Nomination for Caxton Building

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE C (Rev. 6-72) INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 3 0 1973 20 James V.

Stanton OWNERSHIP - - Unoccupied In Process X Restricted - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments X Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: OCT 5 1973 035 039 LOCATION Site ACCESSIBLE Cleveland Religious REGISTER CATEGORY Government NAME Private CLASSIFICATION District NATIONAL CODE Both Entertainment DATE Caxton Building STATUS Scientific Structure Ohio Transportation Being Considered Yes: Public Educational Agricultural Park Museum Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: COUNTY: 1219 Ontario Private Residence Cuyahoga County Building STREET AND NUMBER: Public Acquisition: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: 1220 Huron Road NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC Military 812 Huron Road S.E (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: Object Cuya Jack L.

Simon and Elmer J. Babin OCT 5 X Building ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered in treatment, with the piers emphasized and the spandrels suppressed, so that the verticality of the.construction is stressed. to bear loads of 300 lbs. per square foot, in order to accommo- CONDITION NATIONAL date printing presses. Moved Ruins Fair REGISTE. granite, but there have been no major interior alterations. The upper stories of the Huron Road facade are Sullivanesque large semi-circular archway with Romanesque Revival details, Some of the floors in the rear part of the building are constructed XExcellent The east half of the ground floor facade has been refaced with (Check One) KOriginal Site Good DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE RECEIVED This is an eight-story Commercial style office building of steel Pre-Columbian !

- 15th Century LX 20th Century - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Music - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

the skeletal frame, the large expanse of windows, and the The architect was Frank S. Barnum, official public school 1903 Company. 1973 Commerce losophy Communications Engineering Architecture Aboriginal Military Conservation Theater Art REGISTER Religion/Phi Landscape SIGNIFICANCE Industry Science Agriculture Prehistoric NATIONAL design outstanding. itarian Education Invention Literature Social/Human- Sculpture treatment of the Romanesque portal combine to make its Political designed the Park Building of 1904,called one of the earliest The building was constructed in 1901-1903.The president of has been devoted to occupants in the graphic arts trades.It the Caxton Building Company was Ambrose Swasey (1846-1939), in Cleveland to use floor slabs of reinforced concrete.

founder of Warner and Swasey and a great promoter of the The Caxton Building is one of the finestexamples of the architect beginning in 1895,who initiated a"new era"in SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) benefits of engineering to mankind. The Caxton Company was was named after William Caxton, the first British printer in of Alfred Cahen which subsequently became the World Publishing RECEIVED a commercial printing and graphic arts business.The building the fifteenth century.In 1905 it was occupied by the business AREAs OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ing (The Caxton Building Company, 1903), unpaged pamphlet. 1950), 409, 564, 617, 642, 957, 1032.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES OCT 3 0 1973 FORM PREPARED BY STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- 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 level of significance of this nomination is: Associate Director, Professional GP0 931-894 039 Degrees Seconds Services ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE COUNTY Ohio DATE ATTEST: REGISTER CORNER Name STATE Minutes CODE Cleveland Degrees Minutes Seconds LATITUDE NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NATIONAL STREET AND NUMBER: National Register less than one 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: 10.25.23 E442740 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Local Western Reserve Historical Society 10825 East Boulevard Details and Specifications of the Caxton Build- STATE ( PHOTOS 2 CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN OCT 3 0 1973 INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered PROPERTY ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Re-submit National Register Write-up MAPS TECH REVIEW 10.5.

BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register entry 12-4-73 WORKING NUMBER HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2-7-74 10.5.73,3 725 Cuyahoga 17/73 ALL STORES WE CARRY ACCOUNTS HERE OUR OWN OCT 3 0 1973 FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME JCT 3 0 1973 2. LOCATION 812 Huron Rd. S. E. 3. PHOTO REFERENCE July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 TOWN DATE Eric Johannesen Caxton Building COMMON COUNTY NATIONAL Cuyahoga STATE Cleveland AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Western Reserve Hist. Soc. STREET AND NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (6/72) Huron Road facade, from the Northeast. (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) Ohio PS Number UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NEGATIVE FILED AT 0825 East Blvd.

NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) REGISTER RECEIVED BLDG CAXTON HURON 806 HURON.CLEAN BILL T UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION 812 Huron Rd. S. E. 3. PHOTO REFERENCE July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 TOWN Cuyahoga DATE Eric Johannesen COMMON COUNTY STATE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cleveland PHOTO CREDIT Caxton Building Romanesque entrance, from the Northwest. RECEIVED AND/OR HISTORIC NEGATIVE FILED AT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 10825 East STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (6/72) (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) Ohio BCT 8 0 1973 OCT REGISTE NATIONAL Western Reserve Hist. Soc Form 10-301 (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1. NAME OCT 3 0 1973 2. LOCATION 812 Huron Rd. S.

E. 3. MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: GPO 932.010 1970 STATE TOWN DATE COUNTY REGISTER Caxton Building SCALE COMMON Cleveland South Quadrangle NATIONAL Cleveland 1:24,000 Cuyahoga AND/OR HISTORIC STREET AND NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM RECEIVED (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) UNITE STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ohio NUMERIC CODE (Aeaigned by NPS) 81° 41' 10" 1973 CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE CAXTON BUILDING DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO 41 29' 54" GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES CLEVELAND SOUTH, OHIO Seven Hills Adelbert Hall Nr. Daniel R. Portor Ion. Robert Taft, Jx. Bon, Charles A. Van1k.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director, Northeast Region Location 10/25/73 STATE Name PHR MMott Cuyahoga County Date Entered Caxton Builaing Cleveland Western Resorve Builaing Zremaine-Gallagher Residence Cleveland Haighte Tho Ohio Historical Soclety 0CT 8 0 1973 State Hintoria Preservation Officer Hon. William B. saibs0 Notified Ron. James V. Stanton ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum Director Newburgh Tom Hal1