Decorative drawing: a three-storey commercial block with shopfronts below and windows above. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Stanley Block

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 3,103 words across 24 pages, filed in 2011. 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 94000591, 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 RECEIVED 41 WB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior MAY 1 6 1994 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in-the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable."For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property Historic other names/site number _. CUY-119-1 2. Location street & number 2115-2121 Ontario Street N/A vicinity State_ code035 zip code 44115 3.
State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Signature of certifying official/Title State of Federal agency and bureau I hereby certify that the property is: for Signature of the Keeper Date of Action - entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) Date Register. comments.) Registration Form 5-9-94 National Register of Historic Places National Register Stanley Block In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional National Park Service NA not for publication Cleveland 4.
National Park Service Certification city or town . code_OH county -Cuyahoga y request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of J nationally statewide x locally. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Ohio Historic Preservation OfficeSHPO X meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant Dept. Head Ohio Cuyahoga County, OH Name of Property County and State 5.
Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Check as many boxes as apply (Check only one box (Do not include previousty listed resources in the count.) X private XI building(s) - public-local - district - public-State - site - public-Federal - structure - object - Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Lower Prospect/Huron Dist. of Cleveland, OH O 6. Function or Use Current Functions 7.
Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Noncontributing BRICK STONE walls ASPHALT other Materials Architectural Classification Narrative Description COMMERCE/professional VACANT/NOT IN USE (upper floors) SOCIAL/meeting hall Historic Functions LATE VICTORIAN/Italianate (Enter categories from instructions) Stanley Block COMMERCE/specialty store COMMERCE/business (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing. Historic & Architectural Resources oi the roof Natlonal Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Nine bays (approximately 60 feet) wide, the Stanley Block is distinguished The rear (east) elevation of the Stanley Block is irregular in plan, with Ontario, forming a recess, or niche, at the northeast corner of the Street), since replaced. intact throughout.
On the second floor (designated "offices" on the Description sports complex and associated parking garages. including stenciling and wallpapers. Stanley Block The ground floor has been extensively altered to accommodate law offices National Park Service save for partitions enclosing the original wooden stairway, which appear to and a smaller adjoining room with ornate plaster ceiling medallions.The social hall has suffered some water damage and its ceiling is now The Stanley Block is a four-story commercial building in the Italianate evidence of their early, and possibly even original, decorative schemes, with parapet and gabled end walls. United States Department of the Interior #2117 and #2121 Ontario Street projecting some 13 feet beyond #2115 "Hall" on the 1878 map) consists of a large social hall with cove ceiling Section number Nearby, a "STANLEY" appears (off center) in relief.
The building has a flat roof and a retail store. The upper floors, however, are virtually unaltered pristine condition. Page building; apparently this was to accommodate a previously existing building by an extremely plain facade of smooth dressed ashlar stone pierced by large area recently has been cleared for construction of a new professional have been added later..The original woodwork and hardwood floors are building to the north; to the south is a surface parking lot. On the third floor are plain plaster walls and Sanborn insurance map of 1878) is an expansive pressed-tin ceiling in at the southwest corner of Prospect Avenue and Iris Alley lst Cuyahoga County, OH 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

a significant contribution to the broad patterns of XI C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack _ca. 1875- 1944 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. -E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency D Local government - University - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: U recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Bibilography Register COMMERCE ARCHITECTURE religious purposes. Architect/Builder Significant Dates Significant Person Criteria Considerations Period of Significance our history.
Areas of Significance Narrative Statement of Significance previously determined eligible by the National Applicable National Register Criteria Stanley Block individual distinction. (Enter categories from instructions) designated a National Historic Landmark Cleveland Landmarks Commission Primary location of additional data: Name of Property B Property is associated with the lives ofpersons Cultural Affiliation significant in our past.
County and State for National Register listing.) (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Property is: G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance A owned by a religious institution or used for X A Property is associated with events that have made (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Mark"x"in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Stanley, the Stanley Block is one of only two stone commercial facades in upper floors preserve, virtually unaltered, a late-nineteenth-century Development of Downtown Cleveland, 1875-1950." presence of a "Hall" on the fourth floor, offices on the second, and for its association with the associated historic context "Commercial Statement of Significance fourth-floor hall reputedly serving as a site for fashionable social events as treasurer of the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Cleveland Stanley Block Continuation Sheet downtown Cleveland from the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
indicated.)According to the Cleveland city directory of 1878,the National Park Service purchased the site of the Stanley Block in 1871 from George and Rebecca In 1882 Stanley sold the property to real estate investor James Jared Tracy Connecticut, with his parents, George W. and Clarissa (Nichols) Stanley, George A.Stanley (1818-83) emigrated to Cleveland from Wallingford, National Register of Historic Places building's three storefronts then were occupied by George Angel United States Department of the Interlor William Bailey (#178), selling carpets and paper hangings Section number _ 8 Page _ 2 In 1975, Cleveland architectural historian Eric Lower Prospect/Huron District of Cleveland, Ohio." lard oil works on the Ohio Canal (later the site of the Valley Railway)at "Clothg" at ground level.
(The function of the third floor is not Library Association, and as vice president of the Cleveland Horticultural Stanley served and painted decoration. The present building first appears in the Sanborn insurance map of property documentation form "Historic and Architectural Resources of the commerical interior, including a social hall with its plaster medallions Society; Tracy was an incorporator and served as a trustee of the Case Block meets the requirements for registration set forth in the multiple and as a legitimate theater, although this has not been documented.Both The Stanley Erected sometime between 1874 and 1878 by Cleveland businessman George A. Stanley and Tracy were members of the city's social elite.
The four-story, leading to a conjectural date of construction.)That map indicates the Cleveland in does not appear inanearlier atlas of 1874,thus selling boots and shoes; F.W.Abold boots and shoes; and United States Department of the Interior Section number 8, 9 Page3 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio City Atlas of Cleveland, Ohio. Philadelphia: G. M. Hopkins, C.E., 1881. Cleveland Directory Company, 1878. Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Deeds, vol. 184, p. 461; vol. 330, p. 430. Ohio Historic Inventory Form #CUY-119-1, prepared by Eric Johannesen, Bibiliography Continuation Sheet University).Both men resided on prestigious Euclid Avenue and were among circle that was a precursor of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Stanley Block in the Western Reserve Historical Society.) (Stanley and Tracy both appear in the painting The Ark by Julius Gollman, School of Applied Science (later to become Case Western Reserve November 1975. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company,1918. Natlonal Register of Historic Places Hendrickson, Walter B.The Arkites and Other Pioneer Natural Hsitory The Cleveland Directory for the Year Ending June 1879.Cleveland: National Park Service In 1929 the building's storefronts housed a grocery store, shoe store, and the original members of the"Arkites,"a select scientific and literary Sanborn Map & Publishing Co.,1874,corrected & extended 1878. commissioned in 1858 by William Case, the group's founder, which now hangs ground floor, while the upper floors are vacant. Cleveland: The Press of Western Reserve University, 1962. Cleveland: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1910.
men's furnishings store.Today law offices and a bridal shop fill the Organizations of Cleveland. No.l, Makers of Cleveland Series. Avery, Elroy McKendree. A History of Cleveland and Its Environs.3 vols. Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property Less than one acre (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By (ed. Jan. 1994) - date September 16, 1992 street & number 17903 Rosecliff Road _ telephone (216) 692-0747 city or town - - state .
zip code 44119 Submit the following items with the completed form: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Macron Investment Company, c/o George Maloof street & number 16110 Harborview Drive Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq). instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.
Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect Easting Photographs Additional Documentation Cleveland Northing Boundary Justification Continuation Sheets organization Cleveland Landmarks Commission under contract with the Verbal Boundary Description Additional items County and State See continuation sheet Stanley Block Property Owner Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) Cuyahoga County, OH ITM Reference Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this formis estimated to average18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service,P.O.
Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. Zone Maps telephone name/tite Carol Poh Miller, Historical Consultant 117 United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Section number _ Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Boundary Justification: Page This boundary represents the original parcel on which George A.Stanley Stanley Block National Park Service Continuation Sheet Verbal Boundary Description: Geographical Data feet deep. The nominated property consists of the lot identified by Cuyahoga County erected the Stanley Block.
Permanent Parcel No.101-28-067.It is approximately 60 feet wide and 80 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE APPEAL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT / SUMMARY COMMENTS: DATE RETURN REJECT 6/30/94 5/16/94 REVIEWER PDIL: SAMPLE: NATIONAL: OTHER: ACCEPT PERIOD: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATA PROBLEM: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N REASONS FOR REVIEW: MULTIPLE Lower Prospect--Huron District MPs _descriptive text _completeness Clarity _applicable criteria _relating significance to the resource _context _relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception _other -acreage _verbal boundary description - Phone DESCRIPTION _current Period FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY materials Builder/Architect justification of areas checked Signed Date SIGNIFICANCE _resource type _architectural classification GEOGRAPHICAL DATA OTHER COMMENTS _historic ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _boundary justification Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) _summary paragraph _count UTMS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to -presentation _sketch maps -photographs 1.
STANLEY BLOCK 3. CAROL POH MILLER BLOCK AT RIGHT. 4. SEPTEMBER 1912 ATTORNEYS AT LAW BRIDAL SHOPPE 861-0215 WCLV Maloof Maloo Music Ceassicoe Borbara Anne 3. CAROL POH MILLER 4. AUGUST 1992 Barbara Anne BRIDAL SHOPPE 3. CAROL POH MILLER 4. SEPTEMBER 1992 1. STANLEY BLOCK 3. CAROL POH MILLER 4. AUGUST 1992 LOOKING SOUTHWEST. 3. CAROL POH MILLER 4. AUGUST 1992 5. CLEVELAND LANDMARKS COmmISSION 1. STANLEY BLOCK 6. INTERIOR, SECOND FLOOR, LOOKING TOWARD ONTARIO STREET, 3. CAROL POH MILLER 4. AUGUST 1992 5, LLEVELAND LANDMACKS CommISSION CAST-IRON COLUMNS AT LEFT. 1. STANLEM BLOCK 3. CAROL POH MILLER 4. AUGUST 1992 5.
CLEVELAND LANDMARKS COmmISSION ONTARiO STREET, 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE CLEVELAND SOUTH, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED JAN 2 7 1994 MALOOF & MALOOF 2115 ONTARIO STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44 115-1030 (216) 861-0215 GEORGE M. MALOOF FAX (216) 861-0229 FAYE MALOOF WOLF" "ALSO ADMITTED IN COLORADO September 1, 1993 CERTIFIED P 352-718 418 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED John Rau, National Register Manager 1982 Velma Avenue Dear Mr. Rau: The owners of the Stanley Block, Macron Investment Company, do not wish to be placed in the National Register of Historic Places. Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully yours, GMM : ca STATE OF OHIO a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared George that he is Legal Counsel of Macron Investment Company, the corporation which of Directors, and that said instrument is his free and voluntary act and deed IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal on the ALAN B. WARGO, Notary Public State of Ohio - Lake County My commission expires Oet. 19, 1994 aforesaid day and year. Notary Public Attrneys at Law purposes therein set forth.
Ohio Historical Center My Commission Expires COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA On this Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Maloof, being by me duly sworn, said that he resides in Cleveland, Ohio and executed the foregoing instrument; and acknowledged to me that he signed said instrument, as such Legal Counsel, in the name and behalf of said cor- Ohio Historic Preservation Office ALSO ADMITTED IN FLORIDA Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 May 10, 1994 Carol Shull, Chief of Registration SINCE 1885 National Register of Historic Places National Park Service P. O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Enclosed please find five (5) new National Register nominations and one (I) new request for determination of eligibility. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.
NEW SUBMISSION Cedar Glen Apartments Lorain Avenue Commercial v Stanley Block (DOE request) Alexander W. Livingston House John Church Company Building Brandville School If you have questions or comments about these documents, contact this office. Sincerely, ( W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer Cuyahoga SOCIETY 614/297-2470 Hamilton COUNTY Lucas enclosures HISTORICAL Franklin Historic District Dear Ms. Shull: MACRON INVESTMENT CO. MAR 16 2011 Naples, FL. 34108 National Park Service March 1, 2011 Keeper of the National Register Department of the Interior 1201 Eye Street NW (2280) Washington, DC 20005 Owner Consent to National Register Listing Stanley Block - Cleveland, Ohio - NR Reference #94000591 I am writing on behalf of the Macron Investment Co., which is sole owner of the Stanley Block, 2115- 2121 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
This notarized letter serves as notice that the The Stanley Block was nominated to the National Register in 1994, approved by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board and State Historic Preservation Officer in May 1994, and formally determined eligible for National Register listing by NPS on June 29, 1994. The property was not listed at that time due to owner objection. As stated above, themajority shareholders of Macron Investment Co., sole owner of the Stanley Block, HISTORIC PLACES Please feel free to contact me with any questions or if you need additional information. Nora Maloof, President, cc: Barbara Powers, Ohio Historic Preservation Office CONNIE S. BRISTOW Notary Public - State of Florida My Comm. Expires Jun 16. 2014 Commission # EE 1243 239-594-9583 Notary Public Carol Shull RECEIVED 2280 7709 Pebble Creek Circle # /O! Dear Ms.
Shull: - 201 owner no longer objects to the property's listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
- known to me or having provided satisfactory proof of her identity, this no longer object to the designation and request that the Stanley Block be listed on the National Register of Sincerely, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Lower Prospect--Huron District MPS DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE APPEAL:N OTHER : PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE : COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE REJECT RETURN TELEPHONE REVIEWER MULTIPLE 5/01/11 3/16/11 PROPERTY PDIL: The National Register Historic Places Entered in DATE RECEIVED: NAME: Stanley Block If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the DATE OF 16TH DAY: 4-27. FOR REVIEW: DATA PROBLEM: N SLR DRAFT: N nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Cuyahoga REASONS 4/20/11 NATIONAL: PERIOD: