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1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Date(s) or Period 3834 Prospect Avenue 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 8. Site Plan with North Arrow attributed to Searles and Hirsh 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Addition O Altered O in #42) Moved O 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. ReferenceCleveland North 3817 Carnegie Avenue Interior unknown 459 4 440 Cleveland, OH 44115 25. Open to 38. Preservation Structure - Building * Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What?
Cleveland Landmarks Commission 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 14. District CIC-Prospect Avenue Survey 1976 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road Prospect Avenue Historic District 15' x 75' 42. Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) Deep-ell shaped four story brick apartment building in an Eclectic Tudor style. Window frames and mullions suggesting Tudor style. Iwo large projecting bays with roof gables at the rear wing of the ell. The buildings trim was completed in stone. The main entrance 43. History and Significance The Dixon Hall Apartment Building is significant because of its architecture, and because it is one of the important apartment buildings built on Prospect Avenue dating from the 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings This property is less than one acre in size 45.
Sources of Information Cleveland Landmarks Files - Cimperman Conversation with Eric Johannesen 614/466-1500 1905 style. residential County brick Easting 4/83 Front SOCIETY Zone Northing Site common/bays Register? masonry Underway? Eligible? flat/gable HISTORICAL Eclectic-Tudor ell PROSPECT (Explain unknown OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Very ornate iron gate and fence surround the property. Dixon Hall Apartments AVENUE Exterior good turn of the century.Dixon Hall was built in 1905 and was designed in a Tudor-Eclectic Cleveland City Hall CLC-File #169 on the first floor is classical in detail. Ohio Historic Preservation Office Side 8 Yes E 16. Prepared by Keiser 48.Date Present Name(s) Photo Street 49.Revision Date(s) NO X 5Q House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed O Smoke House, O Silo O Summer Kitchen D or Ice House 52.
Archaeological Site on Property? Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Groand Earthworks or Mound O Cultural Materials Noted - OAI No. 42. (Cont'd) Other Yes Type Name Spring House the gable roof dormers with pendants, the window frames and mullions, and the use of brick The architecture of Dixon Hall falls into a transitional period of architectural and stone building materials.The building also has elements of the more utilitarian Picture No(s). which adds to the significance of the building. Roll No. the buildings style comes from the use of building materials.The building was designed Barn Type(s) Code No. for practicality and to please the tastes of the upper class tenants that it was to Carriage House Basis for Information Commercial style.There is very little extra ornamentation on this building, and much of OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Entered Page / 43 Cuyahoga County, OHIO Nomination/Type of Review 1. Benedict, Sarah, House 3. Cleveland Packard Building 4. Cook Building 5. Dixon Hall Apartments 6. Ensworth, Jeremiah, House 7. Gaensslen, Phillip, House 8. Gifford, Dr. William, House 9. Ireland, Joseph, House 10. Montana Apartments Keeper Attest National Register of Historic Places Date/Signature Name Inventory-Nomination Form State dnr-11 Item number Thematic Group Continuation sheet Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area National Register Multiple Resource Area 2. Central YMCA Entered in tha recelved NPS Form 10-900-a For NPS use only (3-82) WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ('R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Dixon Hall Apartments (Upper Prospect MRA) Fed. Reg.
Date: 2786 - 11/4/84 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ LJappeal _ sample J request NR decision Reviewer's comments: _ 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 7. Description Check one -excellent J unaltered - original site - moved summary paragraph Accessible Ownership resubmission completeness yes REJECT Condition Status Category Date Recom./Criteria unexposed alterations/integrity Cuyahoga County ruins Discipline Reviewer RETURN deteriorated clarity boundary selection good Substantive Review: Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Present Use Has this property been determined eligible?
fair Entered In thâction: ACCEPT - OHIO Working No. National Regtster Specific dates - summary paragraph J applicable criteria justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangle name. UTM References 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - L Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Phone: - Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Maps Builder/Architect Signed title context national completeness 8. Significance clarity Verbal boundary description and justification relating significance to the resource justification of areas checked _state relationship of integrity to significance Statement of Significance