Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century hotel with a deep verandah across its front. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Onesto Hotel

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,534 words across 9 pages, filed in 1982. 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 82003650, 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.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

received JUN 1 8 1982 1. Name and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town Can ton _ vicinity of - state - district - public X unoccupied _agriculture X building(s) . structure _ both - private residence .site .entertainment - religious _ object - in process - government _ scientific Lx other: Vacant 4. Owner of Property c/o George Swallow, Partner Ohio 44702 209 W. Tuscarawas St. has this property been determined elegible? - yes December, 1981 _ local transportation Category commercial educational date code Accessible 2. Location museum Status Ownership historic industrial park Columbus Stark military Public Acquisition PBS Associates Ohio date entered Inventory-Nomination Form Onesto Hotel being considered Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Present Use Ohio Preservation Office Type all entries-complete applicable sections 3.
Classification National Register of Historic Places -yes:unrestricted 6. Representation in Existing Surveys depository for survey records See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Second and Cleveland NW work in progress 5. Location of Legal Description United States Department of the Interior FHR8300 (11-78) I-71 and 17th Ave. For HCRS use only -county X private courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. _federal 039 151 Ohio Historic Inventory title Stark County Office Building congressional district 16th 217 Second St. NW 7. Description - excellent - unaltered X original site - moved for commercial, restaurant and office use. Because the 1940's addition is a separate building, and because a modern high-rise office structure was erected on top of it, only the original Hotel building - is being nominated. unexposed ruins story.
Condition the second or lobby level features multi-lighted arched fenestration with enriched the restoration of original features.A balconet is featured at the eleventh The hotel is situated two blocks west of the northern portion of Canton's moldings beneath which is a decorative band.Both of these levels are differen- The Onesto Hotel is a thirteen story Georgian Revival building of dark No attempt was made to render this element compatible with the original. tiated from the remainder of the building by their stone facings.
is one of Canton's tallest buildings and a critical feature of her skyline.Plans call for the restoration of its facade and the adaptive reuse of its interior Check one windows, the first row third story) of which features stone surrounds and style storefront fenestration, occasionally infilled with temporary wood panels; fair the structure, a two-story brick element was added at an unknown date, housing what From the street, this element,no longer under the same ownership as the principal of the core and accessable from the lobby level was added in the early 1940's. _ deteriorated Xx good The body of the building's upper stories contains regularly spaced 6/1 building, repeats the arcading and stone fabric of the original.
To the rear of date keystones.Some of the glazing has been replaced over time, but plans call for Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance was known as the"McKinley Room,"a club or meeting room accessable from the lobby. 8. Significance Areas of Significance - Check and justify below . prehistoric - archeology-historic - law - agriculture . literature - sculpture . social/ - engineering . music _ commerce . industry - politics/government .transportation _ invention Builder/Architect J. C. Stevens of H. L. Stevenson, Chicago Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Frank Onesto, a second generation Italian immigrant who moved to Canton from Wooster Thirty-seven years old when the hotel project was announced, Onesto had Brothers of Canton), the Onesto featured the last word in accommodations, with Up to its 1969 closing, the Onesto was the site of every ball, investiture and 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 1800-1899 1400-1499 Period communications economics humanitarian education theater saved. The Onesto building is essential to the evential resuscitation of Canton's major community functions.One of the few remaining tall buildings in the central fashioned after the Pittsburgher Hotel in Pittsburgh, the interior after Chicago's of H. L.Stevenson who specialized in hotel architecture, the exterior was reportedly suffered a critical loss of architectural resources.
Palmer House.A fireproof building of steel frame construction by Garaux in the hands of receivers, the building served for a time as rental housing for low military No doubt one of the most successful porters in Canton's history, he bought the Del- mont three years later and operated it for a number of years. public ceremony of any consequence in Canton.
Since then, the history of the Onesto makes sadder reading.Several times income elderly.Several times, too, the reclamation of the structure and its reuse commercial center, both as a symbol of her more ebuleient past and as a keystone business district, the structure isa significant focal point in an area which has -science from the pre-Depression(and final)phase of Canton's late nineteenth-early twentieth - conservation in 1907 at the age of 15.Onesto's first job in Canton was as a porter in the Del- - other(specify) -art - archeology-prehistoric _ community planning - landscape architecture - religion _ architecture _ exploration/settlement - - philosophy Announced as a $1,000,000 project in 1929, the Onesto was coneéived by 1929-30 Specific dates 1900- of her renascent future. Simmons Beautyrest mattresses, circulating ice water and RCA radios in every room.
mont Hotel and restaurant on the Onesto site, where he worked for 50 cents a day. the continuing interest Cantonians have had over the years in seeing the building asoffices or apartments have been announced 1971,in 1972,in 1975) reflecting 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Hotel Bulletin, September, 1930 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 Parcel # 02-19373, Lot 288, City of Canton _ state 11. Form Prepared By Mary L. Reeb, Preservationist December, 1981 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 code county Northing Easting date Zone Canton West national local Verbal boundary description and justification Quadrangle name Chief of Registration Attest: organization Stark County Regional Planning Commission date I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification UMT References Keeper of the National Register State Historic Preservation Officer signature List all states and counties for properties overiapping state or county boundaries name/title city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 1416813651 E. T. Heald, Stark County Story (Canton: Stark County Historical Society, 1950) Canton Repository articles from 1929, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981 street & number GP O 938 state Ohio 44702 National Register 511 County Office Building For HCRS use only Entered in the United States Department of the Interior Onesto Hotel, Stark County, OHIO, - RETURN Recom. / Criteria . technical corrections cited below _ substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name Location 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7.
Description resubmission appeal REJECT completeness alterations/integrity deteriorated unexposed clarity Discipline ruins moved Date excellent good Category boundary selection Condition Action: see continuation sheet summary paragraph Status Ownership Reviewer Public Acquisition Accessible owner objection 3. Classification Nomination returned for: National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES original site nomination by person or local government Check one unaltered Working No. Entered in tha EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET fair Present Use Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Fed. Reg. Date: ,, 3 Bullder Architect justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification State Historic Preservation Officer signature Signed .
Phone: 202 272-3504 completeness context checked clarity Date Maps Photographs applicable criteria justification of areas summary paragraph Other Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet relating significance to the resource 8. Significance Verbal boundary description and justification UMT Reterences Specific dates title Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) relationship of integrity _ state Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name MRA Onesto Hotel Central Canton Building A Date: 1981 Canton, Stark,OH Photo: M. Reeb MRA Onesto Hotel Central Canton Building A Photo: M. Reeb Date: 1981 Canton, Stark, OH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC CANTON WEST, OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CANTON WEST QUADRANGLE June 16 Ms.
Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places National Park Service JUN 1 8 1932 440 G. St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed are new National Register nominations and one nomination returned been approved by the state review board and the appropriate notification procedures have been followed. Name : St. Stephen Church and Rectory Mosgrove, Dr. Adam, House Sharp, Samuel, Residence Woodruff, William, House Barber-Whitticar House Canton Public Library City National Bank Building /Onesto Hotel Schuffenecker, August, Building Lebold, John, House Reeves, Jeremah, House and Please let me know if you have any questions.
State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/DS : Jb Tuscarawas Sincerely, enclosures Butler Delaware Hocking Stark Champaign Hamilton NATIONAL County: RECEIVED REGISTER Dewalt Building Carriage House New Nominations Floral Hall Ohio Historic Preservation Office Underwriters Salvage Corps White's Mill Eagle's Temple Athens Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Wood Trumbull ,1982 19/