Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 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.
“In 1834 he removed to Detroit, and practiced there till 1838, when he returned to Cleveland, where he spent the remainder of his professional life, and made himself a high reputation both as a physician and a valuable citizen. His leading traits as a physician were the exercise of benevolence and fearlessness in the performance of his professional duties.”
History of Cuyahoga County Ohio (1870). Machine-read text.
one of 338 National Register listings in Cuyahoga County · listed in 2020 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Cuyahoga County.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
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.
Passage source: History of Cuyahoga County Ohio, published 1870.
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.
Passage source: History of Cuyahoga County Ohio, published 1870.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Cleveland City - 23,212 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,836 specimens collected within 10 miles of May Company between 1849 and 1975: 2,421 Animalia, 216 Fungi, 120 Plantae, 73 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. |
 | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | 1897 | Winkler, H.J. | Woods, Cleveland. |
 | 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 |
 | Villosa iris (I.Lea, 1829) | 1863 | H. Elliott | |
 | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1871 | Collector(s): unknown | Cleveland |
All 2,836 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of May Company: 10 unknowns, 6 producers, 2 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 |
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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | 2 killed, $75,000 | 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. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Cleveland | 1 killed | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | 3 hurt, $5,000 | 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. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Cleveland | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | $2,500,000 | 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. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | $275,000 | 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. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | $250,000 | 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. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cleveland | $75,000 | Nickel to golf ball sized hail was reported. A few vehicles were damaged. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $64,000 | 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. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $50,000 | Entire roof was blown-off a building at an auto wrecking facility at the corner of Storer Avenue and West 65th Street in Cleveland. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and large limbs along the Lake Erie shoreline. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cleveland | $50,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported. A few vehicles were damaged. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three large trees in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland. Two of the trees landed on houses causing some damage. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | East Cleveland | $35,000 | Road eroded by flood waters on Superior Ave and South Taylor Road in Cleveland Heights. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | $25,000 | Two trees downed in Cleveland Heights. One of these trees fell through a house. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | $25,000 | Many trees down in Cleveland Heights with some falling on homes and cars. The AWOS at Cuyahoga County Airport reported a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Cleveland. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | $20,000 | 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. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Cleveland | $15,000 | Thunderstorms produced half dollar size hail. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Cleveland and Garfield Heights. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Cleveland | $10,000 | 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. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees on the east side of Cleveland. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cleveland | $10,000 | Thunderstorms produced a swath of pea to quarter sized hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | $10,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees on the west side of Cleveland. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Cleveland | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $6,000 | Large tree limbs were reported down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $6,000 | A few trees and power lines were reported down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $6,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on West 119th Street. The tree landed on a car causing some damage. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Cleveland and North Royalton. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three trees on the west side of Cleveland. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $4,000 | A few trees were reported down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $4,000 | Several large limbs were reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | $3,000 | Local law enforcement reported trees down in Cleveland Heights. Streets impacted include Euclid Avenue, Yellowstone Road, and Hampshire Road. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped a pine tree along Wyatt Road near Forest Hill Park. A couple trees nearby were also downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two trees. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $2,000 | Tree downed onto vehicle along 2000 block of Lark Street in Lakewood. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cleveland | $2,000 | Quarter size hail was observed. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cleveland | $2,000 | Dime size was observed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on a fence on the west side of Cleveland. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $1,000 | Several power lines were blown down along with large tree branches. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $1,000 | A tree fell on a highway east of downtown Cleveland. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | - | Tree downed in South Euclid. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Large tree limbs downed along the Detroit Shoreway in Cleveland. Location estimated. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | - | Three trees downed in Cleveland Heights. Another tree was downed near the corner of Euclid Avenue and Richmond Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | - | Numerous trees downed in and near Cleveland Heights. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | - | Two trees downed in Cleveland Heights. One of the trees broke through the roof of a garage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Cleveland | - | Two trees downed along Taylor Road, between East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights. |
16 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. 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.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Cleveland Leader | 1865 to 1865 |
| Cleveland Tri-Weekly Leader | 1854 to 1885 |
| Siebenbürgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt | 1917 to 1971 |
| Echo : Wochenblatt Der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands | 1911 to 1920 |
| The Cleveland Gazette | 1883 to 1892 |
| The Aliened American | 1853 to 18?? |
| Jednoc Polek = Unity of Polish Women | 1923 to Current |
| Enakopravnost | 1918 to 1957 |
| Dirva = Field | 1915 to Current |
| America | 1905 to Current |
| Svt = World | 1911 to 1939 |
| Cleveland Daily Leader | 1865 to 1873 |
| Cleveland Plain Dealer | 1885 to 1961 |
| Cleveland Morning Leader | 1854 to 1865 |
| The Toiler | 1919 to 1922 |
| L'araldo = the Herald | 1938 to 1959 |
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.
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.
ular windows. In 1930-31 two stories were added to the original is almost identical with the original. At the roof line are a series building in the Commercial style.It reaches from Euclid Avenue Chicago windows.The eighth story has a band of smaller rectang- REGISI
Burnham in the city of Cleveland, and one of the most charac- The present building was built in 1913-1914. The 1930-1931 addition of two stories, which was added to the 1914 Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, who were also the OCT 1 6 1973 losophy Aboriginal Conservation Commerce Architecture Engineering Military Landscape REGISTER NATIONAL Transportation Theater Agriculture Education Science Literature Music Communications Industry itarian company was first located on Euclid Avenue facing Public Social/Human- structure without interrupting business, was designed by Chicago School.
Sculpture teristic examples of the Commercial style fostered by the The May Company building is a significant example of the work Square in 19ol, and has gone through ten different expansions the nationwide organization founded in Denver in 1888.The architects of the Terminal Tower complex (l930). on the site. Religion/Phi- of D.H. Burnham and Company, one of four buildings by 20th Century The Cleveland May Company was founded in1899 asa part of Political Other SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art RECEIVED
The whole case file for this property - 1,375 words, 14 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 74001443, 14 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Block | under 500 feet | 2011 | |
| Krause Building--Otto Moser's Cafe | under 500 feet | 1985 | |
| Kendel Building | under 500 feet | 2013 | |
| Record Rendezvous | under 500 feet | 2013 | |
| The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument | under 500 feet | 1975 | |
| Herold Building | under 500 feet | 2013 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001443 in Record Group 79. |
| Cuyahoga County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
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