Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State Agency - previously listed in the National Register 7 Federal agency X previously determined eligible by the National designated a National Historic Landmark * Other recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository Toledo-Lucas County Public Library recorded by Historic American Engineering 1933 ARCHITECTURE University Architect/Builder Register individual distinction Criteria Considerations Bibliography religious purposes.
Significant Person Property is: Hillcrest Hotel Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Dates Local government Cultural Affiliation G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance County and State for National Register) significant in our past. Previous documentation on file (NPS): Record # NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Statement of Significance The Hillcrest Hotel, Toledo's last grand hotel built prior to the Great Depression, is an outstanding example of the work of Alfred A. Hahn, Toledo architect. Significant under Criterion C, the building exhibits high artistic value in design and decoration and the work of a master architect.
Transitional in that its style can be classified as both Second Renaissance Revival and Mediterranean or Spanish Revival, the building is also Toledo's largest and most intact example of a particular building type - the residential apartment hotel. "Outstanding in the modern apartment house field as one of the finest examples of its type in America today" (The Toledo Blade, October apartment hotel was a building type more common in much larger cities at this time, but unusual in Toledo. The Hillcrest existed as a testament that not every city dweller was anxious to abandon the concrete slab without footings. Building types, such as the apartment building or hotel, would assumedly offer little opportunity for stylistic expression due to the numerous public safety regulations imposed upon it.
The 1920s, however, produced multi-unit buildings that often did not appear "institutional" but rather elegant and attractive with popular architectural styles exhibited on a grand scale. Apartment buildings, hotels and apartment hotels of the 1920s were donned with nearly every type of popular architectural detailing including Jacobethan, Moorish, Meditteranean, Arts and Crafts, Second Renaissance, Neo Classical and other Revival styles. Some of these buildings were designed to appear as one large mansion-like dwelling, while others gave the appearance of a series of tall row houses. Image was of great consideration as densely populated apartment dwellings might be distinguished from run down, crowded tenements otherwise common in large cities and the social stigma attached to their residents.
The Hillcrest met competing needs for light, air, and privacy in its U-shape form while it exhibited efforts to create the greatest amount of rentable space. The appeal of this type of living environment hotel is thought to have first been developed to serve tourists on the Pacific Coast at the turn of the first floor was devoted primarily to public spaces including a foyer, lobby, lounge and dining room. considered uncivilized by many.Architectsresponded by designing buildings to be easily Hillcrest Hotel dense urban environment for the spaciousness and privacy of the suburbs. The Hillcrest was was that residents were relieved of many of the cares and concerns of housekeeping.The apartment Lucas County, Ohio 12,1929),the Hillcrest was unique because it catered to permanent as well as transient guests.
The Section number - Toledo's largest apartment hotel and the first large building in Toledo to be constructed on a Century (Cash, p.2). This form of temporary domicile was much like a traditional hotel in that its Page (8-86) NPS Form10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Lucas County, Ohio easy and pleasurable for its tenants. A 1950 advertisement in the Toledo Polk Directory states, delivered to each tenant every Saturday evening (The Toledo Blade, October 12, 1929). A rooftop garden, the equivalent of the suburban backyard, flourished above the chaos and concrete of the city The Hillcrest is situated on twelve parcels of what was platted in 1867 as part of Mott's Second Addition. An 1852 map of Toledo, an 1870 panorama, and an 1881 Toledo atlas all show no buildings occupying the present site of the Hillcrest.
Sanborn maps from 1888 indicate that three single family dwellings facing Madison Street were on the site. One of these dwellings, located at 1607 Madison, was an elegant two story Queen Anne structure (see Historic Photo #1). The configuration of dwellings continues until the 1920s with little variation except for the addition of two outbuildings at the rear of the houses. (See Hillcrest Hotel Historic Map #'s 1-8). In September of 1928, a permit was issued for the demolition of the residential structure at 1603 this time and certainly before construction on the Hillcrest began on February 18, 1929 (The Toledo Blade, October 12, 1929). The Hillcrest co-existed with other single family residences on the block in its early years. The parking lot at the rear of the building was once divided into several lots where individual residential dwellings were situated.
By 1962, all of these other structures had been demolished except for a gas station at the corner of Jefferson and Seventeenth. (See Hillcrest Hotel Historic Map #'s 9-11). The upscale hotel was named the Hillcrest due to its positioning at the gentle crest of a hill located on the southwest corner of Madison and Sixteenth Streets in an area on the fringe of downtown Toledo referred to as Uptown. The building spans the entire block of Madison from Sixteenth to Seventeenth Street. Taking into consideration an added surface parking lot, the Hillcrest property now occupies the entire block from Madison to Jefferson between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Streets except for the vacant gas station at the corner of Jefferson and Seventeenth Streets.
The Birth of the Hillcrest Arms Apartment Hotel Originally an apartment hotel, the Hillcrest contained rooms for both permanent residents as well as below. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Hillcrest Hotel (8-86) History of the Site house offers.The Hillcrest offered modern amenities and centralized services designed to make life Madison.The structures at 1607and1617Madison Street were assumedly also demolished around NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Hillcrest Hotel Lucas County, Ohio transient guests. The Hillcrest was deemed the "largest apartment hotel in Toledo and one of the finest in the Middle West" (Toledo's Business, September, 1929) and contained 245 one, two and three bedroom apartments.
At the time of construction, the building represented the most modern, fireproof construction, while at the same time was cloaked in architectural detailing with distinct management as it was completed in only eight months. The building permit was issued in December of 1928, construction began in February of 1929, and in October of 1929, the building was complete, decorated and occupied. Sr. Contrary to one report, Hahn did not attend the University of Michigan but rather earned his degree from I.C.S. - International Correspondence School. According to his son, Mr. Hahn never traveled thus his architectural influences were not observed first hand. He was an avid reader who was particularly interested in history. Hahn first worked for Harry Wachter, a renowned Toledo architect, and left in 1915 or 1916 to work for E.H.
Close Realtors, a firm that built many residential dwellings in the elite Toledo suburb of Ottawa Hills. In 1919, Hahn left the Close Company and began his own architectural practice but remained in the Close Realty building at 513 Madison Avenue in Toledo. In 1934, Hahn joined with John J. Hayes to form Hahn and Hayes, architects and engineers, still in existence on Douglas Road in Toledo. Hahn was appointed the associate architect for the state office building in Columbus, built 1929. (Consensus DOE, 1988). His work also includes the design of the Art Deco Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (built 1939-1940) and the Toledo Central High School. His use of Mediterranean stylistic elements and use of terra cotta are also evident on the Gesu Church at 2049 Parkside in home, designed the Oberlin, Ohio Post Office and the Ashland, Ohio bandshell.
His work was not He designed the first house in Ottawa Hills and over thirty others in this Toledo suburb as well as other Toledo neighborhoods such as Westmoreland (NROHP District, 1986). In 1940, Hahn was appointed to the Ohio Board of Architectural Examiners and became its president in 1944. Alfred A. Hahn, Sr. retired in the late 1950s, although he technically kept working until his death in 1964. His obituary read, "Architect Designed Hillcrest Hotel" (The Toledo Blade, January 7, 1964). Hahn was reportedly on the job site of the Hillcrest every day during construction ascertaining that that there was any variation from his father's original plans. The Hillcrest Arms, as it was originally called, was designed by Toledo architect Alfred A.
Hahn, Continuation Sheet Toledo which he also designed.He also worked on many buildings of the Lucas County Children's historical references.The building also represented expertise and speed in construction limited to commercial and civic structures alone as Hahn also designed many Toledo residences. National Register of Historic Places his 22 page set of hand drawn plans were strictly followed. His son, Alfred A. Hahn, Jr., is doubtful (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Lucas County, Ohio The Hillcrest is reported to have been modeled after various lake front apartments in Chicago One publication from 1917 displayed not only renderings but also typical floor plans of existing apartment hotels, many of which were located in Chicago.
Upon the completion of the Hillcrest at the height of Hahn's career the Great Depression struck. The only architects to survive the depression without changing to other lines of work were Hahn and the firm of Mills, Rhines, Bellman and Nordhoff. Incidentally, the Hillcrest opened the same week of the Stock Market Crash. The Henry J. Spieker Company, the oldest operating contracting firm in Toledo, founded in 1881, added the Hillcrest to a long list of Toledo structures they had built.
The Spieker Company built many of Toledo's significant buildings including the Toledo Museum of Art, the Central YMCA (NROHP, 1982), Tiedke Brothers Department Store, The Hotel Waldorf, The Commodore Perry Hotel (NROHP, 1997), The Ursuline Convent, The Toledo Club (NROHP, 1978), Libbey High School, The Old West End Edward Libbey residence (NROHP District, 1983), The Toledo Blade building, Mercy Hospital, The Ohio Bank Building, and many buildings for the Willys-Overland Company and the Champion Spark Plug Company. The original owner who commissioned the building of the Hillcrest was Clement Orville Miniger, founder and president of Electric Auto-Lite Company and Presto-Lite Storage Battery Corporation. development of Toledo.
Miniger helped establish a S1 million "Community Investment Guarantee Fund" in 1927 to provide loans to attract industry to Toledo (Toledo's Business, February, 1927). P.M. Davidson and Associates leased the building from Miniger and acted as the building's first management company. Davidson was one of Toledo's foremost apartment managers and first building superintendent was Charles F.C. Hahn, a building contractor and also Alfred A. The structural engineer of the Hillcrest was Raymond C. Reese who gained international fame in the the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. (8-86) Hillcrest Hotel Continuation Sheet field of structural engineering and wrote many textbooks. Reese was also the structural engineer for National Register of Historic Places based his design on available photographs and promotional architectural and building information.
maid service and the first to install radios in apartments (The Toledo Blade, October 12, 1929). The Miniger was known as a civic minded individual and an ardent supporter of the growth and introduced to Toledo many apartment-house services.He was the first in the city to provide a daily Hahn's father. NPS Form 10-900-a (Toledo Wayfarer, March, 1986). Hahn might easily have viewed these buildings in person or NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Hillcrest Hotel Lucas County, Ohio The Hillcrest was designed to provide its residents with the utmost convenience in modern, safe and luxurious quarters. Many of its early permanent residents were single professionals, many of whom were teachers. There were few couples or families.
The building not only contained one, two and three private bedroom units with kitchenettes, but also added amenities such as, maid service, decorating services, a full service dining room, laundry facilities, a roof-top garden and play rooms for children in the ninth floor pavilions. The ground floor of the building also was subdivided and The Hillcrest also served as offices for lawyers, insurance agents and other business people. The presence of these businesses not only provided increased revenue for the building, but also efficiently served the needs of the building's residents. Parking was always provided conveniently on site and as an advertisement enthusiastically stated, the building off Sixteenth Street and walk directly into the lobby or the Second floor elevator lobby from the parking garage.
This garage, built specifically to serve the Hillcrest's residents and constructed into the building represents a shift in American popular culture. In this case, not only the person but also their car was to be "housed". Convenience took precedence as indoor, attached parking was becoming more common and fears of fire and safety hazards that might result from a car being parked indoors subsided The term "Uptown" perhaps was more than a mere geographical description referring to this area's position north of the Maumee River and Downtown proper. The area surrounding the Hillcrest in lots characterized the once mainly residential and elite area of Toledo. In later years Uptown was concentrated with automobile dealerships such as Lincoln, Packard and Dusenberg in the early 1900s.
The highly sought after location of the Hillcrest resulted in the building being seventy five percent occupied as soon as it opened (The Toledo Blade, October 12, 1929). At a total cost of $2,000,000 to build and furnish (Toledo's Business, September, 1929), the hotel typifies the opulence and economic success of the 1920s in America and Toledo (the building that the population of Toledo nearly doubled and the need for new construction to house the city's burgeoning number of residents was most urgent. Proponents of Toledo's position as a center for industry and growth praised the building of the Hillcrest as it could not only serve as an elegant home to business professionals but also as a venue for conferences and conventions. its early years was an exclusive and upscale area of Toledo. Massive single family homes on large (8-86) "You can drive right in!
(Toledo Polk Directory,1971).A resident could drive his or her car into well known as the area in Toledo to buy luxury cars, the surrounding streets were highly leased out to commercial entities such as a barber shop, flower shop, gift shop, pharmacy and tailor. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Lucas County, Ohio Toledo's commercial growth was burgeoning in the 1920s. By the middle 1920s, the city had fourteen commercial banks and had established its own convention bureau that had secured 100 conventions for Toledo in 1926 alone.
Through the aggressive efforts of this bureau, Toledo had become known as one of the leading convention cities in the country (Toledo's Business, February, In the decades preceding the opening of the Hillcrest, Toledo had established itself as an industrial for business people and railroad workers. A favorable economy and growing industries attracted other businesses and therefore many new people to Toledo. A flurry of building activity in the early Twentieth-century in Toledo produced many grand, elegant downtown area hotels. This wave of hotel construction culminated and ceased with the Hillcrest which opened the week of the Stock Market Crash in 1929. Toledo's advantageous location at the mouth of the Maumee River and at the terminus of the Miami and Erie Canal established the basis for Toledo's development as a rail, industrial and trade center.
Raw materials, markets, and transportation opportunities were capitalized. Entrepreneurs responded to the need for temporary housing for new residents and visitors to Toledo by building a series of new hotels in the beginning of the twentieth century. Hotels became symbols of Toledo's success, and promotional tools since they provided out-of-towners with their initial impressions of Toledo. The list of these hotels includes The Secor (NROHP, 1976), which opened in 1908 and the Waldorf in 1917 (demolished). A building boom in the 1920s resulted in the Algeo in 1922 (demolished); End (NROHP District, 1983), built in 1927; and the Commodore Perry (NROHP, 1997) in 1927 (Barclay, p.39). The Hillcrest is the final entry on this list of grand Toledo hotels built during this era, opening in 1929.
The Hillcrest is unique from the list of Toledo hotels, however, since from its conception was designed as an apartment hotel. The Hillcrest was never intended solely as a direct competitor to the existing hotels in Toledo. The building's location lent itself to convenience for its residents, many of whom worked nearby, often within walking distance. The largest of its kind in Toledo, the Hillcrest was a lavish, modern and convenient place of residence - regardless of the duration. Throughout its life span as an apartment hotel, the building did, however, also serve as a temporary alike crossed paths at the Hillcrest. Jack Benny and many other famous entertainers from the big 1927). Continuation Sheet Hillcrest Hotel NPS Form 10-900-a the Lorraine in1924;the Fort Meigs in1927 (demolished);the Park Lane,located in the Old West (8-86) residence for all walks of life.
Common people, celebrities, visiting dignitaries and political figures center "ranking Sixteenth in the nation" (Toledo's Business, February 1927) and temporary stopover NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Lucas County, Ohio Madison Avenue often stayed at the Hillcrest. The list of other guests who stayed at the hotel includes Celeste Holme, Angela Lansbury, Milton Berle, Red Skelton, George McGovern when he was the Democratic candidate for President in 1972, and Geraldine Ferraro, when she was the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate in 1984. but rather a visitor to the building in October of 1933. Amelia Earhart, in her last visit to Toledo, helped paint a large white arrow near the northernmost corner of the building's roof to direct aviators to Metcalf Field - then Toledo's landing area.
Evident at least as late as 1983, the roof has since been covered with a new thin bituminous layer. Relics of white painted areas evident on the flat ninth story roof, however, are remnants of the building's important role as a directional aid for aviators (see attached). An Ohio Historic Inventory form (LUC-441-8, 1980) described the Hillcrest as "a favorite luncheon Horton Dean Navy Post No. 108 and held send-off breakfasts in The Victorian Room for Navy recruits. The 100th Navy send-off breakfast was held at the Hillcrest in May of 1944. The Toledo Landmarks Preservation Council held its meetings at the Hotel for many years beginning in the The Decline of the Hotel Hillcrest After surviving the Great Depression the Hillcrest enjoyed many financially successful years and generations of tenants.
The Hillcrest was altered many times in appearance and function to persist Miniger died in 1944. In the years following World War II, much of the building was devoted to more transient guests, with several dozen listing the Hillcrest as their permanent address on Census forms.' By early 1980, management of the Hillcrest responded to low transient occupancy rates by converting many of its residential suites on lower floors to offices and continued use of upper floors as mainly apartment-type units (The Toledo Blade, February 3, 1980). Only two years later, a plan was announced to change the hotel's image to that of a transient hotel to make it more attractive to planners of corporate meetings and conventions (The Toledo Blade, February 7, 1982). 41 occupied units. By 1980, the number had dropped to 41, living in 32 occupied units. 1970s.
1 According to Census data, the 1970 permanent population of the Hillcrest was 58 people divided among Continuation Sheet and remain occupied. The Manhattan Building Company assumed management of the Hotel after Hillcrest Hotel National Register of Historic Places Perhaps the most significant association that the Hillcrest claims is not of a former overnight guest, band era who played at the Hillcrest and the nearby Trianon Ballroom (demolished) at 1415 spot for clubs and downtown business persons".The Hillcrest also served as American Legion Section number - (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Lucas County, Ohio Hillcrest employee and manager Lois Boerst who worked at the Hillcrest from 1972 until 1990, reported in 1988 that the Hillcrest then contained 100 apartments, 100 transient rooms, and 40 offices. Seventy percent of her employees had worked at the hotel for 15 years or longer (The Toledo Blade, March 8, 1988). Even though it was "Conveniently located near downtown with easy access to I-75" (1988 Hillcrest Hotel brochure), the Hillcrest and other downtown Toledo hotels could no longer capture transient traffic nor business travelers. Furthermore, businesses that had moved out of the downtown also took residents from the area who might want to live downtown and close to work. There were simply fewer people in downtown Toledo to attract.
hotels drop drastically in the recent past. In addition, lost businesses and jobs from downtown Toledo caused a marked decrease in the number of people in the downtown area. Between 1950 and 1980, the population of the downtown/uptown area west of Monroe Street dropped from 9801 to 2451, a 75% decline. 2 The Commodore Perry (NROHP, 1997) closed in November of 1980 and its poor performance economically was blamed upon steadily declining usage of downtown hotels could compete no more and closed due to financial difficulties. These difficulties mirrored the problems at the Commodore Perry (NROHP, 1997) although the Hillcrest survived ten years longer. A sale in October of 1990 dispersed the vast majority of the building's furniture and finishes.
In mid-1993, the building was reoccupied as it became the Hillcrest Christian Center serving variously as a homeless shelter, education facility, drug rehabilitation clinic, pregnancy clinic and conference center. Its reuse was short-lived, however, as a fire on May 8, 1994 caused an estimated $100,000 damage to the first floor. After the fire, the center never reopened. In recent years there was great talk of demolishing the Hillcrest. Very recently, the building was downtown/uptown area. By 1990 the population of the two census tracts had dropped to 1513, representing a 85% drop since 1950. November 11, 1980).
Continuation Sheet 2 Source: Census population data for Census Tracts 27 and 28, which cover most of the The "Old world nostalgia in the heart of uptown Toledo" (Hillcrest Hotel brochure, 1988) could no by transient guests and the compounding effects of escalating operating costs (The Toledo Blade, Hotel over-building and a resulting surplus of rooms made occupancy rates in downtown Toledo Hillcrest Hotel Section number _ 8 Page - longer operate in a modern, financially challenged world. On August 26, 1990, the Hillcrest Hotel (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Lucas County, Ohio the City Department of Neighborhoods to find a buyer to develop the property resulted in the in 1998. The company plans to convert the hotel into apartments.
The Hillcrest exists as a reminder of the unbridled optimism and prosperity of the early 1900s in America and Toledo. The integrity of the Hillcrest's exterior remains virtually intact. Despite interior alterations and limited fire damage, the interior of the Hillcrest remains true to its original floor plan of first floor public spaces, existing in a nearly identical state as that called for on Hahn's own original 1928 drawings for the building. The interior alterations have been cosmetic ones, not Several modern-day hotel franchises today operate in Toledo on the principal that guests often do only as far as the Hillcrest to see that this concept of the apartment-hotel is not a new idea. In the development of Toledo, however, and in comparison to existing hotels at its time, the Hillcrest was indeed unique.
The building was Toledo's largest and most well-known apartment hotel and manner, with both residential and commercial tenants playing an important role in the growth and history of Toledo as well as its potential for present day growth and redevelopment. The Hillcrest was recently determined to be structurally sound and polls revealed that a vast majority of Toledoans did not want it demolished (The Toledo Blade, January 29, 1996). Very realistic threats of demolition produced an overwhelming swell of support and outcry to save the Amelia Earhart's large white arrow on the roof of the Hillcrest was a beacon of hope for early aviators in need of direction to the landing field. Now it directs our attention to the Hillcrest itself - contributing element to Toledo's skyline. building. Conclusion Continuation Sheet need accommodation for more than a single night and perhaps months at a time.
One need look Hillcrest Hotel certainly the first luxury apartment hotel in Toledo. No other building type was used in the same Alexander Company-a renowned rehabilitator of large historic buildings-purchasing the building an engineering and architectural marvel designed on a grand scale that provides a magnificent changing the building structurally or in the manner in which primary spaces were divided. placed on the Mayor's "Dirty Dozen"list of nuisance properties in Toledo.Subsequent efforts by Section number 8 Page 9 (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Lucas County, Ohio Barclay, Morgan & Charles N. Glab. Toledo: Gateway to the Great Lakes. Continental Heritage Press, Tulsa, 1982.
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US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE :1993 0 - 350-416 QL 3 43604 Zone Northing Easting Maps Photographs Continuation sheets telephone Additional Items Additional Documentation UTM References zip code city or town /erbal Boundary Descriptior of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P. O Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) street & number One Government Center, Suite 1800 instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect 1 L117 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior ft & 2 exc. SW 70.13 ft & 1578 Vistula Addition. 2. The T.D (Tax District) & Parcel Number for the property is 10-24627.
The boundaries include the entire original parcel of land associated with the Hillcrest Hotel, when purchased by the Hillcrest Building Co. from Toledo Trust Co. on April 9, 1929. Adjacent parcels, purchased in later years primarily for surface parking for the hotel, including one for a parking REC'D BY OHPO JUL2 2 1998 Continuation Sheet Verbal Boundary Justification Hillcrest Hotel Verbal Boundary Description National Park Service (8-86) canopy, are excluded from the nomination. 1. The nominated property is legally described as follows: Mott's 2nd Addition - Lot 1 exc. SW 90 National Register of Historic Places Lucas County, Ohio Section number 10 Page _ 1 OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Section number Photos Page - 1 Lucas County, Ohio The Following information is the same for the Hillcrest Hotel Photographs: March, 1998-June, 1998 City of Toledo, Department of Neighborhoods Madison at 17th 17th Street elevation Roof and pavilions Skylights - looking down from roof Skylight - looking up from garage Hipped roof pavilion - Madison & 17th Finial Urn - close up 9th floor detail - C/o Madison & 16th Ist and 2nd floor detail - 16th Street Ist and 2nd floor detail - Madison Ave.
Spiral Column detail - Madison Casement window Window screen - 7th floor corner 1959 entrance canopy Entrance - Sixteenth Street Aluminum "Hillcrest" signs Elevators - first floor lobby PHOTO Dates: West Negatives: South Direction Northeast 16a Description Continuation Sheet Penthouse East 16b National Park Service Hillcrest Hotel (8-86) National Register of Historic Places Close up of Hillcrest sign Rear elevation Finial urns along 17th 9th floor detail Pyramidal roof pavilion NPS Form 10-900-a Toledo, (Lucas County), Ohio Location: Property: NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 National Park Service Section number Photos Page - Lucas County, Ohio The Following information is the same for the Hillcrest Hotel Photographs: Toledo, (Lucas County), Ohio March, 1998-June, 1998 Second floor elevator lobby Lobby - main desk Door - Room #717 Room #215 Room #215 - opposite angle Room #429 4th floor - corner of Madison & 16th Bathroom - Room #320 3rd floor - c/o Madison and 16th Board Room - 2nd floor along 16th Kitchen - 3rd floor corner room Ironing board - 3rd floor corner room Swinging door bed alcove - Room #322 Room #934 - partition Wall of exercise room - penthouse Fire damage - dining room Fire damage - entrance to bar PHOTO Location: Property: Description Dates: Restaurant Direction Continuation Sheet (8-86) Hillcrest Hotel National Register of Historic Places Stage in restaurant Small dining room Main lobby Meeting Room Second floor corridor United States Department of the Interior Andrew J.
Sager - City of Toledo, Department of Neighborhoods Historic view, ca. 1942 Hillcrest Hotel Lucas County, Ohio MICHIGAN Hillcrest Hotel - Map #1 1852 City Map 713 355 1649 1650 1613 639 STREE 1606 1620 677 Lucas County, Ohio 1536 571 1653 1577 362 361 1556 1512 1565 1638 1523 1651 1500 760 465 1 61 155 356 1570 1564 1515 543 1542 1537 369 1549 1359 762 533 1513 1572 1575 1583 560 1654 1524 636 5'0 538 Hillcrest Hotel - Map #2 1870 Bird'seye View Lucas County, Ohio Hillcrest Hotel - Map #3 1881 City of Toledo Atlas 130 Lucas County, Ohio 1:38 131 129 Lorenz SIXTEENTH Hillcrest Hotel - Map #4 1888 Sanborn Map STREET Lucas County, Ohio -- SEVENTEENTH FIFTEENTH NORTH FIFTEENTH 30 0 2020 1891 City of Toledo Atlas 7508 Lucas County, Ohio Hillcrest Hotel - Map #5 420 700.
25 150 0E 1616 1.56 100 U506 :; Hillcrest Hotel - Map #6 1895 Sanborn Map Lucas County, Ohio J EFFERSON MADISON tn JE FERSON N. 15TH Hillcrest Hotel - Map #7 1905 Sanborn Map Lucas County, Ohio 16TH 1704g Realty go.
9 öklin ACKARD D &LSearles 0 1415 Hillcrest Hotel - Map #8 1929 Chadwick Map 1577 1569 386 1579 134 1617 1802 etts 1603 AGENCY 140 1420 MADISON 1606 136 30.7 1605 1616 100 Bloch 1718 Toledo INGS Robinso 1620 105 GARDENS 1803 Lucas County, Ohio 501 15.71 1520 (15554) /703 120.16 150 (28.4) 1559 l :Heney Kiest Cothrel 40 (00) 60 160 (115.03) :ASSTA Sav.Bank 570 1717 1519 57.5 Mary Ebe 1702 215 undell Bidwell The Lotte TOO Trust8 Sav.L 1930 Hillcrest Hotel - Map #9 1931 Sanborn Map JEFFERSON Lucas County, Ohio 16TH Hillcrest Hotel - Map #11 1971 Sanborn Map JEFFERSON MADISON HALL Lucas County, Ohio COPYRIGHT 19 SCALE OF FEET 16 TH THE HILLCREST HOTEL APRATMENT HOTEL, APARTMENT BYSANBORN MAP COMPANY.INC. 4WE AMELIA EARHART AIDS FLIERS Robert S. Parki Here for 14 - Succumbs -lections." Judge Robert S.
Pa years a member of tr it of the Nortl ledo is the seat died 1 Pedro, Callf., accordin; ceived Saturday.by 1 in 1911, Judge Parker : schpoly, - Lucas trial court in the histo of this state.; Men- was elected for nell in 1897, when he years of age, being at Bell. irman of the ran, until, after 14 ye: e entire program when he was 21. He e years later he was c nunity organiza- fnctsabout the e the publio and there was a criminal ! -ion to collection urthar paring of After two terma, du with the Hillcrest Hotel - Attachment A Amelia Earhart Article - 10/28/33 Wont Say Yes, Wp Lucas County, Ohio LECTED Blade additional FICERS other climate. in Northwestern Ohio APPEALS Parker quickly made assured his re-election cuting attorney.
argument or dazzling ort Clinton, Age of 7 quence his fellow tow considered one of the the Wood county offl tho National the most:brilliant adv en masse to the court in a thriving new co cuit Court of Appeals, Before he removed office in Bowling Gree Admitted to Ba te committee on Born in Findlay ii the young prosecuto retired to engage in youngest judge on the ons policy to co- Judge Parker/was A FORMER TI DIES IN I Mtss Chloe iext year's meet- auperintedcnt of Oc+.28,1033 rnt of school ommittee for a compelled his retirer ,general theme Parker was admitter himself." It is relate : thentwith ex- tion, was in- 'tee. work.
In his post of coun sident of orippled rtmentat work The action was chnirnian.Tho pellate judge by'Go endation of the yments and.In- ity the work or Discunsed ho Htnte thonter Murdered ten BY ROBIN ERB Still, the missing te confirm the identity of a young woman or unable to determine v "You just couldn't tel mother said. "But our us it's her" Don't want the kiddies to But police stressed that they had no The girl or young v ered shortly before 6 Then make sure they never see La Vonda Gibson wa In fact, they wouldn't release any infor- Watch your own mouth. mation, including the runaway's name or friend before leaving Don't want them to lie? Cheat?
That's easy, too: Don't utter falsehoods, behave dishonorably, or take anything that doesn't be- ing experts call this "modeling be- BLADE PHOTO havior," but more intelligent folks less prone to meaningless jargon Amelia Earhart paints the arrow on the roof of the Hillcrest Hotel during her Toledo visit. So what is the problem out at 1 picked up yesterday's paper and read the story headlined "Stu- dent trip to defy ruling of princi- pal," and found myself having one of those breakfasts where I sit over a bowl of cereal and shake my head at yet another example ofthe human species' capacity for willful Willful: adjective - 1) said or done deliberately or intentionally 2) following one's own will un- on city hotel Turns out that many parents of sixth graders at Fall-Meyer School are determined to ferry the kids BY MICHAEL D.
SALLAH over to Cedar Point tomorrow, the BLADE SENIOR WRITER last day of school - even though ministrator forbade the outing showed pilots the way to the airport for years Principal Phyllis Tharp says a It was a gift to Toledo from the most famous day at an amusement park may be female flier in America: Amelia Earhart. fun, but it's a waste of school time. This is the second year she denied rooftop in 1933 - faded over the years - remains But this year, a handful of par- a reminder of her celebrated visit. ents who disagree decided there's no point in complying with the Matt Meier. project manager for the Alexander Co., of Madison, Wis.
Even if it means lying and call- The company, which will soon begin renovating Hansen Terrace resident Fran Wiggins looks over her flat of ing their kids in sick, the parents of the aging, brick hotel into apartments, is looking flowers as Barbara Falls, a Lucas Metropolitan Housing about 30 out of 45 students said for ways to preserve the 12-foot-long arrow or to Authority manager, shows her where to plant them. Hous- their little darlings were going to commemorate the event with a marker. Cedar Point. Period. The arrow has faded over the past 65 years, In yesterday's paper, parent Robin Bishop explained the ration- and can barely be seen on the top of the roof of what was once one of Toledo's grandest hotels Mr. Meier said he and other company officials Tradition, for starters.
And the contention that, with the school year coming to a close, there is al- where Miss Earhart painted it during a ceremony ready little academic activity in the classrooms. (A point vigorously de- BY GEORGE J. TANBER nied by Mrs. Tharp, by the way.) And finally, gee, the kids worked so Owens's attorney, J hard to raise $1,200 for the trip "We're going to do what we can to remember School officials tried to suggest letter to Mr. Fynes alternatives. Why don't parents The move is the latest in a series of actions by make the trip on a Saturday? Or that Mr Owens had why not even June 4 or 5? original splendor Hillcrest Hotel - Attachment B Nah, said the parents. The company is about to finalize a financing Why.
Saturdays are already package totaling $11.45 million that will pay for Amelia Earhart Article - 5/28/98 crowded with the children's sports renovating the vacant, fire-scarred building into Lucas County, Ohio setting sad Ex-officer asks example Steal? painted arrow Moms, dads smoke? ROBERTA Lucas County coroner reasoningly. turned the convict the sixth-grade excursion. Fall-Meyer School? Bancroft Street runaway. Street area. principal's decision. you smoking. investigator Phil Kula any other possible identities. morning walk throug to keep point that made national news. Dental records this morning might university to rehire Yesterday morning at the Frederick found in the Franklin Avenue-Bancroft photos of the rooftop event. Highly credentialed child-rear. Nash Park early yesterday. BLADE STAFF WRITER resident of the park. long to you. Don't want them to swear?
ale for the group's defiance. de BOER A fresh start talked this week about repainting the signal, teenaged girl found murdered in Inez Gerald Owens wants his job back. They may hanga plaque in the lobby with simply know it as common sense. She spotted the b Barbara Machin, "We are well aware of the history said they had vewec Among the possibilities - a 14-year-old positive identity on the body that was the school principal and a TPS ad- The big, white arrow atop the Hillcrest Hotel And now the hotel owners want to ensure that ipresumabiv more impertant than stupidity. Earhart's Sixth District Cou the arrow that Miss Earhart painted on the "There's not much the company to restore the 1929 hotel to its 106 apartments The work is expceted to begin in poke to job in Mr.
Ke BLADE PHOTO BY HERRAL LONG the next r 4 to 8 He dr i the two, t Reginald Knighten, Nicholas Wortham, and Alisha Carter talk with Bernard 'Pete' Culp of the Jim Jackson Foundation and William Block, Jr.,co-publisher and president of The Blade, about the the board .o review wouldn't, know he was over Toledo. It was on a warm, sunny day in October, 1933, ne budget What Aiers need most urgently is better give a speech at the hotel. She gave praise to the Hillerest and to civic et director leaders for helping pilots at a time when there - Continued from Page 17 large arrow on the roof to point the way to the were few ground navigational devices. n - about Toledo Transcontinental Airport, now More than 300 people crowded into the ball- The school when a fire ripped through several rooms.
Workers were told about the arrow on the It was her last visit to Toledo: She was lost roof by city officials during an inspection of the city's main airport. At the time, the National over the Pacific Ocean four years later while Exchange Club was pushing U.S. cities to cre- attempting to fly around the world. At the time, city officials talked to company ; for the officials about possibly remembering Miss Ear- here was an event that should be remembered. n property hart's visit, which was reported in numerous " she said. the Lucas "She was a well-known person at the time. "They are premier historical people," city a sense of what happened here, and make them : was not housing commissioner Rick Thielen said of the Miss Earhart said during the ceremony that Alexander Co., which specializes in renovating a little more aware.
ent Center Maumee, and Sylvania have or are dy believed ton's board last month set a mini- ,fell off a mum GPA of 1.4 with a maximum ed yester- question the wisdom of raising ac- about 2 p.m. the same for one more year. "Our recommendation was that charges noted by Ms. Machin were searched the it stay the same for this coming im Runyon, in Mr. Owens's past and that the Mohammed, director of the area's Neill "Chip" Ebert, director of co- Million Man March committee who curricular activities in Perrysburg court's ruling overturning the con- want to penalize any kids by Mr "Everybody says 1.5 is too low, but nger on a plementing this night away, May 18 as as riding as he was before he was fired," Mr. would not be eligible in the fall. Start High Athletic Director Gil well documented," Mr.
Mohammed out 600 yards Guerrero said possibly up to eight Added Mike Early, a Toledo po- of his athletes have GPAs below VICe. this year it would virtually devas- iser said the tice. Mr. Owens's case, we believe, has been irreparably harmed. He has to live with the stigma that Since the court overturned the rise to 1.2 in 1999-2000, 1.4 in 2000- Mr. Owens, who was jailed 60 "It's 2003, and 2.0 in 2003-2004, under GPA of the undefeated Start High "For 10 years, he had an exem- eventually will be rehired but won- Some other area school districts do man have adopted GPA policies for ex- USA Today, has four students with GPA of 2.9. ito Auction in argued yesterday that the other where you're not wanted?" tempted ar- urn real or third and a half of the 640 students had left message or sage in a bi charges of BY JANET ROMAKER was found.
The school was secured, extra to the com y and conspir- precautions were set up, and classes were to Mr. Dar Richard Darcy said sted last month their students from classes here yesterday he 1991 fire Keeping kids safe. That's the No. 1 thing" when they learned that someone had made operating as normal. We protected everyone No threats were made to any students, but un out. Officials The threat, discovered Tuesday on Burr absolutely safe the threatening note included a vulgar state- ment about two staff members, Mr. Darcy the messai 0.000 and to its tion for pu system, stated: "School is going down with a said he But as word of the threat spread through School officials are working to track down school, students called parents and parents his dismissal. Ex-officer ted prosecutors The Ottawa than Earhart Dodge cour cam Gibs hundr viction. nistration wild older buildings.
tend Gerald Owens was jailed 60 days and Yest verman said. organized the press conference. incident nine-story hotel last year. tracurricular activities. Kee: standard is now. Scholarships awarded Mohammed said. ter grades. aviators find their way to local airports. ear-old arson hasn't worked since ademic eligibility too high. That response angered Charles sion: ruttvr in the criminal justice system is big bang on Wednesday the proposed policy. He said Dayton Public Schools The state of African-Americans )and16 believes the university should im- Coaches and athletic directors houses grades five to eight. flying exploits. The Hillcrest has been closed since 1994, is a college bound-student,said Mr. Guerrero said the average BLADE STAFF WRITER nt Terry Local historian Fred Folger said her visit the systen employment at the University of day in that's practically double what the U.S.
newspapers at the time. was seen. are nervous because of our society today understanding is that academic el ication cuit Court in ble under a standard of 1.0. His kids who were eligible in spring across the Atlantic Ocean -came to Toledo to chan days and hasn't worked since his the audi- The airfield in Wood County was then the No sentenc- latri ate markers on the tops of buildings to help dismissal, said he is confident he known as Metcalf Field. a threat to the school. e for a posi- question, do you really want to be .pleaded toa ble standard of justice." ss Island Toledo was one of the first cities selected.
their only incentive to achieve bet- would not be considered for re- room of the hotel to hear her talk about her During her stay she was asked to paint a jected to double standards of jus- presents exactly this kind of dou- GPAs above 3.5 and an average the statute of planning to adopt 1.5 as the mini- "There is no reason for panic." posal has he's a bad police officer The famous aviatrix agreed to create the "He deserves to be made whole, dered if it's worth it. med said of his tenure at UT. "You have to ask yourself the ;year's :ption "I am sure we have kids and parents who Perrysburg, Springfield Local, irant's ge to the build. ers50.Inex- ine. of one F, or 1.0 with no Fs. batct :0.000 :ase saic diri Hopson-Mitchell-Jackson basketball camp the pupils will attend in Sherman Elementary School pupils, from left, Katrina Clark, June.
The pupils were awarded scholarships to the camp during an awards day program yesterday at Sherman. The pupils were chosen when Miss Earhart - the first woman to fly he said, "and it's important to give people here "it would be a pretty poor sort of an aviator who igibility standards wouldremain le in Lake Toledo," Ms. Machin wrote. involved as you can. Not every kid fell over- "We are overrepresented, 1.0. "It's a very low percentage, Owens, "His standing in society tate our athletic program," Mr. Sil- WAUSEON - Dozens of parents pulled Firs arrow with several photographers around her. plar police record." Mr. Mr. Mohammed Computer note causes students to exit Wause can befo coach ranked No. nes: scheduled as usual yesterday, Principal The minimum eligibility would Someh soon varsity baseball ittan school year because we did not building Tuesday night.
Nothing unusual mum GPA to play sports. Swan- 1in the country by markings of small towms, she said. 2001,1.6 in 2001-2002,1.8 in 2002- We wanted to keep schools open and and too frequently we are sub- only issue that matters is the require a 2.0 GPA."If we put in 2.0 bai September, 1929 A $2,000,000 apartment hotel, knoe- and one of the finest in the Middle Wr.. by C. O. Miniger, P. M. Davidson an.: pears on the cover of this issue of Tolod.. The building fronts 200 feet on Madi-. Avenue, 151 feet on Sixteenth Stre":*: 154 feet on Serenteenth Street and i-:.- esque architecture and fireproof througi. usual attraction is the roof garden. ar. innovation in apartment buildings hen The lobby is 30 feet by 60 feet, with a The ground floor has spaces for spo! shops, most of which have been I..!
apartment building The main entrance of Hillerest Arm: : on Sixteenth Street, with another entratre 128 S. St. Clair Street apartment house projects in this ritt. 1- Building, and recently appointed architect for the new state office builir = Spieker Co., and the company estalire - Ste Iations preseribed under po* seetion 3 of the Interstate (.e is amended, governing the EV. TAYLOR 31 -323 Tenth Street Toledo's Business, Sept, 1929 114 Madison Ave. Has Avenue. PRINTING Commissioner Tefft Traffic League ager. Only When It Truly Represents ing and plumbing was installed by ... The Highest Standards of Your Apartment Hotel A New $2,000,000 TOLEDO'S BUSINESS Hillcrest Arms Phone MAin 2229 reception hall and waiting room. Own Business Complimented By Be Satisfied With Your the building.
Lucas County, Ohio Just another of the many buildings where the heat- two and three-room apartments.An Hillcrest Hotel THE HOWARD C. BAKER CO. fur: A 150-car garage stands in the rear : The general contract was held by the H! fied with the present arrat of Madison Avenue and Sixteenth Stro. stories in height. It is of modern Rome: is e the leasee of Hillcrest Arms and its net- Alfred A. Hahn, with offices in thetim of the (hember asking i? say Mr.Davidson,who has hecn pro as Hillerest Arms, the largest in Tol.
transportation charges by thu case reopened by the lntersa or not changes were neressa arecord for quick work in the ere Nur NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : 9.18.98 DATE OTHER : N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT 10/05/98 TELEPHONE 8/21/98 DATE RETURN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE REVIEWER RECOM./CRITERIA DATE RECEIVED: VACCEPT National Register Entered in the REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: N SLR DRAFT: N PROPERTY Hillcrest Hotel NATIONAL: LESS THAN 50 YEARS: Lokin west HILI CREST HOTEL Lodins Nonh Hullcest Hole! Hill(est Hole) Skyhsht Lucas co.
Ohio Hill (e Holed Hillcest Holel 717 Room 717 - dow Lcas Co, oho Lcas co ohus Hillrest Hokl Wcas co, ohio Hillcrest Hotel Nomination Form _X_Photographs (#6) Reference Number The following Core Documentation is missing from this entry: Missing Core Documentation USGS Map Property Name County, State 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TOLEDO QUADRANGLE TOLEDO, OHIO-MICH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UTM Reference: - 17.287890 ROAD CLASSIFICATION THE ALEXANDER COMPANY, INC. March 13, 1998 Mr. Paul Hubbard One Government Center, Suite 1800 Toledo, OH 43604 Dear Mr. Hubbard: As you know, The Alexander Cn., Inc.
is the sole member of Hillcrest Apartments L.L.C., which I understand that your staff is in the process of completing the application for listing of this very much in favor of your efforts in this regard It'l can be of any assistance please do not hesitate to call. THE ALEXANDER CO., INC Matthew D. Meier Mr. Ebanizer Osei' Kwame Sincercly, RECEIVED REVIEW Development Project Manager ENVIRONMENTAL City of Toledo unique building on the National Register of Historic Placcs. This Jetter is to confirm that we are is now the owner of the Hillcrest Hotel locatcd at 1603 Madison Ave.,Toledo. W. Washington Avc. - Suite 303 - Madison, WT 53703 - (608) 258-5580 - FAX (608) 258-5599 March 5, 1998 JEPT. OF NEIGHBORHOODS MAR 5 1998 One Government Center Suite 1800 Dear Mr. Hubbard: Rnown, had rooms for transient guests as well as apartments for permanent residents.
The Revival arechitectual elements make the Hillcrest a very appropriate building for Toledo, Ohio. cc: Ebenezer Osei-Kwame One Government Center, Suite 1620, Toledo, Ohio 43604 JKL/BH/ks Toledo City Historic Districts Commission UpTown neighborhood. In the name of historic preservation, in the name of urban revitalization Chairman, RECEIVED I am writing as chairman of the City of Toledo Historic District Commission in support of concrete construction, it's refined terra cotta detailing and yellow brick shell, the Hillcrest Hotel was originally built in 1929 as a residential apartment hotel. The Hillcrest Arms as it was then Department of Neighborhoods of this significant building represent a major advance in the revitalization of the so-called importantly, Toledo's nationally acclaimed Public Library.
With it's steel frame and poured Paul Hubbard, Director Very Truly Yours, the nomination of the Hillcrest Hotel for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It it is essential that the Hillcrest Hotel be given historic status. % The Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions .Neighborhood Planning Program Toledo Historic Districts Commission Toledo, OH 43604 The adaptive use - conversion to 106 mixed income residential apartments - and preservation architect was Alfred A. Hahn, Sr. locally prominent as the designer of many homes and, most James K. Larson is an especially fine example of Commercial/Sullivanesque style. The Mediterranean and Spanish DEPT. OF NEIGHBORHOODS MAR 1 9 1998 1031 River Road, Maumee, Ohio 43537 March 17, 1998 Mr. Paul Hubbard, Director One Government Center, Suite 1800 Toledo, Ohio 43624 Dear Mr.
Hubbard: I commend your efforts regarding the Hillcrest Hotel, and the Landmarks (419) 242-7471 cc: Ebenezer Osei-Kwame Hillcrest Hotel. generations in the city. In fact, for many years the Landmarks Preservation Council of the Maumee Valley Landmarks Preservation Council Maumee Valley Historical Society RECEIVED 534 Spitzer Building For almost seventy years the Hillcrest Hotel has been an impressive building rehabilitation and for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Department of Neighborhoods Please keep up the good work. with a rich and unique history. Iundersand that the historic Hillcrest Hotel is being considered for Historical Society Iam writing to you to express my support concerning the Historical Society held its monthly luncheon meetings at the Hillcrest Hotel.
City of Toledo The building is a source of pride that should be preserved for future As Chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Council of the Maumee Valley Very trulyyour Carl N. White, Chairman Preservation Council of the Maumee Valley Historical Society supports its NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTNERSHIP, INC 2272 Collingwood Blvd. Toledo, Ohio 43620 (419) 241-9682 Fax (419) 243-1100 Mr. Ebenezer Ose-Kwame Department of Neighborhoods The Hillcrest Hotel, located in the Uptown District, is one of the few remaining grand hotels in the National Register of Historic Buildings. The placement of this building on the Register, and Collingwood Springs Redevelopment Corp. Old West End Association Toledo Museum of Art Women of the Old West End Sincerely, Members: Associates: REVIEW RECEIVED Executive director ENVIRONMENTAL March 6, 199 rebirth.
Uptown Association One Government Center Historic and Environmental Office Kathleen Kovacs architecture in Toledo. Neighborhoods In Partnership enthusiastically endorses the placement of the Hillcrest Hotel on Toledo. As with many cities, Toledo has lost the majority of its historic buildings. This state of The Corridor Revitalization Corporation the subsequent renovation will make the Hillcrest the crown jewel of the Uptown Districts Toledo.It also may be said that the Hillcrest is one of the few grand buildings remaining in affairs makes it imperative that the Hillcrest be saved as an example of the turn of the century City of Toledo MAR 13 1998 Maumee Valley Girl Scouts Dear Mr. Ose-Kwame: 1426 Adams #1 Toledo, Ohio 43624 DEPT. OF NEIGHBORHOODS MAR 1 3 1998 March 11, 1998 One Government Center Suite 1800 Dear Mr.
Hubbard, At the March 10, 1998 Board meeting of the UpTown District Association, the Board unanimously approved support for your initiative to have the Hillcrest Hotel placed on The National Register of Historic Places. The UpTown Board is in full support of the renovation of the Hillcrest into landmark on Toledo's skyline and could be a source of vitality for years to come. The building should be preserved for future generations of Toledoans. Again, I commend your efforts regarding the Hillcrest and wholeheartedly support its rehabilitation and listing on The National Register of Historic Places. RECEIVED President UpTown District Association Sara Hanselman apartments and views this project asa vital component to the UpTown City of Toledo neighborhood. For almost sixty years the Hillcrest has been an impressive Mr.
Paul Hubbard, Director Department of Neighborhoods Sincerely, 3~19 February 24, 1998 FEB 26 1998 Mr. Paul Hubbard, Director Department of Neighborhoods City of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43604 Dear Mr. Hubbard, 17 & Adams be a source of vitality for years to come. The building should be preserved for Again, I commend your efforts regarding the Hillcrest and wholeheartedly support its rehabilitation and listing on The National Register of Historic Places. Owners, Manos Greek Restaurant and UpYown Residents Ohio - 43624 OPA! 419.255.8881 Toledo Restaurant 419.244.4479 Greek Sincerely Fax RECEIVED REVIEW MANOS Manos Paschalis The Hillcrest is a vital component to the UpTown neighborhood. For almost sixty future generations of Toledoans. has taken regarding the preservation of the Hillcrest Hotel.
I understand that the years the Hillcrest has been an impressive landmark on Toledo's skyline and could building is currently being considered for rehabilitation and listing on The National One Government Center Suite 1800 I am writing to express my support for the work and initiative that your department Register of Historic Places. Judy Paschalis
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