Nomination for Cleveland Worsted Mills Company

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 1. Name . not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county - 3. Classification - public - unoccupied - structure - work in progress X yes: restricted - government yes: unrestricted X industrial 4. Owner of Property 8601 Wilshire Boulevard, I1th Floor - yes X no X federal depository for survey records 039 1978 Washington code both Accessible entertainment date Category commercial museum educational park district Cleveland site being considered religious title transportation Ownership Ohio historic local agriculture private residence object other: Status Cleveland Inventory of Historic scientific Present Use in process Inventory-Nomination Form Historic American Buildings Survey military 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 2.

Location Type all entries-complete applicable sections Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Public Acquisition National Register of Historic Places National Park Service See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Beverly Hills For NPS use only 5846-6116 Broadway United States Department of the Interior 1219 Ontario Street (3-82) 5. Location of Legal Description and or common street & number NPS Form 10-900 state Ohio X building(s) X private courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Cuyahoga County Administration Building Engineering and Industrial Sites has this property been determined eligible? X altered moved date factory complexes.

These buildings are predominantly turn-of-the-century, with the oldest buildings dating with the exception of the powerhouse, but visually and functionally they form five it a monumental character, with its windows grouped horizontally by differing arch original specialized function. Wings of this structure extended it to the northwest in 1904 and 1907 and are of similar height and size to the original six-story building, but are simpler in external Its somewhat haphazard appearance suggests that this passage was an addition. finished fabric. All other operations at this complex were secondary to this operation. 7.

Description Condition unexposed deteriorated the weaving buildings is a long narrow passageway which extends, by a bridge, from the unaltered brick on the exterior walls creating an interesting vertical rhythm on otherwise long, Romanesque influences by arched openings and accenting towers with pyramidal roofs.

Check one along the Erie Railroad tracks#l Stair towers at the ends of the building serve as appearance and exhibit some minor variations in the internal structure.Resting atop within which the windows are grouped.Butresses are sometimes visually expressed in of wool manufacturing machinery removed so that the entire complex exists as a collection window openings, particularly those in the uppermost floor which are placed within influence in their segmental arched openings.All of the buildings have had every piece made of brick and are generally enlivened by projecting towers and multi-story arcades of large open warehouse structures with little noteworthy visual evidence of their cut sandstone trim.They form dignified facades worthy of any commercial building.

handsomely detailed in hard-fired brick with thin joints and an abundance of smooth- Broadway is a major through street and contains a variety of commercial buildings and The weaving buildings are physically at the core of the complex and are also the oldest These buildings were the functional core of the complex for it was in the weaving on the other side of which is a residential neighborhood of turn-of-the-century houses. of the weaving buildings is laminated plank on steel beams and exterior load-bearing walls. X original site This complex of over a dozen industrial buildings is located on the southeast side of _ruins -excellent Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

This is the largest industrial grouping in this area and is one of Cleveland's largest mending buildings through to the wool storage building. This wood frame structure, now buildings that the large power-operated weaving machines made the wool yarn into the good The structure node which contains a number of historic commercial, insitutional and religious buildings. visual accents.The principal facade of the weaving buildings is along the railroad tracks and it receives specialized treatment.Elaborate brickwork is used to accent the massive round arches.A corbelled brick cornice accents the building.

remaining buildings.The main portion dates from 1896 and bends in undulating fashion The railroad front of the weaving buildings also receives a special treatment which gives are about three floors high and one building stands ten stories tall.The buildings are from 1896 and the newest building from 1920.The structures are all close to one another, fair OMB No.1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Page 2 North of the weaving buildings is an H-shaped complex where the raw product, wool, wool storage building is faced with red brick and has a fairly plain facade, with an window within each arch, which terminates at the sixth floor with a segmental arch.

Atop these H-shaped buildings are rooftop monitors, with the glazed areas facing east The office building at the southeastern end and its adjacent picking, mending and warp is similar in scale to the other mill buildings but is simpler, featuring a monochromatic building, some three hundred feet southeast along Broadway, this becomes an impressive (3-82) received Inventory-Nomination Form date entered National Register of Historic Places National Park Service numerous regularly-spaced steel columns.

identical, measuring eighty and ninety feet across and separated by a gap equal to the arches which are separated by brick pilasters with rounded corners.A stone cornice the weaving buildings in architecture.Adjoining it at the south is the picking and this building also housed an extensive series of employee recreational facilities such laminated plank on steel beams which is used generally throughout the complex.The building is the tallest structure in the Cleveland Worsted Mills complex and dates Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio crowns each building.The sides of each building are articulated by vertical butresses with rounded corners which are more closely spaced than on the facades, containing one brick facade which is more somber than its older counterparts to the northwest.This Adjoining the office building atits rear is the 19o0 mending and warp operations building.

mending building.It dates from 1913 but closely relates stylistically to the 1900 United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a and office building which formed the headquarters of the complex.Dating from 1918 it a large rooftop monitor which features a row of windows which face east and a sloping Then the wool passed into the southern half of this massive H-shaped complex where it For NPs use only Item number 7 was prepared for weaving. Beginning at the northwest tower, the wool was brought was drawn, spun and twisted into worsted wool thread, at which point it was ready for differs from that of the other buildings.

It is reinforced concrete, rather than the The top floor is lighted by They are virtually When combined with the similarly-scaled facade of the office However, no direct evidence of these uses survives and the lower floors use in the weaving buildings, which attach to its southwest point. The wool storage base of each building. The segmental arches of these lower bays relate to the scale of abundance of regularly-spaced rectangular window openings.T facades are grouped by arcades into three vertical divisions.Horizontally, the facades into the ten-story wool storage building.From there it entered the carding and wool Continuation sheet Cleveland Worsted Mills facades of the buildings. scouring operations in the long six-story building which stands along Blanche Avenue. have been substantially altered with new inexpensively paneled walls and dropped ceilings. as a gymnasium.

giving it a molded appearance. The interiors are well-lit by the windows and have and sloping roofs to the west. The upper four floors are united under large segmental OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service received - Item number 7 but steps back on the upper floors to form a distinctive profile. In the center of the complex is a building which housed the laboratory and design lower in height than the surrounding buildings and is physically separated from them. It is a plain building, having a few features which give it a vaguely Neoclassical marked by gable roofs, accenting towers and intricate brickwork on its end facades. It is physically separated from the main complex by the Erie Railroad tracks, lying railroad tracks to connect the basement level of the weaving building to the powerhouse.

stories in height and which are free of internal columns, having large metal roof trusses closed in 1957, it has not received constant attention and has deteriorated. As its physically isolated from the main complex of buildings. buildings which were once involved in the mill operation. All of the major mill buildings still stand; over several years ago a one-story wood frame warehouse which stood northwest of the main buildings was demolished, but this was the only sizeable change which has taken place since the operations ceased in 1957 and all the machinery nomination because they are not under the same ownership; they are undistinguished architecturally and historically and they have no functional relationship to the mill.

National Register of Historic Places Page Inventory-Nomination Form (3-82) Continuation sheet Cleveland Worsted Mills date entered Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio For NPS use only NPS Form 10-900-a corbelled brickwork and slit-like window openings. This building rises to six stories departments, the employee entrance and garage space. Dating from 1915 it is much This building is at present deteriorated, suffering from The fifth and final group of buildings is the powerhouse. *ª.Dating from 1909 it is about 150 feet west of the mill complex. A tunnel made of brick extends beneath the overhead. All of the boiler equipment has been removed, leaving a series of vast a small stream. Northwest of the powerhouse is a large round metal water tank, used name denotes, this building was used to power the machinery and to provide heat for was removed.

Iwo small commercial buildings stand within the mill complex along Broadway and are noted on the site map. employee entrance is framed in stone and is so marked by lettering carved in stone. Because of its different function, the powerhouse has a different internal plan from to supply the old boilers. Because this building has not been used since the mills The nominated property consists of the former mill property and includes all surviving roof leakage.It features large open spaces and is well lighted by windows.The Areas of Significance - Check and justify below exploration settlement The . industry politics government other (specify) Builder Architect George S. Rider Co., designers Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The Cleveland Worsted Mills Company complex is a significant example of turn-of-the- display Richardsonian Romanesque influencés in industrial sites. It survives with nearly every building intact as one of the larger older industrial complexes in Northeast Ohio. Since the buildings were built over a twenty-five year period, they reflect the changes in American industrial architecture over that time both in terms of stylistic and Cleveland Worsted Mills was the second largest national consolidation of worsted mills. Thus these buildings represent a major national center for worsted wool production.

this factory was greatly enlarged by additions from 1904-1909 which increased its size mills handled only certain operations, only the Cleveland complex performed every operation in the transformation of raw wool to worsted fabrics, with the exception the dyeing process, which was carried out at their Ravenna, Ohio plant. At the height of operations in the 1920's 5,000 people were employed at all plants, 185,000 spindles remained privately held until it ceased operations here in 1957. Perhaps to avoid the Labor strife which was to eventually lead to the closing of this plant, the company erected sizeable facilities for employee recreation. A separate recreation and office building here featured a library, bowling alleys, dining room and exercise room. The which was used by employees of the company and their friends.

At the height of operations, wool would enter the wool storage building, a ten-story through a vast six-story H-shaped building where it would be scoured, sorted, carded supplied the New York garment industry as, well as/large Cleveland clothiers such as The buildings in the complex were designed largely by the George S. Rider Company and 1700-1799 1400-1499 commerce 1500-1599 engineering economics communications conservation philosophy military invention archeology-prehistoric transportation literature humanitarian Period prehistoric law sculpture -communityplanning X_1800-1899 social/ _archeology-historic science 8. Significance Richman Brothers and Joseph Feiss Company. -agriculture X1900- .education _music Criteria A and C landscape architecture Specific dates 1896-1920 structural elements.

Even though all of the machinery has been removed from the complex, by their design and relationship to one another, the buildings reflect the woolen industry at the turn of the century. This complex of buildings functioned as the main operation company also had a 60-room hotel erected at Lake Stafford, near the Ravenna dyeing plant and combed; then drawn, twisted and spun to form yarn. The next step was the weaving, which was done in the buildings facing the railroad tracks. From there the fabric and 1,760 broadlooms were in operation, and the Cleveland plant used 15 million pounds of wool per year. The company supplied the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines with material for uniforms. It had a capital stock of $20 million. O.M.

Stafford was serving as 1600-1699 art religion X_architecture made its way to the mending, warp and picking operations before shipment.The firm research by Rosemary Hritske, June 1982. UT M References . state 11.

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Form Prepared By street & number 3515 Archwood Avenue Nationa] code county Northing date Easting Zone organization name/title Cleveland 4.62 local Quadrangle scale Attest: 1:24,000 Quadrangle name Cleveland South, Ohio 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Steven McQuillin, Independent Preservation Consultant Acreage of nominated property Verbal boundary description and justification The nominated property, located at the southwest List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 9. Major Bibliographical References The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Chief of Registration 10.

Geographical Data I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register February 1985 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 city or town Exhibit A of a deed dated Aug.7,1972 from Cen.Ohio Ind.Park to Broadway Properties, Inc. Keeper of the National Register For NPs use only Johannesen, Eric, Cleveland Architecture: 1876-1976, P. 93; 1979, West. Reserve Hist. Soc. Ohio 44109 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFPICE : 1983 0 -419-311 1922 Historic American Engineering Record, Cleveland Inventory of Hist.Eng.& Industrial Sites American Appraisal Company, Insurance Appraisal of the Cleveland Worsted Mills Co.,1922. corner of Broadway and Blanche Ave.,consists of Cleveland Permanent Parcel Nos.131-25-11 Cleveland Worsted Mills Co., and 131-25-17; it is also described as Parcels 1,2,3(A) and 3(B) and 5(A) and 5(B)in OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Item number 8 1896, are Richardsonian Romanesque in style, featuring stair towers with pyramidal stylistically to the older weaving buildings but is somewhat simpler, without the the Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge, the National Carbon Company plant and the Page received Inventory-Nomination Form date entered (3-82) National Park Service United States Department of the Interior red brick to create rich polychrome facades which are sophisticated enough for combine Neoclassicalpilasters and cornices with massive Richardsonian segmental National Register of Historic Places Federal Building, all in Cleveland.

roofs and slit-like windows and a grand series of arches stretching along the long laminated wood floors which are supported by stout wood planks stacked together to urbane and highly styled facades of these buildings along Broadway.These facades whose projects also included the Goodyear and B.F.Goodrich rubber plants in^Akron; NPS Form 10-900-a For NPS use only arches which span multi-story arcades.

These facades have a smooth, molded appearance The 1920 wool storage building displays a newer technology: all have similar structures: wood planks are stacked vertically to form thick the use of reinforced concrete to create floors, walls and supporting columns and The Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company were the general contractors for this complex Continuation sheet form laminated beams.These beams are supported by wood (in the earliest 1896 buildings) due to the use of masonry which is rounded at the edges.Sandstone is used with or steel vertical columns. Cleveland Worsted Mills and may also have designed some of the buildings. This was a large Cleveland firm Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio * WEAVING WOOL STORAGE PARKING LOT. 1907 BROADWAY 1900 RECREATION WORSTED BLANCHE NORTH CLEVELAND BOUNDARY AVE.

SPINNING OFFICES- MILLS COMPLEX STREAM SLOPE 1913 COMMERCIAS SITE PLAN COMBING SEP. POWERHOUSE-1909 COMM DRAWING LOT WARP 1915 EMPLOYEE LABORATORY,DESIGN TWISTING MENDING OWN WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET JUL 12 1985 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: _ _ REJECT - L sample L request -appeal Reviewer _ _ 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 J yes 7. Description -excellent - unaltered - original site -ruins - moved - completeness - alterations/integrity - boundary selection resubmission dates Condition Ownership Status Discipline Cuyahoga County RETURN Category deteriorated clarity Working No. 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys NR decision Substantive Review: ACCEPT Nomination returned for: Reviewer's comments: Federal Agency: Present Use summary paragraph Recom./Criteria nomination by person or local government owner objection Has this property been determined eligible? Cleveland Worsted Mills Company good Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Check one UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Accessible NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Public Acquisition NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES National Registen J unexposed 85001695 3480 - summary paragraph -justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 11.

Form Prepared By _local - Date - - Photographs - Phone: _ Signed context Builder/Architect state Period title applicable criteria completeness national justification of areas checked Verbal boundary description and justification Areas of Significance-Check and justify below relating significance to the resource Specific dates 8. Significance relationship of integrity to significance 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 10. Geographical Data State Historic Preservation Officer signature UTM References Acreage of nominated property Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Quadrangle name Maps clarity COl Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 CWM- 8 Steven McQuillin, photographer negs.

in photographer's collection west elevation of weaving building, looking north Cleveland Worsted Mills FOR LEASE SALES CO. Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 CWM-1 negs. in photographer's collection Cleveland Worsted Mills facades along Broadway from the north, looking southeast Steven McQuillin, photographer Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 from Blanche Avenue negs. in photographer's collection CWM-6 processing bldg., looking south Steven McQuillin, photographer closeup of north wall of wool Cleveland Worsted Mills Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 Steven Mcluillin, photographer negs. in photographer's collection CWM-5 processing bldgs., looking west Cleveland Worsted Mills from Broadway space between the two main wool 1ooking northwest toward wool CWM-3 negs.

in photographer's collection Steven McQuillin, photographer rooftop view from picking building Cleveland Worsted Mills storage building Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 (left), looking south CWM-4 Steven McQuillin, photographer negs. in photographer's collection (right) and wool scouring bldg. north sides of wool storage bldg. Cleveland Worsted Mills Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 CWM- 7 negs. in photographer's collection Cleveland Worsted Mills edge of wool processing building closeup of cornerstonr at southeast Steven McQuillin, photographer Cleveland, Ohio February 1985 CWM-2 bldg. looking southeast Steven McQuillin, photographer Cleveland Worsted Mills negs.

in photographer's collection rooftop view from wool storage Cleveland, Ohio January 1985 Steven McQuillin, photographer east wall, looking west from the (POWER HOUSE) CWM-1C negatives in photographer's collectior top of the weaving building Cleveland Worsted Mills January 1985 Steven McQuillin, photographer (POWER HOUSE) CWM-2C negatives in photographer's collection Cleveland,Ohio Cleveland Worsted Mills south side, looking north from the top of the weaving building bldgs., looking northeast 1603 WATERBURY AVE. LAKEWOOD 7, OHIO ACademy 1-6714 1982 PHOTOGRAPH BY Public Library 5846-6116 Broadway,C1eve1and,Cuyahoga Cleveland Worsted Mills Company GEO. R. HICKERNELL Photographer: Richard Karburg, Cleveland Cleveland Worsted Mills, Co.

#2 View B: Picking, weaving looking north 1982 Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Public Library 5846-6116 Broadway,Cleve1and,Cuyahoga Cleveland Public Cleveland, CuyAhogA, Ohio LookingN at o, Photographer: Richard Karburg, Cleveland Cleveland, CuyahogA, Ohio 1982 Public Library Cleveland Worsted Mills Company 5846-6116 Broadway,C1eve1and,Cuyahoga Cleveland Worsted m:lis Co. Photographer: Richard Karburg, Cleveland view C: wool processing looking north Clereland, CuyahogA, Ohio 5846-6116 Broadway, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Public Library Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Cleverland Worsted mlls, Co.

*6 Photographer: Richard Karburg, Cleveland 1982 offices looking southwest Clevelant, GuyAhoga, Ohio view E: interior, wool processing looking northeast Public Library 5846-6116 Broadway,C1eve1and,Cuyahoga Cleveland Worsted Mills Company 1982 Cleveland Publie Photographer: Richard Karburg, Cleveland Cleveland, CuyAhoga, Ohio view F: interior, weaving looking southwest 1982 Public Library Cleveland Worsted Mills Company 5846-6116 Broadway,C1eve1and,Cuyahoga OHIO-CUYAHOGACO CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE CLEVELAND SOUTH, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) N4122.5W8137.5/7.5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES 17-445800; APR 041985 8601 Wilshire Boulevard, 11th Floor, Beverty Hills. CA 90211. 213 / 276-5448 March 29, 1985 Dr. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Dr.

Luce: As the authorized owner of the Cleveland Worsted Mills, I have no objections to the Thank you for your interest and cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, MA/mmc that the nomination of this property was given final approval by the Ohio Historic Marlin Industries Cleveland Worsted Mills to the National Register. listing of this complex on the National Register of Historic Places.I understand Mark Anderson I am aware that there is a provision for a sixty-day review and comment period objections to the buildings' being placed on the National Register.

during which the owner of a nominated property is entitled to express objections letters from the owner and the city of Cleveland stating that there are no owner, I specifically waive the right to comment or object to the nomination of the Site Preservation Advisory Board for National Register status, pending receipt of and request that the property not be placed on the National Register.As the GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, MAYOR ALL-AMERICA CITY May 1, 1985 Dr. W. Ray Luce, State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Dr.

Luce: The City of Cleveland has been made aware that the Cleveland Worsted Advisory Board as being eligible for listing on the National Register letters from the owners and the City of Cleveland indicating that there are no objections to placing the complex on the National I have no objections to the nomination of the Cleveland Worsted Thank you for your interest and cooperation in this matter. City of Cleveland Mayor Register. on the National Register. tion to the National Park Service in listing of Historic Places at the board's March 22,1985meeting.The nomina- Mills complex was considered by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation George V. Moinovich Sincerely Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 June 25, 1985 Ms.

Carol Shull, Chief National Park Service 1100 L Street, NW Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Bel mont Miller, Frederick, A., House Lunkenheimer, Frederick, House South Ridge School house SOCIETY 614/466-1500 HISTORICAL Champaign Lorain Cuyahoga County Enclosures Fairfield New Submissions Railroad Depot Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area WRL:bp Stockbridge Apartment Building the Stockbridge Apartment Building,Cuyahoga County nominations.Please do State Historic Preservation Officer Please contact me if you have any questions. Franklin Natlonal Register of Historic Places Dear Carol: comment have been received for both the Cleveland Worsted Miils Company and Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Department of the Interior Dilger Store everything possible to expedite these two nominations. Sincerely Washington, D.C. 20240 W. Ray Luce