Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century hotel with a deep verandah across its front. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Secor Hotel

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,649 words across 13 pages, filed in 1976. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 76001475, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 3 0 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 413-423 Jefferson Avenue -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 095 039 DATE OBJECT BOTH LOCATION CODE AGRICULTURE TITLE CATEGORY COUNTY ACCESSIBLE Lucas CLASSIFICATION RELIGIOUS MUSEUM STATE OWNERSHIP HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC Toledo TRANSPORTATION SITE PUBLIC MILITARY _ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT NAME STATUS RECEIVED OTHER: Lucas County Courthouse XBUILDING(S) 9 Thomas Ludlow Ashley _UNOCCUPIED Adams at Erie DATE ENTERED _INDUSTRIAL COURTHOUSE. DATA SHEET Secor Hotel _PARK XCOMMERCIAL Ohio _EDUCATIONAL _BEING CONSIDERED _GOVERNMENT 418 Secor Hotel Building (413 Jefferson Avenue) FOR NPS USE ONLY -FEDERAL - STATE COUNTY - LOCAL Commodore Perry Company FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The first floor, faced with bands of smooth stone block, has a segmental stone blocks, resembling quoins, on either side of the end bays. The west side of the hotel is similar, though it has eleven bays. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DATE DESCRIPTION MOVED DETERIORATED UNALTERED second floors. level. CHECK ONE XEXCELLENT been altered.Above the large windows and the entry are carved stone The massive cornice is supported by chunky brackets and has a ceiling was lowered.The tap room and coffee shop were decorated in lion heads.There is a course of carved stone between the first and The next seven floors are unadorned except for ranks of rectangular is a small balcony supported by massive carved stone brackets.
The ten story hotel building is brick with stone facing and has story is yellow brick, set in bands.There are keystones above ORIGINAL SITE The remainder of the floors have windows in sets of two in the The tenth floor is yellow brick.There are various cartouche each window which interrupt a fret band.In the center bay there middle five bays and single windows in the outer bays.All the style.The skylight from the original lobby was removed and the Each of these ranks has a large stone cartouche at the ninth floor designs of stone in the rectangular panels between the windows. entrance is on the Jefferson Street side and is seven bays wide. band of small lion heads which continues all around the building. The east facade is unadorned. windows close to the entry and two larger windowsof the same design On July 1,1934,the hotel closed for renovation and remodelling.
to the second floor lounge and modern ballroom. -RUINS -GOOD Walker and Weeks, Cleveland architects, supervised the work. The new Secor opened October 6, 1934. The lobby was done in classical arched entry centrally placed.This entry is flanked by small multi-paned in the outer bays.The two large windows to the left of the entry have AREAS OF

Statement of significance

modern era in Toledo's hotel history. George S. Mills, a prominent opened with a high ceilinged lobby, waiting rooms, dining rooms, billiard the Secor offered "comforts and luxuries of life equal to that in a king's 1908 1500-1599 1700-1799 INVENTION COMMUNICATIONS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC RELIGION CONSERVATION PERIOD EDUCATION THEATER ART AGRICULTURE MILITARY BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY LAW SCIENCE SCULPTURE PREHISTORIC XARCHITECTURE -EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ficant as one of the early buildings with a reinforced concrete structure. outstanding local architectsmakes the Secor an outstanding example of -1400-1499 The simplicity of the Mills design and the fact that he was one of the George S.
Mills -1800-1899 - LITERATURE -1600-1699 palace" -1900- - MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING rooms, 400 rooms, 300 of which had private baths, and large meeting In typical promotional style, one writer claimed that The opening of the Secor Hotel in 1908 marked the beginning of the local architect, designed the ten story structure. The Secor originally as "Toledo's leading hotel". Local promoters compared the Secor with the finest hotels in the large cities and used it as and example of the early twentieth century Toledo architecture. The building is also signi- ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC Despite the interior changes the exterior design remains nearly unchanged. city's progress. rooms for conventions.In 1915 the Toledo Times described the Secor

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Toledo, Ohio, A Presentation of her Resources, Achievements and Possibilities. Chase, George A. "Some of the Early Hotel History of Toledo.: Toledo Blade. January 1, 1909. Toledo Times, October 7, 1934. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 14,6l1,318,4,0l VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION LOCAL NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 1975 CODE NORTHING TELEPHONE DATE COUNTY STATE Gretchen Klimoski Eric Johannesen Western Reserve UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING Office Toledo: Toledo Times Company, 1915. THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ATTEST ORGANIZATION ZONE Historic Preservation A Photographic Review: The A.Bentley G Sons Company.Toledo,1913 Photos ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN OTHER Inventory KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER CONTROL Maps TECHNICAL Send-back Re-submit Review Cole State Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up Lucas BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 4126176 11.14:75 Entered APR 3 0 1976 Property INT:2106-74 Working Number 1/ 1. 75.
2024 Acee 6--76 UNIT NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM APR 3 0 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT Landmarks Committee Maumee Valley Historical Society DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Jefferson Avenue facade, facing north. 1970 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION Ohio Secor Hotel RECEIVED HISTORIC NAME STATE PHOTO NO COUNTY Lucas NOV I 1 1975 Tom Deupree PHOTO CREDIT NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER _ 4/30/76 Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number East scelo Form No. 10-301a (Pev.
10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM APR 3 0 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO PHOTO NO 3 L3 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET 1974 Lucas Ohio Toledo East side. Gretchen Klimoski LOCATION HISTORIC COUNTY IDENTIFICATION RECEIVED STATE Secor Hotel NAME PHOTO CREDIT FOR NPS USE ONLY NEGATIVE FILED AT Ohio Historical Society Form No. 10-301 (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM APR 3 0 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF Toledo, Ohio TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES 1965 DATE LOCATION Lucas COUNTY SOURCE STATE SCALE 1:24000 REQUIREMENTS HISTORIC Secor Hotel Ohio NAME AND/OR COMMON MAP REFERENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE ENTERED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TOLEDO QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 37 288 730 4613 840 TOLEDO, OHIO -MI RECEIVED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Secor Hotel APR 3 0 1976 Portage County Hon. John H. Glenn, Jx. Hon. Robert Taft, Eon. John M. Ashbrook Dr. Thomas H, Smich Hon. J.
William Stanton INT: 2950-75 Location STATE Secor Hotel Name Also Notified Gurney-Kochheiser House ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Richland County Palmyra Center Hotel Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Date Entered Toledo Cuyahoga County Regional Director,Midwest Region State Historic Preservation Officer Buehl Home Lueas County Hosford House Galion Viclniey Palayra Vicinity Bellvllle Berea Crawford County OHIO Appears on tederal register: 4 county code: cityr town Lucas (12) SOURCE of NOMINATION 1B CONDITION - deteriorated 17) features: 2 CSUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 Omoved O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown SXI UNKNOWN-6 -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
D yesXino DAREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION-28 @CLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 'first'O CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 X COMMERCE-6 - LAW-16 C RELIGION - 22 -ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' D -AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION -8 C HEALTH- 27 C MILITARY - 18 Dd ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions @dates of initial construction: ®landscape arohiteot / garden designer: )interior decorator: 6artisan: EVENTS : -- ireviewers initials _date IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 1908 ASSOCIATION 4/10/78 Hotel ENTERTAINMENT-26 FEDERAL INSTITUTIONAL: SETTLEMENT-29 Xaltered CURRENTLY: XXexcellent PERSONAL: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Dgood NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP vicinity of ADMINISTRATOR: master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Xoriginal site URBAN PLANNING-31 20th century as a symbol of the city's progress.
XLOCAL Toledo SAVED? YES GNPS REGION: XSTATE Stome trin and © OTHER NAMES: )NAME a. (11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT major alterations: 1934, renovated a8) architectural style(s): - Pohannesen - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC GROUP engineer: builder/contractor: historic events: George S. artist: Oruins YES.NAME Dreconstruoted Ounknown Dfair 095 Vsecor