Nomination for Adelbert Hall, Case Western Reserve University

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form 10-300 (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) OCT 30 1973 AND/ OR HISTORIC: - In Process X Restricted X Private - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 035 039 LOCATION Cuyahoga Ohio Entertainment Religious Cleveland Site Military STATE District CATEGORY Unoccupied ACCESSIBLE Government Educational NAME CLASSIFICATION Both DATE Structure REGISTER CODE Private Residence Adelbert College Yes: Industrial Agricultural Museum NATIONAL OWNERSHIP Public Being Considered Park STATUS Scientific Case Western Reserve University CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Adelbert Hall County COMMON: Public Acquisition: 2l Louis Stokes Object STREET AND NUMBER: 1219 Ontario 2040 Adelbert Road NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO THE PUBLIC (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Federal ( OWNER OF PROPERTY Building Cuyahoga County Building ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION * Excellent O Good - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

with coupled. Romanesque columns, and a projecting bay window tall three-story volume of great spaciousness, coherently artic- for more offices, marble wainscoting was added in the lobby, and OCT 1 1973 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Fair This is a four-story gray stone building set back from Adelbert roof is bracketed. the interior woodwork was redone in a more strictly Neo-Classic The interior lobby is dominated by a branching staircase which Deteriorated Road, designed in an eclectic manner with features of the Italian- skylight which was covered over in 1972. were added on the north and south wings. rises to balconies on each of the three main floors, creating a (Check One) In an extensive remodeling of 190l-1902,the uppermost stage of In the remodeling of 190l-1902, some of the rooms were partitioned lower level of the Adelbert Road(East)side of the building.

This well is roofed by a the tower and its spire were removed, and rectangular bay windows The basement areas have been extensively modern- Revival style. divided by slightly projecting wings on the north and south ends, The tower is fronted by an entrance porch by smooth horizontal bands marking each story.The hipped and a central tower. ulated by the forms of the stairs.

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! * 19th Century AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Urban Planning Social/Human- . STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

1880 on the condition that the college be moved to a Cleveland site provided by the citizens, and that the name be changed to The architectural design, by John Eisenmann, combines an 1973 1882 Engineering Military Architecture losophy Commerce Transportation Science Religion/Phi Conservation Aboriginal Communications Industry Literature REGISTER Theater Landscape Prehistoric Music Agriculture Invention NATIONAL Sculpture itarian Political an interior space in Cleveland. The College building was constructed when Western Reserve Col- Education Adelbert College as a memorial to his son. eclectic exterior with a grand interior space which suggests that it is related to preliminary ideas for the Cleveland Arcade interior ing at Case School of Applied Science.

University was incorporated in 1884, and Adelbert College Adelbert Hall is the oldest building of Case Western Reserve Western Reserve -ity. Adelbert College housed the administration and teaching of the most effective combinations of an eclectic exterior and in the building until 1972. of 1889-1890,for which Eisenmann was the co-architect with building of Western Reserve University;some classes were held Other (Specify) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) University, built in 1881-1882. lege in Hudson, founded in 1826, moved to Cleveland. Dr. Hiram departments for many years, and later became the administration The architectural design is one continued as an independent institution affiliated with the univers- Haydn's negotiations persuaded Amasa Stone to offer $500,000 in Art

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Trustees' Minutes, Western Reserve University. Annual Report - 1901-02, Western Reserve University. 1950), 435, 454-455. 0. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES Degrees Minutes Secónds APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended Associate Director, Professional GPO 931-894 039 LATITUDE DATE LONGITUDE Degrees Services Name ORGANIZATION Local ATTEST: Ohio NATIONAL Cleveland STATE CODE CORNER .COUNTY Western Reserve Historical Society National Register LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 10825 East Boulevard NAME AND TITLE: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- CITY OR TOWN: REGISTER STREET AND NUMBER: level of significance of this nomination is: less than one ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY OCT 3 0 1973 FORM PREPARED BY UCT 3 0 1973 William Ganson Rose, Cleveland: The Making of a City (Cleveland, Seconds Title Minutes Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JAN 5 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER REVISION BASED ON NEW INFORMATION The interior construction consists of brick bearing walls, iron for by the fact that the donor, Amasa Stone, was a railroad Joseph Ireland, active in Cleveland 1865-1885, came from New York where the Old Society for Savings Building (1866) and the Daniel Eells residence on Euclid Avenue (1876) . PAGE RECEIVED Section #7 CONTINUATION SHEET president and bridge engineer. due to the fact that he designed the original building of the neighboring DATE ENTERED long-standing attribution of the design to John Eisenmann was probably such construction for this type ofa building and may be accounted Section #8 Case School of Applied Sciences.

The original signed architect's drawings of five sheets of floor he had been a pupil of R.G. Hatfield.His works in Clevland included plans at the scale of 1/8=1',were rediscovered in December 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY (ADELBERT COLLEGE) Cuyahoga County, Ohio beams and tile arch floors. This represents an early example of and prove conclusively that the architect was Joseph Ireland. The STATE O hio PHOTOS 3 CONTROL REVIEW HISTOR IAN Shul ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN KEEPER PROPERTY Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Send-back MAPS Federal Register entry National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER 10.1.73.3703 TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 10/18/73 OCT 3 0 1973 2-6-74 12--4-73 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

Interior stairwell, main lobby. TOWN Eric Johannesen DATE COUNTY Cleveland COMMON NATIONAL STATE Cuyahoga Adelbert College Adelbert Hall PHOTO CREDIT Western Reserve Hist. Soc. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio AND/OR HISTORIC 20l0 Adelbert NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) 0825 East Blvd. GPO 932-009 (6/72) E261 0 8 100 NEGATIVE FILED AT #/the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) OCT 8 0 1973 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

GPO 932-009 DATE TOWN Cuyahoga Adelbert Hall STATE COMMON REGISTE NATIONAL Eric Johannesen COUNTY Cleveland PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Adelbert College PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Western Reserve Hist. Soc. STREET AND NUMBER Main front facing the campus, from the West. 10825 East Blvd. NEGATIVE FILED AT (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) 2040 Adelbert (6/72) Ohio OCT 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME OCT 3 0 1973 2. LOCATION TOWN Cleveland 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Rear elevation facing Adelbert Road, from the East.

GPO 932-009 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyahoga DATE COUNTY COMMON Eric Johannesen NATIONAL PHOTO CREDIT STATE REGISTER Adelbert Hall Adelbert College Western Reserve Hist.Soc. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM STREET AND NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 10825 East Blvd. Ohio (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) 2040 Adelbert (6/72) NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) OCT 1 TOWN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME 2. LOCATION 3. MAP REFERENCE East Cleveland Quadrangle REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW. GPO 932.010 1970 STATE COUNTY DATE Cleveland TOWN Cuyahoga REGISTER SOURCE COMMON NATIONAL SCALE Adelbert Hall U.S.G.S.

Ohio PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC Adelbert College STREET AND NUMBER (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) 1973 1:24,000 Form 10-301 20l0 Adelbert NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPs) OCT 1 30117" UNITED STATES EAST CLEVELAND QUADRANGLE EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO. ADELBERT HALL 81- 36 30% The Ohio Historical Society 10/25/73 Location STATE Name PHR Director, Northeast Region Cuyahoga County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Hon.Charles A.Vanik Cleveland Western Reserve Building Cleveland Halghts Crenaine-Callagher Residence Director 001 30 1973 Columbus, Ohio 43211 MMott Northezn Ohio Lunatic Asylum Adelbert Hall Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.