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Nomination for Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott Exchange Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,249 words across 8 pages, filed in 1984. 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 84000232, 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.

Ohio Bell 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott Exchange Building 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 3 29. Basement? Yes X 5400-20 Prospect Avenue 17. Date(s) or Period 18. Style or Design 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Builder No O 21. Original Use, if apparent office building 34. Wall Treatment Limestone 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Private 8 Altered O in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference Cleveland North 100 Erieview Plaza 4 45 540 Exterior good 25. Open to 38. Preservation Site O Structure O No X Building X Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11.

On National Cleveland Landmarks Conmission By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes [X 14. District CLC-Prospect Avenue Survey 1976 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road (local 10' x 100' 43. History and Significance The Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott Exchange Building is significant because of its archi- Prospect MRA from the early twentieth century. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 45. Sources of Information Conservation with Bob Mancini of Ohio Bell, 1/4/83 The Story of Richards, Bauer, and Moorhead 75th Anniversary (1967) 47. Organization Ohio Bell Annual Report 1929 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1/83 | 614/466-1500 Easting 1928 County concrete Side Front Modernistic Northing SOCIETY Register? Underway? Zone 4594530 Eligible?

Cuyahoga HISTORICAL Property parcel number 103-18-017 Sanborn Maps Potent'? CLC OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY This property is less than one acre in size. The Ohio Bell Building was designed in a Modernistic style.It is the only Modernistic Ohio Historic Preservation Office Cleveland City Hall &Nordhof 31. "skeletal frame Present Use 22. Present Use Addition O Interior unknown Cleveland, OH 44103 Prospect Avenue Historic Distric divided by three story piers. Moderne features include piers with stepped tops, floral design ornamentation, and the Bell Telephone tecture, and because it was one of the important conmercial buildings in the Upper Name(s) (Explain corporate symbol.The base of the building is polished granite. 5o House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51.

Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed - Smoke House, O Silo O Carriage House S Summer Kitchen O or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Basis for Information Owner Collection - 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound O Cultural Materials Noted - OAI No. 42. (Cont'd) decades the firm designed 63 other telephone buildings for Ohio Bell throughout Ohio. Other Name Type The Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott Building was designed by the firm of Mills, Rheins, Barn Type(s) The Modernistic style was a popular architectural style for telephone buildings in Spring House 43. style building on Upper Prospect, and one of a few examples of the style in the city. Building,1930;the University of Toledo-University Hall 1932;YMCA (NR 1982),1933-5; and Picture No(s). Code No. were designed in the Modernistic style. Roll No.

Cleveland, four of the seven telephone buildings that are on the Ohio Historic Inventory Bellman, and Nordhoff of Toledo.The firm was known for their design of the Owens-Illinois the Toledo Club (NR 1978) all in Toledo.The firm had a long relationship with Ohio OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior Entered Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review 11. Neff Apartments 12. Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott 13. Plaza Apartments. 14. Southworth House 16. Templar-Farrell Motor 17. Trinity Cathedral Church 18. United Motor Service 19.

Walker and Weeks Office Building Home Date/Signature Name Attest Keeper Inventory-Nomination Form Sales Building National Register (3-82) State Zion Lutheran Church Exchange Building Tavern Club National Register of Historic Places Item number Continuation sheet NPS Form 10-900-a National Park Service For NPS use only Entered in the Cuyahoga County, OHIO Substantive Review received9 WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET SEP 20 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -sample Lrequest _appeal Reviewer's comments: . see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Present Use Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5.

Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description Check one _ excellent - unaltered - original site - moved summary paragraph Accessible Ownership Condition Status yes REJECT resubmission Discipline Category Cuyahoga County Date Working No. alterations/integrity Recom./Criteria Reviewer fair unexposed deteriorated ruins Action: RETURN completeness boundary selection Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott Exchange clarity Substantive Review: NR decision Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Building (Upper Prospect MRA) Enteied in the Fed. Reg. Date: 2/4/86 Date Due: /e/18/84 -1/4/84 ACCEPT good Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J applicable criteria - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date . Signed - Phone: completeness Period Builder/Architect context state Maps Photographs clarity title 8. Significance summary paragraph relating significance to the resource Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to relationship of integrity to significance Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet justification of areas checked justification of exception national Cleveland, Ohio W. Thomas 6417 - - MAR 1 1983 neg.

loc.: Cleveland City Hall 25 of 31 CITY HALL, ROOM 5 Telephone: (216) 664-2546 and 664-2547 Please Credit March 1983 CITY OF CLEVELAND 5400-20 Prospect Avenue looking southwest Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area (Ohio Bell Henderson-Endicott Bldg.) CLEVELAND LANDMARKS COMMISSION BUREAU OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES EAST 6TH & LAKESIDE AVENUE Marner Chemas CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000653 Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Please refer to the map in the AN AMERITECH COMPANY R.M. Carr 45 Erieview Plaza Cleveland, Ohio 44114 August 14, 1984 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Att: Mr. David A. Simmons Inventory and Registration Thank you for considering our 5400-5420 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland building for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

We are proud to have our telephone heritage reflected upon because of its strong message and record of accomplishment. We have no objection to the nomination of the mentioned property and would also like to suggest a couple of other Cleveland properties for extensive renovation and we take pride in the historic preservation of The other building at 700 Prospect Avenue was built in 1895 and is currently being used by Ameritech Publishing, Inc., the Yellow Page Mr. Victor Hardman, on 216-822-8050 or I would be happy to discuss the nominated building or either of the others at your convenience. Real Estate Management T. B. Garrison Cheyfitz Falle Ohio Bell AUG 22 1984 Phone (216) 822-8850 Division Manager the main lobby. Dear Sir: it would continue to be used as an administrative building. Columbus, Ohio your consideration. Our main switching center at 750 Huron Road in subsidiary.

This building is up for sale with the intent being that 43211