{"nrhp_refnum":"00000181","name":"White Chewing Gum Company Building","other_names":["Chicle Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10307 Detroit Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.48034087800005,"lon":-81.75694663199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick factory building at 10307 Detroit Avenue on Cleveland's west side, built in 1888 for the White Chewing Gum Company and later known as the Chicle Building.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the building to William J. White, who developed chicle-based, peppermint-flavored gum and sold it as small flat sticks. His Cleveland operation was for almost a decade said to be the largest of its kind, so the building is significant under Industry and for its association with White (Criteria A and B).","narrative":"Built in 1888 at 10307 Detroit Avenue, this five-story brick factory served as the headquarters and plant of the White Chewing Gum Company, then in the separate municipality of West Cleveland. William J. White chose an isolated site beside a major road and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. The main block measures 58 by 98 feet, with brick bearing walls, a wood interior frame and very plain exterior detailing. A dressing room addition was made in 1900. Later additions for boilers, engines, storage and offices were removed between 1968 and 1984, leaving the original building largely intact. White developed a chicle-based, peppermint-flavored gum and sold it in small flat sticks under the Yucatan name. By 1893 sales reached 150 million sticks a year, and the Cleveland operation was said to be the largest of its kind for almost a decade. The building is recognized for its industrial importance and its link to White, with a significance period of 1888 to 1921. It is currently vacant.","period_of_significance":"1888-1921","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; the form describes the surviving building as retaining its original 1888 form plus a 1900 dressing room addition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.60594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/00000181.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000181/2849166f55-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000181/2849166f55-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Chewing_Gum_Company_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Cricchetti</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:White_Chewing_Gum_Company_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987905","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137642445"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/white-chewing-gum-company-building-00000181/"}