Nomination for Cleveland Harbor Station, U.S. Coast Guard

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries complete applicable sections) AND/OR HISTORIC: 20 - James V.

Stanton * Public - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: JUL 2 8 1975 035 039 JAN Cuyahoga CLASSIFICATION Religious Commercial Cleveland Government Ohio Transportation Structure COUNTY Private District Unoccupied Military Entertainment DATE Being Considered Educational Both OWNERSHIP Restricted REGISTER NAME CATEGORY Museum CODE Private Residence ACCESSIBLE Yes: Scientific Park Industrial East 9th Street STATUS (District Headquarters) Agricultural DATA SHEET Preservation work CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: United States Department of Transportation New West Pier LOCATION COMMON: 1219 Ontario Site.

Public Acquisition: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: Form 10-300 ENTRY DATE Object OWNER OF PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: In Process FOR NPS USE ONLY (Check One) 1 1976 PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) | Local Cleveland Harbor Station, United States Coast Guard NATIONAL Cuyahoga County Building Building RECEIVED ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION * Excellent - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed X Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

recreation room, store rooms and on the second floor, crew and tower, whose platform is reached by an interior spiral staircase. ing three slips, maintenance space, and on the second floor, a tackle analogous to those of a ship. The two curved masses facing one to a ship are even more obvious on the interior. The various areas labyrinthine experience of finding one's way about below decks. The bottom of the flight. The mess hall, located in the curving bay at the south end of the main building, has curved windows like those national Style." It is an original work of art, clearly intended to as much to festival or film design of the 1930s as to European CONDITION architecture.

ed, contains the communications room, officer's quarters, mess hall, textured wallpapers and carpeting, and these enhance, if anything, stair rails are pipe railing, and form a semi-circular curve at the three distinct structures, two of which are linked by a porte-cochere, and work shop. The third unit is the separate garage building to The tower design is derived from a funnel or mast.The resemblances interior was redecorated with bright primary colors (mostly warm), ofa liner's saloon.From almost every aspect one looks out over another under the porte-cochere suggest the bulkheads of a liner. This isa two-story building of reinforced concrete construction the water. Fair the east. the shipboard atmosphere.

harbor at the end of a narrow causeway.The building consists of staff quarters.At the northwest corner of the"L'stands the lookout in the "modernistic"style.It stands on filled land in the Cleveland Good (Check One) Connected to this building on the south is the boat house accommodat- recreate the experience of being on shipboard, and accomplishing The architectural design combines flat and curved surfaces this more by symbolism and evocation than by imitation.It owes connected by passageways are small, and irresistably convey the The basic structure has been virtually unaltered.In 1973 the PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! - 15th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Political - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Religion/Phi. - Science - Sculpture - Social/Human- - Theater X Transportation STATEMENT OF

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(1905), Jacobethan; Cleveland City Hall (1910-1916), Second Renaissance habits, most of Dyer's staff deserted him after 1911. Although he trained as an eclectic, produced this superlative, elegant, and 1940 SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Engineering Conservation Communications Commerce Military losophy Aboriginal Industry itarian Literature Invention Agriculture carrying food and supplies to isolated communities, and eliminating Education rescuing the shipwrecked and those endangered by storm and flood, Music His versatility is shown by his designs for the Summit County Court- "streamlined." Style building with Gothic ornament. Because of his unreliable The architect was J. Milton Dyer, one of.Cleveland's chief average American architect.He opened his Cleveland office in 1900.

The station was completed and dedicated in August,1940,and as a work of art.It is a significant example of the so-called lived until 1957, he produced only a few works during the latter ity of an early twentieth century eclectic architect. "most beautiful" in the nation. It is also a testimony to the versatil- The United States Coast Guard Station at Cleveland is a functional modern work of art at the age of 70.

First Methodist Church (l906),Late Gothic Revival; Tavern Club its cost was $36o,000.It contained the headquarters for the command part of his life.Thus it is all the more remarkable that Dyer, Revival; and the Cleveland Athletic Club (l9ll),a tall Commercial house in Akron (1905-1908), Second Renaissance Revival; Cleveland's eclectic architects in the first decade of the century.Born in 1870, years at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, twice as long as the Landscape "modernistic" style, and has been described as 'the finest' and Dyer came to.Cleveland in 188l.He later studied for five and a half Other AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art navigation hazards. The design was described.by a contemporary 1950), 987. Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, November 14, 1965, 22-23, 40-41.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THe CENTER POINI OF A PKOPERTY 17 440/500 East July 25, 1975 FORM PREPARED BY 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 National Register evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended National Q Keeper of The National Register * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-1 039 LATITUDE DATE Local COUNTY LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio CODE ATTEST: CORNER UTM STATE REGISTER Western Reserve Historical Society NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION State Historic Preservation Officer As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- 10825 East Boulevard 4594/630 North Title Director, Ohio Historical Society STREET AND NUMBER: 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES February 1975 in the National Register and certify that it has been NAME AND TITLE: OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION level of significance of this nomination is: Degrees Seconds Minutes Less than one Eric Johannesen, Preservationist APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JAN INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET Cuyahoga County, Ohio built is now historic, i. e., a thing of the past, and even within that in spite of its youth, the facility is already threatened with abandonment. 11/4/75 Although this building is only 35 years old at the time of its nomination (1975), it is significant because of the rarity of its design adapted themselves to the "modernistic' style in such a striking NOV 0 7 1975 ITEM NUMBER 8 andt the versatile career of its architect. The style in which it was style, this structure is unique. In addition, few Beaux-Arts architects PAGE RECEIVED fashion as J.Milton Dyer (1870-1957) did with this building.Furthermore, Cleveland Harbor Station, U. S. Coast Guard Inventory - conF.

call far continnation OTHER KEEPER Entered HAER TECHNICAL Send-back Maps ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN CONTROL Review Photos Re-submit Property 3-2-76 Cuyahoga National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 8.4.75 State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 8-8-75 JAN 1 Working Number7. 28. 75. 146s BRANCH CHIEF Cole Cow= 1976 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 11.10:25 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TIO CITY OR TOWNCleveland DATE OF PHOTO: JUL 2 8 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. REGISTER Entrance and lookout tower, looking northwest.

035 039 JAN Cuyahoga COUNTY DATE Ohio CODE IDENTIFICATION STATE Western Reserve Historical Society COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Eric Johannesen NATIONAL PARK SERVICE February 1975 PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME NEGATIVE FILED AT: (7/72) Cleveland Harbor Station, United States Coast Guard STREET AND NUMBER: New West Pier 1976 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: JUL 2 8 1975 East elevation, looking west.

NPS Numbe: 039 1972 035 Cuyahoga COUNTY DATE Ohio JAN STATE REGISTER CODE IDENTIFICATION COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER Cleveland Landmarks Commission Cleveland Harbor Station, United States Coast Guard PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: AND/OR HISTORIC: New West Pier NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (7/72) FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME RECEIVED NEGATIVE FILED AT: City Hall, Cleveland DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 976 PHOTO CREDIT: CITY OR TOWNCleveland SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO 44122 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 18310 SCOTTSDALE BLVD. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Cleveland Harbor Station, United States Coast Guard AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Cleveland Museum of Art. JUL 2 8 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

West and south elevations, looking northeast. 039 1973 Cuyahoga 035 DATE COUNTY NAME Ohio Martin Linsey CODE STATE COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM New West Pier ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) IDENTIFICATION JAN REGISTER 44310 COAST GUARD NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY Cleveland Harbor Station, United States Coast Guard AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: New West Pier CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: JUL 2 8 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. REGISTER South and east elevations, looking northwest.

Cuyahoga 035 1976 039 Ohio JAN Cleveland NAME COUNTY DATE CODE PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: STATE Eric Johannesen ENTRY NUMBER February 1975 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IDENTIFICATION PHOTO CREDIT: LOCA TION Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY JAN I STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U. S. G. S. Cleveland North Quadrangle 1:24, 000 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-l 035 039 1970 1976 Cuyahoga REQUIREMENTS LOCATION DATE COUNTY Cleveland REGISTER Ohio NAME NATIONAL STATE CODE COMMON: SCALE: MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: ENTRY NUMBER New West Pier NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) PROPERTY MAP FORM Coast Guard UNITED STATES 4594/630 North DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE CLEVELAND NORTH, OHIO OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO Cleveland Harbor UTM: 10825 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 721-5722 NOV 0 7 1975 November 4, 1975 Dear Ward: I enclose the requested continuation sheet on the Cleveland Harbor Coast Guard Station. necessary to clarify the description of the Lewis Miller "extensive modification and enlargement" after all, except as already described.

Ohio Historical Center 1-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 Thank you. RECEIVED Ohio Historic Preservation Office NATIONAL REGISTER graph of the house, and it shows that it did not undergo Regional Office: Western Reserve Historical Society Would you also ask Bill Lebovich whether it is still Eric Tohannesen Williams, Judge lienry, House Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. John F. Seiberling Eon, James V. Stanton ME. Robert F. Crecco, DOT INT: 2950-75 Location 1/14/76 Name STATE MMott/row ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Defiance County Guard Miami County Also Notified Cuyahoga County OHIO Twinsburg Institute Regional Director, Midwest Region Twinsburg Cleveland Hon. Tennyson Guyer Brooke Site Cleveland Harbor Station,U.s. Coast Hon. Delbert L. Latta State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Summit County Hon.

Robert Taft, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 1976 43211 JAN Director,The Ohio Historical Society &4 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET OTHER NAMES: New West 11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION FEDERAL, NEC "State who prepared form? L WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? 12 WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? 15 ACREAGE DO.YES, NAME..

D deteriorated @unaltered 17 features: Dexcellent Omoved OO NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown EO UNKNOWN-5 Ounexcavated ZC NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access 2I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : DENGINEERING -11 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-6 - LAW- 16 - RELIGION- 22 CI SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-historic -1 - COMMUNICATIONS-1 -EXPLORATION -12 C LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O C AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C MILITARY - 18 JR ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 @dlates of initial construction: 1940 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: GOVT, FEDERAL, NEC major alterations : 2g architectural style(s): 2engineer: J.

Milton Dyer 1 interior decorator: @ artist: EVENTS : IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE county ASSOCIATION INSTITUTIONAL: STATE ENTERTAINMENT-26 CURRENTLY: historic events: HEALTH-27 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 vicinity of reviewers initials ADMINISTRATOR: SAVED?YES Doriginal site PRIVATE ORGANIZATION of entry: GNPS REGION: Ofair Oruins "first' Clevelaud 4 county code: S LOCATION street & number 1S CONDITION Oreconstructed IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Qno C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 3funetions @master bullder: Dlandscape architect / garden designer: Sartisan: kss Than bne 5 NAMES give role & date ETHNIC GROUP LOCAL 10FUNDED?YES Ogood Pier 035 USDO Station