Built in 1882 (Eastlake Movement). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
From the record
One of 426 National Register listings published here for Cuyahoga County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1882, Eastlake Movement.
National Register reference number.73001405- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1901 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19011994
The ground it stands on
23,212 words
The chapter on Cleveland City in History of Cuyahoga County Ohio, published 1870 names Cleveland. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
At the Erie Conference M. EK. Church, in the fall of 1838, resolutions were passed dis approving any expression by the churches on the question of American slavery. This action was received with disfavor by a portion of the members of the church in Cleveland. On September 1, 1839, an organization was effected, consisting of about sixty members, who withdrew from the First Methodist Episcopal Church for that purpose. This new church stood alone until May, 1843. when it sent delegates to a convention held at Utica, New York, and there went into the organization which has ever since been known as the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America.
John W. Allen was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1802. He resided in Chenango county, New York, from 1820 to 1825, when he removed to Cleveland, where he has ever since lived. He was admitted to the bar the next year, and for several succeeding years was engaged in the active practice of his profession.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 3,982 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Adelbert Hall, Case Western Reserve University between 1850 and 1975: 3,554 Animalia, 217 Fungi, 131 Plantae, 73 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 incertae sedis.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. D. Selby, A. Hall 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
16 workings within 5 miles of Adelbert Hall, Case Western Reserve University: 11 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 plant.
5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Tin, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Cleveland, the town this property stands in, in 95 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 51 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 11 flash flood, 3 lightning.
The reports record 3 deaths and 6 injuries. 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.
During a sailboat race on Lake Erie, two people who were not wearing life preservers, were swept overboard by high waves and drowned. A total of four boats capsized and twelve people were swept overboard.
Thunderstorm wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph blew down two large tents on the west side of Cleveland. Three people inside were injured when the tents collapsed. One person was hospitalized. A peak wind gust of 36 mph was measured at nearby Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
During the afternoon hours of the 2nd, a severe thunderstorms moved over downtown Cleveland. This thunderstorm remained nearly stationary over the downtown area for around an hour, and dropped as much as four and a half inches of rain. Several rainfall reports of 3.0 to 4.5 inches were received from downtown Cleveland. This rain fell in less than 90 minutes. Local streets and highways throughout the downtown area quickly filled with water. Many roads, including Interstate 90 were impassable by flood waters as much as four feet deep. Many vehicles became stranded in the flood waters. Once the rain ended, the high water receded quickly. This was a very local event in Cuyahoga County as the southern part of the county remained mainly dry. In fact, Cleveland Hopkins Airport did not receive any rainfall from this thunderstorm.
Heavy thunderstorm rain caused widespread flooding of roads and low lying areas in Cleveland and surrounding suburbs. In Newburgh Heights, Interstate 77 was flooded with three to four feet of water and an elderly couple had to be rescued from their floating car. Over five inches of rain was measured in some southern and eastern sections as storms repeatedly crossed the area for several hours.
Thunderstorms dumped up to three inches of rain on downtown Cleveland during the late afternoon hours. A television station located just east of downtown recorded 2.75 inches of rain in only 48 minutes. Major street flooding occurred and dozens of cars became stuck in water up to four feet deep. Several motorists had to be rescued from their vehicles.
Broadcast media posted a photo on social media of a large tree that fell on a house on the west side of Cleveland. The time was radar estimated. The media also reported 25,000 residents within the metropolitan Cleveland area lost power. One Giant Eagle grocery store had to throw out all of their refrigerated items after losing power. Tree limbs were also reported down on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3.5 inches fell over Cleveland during a span of 60-90 minutes. Citywide flooding resulted as storm water systems were overwhelmed. Many roads including I 480 were flooded and closed for a brief period.
The Big Creek in Cuyahoga County (drainage basin 35.3 square miles) cuts through parts of Brooklyn and Cleveland before draining into the Cuyahoga River. On the morning of the 7th radar estimated rainfall amounts between 1.5 and 1.75 inches over the Big Creek basin. Some roads adjacent to the creek were closed. Most notably, the Cleveland Metropark Zoo was closed as water flooded their parking lots and threatened the veterinary clinic and other buildings.
16 papers published in this town,
digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be
looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
with coupled. Romanesque columns, and a projecting bay window tall three-story volume of great spaciousness, coherently artic- for more offices, marble wainscoting was added in the lobby, and OCT 1 1973 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Fair This is a four-story gray stone building set back from Adelbert roof is bracketed. the interior woodwork was redone in a more strictly Neo-Classic The interior lobby is dominated by a branching staircase which Deteriorated Road, designed in an eclectic manner with features of the Italian- skylight which was covered over in 1972. were added on the north and south wings.
rises to balconies on each of the three main floors, creating a (Check One) In an extensive remodeling of 190l-1902,the uppermost stage of In the remodeling of 190l-1902, some of the rooms were partitioned lower level of the Adelbert Road(East)side of the building. This well is roofed by a the tower and its spire were removed, and rectangular bay windows The basement areas have been extensively modern- Revival style. divided by slightly projecting wings on the north and south ends, The tower is fronted by an entrance porch by smooth horizontal bands marking each story.The hipped and a central tower. ulated by the forms of the stairs.
Statement of significance
1880 on the condition that the college be moved to a Cleveland site provided by the citizens, and that the name be changed to The architectural design, by John Eisenmann, combines an 1973 1882 Engineering Military Architecture losophy Commerce Transportation Science Religion/Phi Conservation Aboriginal Communications Industry Literature REGISTER Theater Landscape Prehistoric Music Agriculture Invention NATIONAL Sculpture itarian Political an interior space in Cleveland. The College building was constructed when Western Reserve Col- Education Adelbert College as a memorial to his son. eclectic exterior with a grand interior space which suggests that it is related to preliminary ideas for the Cleveland Arcade interior ing at Case School of Applied Science.
University was incorporated in 1884, and Adelbert College Adelbert Hall is the oldest building of Case Western Reserve Western Reserve -ity. Adelbert College housed the administration and teaching of the most effective combinations of an eclectic exterior and in the building until 1972. of 1889-1890,for which Eisenmann was the co-architect with building of Western Reserve University;some classes were held Other (Specify) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) University, built in 1881-1882. lege in Hudson, founded in 1826, moved to Cleveland. Dr. Hiram departments for many years, and later became the administration The architectural design is one continued as an independent institution affiliated with the univers- Haydn's negotiations persuaded Amasa Stone to offer $500,000 in Art
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 73001405, 11 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other 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.
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.
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