Nomination for Bell, Dr. James, House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service received SEP | 6 1986 OCT 1 6 1986 Bell, James, Dr., House and or common 1822 E. 89th Street street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of . county - district - public X occupied .agriculture _ museum X private - park work in progress - educational X private residence - religious yes: restricted X- yes: unrestricted - transportation . military . other: 4. Owner of Property Mr. & Mrs, James G, Williams Ohio 44106 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 1219 Ontario St.

- yes x n° _ local 035 Accessible Category both 039 entertainment commercial code government Ownership structure object site industrial Public Acquisition Cuyahoga being considered scientific Status Ohio Inventory-Nomination Form Type all entries-complete applicable sections Cleveland August 1986 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 3. Classification has this property been determined eligible? 2. Location in process date entered Cuyahoga County Administration Building (3-82) National Register of Historic Places See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Present Use For NPS use only historic 1. Name X.state X_building(s) Ohio Historic Inverntory title Columbus 7.

Description X unaltered - original site _excellent - moved date - fair Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style house, located in an urban residential arched stone windows inn the front gable an off-centered brick end, wall porch and end wall chimney. The interior includes mostly oak woodwork, hardwood floors, several pre-1920 of the lot. Condition ruins Check one other similar turn-of-the-century properties. stone foundation.TA rock-faced ashler porch with hipped roof and finely chimney and stone trimmed gable parapet.Leaded glass windows throughout are has been roofed with an aluminum awning supported by metal posts. This is the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

vestibule beyond the porch.The facade also features a series of three round elevations feature clipped gable roof dormers. The rear elevation has a brick carved leaded glass bookcases...A ballroom.is located on uppermost floor. The south side elevation displays a full 3 story 3 sided bay projection with Built in 1901 the Bell House isa large 2-1/2 story brick and masonry trimmed located on the west side of East 89th Bolton among several & good double hung1/1 lights of varyingwidths all with stone lintels and sills. lighting fixtures and glazed tile fireplaces. The living room has delicately large property of the same period.

At one time a tennis court:was located in unexposed deteriorated projection with various fenestration patterns including round arched windows curved stone step railings spans the facade.The southern half of the porch neighborhood on Cleveland's east side known as the Hough.The house is The steeply pitched front gable roofed building has a rectangular plan and anda large multi-paned window defining the interior stairway.Both side this open space.A 1920s garage with later alterations is located to the rear The lot features large side.yards which connect to the south with another.

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Significance Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - archeology-historic _ agriculture _ music - 1900- - politics/government _transportation - other (specify) George Hardway Cleveland's most desirable neighborhoods at the turn-of-the-century. The block of East 89th Street on which the Bell House stands is largely Intact, with houses ranging from the Itallanate style of the late 1870s to the most elaborate Queen Anne style residences of the 1890s. However, the Bell House (1901) represents a new simplicity and severity which with eclectic homes in the Romanesque and Queen Anne styles, but whose work house,1894 (NR:5/22/73), the Albert Withington house, 1894 (demol ished), and Romanesque style, but the plain brick walls and the simple massing are modern. Long Island. No other work of his is known at present. The original owner of the house, Dr.

James Richard Bell was a noted Cleveland Mer lam Realty Company, and financier of the Meriam Bullding on Euclid Avenue, to 1979 structure was Straight Up House, a live-in facility and rehabilitation 1400-1499 1800-1899 1500-1599 1700-1799 commerce 1901 humanitarian invention Period engineering industry theater Builder/Architect Specific dates social became progressively more simplified in the designs for Schweinfurth's own Heights location.

many Cleveland neighborhoods.The house is also an important progressive statement of the architectural reaction in turn-of-the-century Cleveland large turn-of-the-century upper middle class residential architecture found in rusticated porch on the Bell House are allusions to the Richardsonian -.communications From 1969 to 1973 house run by Berry Foundation as Martin Luther King Youth Schweinfurth's influence can also be.inferred in the subtle balance between The section of the east side Cleveland neighborhood known as the Hough, --economics -prehistoric against Victorian excess of the late nineteenth century. rectangular windows) elements on the facade. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) symmetrical gable and tripartite windows) and and .conservation Mining until 1885,and active as an architect in Cleveland from 1886 to 1905, The Bell House is significant under Criteria A and C as representative of the stream pioneered by Cleveland architect Charles F. Schweinfurth,who began:ino military acquired the property in 1921. ...education -..literature --sculpture -law .-science --. archeology-prehistoric --- community planning X. architecture - philosophy dentist. Edmund B. Meriam, President of the Paragon Insulating Company, House, neighborhood center, for planned activities, for teenagers. From 1973 between Euclid and Hough Avenues and east of East-79th Street was one of The architect George J.

Hardway (1858-1929) was a bookkeeper for Menominee after which he became a commercial traveler and then retired to Great Neck, 1600-1699 exploration/settlement art 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Ph.D. dissertation, Western Reserve University, 1967). Johannesen, Eric, Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976, (Cleveland, 1981). UT M References Permanent Parcel No. 119-05-037, City of Cleveland, lot measuring 50' x 200' - _ state 11. Form Prepared By date September 1985 (216) 932-7416 street & number|0825 East Blvd. 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation 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 Chief of Registration code Easting county Zone Northing date Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification Cleveland Ohio The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: George Hardway city or town Historic Preservation Consultant 10.

Geographical Data List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries State Historic Preservation Officer signature Quadrangle name East Cleveland name/title Kenneth Goldberg and Eric Johannesen Cleveland City Directories and Blue Books Perry Regenia,"The Life and Works of Charles F.Schweinfurth:Cleveland Architect,1856-1919" Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 3592 Blanche Ave. Acreage of nominated property less than one title Ihereby certify that this property is Included in the National Register For NPs use only Death nottces: James R. and Anna R. Belt . national X local organization telephone Western Reserve Historical Society according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Bell, Dr. James, House SEP 1 6 1986 Fed. Reg. Date: /2 Date Due: - nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal L sample LJ NR decision Reviewer's comments: _ see continuation sheet _technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description Jexcellent - unaltered _ original site - moved summary paragraph resubmission ruins Category yes Accessible Ownership completeness REJECT dates alterations/integrity Status fair unexposed Discipline Reviewer Cuyahoga County RETURN Recom./Criteria boundary selection clarity 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Substantive Review: Working No. Present Use Check one Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Nomination returned for: Condition _substantive reasons discussed below deteriorated Lrequest ACCEPT OHIO 86002878 National Register 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below summary paragraph J relating significance to the resource J justification of exception S other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature . Date - J Photographs . Phone: GPO 918-450 Builder/Architect title Signed state completeness context Period clarity UTM References Specific dates Maps applicable criteria local Quadrangle name 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Verbal boundary description and justification Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Acreage of nominated property justification of areas checked The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: relationship of integrity to significance -national Cleveland, Ohio photo taken Mar., 1985 viewl: facade facing northeast Cuyahoga County 1822 East 89th Street Kenneth Goldberg, photog. Dr. James Bell House Bell, James, Dr., House 1822 E. 39th, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio Negs: 3592 Blanche Ave, Cleveland Photographer: Kenneth Goldberg "Context within environment." September 1985 East 89th. 1822 E. 89th St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co.. Bell, James, Dr., House 1822 E. 89th, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co.

Ohio Negs: 3592 Blanche Ave, Cleveland 9/5/84 BELL HOUSE Photog: Kenneth Goldberg September 1985 Ohio View 3: rear view 1822 E. 89th St., Cleveland, Cuyohoga Co., Bell, James, Dr., House 1822 E. 39th, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Negs: 3592 Blanche Ave, Cleveland 9/5/84 Ohio September 1985 BELL HOUSE Photog: Kenneth Goldberg Photographer: Kenneth Goldberg 1822 Bell, James, Dr., liouse 1322 i. 89th, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio September, 1985 Negs: 3592 Blanche Ave, Cleveland View 5: detail of entrance 1822 E. 89th st., 9/5/84 BELL HOUSE Photog: Kenneth Goldberg Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Photographer: Kenneth Goldberg Bell, James, Dr., House 1822 E. 89th, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio View 6: facade and north side facing southest September 1985 Photographer: Kenneth Goldberg Ohio BELL HOUSE 1822 E. 89th St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co.

Legs: 3592 Blanche Ave, Cleveland Photog: Kenneth Goldberg, EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) N4130 - w8130/7.5 EAST CLEVELAND QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 September 9, 1986 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Park Service 1100 L Street, N.W. nominations for Gatewood, Gallia County; Bissman Building, Hancock and Dow New Submiss ions Bell House Evans-Hol ton-Owens House W. Ray Luce 614/466-1500 SOCIETY Licking Gatewood County Richland HISTORICAL Cuyahoga Enclosures Sincerely, Hancock and Dow Building Bissman Block Ohio Historic Preservation Office Mansfield Savings Bank Dear Carol: State Historic Preservation Office May Realty Building National Register of Historic Places Please contact me if you have any questions.

WRL:bp Department of the Interior appropriate notification procedures have been fol lowed for these new owners and elected public officials waiving their right to comment on the Building, Mansfleld Savings Bank and May Realty Company all in Richland County.Please review these nominations as expeditiously as possible. Enclosed are seven new National Register nominations.All of the