Nomination for St. Ignatius High School

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE County 4 INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) JAN 2 1 1974 AND/ OR HISTORIC: (Check One) X Private - In Process - Preservation work - Comments Commercial St.

Ignatius High School LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 035 039 LOCATION NAME Cuyahoga Both Religious REGISTER CLASSIFICATION Cleveland ACCESSIBLE Entertainment District CATEGORY Military NATIONAL Educational STATUS Structure Government Site CODE Transportation DATE Unrestricted Museum Unoccupied Park Yes: Ohio COMMON: Industrial Scientific Private Residence CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Building OWNERSHIP Agricultural Cuyahoga County Building Public Acquisition: Being Considered NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Object REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS 1219 Ontario STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER OF PROPERTY Public TO THE PUBLIC 19ll West 30th Street at Carroll Avenue OWNER'S NAME: CITY OR TOWN: 1911 West 30th Street Other James V. Stanton OCT 5 1973 High School St.

Ignatius PRESENT USE (Check One or More as DESCRIPTION LX Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site are clearly marked by horizontal bands of stone, and quatrefoil rosettes. The window treatment is the same on all four stories, in a style complementing the design of the original wing. This addition included the large tower, of the top-heavy scale that characterizes this style, which dominates the entire building, as was sandblasted. colors. CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Ruins This is a five-story brick and stone structure in the High Victor- The tower was intended well as the immediate neighborhood. Fair original one, hence the unfinished end of the southwest wing.

ceilings, new woodwork and doors, so that there is little integrity (Check One) The wing south along West 30th Street was added in 1890-1891 The arches are banded with brick and stone of different to form the center ofa completed building twice the size of the OCT.51973 Good interior was completely modernized, with new flooring, suspended This Two great attic gables dominate Avenue was constructed in 1888. asa nineteenth century interior.At the same time the exterior with frequent use of two pointed arches framed by a broad larger Pre-Columbian ! - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Political X Religion/Phi- - Literature STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

example of the High Victorian Gothic style, displaying the poly- bach, S.J., who made contributions in experimental science from In spite of the altered interior, the building design remains an hood.

Conservation Commerce Architecture Landscape Communications SIGNIFICANCE losophy Transportation Aboriginal Science Engineering Theater itarian Music Agriculture Invention Prehistoric One of the notable faculty members was Father Frederick Oden- Urban Planning Buffalo mission in response to Bishop Gilmour's desire for a Sculpture eventually became John Carroll University, although it was unable chromatic use of materials advocated by John Ruskin, the apologist 1886,but the first wing of the present five-story brick structure St.Ignatius College was established by German priests from the effort in Catholic higher education in Cleveland and the forerunner In 1923 the high school and college were separated, and the college unusually fine survival of the High Victorian Gothic style, especially wind velocity in 1897. Industry of the style. due to the Depression.

Social/Human- because of its European origin, and a visual asset to its neighbor- Education St.Ignatius High School is significant as the site of the pioneer Wipfler, S.J., who was sent for this purpose from Europe. 1888;1891 Military height of8,ooo feet for the gathering of data on temperature and Other PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) to move into its new buildings in University Heights until 1935 his laboratory here.Among them was the use of kites ata orical Society, typescript, 1968), 57-58.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: DATE 7-31-73 STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law Nationa 1 Register.

89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation ATTEST GPO 931-894 039 LONGITUDE Degrees Name Seconds DATE ORGANIZATION LATITUDE COUNTY Minutes REGISTER Ohio Cleveland NATIONAL CORNER STATE Local CODE Western Reserve Historical Society RECEIVED Degrees Minutes Seconds less than one MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES I hereby certify that this property is included in the As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set NAME AND TITLE: level of significance of this nomination is: STREET AND NUMBER: FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: ius High School, 196l), unpaged pamphlet. Keeper of The National Register in the National Register and certify that it has been 1950%, 435, 479, 584, 817. Anniversary: St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio (St.

Ignat- OCT Title 1973 10825 East Boulevard 10.5.73.3 724 PHOTOS CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Send-back _ JAN 2 11974 INT: 1538-73 Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Federal Register entry National Register Write-up MAPS TECH REVIEW WORKING NUMBER 10.5. HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 3-5-74 3-5-2y KEEPER Cuya hoga /21/73 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) St. Ignatius High School St. Ignatius College JAN 2 1 1974 2. LOCATION Ohio W. 30th Street at Carroll Avenue 3. PHOTO REFERENCE INEGATIVE FILED AT July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 TOWN DATE NATIONA Eric Johannesen COMMON COUNTY STATE Cuyahoga Cleveland REGIST Tower on West 3oth Street, from the Southwest.

PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC STREET AND NUMBER (6/72) Western Reserve Hist. (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) 0825 East Blvd. OCT 5 1973 RECEIVED STOP FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME AND/OR HISTORIC St. Ignatius College JAN 2 1 1974 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE July 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Cuyahoga TOWN Eric Johannesen STATE DATE COMMON NATIONAL Cleveland COUNTY PHOTO CREDIT Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER West 3oth Street elevation, from the West. Western Reserve Hist.Soce St. Ignatius High School PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES W. 3oth Street at Carroll Avenue 10825 East Blvd.

NEGATIVE FILED AT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (6/72) (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) REGIST UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) St. Ignatius High School St. Ignatius College JAN 2 1 1974 2. LOCATION Ohio W. s0th street at Carroll Avenue 3. MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: GPO 932.010 1973 1970 STATE TOWN COUNTY REGISTER SOURCE Cleveland Cuyahoga DATE NATIONAL COMMON SCALE Cleveland South Quadrangle U.S.G.S.

1:24,000 AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) (July 1968) PROPERTY MAP FORM Form 10-301 OCT 5 STREET RECEIVED CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR E44 0920 CLEVELAND SOUTH, OHIO JAN 2 1 1974 Cleveland Mr. Daniel R. Porter The Ohio Historical Society Columbus, Ohio 43211 PR MMOTT: 2.1.74 Location Name STATEOHIO Date Entered Fayette County Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER St. Ignatius High School Cuyahoga County Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaua Washington Court House State Historic Preservation Officer Director, Midwest Region Hon. James V. Stanton Sharp, Morris, House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Director Hon. William H. Harsha