Nomination for Glidden, Francis K., House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 National Park Service (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name Glidden, Francis Ko, House other names/site number Location street & number 1901 Ford Drr (which was 1733 Magnolia Dr. previously)N/Anot for publication N/A vicinity zip code 44120 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property KX building(s) _sites _structures Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register I 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this Signature of certifying official State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5.

National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: /entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the Jremoved from the National Register. Date of Action 035 code Date public-local REGISTER object public-State district public-Federal Total Ohio state Noncontributing city, town National Register of Historic Places Registration Form 2-8-88 National Register. NATIONAL Cleveland United States Department of the Interior (Rev. 8-86) JAN 04 1988 SHPD Kx private Xnomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register ofHistoricPlacesand meets the proceduralandprofessional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

RECEIVED other, (explain:) In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. see continuation sheet. 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC/single dwelling 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) Tudor Revival Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals other: Chateauesque other - Limestone Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Francis K. Glidden House is a large, 2 1/2 story house with a full style, with brick construction punctuated with stone quoins and stringcourses, Ford Drive, has a Tudor arch with dripstone; the other, facing Juniper Road are double-hung wood sash, with 6/6 lights or (in the half story) 4/4 lights. spheres on the flat roof.

The French doors and transoms were added later. At the rear of the house, is an unusual porte-cochere. Built of wood, it has corners, incorporate medieval-style grotesques in a crouching position. Above Inside, the tiled foyer and the hall with its two-flight, open-string stairway been substantially altered with the addition of dropped ceilings, drywall partitions, linoleum flooring, and fluorescent lighting. All of these the original fabric--for example, the fireplace, beamed ceiling, and paneled [xx See continuation sheet austere. roof slate walls brick porch, with seven semi-elliptical arched openings, spans the north elevation.

Architectural Classification relief panels are found between the first and second bays on the facade, and EDUCATION/college arched entry.The house also features Chateauesque influence in its elaborate the porte-cochere is a large tripartite window with leaded glass. (formerly Magnolia Drive),has a plain elliptical arch.Windows at ground foundation limestone wall dormers with high, pinnacled gables. The walls are of red brick, laid in Flemish bond, with limestone quoins and stringcourses. A small one story entrance foyer, at the center of the facade, on the first and thrid bays of the north elevation. A Renaissance-style with ornamental brackets are relatively intact. Other ground-floor rooms have a broad hipped roof of slate. Square supporting columns, paired at the four changes, however, are reversible.

Throughout the ground floor, elements of The house has a slate roof with copper gutters and downspouts.Limestone Western Reserve University campus.The house is basically Tudor Revival in NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Glidden, Francis K., House, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH Section number - The original doors have been enclosed and the interior was modified to house Page snack bar. National Register of Historic Places construction, with brick walls and stone quoins and stringcourses.The half-timbered dormers with casement windows reflect the Tudor Revival style. Continuation Sheet National Park Service A small carriage house on the south side of the house is of similar (8-86) 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation Edward Hughes Glidden State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. elements, remaining as the last survivor in a section of the once-prestigious Iongtime secretary and later vice president of the Glidden Varnish Company. Built in 1909-10, the Glidden House was designed by Edward Hughes Glidden, a Glidden, a member of the Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, studied in Paris from 1908 until 1912 before opening an office in houses in Washington and Baltimore, and offices for the Baltimore firm of Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., steamship owners and agents (American Architect). for new buildings at the Baltimore City College.

house are limestone Chateauesque wall dormers, two of which project through The Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder (October, 1911) and Beautiful Homes XX See continuation sheet 1909-10 Architect/Builder Architecture Significant Person period revival house encompassing the Tudor Revival style with Chateauesque projecting limestone front entrance features a Tudor arched entry with The Francis K.Glidden House is significant as an excellent example of a mansion at Ford and Magnolia Drives was the home of Francis Kavanaugh Glidden, roof three story bay extends from the steep hip slate roof.The covered The Francis K.Glidden House is an excellent example of a period revival of Cleveland XX locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Upjohn, a noted 20th century church architect, in preparing competitive plans house, with the Tudor Revival style being dominant.

The two story brick walls are accented with limestone quoins and stringcourses. A steeply-pitched gable The double hung windows are 6/6. Adding to the stateliness of the the cornice line. Iwo of these dormers are extremely ornate with low relief carving and high pinnacles, reminiscent of those on Biltmore (1880-1895), the Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Wade Park Allotment, now largely occupied by the Case Western Reserve dripstone. Glidden House were featured in several contemporary publications, including Baltimore under his own name (AIA Journal).His work included apartment 9.

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Major Bibliographical References American Architect. Volume 115, February 19, 1919, p. 272. ("Furness House, Baltimore") Cleveland City Directories. XX See continuation sheet Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A _preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested XX State historic preservation office previously listed in the National Register Other State agency previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # UTM References Verbal Boundary Description Boundary Justification The boundary includes the entire city lot that has historically been associated with 11.

Form Prepared By name/title Carol Poh Miller, Historic Preservation Consultant under contract with street & number 2940 Somerton Road General Partner telephone216/321-3940 _state OH _ zip code 44118 (edited by Alice Edwards, OHPO) University Northing Local government Specify repository: the property. Other Cuyahoga County permanent parcel #120-28-001 Federal agency 10. Geographical Data Journal of the Amercian Institute of Architects.Vol.13,January,1925,p.39. city or town - Cleveland Hei ghts Acreage of property 1/2 Acre The Bystander. April 8, 1933, p. 14 Easting Zone (Biographical information on E.H.Glidden based onan obituary prepared by H.Upjohn.) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Glidden, Francis K., House, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH Kavanaugh Waters, was born on August 14, 1855, in New Castle, Maine.

He came company founded by his father, Glidden & Joy, destined to become the largest In 1875, with Levi C. Brackett, Francis H. Glidden established the firm of Glidden & Joy Varnish Company. Upon the retirement of William F. Joy, the By this date, the company's products--paint, varnish, and JAP-A-LAC assumed the position of vice president upon the death of his brother, Fred A. Glidden, in 1914. His long association with the company ended in 1917, when A. Grasselli, president of Cleveland's Grasselli Chemical Company and one of Street until moving to their new home in Wade Park. Located near the emerging cultural center of University Circle, the Wade Park Residences there were architect-designed, and most were built between 1905 and 1915.

Although the long facade of the Glidden House faces Ford Drive, a Drive and his winter home in Palm Beach, Florida, where he died on March 14, Corporation. National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet varnish manufacturer in the United States. name was changed to the Glidden Varnish Company.The company's first office stains and enamels--were known worldwide. (8-86) 1933.His wife Mary and daughter Ida Winifred, continued to reside in the The Glidden Company was organized.The new corporation purchased the stock Central High School.Frank Glidden (he was usually distinguished from his and factory were 1ocated at East 79th Street and Woodland Avenue.In 1883,a Glidden, Brackett & Company.

In 1883, the firm was incorporated as the Beginning in 1883,Frank G1idden served as secretary of the company.He this section of Magnolia now is called Juniper Road.) company's business into new fields.Since 1967,it has been a division of SCM In 1884,Frank Glidden married Mary Grasselli, the youngest sister of Caesar father by the name "Frank") began his career as a bookkeeper with the Union and assets of the Glidden Varnish Company (among others) and extended the to Cleveland with his family in in 1868,and was educated at Cleveland's Section number - Page Steel Screw Company of Cleveland in 1874. Five years later, he joined the They resided at 2233 East 55th secondary entrance allowed it to enjoy a more prestigious Magnolia Drive second plant was built at Berea Road and Madison Avenue on the city's West Side.

It was greatly expanded in 1906-09, and the East 79th Street plant was Allotment was intended for upper-middle class to very wealthy Clevelanders. When Frank Glidden left the company his father founded, he retired from active business.His later years were divided between his Cleveland home on Magnolia Francis K.Glidden the eldest son of Francis Harrington Glidden and Winifred the nation's leading manufacturing chemists. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Although the interior as been altered with lowered ceilings and partition 9. Major Bibliographical References, con't Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Glidden, Francis K., House, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH particularly on the exterior, and remains an excellent example of Tudor once-prestigious Wade Park Allotment in Cleveland.

Revival architecture with Chateauesque elements, reflecting the now vanished, walls, much of the original fabric and the original floor plan remains behind Reserve University School of Law Annex. house--Mary until her death in 1939, and Ida, their only child, until the the use of the Department of Psychology.It currently houses the Case Western early 1950s.In 1953,Case Western Reserve University purchased the house for these removable alterations.The house retains a high degree of integrity, Progressive Men of Northern Ohio.Cleveland:Plain Dealer Publishing Co.,1906. WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Glidden, Francis K., House Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government owner objection -appeal Jrequest - NR decision _ see continuation sheet _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5.

Location of Legal Description 7. Description -unaltered - original site - moved sample yes resubmission completeness dates Category Accessible unexposed Ownership ruins Condition Reviewer alterations/integrity REJECT fair excellent Status deteriorated Discipline Recom./Criteria clarity Cuyahoga County RETURN Action: 2-8-88 Substantive Review: Working No. boundary selection Present Use Nomination returned for: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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Check one 6. Representation in Existing Surveys summary paragraph Federal Agency: Date Due: _technical corrections cited below Reviewer's comments: Has this property been determined eligible? Public Acquisition NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAN - 4 1988 OHIO 88000054 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) I summary paragraph - 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 _national _local L Maps L Photographs Date Builder/Architect completeness context Period Signed title clarity Specific dates UTM References state applicable criteria Phone justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource State Historic Preservation Officer signature 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Quadrangle name Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Verbal boundary description and justification Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet GPO 918-450 Francis K. Glidden House 1901 Ford Drive Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio Photograph #1 of 8 Facade, looking northeast. Negative property of Paran Management Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Francis K. Glidden House Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio Negative property of Paran Management Facade and north elevation, looking east.

1901 Ford Drive Photograph #2 of 8 mazDa Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio Facade and south elevation, looking Negative property of Paran Management north. Francis K. Glidden House Photograph #3 of 8 1901 Ford Drive Francis K. Glidden House Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio East (rear) elevation, looking south. Photograph #4 of 8 Negative property of Paran Management 1901 Ford Drive Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio Detail, porte-cochere, looking north. Negative property of Paran Management Francis K. Glidden House 1901 Ford Drive Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 Photograph #5 of 8 Francis K.

Glidden House Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio Carriage house, looking east. Negative property of Paran Management 1901 Ford Drive Photograph #6 of 8 Francis K. Glidden House Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Company, 13212 Shaker Square, Cleveland, Ohio Hall and stairway, looking toward rear entrance. Negative property of Paran Management Carol Poh Miller photograph, May 1987 1901 Ford Drive Photograph #7 of 8 COPYRIGIT LAW, TITLE 17, U. S. CODE THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 10825 EAST BLVD., CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106 Francis K.

Glidden House Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Glidden Residence, 1920s, photographer THIS MATERIAL MAY BE PROTECTED BY 1901 Ford Drive Photograph #8 of 8 WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF 10825 East Bonlevard Cleveland, Ohio unknown-#8 Of 8 Negative property of the Western Reserve Historical Society, OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) EAST CLEVELAND QUADRANGLE EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 December 30, 1987 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places P.O. Box 37127 Glidden, Francis K., House Please contact me if you have any questions. W.

Ray Luce WRL : ae JAN 4 1988 SOCIETY County Enclosures Cuyahoga 614/297-2470 HISTORICAL Franklin Weizer Building New Submissions State Historic Preservation Officer National Park Service Sincerely, Department of the Interior Dear Carol: Berry Brothers Bolt Works notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Enclosed are 3 new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate