Nomination for Travelers Hotel

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NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior Continuation sheet Item number 7 & 8 Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Business District MRA, Columbiana County, Ohio 115 East Fourth Street Architectural Description storefront has a black pigmented glass cover ing attached in the 1930s. A expansion, a much simpler brick corbeled cornice design was used. The readily apparent due to the discoloration of the older material that resulted level is slightly higher than the front The first floor of the original done in 1957 by an artist who was passing through the city and was so retain 1920s era woodwork and paneled doors. centuries.

At the time the original section of the Travelers was built in continued National Register of Historic Places Page (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form Significance Statement 1929 Sanborn map.Decorative details on the 1927 addition duplicate those on OMB NO.1024-0018 where a ceramic sculpture of a potter dominates one wall.The sculpture was portion houses the lobby where the primary feature is a marble desk and cage National Park Service Expires 10-31-87 the side elevation on the alley. A rear wing was built about 1915. The the original bays, thereby unifying the appearance of the facade. In parti- city were fewer in number and less discoloration occurred on the newer sal vaged from a bank bullding when the remodel ing was done in the 1920s. The donated it to the hotel.

The rooms upstairs are simple but for the most part tation of the social and commercial heritage of the City of East Liverpool.

the city's location with highway, rail and river access that made it an number of small hotels, and the city never got a single large hotel important center for business travelers.East Liverpool supported a large Hotels were very important commercial activities in the city.Their growth difference in the stonework and therefore the dating of each component is The Travelers Hotel is significant under criterion A as a major manifes- potteries were in full swing.Following the Depression the potteries in the the easternmost bays on the first floor level.The marque is shown on the structure.Because the hotel is built on a slight rise the rear wing floor impressed with the history and industry of the city that he made the piece and development despite numerous proposals in the late 19th and early 20th dining room is the largest in the city and occupies most of the first floor of NPS Form 10.900-a United States Department of the Interior Travelers Hotel, E.Liverpool Central Business District MRA Travelers had become the premier hotel, a center of both social and business original, since it came so close to the Great Depression that finally destroyed most of the city's potteries, thereby el iminating the air pollution.

He was a prominent photographer who had his studio in an adjacent died in 1935 and his wife operated the Hotel until 1944 when the Forzano Page 2 Continuation sheet National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form construction still appears white and pristine adjacent to the darkened demol ished leaving the Travelers as the last vestige.

celebration for the sesquicentennial of Northwest Territory Ordinance.In took over operation himself, assisted by his wife Sarah.Richard Edmonston in part to take advantage of the social activities across the street at the National Park Service banquet room) was devoted to the display of the wares of local pottery portion can be clearly seen on the facade and side elevations because it has Item number The lots where the Hotel was built were acquired by Robert L.Edmonston in performers of the early 20th century stage stayed in the Hotel while appearing Ceramic Theatre in 1904 and demolished in the 1960s).Many renowned addition the location of the Travelers in the downtown made ita focal point Lounds as the Landora Hotel.In 1912 Edmonston did not renew the least and No. 1024-0018 manufacturers.

Rather than visiting each pottery, buyers and purchasing been literally blackened from the numerous potteries operating in the city in directorles between 1890-1984 indicates that there were between 6-10 hotels for pottery businessmen. During the 1930s a round table was reserved in the family took over. The present owner acquired the building in 1981 and has (3-82) Thus the building physically represents the economic history of the city. building. The Hotel was built about 1908 and first operated by Mrs. Thomas the Thompson House were the primary hotels in the city, and by the 1930s the The building has an intriguing construction history.The original building agents from pottery wholesalers could visit the "sample room" and make their still intact and in daily use.Further- more a "sample room" a small NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Lot 619 and the southern half of 620. East Liverpool City Directory 1921, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937. Liverpool Historical Society, 1984. William McCord, History of Columbiana County, Ohio. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., Sanborn Insurance Map Co., 1908, 1913, 1923, 1929. Norman Six, Interview, Feb. 27, 1986. Form Prepared By: David A. Simmons, Ohio Historical Society. The evaluated significance of this property within the state is local. vation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. 1905.

Boundary Signature Acreage Bibliography Page Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet (3-82) As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preser- Item number Less than 1 acre. Travelers Hotel, EastLiverpool Central Business District MRA, Columbiana County, Ohio Date William Gates,The City of Hills and Kilns: Life and Work in East Liverpool,Ohio.East 1985 Velma Avenue - SINCE 1885 4. Present Name(s) Travelers Hotel (East Liverpool Central 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 4 Basement? Yes X 117 E. Fourth St 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design East Liverpool 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer Cassius Metsch 32.

Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder flat/built up 33. No. of Bays Front 9 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Changes Private C in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference Interior' good Exterior good 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure - Building X Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? No X 11. On National 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) Hotel built in three sections. Two eastern bays built about 1910. that was used as a restaurant on the first floor. This latter bldg. was demolished in 1927 when the westernmost 7 bays were built.

The top floor on the older section was rebuilt in order to unify the cornice on the facade, but the older metal cornice was retained on 43. History and Significance Built directly across from the Ceramic Theater, the Hotel catered to the theatre perfor- 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings The lot across street was site of Ceramic Theatre, now is municipal parking lot. Corner lot west of Hotel is now vacant after fire and demolition of the building there. Lot across alley to the east used to have Presbyterian Ch., is now bank drive-in. 45. Sources of Information Prepared by David A. Simmons 47. Organization William Gates, The City of Hills and Kilns 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 15th Annual Pottery Festival Program, 1982. 43920 614/466-1500 Business Distriet MRA) stone brick County SOCIETY Register? Zone unknown Underway? 4496240 Easting Commercial Eligible?

HISTORICAL Northing Columbiana (Explain Fourth OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY E.Liverpool stretcher bond Ohio Historical Sociei Ohio Historic Preservation Office City directories 2/86 no academic style (see attached sheet) Public Road? Hotel Jack Lanam Frontage on Road 318 Columbus Ohio 43211 Side 15 1. No. Col - 3/8- 18 City of fast livernonl 35. Plan Shape rectangular Addition X Altered & 355 2 Potent'!? At that time it operated with an adjacent 3 story brick building This is the only operating hotel in downtown East Liverpool. This city had a host of smal1 hotels in the late 19th and early 20th cent. and this is the only hotel remaining. Moved National Park Service Multiple Resource Area Columbiana County, OHIO Nomination/Type of Review (Previously listed 3/11/80) (Previously listed 11/21/76) 14.

Travelers Hotel Attest Keeper 10-31-87 Name Continuation sheet Date/Signature YMCA State Page Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Item number (3-82) Carnegie Library Thematic Group United States Department of the Interior East Liyerpool Central Business District MRA East Liverpool Post Office NPS Form 10-900-a date entered Far NPS use only Expires = HOTEL TRAVELERS Columbiana County, Ohio Benj. D. Rickey & Co. E. 4th St. Multiple Resources of downtown Jeffrey Darbee City of East Liverpool Travelers Hotel south (facade) and east elevations Photo # #/ TRAVELER! HOTEL Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Liverpool Ohio Business District MRA, Columbiana County, #2 View of facade and west elevation Photo: John Goempel, 1986 TRAVELERS HOTEL DINING ROOM Travelers Hotel, E.

Liverpool Central Liverpool exposure) Ohio Business District MRA, Columbiana County, #3 View of marque on facade (southern Photo: John Goempel, 1986 Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Liverpool Ohio Business District MRA, Columbiana County, #4 View of eastern elevation Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Liverpool Ohio #5 View of northern elevation Business District MRA, Columbiana County, Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Business District MRA, Columbiana County, Liverpool Ohio #6 View from lobby towards dining room Photo: John Goempel, 1986 WINTER FANTASY COFFEE INSTANT-GAME SOLD AT DEER Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Photo: John Goempel, 1986 *f7 View of cage in lobby (looking north) Liverpool Ohio Business District MRA, Columbiana County, Travelers Hotel, E.

Liverpool Central Business District MRA, Columbiana County, Photo: John Goempel, 1986 Liverpool Ohio #8 View of cage in lobby southeast) Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Photo: John Goempel, 1986 Liverpool Ohio Business District MRA, Columbiana County, #9 View of lobby south) Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Photo: John Goempel, 1986 10 View of dining room with round pottery's Liverpool Ohio Business District MRA, Columbiana County, table in center. Travelers Hotel, E. Liverpool Central Liverpool Ohio #ll View of lounge on western end of first Business District MRA, Columbiana County, story. WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ('R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Travelers Hotel (East Liverpool Central Working No. Fed. Reg.

Date: Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - -appeal -sample Jrequest - NR decision Reviewer - _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 3. Classification 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 - unaltered L original site - good L.J moved Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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summary paragraph yes resubmission dates Condition Status fair Accessible Ownership REJECT unexposed completeness deteriorated Columbiana County Discipline Recom./Criteria alterations/integrity 2. Location boundary selection Business District MRA) Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: Category Present Use excellent clarity -ruins Action: 86001718 Specific dates Statement of

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Significance (in one paragraph) J summary paragraph - completeness -applicable criteria J relating significance to the resource - relationship of integrity to significance - justification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property 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: State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date . Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Phone: . GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Builder/Architect Signed context 8. Significance title local national Maps state Photographs Geographical Data justification of areas checked clarity UTM References Quadrangle name.

Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000620 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the Liverpool, Ohio being considered for placement on the National Now the Travelers Hotel is in the same predicament, and East Worse yet, I would hate to see it run down and become an eyesore to the downtown area, not to mention the loss of jobs it would create. March 23, 1986 appreciated. Thank you: Keeping this hotel going will result in improvements that will add great part of East Liverpool's history. visitors to stay during our Pottery Festival each year and for people Register of Historic Places. forced to close.

The women there, single and widowed, many elderly, Dear Sir; younger women found apartments but the majority moved into the just passing through.It is also a meeting place for church organizations, is a clean, respectable and comfortable place for many of us.It is for women for 28 years when due to financial problems, the home was Don't let this happen to the Travelers as it has great was put on the list as a historical place. Now it stands, a beautiful to see the hotel close and then be put on the list of historical places. RECEIVED MAR 2 7 1986 Norm Six keep East Liverpool alive. And mostly for East Liverpool, Ohio. 117 E. Fourth St. This letter is in reference to the Travelers Hotel in East did the Mary Patterson Home. The hotel, under the ownership of Norm Six, Any help you can give us regarding this matter will be greatly Ohio.

Concetta Penna This happened to our once beautiful Fort Steuben Hotel in Steubenville, social clubs, senior citizen groups and private parties. The dining but vacant building, housing only the Columbiana County Motor Club possibilities.Help us keep our pride by doing what you can in helping which helps some in keeping the home's history alive. I am a native of Steubenville, Ohio but have made East Liverpool Liverpool needs your help.Don't let the Travelers go by the wayside as home for the men and women now living here.It is also a nice place for to our city and make us all proud of the hotel's history.I would hate visitors wanting good food and a pleasant atmosphere.The Jigger Room or MORNING JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1981 it granted June by Norman Six, in a corporation the large dining room. Working laté at tions were made, the last one In 1927, them with tables.

Chandellers have vs Division Sentry in Dick Forzano, who, with his brothers, the East Liverpool Schools, has since Products surance is terest renovating bulldings. He bas ployees are seven who have worked velopments in the Chester area.c new facility opened in 1927. Others are de- and encouraging service.clubs to each, and"Hazel Thompson, at least 20 faciitles are currently, used three or L: Woods, years. Ji Betty Ash, a waitress for nearly 30 years in the dining room of the Travelers Hotel in East Liverpool, takes dinner orders fromr East - proposed v as his Crider, di- Indings of New ownership Street. Associa has a new look open. oth parties Liverpool residents, Pat Maley (left) and his father Jack Maley. ELO landmark cost taxed business since the 1940s.

and maintenance, was there when the rooms and increasing the transient tra- The Travelers Hotel, purchased in rating at a time and they have begun in lefendants s answer. four times a month. orford Fur- room and lounge at l17 East Fourth Jigger Room.' The Six's plan to do a little redeco- Batch, di- Int is with- .Manack, owell, de. "Murph'Schmidt,40years, Eve use the banquet facllities for their Inued. eal brief P Tea Co.. au of sup: Nalton, et f' distribu- 'mark is getting a facelltt under new rooms, one of which was the dining hall ownership after nearly 100 years of in the original hotel, a large dining with sons Greg and Brian and wife night, so the restaurant can remain June, was first constructed, according open, they have painted, wallpapered, to estimates, in the 1880s. Two addi- and torn out.

the booths and repla when the current dining room was been Installed and new curtains are.on Among the approximately,-30em-previously remodeled apartment, de- red to pay Lee Wheeler and Betty Ash, 30 years at the hotel and Six says the,banquet 1981 rooms, only half of which are rentable lunch and dinner seven days a week. son,now working part time in laundry Hotel include opening more of the now deceased,had been running the gone into business and has a special in- gh Dennis The Six's purchased the hotel from Six,'a former teacher and coach In ettled and Rapp layfon A order. terest renovating bulldings. He bas Among the approximately,- 30"em- previously remodeled apartment de n of and maintenance, was there when the rooms and increasing the transient tra McGill, 35 yéars, Virginia Mormile, meetings.

Several clubs already .o.,vs Ernest four times a month.u Betty Ash, a waitress for nearly 30 years in the dining room of the Travelers Hotel in East Liverpool,takes dinner orders from East Is proposed V. Crider, di- r both parties continued Al Dye, a sculptor from Holmres County refreshments on a trip from Pittsburgh -in 1957gwas so taken with the histori- for a period of hen E. Murphy. Ing a potters ligger, varlous cerarrics, 1 of the minor : divorce, (Journal Photos-Jodine Pilmrer) business since the 1940s. Jigger Roor Lounge at the hotel. East Liverpool area that he proposed who stopped at the Travelers Hotel for and has a special in- making a clay sculpture for the Travel. of law as his Liverpool residents, Pat Maley (left) and his father Jack Maley Kaye Langer. er is necessary.

cal, industrial and scenic aspects of the laint is with- three-feet sculpture (pictured), depict- ation de on restored to peal brief. ok during pon- pport to plain. Insurance.Js reau of Sup over 20 years at the hotel. Cedric Wil- His plans for the future of Travelers new faclilty opened In 1927. Others are de and encouraging service.clubs.to "Murph"Schmidt, 40 years, Eve use the banquet tactlities for their d L::Woods, years. Bur E: Batch, di- . Folton, :investigation I Sheerer, de- udith s. Kemp Dick Forzano, who, with his brothers, the East Liverpool Schools, has since n Products findings of its answsr. ployees are seven who have worked velopments in the Chester area. scenes, now hangs on the wall of the rooms, only half of which are rentable lunch and dinner seven days a week. the Ohio River,a barge, and other area ers Hotel.

The 180-pound, six-feet by tay.Manack ugh Dennis E.Relch) de- National Register Control Unit FROM: David Simmons DATE: 5/23/86 SINCE 1885 SUBJECT: USGS Map for Travelers Hotel listed on the Register on Register on 11/14/85. The Travelers Hotel was originally part of this resource nomination but was removed when initially rejected by the state review board. Following further research the Hotel was approved by the Board and is Hotel that was originally on the mapping for the MRA and he has agreed to do this. This memo is therefore to allert you to this agreement so that the nomination will SOCIETY MEMORANDUM HISTORICAL not be returned for a technical shortage. Please call if you have any questions.(614) 466-1500.

Following a telephone conversation with Patrick Andrus I am enclosing a Xerox copy of the map for the East Liverpool Central Business District MRA, Columbiana County that was now being forwarded. I have asked Patrick to restore the markings for the Travelers EAST LIVERPOOL - 6. Carnegie Library 7. Mary Patterson Memorial 13. Diamond H.D. 1%. East Fifth Street #- D. AREA Goodwin Residence YMCA STREET Potters National Bank City Hall Laughlin Residence Elks Lodge CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT MULTIPLE RESOURCES Post Office 1.

Odd Fellows Lodge PARKING Potters Savings & Loan PHOTO KEY STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EAST LIVERPOOL SOUTH QUADRANGL STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER STATE AGEN IES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) A 17 535680 4496340 535760 4496250 1 17 535600 4496200 J 17 535520 4496240 K 17 535380 4496420 L 17 535480 4496560 M 17 535460 4496460 N 17 535490 4496540 17 535610 4496480 Fifth St. Grouping 535470 4496340 535550 4496400 535740 4496300 ERPOOL Central Business District Columbiana County Diamond Grouping EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA-PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTED BY THE Multiple Resources of 32/30 STATE OF OHIO 539 17:0000 FEET (W.

VA.)I 535760 4496180 535800 4496150 535720 4496110 2550p00 FEET (OHIO)/ P175355904496440 H 175356204496160 540 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 JUN 1 1 1986 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief Department of the Interior 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Carol : County; the Kern Effigy, Warren County and the Trevey Mound, Warren County New Submiss ions Columb iana Mahon ing Southern Park Stable Please contact me if you have any questions. SOCIETY HISTORICAL 614/466-1500 County Cuyahoga Seneca Sincerely, Knox Warren Enclosures Jefferson nominations.

Resource Area) WRL:bp Knox County Infirmary Downtown Youngstown Multiple Resource Area National Register of Historic Places Bagby-Hossler House Please give substantive review to the Walnut Hills High School, Hamilton National Park Service Independent School District #2 Building notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Trevey Mound (33Wa193) State Historic Preservation Office Kern Effigy (33Wa372) Taylor Mansion Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Terminal Walnut Hills High School Enclosed are 11 new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate