Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 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.
one of 338 National Register listings in Cuyahoga County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Cuyahoga County.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,062 specimens collected within 10 miles of Grand Pacific Hotel between 1849 and 1975: 973 Animalia, 56 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. G. Newhall, 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.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1895 | Ashcraft, G.B. | Berea |
 | Irpiciporus lacteus (Fr.) Murrill | 1895 | F. D. Kelsey | Berea. |
 | Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume | 1895 | L.D. Stair | Berea |
 | Setophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1849 | Jared P. Kirtland | Rockport |
 | Eremophila alpestris praticola (Henshaw, 1884) | 1877 | A. Hall | East Rockport |
 | Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1879 | Willard G. Van Name | East Rockport |
 | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1879 | A. Hull | East Rockport |
 | Setophaga tigrina (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1879 | A. Hall | East Rockport |
 | Astur Lacepède, 1799 | 1880 | A. Hall | East Rockport |
 | Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 1812 | 1880 | A. Hall | East Rockport |
 | Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1880 | A. Hall | East Rockport |
| Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1890 | Saunders, F.A. | LOCNM: Rondeau |
All 1,062 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olmsted Falls, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2013: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2011 | Hail | Olmsted Falls | $90,000 | Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail. Many vehicles as well as some homes were damaged during this event. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmsted Falls | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmsted Falls | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along MacKenzie Road in North Olmsted. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmsted Falls | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed one tree in Olmsted Township and a second in Broadview Heights. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmsted Falls | $4,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Olmsted Falls | $1,000 | A National Weather Service employee reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmsted Falls | $1,000 | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Olmsted Falls | - | Thunderstorms with efficient rainfall rates moved over Cuyahoga County. Doppler Radar estimated over two inches of rainfall withing 75 minutes fell over portions of the county. Olmsted Falls experienced widespread flooding as streams downtown overflowed their banks. Water several feet deep was reported over Cook Road in the northern portion of town. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Olmsted Falls | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Olmsted Falls | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
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.
but all have been removed except two The entablature has a open.The ceiling is supported by several square posts.The The pent roof over this front has a small gable in the center. Fair PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian| - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1850's - Urban Planning - Prehistoric STATEMENT OF
Commerce Conservation hospitality. Science Transportation losophy Architecture Engineering SIGNIFICANCE Communications Military Literature Landscape Theater Cleveland Railroad opened a line passing east and west through the Agriculture Education In any case, the hotel served travelers who had to wait, some- Art itarian Aboriginal Political Religion/Phi- Music Invention The building was acquired by the Simmerer family in 1893, south of the railroad crossing, and its first proprietor was Thomas Sculpture present Olmsted Falls, which was incorporated as a village in 1856. Social/Human- most of whom were tramps attracted by Olmsted's reputation for forty years and then as a hardware store for nearly eighty years, The township which became Olmsted was formed in 1823 and until 197l.
The uncertainty as to the actual date of construction adds who made the additions and operated a hardware store in the building the oldest commercial structure in the township. seminary that was moved to this location in the 1850s and converted held on the third floor for several years during Mr.Brown's Brown.A local tradition says that this building was an earlier tenure.There was a succession of different proprietors and to be used for that The Grand Pacific Hotel was opened in the 1850s about 300 feet 1874,and April l, 1875,Carpenter furnished lodging to 420 transients times more than a day, to meet their train. Square dances were toa hotel,but it is difficult to authenticate.
Other (Specify) interest to the history of the building, but it is almost certainly This building, which was used as a railroad hotel for some acquired its present name in 1830. In 1853 the Toledo, Norwalk and wooden structure in the Greek Revival style is a rare surviving Industry In the 1870s it was called Hotel DeCarpenter.Between October 3l, AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)
The whole case file for this property - 1,725 words, 15 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 75001369, 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northrop, Julia Carter, House | 0.1 miles | 1975 | |
| Olmsted Falls Depot | 0.2 miles | 2000 | |
| Lay, Samuel, House | 0.4 miles | 1979 | |
| Danalds, Samuel, House | 1.8 miles | 1979 | |
| Droppers, Carl, House | 2.4 miles | 2023 | |
| Berea Union Depot | 2.5 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75001369 in Record Group 79. |
| Cuyahoga County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
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