Nomination for Gwinn Estate

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) JUL 2 1974 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 21 - Louis Stokes - STATUS * Building - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments Industrial : - Other (Specify) X Museum c/o James D.

Ireland LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 035 039 LOCATION Cuyahoga STATE Bratenahl Commercial ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION Ontario Religious DATE NAME OWNERSHIP Site Private Educational Cleveland Private Residence Gwinn Estate REGISTER CATEGORY District Both Structure Entertainment Unoccupied NATIONAL Agricultural Government Park Being Considered Yes: Ohio Scientific Public CODE Public Acquisition: Military OCT COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: STREET AND NUMBER: 1662 Union Commerce Building Restricted OWNER OF PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS County (Check One) In Process FOR NPS USE ONLY PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) CITY OR TOWN: Object Federal Cuyahoga County Building 12407 LakeShore Boulevard ENTRY NUMBER 0CT1 X Excellent - Good - Fair - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The way in which one room leads to another through a vista of JUL 2 1974 CONDITION DESCRIPTION REGISTER doorways is very characteristic of the Italian Renaissance style. NATIONAL a fountain with a sculptured grotesque in the style of the Italian garden were laid out in the formal sixteenth century style and are Ruins The dining room also features panelled walls.and a marble fireplace. Mannerist period.A gently curving concrete retaining wall stretches sance Revival style.It is a rectangular two-story Italian palazzo The garden (south) elevation has a slightly projecting central piece is supported on tall consoles.The ceiling is also panelled. of which are copies. The building is virtually unaltered. section and glazed doors opening on the garden.The lawn and formal still well maintained.

with a flat cornice and balustraded roof.The walls are faced with This is a six-acre estate with a mansion in the Second Renais- The north elevation of the house fronts directly on Lake Erie. central hall from which the principal rooms and a main staircase open.The library is entirely panelled in walnut. A large mantel- The mansion houses a collection of paintings and art objects, many From a two-story semi-circular Ionic portico, a terraced series across the entire lakefront of the estate.At the east end of the wall is a circular columned gazebo. of stairs descends to the beach.The lakefront terrace landing has stone of the paving.

is reflected in the interior design.The west entrance leads to a and is framed by columns and a Doric entablature.It faces a circ- (Check One) O Fair - Moved RECEIVED Original Site As in many eclectic homes of the period, more than one style stucco.The main entrance is on the narrow west end of the house ular driveway and pool with a geometric pattern in the brick and Pre-Columbian | - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF

Statement of significance

his lands. His father Samuel Mather came to Cleveland in 1843. founded by his father, from 1890-1933. From 1933 to 1947 he JUL2 1908 Conservation Commerce Communications SIGNIFICANCE Engineering losophy Transportation Aboriginal Military REGISTER Science Education NATIONAL Landscape Agriculture itarian Literature Music Social/Human- Political the effect of such sixteenth century Medici palaces as the Urban Planning Sculpture Invention Hospital. He was active in the Episcopal church and Trinity Manning. Cathedral. Mather made outstanding contributions to cultural, layout'of the house and grounds,.both in overall plan and in industrial and cultural leaders. William G. Mather was president Palazzo Pitti and the Villa d'Este.The architect was Charles Western Reserve Historical Society, Kenyon College and Lakeside the Renaissance ideal in the area.

Industry civic and educational institutions for many years.

A.Platt of New York.Other works of his in the Cleveland area traced to the earliest settlement of the Western Reserve.His Religion/Phi history of Cleveland, and as the most complete expression of Architecture served as board chairman.He was president of the Cleveland grandfather Samuel Mather, Jr.,came to Ohio in 1798 to inspect Theater (l92l).The landscape design was planned by Warren Mather's mansion was built in 1907-1908.The design and were the Leader-News Building (l9i2)and the Hanna Building and The Gwinn mansion has a dual significance as the residence Museum of Art, a trustee of Western Reserve University, the The family of William Gwinn Mather (1857-1952)can be Other (Specify) PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) of one of the most important industrial and civic leaders in the Art ornamental detail, clearly reflect an attempt to approximate RECEIVED of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, a merger of companies Two sons, Samuel Mather and William G.Mather,both became 1950%, 710, 806, 1033.

1973), 110-114.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: May 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Local O * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees Name Seconds LATITUDE Cleveland DATE LONGITUDE Minutes ORGANIZATION Ohio Six COUNTY Title CORNER ATTEST: NATIONAL STATE CODE Western Reserve Historical Society MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: National Register. As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- level of significance of this nomination is: CITY OR TOWN: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Keeper of The/National Register Eric Johannesen, Preservationist 10825 East Boulevard REGISTER 4600900 PHOTOS 3 CONTROL REVIEW HIS TOR IAN as well as bldy. arch.

Send-back - Re-submit _ 1974 Entered STATE KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST MAPS Federal Register entry WORKING NUMBER National Register Write-up INT:1538-73 BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW Cuyahoga 7. 2. 74. 1086 PROPERTY OCT1 3. Classification. 4. Owner of Property. 5. Location of Legal Description. 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. T. Description. 11. Form Prepared By. 12. Certification. preferably an original USGS, which allows us to check latitude-longitude. Name. Bibliography. SIGNED: Other. DATE: Acreage Photographic Coverage. NAME OF PROPERTY The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for clarification of the information indicated below. Geographical Data. Map Coverage.Please use a map bearing an identified system of coordinates, Thank you for your attention to the above items checked.Thank Longitude and Latitude Coordinates. criteria in full. 2.

Location. Correction of these technical errors does not Clarification or correction of the above items must be made prior to the initiation necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register of our professional review. Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENTRY NUMBER May 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: CITY OR TOWNBratenahl DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/ 1446 1 035 039 COUNTY DATE IDENTIFICATION STATE NATIONAL NAME REGISTER Eric Johannesen PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: Ohio CODE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES View of lakefront retaining wall and north facade of house, PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO CREDIT: 12lio7 Lake Shore Boulevard Cuyanoga a OCT 1 STREET AND NUMBER: NEGATIVE FILED AT: LOCATION Gwinn Estate Western Reserve Historical Society Mather, Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) May 1974 LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Garden (south) facade of house, looking north. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - I 039 DATE COUNTY NAME STATE Cuyahoga NATIONAL Gwinn Estate IDENTIFICATION Eric Johannesen COMMON: (7/72) CODE PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER STREET AND NUMBER: Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY 12lo7 Lake Shore Boulevard AND/OR HISTORIC: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Western Reserve Historical Society 035 REGISTER OCT1 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

* US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - | 039 COUNTY DATE NAME REGISTER NATIONAL Cuyahoga COMMON: Bratenahl STATE CODE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) IDENTIFICATION Eric Johannesen Ohio ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO REFERENCE West elevation of house, with ornamental pool and PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM driveway, looking east. FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES May 1974 CITY OR TOWN: (7/72) PHOTO CREDIT: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Western Reserve Historical Society 035 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY JUL 2 1974 STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U. S. G. S. East Cleveland Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-1 039 1970 035 Cuyahoga NAME REQUIREMENTS Bratenahl Ohio LOCATION COUNTY STATE REGISTER NATIONAL CODE MAP REFERENCE 1:24,000 COMMON: DATE: SOURCE: SCALE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: 12407 Lake Shore Boulevard (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Rev. 7-72 Gwinn Estate DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EAST CLEVELAND QUADRANGLE EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO UNITED STATES 81° 35' 58° GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gwinn Estate N4130 - W8130/7.5 Mount Sterling Madison County Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Mc. Daniel B. Porter, Director Hon. Charles A. Van1k Hon. Clarence E. Miller Columbus, Ohio 43211 Fon. Charles J.

Carney Location MMott STATE Lancaster 10/1/74 Name Cuyahoga County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Saylor Park Hon.Louis Stokes Cincinnati vicinity Also Notified Poland State Historic Preservation Officer Poland South Nain Street District Bratenahl Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Date Entered Mount Sterling Historic District Archaeological Distriet Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mahoning County Fairfield County Hon. Donald D. Clancy Short Woods Park Mound The Ohio Bistorical Society Hon. Thomas A. Luken Chagrin Falls Gwinn Estate Interstate s7l st 17th Avenue Hamilton County OHIO Chagrin Falls Township Hall Hon.Chalmers P. Wylie Banilton County ("Spook Hollow")