{"nrhp_refnum":"00000097","name":"Shore High School","other_names":["Shore Cultural Centre","Cuy-1655-22"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"291 E. 222nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Euclid","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.60701057600005,"lon":-81.52619804999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Shore High School is a large two-story-and-basement brick and terra-cotta school building at 291 East 222nd Street in downtown Euclid, Ohio. The original block was built in 1913 and enlarged in seven later phases through 1954.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C as an example of the early twentieth-century urban public high school, with period eclecticism rendered in brick and architectural terra cotta. It is also the work of three notable Cleveland architects, two of them school specialists. Despite eight construction periods, it keeps a unified appearance and high integrity.","narrative":"Shore High School is a sprawling brick and terra-cotta school at the junction of East 222nd Street and Babbitt Road in downtown Euclid, Ohio. Its main block opened in 1913 to designs by Franz C. Warner, and additions followed in 1918, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1929-30, 1947 and 1954 as Euclid's industry and population grew. William H. Nicklas designed the early additions, while the firm Fulton and Taylor planned the later ones, including a 1,200-seat auditorium that doubles as a gymnasium. The building mixes Classical Revival massing with Collegiate Gothic and Jacobean details, and its brown brick walls contrast with white terra-cotta trim. It served as a high school until 1949, then as a junior high until 1982. Since 1985 it has operated as the Shore Cultural Centre, housing nonprofit groups, classes and community performances. It was listed for its architecture and its largely intact appearance.","period_of_significance":"1913-1949","architect_builder":"Warner, Franz C.; Nicklas, William H.; Fulton and Taylor; Glick and Burgett","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival/Jacobean Revival/Collegiate Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Closed as a junior high in 1982; reopened in 1985 as a civic and cultural center (Shore Cultural Centre), operated by Euclid Parks and Recreation and still in that use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.113807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/00000097.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000097/1d339a9d40-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000097/1d339a9d40-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NorthCoastReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euclid_Shore_Cultural_Center_-_Originally_Euclid_Shore_High_School.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">NorthCoastReader</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euclid_Shore_Cultural_Center_-_Originally_Euclid_Shore_High_School.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987363","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116465570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/shore-high-school-00000097/"}