National Register reference number.75001364- 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
1903 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19031994
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 4,013 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Peerless Motor Company Plant No. 1 between 1849 and 1975: 3,602 Animalia, 215 Fungi, 117 Plantae, 73 Protozoa, 4 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
19 workings within 5 miles of Peerless Motor Company Plant No. 1: 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.
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
separate buildings numbered 1-18, and it measured overall 407.27' x 884.24'. Canopies, similar to that still on #12, the administration building, have divides the first and second floor exterior. Above the windows, brickwork MAR 1 8 1975 CONDITION REGISTER Moved NATIONAL floor meeting room. light fixtures and there are original stained glass windows in the first building entrance is flanked by two-story square,brick piers topped with original Peerless Motor Company is in the administration building.In the belt course of stone. oak railings remains.Ceramic tile in floral design covers the floors and the facades are almost completely original.
piers that bear vestigal bases and capitals.A belt course of stone dimension running parallel to East 93rd.It was divided into rather walls.The entrance contains two sets of doors with elaborate brass The large brick-faced industrial Peerless Motor Company Building was built today a warehouse and trucking facility have been built in its place. central bay is five stories tall and has a large medallion on the attic Additions have been made to the east and south and there have been extensive RECEIVED been removed from buildings #14 and #10. These were entrances to showrooms.
is altered to form panels of basketweave bond.Below the panels is a Except for the removal of the entrances in buildings #14 and #10 and one Today,the three the appearance ofa central entrance on the west and the addition of exterior 1ights, 4-story building with 3-story wings on either side. in 1906. The original plan was basically symmetrical with the longest interior alterations. The only interior space closely resembling the handles.
The president of Peerless Motors, James A. Bohannon, saw the lack of a 1972 when it became the C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc. building. The architect for the building was J. Milton Dyer, a prolific and Cleveland Athletic Club, and the Coast Guard Station. The architect knowledge of the work of J. M. Olbrich and the Viennese Sezession, the The building is used today by C. Schmidt & Sons as a brewery, distribution plant, storage and regional sales office.
MAR 1 8 1975 + 1906 SIGNIFICANCE Engineering Conservation Communications Commerce losophy Architecture Science Theater Agriculture Prehistoric Literature Landscape Music Pre-Columbian Aboriginal itarian NATIONAL Industry Sculpture association with two important Cleveland industries and an important Political market for costly autos and the future of the brewing business with the the finest luxury class automobiles of the day. By then the company boasted that it was the largest air conditioned The design and detailing suggest a derivation from the work of Frank Social/Human- The Peerless Motor Company Building is primarily an unusual architectural Invention brewery in America.It remained the Carling Brewing Company until RECEIVED Cleveland architect.
example of an industrial office building designed in an eclectic fashion. Religion/Phi- The Peerless Motor Company Building was constructed in 1906 to house the versatile Clevelander who also designed the Cleveland City Hall, the administrative offices of the Peerless Motor Company, makers of one of Military Education Art Company.Bohannon remained president of these companies until 1946. anticipated repeal of Prohibition.In 193l it was acquired by the Brewing Corporation of America and in 1933 became the Carling Brewing AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) SISTER Rose, William Granson. New York: World Publishing Company, 1950. American Buildings Survey, 1973.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 75001364, 12 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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