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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Commercial Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 460 words across 4 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 79002724, 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.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes O and Middle Avenue 17. Date(s) or Period Late 1800's 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer Roof Type & Material flat, composition 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wail Treatment cornices, bay window 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition - Private R Altered 8 9. Coordinates in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and thirty foot frontage 42.

Further Description of Important Features This Italianate commercial building is distinguished by an elaborate massive second floor. The ground level storefront has been altered. Inside is a single long hallway that is skylighted and leads to small offices on the 43. History and Significance Many businesses have been house in this building throughout the years. This block of Middle Avenue 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by A.R. Webber, A History of Elyria and Her People 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 6-76 Front Exterior sandstone Long. County Easting Lat. Underway? Zone brick poor fair STREET Side Register? Commercial Building Interior (Explain 47.Organization upper floors. The interior has not been well maintained. site inspection Elyria Harry W.

Hyman Ohio Historical Center Ohio Historic Preservation Office Lorain County Historical Society Eligible? Public Road? OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY window.lintels anda large projecting bay window on the Steven McQuillir Northing if known Frontage on Road Park Italianate Lorain 1. No. LC 708 CI3 8.SpNortheast Corner of Second Street 22. Present Use 4 5 7 983 0 Building @ Object O 15. Name of Established District Lor. Co. Reg. Ping. Comm. 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 40 7 45 vas once known as "Cheapside" MAY 71979 Courthouse SECOND Potent'i? 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. Commercial Block, 148 Middle Avenue 2. Elyria, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 4. August 1978 5. Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6. West facade, looking east AUG | 3 1979 MAY 7 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000622 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet