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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service APR 2 5 1988 for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box orby entering (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property other names/site number 2. Location street & number N/A not for publication city, town N/A vicinity 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property X private X building(s) Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register - 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5.
National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Mentered in the National Register. Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) - Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 44702 151 site Canton public-local NATIONAL REGISTER state district structure Date public-State Noncontributing RECEIVED public-Federal Total Registration Form Ohio Frances Apartment Building National Register. zip code historic name See continuation sheet. National Register of Historic Places Name of related multiple property listing: removed from the National Register. determined eligible for the National Signature of certifying official 534 Cleveland Avenue S.W. (Rev.
8-86) Jobject nomination Jrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines In my opinion, the property county Stark 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) Describe present and historic physical appearance.
The Frances Apartment Building is a three story, dark tapestry brick, flat another (now non-existent) structure on the north, its north elevation above the central bay, beneath which is a date stone indicating the building brackets, giving entrance to the living rooms of each of the front apartments the third floor, these features are unified by a precast concrete lintel. surrounding a set of three narrow windows with a pronounced ledge and a second ledge on line with the balcony bases. A low brick arch with keystones tops double-hung 1/1 windows and pyramidal roofs, in addition to five simple finial-and-coping pattern of the front facade, with Flemish pediments above X See continuation sheet iron asphalt brick roof The Architectural Classification walls paired bays.
The street facing facades are more enriched.The Cleveland Avenue facade both extended bays.On the building's east are six rear balconies featuring wrought iron of earlier times.
(enter categories from instructions) roofed building with precast concrete decorative elements.Formerly flanking features few details other than precast concrete window sills and coping.The stories on this side have iron balconies with decorative wrought iron the second floor a segmental brick arch with keystones unites the door features four ball-topped finials with a Flemish or small arched pediment surrounded with a frame of precast concrete, and is topped by a separate windows on this side are double-hung 6/6,including five single-unit, and two three-sided arched openings with wooden railings, which have replaced the The south elevation features two, two story bays with paneled spandrels, concrete shoulder-arched mansard pediment and a legend of raised letters runs around both west and south facades at sill height, linked on the corners configuration of the third story,but with double-hung 3/1 glazing.The through a narrow doorway, flanked by two double-hung windows 6/6).On inscribed "The Francis." Late 19th and 20th Century Revival DOMESTIC/multiple dwelling single-unit window bays.A precast concrete and brick third story belt course The roofline repeats the pediment- central bay at the third floor features a precast concrete dripmold and frame with small blocked enrichments.
the central window set at the second floor.The front door original) is OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Frances Apartment Building, Stark County, Canton, Ohio The interior originally had two units per floor, but has since been subdivided into rear and front units, doubling the total occupancy from 6 to 12 units.
turn-of-the-century Colonial Revival houses, Gothic Revival churches, an occasional mid-nineteenth century residence, low-rise commercial buildings, renewal demolition has taken place in recent years, leaving behind some eight after several decades of decline, the recently evolved commercial neighborhood Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places remnants of a residential neighborhood consisting primarily of single family National Register listed buildings and several National Register eligible ones The front apartments have the original gas fireplaces with classical mantels, by virtue of their rarity.A new office/hotel development called Newmarket United States Department of the Interior The building stands alone on a corner, surrounded by paved parking lots.The rear units, entered from the rear balconies, have been formed from rooms and other multi-use buildings from the 1920s stand near the building, giving evidence of the mixed character of this portion of Canton south and west of of the Frances is staging a comeback.
and the tile floors of the 1915 period in the hallways and bathrooms.The Section number - dedicated originally to other purposes, and thus, do not contain such facings and wainscotting. Statement of Significance