Nomination for Grand Pacific Hotel

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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 FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 307 10 1975 NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: 23 - Ronald Mottl 3.

CLASSIFICATION (Check One) - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: JUL 2 8 1975 035 039 LOCATION STATE Cuyahoga Religious Site District Private Military Both CATEGORY Educational Commercial Transportation Government Cleveland OWNERSHIP Restricted ACCESSIBLE Ohio Entertainment Structure Federal REGISTER Unoccupied Agricultural STATUS Being Considered Public Scientific DATA SHEET CODE NATIONAL Private Residence Yes: Columbia Road Museum Olmsted Falls Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COUNTY: COMMON: 1219 Ontario Public Acquisition: Grand Pacific Hotel Cuyahoga County Building 8068 Columbia Road Kucklicks Furniture Warehouse REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) ENTRY NUMBER- * Building Park DATE Object Kucklicks Village Square Shoppe 7.

DESCRIPTION X Good - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site 1855 At the same time a one-story wing was added to the west end of are original, although others have been removed. The door and The attic is plaster-finished, and served as a dance hall. 1850s, but this is difficult to authenticate. only. CONDITION since Deteriorated Moved Excellent Ruins under the sloping gable roof. There are supporting queen-posts visible.There are two windows in the facade and west elevations. (attic) floor is completely open, with a comfortably high ceiling window casings and existing hardware are all original.The third a-half stories high with three bays on the east facade and four present site from the opposite side of the Rocky River in the south side of the building. interior walls consist of horizontal boards painted white.

The at intervals.The positions of the original dormers are clearly and a center entrance, which is recessed between the windows. On the interior the entire first floor of the main building is A local tradition says that the building was moved to its Greek Revival frieze with cornice returns on the gable ends. There is an enclosed exterior stair to the second floor on the on the side elevations.Originally there were eight roof dormers, After 1893,the front was extended to provide display windows This is a large frame building in the Greek Revival style, with cornice on the south side.There is a cellar under this addition the building. It has a 'Western'-type false front with a bracketed additionsin the commercial vernacular of the1890s.It is two-and- second floor is divided into six rooms.Some of the partitions (Check One) DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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but all have been removed except two The entablature has a open.The ceiling is supported by several square posts.The The pent roof over this front has a small gable in the center. Fair PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian| - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1850's - Urban Planning - Prehistoric STATEMENT OF

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Commerce Conservation hospitality. Science Transportation losophy Architecture Engineering SIGNIFICANCE Communications Military Literature Landscape Theater Cleveland Railroad opened a line passing east and west through the Agriculture Education In any case, the hotel served travelers who had to wait, some- Art itarian Aboriginal Political Religion/Phi- Music Invention The building was acquired by the Simmerer family in 1893, south of the railroad crossing, and its first proprietor was Thomas Sculpture present Olmsted Falls, which was incorporated as a village in 1856. Social/Human- most of whom were tramps attracted by Olmsted's reputation for forty years and then as a hardware store for nearly eighty years, The township which became Olmsted was formed in 1823 and until 197l.

The uncertainty as to the actual date of construction adds who made the additions and operated a hardware store in the building the oldest commercial structure in the township. seminary that was moved to this location in the 1850s and converted held on the third floor for several years during Mr.Brown's Brown.A local tradition says that this building was an earlier tenure.There was a succession of different proprietors and to be used for that The Grand Pacific Hotel was opened in the 1850s about 300 feet 1874,and April l, 1875,Carpenter furnished lodging to 420 transients times more than a day, to meet their train. Square dances were toa hotel,but it is difficult to authenticate. Other (Specify) interest to the history of the building, but it is almost certainly This building, which was used as a railroad hotel for some acquired its present name in 1830.

In 1853 the Toledo, Norwalk and wooden structure in the Greek Revival style is a rare surviving Industry In the 1870s it was called Hotel DeCarpenter.Between October 3l, AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 58, 134-135. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY REGISTER FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 forth by the National Park Service. The recommended , Ohio Historical Society C Keeper of The National Register Date July 25, 1975 039 COUNTY DATE Cleveland LATITUDE ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE Ohio CORNER UTM 487-488.

STATE ATTEST: Crisfield Johnson, CODE History of Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, 1879), Name NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Bernice Offenberg, Western Reserve Historical Society National Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 4580/480 North February 1975 Over the Years in Olmsted (Olmsted Falls, 1964), LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES STREET AND NUMBER: I hereby certify that this property is included in the level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: evaluated according to the citeria and procedures set GEOGRAPHICAL DATA As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 17 424/560 East National Register. OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l Township 6 Range 15 (Olmsted Falls, 1966), 118, Seconds Loca Degrees Minutes Walter Holzworth, Less than one Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM - Cuyahoga Co. Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET This early Olmsted Falls commercial building has been serving the community PAGE for over 120 years, first as a railroad hotel and later as a hardware store. Statement of Significance ITEM NUMBER It is a rare example of a frame, Greek revival style commercial structure for the area and is likely the oldest commercial building in the township.

DATE ENTERED Grand Pacific Hotel RECEIVED SEP 9 1975 OCT 1 0 1975 Photos Inventory - OCT 1 0 1975 KEEPER OTHER Entered HAER Send-back Re-submit CONTROL TECHNICAL Property Review ARCHEOLOGIST National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Cuyahoga 9-26-75 12-2-75 INT:2106- 74 community uù many funchons Maps BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 8/7/75 CHAIR SOFA SALE NPS Number - 10-10-75 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyaloga C, Loc. Title: NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 10-10-75 Loc. ANNE WAREHO KUCKLIC NPS Number Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 10-10-75 Loc. Title: 10-10-75 NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REG Loc. 40f4 Cuyaloga Co Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. G. S.

West View Quadrangle JUL 2 8 1975 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-I 035 1970 039 NAME Cuyahoga Ohio DATE COUNTY CODE COMMON: STATE REQUIREMENTS 1:24,000 PROPERTY MAP FORM SCALE: Kucklicks Furniture Warehouse Olmsted Falls MAP REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SOURCE: Columbia Road ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) CITY OR TOWN: REGISTER FOR NPS USE ONLY LOCATION AND/OR HISTORIC: Grand Pacific Hotel NAT .5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC () State Route DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WEST VIEW QUADRANGLE Grand Pacific Hotel 17 424/560 East WEST VIEW, OHIO JUL 2 8 197 4580/480 North LMSTED Kucklicks Furniture OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION N4115w8152.5/7.5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UTM: 2 170 000 FEET } Adans, John and Marla Hoadley, House Grand Pacific Hotel Erie County Springfleld vicinity Dr. Thomas H. Smith Bon. Charles A.

Moshez STATE 10/17/75 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Sandusky Ripley vicinity Date Entered Regional Director, Midwest Region Cuyahoga County Also Notified Engineers Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Stonehurat Clark County CCT 1 0 1375 Crabil1, David, Honse Ion, Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Ronald M. Mott] Ms- Richard Ievorty, Corps of Columbus, Ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Bzown County Dirootor, The Ohio Historical Society Hon.William H.Barsha Olnsted Palls ** NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET K )OTHER NAMES: 4 county code: 11)CONGRESS. DISTRICT (12 SOURCE of NOMINATION if state who prepared form? 13 WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? Ddeteriorated 17 features: Dexcellent Omoved OO NOT INTACT-O - Unknown Ounexcavated EO NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

D yes Dno 2 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 2CLAIMS: explain - CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 - LAW- 16 C RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-1 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' O L AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 LO HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 M TRANSPORTATION - 25 23 functions 26 architectural style(s): @master bullder: 1) interior decorator: EVENTS : NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION ASSOCIATION ENGINEERING-11 FEDERAL ACREAGE ENTERTAINMENT-26 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: STATE COMMERCE-6 vicinity of ARCHITECTURE-4 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Doriginalsite SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ART-5 ADMINISTRATOR: 035 SAVED?YES of entry: Dunexposed YES.NAME EXPLORATION-12 historic events: as it eppears on federal register: @engineer: GNPS REGION: UNKNOWN-6 COMMERCIAL C POLITICS/ GOVT.

- 21 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY-20 © landscape architect/ garden designer: @ artist: Mid west Oreconstructed garchiteet: ers initials_ GROUP HOTEL 0-10-75 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: LANDSCAPE ARCH.15 NAMES give role & date Ounaltered