Nomination for Medical Centre Building

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Exp. 10-31-84 NOV 2 I 1984 DEC 20 1. Name 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of state - Ohio 3. Classification _ district - public X occupied - agriculture X private X commercial - work in progress - private residence - in process X yes: restricted N/Abeing considered - yes: unrestricted . industrial . military 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 1219 Ontario Avenue 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has this property been determined eligible?

- yes _ federal Category government county both none date entertainment educational museum code Accessible transportation Ownership structure site religious object title other: received historic Public Acquisition Status Ohio local Cleveland park scientific Present Use OMB No.1024-0018 National Park Service See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections Inventory-Nomination Form date entered National Register of Historic Places MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING 1001 Huron Road (3-82) United States Department of the Interior CUYAHOGA COUNTY BUILDING WELFARE FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND depository for survey records NPS Form 10-900 For NPS use only _ building(s) _ excellent ten, the steel frame construction, and the original Chicago style windows on the second The variety of eclectic decorative elements include crosses, gargoyles, rope moldings, trident symbols, fleur de lis, shields, lyres, and shells.

The buildings decorative is a major decorative emphasis on the buildings outer east and'west bays. There are ornamental belt courses above and below the eleventh story windows, and above the third The main entrance to the office building, with a curvilinear opening, is to the left side stylized cow, goat, and lioni The buildings east and west elevations are windowless. The building has undergone some changes that effect the integrity of-the building. These storefronts that were originally on the first story have been'replaced with a centralized story, and glass block windows on the third story. One of the original fourth floor extensive changes, the window openings have not been altered and have been replaced with glass, and glass block.

The buildings ornamentation remains intact and continues Condition ruins frame unexposed deteriorated fair unaltered Check one Commercial style elements include the plain expansive walls on floors five through windows and the original ninth floor windows have been replaced with windows that are west sides of the facade.Pendants rise above the cornice line emphasizing the buildings and third stories.The buildings eclectic decorative elements are found in the terra 7. Description entrance to additional first floor office space.The original second and third story and west bays.The building is a mixture of commercial and eclectic design elements.

The Medical Centre Building is an extremely ornate eleven story commercial office a balconet.To the west side of the fourth floor there is an oriel window that appears to emerge out of a floral design underneath the window.Above the oriel window there cotta treatment of the first four floors and the eleventh story. of the building is assymetrical with major decorative emphasis on the buildings east -moveddate Huron Road elevation of the building is divided into six major bays .This elevation are four gargoyles in the shapes of griffins, and dragons.On the east side of the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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bays.The window to the east side of the eleventh story has a curvilinear opening and of the first story.Above the first floor there are three gargoyles in the shapes ofa X good X altered The buildings rear elevation, which faces Barn Court, is a plain wall with a visible steel Chicago style windows have been replaced by clusters of one over one windows on the second fourth story there is a highly articulated double window with an enriched window surround. changes mostly involve the replacement of the original windows.The five commercial smaller than the original openings.Although the buildings windows have undergone X_original site story windows.Curvilinear parapets rise above the buildings outer bays to the east and to convey the design that made it significant.

building.The building is 128 feet tall with a 1l0 foot frontage on Huron Road .The Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - archeology-prehistoric -archeology-historic - science - agriculture X social/ _art -theater - transportation Criteria A and C The building is significantiarchitecturally =because of the eclectic use of decorative nature include shells, fleur de lis, and other floral designs. The elements inspired Classic stylenUnion Commerce Bank Building 1924, the Sullivanesque style Standard Building 1924, and the Modernistic style Ohio Bell Building 1925-7. the 1920's the Upper Euclid area developed into an entertainment, retail, and office center, known as Playhouse:Square. Besides the Medical Centre Building other tall office buildings in downtown Cleveland, they were the Medical Centre Building, the of one another.

Huron Road was an ideal location for medical offices in the early 1923 1400-1499 1800-1899 1700-1799 1600-1699 1500-1599 commerce education communications industry invention humanitarian Period prehistoric military Service Building. sculpture Xarchitecture law -conservation --economics designed the Tudor Revival style Edgewater Park Manor Apartments 1928,the Commercial 8.

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Significance Specific dates from ancient and medieval mythology include griffins, lyres, trident symbols,and gargoyles. association with social and humanitarian concerns.The Medical Centre Building was elements.Among those elements were the Chicago Style windows originally found on the literature second and third floors.The buildings decorative elements can be divided into elements and Modernistic styles.Tall office buildings that are contemporary with the Community University of Medicine and Surgery and the Cleveland Medical College. commercial buildings in the Playhouse Square area are the B.F.Keith Building 1922,and The Medical Centre Building was part of a continuing eastward movement of commercial Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) Service Building are the Renaissance Revival style B.F.Keith Building 1922,the Neo- The building was designed and built by the W.S.Ferguson Company. The firm had also office structures that date from the early 1920's were designed in a variety of Classical was leased to the Welfare Federation, and the name was changed to the Community Building. In 1932 the Mecon Realty Company became in default and in 1937 the building Rose Building 1900,and the Osborn Building 1898 and all were 1ocated within a block style Premier Building 1919,the Neo-Classic style Union Building 1915,the Neo-Classic -engineering .._communityplanning rare to see it carried out on alarger scale.The majority of Cleveland's tall commercial the Hanna Building 192l. _music X1900- .politics/government +- other (specify) inspired from nature, and ancient and medieval mythology.

The elements inspired from part of the century due to the proximity of the Huron Road Hospital, The Cleveland Builder/Architect W.S. FERGUSON COMPANY style Creswell Garage, and the functional Grant Motor Car Corporation 1919. mostly occupied by medical and dental offices and was significant in the development of philosophy exploration/settlement The Medical Centre Building is significant because of its architecture and its While this use of eclectic elements was common for a smaller commercial building it is centralized health care in the city.In the early 1920's there were three major medical built in 1923 by the Mecon Realty Company and from 1933 to 1937 it was known as the Smythe 9.

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Major Bibliographical References January 1933. p.18-22 Cleveland building permit 30958 B 2/13/1923 10. Geographical Data UT M References - state 11. Form Prepared By name/title JOHN D. CIMPERMAN, Director ROBERT KEISER, Preservation Planner date October 23,1984 Ohio 44114 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification X local State Historic Preservation Officer signature I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register GPO 894-785 code county Easting Northing date national Cleveland Zone title Verbal boundary description and justification Quadrangle name Cleveland South Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 telephone 216/664-2531 Chief of Registration The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Bing,J.Lucia ---Social Work in Greater Cleveland "Basic Considerations in the Design of Medical Office Buildings"American Architect, city or town Welfare Federation 1938) 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated For NPs use only 14,519.412.8,0 SHPO according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of1966 (Public Law 89 Attest: Acreage of nominated property less than one acre 10/31 OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Medical Centre Building, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Continuation sheet 1 of 1 Page 1 of 1 and the new Huron Road Hospitals, and the founding of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. were objectionable to many landlords and tenants in a general office building, and because of the growing number of medical offices outside of the home. The buildings use as a Medical Centre was short lived area to the east side of Cleveland. Since 1937 the building has housed the offices of the Welfare Federation, later known at 1900 Euclid Avenue, a building that housed a number of other offices.

The Medical the Welfare Federation, Family Service Association, Childrens Services,Catholic agencies, Federation. received (3-82) care facility for physicians and dentists offices.These type of centers developed Inventory-Nomination Form medical facilities in Cleveland and this included the construction of several hospitals The Welfare Federation and Cleveland's social service agencies grew substantially in Council merged.

With the Welfare Federation money planning and social planning were Item number Centre Service)Building provided ten percent more office space than the medical and dental office centers.In the 1920's there was a significant growth of National Register of Historic Places office building on Huron Road.The Medical Centre Service)Building has because of the movement of hospitals and health care facilities away from the downtown as the Federation for Community Planning.The Welfare Federation'sorigins date back building at 1900 Euclid Avenue.

Nine of the buildings eleven floors were occupied by National Park Service for increased office space.The result was the move by the Welfare Federation to this NPS Form 10-900-a united in one agency.From 1932-7 the Welfare Federation leased space in the building to 19i7 when the Cleveland Federation for Charity and Philanthropy and the Welfare United States Department of the Interior and the Cleveland Clinic Research Building planning for University served as the offices of the Welfare Federation from 1937 to the present day. including Lutheran (1922),Cleveland City Cleveland Clinic Hospital For NPS use only date entered DEC 20 1984 the years after the first World War.

The depression and the Works Progress Administration the Community Chest, the Greater Cleveland Hospital Association and the Jewish Welfare The Rose and Osborn Buildings were built as general office buildings and evolved into of the New Deal resulted in growth for the citys social service agencies and a demand The Medical Centre Building was the first downtown building built asa centralized health WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ('R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NOV 2 / 1984 Fed. Reg. Date: , Date Due: nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: - Jappeal -sample _see continuation sheet _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description J excellent J unaltered - original site moved Category resubmission REJECT Ownership Date Condition ruins completeness unexposed Cuyahoga County Status Discipline deteriorated RETURN Action: Recom./Criteria request alterations/integrity boundary selection clarity good Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Accessible Present Use summary paragraph ACCEPT Reviewer Public Acquisition owner objection Medical Centre Building Nomination returned for: NR decision Working No. Has this property been determined eligible? Check one Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance yes 8. Significance J applicable criteria - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11.

Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet context Date clarity Builder/Architect Maps completeness national state local justification of areas checked UTM References Signed relationship of integrity to significance Quadrangle name Photographs title 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification summary paragraph Specific dates relating significance to the resource Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) justification of exception The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Verbal boundary description and justification - Phone: - Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below COMMUNITY CLEVELAND FUND BUILDING SERVICE Cleveland Landmarks Commission 1ooking southwest Medical Centre Building October 1984 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1001 Huron Road Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio View 2: view of building looking southwest CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114 7412 - - AUG 171984 Please Credit Medical Centre Building CITY OF CLEVELAND BUREAU OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES October 1984 1001 Huron Road Negs: Cleveland Landmarks Commission EAST 6TH & LAKESIDE AVENUE Bhat-grapher CITY HALL, ROOM 5 - Telephone: (216) 664-2546 and 664-2547.

Negs: Cleveland Landmarks Commission View 3: terra cotta detail Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Medical Centre Building October 1984 1001 Huron Road Negs: Cleveland Landmarks Commission Medical Centre Building Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio October 1984 1001 Huron Road Medical Centre Buildin UTM: 17 442820 4594280 CLEVELAND SOUTH, OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N4122.5 - W8137.5/7.5 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) FEDERATION FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING SEP 27 1984 September 25, 1984 1001 Huron Road Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Telephone: 216-781-2944 Ann G. Ford Vice President Jose C. Feliciano I-71 & 17th Avenue Richard S. Gray Columbus, OH 43211 John A. Hadden, Jr., M.D. Frances King Seth. C. Taft Robert W. Gillespie Owen L.

Heggs Assistant Treasurer Ralph Brody, Ph.D Treasurer RB/ra Sincerely, the procedures and provisions of the National Register Executive Director Ohio Historic Preservation Office and we waive the right of the comment period. The Federation for Community Planning is the owner of Attention: Barb Powers the Community Service Building (CSB) - We are aware ot GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, MAYOR ALL-AMERICA CITY October 1, 1984 Mr. Ray Luce 1-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Mr. Luce: Huron Road, Cleveland, Ohio. I will waive that waiting period in order to move this nomination I urge the Ohio Historic Preservation Advisory to proceed with this CC: Mr. David Simmons, OHS Mr. John D. Cimperman Mayor forward. Voinovich Ohio Historic Preservation Office Building on the National Register. nomination as expeditiously as possible.

Ohio Historical Society Its occupants have contributed to Cleveland's social and humanitarian Please accept this letter as support for the nomination to the National The Community Service Building is a significant structure of Cleveland. I am aware of the provisions of the l980 Historic Preservation Act that Register of Historic Places of the Community Service Building,100l to Cleveland and this city will be proud to have the Community Service City uf Cleheland George Y requires a 60 day waiting period for comment by the chief elected offi- GVV/ew concerns in a meaningful way for many years.Their history is important