Nomination for Strouss--Hirschberg Company

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Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Aveni Columbus. Ohio 4 < SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County STROUSS' DEPARTMENT STORE 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes O Federal Plaza West 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer STEEL FRAME STARRETT & VAN VLECK 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder FLAT/BUTLI UP 33. No. of Bays S DEPARTMENT STORE TAE STROUSS 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use TERRA COTTA & BRICK 23. Ownership Changes Altered i 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure O Bullding X Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? No X 11.

On National YOUNGSTOWN REVIATLIZATION FOUNDATION 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 14. District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and APPROX. 151 DOMINANT FACADE AT FEDERAL PLAZA AND SECONDARY (REAR) FACADE AT COMMERCE STREET. A STERS TO EACH SIDE CONNECTED BY DECORATIVE SPANDRELS. OTHER PIERS AND SPANDRELS ARE 43. History and Significance SIGNIFICANT AS THE CITY'S OLDEST LOCALLY-OWNED DEPARTMENT STORE, THE STROUSS DEPARTMENT STORE HAS OCCUPIED THIS RECEIPTS OF $4 MILLION AND, IN 1925, HAD LOCATED IN HEART OF DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by JUDY WILLIAMS 47. Organization B.D. RICKEY E CO. 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 614/466-1500 1926 Register? Front Exterior YOUNGSTOWN Eligible? Underway?

MAHONING SOCIETY CONCRETE Northing COMPANY HIRSCHBERG HISTORICAL COMMERCIAL Side STROUSS-HIRSCHBERG COMPANY (Explain Interior Frontage on Road OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY STORE SANBORN INSURANCE MAPS GOOD Public Road? BUILDING SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION IN 1926.ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1875,THE BUSINESS WAS FORMED WHEN ISAAC AND SPANDREL CONFIGURATION.THE SECOND AND SIXTHBAYS ARE ACCENTED BY ROUNDED PILA- 44.Description of Environment and Outbulldings Easting STROUSS AND BERNARD HIRSCHBERG BOUGHT OUT THE D.THEOBALD CO.,A PIONEER DRY GOOD STORE IN YOUNGSTOWN.IN 1907, NINE STORY 1947 ADDITION WAS ADDED T0 THE BUILDING ON THE PHELPSSTREET SIDE.THE THE COMPANY 0CCUPIED THREE FL00RS AND BASEMENT ON WEST FEDERAL ST.AND EMPLOYED 100.BY 1921,THE COMPANY HAD 21. Original Use, if apparent Addition ?

MAIN FACADE OF THE BUILDING IS WHITE GLAZED TERRA COTTA; ELABORATE DETAIL IN ITS PIER LESS DECORATIVE, CALLING ATTENTION TO THESE. THIS ACCENT IS CONTINUED AT THE GROUND BRENNER, WM. DOWNTOWN & THE UNIVERSITY, 1976 Other (OVER) 18.Style or Design Strouss-Hirshberg Co., Downtown Youngstown MRA 50. House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed C Smoke House, D Privy O Silo O Carriage House O Summer Kitchen O or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes D Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound O Cultural Materials Noted 42. (Cont'd) 43 CONTINUED: PROSPERITY DURING THE 1920S. Type Other Name Spring House Picture No(s). Code No.

THE COMPANY HIRED ARCHITECTS STARRETT AND VAN VLECK TO DESIGN THE PRESENT BUILDING.STROUSS MERGED WITH THE MAY Barn Type(s) CO.IN1948AND CONTINUED TO GROW,ESTABLISHING NINE BRANCHES IN YOUNGSTOWN BY THE 1970S.THE PRESENT BUILDING Roll No. 14-28 Federal Plaza West bays. These have been filled in as part of a renovation that produced storefront is completed by a dentilled cornice with wide decorative terra which distinguishes the top floor from the remainder of the building. The the cornice. ornamented but features a similar pier and spandrel facade with paired windows is a row of narrow recessed bays set in groupings of two, three or made from the building's third floor. department store still in operation, and for its intact and highly merchant in Youngstown.

By this time, Downtown Youngstown was developing an innovator in the local retail community when Isaac Strouss became the Strouss-Hirshberg Co. entry in the second bay and entrance in the fourth bay.Above the display The Strouss-Hirshberg Co.Building meets National Register criteria A and floor level.The main building cornice is projecting and is also Statement of Significance

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: windows.The ground floor is faced in decorative terra cotta with a garage C.The building is significant for its contribution to the commercial first Youngstown businessman to travel overseas to buy merchandise when he major building cornice above the sixth floor is also dentilled and has a Plaza West streetscape.

community from the early 1800s.In 1887,the business occupied the first four.A decorative paneled frieze and dentilled cornice is above the first as a major commercial center with access by rail to urban centers such as stores which were established on West Federal Street during this late l9th Hirshberg when they purchased the D.Theobold Co.,a pioneer dry goods The rear facade of the Strouss-Hirshberg Co.on Commerce Street is less development of Youngstown since 1875,for its role as the city's oldest Architectural Description from this was the prime location for major commercial businesses in the "branch"stores at the local mills in 1877,but these were discontinued of four vertical windows is located in each of the bay divisions.The level where round-arched entrances are located in the second and sixth decorative frieze with molded terra cotta detail.

An unobtrusive penthouse addition which repeats the building's fenestration pattern is located above decorative terra cotta facade which contributes greatly to the Federal The company became The company has been located on West Federal Street since its inception, as cotta frieze. The fifth floor also features a similar dentilled cornice because of disatisfaction with the project on the part of mill managers. went to France to buy silks in 1879. The company also opened its first century to take advantage of the trading opportunities.T The Strouss-Hirshberg Co.was founded in 1875 by Isaac Strouss and Bernard Strouss-Hirshberg Co., Downtown Youngstown MRA By the 1920s, Strouss had annual receipts of $4 million and employed 400 First National Bank Building and Daniel Burnham's Wick Building, the cotta, a favored material in downtown Younstown during the 1920s.

The terra cotta detailing in the storefront, pier and spandrel facade, and cornice is of a high quality and has been well preserved. In addition, the Acreage: Less than one acre. The Strouss-Hirshberg Co.building features one of the most distinctive Youngstown location. compatible with the remainder of the building. 1907.Strouss-Hirshberg Co.grew with Youngstown during the period from Strouss building provides a strong architectural link in the streetscape. rear Commerce Street facade features a design which is decorative and employees in 50 departments.The construction of this building in 1926 was buildings constructed at this time, it was rendered in white glazed terra floors and a basement in another West Federal building near Hazel Street by 1900 to 1930,when the city's population increased from 45,000 to 170,000.

in response to the company's tremendous growth and success in its downtown The Company hired the architectural firm of Starrett and Van Vleck to terra cotta facades in downtown Youngstown.In its location between the floor and basement of the Wick and expanded to three NPS Form 10-000-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Item number Multiple Resource Area Mahoning County, OH Nomination/Type of Review Republic Iron & Steel Keeper YWCA Building Date/Signature Attest Page Name State Church National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form Peggy Ann Building Office Building Welsh Congregational Continuation sheet Downtown Youngstown MRA Wells Building State Theater Thematic Group United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register Entered in the Exp.

10-31-84 Strouss-Hirsehberg Company WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Strouss--Hirschberg Company (Downtown Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: - nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - LJappeal -sample Jrequest Recom./Criteria _ _ 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 7.

Description Check one -excellent J unaltered J original site - moved _ fair Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance J summary paragraph boundary selection yes unexposed ruins resubmission Accessible deteriorated Status Ownership dates clarity alterations/integrity Category completeness Discipline REJECT Reviewer Working No. Mahoning County Youngstown MRA) Substantive Review: good NR decision Condition Has this property been determined eligible? Reviewer's comments: JUN 1 I 1986 RETURN Agtion: 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph -applicable criteria J relating significance to the resource J relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception - Other 9.

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J summary paragraph boundary selection yes unexposed ruins resubmission Accessible deteriorated Status Ownership dates clarity alterations/integrity Category completeness Discipline REJECT Reviewer Working No. Mahoning County Youngstown MRA) Substantive Review: good NR decision Condition Has this property been determined eligible? Reviewer's comments: JUN 1 I 1986 RETURN Agtion: 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph -applicable criteria J relating significance to the resource J relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 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 - - Photographs Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet context clarity Builder/Architect completeness Signed Period national Maps Verbal boundary description and justification justification of areas checked title _local Specific dates UTM References Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Quadrangle name _state Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Downtown Youngstown MRA looking north Strouss-Hirschberg Co. Bldg. view of main Federal Plaza facade, Neg. @ 391 Library Park South, Cols. 14-28 Federal Plaza West BANK ONE Strow-Wirschberg Co.Bldg. 14-28 Federal Plaza West J.

Williams photo, 10/85 Streetscape view of building, looking north Downtown Youngstown MRA Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio Neg. @ 391 Library Park South, Cols: Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Downtown Youngstown MRA Strouss-Hirschberg Co. Bldg. view of Commerce Street entrance 14-28 Federal Plaza West Neg. @ 391 Library Park South, Cols. R.M.JONES.CO 14-28 Federal Plaza West Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols. Downtown Youngstown MRA Strouss-Hirschberg Co. Bldg. looking west view of rear (Commerce St.) facade, HEEE EEE N. Phelps St. Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio Photo by J. Williams, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols.

Photo # Looking south at side facades Strouss Building Downtown Youngstown MRA 64000618 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet