohio Building therefore, represented a significant design paradigm shift from what was being constructed in the city during the 1950s as well as the construction methods utilized City.International Style architecture became prevalent in many of the major US cities, such as Chicago and New York World War II. Architecturally, The East Ohio Building and its predecessor, The Illuminating Building, both featured simple systems at the floor levels.

While the Illuminating Building provided solid aluminum/steel panels, the architects at East the East Ohio Building. By providing roughly 522 parking spaces in a structured garage, it reduced the impact of parking in installed one elevator service cab, which provided access to the building on levels one thru six. The garage also had 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 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio County and State living outside of the urban core, coupled with the commercial expansion of Cleveland after World War II as one of the area. Prior to the late 1950s, Cleveland's skyline was dominated by the Beaux Arts Terminal Tower (1919-1934) and Erieview, 1963-64, the Anthony J.

Celebrezze Federal Building, 1964-67, and the Cleveland Trust Tower, 1971 (NR, Developmental history/additional historic context information Architect: Emery Roth and Sons Emery Roth and Sons, a prominent architectural firm located in New York City, designed The East Ohio Building. offices of Richard Morris Hunt and Ogden Codman Jr. Following his development with these firms, Roth founded his firm, Emery Roth and focused primarily on luxury apartments and hotel designs, many of which are still highly sought after residences such as The San Remo, 930 Fifth Avenue, The Ritz Hotel and The Warwick Hotel. Roth's early works are characterized by vernacular and traditional architectural stylings (i.e.

Neoclassicaland Beaux-Arts) and transitioned toward of New York (1916), listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property, exemplifies Hungarian rectangular block that rises and features a series of step backs, in part due to the building and zoning regulations of the time. The lower massing, which maintains its rectangular block, is articulated with windows, horizontal banding and quoins be created, which are used as a patios and terraces. The primary architectural feature of the exterior is the three towers, details with a patina copper roof and cupola detail. residences in New York City; following his death, the model transitioned. As a result, the 'classical' stylings and luxury living were now replaced with modern design elements and office buildings. A precursor to The East Ohio Building was 99 Park Avenue.

The building, developed with Tishman, featured the first commercial use of aluminum and glass curtain assembly system, similar to the East Ohio Building. The change in design philosophy followed the mid-century modern movement popularized by Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, etc. The East Ohio Building served as an 1973/2006). (Expires 5/31/2012) Name of Property conveniences and amenities that were driving people to the suburbs. The Emerald Belt of the Cleveland Parks System Ninth and Euclid Avenue represented the crossroads of the two primary commercial downtown corridors. The completion Originally founded by Emery Roth (1871-1948) in the 1920's, focusing on a luxury living in varying architectural styles panels above windows.

The façade is divided into three bays, the central characterized with an oculus and bell tower symmetrical design elements characterized with classical detailing. The building, with two primary facades, begins as a modern glass-box high-rise. Both buildings have served as precedents for future office development in the downtown of the East Ohio Building would be followed by additional East 9th Street modern high rises including the Tower at Goldberger, the two projects that exhibit this transformation are 930 and 875 Fifth Avenue. Work done by Emery Roth depicts a linear progression in design, evolving from traditional (Neo-Classical and Beaux Arts) and vernacular architecture styling to contemporary Art Deco designs (for the era). The First Hungarian Reformed Church architecture detailing and materiality.

The building utilizes brick and yellow stucco on the primary façade with ceramic which step in from the three visible corners. The towers extend beyond the main mass of the building and feature a A further progression in the firms design can be directly attributed to Roth's two sons, Julian (1901-1992) and Richard (1904-1987) who were named partners in 1947, one year prior to Emery's death. As a result, the firm experienced a significant shift in design style and use. The practice, prior to Emery's death, focused primarily on luxury apartments and United States Department of the Interior OMB No. 1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property County and State modern mid and high rise office buildings - such as The MetLife Building (1963), The General Motors Building (1968), 7 World Trade Center (1987), etc.

(Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form important project for the firm, as it influenced their use of materials and design strategies as the firm began to focus on United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property County and State 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Engineering in Ohio 12 (December 1958): 6-12, 24-26 Becker, Thea Gallo. Images of America: Cleveland 1930-2000. Charleston, Arcadia Publishing. 2005. Brignano, Mary and McCullough, Hax. The Spirit of Progress: The Story of The East Ohio Gas Company and The People Who Made It. Cleveland, East Ohio Gas Company. 1988. Hoefler, Shawn Patrick. Images of America: Cleveland's Downtown Architecture. Charleston, Arcadia Publishing. 2003. Toman, Jim and Cook, Dan. Cleveland Landmarks Series Volume III: Cleveland's Changing Skyline. Cleveland, Cleveland Landmarks Pr, 1984.

Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: X preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been State Historic Preservation Office x Other State agency previously listed in the National Register Federal agency previously determined eligible by the National Register x Local government designated a National Historic Landmark University recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #_ Cleveland Public Library, Western Reserve recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Name of repository: listorical Society recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # Historic Resources Survey Number 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of Property Less than one acre UTM References Verbal Boundary Description 4594524 442584 Easting Northing Bibliography Zone http://tishmanhotels.com/company/index.html Other requested) NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) 1 17 includes Subplots Nos. 1 and 2 in John M. Woolsey's subdivision of part of Original Two Acre Lot No. 167 as shown by the Permanent Parcel Number: 101-35-004. Parcel "A" and "B." City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Parcel"A" United States Department of the Interior OMB No. 1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By Berardi + Partners, Inc. date 5/3/2012 street & number 369 East Livingston Ave.

telephone 614-221-1110 city or town Columbus state Ohio zip code 43215 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: - Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all - Continuation Sheets - Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) Photographer: Name of Property: The East Ohio Building (The Tishman Building) 369 East Livingston Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43215 Date Photographed: 4/19/2012 and 4/30/2012 01. Camera view Northeast: Image of East 9th Street and Walnut Street Corner 03. Camera view Southeast: Image taken from Northwest corner of Superior Avenue 04. North Elevation: Image of upper curtain wall system 05. East 9th Street primary (West) façade 06.

Camera view Southeast: Enlarged detail of building corner and light fixtures 07. South Elevation: Enlarged detail of building/parking garage connector 08. North Elevation of building and parking garage 09. South Elevation: Parking garage entry detail from Walnut Street 11. West Façade: Main Entry recess - East Ohio Gas Payment Center Entry doors 13. Camera view South East: Image of first floor storefront system 14. North Elevation: Detail of "Wall Street Deli" Revolving entry door louver system 17. Camera view East: Interior image of main lobby and renovated ceiling and wainscot detailing 18. Camera view South: East Ohio Gas Payment Center interior entry storefront 19. Camera view North: "Wall Street Deli" interior entry storefront and building reception desk 20. Camera view up: Renovated Ceiling detail of the main lobby 21.

Camera view West: Elevator Lobby and Main entry beyond (East 9th Street) 22. Camera view South: Typical Elevator door, signals and wall detail 23. Camera view Southeast: Gas Light Theater entry doors gberardi@berardipartners.com e-mail NPS Form 10-900 photographs to this map. County and State (Expires 5/31/2012) name/title George Berardi, Principle/President & Joe Berardi, Project Coordinator 02. Camera view Northeast: Image of East 9th Street and Walnut Street Corner - enlarged lower level view 12. West Facade: Enlarged Image of East Ohio Gas Building Main entry - revolving door system National Park Service /National Register of Historic Places Registration Form organization Berardi + Partners, Inc. 15. Camera view East (from East side of building): Enlarged detail of glazed brick, roof and parapet cap United States Department of the Interior OMB No.

1024-0018 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County Ohio Name of Property County and State 24. Camera view South: Gas Light Theater Entry door from main lobby - theater doors open to the left 26. Camera view up: Detail of plaster ceiling and light fixtures 27. Camera view West: Gas Light Theater (from Stage) 28. Camera view East: Gas Light Theater Plaster Scalloped ceiling detail 29. Camera view South: Gas Light Theater Stage and kitchen beyond 31. Camera view Northeast: Upper level elevator lobby 32. Camera view East: Typical empty floor plan (parking garage) 34. Camera view of typical egress stair 36. Camera view South: Image of Budget Car Rental and Superior Avenue entry 37. North Elevation of Parking Garage: Detail of Open Precast Block 38. South Elevation from Walnut Street 39. South Elevation of Parking Garage entry (Walnut Street) 40.

East Elevation: Image of Stair and Elevator tower for parking garage 41. East Elevation: Top level of parking garage 42. Camera view looking West: Contextual image of surrounding area 43. Parking Garage: Camera View Looking East Interior vestibule 44. Parking Garage: Camera View Looking South Walnut Street Entry 46. Parking Garage: Level 2 47. Parking Garage: Level 5 - Fiberglass panels visible from previously exposed East Elevation (Adjacent garage structure/separation visible) 48. Camera view looking West (from East Ohio Gas Building): Contextual image of surrounding area 49. Camera view looking Northwest (from East Ohio Gas Building): Contextual image of surrounding area 51. Camera view looking Northeast (from East Ohio Gas Building): Contextual image of surrounding area 53.

Camera view looking North (from East Ohio Gas Building): Contextual image of surrounding area (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) Cleveland Managers, LLC c/o Sovereign Partners, LLC (Contact: Mr. Cyrus Sakhai) street & number 150 East 58*h Street telephone 212-319-5268 city or town New York state NY Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate structions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC.

Avenue) name Property Owner: NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) 45.Parking Garage:Camera View Looking North-Parking Garage Interior Office/Vestibule National Park Service /National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 30. Camera view North: "Wall Street Deli" revolving door system (Superior Avenue) 33. Camera view North: Typical empty floor plan (view Cathedral Square) 50. Camera view looking East (from East Ohio Gas Building): Contextual image of surrounding area zip code benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.). 35. North Elevation: Image looking Southwest to parking garage and adjacent garage (Superior Avenue) 10155 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation - Great Lakes DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OHIO Sketch Map Page - Plain Dealer -Cleveland Browns Stadium 500 ft - Courthouse ERIE 1200 Auditonium 1190 -1219 1275 1001- 1300 Federal Bog OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Documentation Photo Key Plans: Existing Floor Plans FIRST FLOOR PRELIMINARY 1st FLOOR PLAN 3/64" = 1'-0" Page A-101 Historic KEY PLAN NPS Form 10-900-a Gas Building NPS Part 2 Submission East Ohio 0 6 12 24 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation East Ohio ( GARAGE 2ND EXISTING GARAGE 2ND FLOOR 3/64" - 1'-0" Page A-102a Historic FLOOR KEY PLAN NPS Part 2 Submission NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation 4TH FLOOR KEY EXISTING 4TH FLOOR 3/64" = 1'-0" A-104 Page Historic NPS Part 2 East Ohio PLAN Submission NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation NPS Part 2 6TH FLOOR KEY EXISTING 6TH FLOOR 3/64" - 1'-0" 6' 12 Page A-106 Historic PLAN East Ohio Gas Building Derardi + Submission OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation EXISTING ROOF 3/64" - 1'-0" 0' 6' 12 Page A-122 ROOF KEY PLAN Historic Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-900-a NPS Part 2 Submission OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Attached documents containing relevant articles, documents, photographs and original permits below: Downtown Cleveland High/Mid-Rise Buildings and Heights: Information gathered from Wikipedia feet /m 70th-tallest building in the world, 18th-tallest in the United States. Has been building in the United States between New York City and Chicago from its 947 / completion until 2007, whenComcast Center in Philadelphia surpassed it ir Key Tower 708 / North America outside of New York City until 1964.

Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1930s 200 Public 658 / 1980s.) Tower at 529 / Tallest building constructed in Cleveland in the 1960s.1/ 450 / Key Center 446 / Most recently completed skyscraper in the city!4l16] 420 / 419 / Previously known as the National City Center, after its original tennant, 410 / Cleveland-based National City Corp.

PNC Financial Services bought National 390 / Previously known as Cleveland Trust Tower, also known as 900 Euclid AT Tower Tower.23(24) 365 / Commonly known as Ohio Bell Building, previously known as the Ameritech 363 / 356 / Marriott at 320 / 216 1985 128 289 1930 1971 125 109 201 1977 1927 1992 136 Page 1964 119 1983 1991 1967 2002 131 111 Huron 161 House Rhodes Road Year Eaton Notes Rank One Building Federal Terminal Name Height Floors Justice Erieview 430/ Square Cleveland Court Fifth Third NPS Form 10-900-a [14][15] the tallest building in the city and state since 1990.Stood as the tallest Celebrezze Also known as the BP Building. Tallest building constructed in the city in the [12][13] Complex Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s17[18] 137 Originally known as the University Tower.2(281 104th-tallest building in the United States.

Stood as the tallest building in height.Tallest building constructed in Cleveland in the1990s.116l Building.Tallest building constructed in Cleveland in the 1920s.125126] [1920] (2930] NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation 308 / Also known as Key Center, formerly known as the Central National Bank 55 Public Tallest building constructed in the city the 1950s.

Originally known as the 285 / East Tower 282 / 1717 East 275 / 272 / 266 / 265 / Office 260 / 253 / Page 1959 1958 1930 1924 1922 1972 1983 1968 1973 1969 1990 1925 Embassy Diamond Ninth Ameritech Superior North Media Huntington Building Bank Suites Penton Savings Fenn Standard Square Landmark Center 300/ Ohio Continuation Sheet Point Investment McDonald 289/ Plaza Tallest all-residential building in the city.Also known as the Reserve Square Keith [41][42] [43][44] [53]54] Building. 33(34) Also known as the East Ohio Building. *5146) Apartments. 49[50) Also known as Embassy Suites at Reserve Square.!S1152) [55][56] [37][38] [39]40] [6162] NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation East Ohio Gas History/Promotional Brochure (Images 1-5) courtesy of: The Spirit of Progress: "The Story of The East Ohio Gas Company and The People Who Made It" Serving Northeast Ohio Communities Page Progress The Spirit The East Ohio Gas Company NORTHEAST North Canton Lake Shore OHIO OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation from Wellhead to Burner-Tip ocean millions of Youngstown, Warren and sur- Construction of the first 10" New 200-mile, 20" transmission First conservation education begins Under president Elizur Strong. East Ohio uses the latest pipeline Page Years with 1906 1918 1903 1916 1913 1908 Natural Gas 1920 1904-1912 make measurements subsidiary of the Standard Oil "The Spirit of 1898-1988 rounding communities join the sometimes contains Continuation Sheet East Ohio system. distribution company. 1899 technology: hinged Dresser Precedent-setting annuity and as area gas supply dwindles. welded pipe.

East Ohio begins its own drilling and production program. sands of feet, until Ohio into the largest gas utility in America's newest natural gas followed quickly by Akron, Canton. years ago. The East Ohio Gas Company a plants and animals Fast Ohio has 3.874 customers. trunk pipeline begins at Pipe Creek. the surface. that bounce back to the world. becomes president. Sedimentary rock Martin B. Daly, who will build East create vibrations that War I Armistice is declared. Belmont County. He puts the emphasis on quality NPS Form 10-900-a and Rockwell Ave. ground and then that lived in the remains of small benefit plans announced as World First East Ohio headquarters build they find natural gas. East Ohio helps pioneer the use of to Cleveland. the West Virginia gas fields. A crew drills pipe into from the sound waves ing opens in Cleveland at E. 6th St. New Philadelphin and Dover.

pipeline links eastern Ohio with the ground or ocean of leaks. One way to explore for service for East Ohio's 85,252 Company of New Jersey is floor often for thou- The strong, young organization Progress Through the The company extends its pipelines penetrate under Dennison grants the first franchise, couplings to lessen the threat acquires a variety of gas companies. OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation in the summer is substances. These are removed at a reservoirs and re along to customers.

Two Works western natural gas, piped long Huge, two-decade-long expansion program gets underway, adding appliance testing laboratories in which later became the Natural "Little Big Inch" pipelines are con- brother Ralph as the Great Depression throws millions out of Underground storage begins at annually. ( Page 1946 1955 1948 1940 1941 1944 1926 1951 1943 1938 1933 1937 savings are passed Continuation Sheet Cleveland. Underground trans- company. president. processing station. mission pipelines stored in underground away. Gas Workers Union. the American Gas Association East Ohios customer list reaches pipeline system. Martin Daly collapses and dies at access to southwestern gas. gas company by combining its gas and distributing the CNG stock his desk; Ralph W. Gallagher restaurants and stores to the residential customer pays S36.28 becomes president.

plant causes an explosion and fire utilizing gas storage, bring gas from pro- Gas comes out mixed assumes East Ohio presidency: the National Register of Historic Places The failure of a liquefied gas Consolidated is East Ohio's parent subsidiaries under the name Robinson is named president. The Standard Oil Company of New U.S. enters World War Il; natural NPS Form 10-900-a East Ohio distributes first south turned to the pipeline distance from Texas. the purchase of gas Francis ORourke organizes The East Ohio assists in establishing plant opens at Cleveland's Number Storage and Regasification (LS&:R) to Standard's shareholders. in the winter when Charles E.

Gallagher succeeds his Union members elect John Nagle thousands of miles industry "the arsenal of democracy The world's first Liquefaction, with oil and other natural gas shortages by increasing duction fields up to depleted Chippewa field. East Ohio Gas Worker's Union, company is serving 622,110 gas fuels northeastern Ohio's is more costly By work. The average East Ohio Engineer William G. Rogers Storage tank at East Ohio's LS&R Jersey creates a new, independent that claim 130 lives. Nationally known geologist J French The wartime "Big Inch" and Consolidated Natural Gas Company; thousands of miles, homes, factories 1925 customers. 500,000. Gas purchased cheaply verted from oil ro gas to ease postwar NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation After removing At hornes, businesses impurities, natural for furnaces, hot- service lines con appliances. Industry New president Robert W. Ramsdell Pricing is deregulated on natural gas the new East Ohio Building on East Ohio adopts sunshine - the universal symbol of energy - as its delivers natural gas to over one energy to "East Ohioland" than forerunner of cogeneration) ar East Ohio battles the energy driven policies, improved communi- keep Page 1959 1985 1988 1969 1975 1957 1966 1965 1981 1973 1978 1974 1972 CUBIC FEET businesses. president. center. products.

Now the nation's 13th largest Continuation Sheet moratorium on new residential meters measure the and industries, cations and high technologies as corporate emblem. New president G. J. Tankersley Act stimulates renewed exploration Workers Union. intensifying gas supply problem. cation and self-help programs. an energy crisis. Main Office employees move into new gas installations is lifted. The nation's Natural Gas Policy and commercial service. East Ohio's eleventh president. employees are rightfully million customers through almost 17.000 miles of introduces a managerial emphasis water tanks, and and customer driven. any other source. drillers to halt production, causing The company is supplying more modern business outlook. lines and then into crisis with conservation edu presidents to warn of a major, dritled since 1977.

make all kinds of nected to homes and amount of gas a cus- East Ohio's new president. Gas flows into main. and drilling; moratorium on president of The Natural Gas tomer utilizes. on the bottom line. He also becomes Akron's Chapel Hill shopping leads East Ohio toward a more depends on gas to J. Taw succeeds Francis Wright as William J. McCarthy is elected gas engine total energy plant (the Marketing becomes more scientific gas utility company East Ohio one of America's first utility Artificially low gas prices force Marketing vice president Dudley E. 9th St. pipeline. More than 2,500 odorless. To detect leaks, a chemical Continuing shortages force a Rate expert Francis HL. Wright is Fast Ohio installs the world's largest 1964 J. Richard Kelso brings new market- Gas provides energy gas is colorless and able smell is added. with a distinct detect- NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Documentation Light & Coal Co Ohio Public Service The East Ohio Gas Gas Fuel Co. Inc. Oil & Gas Co. Inc. Co. & Associated The East Ohio Gas Company Corporate History Chart Jetferson Gas C North Eastem Work by Emery Roth & Sons: information gathered from Wikipedia The Look Building (1949). Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Building (1963) The Bronx High School of Science (1959). 277 Park Avenue (1964) Page Portage Lake Painesville Gas Lake County The Cleveland Gas Lake Shore Canton Gas Light The Akron Gas Lake Shore Gas Co. The Ohio Union Van Wert Gas Oil&Gas Co.lnc. 1988 Coke Light & Coke Co. Inc Light Co. Inc Gas Co.

12-15.193 Purchased 12-21 1908 Gas & Elec. System oj incorporation/ 1910 Ashtabula Gas Co. The Mahoning Associated Electric Gas Dept. The Peoples Gas Parchased 9.1925 7-1945 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation The MetLife Building (1963). 641 Lexington Avenue (1964) The General Motors Building (1968).

Harcourt, Brace & World Building (1964) The Uris Building (1970), now known as Paramount Plaza Sterling Drug Company Building (90 Park Avenue) (1964) Citigroup Center (1977) 400 Madison Avenue (1958) 7 World Trade Center (1987 - 2001) Bankers Trust Annex Building (1965) 300 East 57th Street (1947) Xerox Building (1965) Paris Theater & Office Building (1948) MGM Building (1965) 715 Park Avenue (1949) Leverett Saltonstall Building (1965) 945 Fifth Avenue Apartments (1949) Financial Times Building (1965) Look Building, 488 Madison Avenue (1949) MacMillan Building (1966) 40 Park Avenue (1950) 299 Park Avenue (a.k.a.

Westvaco Building) (1967) 45 East End Avenue Apartments (1950) 909 Third Avenue (1967) 85 East End Avenue, NE corner of E83rd St (1950) ITT-American Building (1967) 575 Madison Avenue (1950) 2 Fifth Avenue (1952) 10 Hanover Square (1969) 380 Madison Avenue (1953) 100 Wall Street (1969) 345 Park Avenue (1969) 555 Fifth Avenue (1954) 1700 Broadway (1969) National Distillers Building (1954) Random House Building (1969) 430 Park Avenue (Renovation) (1954) Schroder Building (1969) Baruch Houses (1954-1959) Emigrant Savings Bank Building (1969) 77 Water Street (1970) Bank of Montreal Building (1955) 1633 Broadway (Paramount Plaza) (1970) Colgate-Palmolive Building (1955) Interchem Building (1970) Davies Building (1955) 22 Cortland Street (1971) 156 William Street (1956) 200 Water Street (a.k.a.

127 John Street) (1971) 600 Third Avenue (1971) 485 Lexington Avenue (1956) 888 Seventh Avenue (1971) 1430 Broadway (1956) Capitol-EMI Building (1971) Park Lane Hotel (1971) 630 Third Avenue (1958) J.P.

Stevens Company Tower (1971) One Battery Park Plaza (1971) 55 Water Street (1972) General Reinsurance Building (1958) 747 Third Avenue (1972) 100 Church Street (1958) Harper & Row Building (1972) 2 Broadway (1959) One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (1972) 10 Lafayette Square (Buffalo, New York) (1959) North American Plywood Building (1972) Franklin National Bank Building (1972) Bronx High School of Science (1959) World Trade Center (1972-1973) Harriman National Bank Building (1959) Blue Cross Building (1973) Lorillard Building (1959) Merchandise Mart Building (1973) East Ohio Building (Cleveland, Ohio) (1959) Sovereign Apartments (1973) 10 East 70th Street Apartments (1960) Winstar Building and Addition (1974) 80 Pine Street (1960) 100 William Street (1974) Mutual of America Building (1960) 850 Third Avenue (1961) Crystal Pavilion (1982) Diamond National Building (1961) 575 Fifth Avenue (1983) 60 Broad Street (1962) 900 Third Avenue (1983) 215 East 68th Apartments (1962) 1155 Avenue of the Americas (1984) 1180 Sixth Avenue (1962) Manhattan Tower (1985) Bankers Trust Building (1962) Symphony House Apartments (1986) Tower East Apartments (1962) Fifth Avenue Tower (1986) Hanover Bank Building (1962) 1212 Sixth Avenue (1963) Ellington Apartments (1987) 250 Broadway (1963) 17 State Street (1988) 605 Third Avenue (f/k/a Burroughs Building) (1963) 1585 Broadway (1989) 845 Third Avenue (1963) 546 Fifth Avenue (1990) AXA Financial Center (1963) Oxford Condominiums (1990) Page Continuation Sheet Burlington House (1969) Helmsley Palace Hotel (1981) Pfizer Building (1961) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1898, Tishman Realty & Construction Co. Inc. has built some 300 million square feet of all types of buildings, both for its own account and for clients. Julius Tishman (shown in Tishman completes 445 Park on Park Avenue north of Grand Central Terminal, the first new office building erected in New Newburgh, N.Y ment struetures north of 88th ditioned building, the first to use struction project: a six-story tenement building on New York's Lower East Side, with & CEO,joins company. Tishman Realty & Construction Co. Inc.

goes Development in Los Angeles York Curb Exchange (now Early 1900s Mutiple tene ment buildings Tishman Company History Profile: brochure courtesy of Tishman Page 1885 1950 1928 1923 1898 1909 1947 1914 1931-46 1890 TISHMAN Side. 1920s Continuation Sheet developed. Activites extended to the developed on Lower East proceeds from department Julius launches his first con- NPS Form 10-900-a founder and current Chairman York from Poland. Julius opens dry goods store mid-Wishire district American Exchange.) management of existing proper- matic elevators. Here are some highlights. Tishman pioneers the use of Tishman erects the first apart- ties and trading of land and real background arrives in New was called "slum country. Upper West Side, where nine electric refrigerators in apart- Avenue, the first office building luxury apartment buildings are ment buildings.

Julius' son, Louis, father of John L. Tishman, joins firm. War, the first centrally air-con- fliorescent ighting exclusively, Series of luxury residential and the first to install fully auto- east of Park Avenue, in what John L Tishman, grandson of public, listed on the New begins with 3440-50-60 Wishire Boulevard, creating what is now Great Depression: Tishmans abandon all development activt ties and focus on renting and store. estate properties. projects launched on Upper Tne First Century Street NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation Architects Rendering March 27.

1958 Historic Images Courtesy of Cleveland Public Library Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation Image on 9th Street looking north Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation Image from 9th Street looking South Page 14-5 Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Image from 9th Street looking North to Lake Erie Page National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Concrete Superstructure Erection August 18, 1958 Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Concrete Superstructure and Curtain wall installation Page HOTEL NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number _Additional Documentation Flag Ceremony April 21, 1959 Page THE EAST OHIO BUILDING THE NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation July 14, 1960 Page Continuation Sheet Aerial image NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation Photo from adjacent building August 16, 1964 Page Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation Image from Cathedral Square September 24, 1964 Page Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Image from Cathedral Square March 20. 1969 Page NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Section number Additional Documentation Interior of building Page Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation The East Ohio Building signaled the future of Cleveland. At Clevefand Mayor Image Courtesy of 'Spirit of Progress' Page ribbon-cutting NPS Form 10-900-a were developer Robert W. Ramsdell. downtown ceremonies in 1959 Celehrezre and the company's commitment te Robert V.Fishman, Anthony J. OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior 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 Documentation Image Courtesy of Purchaser's Agreement document Page Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-900-a East Ohio Building 2-10 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation Images Courtesy of Case Historical Society Page Original Lobby County and State REET DEL: OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation Articles Courtesy of Case Historical Society/Cleveland Public Library The carth samples: 20 bot-g sausage of earth in it, go to the praisal by soil experts on how * load fo be built upon it.. THIS WELL dig to eight thie job of appraising the na- WorkWill Stgrt Today on 21-Story Excavation. for Cleyeland's nue N. E. and E. 9th Street. construction of the 21-story hie had been advised that.the excavation would be about 15 The old Greyhoánd Bus depol A barricade is to be crected ¿around the property while dig- scraper should be ready for. oc- annaunced in New York.

Ave- fice space on the second te ,tive vice president of the.Tish- slore space on all three sides of the ground floor. 132 ft. frontage on E.. Ninth St and 125 on Superior and fice space in downtown Cleve- land," Tishman added. Walnut Aves. Adjoning the The new building will con- Demolition of the old Grey tound Terminal on the site office building will have 21-ft. aluminum facing. An actjoining high plate glass windows. parking space for 550 cars. à building) housing a group of to Begin Nexi Week said. Lodey-that consfruction Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: Friday January 26, 1958 Page Continuation Sheet floor. Tishman Bldg Tishman Building Building Dept. Preliminary pians disclosed NPS Form 10-900-a room for 650 cars.

water been under way for some time, The soil appraisal is half of pent-up demandor modern of- work and asked that in be is had been a teiminal for Grey Start Is Seen small stores with the Beard of appraise the water in it. cated today yhen prelimina sued by next week. fect deep. ruction of the new-3l-story nnounced tedat that it has sulcin soil will withstand the ture of a site. Tney also have A start by next weeh oh igmed a contract to demotish ive. to clenr the site for con- cupancy late this year, it was said Robert V. Tishman, execi- Realty & Construction Excavation for thhe site ofg office. building at its garage 130 ft. by 102 ft. with for the american- Sus Lines. perior Ave. is scheduled-1o begin arextWock. second S The builders requésted a :Plan Examiner Joe/Maver hound store iay. Avenue by Next Weel t.and Superior Ave.will be- New York.

rentable space in addition to Building Commissioner Wil- Tishman feetof The murtimillion-dollar sky- Studies have shown a"large The ground floor of the E.Ninth St.and Superior win bea nine-story parkin Designers were.Emery Rot Wrecking Co. structien. Droceedingoy schedule. utiding is Fchaduled for next Sign PactpCleak maior Jand." NPS Form 10-900-a 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 Documentation Signs appear walk superint hite of the stories are up editorial in T Tuesday. " The floors for the i morning to d floors of the building the Die Concri ing on the bui The jn a Jiffy, Two all passersby to tell : Every other floor' Why. even editorial counting by twros.

Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: July 3, 1958 Page Continuation Sheet daily.person National Register of Historic Places Architect's Challenge East Ohio Building Is Press editorial. perintendents to the East Ohio Bld struction supe Superior Ave.1 Investigatior Walter Rriss without uraphed today. assistant sung makes the job of cot Gas people for num passed the net struction al F posal.lleb gested that FO Harold Ecke public relatjon en routeifo a c been assured that the seven levels of the garage have been planned that way - were white po and went to w Nów You Can C rapidly rising skyse Therr. the editorial. Many thanks on b Now it's no trick cinch for the James Blaiter. All this res the skysetape man Co.hj NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation Utility Leases 8 Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: Friday, March 28, 1958 Page Continuation Sheet Building TISHMAN Ohio Gas Leases 8 fishman Floors IN DEAL Floors of New Robert V. Tishman EAST OHIO, Gas Co. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Nameof Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation East Ohio Gas, Almost Full Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tuesday, April 21, 1959 Page Continuation Sheet Takes Bow, Today East Ohio Building Building to Be Sold OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior 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 Documentation 3000-Calls A rive Daily and Superior Ave Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: April 14th, 1959 Image 5:9 Page Official Ceremonies Open Continuation Sheet East Ohio Building NPS Form 10-900-a Formal Opening FOINTING TO PIPELINES the Clec. ing the new East OhipBidg.l Ave. will he held next Tues- East Ohio Building Today Formal daily at the gleaning new prestient -teopenin 'als, The EAST OHIO GAS CO. Stopped In Minutes Second Lie Test Set Today RE SEND FLOWERS Stern Bros. PLUMBING SUPPLY CO.

CLEVELAND, OHIO Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tuesday, April 21st, 1959 Republic Steel Kitchens SALUTES 14%Payh by Wire for 200,000F." RT Seeks Proposal to Tax City Recreation BEAUTY - QUALITY - ECONOMY.- SERVICE for Suspect in Rape Case NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number_Additional Documentation Cools, Heats , Loses Suit on New Building Tormenting Rectal Itch Page Congratulations Penthouse Publicity Plan New Hearing Nagy Denounces on you nete business home NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation 28 Foot Map Helps Control Flow of Gas DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS THAN A LATHING -PLASTERING The Lennox-Haldeman Co - GALLO DISPLAYS, INC. 3224 EUCLID AVE. - CLEVELAND 15, OHIO MAin 1-8600 we congratulate Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: April 21st, 1959 design progress BUILDING Page CONGRATULATIONS Continuation Sheet KITCHENS planning and PHILLIPS ELECTRIC COMPANY For MUTSCHLER KITCHEN CUTLER MAIL CHUTES Bronstein-Root Co.

The East Ohio Gas Company Call EN 1-3282 A PART IN THE BUILDING OF THE .The new East Ohio Building WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HAD Mutschler CLEVELAND 1,OHIO The East Ohio - space studies ANTI-HYDRO READY-MIX CONCRETE - programming for the future Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc. As planners and designers of Lighting by LITECRAFT NEW EAST OHIO GAS BLDG. THE HEART OF THE EAST OHIO GAS Litecraft Manufacturing Corp. Shelf Over Radiator Maket Cozy Spot MICHAEL SAPHIER ASSOCIATES, ING. Entrances Gas Comp OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building National Park Service Name of Property Cuyahoga County, Ohio County and State Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section number Additional Documentation WORLD OF BUSINESS! OSTENDORF-MORRIS CO.

Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer: April 14th, 1959 Page Newest IS READY FOR THE Cleveland's Skyscraper TODAY, THE EAST OHIO BUILDING National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior East Ohio Building 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 Documentation Tent vs. Truck Vacation a person per day, while your tenting vacation cost you $309 a person per day.

A story about a doll that goes to artist, tied to a story inside We're Sorry, Steve Junior League fashion layout on pages 20-21 Article copied from Cleveland Plain Dealer Pictorial Magazine: Unknown Date Page Mostly Comment Continuation Sheet The Changing Scene NPS Form 10-900-a CONTENTS The Cover MAGAZINE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER vacation by truck in the Aug.2 issue prompts tion taken by a family of seven: MRS. STEVE MARKOVITZ Markovitz. Their truck vacation figures out at $2.29 The Lennor is usually associated with the Superior and Euclid Avenue that if your it. Vast paporamas of Civil War battle scenes wrong city. The five-story Lennox Hotel on the site wall. The cyclorama was a sensation for sev of the Union Commerce Building was a down- occupied the street level and apartments the down in 1922 to makce way for the Union Old Church With New Parposc....... 18 Food Pattern .

You Can th it LAWRENCE1. HAWKINS. Pictorial He's 80, bet Nobody Told Him . model. took over the residence sultes. Favorite Pletures IFTY years have so completely altered signed by Steve Mintz, 3662 Normandy Road East Ohio Building LEGAL DESCRIPTION PART OF P.P.N. 101-35-004 PARCEL "A" Beginning at the drill hole in a stone monument found at the intersection of the centerlines of Superior Avenue, N.E.

(State Route 6)(132 feet wide) and East 9th Street, (formerly Erie Street) (99 feet wide); Thence South 33°59'50" East, 66.00 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk at the northeasterly right of way of East 9th Street and being the PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BEGINNING of the premises herein described; Avenue, N.E., 125.48 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk; concrete wall (Garage Parcel), 133.04 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk on Situated in the City of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio and known as being part of Sublot Nos. 1 and 2 in John M. Woolsey's Subdivision of part of feet to a point; Thence North 55°48'00" East along the southeasterly right of way of Superior Original Two Acre Lot Nos.

167, as shown by the recorded plat in Volume N of Deeds, Page 486 of Cuyahoga Map County Records, and bounded and described as follows: Thence South 33°59'50" East passing along the westerly face of a brick-steel- Thence North 55°48'00"East along the centerline of Superior Avenue, N.E., 49.50 northwesterly right of way of Walnut Avenue, N.E., (66 feet wide); intersection of the southeasterly right of way of Superior Avenue, N.E.and the Cuyahoga Count OH East Ohio Building cuyahoga county, Olt Avenue, N.E., 125.48 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk at the intersection of the northwesterly right of way of Walnut Avenue N.E. and the northeasterly right of way of aforesaid East 9th Street; Street, 132.83 feet to the PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 0.3829 easements and exceptions of records.

BASIS OF BEARINGS: The centerline of Superior Avenue as North 55°48'00" East as County Deed Records. LLC (7.31%), C Imperial, LLC (7.31%), GF Cleveland, LLC (2.563%), DF Cleveland, recorded in Auditor's File Number 200611220149 of Cuyahoga County Records. exterior of the building wall to the disconnect switch in the parking garage. Notes: recorded in land conveyed to in Auditor's File Number 200611220149 of Cuyahoga The building is permitted to be maintained as it is, with the existing egress per Riverstone Company in April of 2011, but subject to all legal highways, restrictions, current codes. acres of land as surveyed and described by Edward B. Dudley, P.S. No. 6747 of the The shared power and water between the building and parking garage as permitted will continue to meet the current codes.

Thence North 33°59'50"West along the northeasterly right of way of East 9th DEED OF REFERENCE: Land conveyed to 1717E.9th St.,LLC ( 77.69%), D Imperial, Note:All 5/8"x30"iron pins set and capped"Riverstone Company-Dudley PS6747" Electric Service to the parking garage will be in a two hour enclosure from the LLC(2.563%)and AF Cleveland,LLC (2.564%)by deed dated November 22,2006 and Thence South 55°53'44" West along the northwesterly right of way of Walnut CLOSURE PARCEL "A" East : 6936.32 Line Course: N 55-48-00 E Length: 125.48 North: 3914.64 Line Course: S 33-59-50 E Length: 133.04 North: 3804.34 Line Course: S 55-53-44 W Length: 125.48 Line Course: N 33-59-50 W Length: 132.83 Perimeter: 516.83 Area: 16,681 sq.ft.

0.3829 acres Mapcheck Closure - (Uses listed courses, radii, and deltas) Error Closure: 0.00 Course: S 03-46-57 W Error North: -0.001 East: -0.000 East : 7040.11 North: 3844.11 East: 7114.50 North: 3733.98 Precision 1: 516,830,000.00 East : 7010.60 East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County, OH LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARCEL "B" - PART OF P.P.N. 101-35-004 GARAGE PARCEL bounded and described as follows: centerlines of Superior Avenue, N.E.

(State Route 6)(132 feet wide) and East 9th Street, (formerly Erie Street) (99 feet wide); Thence South 33°59'50" East, 66.00 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk at the northeasterly right of way of East 9th Street; Thence North 55°48'00"East southeasterly right of way of Superior Avenue, N.E., 125.48 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk and being the PRINCIPAL PLACE OF Superior Avenue, N.E., 180.20 feet to a drill hole set at the northwesterly corner of land intersection of the southeasterly right of way of Superior Avenue, N.E. and the feet to a point; Beginning at the drill hole in a stone monument found at the intersection of the Woolsey's Subdivision, being part of Original Two Acre Lot No.

167, as shown by the BEGINNING of the premises herein described; December 07, 2007 and recorded in Auditor's File Number 200712070518 of Cuyahoga Thence North 55°48'00" East along the centerline of Superior Avenue, N.E., 49.50 Thence North 55°48'00" East continuing along the southeasterly right of way of County Deed Records; known as being all of Sublot Nos. 3 and 4 and part of Sublot Nos. 1, 2 and 5 in John M. Situated in the City of Cleveland, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio and conveyed to 1100Superior of Cleveland LLC (P.P.N.101-35-032) by deed dated East Chio Building Thence South 33°58'19"East along the southwesterly line of land so conveyed to 1100 Superior of Cleveland LLC, 133.34 feet to a drill hole found (0.37 feet north and 0.5509 acres of land as surveyed and described by Edward B. Dudley, P.S. No. 6747 of easements and exceptions of records.

BASIS OF BEARINGS: The centerline of Superior Avenue as North 55°48'00" East as County Deed Records. DEED OF REFERENCE: Land conveyed to 1717 E. 9th St., LLC (77.69%), D Imperial, LLC (7.31%), C Imperial, LLC (7.31%), GF Cleveland, LLC (2.563%), DF Cleveland, current codes. permitted will continue to meet the current codes. Notes: the Riverstone Company in April of 2011, but subject to all legal highways, restrictions, recorded in Auditor's File Number 200611220149 of Cuyahoga County Records.

concrete wall, 133.04 feet to the PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing The building is permitted to be maintained as it is, with the existing egress per recorded in land conveyed to in Auditor's File Number 200611220149 of Cuyahoga 0.68 feet east) on the northwesterly right of way of Walnut Avenue, N.E., (66 feet wide); Note: All 5/8"x30"iron pins set and capped "Riverstone Company-Dudley PS6747" Thence North 33°59'50" West passing along the westerly face of a brick-steel- exterior of the building wall to the disconnect switch in the parking garage.

LLC (2.563%) and AF Cleveland, LLC (2.564%) by deed dated November 22, 2006 and The shared power and water between the building and parking garage as Avenue, N.E.,180.14 feet to a drill hole set in concrete walk; Electric Service to the parking garage will be in a two hour enclosure from the Thence South 55°53'44"West along the northwesterly right of way of Walnut CLOSURE PARCEL "B" Line Course: N 55-48-00 E Length: 180.20 North: 4015.93 East : 7189.15 Line Course: S 33-58-19 E Length: 133.34 North: 3905.35 East : 7263.65 Line Course: S 55-53-44 W Length: 180.14 North: 3804.34 East : 7114.50 Line Course: N 33-59-50 W Length: 133.04 Perimeter: 626.72 Area: 23,997 sq.ft.

0.5509 acres Mapcheck Closure - (Uses listed courses, radii, and deltas) Error Closure: 0.00 Course: N 05-11-08 W Error North: 0.001 East : -0.000 Precision 1: 626,720,000.00 North: 3914.64 East : 7040.11 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET East Ohio Building, The DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./ CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the DATE DISCIPLINE RETURN REJECT REVIEWER 12/07/12 MULTIPLE PROPERTY TELEPHONE 1/23/13 NATIONAL: Historic Places VACCEPT PERIOD: The National Register Entered in SAMPLE: NAME: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF PENDING LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: DATA PROBLEM: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.

12001212 NOMINATION APPEAL: OTHER: REQUESTED ACTION: The fast onio Building CuyahogaCownty.ohio Photo 2 of 53 The East Onio Building Photo 3 of 53 Cuyahoga County,ohio Photo 4 of 53 cuyahoga County, Ohio Photo 50f 53 The East ohio Building Photo Le of 53 The East ohio Building Cuyahoga County .ohio Photo 17in East qth street Photo 8 of 53 Cuyahoga County, ohio The East ohro Building Clereland, OH 44114-2806 Photo 9 of 53 The East ohio Building cuyahoga County, ohio The East Ohio Building The Fast ohio Building Photo Il of 53 Cuyahoga County.ohio The East Ohio Building Photo 12 .f 53 The East Ohio Building Photo 13.F53 Photo 14 of 53 Tne East Ohio Building The East dhio Building Photo lle of 53 cuyahoga County.ohio The East ohio Building 2-10 The Fast Ohio Building cuyahoga County, Ohio Photo N of S3 Cleveland,0H 44 114-a880 Photo 18 of 53 The East ohio Building Photo 19 of 53 Cuyahoga County.

Chio Cuyahoga County,ohio Photo 21 of 53 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County.ohn The East ohio Bwi lding Photo 23 of 53 EXIT Cuyahoga County onro The East Ohio Building Cleveland,0H 44114-a806 Photo au of 53 Cuyahoga County.ohio The East Ohio Building Photo 27 of 53 Photo a8 of s3 Photo 29 of 53 Cleveland, 0H 44114-2806 EXIT The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County, Ohio Photo 30 of 53 Photo 31 of S3 Photo 32of53 Photo 33 of 53 Cleveland.04 44l14-2800 The East ohio Building Photo 34 of53 _Cuya The East ohio Building 04/19/2012 01:48 The East Ohio Building Cleveland,oh 44114-a8ou Photo 35 f 53 - Budget.

AVIS The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County,bhio 04/19/2012 01:50 The East Ohio Building The East Ohio Building Cuya Photo 39 of 53 The East ohio Building The East Ohio Buildina Photo 40 of 53 Cuyahoga County,ohio Photo 41 of 53 The East Ohio Building Photo 42 of 53 The Fast Ohio Buildino Photo 43of 53 Cuyahoga County.Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Photo 44of53 The East ohio Building Cuyahoga County ohio Photo 44 of 53 cleve1and.0H 44114-a80L Cuyahoga County, Ohi.

Photo 47 of 53 Cleveland,0+144114-a80 Photo 48 f 53 Cuyahoga County iohio The East Onio Building Photo 49 of 53 The East Ohio Building Cuyahoga County,ohio The East ohio Building Cuya Cleveland,0H 44114-a800 The East ohio Bui lding Photo 51 of 53 Cuyahoga County:Ohio Photo 5a of 53 Photo 53of 53 The East Ohio Building Missing Core Documentation Property Name County, State Reference Number East Ohio Building, The _ Nomination Form X Photographs (missing #1) The following Core Documentation is missing from this entry: Ohio USGS Map Cuyahoga County, 12001212 1717 EAST 9TH STREET CLEVELAND, OHIO N.E. 132' (A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY). Parcel "A" Parcel "B' LEGEND NOTARY CERTIFICATION APPROVALS ENCROACHMENTS APPROVED 0.3830 Acres 16,682 Sq.Ft. 0.5508 Acres OWNERS ACCEPTANCE 23,993 Sq.Ft. BASIS OF BEARINGS See Page SURVEY'S OF REFERENCE PLAT OF LOT SPLIT SUPERIOR AVENUE, (P.P.N.

101-35-004) DRAWN BY RIVERSTONI GRAPHIC SCALE (STATE ROUTE6) 10-068 SE PAYNE AVENUE (P.P.N. 101-35-004) EASEMENTS THIRD LEVEL 1717 EAST 9TH STREET PLAT OF LOT SPLIT FOURTH LEVEL ROOF LEVEL PAGE 2 OF 2 cuyahoga county, OH 10-068 RIVERSTONE BASEMENT LEVEL GRAPHIC SCALE FIFTH LEVEL GROUND LEVEL CLEVELAND, OHIO WALNUT. AVENUE The East Ohio Gas Building, Cleveland. E 442584 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE CLEVELAND NORTH, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N 4594524 1994 UNITED STATES OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEC 07 2012 December 3, 2012 Ms. Carol D. Shull, Keeper of the National Park Service National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street, NW (2280) Washington DC 20005 Enclosed please find seven (7) new National Register nominations for Ohio. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new nomination submission.

NEW NOMINATION Downtown Ashland Historic District Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District The East Ohio Building John Carroll University North Quad Historic District Record Rendezvous West 25th Street-Detroit Avenue Historic District Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Depot Avenue Historic District nomination. This letter does not constitute a majority of private property owners within the historic district. 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.

Executive Director and CEO State Historic Preservation Officer OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ohio Historic Preservation Office 800 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 Cuyahoga Ashland COUNTY Enclosures Medina HISTORY www.ohiohistory.org Sincerely, We have received one owner objection letter for a property within the West 25th Street-Detroit National Register Dear Ms. Shull: / Burt Logan OHIO NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS TRANSMITTAL CHECK LIST OHIO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 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 Piece(s) of correspondence Please provide a substantive review of this nomination The enclosed owner objection(s) do .

do not Constitute a majority of property owners Other Photographs COMMENTS: This property has been certified under 36 CFR 67 (614)-298-2000 Original USGS map(s) Sketch map(s)/Photograph view map(s)/Floor plan(s) 800 E. 17th Avenue The following materials are submitted on Dec. 4,2012