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Decorative drawing: a three-storey commercial block with shopfronts below and windows above. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Wooster Block

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 531 words across 5 pages, filed in 1979. 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 79002716, 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.

The nomination, in full

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

MAY 7 1979 Ohio Historic Preservation Office OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) LC 708 C4 Wooster Block 5. Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories north side of Broad Street 29. Basement? Yes O between Lodi St. and Washington 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow wood and masonry 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use carved ornament 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition C Private R Altered S 9. Coordinates in #42) Moved [ 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reterence 24 0 George and Mable Hallett 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure - Bullding 5 Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11.

On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features This unusual building features four carved heads of the Wooster brothers, who built this building, which lie between the second and first floors of the facade. Lancet windows on the second floor and an interesting arch motif at the cornice are gothic features. The storefront has been remodeled and some of the wooden ornament has been stripped from the second floor. Plans for the downtown's redevelopment show this building being demolished 43. History and Significance The Wooster brothers were prominent Local merchants who operated a store in this building. This small 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings A parking bt lies immediately west of this building.

Formerly the site of the Lincoln Theater, which burned ten years ago, this unimproved gravel lot still shows the theater's interior wall against the side of the Wooster block.,This area along West Broad Street is deteriorating and becoming filled with lots. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Newspaper articles from a scrapbook at the Elyria Public Library Steven MCQuillin 49. Revision Date(s) County Front Easting Exterior Lat. demolition Underway? Long. Zone Register? Northing fair 2-77 BROAD Avenue Elyria Side STREE sandstone (Explain commercial architecture. Interior site inspection Park Sterner's Restaurant commercial building Eligible? Historical Society flat-composition circa 1870 Lorain Ohio Historical Center Public Road? building is representative of the visual variety and fine craftsmanship of late nineteenth century 6. Specific Location 5 7 99 13. Part of Estab.

Yes O No O Date 19.Architect or Engineer Lorain County Photos : Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF KEEPER OTHER CONTROL TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HAER Maps Re-submit Send-back Review BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritaae Conservation and Recreation Service 8-13-29 State OH 9-4-79 8.13.79 Working Number5. 2.79. 9 6 6 OFFICE OPEN RESTAURANT RENT-LEASE 322-5778 + 322-5404 1. Wooster Block 2. Elyria, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 4. August 1978 5. Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6. South facade, looking north MAY 7 DOE Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000622 for this property Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet