Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Charles Schweinfurth House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,277 words across 11 pages, filed in 1973. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 73001417, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MAY 2 2 1973 Schweinfurth, Charles, House AND/OR HISTORIC: 617039g (Check One) Lx Building - In Process X Restricted - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments Commercial OWNER'S NAME: R. Van Petten Harold D.
Hightower LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: MAY * NATIONAL 035 NAME Religious ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION STATE Military Government LOCATION Both Private Entertainment Site Museum CATEGORY Cuyahoga District Educational Private Residence OWNERSHIP Structure REGISTER CODE Louis Stokes Being Considered STATUS Yes: Unoccupied Park COMMON: Agricultural Transportation Cuyahoga County Courthouse CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Cleveland Ohio Industrial Scientific Public Acquisition: Public County TO THE PUBLIC Object NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENTRY DATE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: 1 Lakeside Avenue 1951 East 75th Street CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) 1951 East DATE Local Federal - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Schweinfurth House is built of brick, and rests on a stone foundation. On the south, east, and north sides the brick is faced with rock-faced Both arched and rectangular frames are employed. The roof is flat, and the The interior is unornamented, but also shows the work of an imaginative The door, window treatments, mantels, and woodwork all relate to this CONDITION vein. DESCRIPTION Excellent REGISTER NATIONAL plus basement. Ruins appearance.It was built in 1894 by the architect Charles Schweinfurth and a shield.Four different window treatments are seen on the front. the right of the door is also interesting.It is also wrought iron and of the house closely relate to the Art Noveau period in American Design.
to the front entrance which is surrounded by a tudor-arched doorway.The person.The balusters on the stairway rise to the ceiling on the first The front of the house is by far the most intriguing part of the building. the house as it stands in its original condition. roof line along the front is lined with battlements. Schweinfurth, who possessed an above average imagination, employed a is attached to a shaft terminating in a corbel with the motif of a lion (Check One) - Moved X Original Site hinges, and fashioned a door handle in the shape of floor, fireplaces are surrounded by mosaic tile, and the woodwork has front door is similarly shaped and made of wood. Schweinfurth executed the carvings in the door himself.
He employed huge, wrought iron strap Fair The present owner is most interested in the house, and is actively and is approximately forty feet square and stands two stories tall, concerned with its preservation. He plans quite a bit of work to preserve Good PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Literature itarian ( STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

Charles Schweinfurth was born in Auburn, New York in 1856, and graduated government architect for the U. S. Treasury Department, but he found the government too restrained, and so left to work in the office of a where he became a noted, successful architect. (1890), the McClymonds House (1893), the Backus Law School, Case Western bridges over Liberty Boulevard, Cleveland (1900-01), and the Samuel Mather House (1907-10).
The McClymonds House (Massillon, Ohio) and was especially fond of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, and these 1894 Conservation Communications Architecture losophy Commerce Engineering Transportation Aboriginal Landscape REGISTER Military Science Prehistoric Education Agriculture NATIONAL Sculpture Theater Political Invention Music Pre-Columbian SIGNIFICANCE Social/Human- Scweinfurth either designed or worked on about thirty significant the Mather House are listed on the National Register.Schweinfurth signed by Schweinfurth and it is clearly stated that the house was for and took a variety of jobs.He eventually became a supervising buildings all reflect its influence upon him. Ithas always been thought that Schweinfurth had designed this house Industry from high school in 1872.Schweinfurth received some technical training, Religion/Phi- New York architect who may have been H.
H.Richardson, father of and structures are:the Sylvester T.Everett House (1883),"Shoreby Reserve University (l896),the Mary Chisholm Painter Arch Richardsonian Romanesque. Finally, Schweinfurth ended up in Cleveland buildings in the Western Reserve area. Some of his best buildings for himself. However, the present owner, while cleaning out the cellar Art a member of the Vanderbilt family.Apparently the Vanderbilts decided MAY1519 E 4469ZO PP. 42-43, illus.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRO®ERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY N 41 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY GOUNDARIES MAX I 5 1973 FORM PREPARED BY Feb. 1973 1932 Forest Village Lane As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa 1 Register. 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation GP0 931-894 Seconds LONGITUDE LATITUDE Degrees DATE ORGANIZATION COUNTY Local Minutes ATTEST: 039 STATE CORNER Columbus CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Campen, Richard N., Architecture of the Western Reserve, Cleveland STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that this property is included in the Larry Alan Beers NAME AND TITLE: 1/2 acre level of significance of this nomination is: OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES CITY OR TOWN: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES STREET AND NUMBER: The Natilonal Register Name Ohio Photos .
Federal Register entry _ HISTORIAN Maps ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER Entered Send-back Re-submit TECH REVIEW CONTROL REVIEW National Register write-up 5-15- BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER 5.1573.2922 Cuyahoga Title; NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATONAL REOSTER Loc NPS Number Title: Loc. NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2 2 1973 2. LOCATION 3.
MAP REFERENCE 1963, Photorevised 1970 GPO 932.010 North Quadrangle DATE SCALE 24,000 REGISTER NATIONAL AND/OR HISTORIC Form 10-301 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 151973 1951 East 75th Street STREET AND NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM RECEIVED (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Sehieinfurth, Charles, House REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: TElleveland Cuyahoga COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO-CUYAHOOA CO REGISTER CLEVELAND NORTH, OHIO CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE Hon. Samuel I Devine Hon. John M. Ashbrook Columbus, Ohio Hon. John I. Seiberling, Jr.
Director, Northeast Region 43211 Location STATE Director Somerford vicinity Name 5-24-73 Madison County Coshocton Barberton Delaware County Courthouse Coshocton County Cuyahoga County State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Delaware County Summit County "Pork Palace Cleveland Coshocton County Courthouse Mr. Daniel R.Porter The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie Wilson (Valentine) House Hon. Louis Stokes Schweinfurth (Charles) House Barber (o.c.) Creamery Barber (o.c.) Piggery or MAY 2 2 1873 Ion. Robert Taft, Jr. PHR Delaware Date Entered NRowland:lmp the ohio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432ll/ telephone (614) 469-4663 May 23, 1973 Mr. Jerry Rogers National Register of Historic Places 18th and C Streets, N.W. Washington, D. C.
20240 House, Cleveland (Cuyahoga County), mailed to Washington on May 10, Cleveland, Ohio Sincerely, Thank you. National Park Service Department of the Interior Dear Jerry: JK/g1k On a National Register nomination form for the Charles Schweinfurth 1973, the owner is listed incorrectly. 1951 East 75th Street Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue Judith Kitchen Architectural Historian