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one of 338 National Register listings in Cuyahoga County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Cuyahoga County.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Reidy Bros. & Flanigan Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 11730 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 44107
- When was it listed? 2018-10-04
- Category. building
- Township. Lakewood city
- National Register reference number. 100002999 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 2,965 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,965 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reidy Bros. & Flanigan Building between 1849 and 1975: 2,520 Animalia, 225 Fungi, 137 Plantae, 77 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. D. Selby, A. G. Newhall and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc. | 1894 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | Cleveland, O. [Ohio] |
 | Osmunda claytoniana L. | 1894 | Winkler, H.J. | Cleveland. |
 | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1895 | Ashcraft, G.B. | Berea |
 | Setophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1849 | Jared P. Kirtland | Rockport |
| Boraginaceae | 1850 | not recorded | Cleveland. | |
 | Carex canescens L. | 1850 | Illegible collector name | Cleveland. |
 | Catillaria tricolor (Lam.) Th.Fr. | 1854 | G. Dixon | Cleveland, Bousdale Hill |
 | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1854 | Robert Kennicott | Cleveland |
 | Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 1869 | 1860 | Mudd Wm. | Cleveland |
 | Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) | 1860 | not recorded | Cleveland |
 | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1871 | Collector(s): unknown | Cleveland |
 | Timmia megapolitana Hedw. | 1871 | E. N. Claassen |
All 2,965 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Reidy Bros. & Flanigan Building: 10 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Silica, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Hanna Nickel Smelter/ Cleveland, Oh | Nickel | Plant | ||
| Brush Wellman/ Cleveland, Ohio | Beryllium | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Mine | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Cleveland Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Cuyahoga Lime Company Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Dock Number 1, Whiskey Island Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Great Lakes-St Lawrence/ Cleveland | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Mcgean Chemical/ Cleveland, Ohio | Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Metallurgical Inc/ Cleveland, Ohio | Iron, Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| N. L. Industries | Lead | Unknown |
Storms near this property
29 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakewood, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 waterspout, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | 1 killed, $10,000 | A 14 year old boy was killed when struck by an electric wire that was downed when a tree was downed on two utility poles and part of a garage roof. |
| February 2014 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | $100,000 | Police in Rocky River reported an ice jam on the Rocky River near the Metropark marina. The ice jam broke free around 1 pm and travelled about 2 miles to the mouth of the river into Lake Erie. The lake had been frozen over, but strong southwest gales were able to break up the mouth of the Rocky River sufficiently to allow the ice jam to move out of the river. Numerous docks and boats were damaged along the river, including a marina in the Metropark. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees from Lakewood to the west side of Cleveland. A truck was crushed by one of the trees in Lakewood. At least 23,500 utility customers lost power during this event. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lakewood | $50,000 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported. A few vehicles were damaged. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree on Brown Avenue in Lakewood. Scattered power outages were reported in the city. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $20,000 | Broadcast media reported Clifton Blvd is closed with trees and power lines down across the road in Lakewood. A tree was also blown down on a house. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees on Arthur Avenue and Bunts Road. A third fallen tree damaged a house on Mars Avenue. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $10,000 | One tree and numerous large limbs were reported down. One of the limbs landed on a bus causing little damage. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of large trees. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $3,000 | A line of showers and thunderstorms downed a few trees in Lakewood. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $2,000 | Numerous tree limbs downed in Lakewood. Additional tree limbs, one pine tree, and one power pole downed about one-mile east of Lakewood. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. The tree blocked both lanes of Rocky River Drive. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | $1,000 | Two large limbs were reported down. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Large tree downed near intersection of Lorain Avenue and West 152nd Street in Linndale area. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Widespread tree damage along Grapeland Avenue in Cleveland. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Several large tree limbs downed in Lakewood. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Large tree branch snapped near Lakewood Park in Lakewood. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Hail up to quarter-size in Lakewood. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | A snapped tree fell onto a garage in Lakewood and a tree fell onto a truck about three-miles NNE of Linndale. Farther east along the same straight-line wind damage path, multiple trees were snapped and the roof was torn off a warehouse in the Gordon Square District of Cleveland. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Lakewood | - | Eastbound on I-90 closed near McKinley between Lakewood and Rocky River. W 117th Street and Madison closed in both directions from flooding. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Pea to quarter-size hail in Lakewood area. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail as they tracked across Cuyahoga County. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lakewood | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Lakewood | - | Two waterspouts were observed on Lake Erie approximately one mile offshore from Lakewood. No damage occurred. |
| October 1999 | Waterspout | Lakewood | - | A waterspout was sighted on Lake Erie just offshore from Lakewood. No damage was reported. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Lakewood | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackenberg, Harvey, House | 0.6 miles | 1983 | |
| Nicholson, James, House | 0.7 miles | 1979 | |
| White Chewing Gum Company Building | 0.7 miles | 2000 | |
| Westerly Apartments | 1.3 miles | 2013 | |
| Neal Terrace | 1.3 miles | 2012 | |
| West Technical High School | 1.5 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002999 in Record Group 79. |
| Cuyahoga County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.