MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Unpublished master's thesis, Western Reserve University, 1950.
ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALLSTATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE ORCOUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Ohio Preservation Office CITY OR TOWN STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).1 hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 11/76 NORTHING DATE CODE STATE COUNTY Columbus ATTEST: NATIONAL Gretchen Klimoski UTM REFERENCES criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
1982 Velma Ave designated as permanent parcel # 16B-38A-49. ZONE EASTING The nominated property consists of the lot on the corner of Center and Nowell Streets BOx 464 Mentor ZONE Michael Fazio - Property Photos - Inventory - Review - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Re-submit 1.24,29 OTHER KEEPER TECHNICAL Entered CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HAER HISTORIAN Maps National Register Write-up Working Number4.12. 78. 2912 Federal Register Entry 4.13.28 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 State INT :2106-74 STATE Ohio Geographical Data -- Acreage: on the National Register staff, telephone _ Thank you for your attention to the above items.
Chief, Branch of Registration Description: Certification: Map Coverage: Bibliography: Date: UTM Reference(s): The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office fo clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATI Photographic Coverage: IS RESUBMITTED. Verbal Boundary Description: NAME OF PROPERTY 202343-6401 Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 23 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Ilth- J.
William Stanton - VICINITY OF 085L PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED SCIENTIFIC -BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Donald E. Krueger 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 CODE BOTH TITLE DATE LOCATION COUNTY GOVERNMENT SITE OBJECT Mentor OWNERSHIP HISTORIC STATE CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY RELIGIOUS Lake EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT MILITARY STATUS COURTHOUSE. NAME PRIVATE STRUCTURE 7300 Center St. Ohio XBUILDING(S) Lake County Courthouse Garfield Library _TRANSPORTATION DATE ENTERED 8116 Mentor Ave. Painesville -ENTERTAINMENT _MUSEUM - UNOCCUPIED -AGRICULTURE X_COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL 47 North Park Place _OTHER: RECEIVED APR 12 1978 X_PUBLIC -PARK (Rev.
10-74) _FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL _ORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The 1-1/2 story, gable-roofed brick library building is rectangular in plan. the basement. The five-bay facade, which faces east, has a center entrance. stepped gable effect. CONDITION space. DETERIORATED UNALTERED 7DESCRIPTION XALTERED FAIR CHECK ONE XEXCELLENT the chimney.Above these are semi-circular windows framed in brick arches. is modified to some extent with glass partitions to make appropriate office entry vestibule with large rooms to either side.Wood moldings throughout The original basement has been replaced with concrete block. The interior shutters have been added.At the roofline there is a plain entablature.
Centrally located exterior chimneys dominate the end walls.The north end Doric pilasters and columns to each side of the paneled door support a plain The walls are Flemish bond.There isa projecting brick water table above _UNEXPOSED has a slender (two panes wide) windows,6/6 light windows to either side of -GOOD RUINS windows.Lintels and sills are smooth stone.In recent years paneled are extraordinary.Four columns with octagonal bases define the entry.
The rear elevation has a center doorway with shed roofed entrance porch and entablature and pediment.To either side of the entrance are 6/6 light chimney and at the corners of the building stone capped brick piers give a AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ECONOMICS X ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 1895 the library, which was housed in a room in the village hall, of President Garfield, was the first president of the Mentor Garfield, brother of James and a Cleveland architect, donated was held. In 1927 the village school board took over the library. service James R.
Garfield had rendered to the library and his community, the school board renamed the library Garfield Public from the northeast corner of Mentor and Center, a distance of 1903 1700-1799 1500-1599 INVENTION LAW 1600-1699 RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART 1800-1899 COMMERCE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _COMMUNICATIONS THEATER EDUCATION PREHISTORIC PERIOD AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE ENGINEERING LITERATURE X1900- CONSERVATION SCULPTURE MILITARY MUSIC SCIENCE INDUSTRY Village Library Association. 1400-1499 Mr.Garfield transferred the deed on Feb.14th and resigned as educational history of the town. promote the social and intellectual welfare of the community." _PHILOSOPHY about two blocks and refurbished as an office building.
It was not until 1875 that an active Mentor Library Association _TRANSPORTATION association with the Garfield family and for its place in the The small library building is important to the community for its plans and specifications for a "New England Colonial" structure. Work was completed in 1903.On June 2,1903 the formal dedication In 190l a site was purchased for a library building.Abram _COMMUNITY PLANNING was chartered. In 1890 the scope of the organization was expanded ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT Abram Garfield president of the library board. To recognize the many years of MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Unpublished master's thesis, Western Reserve University, 1950.
ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE CITY OR TOWN STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).1 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE TITLE State Historic Preservation Officer FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS(NÉLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.
453 11/76 DATE Mentor CODE COUNTY ZONE NORTHING LOCAL Columbus Gretchen Klimoski EASTING Michael Fazio UTM REFERENCES Ohio Preservation Office The nominated property consists of the lot on the corner of Center and Nowell Streets designated as permanent parcel # 16B-38A-49. hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the ATTEST: 1982 Velma Ave 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Spaulding, Verna Belle. "History of the Two Public Libraries in Mentor, Ohio". Iess than one 1146113119:0 Form No.
10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 2 3 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET The Garfield Library is one of the few institutional, non-residential buildings by Abram Garfield, one of Cleveland's premier architects from 1898 to 1950 firm which continues to the present, although he retired in 1950.
For several cultural and artistic background, the Garfield Library is a building with Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, Ohio Eric Johannesen Regional Preservation Officer the second son of the president, was the first president of the Mentor Village when the suburbs in Cleveland Heights were just beginning.Garfield planned was incorporated and the board's name changed to Mentor Village Library Garfield was the president of the Cleveland City Plan Commission in the early Although a library association existed in Mentor beginning in 18l9,the The Classic Revival style of the Mentor library shows the architect's practice with Cleveland architect Frank B.Meade in 1898.Meade and Garfield location at the northwest corner of Mentor Avenue and Center Street.In 1968 was appointed to the Fine Arts Commission of the United States.In the 1930s best examples of small-scale Classic Revival architecture in the city of Mentor.
a new library building had been constructed.It was moved from the original present library can be traced to the Mentor Library Association formed in familiarity with domestic styles. It is a characteristic exercise in a style were among the most important residential architects in Cleveland at the time FOR NPS USE ONLY years he was president of the Cleveland chapter of the A.I.A.In 1925 Garfield DATE ENTERED Library Board.The library was housed in the village hall.In 1895 the library In 1963,the Garfield Library was threatened with demolition because 1930sat the time of the completion of Daniel Burnham's Mall whose vitality continued right up to the Great Depression a quarter of a (Hev. 10-74) JAN 2 4 1979 Garfield Library. Lake County. Ohio were provided by Abram Garfield and the building was completed in 1903. the library while in this firm.
In 1905 Garfield became the head of his own it was adapted for use as an office building. Nevertheless, because of its RECEIVED important historic associations for the local community. his firm was active in planning some of the first public housing projects. 1875.A new governing committee was formed in 1890, and James R.
Garfield, century later.Abram Garfield (1872-1958)studied at M.1.T.and began his Photos - like to discurs E state Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF FEB 23 Send-back - OTHER KEEPER HAER Entered CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Working Number TECHNICAL Maps Re-submit 79001872 Review Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF 4-3-79 4.12.28.x911 21.79 Photo: Michael Fazio, 1975 FEB 2 3 1979 APR 1 2 1978 Facade Garfield Library, Lake Co., Ohio Negative: Old Mentor Foundation Photo: Michael Fazio, 1975 APR 12 1978 FEB 2 3 1979 Negative: Old Mentor Foundation Garfield Library, Lake Co., Ohio North end and facade.
GARFIELD LIBRARY MENTOR QUADRANGLE FEB 2 3 1979 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Garfield Library, Lake Co., Ohio PHONE: ADDRESS: DIVISION: REPORT: DATE: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF MEMBER: To/FROM: PROJECT: TELEPHONE REPORT Regional Office: Western Reserve Historical Society 10825 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 721-5722 September 11, 1978 for another purpose. designed by Abram Garfield, one of Cleveland's premier architects was announced, Dr.
Rodgers called several factual errors Eric Johannesen Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 Ohio Historic Preservation Office The building is also one of the best examples of small-scale UIts architectural significance derives from the fact that it was because it was threatened with demolition andthe site was used Classic Revival architecture in the city of Mentor, 1.The Garfield Library was moved from its original location Dear Dave: from 1898 to the 1940s and the son of President James Garfield. As you see, the nominatión dates back to 1973. SEP 1 9 1978 ATTACHEDI INITIALS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE REC'D January 17, 1979 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper JAN 24 1979 18th & C Streets, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Dr.
Murtagh: Keeler, Diadatus, House, Delaware County Huntington, John, Pumping Tower, Cuyahoga County Garfield Library, Lake County Thomas H. Smith State Historic Preservation Officer Director, Ohio Historical Society THS: cw Ohio Historical Center I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Sincerely, REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Ohio Historic Preservation Office Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior If there are additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact this office. DATE: 2-14-79 ADDRESS: OHS DIVISION: NR PROJECT: REPORT: TELEPHONE REPORT OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION PHONE: 614-466-/560 Garfrald Librory -ith Gretchen Klimoski To/FROM: FEB 2 3 1979 Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Dr. Thomas H.
Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Mentor Lexington Byers/bjr Director Location Lake County Name Date Entered Garfield Library Richland County 3/2/79 Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable John M. Ashbrook First Congregational Church and Lexington School Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John W. Stanton The Onio Historical Society South Salen Academy STATE OHIO Honorable William H. Harsha Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue South Salem Ross County * OTHER NAMES: ) date of entry: -COUNTY FEB 2 3 1979 city / town X STATE (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated 17)features: Dexeellent Oruins Omoved 9C NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed Oreconstrueted 5O UNKNOWN -6 -unexcavated NOT APPLICABLE- 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyes Ono AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE - 6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 'first'O - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY - historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE-3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH -27 - MILITARY - 18| - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY-20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 major alterations : 8) architectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: 5) interior decorator: ®artisan: Mentor ASSOCIATION engineer: FEDERAL builder/contractor: date Lake PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: historic events: vicinity of CURRENTLY: ENGINEERING-11 EVENTS: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Garfield Library ADMINISTRATOR: artist: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 URBAN PLANNING-31 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP RECREATION-28 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 7300 Center St.
master builder: NPS REGION: as it appears on federal register: SAVED?YES Coriginal site Oaltered 1CONGRESS. DISTRICT 11th 2 functions Mreviewers initials. - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE ETHNIC Michael CONDITION GROUP PH0666971 YES-Unrestricted Fazio LOCAL Ogood
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