Nomination for Eagle Cliff Hotel

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OM8 No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) This form is for use in nominatingor requesting determinations for individual properties and districts.Seeinstructions in How to Complete the 1. Name of Property historic name - other names/site number Location - U not for publication - - vicinity city or town county - 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this & nomination Dept. Head Signature of certifying official/Title 4. Natignal Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Date of Action - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the - other, (explain:) - Ashtabula Register.

comments.) Geneva-on-the-Lake Date state Ohio Registration Form National Park Service United States Department of the Interior National Register 9-11-95- Entered in the Eagle Cliff Hotel National Register of Historic Places The Beach Club RECEIVED 413 NPS Form 10-900 Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property code 007 State or Federal agency and bureau entered in the National Register. removed from the National code OH SEP 22 5254 Lake Road East street & number _ zip code -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of 44041 In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.( See continuation sheet for additional National Regict Ashtabula Co., Ohio 5.

Classification (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) _ buildings - public-local - public-State - sites - public-Federal - structure L object - Total Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use 7. Description walls wood Noncontributing Historic Functions private Narrative Description roof Materials Current Functions district Architectural Classification other in the National Register asphalt shingle Category of Property County and State Number of contributing resources previously listed Number of Resources within Property (Enter categories from instructions) No style Eagle Cliff Hotel Ownership of Property Name of Property DOMESTIC/hotel foundation _ (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) stone wood VPS Form 10-900-# OME Approvel No.

1024-0018 RECEIVED 413 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Section number on the first floor facade, which has groupings of two and three front entry, with millwork ornamented frieze panels, widely plan has not been altered, and the fluted door and window shiplap siding, front gable roofs, and integral full width, cottage is a rectangular plan, two-story side-gable building with simply designed, still retain a notable degree of integrity. Continuation Sheet Page Narrative Description National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Two buildings on the property are listed as non-contributing a one-story projecting, screened front porch and four-over-one wood sash with molded surrounds are symmetrically spaced except completed in 1962.

shaped one-story ranch house on the lot's southwest corner was is found in the side gables and the steep wall dormer over the resort village of Geneva-on-the-Lake. two one-story conjoined single-bedroom cottages 7 & 8), retain wall-hung sinks, and the shared bathrooms still contain Its simple design features clapboard siding and aten-foot wide United States Department ot the Interior plan, constructed with a full basement on a stone foundation.

and a two-story three-bedroom 9) at the property's shortly after the hotel, and is also clapboard sided with two- northwest corner of the lot was constructed in an L- Eagle Cliff Hotel isa complex of structures that includes a Located behind the hotel are a two-story 5 & on the south side of state the east end of the The hotel is located spaced exposed false rafters, narrow carved bargeboards, and open their original sinks, claw-foot tubs, and light fixtures. These units, along with the rear cottage, were windows flanking the entry. The only architectural embellishment construction. The three-bedroom over-two double-hung windows. but their earlier history is now unknown.

hotel and three separate cottage buildings.T The single-bedroom cottages, with moved onto the property in 1936 from another site in the village, The interior of the hotel is still largely intact. The floor The hotel itself is a2 l/2 story frame building of irregular located on east side of the hotel). SEP 22 4995 Section number - Eagle Cliff Hotel Ashtabula Co., Ohio Plan map of the Eagle Cliff Hotel and cottages. (S.R. 531) A. Hotel B. Three-bedroom duplex C. Connected single- D. Three-bedroom cottage E. 1962 ranch-style house F. 1959 garage/storage A, B, C, & D = contributing E G F = non-contributing driveway building Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service bedroom cottages National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Lake Road East (distance not to exact scale) NPB Form 10-000- OMB Approvel No. 1034-0018 Ashtabula Co.

Ohio Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

- 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 ca. 1900 Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) E B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. -G less than50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.

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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 X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey -recorded by Historic American Engineering 1936 Bibilography Register Entertainment/Recreation Criteria Considerations Unknown Architect/Builder Significant Dates Significant Person Applicable National Register Criteria individual distinction. our history.

Narrative Statement of Significance A Property is associated with events that have made significant in our past. religious purposes. B Property is associated with the lives of persons Eagle Cliff Hotel distinguishable entity whose components lack Period of Significance Property is: Cultural Affiliation County and State for National Register listing.) Primary location of additional data: (Enter categories from instructions) A owned by a religious institution or used for Name of repository: a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Record # Areas of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Geographical Data - See continuation sheet (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Jeffrey D. Brown/Regional Coordinator name/title . organization . Feb. 14, 1995 - telephone 216-438-0404 .

state Ohio _ zip code_44702 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) 5254 Lake Road East street & number _ . telephone 216-466-0315 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 Geneva name Photographs Zone Easting date UTM References Northing Boundary Justification County and State Ohio Continuation Sheets Additional Documentation Verbal Boundary Description Acreage of Property Eagle Cliff Hotel Property Owner Name of Property Additional items Ohio Historic Preservation Office Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Estlmated Burden Statement:Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing Jerry & LuAnn Busch Ashtabula Co., Ohio city or town (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) of this form to the Chief,Administrative Services Division,National Park Service,P.0.Box 37127,Washington,DC20013-7127;and the Office of A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

. zip code44041 (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) 201 3rd. Street NE properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

Canton Maps additional UTMreferences ona continuation sheet.) Ashtabula Co., Ohio houses near the 1 1/2 mile span of public grounds, but by 1905, From the early 1900s to the 1940s, the heyday of Geneva-on-the- As the popularity of Geneva-on-the-Lake increased, a new highways, the development of large theme parks, changing patterns of family recreation, and the loss of beaches to erosion, all led Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service the two most intact and significant remaining hotels in Geneva- buildings, simply designed and still serving their original there were 53 cottages engaged in the summer boarder business. incorporated in l927 with Charles Warner as the first mayor.

United States Department of the Interlor The Eagle Cliff Hotel is nominated under Criterion A as a the full span of the village's continuing history as the sole Statement of Significance on-the-Lake, with its hotel and associated cottages reflecting Geneva-on-the-Lake's history as Ohio's oldest resort can be shoreline, and Geneva-on-the-Lake is today the only such resort located along Lake Road flourished, including the Eagle Cliff Hotel built by Bert Warner. People began coming to the new resort and camping in tents, which Eagle Cliff Hotel The Casino burned in 1975 and the Pier Ballroom is under toa decline in the small resorts that once dotted the Lake Erie is now almost entirely lost. and the subsequent construction of a dance hall left in ohio.

OMB Approval No.1024-0018 Section number - ' dated back to 1869, with the opening of a public picnic ground Lake as a resort, these cottages and larger boarding houses Eagle Cliff Hotel is today one of purpose, reflect an era and a pattern of family recreation that Page the dominant theme in the history of Geneva-on-the-Lake. and drew vacationers primarily from the nearby steel mills of significant resource reflecting the recreation history that is imminent threat of demolition. formerly found all along Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline. casino dance hall was built in in l920 "The Breakers" NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service from 1900 until World War II, the period coinciding with the heyday of Geneva-on-the-Lake's resort-based commerce, but also displaying a collection of tourist-related buildings from the largeboarding house to the smaller individual cottage, reflecting trends in lodging Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places B for moved properties by making significant contributions to the overall significance of United States Department of the Interior Section number - which define the community's early 20th century summer boarder business. (8-86) the property.

These properties retain their setting and general environment and are integral The two l-story single bedroom cottages andethe two-story three bedroom cottage all moved componentsof the property.They reflectot only the development of the Eagle Cliff Hotel NPS Form 10-000e United States Department of the Interior Section number - Ashtabula Co., Ohio Ashtabula County Geneological Society, compiler. Ashtabula County History - Then and Now. Ashtabula, 1985. Eley, Betsy. Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1995. Feb. 25, 1994. Bibliography Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places National Park Service sounds, aroma of fresh food far cry from "Lake's" Eagle Cliff Hotel OMB Approve No.1024-0018 beginning. Sunday Paper, Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 29, 1976. Hagan, Jeff. Ellsworth, Catherine. NPS Form 10-000- OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 Ashtabula County, Ohio - of lot 12, section 2 and comprising .99 acre of land, in the , Village of Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Continuation Sheet historically associated with the nominated property. National Register of Historic Places Boundary Justification Boundary is based upon the legally recorded lot descriptions Verbal Boundary Description National Park Service Eagle Cliff Hotel in the deed records of Ashtabula County, and includes the land The nominated property occupies parcel # 0052l8,being a part United States Department of the Interior Section number - - Page _ The following information is the same for all photographs: 5254 Lake Road East Ashtabula Co., Ohio Photo by J.D. Brown 1. View of hotel, facade and east elevation, looking SW. Non-contributing 2. View of hotel, west elevation, looking E-SE. 3. Rear view of hotel, looking N.

Three bedroom duplex and one of the two 4. Three bedroom duplex, facade, looking S-SE. 6. Rear view of two connected one bedroom cottages, looking E. 7. View of three bedroom cottage, looking SE. 8. View of non-contributing 1962 ranch style house, at rear of property. Geneva-on-the-Lake Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places March 1995 EAGLE CLIFF HOTEL United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number PHOTOS Page duplex, looking NW. Neg. at OHPO (NERCO) View of two connected one bedroom cottages and rear of three bedroom one bedroom cottages at left. garage is at extreme right.

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 : N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N V ACCEPT ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE DATE REJECT 11/06/95 RETURN DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE 10/19/95 REVIEWER 9/22/95 RECOM./CRITERIA Entered in the DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: National Registor APPEAL: N REQUEST: N COMMENT WAIVER: N SAMPLE: PDIL: REASONS FOR REVIEW: Negative a+ O. H.P. O. CNE RCo Phote by V.D.Brown, 3-1995 Negative at .H.P.O. CNERCo EAGLE CLIFE HOTEL 3-1995 OFFICE 5254 Lake Road East, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ashtabula Co., Ohio Negative at O.H.P.O. (NERCO) EAGLE CLIFF HOTEL Phote by V.D.Brown, 3-1995 Photo by V. D. Brown, 3-1995 EAGLE CLIFF HOTEL Negtiue at OHPO.

CNERCO EAGLE CLIFF HOTEL Photo by V.D.Brown, 3-1995 EAGLE CLIFF HOTEL Negative at O. H.P.O. CNERCo EAGLE CLIFF HOTEL 5254 Lake Rd. East, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Auhtabula Co., Ohio Negative at O.H.P.O. (NERCO) Phota by U.D.Brown, 3-1995 looking SW. GENEVA, OHIO GENEVA QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I1980-G8-TF-024 OHIO- ASHTABULA CO. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS UNITED STATES ROAO CLASSIFICATION April 26, 1995 RECEIVED MAY 0 5 1995 Mr. Jeff Brown Canton, Ohio 44072 Dear Mr. Brown: have the right to comment/object, however, I waive that I whole heartedly support the nomination, and look forward Geneva, Ohoi 44041 216.466/0315 right. LuAnn Busch Sincerely to the Eagle Cliff Hotel beging on the register.

5254 Lake Road East I am aware of the nomination of the Eagle Cliff Hotel 201 3rd Street NE Eagle Cliff Hotel I understand I for the National Historical Register. 4964 S. Spencer Drive Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH 44041 April 26, 1995 Mr. Jeff Brown 201 3rd Street N E Canton, ohio 44072 Dear Mr. Brown: the right to comment, however, I Wave that right. As the Mayor of The Village of Geneva-on-the-Lake I cc: Mrs. Busch An Equal Opportunity Employer Mayor National Register. Georgette Allison Sincerely, for the National Historical Register.I Understand I have (216) 466-8197 We will be honored to have the Eagle Cliff in the great deal of history in our Village.

I am aware of the nomination of the Eagle Cliff Hotel Village of Geneva-on-the-Lake support the nomination.Many of us feel that there isa Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 September 18, 1995 SINCE 1885 RECEIVED 413 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places P. O. Box 37127 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 JNTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION NEW SUBMISSION Andres, Charles, House If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. 614/297-2470 COUNTY Ottawa Ashtabula Sincerely, enclosures HISTORICAL Eagle Cliff Hotel SOCIETY State Historic Preservation Officer National Park Service Dear Ms. Shull: notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Enclosed please find two (2) new National Register nominations.

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