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Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category No. of Stories Basement? Yes A 17. Date(s) or Period C. 1915 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder flat/built up No O 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use Building * 23. Ownership Changes Addition O Private N Altered L in #42) Moved C 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Site L Structure O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 44.
Description of Environment and Outbuildings Corner location in heart of downtown on Federal Plaza, adjacent to other early 20th century 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Butler, Jos. History of Youngstown & the Mahoning Valley, 1921 47. Organization B.D. Rickey & Co. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 614/466-1500 Youngstown commercial buildings. 112 Front vacancy approx. Register? County Exterior Mahoning 9/85 SOCIETY commercial vacant Zone Northing HISTORICAL Eligible? Underway? Frontage on Road Wells Youngstown Revitalization Found terra cotta Sanborn Insurance maps an elaborate cornice and frieze, and a belt course distinguishing Judy Williams (Explain City Directories Interior Easting OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY concrete 42.Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) but the remainder of the building is intact.The cornice is decorated Public Road?
the first two floors from the upper stories.The Federal Street Classical Revival storefront has been altered by the addition of porcelain panels, 201-205 Federal Plaza West This four story building features arusticated terra cotta facing, YRF 18. Style or Design 13. Part of Estab. Yes Side good OHIO It may have been constructed throughthe particularly West Federal.Built about 1915,this building took the place of the Hotel steel frame decorative terra cotta in the early2oth centurycommercial buildings of downtown Youngstov WWells Building Potent'l? >ecahached . House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Crib or Shed C. Smoke House, D Privy O Silo O Carriage House D Summer Kitchen D or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes D Basis for Information Owner Collection - Ground Earthworks or Mound D 54. Photo Cultural Materiais Noted O OAI No.
Picture No(s). - 42. (Cont'd) 43 continued: offices over the years, including ladies clothing stores. Other Type Name Spring House Barn Type(s) Code No. Roll No. downtown before his death in 19o5.The building housed a number of retail stores and 201-05 Federal Plaza West bays. The upper facade has six bays, with the third floor bays taller than those on the fourth floor, and the lower facade has two bays. the Hazel Street side of the building, which is even more intact than the main facade. Here, a total of 20 bays adorn the upper floors, while the second floor. Only the lower-most portion of the windows have been covered commercial center.
In addition, the Wells Building is noted as one of the earliest and most highly ornamented examples of the decorative terra cotta facades which distinguished West Federal Street during the early 20th Built about 1915, the Wells Building is representative of the small scale skyline was rapidly changing, yet buildings such as this were constructed constructed through the estate of Thomas H. Wells, a prominent Youngstown to his death in 1905. The structure was used for a variety of retail offices on its upper floors. The Wells Building is an extremely well-detailed and well-preserved example of the use of white glazed terra cotta in the West Federal area of downtown the early 20th century, when the commercial and industrial success of the architectural image to the observer.
The building's cornice, with its gargoyles and swags, is among the most decorative in the entire downtown especially since the side elevation remains exposed. Acreage: Less than one acre. over. century. does not diminish the architectural significance of the structure, Wells Building ground stories contain six dominant bays. The six lower story bays feature original five-part windows with spandrel separating the first from the Youngstown.The use of glazed terra cotta was popular in Youngstown during Statement of Significance