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OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives Brooklyn Centre, Hist. S 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes X sixth building south of Archwood 17. Date(s) or Period Avenue : ca. 1865 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town 18. Style or Design If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer ARCHWOOD AUE 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder hip, composition 33. No. of Bays Side 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes -Addition O Private X Altered X 9. Coordinates in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure D Building & Object O 26.
Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Part of Estab. Yes District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 20 ft., 40 ft. 42. Further Description of Important Features hood moldings formed of brick. It has unusual brackets grouped in pairs between which are widely spaced consöles. The first floor windows broad open stairway and attractive high-ceiling rooms. 43. History and Significance Clayton Townes, owner of this house, lived here for many years and in the early years of 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings To the rear of this house is a small cottage which might be Greek Revival in origin; but it 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Cleveland Landmarks Commission files, local research 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) residence sandstone Zone Easting Register?
Exterior Front Long. Northing fair Potent'? Lat. brick Cuyahoga Cleveland Underway? Ohio Historical Center Italianate Margaret Burns Steven McQuillin two Interior (Explain Ohio Historic Preservation Office Brooklyn Centre Historical Societ Clayton Townes House Frontage on Road which almost obscure the front porch from view. 3800 West 33rd Street 3800 West 33rd Street; west Eligible? unknown 35. Plan Shape cross 88 9 This house features segmental arched window openings ornamented by this century was a Cleveland city councilman. He was president of council when the city Coates, History of Cleveland, vol. II, P. 306 1 0 1987 facing the porch are triple-hung. The porch seems to be an alteration, was under City Manager William Hopkins and therefore Townes was mayor of Cleveland. He helped appears to he an unusually early example. The brick hood moldings are noteworthy.
is architecturally unremarkable. The house has two very large rhododendron bushes in front HOUSE good Name(s) wood and stone trim to form Hopkins Airport.This is one of only two brick Italianates in the neighborhood and Brooklyn Centre, the other being the Adam Poe House, which is included in the years of this century it was the home of Clayton Townes, onetime mayor of the While this house was erected well before Clayton Townes lived here, no information was discovered about the original owner.
Permanent Parcel No.: 015- 024- 049 when Cleveland was under the city manager form of government.As president of This house also enjoys an important local historical association.In the early residential district.Brick Italianate houses are significant for their rarity and generally distinctive appearance when contrasted with their ubiquitous frame Centre.It is distinguished from other brick Italianates by its corbelled brick state of preservation, although the porch columns were altered sometime around city council, an institution in which he was long active, Townes assumed the the turn of the century.It is one of two surviving brick Italianates in neighborhood when it was erected and it remains so today. Statement of Significance