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Decorative drawing: a row of tall apartment houses with bay windows. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Plaza Apartments

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,080 words across 7 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 84000233, 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.

Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) The Plaza Apartments 5. Other Name(s) Cleveland City 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Yes X 29. Basement? 3206 Prospect Avenue 17. Date(s) or Period Foundation Material 30.Stone 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design "bricka stone 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer Steffens, Searles, and Hirsh 20. Contractor or Builder 33. Nonof Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape ell 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Private CX Altered O in #42) Moved D if known 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. ReferenceCleveland North Prospect Avenue Survey 1976 25. Open to Site D Structure - Object O 6. 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 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road Prospect Avenue Historic District 10' x 75' were also completed in rough face block. Bay windows to the right side of the building overlooking the courtyard have crenellated cornice. Highly pitched multi-gable roof. 43. History and Significance The Plaza Apartment Building is significant because of its architecture, and as one of the 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings This property is less than one acre in size. 45. Sources of Information 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 11/75 | 12/82 614/466-1500 Side Underway? Front Register? apartments Zone Easting SOCIETY 1901 Preservation Northing HISTORICAL WRHS Eligible?

M.Noble Eclectic Exterior (Explain Rough face block trim includes quoins, window surrounds, and building base. Two-three story boxlike protrusions with windows (over) Cuyahoga PROSPECT Property parcel number 103-15-044 AVENUE OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Wall Construction County good CLC 3. Location_of Negatjves City Hall 32. Roof Type & Material tone quoins Addition O 4453 0 459 4390 Four and a half story ell shaped yellow brick apartment building. important apartment buildings built on Prospect. The Plaza was built in 1901 by the styles popular at the tur of the century. This eclecticism was especially popular in the 24. Owner's Name & Address, CIC No 8 Cleveland Improvement Company and constructed at an estimated cost of $35,000.

/brick Johannesen/Keiser 46.Preparedby Present Name(s) Photo Interior_unknown The Plaza Apartment Building is a good example of the eclectic use of architectural XXXX 5o House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed O Smoke House, O Silo O Carriage House Summer Kitchen - or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound Cultural Materials Noted - 42. (Cont'd) bay window with the crenellated cornice. commercial building at 5405 Detroit Avenue, 1896. Steffens left the firm in 1901 and Other Name Type Barn Type(s) Spring House apartment buildings and residences.

The firms of Steffens, Searles, and Hirsh; and City Bank, 1905; the Mission Style Garden Theater (demolished), 1904; and several other of this eclecticism are the pointed arch entrance, the highly pitched gable roof, and the Roll No. went into practice for himself.The successor firm was known as Searles and Hirsh. This was one of the last buildings designed by the architectural firm of Steffens, Code No. Picture No(s). Searles and Hirsh were versatile in their use of architectural styles. Renaissance Revival style Bohemian Hall,190l (NR 1975),and the Jacobethan style OAI No. 43. design of apartment buildings. The features of the Plaza that make it a good example Searles, and Hirsh.The firm is known for their designs of the Romanesque-Second Buildings that were designed by Searles and Hirsh include the Neo-Classic Style Forest OPS Form 10-800a 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 14. Southworth House 16. Templar-Farrel1 Motor 18. United Motor Service 19.

Walker and Weeks Office Home Name Building Date/Signature Keeper Attest National Register of Historic Places State Inventory-Nomination Form Plaza Apartments National Register Trinity Cathedral Church Exchange Building Zion Lutheran Church Sales Building Tavern Club Continuation sheet Item number National Park Service Entered in the For NPS use only Substantive Review Cuyahoga County, OHIO (3-82) received9 WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Plaza Apartments (Upper Prospect MRA) nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - -sample Jrequest Lappeal Reviewer's comments: Reviewer _ _ see continuation sheet _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 J excellent J unaltered - original site -moved Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

summary paragraph yes resubmission Accessible Category Status Ownership completeness REJECT Date Discipline Recom./Criteria deteriorated alterations/integrity ruins RETURN unexposed Cuyahoga County Substantive Review: NR decision Nomination returned for: Condition boundary selection clarity fair good Fed. Reg. Date: 24 Date Due:10/18/84-11/4/84 OHIO Action: Working No. _SEP 2 0,1984 Eatered In tha Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of

The rest of the file

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

Significance (in one paragraph) J applicable criteria justification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name 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: _national State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ Signed Phone: _ Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet completeness Date Builder/Architect Period Maps context local summary paragraph justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource UTM References 8. Significance Photographs relationship of integrity to significance state clarity title Cleveland, Ohio Telephone: (216) 664-2546 and 664-2547 Neg.

loc.: Cleveland City Hall 11 of 31 Area Upper Prospect Multiple Resource CITY OF CLEVELAND 3206 Prospect Avenue W.Thomas BUREAU OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES March 1983 Please Credit Apartments) CLEVELAND LANDMARKS COMMISSION EAST 6TH & LAKESIDE AVENUE 6443--* 3161983 CITY HALL, ROOM 5 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number:64000653 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property