Nomination for Union Club

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: 1211 Euclid Avenue and East 12th Street o - Preservation work - Comments [X Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: NOV 1 3 1973 035 039 LOCATION Cuyahoga Site Commercial District Transportation CLASSIFICATION Private ACCESSIBLE Government OWNERSHIP STATE NAME Educational Structure Restricted Being Considered Entertainment NATIONAL CATEGORY Unoccupied Both REGISTER Private Residence Federal Museum Scientific CODE Ohio Building Public COUNTY: Yes: STATUS Agricultural Religious Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Cleveland Cuyahoga County Building Union Club Company Military COMMON: STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Public Acquisition: ENTRY DATE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Union Club OWNER OF PROPERTY 20th James V.

Stanton TO THE PUBLIC 1219 Ontario 121l Euclid Avenue CITY OR TOWN: In Process Object (Check One) FEB 1 5 1974 Park DATE PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed X Unaltered X Original Site front faces west on East 12th Street, and the narrow end south on , mortar lines and a cornice between the first and second stories. The windows of the upper three stories are framed with architraves, and floor, where a great stairhall occupies the entire depth of the has a 22 foot ceiling. Other facilities include offices, billiard and recreation rooms, dining rooms, a library and barber shop. the main dining room-ballroom, also paneled in walnut, with tall Corinthian pilasters. The fourth floor contains members' sleeping rooms and baths.

and plumbing have been made over the years, but they have not altered NOV 1 3 1973 CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL general scheme. Moved the first and third stories appear unplanned or unfinished in the The building has been maintained in excellent condition.The sandstone is fronted with a shallow two-column portico in a composite order Palladian window with a balcony.However, the central windows between projecting cornice and a frieze with a relief fleur-de-lis pattern. the third story windows have flat entablatures.There isa large The 12th Street entrance opens onto a flight of steps to the main the third floor the Euclid Avenue end of the building is occupied by interior alterations in 1915,but they were not carried out. (Check One) - Good Fair DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

aissance Revival style, constructed of Berea sandstone. In general tier of quoins. Between the third and fourth floors there is a exterior is extremely grime-blackened. Improvements in electricity Excellent RECEIVED The corners of the building are emphasized with quoins.The entrance Fair This isa large four-story rectangular building in the Second Ren- with a balcony.The central bay of the facade is also marked bya AREAS OF

Statement of significance

of the work of architect Charles F. Schweinfurth, the preeminent Organized in 1872 by "60 or 70 of the most companionable and cultured 12th, and the new clubhouse opened in December, 1905. Members of the Union Club have included Marcus Hanna, industrialist, banker, publisher, U. S. Senator, and power in the Republican Party Charles F. Brush, inventor of the first practical electric street G. Mather. Schweinfurth plans, asked Stanford White to draw alternate plans on and White, and by the general impetus which that firm gave to the Commerce Conservation Communications Engineering losophy SIGNIFICANCE Industry Landscape Theater Transportation REGISTE Religion/Phi NATIONAL Literature Military itarian Aboriginal Education Pre-Columbian handsome and convincing Renaissance Revival structure.

Music Invention Social/Human- Political the former Handy-Senter residence on Euclid Avenue near East 6th Street. Cleveland architect of the period. Sculpture Governor of Ohio, and ambassador to France under President Taft; president of Western Reserve University; Liberty Holden, owner of the lighting system; Ambrose Swasey, engineer and educator; Charles Thwing, 16th Century furth, as he was much more familiar with the Richardsonian Romanesque gathering places in the history of Cleveland, and an unusual example social and intellectual force in the community. The first home was The design of the Renaissance palace is unusual for Charles F.Schwein- Plain Dealer and cultural and civic leader;Samuel Mather and William under McKinley; James A. Garfield; Myron T.

Herrick, advisor to McKinley, The Union Club building is the second home of one of the most influential inspired by the University Club in New York (1899) of McKim, Mead PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) One club member, dissenting from the In any case, Schweinfurth's design was undoubtedly 1905 a speculative basis. and Jacobethan Revivals. numerous variations on the Renaissance styles.As such, it is a solid, Art gentlemen the Union Club united men of influence and ambition as a

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES NOV 1 3 1973 FORM PREPARED BY Aug. 1973 STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees Seconds ORGANIZATION LATITUDE NATIONAL COUNTY LONGITUDE STATE Local DATE CORNER REGISTER Minutes CODE ATTEST: Degrees Minutes Seconds Cleveland Western Reserve Historical Society NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION less than one 10825 East Boulevard evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Club in Cleveland. National Register. William Ganson Rose. 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES STREET AND NUMBER: Pgs.387,610-611. NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: Cleveland: 1972. pgs. 49-57. APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Eric Johannesen, Preservtionist Name Title RECEIVED Nathaniel R. Howard.The First Hundred Years:A History of the Union STATE Ohio 1/.13. 73.3943 HISTOR IAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Re-submit 2./2.

74 FEB 1 5 1974 KEEPER PROPERTY Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back WORKING NUMBER MAPS Federal Register entry TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up 11.13 1-2474 Kcole PHOTOS 2 INT: 1538-73 1218/13 The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your 2. Location. 3. Classification. _ 4. Owner of Property. _ 5.. Location of Legal Description. 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. 7. Description. Bibliography. _ 10. Geographical Data. Longitude and Latitude Coordinates. 11. Form Prepared By. preferably an original USGS, which allows us to check latitude-longitude. Clarification or correction of the above items must be made prior to the initiation Correction of these technical errors does not Name. SIGNED: Other. Photographic Coverage. Statement of Significance.

NAME OF PROPERTY neerssarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register office for clarification of the information indicated below. criteria in full. Thank you for your attention to the above items checked. of our professional review. 1-24-74 Acreage. TUR NO LE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Euclid Ave- East 12th Street corner, looking north.

NOV 1 3 1973 GPO 932-009 Society Cuyahoga TOWN DATE IDENTIFICATION STATE Cleveland COUNTY COMMON Ohio Eric Johannesen PHOTO CREDIT September 1973 Union Club (6/72) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) NEGATIVE FILED AT STREET AND NUMBER 1211 Euclid Avenue NATIONAL Western Reserve Historical NUMERIC COD YOF THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 1 5 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. East 12th Street facade, looking south.

GPO 932-009 Society Cuyahoga DATE Cleveland COMMON TOWN Ohio COUNTY PHOTO CREDIT STATE Eric Johannesen PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM September 1973 (6/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) NEGATIVE FILED AT 121l Euclid Avenue Union Club OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NOV 1 3 1973 FEB Western Reserve Historical REGISTE NATIONAI RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) FEB 1 5 1974 2. LOCATION 3. MAP REFERENCE U. S. G. S.

1:24, 000 NOV 1 3 1973 GPO 932.010 1970 Cuyahoga STATE Cleveland SCALE TOWN DATE SOURCE Union Club REGISTER COMMON COUNTY NATIONAL Ohio Form 10-301 RECEIVED PROPERTY MAP FORM Cleveland North Quadrangle STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 12ll Euclid Avenue and East l2th Street (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: 81° 41' 03" CLEVELAND NORTH, OHIO CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO Union Club NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Davis, Samuel, House Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Ir. Daniel R. Porter Bon. Tennyson Guyer Hon. James V. Stanton Bon.

Louis Stokes Location STATE Name ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Flora Stone Mather College Director District Cleveland Date Entered Also Notified Cuyahoga County Germantown vicinity Franklin County Director, Mid West Region Union Club Montgouery County The Ohlo Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Piqua Carlisle Fort Plaza Hotel (old Favorite Hotel) Miami County FEB 1 5 1974 Coluabus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Walter E. Powell