Nomination for New York Central Freight House

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United States Department of the Interior received APR 27 1982 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of _ state .district - public X unoccupied - agriculture X building(s) Xprivate .commercial _ structure - Site . religious . object in process - yes: unrestricted - government . industrial . military 4. Owner of Property T & L Properties Ohio 44036 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 226 Middle Avenue title None has this property been determined elegible?

- _ federal _ local depository for survey records 093 039 both Location Category Elyria Accessible Lorain museum entertainment date code transportation Ownership educational Status Public Acquisition historic park Ohio private residence New York Central Freight House scientific Inventory-Nomination Form Type all entries-complete applicable sections Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Lorain County Recorder's Office being considered Present Use 3. Classification FHR8300 (11-78) 6. Representation in Existing Surveys National Register of Historic Places work in progress 13l Williams Street 412 East River Street For HCRS use only PO Box 62 yes no -county date entered JUN | 1982 congressional district 13 - Donald Pease X other: vacant 7.

Description _excellent X unaltered X original site - moved date lintels, with the exception of a wide segmental-arched doorway on The longer, lower building also has wide eaves supported by brackets_such as those on a more typical railroad station. The exterior appearance of the structure is intact, although some and west sides of the building is paved with brick, and a railroad Condition ruins fair unexposed This is an industrial structure of brick construction consisting of each of the long sides.The walls are articulated with flat piers windows have been lost and the interior has been somewhat damaged Check one treatment, with four segmental-arched loading doors along the side. on the sides and corbeled courses above the second story and the feet.

Both parts are simple rectangular gable-roofed blocks.The regularly spaced windows on the two-story section have plain stone from fire and vandalism.The roof is suported by wooden trusses gable on the end wall.The one-story section has the same wall Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

spanning the entire width of the interior.The area on the south siding runs along the north side.

-good by 74 feet and a one-story section approximately 40 feet by 180 deteriorated two parts --a two-story section measuring approximately 40 feet Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - archeology-historic _ conservation .law _ science .agriculture - sculpture .architecture -social/ - music - exploration/settlement - philosophy _theater .industry X transportation -other (specify) local historians and the records of Conrail, this building was erected in was the home of forty industrial plants, producing such varied products 1600-1699 1910 1500-1599 1400-1499 1800-1899 commerce communications art economics humanitarian education engineering politics/government Period invention 1700-1799 prehistoric Specific dates literature military building stone, and screw metallic products.The two most important crews were headquartered in the building until its acquisition by the present through the freight house.This building also housed the Railway Express 8.

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Significance and the Western Automatic Machine Screw Company.Raw materials destined owner. The structure is notable because of its large capacity for a city Elyria was the railroad center of the county beginning in 1866,when the the size of Elyria and because of its simple but elegant architectural design. structure erected for freight handling, the only one in Lorain County. plants were located immediately adjacent to the L.S.&M.S.Railroad-- for many of these companies and products finished by them were handled operations until their discontinuation, and railroad maintenance and work from 1910 until the early 1970s.The building was an unusual two-story 1910.A history of 1916 states that the period covering the industries of Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Builder/Architect u and in 19l4 it was consolidated with the New York Central. According to X_1900- - archeology-prehistoric _ landscape architecture -religion as steel tubing, iron plate, furnaces and stoves, hosiery, chemicals, auto- tion of goods in and out of Elyria for industrial and retail consumption community planning mobiles, lace, enameled tanks, tricycles, telephone apparatus, brick and this line became part of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, the Topliff & Ely of carriage hardware since 1872, 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Williams Brothers, History of Lorain County (Philadelphia: 1879), 120, 411. Conrail division office, Cleveland, Ohio. 10. Geographical Data 1.25 acres Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangle name - _ state 11.

Form Prepared By I & L Properties X 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 State Historic Preservation Officer signature 216-322-5411 county organization Elyria Grafton Northing date code name/title Zone telephone Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification Chief of Registration Keeper of the National Register September 1980 UMT References National Register Easting I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: city or town Black River,and measuring approximately 100 feet by 550 feet.

List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Entered in the G.Frederick Wright, History of Lorain County (Chicago:1916), 283. Part of Original Elyria Township Lots Nos.80,8l,82,& 83,East of For HCRS use only according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. GP O 938 1:24,000 Quadrangle scale EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET photos Reviewer Recom. / Criteria Discipline Date Due: - see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below Name 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description REJECT resubmission 7. Description clarity alterations/integrity owner objection maps Working No. 2. Location Action: RETURN summary paragraph completeness good _substantive reasons discussed below NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys boundary selection .Nomination returned for: Federal Agency: nomination by person or local governmentnational Register United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Mntered in the 1983 Substantive Review: unaltered 2182-1174 justification of exception 11. Form Prepared By completeness Signed Maps context summary paragraph clarity checked applicable criteria Photographs Other Date justification of areas the resource relationship of integrity 10. Geographical Data 9. Major Bibliographical References relating significance to Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 8.

Significance nationel ELYRIA OHIO SIDE ELYRIA, OHIO OHIO - LORAIN CU GRAF TON, OHIC GRAFTON QUADRANGLE Freight House UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) New York Central 17 408/340 East 4580/170 North NORPH RIDGEVILLE