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Nomination for Greyhound Bus Station

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 5,276 words across 37 pages, filed in 1999. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 91000302, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service FEB 1 3 1991 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name other names/site number 2. Location street & number 1465 Chester Avenue not for publication city, town zip code 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property X private X building(s) Name of related multiple property listing: 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 National Register ofHistoric Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

Signature of certifying official State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. NationalPark Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Gentered in the National Register. Ldetermined eligible for the National determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper 035 Date public-local site vicinity structure REGISTER district Total object public-State Registration Form NATIONAL state National Register. Noncontributing Greyhound Bus Station Cleveland Ohio public-Federal National Register of Historic Places 302 (Rev. 8-86) Number of Resources within Property Number of contributing resources previously See continuation sheet. Date of Action for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16).

Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box orby entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, Register. See continuation sheet. and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets 2-5-91 nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) TRANSPORTATION: road-related (vehicular) COMMERCIAL: restaurant 7.

Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) foundation - Moderne: Streamlined Moderne Concrete, Block Concrete with Composition Roof other _ Aluminum, Steel Describe present and historic physical appearance. Situated on the north side of a downtown business street, 1465 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, Is the Greyhound Bus Station, a free standing "island" structure of irregular shape with a frontage of 250 feet and a depth of 150 feet. The bullding is constructed of Is comprised of fireproof plaster walls, soundproof celling tiles, and terrazzo flooring. There Is a cantilevered marque over the main entrance to the terminal which extends to the bullding is banded with black terra-cotta which runs the length of the front of the access to the vestibule and ticket lobby.

To the left of the entrance, a restaurant ends, the second story presents a counter point with a rounded corner on the right side and a squared corner on the left side. Centered over the entrance and to the right of the of the sign tower, glass block windows extend to each end of the second story and wrap the entrance to the bus station. / tower to the right extremity of the marque. It reflects thehorizontal window style of the second story with glass block windows running from the right side of the sign tower to the Concrete walls Architectural Classification commercial use which originally housed a Gray's Drug Store. around the corner. These windows.feature four evenly spaced horizontal aluminum moldings occupies one wing of the building,and to the right there is similar accommodation for roof level and is topped by the Greyhound corporate symbol, a racing greyhound.

The interior one to four floors which, if constructed, would house additional office space. right of the sign tower forming a large "L" shaped accent. The edge of the marque-tower The color of the marque is a pale rose. A portion of the bullding facade on each side of level portion of the buliding. While the street level portion has rounded corners at both sign tower are three large rectangular window panels. The window Iine of the second floor The third floor is centered above the main entrance and runs from just left of the sign tower is square in harmony with the second floor level. building.Beneath the marque there are seven standard sized doors giving passengers which run.the length of the windows.and wrap around each corner. The center window panels NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Greyhound Bus Station, Cieveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County Docking for buses is provided to the sides and rear of the terminal lobby and it is executed in a sawtooth style to facilitate bus access and withdrawal. The boarding The entire area on the sides and at the rear of the building is paved with asphalt. The commercial steam heating company that serves other downtown buildings. The lobby area is totally open and unobstructed. The ceiling rises to the top of the ticket counters are on the side directly opposite the main entrance, and face the The third floor is not accessable to the public. Access to the bus docking area is The lobby area runs the entire length of the building.

The Greyhound Bus Station is operating today as a Greyhound/Trailways Terminal and has been continuously used as a who executed murals for the luxury liner America of the United States Lines. This has was nine feet high by thirty feet long and illuminated by special lighting. The original lighting was added along the front of the building just above the marque level with three preparer's knowledge, these are the only noticeable alterations to the building as originally bullt. left of the property is a ground level parking lot and to the right, another ground level National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet second story level and the entire area is bathed in direct and indirect lighting. The of the United States with symbolic sketches of tourist attractions across the nation.It Section number - Page - ground area along the front of the building is all concrete sidewalk.

The root of the and over the entrance area is a gracefully curved balcony faced with oak veneer which is served by a semi-enclosed staircase rising on each side of the balcony from the lobby Greyhound Terminal since it opened March 31, 1946. When Greyhound opened the Cleveland terminal it contained some features it does not now the ticket counters was a giant travel mural by Glenn Shaw, a prominent Cleveland artist lobby furniture has been removed. The sound-proof ceiling remains intact, but the spotlight lighting has been replaced by suspended florescence lights. On the exterior, greyhound on the top of the sign tower was added subsequent to its opening. Sidewalk lights to the left of the tower and four to the right of the marque. To the best of the neighborhood. The building was designed to be an "island" structure, free and isolated side of the building.

A row of commercial bulldings that stood across from the station on covered by a canopy supported by steel beams.The docking area can accommodate 21 buses. the name "Greyhound" has been replaced on the sign tower by the word "Bus".The racing parking lot.Avery small one story building is adjacent tothe property line on the left features echoing those on the front of the building.The entire bus boarding area is building is composition and hot tar over a flat base.Heating is by steam furnished bya NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 7 1946, and is now a residential building, and a multi-story residential/commercial/office construction of the Greyhound Terminal, and many others.

Page Continuation Sheet United States Department of the Interior National Park Service maintained an office.It was in this office that he designed and directed the area include a large 1920s building that was the Allerton Hotel when the station opened in downtown Cleveland in which the terminal's architect, William Strudwick Arrasmith, (8-86) Chester Avenue were razed and a multi-level parking lot constructed on the land.There complex.The first street south of the station contains the Play House Square district of 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance The Greyhound Bus Terminal at 1465 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, is being elements, as seen in the rounded walls of the first and third floors, the horizontal bands windows indicate reference to the International Style, which was becoming popular at the X See continuation sheet 1948 Architecture Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Significant Person William Strudwick Arrasmith State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) time the bus terminal was constructed.

Significant Dates distinctive characteristics of the Streamlined Moderne style of architecture, coping, horizontal bands, smooth wall surfaces, asymmetrical facade arrangement, and longer leg of the "L" extends to the indoor boat storage facility and the shorter leg done in the Streaml ine Moderne style. period.Although less than 50 years old,the building meets Criterion only other dramatically modern buildings to rise on Cleveland's skyline.Neither one was the Bond Clothing Store,built In 1947 at the downtown intersectlon of East Ninth Street The Coast Guard Statlon is an "L" shaped building with a two story center sectlon at the In the local context.

When the Greyhound Bus Statlon was being designed and built all other major buildings in angle of the #L".A dramatic lighthouse tower rises from the apex of the angle.The bulldings erected for the Great Lakes Exposition In1936,these.two structures were the Coast Guard Statlon which was built In 1g40 on the shores of Lake Erie by the Cuyahoga Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: X locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Consideration G as it is one of the few remaining bulldings in Cleveland that The pattern of features common to the art moderne style include flat roofs with ledge statewide nationally and Euclid Avenue.This.building has since been demolished.With the exception of the River.

It was designed by Milton J.Dyer and still stands today.The other building was Cleveland were of a traditional style of architecture.Between 1940 and 1950 only two OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County as rounded corners and a tower feature, it is a stand-alone design derived from the The walls of the building that faced Euclid and East Ninth Street featured a It was unusual, it was exciting, but it was not Streamline Moderne. In the form of rows of colored brick at different levels which contrast with the yel low in the purest form of the Streamline Moderne style.

The elegance, fluidity and smoothness Industrial Design themes adopted for transportation machines - automobiles, planes, Continuation Sheet National Park Service Moderne architecture was chosen to project the corporate identity.It exuded an sense of the victory of science and technology over the country's persistent problems Cleveland's waterfront. National Register of Historic Places though it contains elements commonly associated with Streamline Moderne architecture,such near downtown Cleveland.The overall aspect of the building is strikingly modern and is 300 renderings of the proposed building. The structure featured a cylindrical silo at the to the upper retail levels, passing through huge circular openings in the floors above. sawtooth treatment that presented the display windows to pedestrians and motorists as they constructed in 1958.

The position that the Cleveland Greyhound terminal holds in relation to other Greyhound constructed in Cleveland adopted the International Style with glass curtain walls and was of equally dramatic design and featured staircases that ascended from the first floor The Greyhound Bus Station stands in arresting contrast to all of the other buildings in or United States Department of the Interior especially distinctive for their new downtown location and this objective resulted in over brick facing.The building,other than for these elements of the Streamline Moderne Greyhound Bus Station is the best example of this style in Cleveland.It is in fact the The Bond Clothing Store was ofa totally singular design.Bond Clothing wanted something walls ended just below the roof line where a gigantic swiss cheese boomerang hovered over carries part of the two story portion of the structure.It is a modern design style and only example.

No other building in the city compares with the Greyhound terminal. corner of the intersection which rose from the main entrance level to just short of the NPS Form 10-900-a Section number style, is an unremarkable commercial building. Subsequent to 1950, major buildings futuristic buildings that were constructed for the 1936 Great Lakes Exposition on Page (8-86) of this style, the building has rounded corners and incorporates horizontal theme accents There are several cliche-streamlined buildings in Cleveland today but none of any trains, ships, and buses.It was a masterful statement of efficiency.There is no more East 36th and Payne Avenue.It was constructed in 1938 and still stands today.

Typical approached the building.The entire building was faced with a rose colored marble.The terminals is both typical and unique.It is typical in that it is consistent with the of its lines are unmatched. The Streaml ine Moderne genre was a statement of the national OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County impression of efficiency, speed, cleanliness and modernity. lt made an unequivocal whether or not they traveled by Greyhound Bus, knew where the Greyhound Bus Station was One of the earliest examples of the Streamline Moderne terminal was constructed in and represents the ultimate development of the Streamline Moderne Greyhound terminals. this type was the Akron, Ohio, terminal, constructed in 1949 but demolished in 1990. Avenue, a major artery to and from Downtown Cleveland.

It is National Route 322 that goes convenient location for passengers going to the terminal to catch a bus, or for those who point, such locations permitted Greyhound to obtain the land they required without having National Register of Historic Places fluidity and rounded corners of the Cleveland terminal.Centered over the entrance was a Continuation Sheet National Park Service anyone on the street how to get to the Greyhound station and he could direct you.They were totally distinctive.

Terminals that followed were of the same configuration but they identified with the steel panels.The second floor was off-set and the building featured the horizontal downtown on a major thoroughfare:The two story building was faced in blue porcelain the corners squared, and they conveyed a crisp angular impression: The best example of The location is typical of those sought by Greyhound during the period from the 1930s location is desirable because it is convenient to the major commercial and business United States Department of the Interior terminals were constructed before the outbreak of World War ll brought all civilian The location of the Greyhound Bus Station takes advantage of the importance of Chester Streamline Moderne Greyhound terminal was built in Evansville,Indiana in 1938, as well as relatively unhampered flow of the buses into and out of the city.It also providesa to expend an inordinant amount of capital funds to do so.

NPS Form 10-900-a Section number 8 one of the most important, was that the terminals were instantly identifiable. Everyone, remained basically the same, a move to a cleaner facade appearance was made with the use major new expressways have been built, all of which are conveniently near the terminal. establishments in the metropolitan downtown area while at the same time affording a Page passengers and busses to all scheduled points.The location is served by city bus and is, of course, accessable by taxi and private automobile. Since the terminal was constructed, expansion effort.The Cleveland bus station was the first to be built under this program good example of adaptive re-use in a downtown development project.Only a few more sign tower with the corporate name and a racing greyhound logo. This early type of because of their distinctive style.

If you were unfamiliar with a city, you could ask have just arrived and intend to conduct business downtown.From the economical stand International Style that was beginning to take hold in America.The facades were of gray Indiana limestone in place of the blue porcelain steel panels.The terminal in OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County The building was designed by William Strudwick Arrasmith, born in 1898 in Hillsboro, North friends to form the firm of Wischmeyer, Arrasmith & Elswick in Louisville, Kentucky, in beginning of World War I1, he designed and built no less than seven other terminals in the Cleveland, Ohio, in 1945 and opened an office at 1720 Euclid Avenue in the Play House returned to Louisville, Kentucky where he continued to practice architecture until his seminal work by Donald J.

Bush, Ihe Streamlined Decade (1975) was one of the earliest to design of the day. Streamline Moderne buildings are functionally and aesthetically linked considers the Cleveland Greyhound terminal to be a classic statement of the Streamline Continuation Sheet discuss the application of Industrial Design concepts of streamlining to architecture. National Park Service Moderne was determined largely by the progressive forms of automobile and transportation beyond and the embracing of streamlining by architecture resulted in the creation of more than just another modernistic building style. death.His firm continued to build various terminals for Greyhound into the early 1970s. Section number8Page Cleveland terminal in particular.

With regard to the Greyhound terminals of the 1930s to National Register of Historic Places Arrasmith obtained his first commission to design and build a Greyhound terminal.It was The Streaml ine Moderne style of architecture has been the subject of scholarly work.The United States Department of the Interior The scholarly work has extended to the study of Greyhound Bus Stations in general and the architecture of Streamline Moderne constituted a unique design typology of the 1930s and In the design and construction of approximately60 Greyhound bus stations east of the NPS Form 10-900-a The_Automobile_in Design and Culture (1990),the distinctive appearance of Streamline Between 1935 and the The visual incorporation of machine-like efficiency into the design of the building was one of our most representative architectural expressions. Mr. Craig wrote that the Page Mississippi.

building and started Mr.Arrasmith on a long career with Greyhound.B was asked to assist Greyhound in its post war terminal expansion program.He came to After spending several years with various architectural firms, he joined forces with two to transportation and reflect the pervasive 2oth century American mobility.The 1950,Dr.Craig states that they were the best possible reflection in architecture of the Streamline Moderne style for Greyhound.Mr.Arrasmith enlisted in the military when war constructed in Louisville,Kentucky, in 1935.it was a very striking Streamline Moderne Moderne style.It was his feeling that the simplicity of the design achieved a timeless When the initial phase of the post War expansion effort was concluded.He the early 1930s.The firm had been engaged in numerous important commissions before Mr was declared by the United States and served for the duration.When the war was over he Streamline Moderne sty.le.And Eric Johannesen,Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976 (1979) 9.

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Bush, Donald J., The Streamlined Decade, 1975 Craig, Robert, Roadside America: The Automobile In Design and Culture, 1990 Johannesen, Eric, Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976, Cleveland, The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1979 Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested X State historic preservation office previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark Jrecorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10. Geographical Data UTM References Verbal Boundary Description Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By name/title _ Frank E. Wrenick, Esq.

Society for Commercial Archaeology _ date - street & number - 2628 Queenston Road _telephone(216) 371-0226 city or town _ _ state - University Easting Local government organization Northing Specify repository: The boundary delineates the property historically associated with the nominated Federal agency Acreage of property Other Other State agency 1-1/2 Acres Cleveland Heights See continuation sheet 111 West Clarendon December 2, 1990 The nominated property consists of Permanent Parcel #102-23-42,43,44; 51-59, Zone Ohio NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approvel No. 10240018 United States Departmentof the Interior National Park Service Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County Photos Page - Geyhound Bus Station Cleveland, Ohio Photographer: Frank E.

Wrenick Location of Negatives: 2628 Queenston Road Date of Photographs: 11/90 All above information the same for each photograph Streetview in front of Bus Station, west on Chester Avenue Streetview, looking west on Chester Avenue Facade of Bus Station Facade, main entrance and sign Facade, detail Rear elevation Interior, ticket counter Interior, Main Entrance 10.

Interior, Main Lobby Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Cuyahoga County Section number _ Cleveland, Ohio NORTH Cuyahoga County CLEVELAND CITY CENTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Cuyahoga DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : 3/30/91 2/13/91 MULTIPLE RETURN PDIL: OTHER: PERIOD: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF PENDING LIST: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: REJECT ACCEPT _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION -current _architectural classification _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _relationship of integrity to significance _other GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage -verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION OTHER COMMENTS - Phone FUNCTION historic DESCRIPTION materials Builder/Architect BIBLIOGRAPHY Period SIGNIFICANCE CLASSIFICATION Signed _count Date Specific dates justification of exception _presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of Significance one paragraph) _context UTMS _photographs descriptive text sketch maps Names of Nominated Properties: Eligible C Others (see attached): yes - Explanation of recormendation: attached to this sheet attached to individual property evaluation/return sheet attached to MRA/Theme cover evaluation/return sheet YEARS Recommendation: Additional Comments: Date: 3/05191 Greyhound Bus Station REQUEST FOR DECISION ON PROPERTIES ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN THE LAST 50 Today's Date 3 A5 // Cert.

Date /_ Form WASO - 6 03/27/85 Team Leader Federal Register List County Name Resource Name Describe Problem: Problem Team State Name PROBLEM DESCRIPTION SHEET N R Staff Reference No. 91000302 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE OTHER : PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entared in the DATE RETURN MULTIPLE TELEPHONE 2/13/91 3/30/91 PROPERTY PDIL: PERIOD: SAMPLE: DATE RECEIVED: Greyhound Bus Station REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: /ACCEPT N SLR DRAFT: N REJECT APPEAL: NATIONAL: CLEVELAND, OHIO CUYAHOGA CTY GREYHOUND ON CHESTER AV.

210 LUYAHOGA CTY 3/10 GREYHOUND 410 LLEVELAND, OHIO 5/10 CLEVELAND, OHIO Greyhound SERVICE CUSTOMER GREy HoU 9/10 10/10 UNITED STATES CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 4594640 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO. TERMINAL CLEVELAND NORTH,OHIO COMMERCIAL SURVEY CO. EREYHOUND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP TRANSPORTATION LEASING CO. 111 W. Clarendon Phoenix, AZ 85013 January 10, 1991 VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Jeff Winstel, National Register Manager Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1982 Veima Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Re: Greyhound Bus Station 1465 Chester Avenue Dear Mr. Winstel: However, as the fee simple title owner of the Property, we object National Register of Historical Places.

Since our bus terminal is a special use building, it would be extremely costly to convert to another use without disturbing a Delaware corporation President-Real Estate #P464783846 ("Property") A Greyhound Company Anthony Garofoli, Esq. Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, ohio Armen Ervanian, Vice Very truly yours, another use within the near future. Ohio Historical Center RECEIVED JAN 1 4 1991 addressed to Transportation Leasing Co. concerning the above- referenced matter. to such nomination to, and listing of the Property by, the This is in response to your letter dated December 3, 1990, Mr.

Jeff Winstel January 10, 1991 Page 2 STATE OF ARIZONA COUNTY OF MARICOPA BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and ERVANIAN, known to me to be the Vice President-Real Estate of Transportation Leasing Co., a Delaware corporation, who acknowledged to me that the same was the free act and deed of and in the capacity therein stated. for said County and State, on this day personally appeared ARMEN authority to do so, executed the same on behalf of such GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this lith day of such corporation, and that he being authorized by proper corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, Ohio Historic Preservation Office FEB 13 1991 Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 February 5, 1991 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Carol : Farm nomination.

The Dalzell, Ohio USGS Map indicates the presence of three form was being prepared. The USGS Map was last revised in 1977. rehabilitating the station. New Submiss ions Hune, William, Farm Wash ington State Historic Preservation Officer SOCIETY WRL/ jw:dh Licking Cuyahoga County REGISTER HISTORICAL NATIONAL Sincerely, notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Greyhound Bus Station I would like to draw your attention to one of the two USGS Maps for the Hune has officially objected to listing,(see enclosed letter),the building is (614) 297-2470 Department of the Interior Station as it is a threatened resource.Although the current property owner National Park Service SINCE 1885 W.

Ray Luce structures are not extant and did not exist during the time the nomination I would also like to request a priority evaluation of the Greyhound Bus National Register of Historic Places Please contact me if you have any questions. Ful ler House for sale and some of the proposals that have been submitted involve Enclosed are three (3) new National Register nominations.

All the appropriate - STATE OHIO Cuyahoga County Advisory Council on Historic Preservation/DC For further information, please call the National Register at (202) 343-9536 Location Name Also Notified National Park Service/MARO Ohio Historical Society DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER Greyhound Bus Station MAIL ROOM - ORG L ST 3211 - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PERSONNEL & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PLANNING & FLETC (Glynco, Ga.) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ARCHEOLOGY 436 760 479 430 230 763 470 418 2328 473 280 170 660 240 9000 600 700 260 3410 3323 300 100 434 002 413 2711 200 3424 1229 762 270 309 330 023 3222 400 3310 022 010 1226 1210 761 422 3328 3126 3127 3320 3116 3021 3106 3120 180 190 490 610 710 429 Anthropology Division CODE DIRECTOR RESOURCES Administrative Services Division Concessions Division 680 INTERIOR Archeological Assistance Division 650 Environmental Compliance Division Personnel Division Reston Youth Activities INTERPRETATION DATE Accounting Operations Division DEVELOPMENT 040 Special Populations NPS Environmental Sanitation Officer History Division OPERATIONS Park Historic Architecture Division Mather Training Center STOP OFFICE TITLE Albright Training Center REMARKS: 472 Recreation Resources Assistance Division Curatorial Services Division Preservation Assistance Division Congressional Liaison HABS/HAER Division ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES Interpretation Division Ranger Activities Division 500 Employee Development Division VISITOR SERVICES Office of Equal Employment Opportunity CULTURAL RESOURCES 475 Legislation Interagency Resources Division Water Resources Division (Ft.

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Connally) Mid-Atlantic Region (MAR) WASO Personnel Harpers Ferry Center (HFC) (Park Initiatives) Midwest Region (MWR) Office of Policy 003 8000 3130 199 PLEASE RETURN TO 413 FOR MAILING 501 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/ 297-2470 Fax: 614/ 297-2496 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/ SINCE 1885 National Park Service National Register, History & Education Programs Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C Street, NW Dear Carol: determined eligible due to owner objection on March 25, 1991. We have received the enclosed the property in the National Register of Historic Places. Please consider this matter at your earliest convenience. If you require any additional information regarding this property, please contact Barbara Powers at the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Jack Haugsland, Greyhound Lines, Inc.

SOCIETY Sincerely, enclosures HISTORICAL Washington, D.C. 20240 Carol Shull, Chief of Registration April 23, 1999 This letter is a request to list the Greyhound Bus Station, located at 1465 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in the National Register of Historic Places. The property was letter from the owner, Greyhound Lines, Inc., rescinding their former objection to the listing of Robert Keiser, City of Cleveland APR 2 9 1999 - Amos J. Loveday, - State Historic Preservation Offic NAT. REF RECD BY OHPO APR 0 $ 1999 P.O. Box 660362 Dallas, Texas 75266-0362 March 12, 1999 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places c/o Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 E. Hudson St. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Ms. Shull: Greyhound Lines, Inc. is the current owner of the Cleveland Greyhound Bus Terminal, 1465 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

We wish to have this property placed on the It is my understanding that the property was determined eligible by the National Park Phoenix, Arizona, at that time formally objected to National Register status. I am writing to advise you that Greyhound Lines, Inc. hereby removes the objection so that this Cleveland landmark building can gain National Register status. The Ohio Historic Preservation Office has advised that this notarized statement must be submitted in order to have this objection lifted and the property listed. Your attention to this matter is appreciated.If you have any questions, please contact me. I am looking forward to having our building placed on the National Register of WITNESS BY A NOTARY PUBLIC IN THE STATE OF (TEXAS), (DALLAS) My Commission Expires Notary Public. State of Texas 8 2My Commission Expires 07-07-01 8 Sincerely, COUNTY Attorney Greyhound Lines, Inc.

Historic Places. KRIS PADILLA Chief Operating Officer Service on April 19,1991, but that the then-owner, the Transportation Leasing Co., 07-07-01 Jack Haugsland REFERENCE No.: 91000302 Control No.: 910305/ALD PROPERTY NAME: Greyhound Bus Station HABS No. N/A HAER No.

N/A CITY: Cleveland Describe Other Style: Sreamline COUNTY: Cuyahoga STATE: OHIO Nomination/Determination Type: SINGLE RESOURCE Nominator: STATE GOVERNMENT NPS Park Name: NOT APPLICABLE Certification: DATE RECEIVED/PENDING NOMINATION Date: 02/13/91 Level of Applicable Criteria: ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING Significant Person's Name: NOT APPLICABLE 1948 1925-1949 Northing BOUNDARY LOCAL Federal ALUMINUM Architectural ROAD-RELATED Styles: Structures LIMESTONE Current Designer: TRANSPORTATION Acreage: Agency: ASPHALT RESTAURANT Historic Buildings COMMERCE/TRADE Certification: ADDRESS/ Subfunctions: Architect/Builder/Engineer/ Significance: Nominator Name: Zone Easting Wall Materials: Objects Cultural Affiliation: TERRA COTTA Other Materials: Restricted Location Information: NOT APPLICABLE Other Documentation: Arrasmith,William Strudwick OTHER NAME/ Roof Materials: Sites 1465 Chester Ave.

SITE No. Area of Significance: Periods of: MULTIPLE NAME: NOT APPLICABLE 17/ /4 43 020/ /41 30 380 Circa: Specific Sig. Years: Noncontributing STEEL Coordinates: Page: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY REPORT Foundation Materials: CONCRETE