Nomination for Prospect Avenue Row House Group

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MAR 2 7 1974 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 3645,3649, 3651, 3657 Prospect Avenue (Check One) * Building In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments Commercial ] Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: 1. Benjamin H.

Groves, III LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: JAN 3 035 039 Religious LOCATION Site Cleveland Cuyahoga Federal NAME Entertainment CLASSIFICATION Educational Restricted CATEGORY Transportation Unoccupied REGISTER CODE STATUS Private Being Considered Park Museum District OWNERSHIP Both COUNTY: Private Residence NATIONAL Government Structure Agricultural Scientific Yes: Industrial Public COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 3657 Prospect Cuyahoga County Building Ohio Public Acquisition: Prospect Avenue Row House Group Military William Walker, Trustee ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC STREET AND NUMBER: 2l- Louis B.

Stokes CITY OR TOWN: 1219 Ontario ENTRY NUMBER STREET AND NUMBER: 3651 Prospect DATE Object OWNER OF PROPERTY DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

This is a compact group of five vertical attached houses of brick, stone and frame construction in a combination of High Victorian, Gothic, High Victorian Italianate, Eastlake, and Second Empire styles. The construction with arched hood molding on the windows, and a bracketed larger in scale as the window levels show, with the windows of the three stories being rectangular, pointed, and round-arched, respectively. The west house (3645 was built last. It is of brick, with a strongly projecting bay window, a pointed Gothic lunette above the third story window, and a small entrance porch with Eastlake detail. The interiors and 3651 have three main living floors, a slightly below grade kitchen- left-turn at the top, with the tapered octagonal newl post and balusters CONDITION Excellent REGISTER restored and redocorated at great expense, but is inaccessible.

molded door casings,together with their sliding doors,are gone.The time to time over the years. Good of all the houses have been altered and modernized as apartments from unusual plan.The stairwell occupies the entire width of the house at arrangement,or how it would have served asa private residence.The freer plan, being separated by halls with concave and convex turnings. stored.The house at 3655 has four living floors above the grade level The east house constructed next.It is of stone Fair (Check One) - Moved average width of the three-story houses is 20 feet, and the depth 50 basically three rooms to each floor, but they are arranged with a slightly The interior plans are as varied as the exteriors. The houses at 3649 or studio space. This house is only in fair condition. The heavy JAN 3 ION The floor.

with semicircular fireplace openings.No.365l has been partially re- present use is for several apartments.The house at 3647 has been The stairs have two short runs at right angles.There are also dining level, and a sub-basement.Each floor has basically three rooms, three rooms.It has not been determined whether this was the original the center section.The rooms are entirely closed off from the narrow corridor along the east side.They are arranged in suites of two or oldest and the simplest 365l;3655).They are of brick PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! - 20th Century -' Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Invention STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

that would be expected in a densely urban residential area, but Hall, his son, and William MeDermott. The eastern house was built in 1876 by Charles H. Bulkley, publisher, promoter of the western house was built in 1879 by Amasa Stone, wealthy Cleveland Senator Robert J. Bulkley. JAN Raymond. Art SIGNIFICANCE Engineering Commerce Military Conservation losophy Religion/Phi Landscape REGISTER Aboriginal Science Agriculture itarian Theater Literature Music Industry Education Transportation Communications Social/Human- Political The significance of the Prospect Avenue row house group lies This is an extremely rare group of architecturally distinguished area of detached houses and individual lots. Sculpture railroad builder and executive, for his daughter Mrs. Samuel A.

The house was the birthplace of Senator Bulkley in l880.The in the city of Cleveland, as well as being the birthplace of The three center houses were built in 1874 for the Rev.John G. city park system, and father of the U.s. Senator Robert J. Bulkley. SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 1874-1879 NATIONAL in fact this group is the surviving one of only three built in an

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Cleveland City Directories, 1874-1880 unpubl, Ms. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES JAN 3 1974 FORM PREPARED BY Eric Johannesen, Preservationist Aug.

1973 CITY OR TOWN: 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 in the National Register and certify that it has been Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation GP0 931-894 Seconds acre 039 Degrees DATE LATITUDE Minutes Cleveland ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE Name REGISTER CORNER STATE ATTEST: COUNTY NATIONAL CODE Western Reserve Historical Society Degrees Minutes Seconds 10825 East Boulevard Local NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES I hereby certify that this property is included in the evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: STREET AND NUMBER: GEOGRAPHICAL DATA National Register. T2.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Schofield, Mary-Peale, Exemplary Cleveland (Cleveland Area Arts Countil), forth by the National Park Service. The recommended RECEIVED 1.3. 74,4 CONTROL REVIEW Accept Send-back _ MAR 2 7 1974 INT: 1538-73 Entered KEEPER PROPERTY PHOTOS ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Federal Register entry MAPS TECH REVIEW HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER 3-27-74 Mau 30,1974 National Register Write-up WRITE-UP COMMENT the write up, please indicate them below. COMMENTS : SHEET DESCRIPTION: NAME: LOCATION: STYLE OR CULTURE: SURVEY RECORDS form correct?): If there are comments(negative or positive) which will affect PROPERTY SIGNIFICANCE (specify paragraph or line): (leave attached to nomination) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC 2.

LOCATION Ohio STREET AND NUMBER JAN 9 3. PHOTO REFERENCE REGISTE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 STATE COUNTY Eric Johannesen NAME COMMON Historical Society TOWN DATE Cleveland Row House Group August, Western Reserve Prospect Avenue PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (6/72) (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2 7 1974 3645, 3649, 3651, 3655, 3657 Prospect NATIONAL Row house group, looking NEGATIVE FILED AT 3645 Prospect in foreground. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAR 2 7 1974 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

GPO 932.009 August DATE Cuyahoga COMMON TOWN Prospect Avenue COUNTY NAME REGIS Historical Society Cleveland NATIONA Western Reserve STATE Eric Johannesen PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (6/72) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Row House Group (Type all entries -attach.to or en close with photograph) Ohio 3645, 3649, 3651, 3655, 3657 Prospect Row house group, looking West. 3657 Prospect in foreground. NEGATIVE FILED AT Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAR 2 7 1974 2. LOCATION 3645, 3649, 3651, 3655, 3657 Prospect Avenue 3.

MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: JAN 3 GP0 932-010 1970 DATE COUNTY REGISTER TOWN Cuyahoga SCALE Cleveland NATIONAL 1:24,000 STATE Cleveland North Quadrangle RECEIVED STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Row House Group (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ohio PROPERTY MAP FORM Prospect Avenue Prospect Avenue CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 41° 07* 1963 CLEVELAND NORTH, OHIO UNITED STATES Row House Group 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAR 2 7 1974 Prospect Avenue Row House Group Mr. Daniel R.

Porter, Direetoz Regional Director, Midwest Region Columbus, Ohio 43211 PR MMOTT: pl 3/28/74 Location STATE Name Cleveland Cuyahoga County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered Interstate #7l at 17th Avenue The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Louis B. Stokes OHIO Also Notified Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.