Nomination for Halle Building

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 1. Name and/or common 2. Location street & number city, town - vicinity of state Of - county code 035 -district X unoccupied _ agriculture X building(s) X private X commercial - in process X yes: restricted - government - scientific yes: unrestricted - military 4. Owner of Property Lakeside Ave yes X no _federal X state _ local both code date transportation entertainment museum Accessible Category educational park Ownership object religious being considered site industrial Status other: public private residence structure Ohio Cleveland Inventory-Nomination Form (3-82) Present Use not for publication 3. Classification National Register of Historic Places date entered has this property been determined eligible? Public Acquisition 6. Representation in Existing Surveys work in progress 5.

Location of Legal Description The Halle Building Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Park Service United States Department of the Interior 10800 Brookpark Road See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms NPS Form 10-900 For NPS use only Cuya hoga received AUG AUG91983 1228 Euclid Avenuee X original site - good X altered _ moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Halle Building was erected in three parts. The original circa 1910 structure, originally balustrade at the cornice line of the ninth floor. A five-bay wide structure, it extended within the western-most bay of the structure, a colonnade linked Euclid Avenue with Huron building, and the addition of another five-bay wide, eleven story western continuation of The commercial style of the buildings is executed in a straight forward manner, with subtle brackets. Aside from swag ornamentation applied to the third floor spandrel panels and the facade. The cornice, although bracketed, is shallow and understated. nor fenestration, but are enclosed with decorative iron handrail 'panels. Condition 7.

Description excellent unexposed elongated false brackets.The ground floor showcase windows are glazed with a single sheet architectural elements has been very carefully executed making it difficult to discern where were originally designed to receive glazing..However, these openings contain neither frames cantilevered with chain supports protect the sidewalks at the two entrances on Euclid Avenue Check one existing building.The tenth floor was smaller than those below and set back behind the The overall effect of the upper nine floors is one of an expression of the column and beam, In 1947,construction was completed with the widening of the existing tenth floor to the structure was extended another five bays to the west to East l2th Street.Along this street, Two projecting,3-sided bays occur above the entrances to the east of East 12th Street on known as the Pope Building, consisted of the first ten floors of the eastern portion of the shields beneath the roof cornice, there is only a minor amount of applied ornamentation on articulated with a rope mold around the head and jambs and extended sills with shallow from Huron Road to Euclid Avenue.In 1914,the building was doubled in size as the ten-story Road.This colonnade area was enclosed as part of the interior of the building in 1920.

the additions were made; and the resulting building reads as one. either side which were never built. the bays allows the first two floors to read as a base for the building. -ruins _ unaltered horizontal hooded spears. north and south (Euclid Avenue and Huron Roads, respectively) are clad with delicately 306' in length. The east and west walls (located beyond either side of East 12th Street over which the building spans) are brick, intended as party walls for later buildings on deteriorated The western-most addition does not extend to Euclid Avenue; it termi- the vertical mullions between the triple sets of transomed windows.The window frames are skirt around the perimeter of all but the last canopy to be erected which is edged with transoms grouped by a shallow arched head.The continuation of the ribbed pilasters between the Huron Road facade.

beneath a three-panel transom.The windows of the second story are in sets of three with manipulation of the patterns of the terra cotta.The base and lower portions of the first and the three on Huron Road.Opaquely glazed cast iron ornamental panels form a continuous each floor.The openings are articulated in the same manner as the window openings and cornice so as to service the roof penthouse.Openings occur qn each side of the bays at facade line of the floors below, the addition of a full eleventh floor over the existing fair NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service The Halle Building Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Item number entrance canopies are intact requiring replacement of only a few glazed panels.

The street level of the building is at the elevation of Euclid Avenue with the exception of the 1947 addition which is level with Huron Road. The 1910 and 1914 parts of the building down in four shallow increments at column lines, further articulated by floral pattern basement level, the steps in the ceiling have been deleted, and the floral molding replaced a simple astragal defining the column capital. At the first level, a main bank of seven elevators, five of which are operational, is trimmed in white marble with shallow pilasters extending from the floor to the ceiling installed in 1914 at the back of the existing bank were removed in 1947 to accommodate building.

At the same time, the 1914 freight elevator was removed to accommodate the Monumental marble staircases linked the basement with the first level and the first level 1947 work, these stairs were deleted, the well opening to the basement was filled in, and railing with wood handrail which protects the eastern edge of the mezzanine is highlighted At the public areas of the first level and basement level, the finish materials are in been modified or covered over with new materials as part of continuing modernization and the first level is approximately 20' and the steel columns have received a round plaster merchandising changes. received (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet date entered bridge connection across East 12th Street.

anew escalator system serving the basement through the seventh level.These escalators encasement with floral patterned capitals.At this floor the white plaster ceiling steps The first floor glazed doors and first and second floor windows are metal framed.All deterioration occurring only at the projecting bays on the Huron Road elevation.The tenth level; two serve the first level through the tenth level.Six additional elevators 1914 sections of the building; single hung windows were used in the 1947construction. For NPS use only In the public area of the between elevator door openings. Five of these elevators serve the basement through the along the west wall of that addition. As part of the 1947 modifications, three additional passenger elevators and a freight elevator were added to thewestern-most part of the Subsequent to its original installation, the brass railing was painted.

At various locations throughout the building, cast bronze drinking fountains have been installed. a "u" shaped stair was erected between the first level and mezzanine. The brass ornamental good condition. Elsewhere in the building, portions of the original plaster work have moldings along the sides of the suspended beam enclosures. were supplemented in 1955 byescalators running between the seventh and ninth levels.A Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - archeology-historic - agriculture . literature - sculpture - social/ _art .music X commerce - philosophy .theater X 1900- - communications - politics/government .transportation - other (specify) Henry Bacon, Walker & Weeks Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Upper Euclid Avenue in the early 1900s. Halle Brothers, who were later to purchase and expand the building. At the time the Department Store, the Cleveland Athletic Club, the Union Club, the Point and Wincus Buildings 1920s with the impressive development of the Allen, Hanna, Ohio, Palace and State Theatres, located in the Bulkley, Hanna, Keith, and Loew's Buildings. The 21-story B.F. Keith office Upper Euclid area, in conjunction with Playhouse Square, soon became a thriving business community support, is attempting to preserve this office, shopping and theatre district The renowned architect chosen for the design of Halle's was Henry Bacon, who subsequently in Cleveland, and one of only two structures of his design in the City of Cleveland -- the other being the Hanna Mausoleum at Lakeview Cemetery, built in 1904.

1800-1899 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 education economics engineering Period exploration/settlement invention industry humanitarian science Euclid area, following construction of the Sterling & Welsh Company, and proceeding Higbee's prehistoric characteristics of the turn-of-the-century commercial style through its district fenestration law 8. Significance the Lincoln Memorial. This building represents Bacon's only known commercial building conversion of the area into a shopping, theatre, and office district ocurred in the arly Specific dates derived terra-cotta ornamentation enriching the facade.The building also displays in cooperation with the Playhouse Square Foundation.

From Playhouse Square this area extends westward approximately fourteen block along Euclid wcrk, Walker & Weeks, prominent Cleveland architects, were commissioned for design of the business district was primarily focused around the Public Square area of Cleveland.The vertical and horizontal lines. example of early twentieth century commercial architecture and as the impetous which The Halle Building is architecturally and historically significant in Cleveland as a fine Bacon's work was greatly influenced by the Neo-Classical revival of the turn-of-the-century.

and the Hotel Statler.This trend was reinforced by Linder's, now Prescott Ball & Turben, which gives the walls a skeletal appearance and provides a fairly even balance between helped to spur the relocation and development of Cleveland's major business district to -conservation announced plans to construct the Pope Building on Euclid Avenue between E.12th and E.13th and entertainment district for the City of Cleveland. Playhouse Square is one terminus of the"Dual Hub"planning concept of downtown Cleveland. was to receive the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects for his design of military - archeology-prehistoric - community planning . landscape architecture religion X architecture 1910, 1914, 1947 Builder/Architect Avenue until reaching Public Square, the second node.

The City of Cleveland, with strong Halle Building (nee Pope Building) became the forefront of the development of the Upper 1600-1699 Bacon's design characteristics are displayed in the Halle Building through the classical tower became the tallest building in Cleveland.(N.R.Historic District 1978)The Streets.Long term leasing arrangements for the entire building had been made with the Halle's in 1922,resulting in the construction of the Huron-Prospect annex.The complete which constructed its department store in 1915 (NR1978),anda $5million expansion by Bacon went on to design the second phase of the project in 1914.Complementing Bacon's In 1908,when the City of Cleveland was experiencing a very severe depression with a great 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Architectural Record, Volume 55, 1924, pp. 274 to 276. Pencil Points, Volume 5, May 1924, PP. 42 to 62. The History of the Halle Bros. Co. Dissertation, Edwin W. Crooks, Jr., A Dissertation (continued) 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property app, 6 acres Quadrangle name Cleveland North & South Quadrangle scale 1:24000 UTM References - state 11. Form Prepared By date November 12, 1982 10800 Brookpark Road (216) 267-1200 street & number 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it fias been evaluated I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register county Easting code date Northing Zone name/title telephone Attest: Cleveland Verbal boundary description and justification Chief of Registration State Historic Preservation Officer signature The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(Public Law 89- _national For NPS use only of the City of Cleveland. city or town The Halle Bui1ding is 1ocatedon City lots part),157,158,159and the according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. Encyclopedia of American Architecture pp.

23-24,William Dudley Hunt,Jr.FAIA,McGraw Hill,1980 NYC boundary is indicated by the red line on the accompany base map entitled Map No. 630-E Ohio List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Continuation sheet Item number third phase of the Halle Building in 1947. The three phases together represent a stong example of early 20th century commercial architecture with classically derived elements. The Halle Brothers Building is part of the dominant early twentieth century trend in to Halle's included the Union Club (NR 1974) and the May Company (NR 1974), along with the Old Federal Building, City Hall, and Cuyahoga County Courthouse (all within the Cleveland Mall Historic District - NR 1975).

The quality of the exterior terra-cotta ornamentation part of Ohio Historic Inventory). Page (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form received National Register of Historic Places date entered The Halle Building NPS Form 10-900-a For NPS use only Cleveland of classically derived architecture. Other prominent buildings erected prior compares favorably with contemporary buildings such as the May Company, Lindner Building (NR 1978), Rose Building, Engineers Building, and the Standard Building (all surveyed as OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Item number excerpted Dissertation, including Edwin Crooks VITA., PP. 320-328. The Hallegram, Volume XIII, September, 1924, Number 9. Ohio Historical Records Survey, Historic Sites, 19458-HS-1 rev., Feb. 21, 1910., Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 6, 1913, Cleveland Public Library Clipping File.

Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 23, 1928, Cleveland Public Library Clipping File. Cleveland Press, July 27, 1949, Cleveland Public Library Clipping File. Cleveland Leader, April 1, 1914, Cleveland Public Library Clipping File. Cleveland News, June 5, 1927, Cleveland Public Library Clipping File. Page received Cleveland Magazine, April, 1982, "A Death in the Family", James M. Wood.

date entered Continuation sheet Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Business (3-82) NPS Form 10-900-a For NPS use only Certification Application).This Dissertation is in the files of the Western Reserve Administration in the School of Business of Indiana University,1959.Pp.62-68,75-79, WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ('R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Fed. Reg.

Date: Date Due: 9/8 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -sample -request - NR decision Reviewer's comments: Reviewer _ _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description J unaltered - original site - moved boundary selection resubmission alterations/integrity ruins AUG91983 yes Accessible Category completeness Date appeal unexposed excellent OHIO deteriorated Ownership Status fair Discipline Condition Recom./Criteria clarity Cuyahoga County Halle Building Action: ACCEPT summary paragraph Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Working No.

Substantive Review: Present Use good Check one AUG REJECT RETURN Entered in the 2-7-84