Nomination for Standart-Simmons Hardware Company

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) King Warehouse No.

2 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 9 - Thomas Ludlow Ashley (Check One In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: MAR 1 8 1975 095 039 STATE LOCATION NAME Religious Toledo Private CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE Lucas CLASSIFICATION Educational Local Site Government OWNERSHIP Museum STATUS DATE Entertainment Restricted CODE District Structure NATIONAL Unoccupied Private Residence Park Being Considered Building COMMON: Ohio COUNTY: Both Yes: Agricultural Federal REGISTER Industrial Public Madison Industries Incorporated Lucas County Courthouse Scientific Standart-Simmons Hardware Company CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Object in progress 36 South Erie Street NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Public Acquisition: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Adams G Erie Streets STREET AND NUMBER: Military TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: TITLE OF SURVEY: FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE OF SURVEY: ENTRY NUMBER Adams and Huron Streets DESCRIPTION X Good - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Moved [X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

This seven story, brick warehouse building is triangular in On both of these sides, there is a central, arched entrance is a wide, brick corbelled cornice. The northwest elevation is not architectural, but utilitarian. CONDITION Ruins Excellent Unaltered Fair are rectangular windows with a keystone pattern in the brick the main difference being that the Erie Street side is longer. plan with the long side facing northwest along the railroad brick belt course between the sixth and seventh floors.The segmental arched windows which are evenly spaced.There isa above each one.The brick work on this level is in a pattern (Check One) on the ground level.

To either side of the entrance there tracks.The Erie and Lafayette Street sides are nearly identical PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | *] 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Engineering - Industry - Invention - Literature - Military - Music The King Warehouse, completed in 1906, originally housed operated other branches in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Sioux Segur, Secretary-Treasurer, was formerly employed by history, the King Warehouse is a handsome example of early MAR 1 8 1975- NATIONAL 1906 Conservation Architecture Communications Commerce Science Aboriginal Theater

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SIGNIFICANCE losophy REGISTER Art itarian Transportation Social/Human- Agriculture Prehistoric general hardware and sporting goods. Political Education grace the neglected south side Toledo commercial district. Landscape Sculpture Early commercial style warehouse and manufacturing buildings 20th century commercial architecture. Religion/Phi- In addition to its role in Toledo's early commercial Simmons Company sold only on a wholesale basis and distributed STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Other City,Iowa; Wichita, Kansas; Ogden, Utah; and New York City. William H. Standart, Vice President of the firm, formerly the Standart-Simmons Hardware Company. The Hardware Company RECEIVED worked asa clerk for the Bostwick-Braun Company.Daniel 1906, and 1909. Maumee Valley Historical Society. Toledo, Ohio 1973.

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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 MAR 1 8 1975 3 FORM PREPARED BY Survey Coordinator - 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- 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 forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931-894 039 Degrees LATITUDE LONGITUDE STATE REGISTER Name COUNTY ORGANIZATION CORNER ATTEST: Date Degrees Minutes Seconds RECEIVED CODE Ohio NATIONAL Eric Johannesen MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Western Reserve Historical Society STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: National Register. Cleveland 10825 East Boulevard less than one CITY OR TOWN: Scribner, Harvey. Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo. Vol. II. Madison: Western Historical Association, 1910.

APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Landmarks Committee, Maumee Valler Seconds Local Minutes Landmarks Committee of the Keeper of The National Register Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN MAY 2 9 1975 ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER Inventory CONTROL HAER Entered roperty Re-submit Maps Send-back ACCEPT TECHNICAL Review HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Standart-Simmons Hardware Company State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Working Number3.18.75. 427 75001472 Lucas LEBOVIC IN T:2106- 74 Ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY King Warehouse No.

2 AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: July, 1970 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. MAR 18 1975 Erie Street facade, from the Southeapp 095 039 NAME Toledo COUNTY DATE Lucas Ohio RECEIVED LOCATION REGISTER Landmarks Committee CODE COMMON: NATIONAL Maumee Valley Historical Society Standart-Simmons Hardware Company PHOTO REFERENCE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM STATE 36 South Erie Street NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Tom Deupree T OFT INTERIOR MAY. 2 9 IDENTIFICATION Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY 2 9 1975 King Warehouse No. 2 LOCA TION MAR 1 8 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 1ooking southwest.

095 039 1974 Lucas Toledo NAME DATE COUNTY STATE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE Standart-Simmons Hardware Company CODE NATIONAL COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER Gretchen Klimoski PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER STREET AND NUMBER: AND/OR HISTORIC: (7/72) (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 36 South Erie Street FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: The Ohio Historical Center, 1982 Velma Ave, Columbus, Ohio Lucas REGISTER Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE STREET AND NUM BER: U.S.G.S. 7.5' Toledo 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 1965 095 039 729-148/1441 Toledo REQUIREMENTS COUNTY NAME Lucas DATE STATE Ohio REGISTER LOCATION NATIONAL CODE COMMON: SCALE: MAP REFERENCE AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Standart-Simmons Hardware Company SOURCE: 36 South Erie Street RECEIVED PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) CITY OR TOWN: King Warehouse No.Z MAR 1 & 19750 ENTRY NUMBER TOLEDO, OHIO - MICH. TOLEDO QUADRANGLE Latitude: 41° 38* 54"* King Warehouse No.2 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 288280 4613600 MAR 1 8 1875 MAY 2 9 1975 Berdan Building - The Chio Historical Society Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue STATE Name 5/30/75 MMott/bsh ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Location Date Entered Also Notified Toledo Acting Director Shandon vicinity Lucas County Butler County Excello Waterville Vaughan, John, House Hon. John I. Glenn, Jx.

43211 4 county code: XSTATE 12) SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL O deteriorated X SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Oruins SO NOT INTACT-O Xgood Ounexposed Oreconstructed - Unknown X UNKNOWN-G -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access REAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW - 16 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest'O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 J OTHER (SPECIFY) IX ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D C ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 @funetions major alterations : -architectural @arohitect: @master builder: ®landscape architect / garden designer: -builder/contraetor: Good example of Toledo's early 20th century commercial architecture; built for the Standart-Simmons Hardware Co., wholesale distributors.

IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 1906 county Warehouse 4/10/78 ASSOCIATION Xunaltered CONDITION ENGINEERING-11 EVENTS: PERSONAL: historic events: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION artisan: ENTERTAINMENT-26 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: artist: Xoriginal site NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP dates of initial construction: Dexcellent ADMINISTRATOR: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 5-29-75095 n federal register: RELIGION-22 Dfeatures: GNPS REGION: CURRENTLY: Warehouse 2 OTHER NAMES: vicinity of *COMMERCE -6 Standart=Simmons Hardware Co., orig. occupant; Ireviewers initials. SAVED? YES - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 ETHNIC GROUP engineer: date NAMES NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET INSTITUTIONAL: @interior decorator: XYES-Restricted Toledo give role & date IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno 095 Midwest XLOCAL