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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 Ely Block

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 457 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 79002717, 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 Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. NºLC 708 C7 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) Lor.Co. Reg.Plng.Comm. 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Bullder 15 Side 6 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Public Road? Changes Addition O Private & Altered C 9. Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved C if known Condition U.T.M. Reference 4074 00 4 5 7 9 9 7 Very good 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure O Building & Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 42.

Further Description of Important Features remodeled in a very harmonious fashion, while the facade of "Harry's" has been "modernized". door once had an identical facade to the commercial block. 43. History and Significance This building replaces an earlier block built by Herman Ely, founder of Elyria. 45. Sources of Information . Prepared by J. B. Thomas, 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 708 1873 7-75 Front Exterior Lora Underway? Long. Easting Zone Fair Brick Register? Lat. District Italianate Elyria Ohio Historical Center Stone Frontage on Road Interior North side of Broad Street (Explain The building occupies the entire lot.It occupies a very prestigious location because it faces public square. Down Through the Years in Elyria between Lodi Street and Washing- OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Marion M. Taylor Steven McQuillin Eligible?

The aluminum-clad building next Northing ton Avenue Commercial Block Ely's Block and Merthe's Ohio Historic Preservation Otfica ALLEY Yes E 33. No. of Bays 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings No 8 Originally owned by the Ely family, it contained museum space, lodge meeting halls and 1979 AND MERTHE good OCK Lorain County Historical Society Cornices, 30.Foundation Material The bold cornice and the heavy Italianate rounded windows make this 150' PUGLIC SQUARE 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 1. Ely Block 2. Elyria, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 4. August 1978 5.

Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6. Southwest corner, looking northeast MAY 7 AUG | 3 1979 DOE Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000622 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the