{"nrhp_refnum":"01000897","name":"Waterman Service Building","other_names":["Board of Education Warehouse","Cuy693-7"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3030 E. 63rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50308026000005,"lon":-81.64721620899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-08-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story red brick Commercial Style warehouse with a separate one-story loading dock, at East 63rd Street and Waterman Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. It was built in 1922 for the Cleveland Board of Education and expanded in 1938.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C as a refined Commercial Style warehouse designed by school architect Walter R. McCornack. It is the only known Cleveland school district building used for off-site storage. Its classical entrance and masonry detailing are unusual for a school service building, and it reflects McCornack's ideas on fire-resistant, efficient, open-plan school construction.","narrative":"Built in 1922 at East 63rd Street and Waterman Avenue in Cleveland, this four-story red brick warehouse was designed by Walter R. McCornack, architect for the Cleveland school board, to store materials for the city's schools. Its skeleton of concrete and steel was fireproof, and limestone trim marks the base, stringcourses and doorways. A classical stone entrance with fluted pilasters, dentils and the inscription \"Board of Edvcation\" gives the building a level of detail more typical of a school than a warehouse. In 1938 Arthur Baer designed a four-story addition and an expanded loading dock that matched the original scale and detailing. Inside, the open plan has no corridors, which maximized usable floor area. The building holds about 86,000 square feet. It is considered the only known warehouse owned by the Cleveland school district, and it was listed for its architecture as a fine example of McCornack's work. The property is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1922-1938","architect_builder":"Walter R. McCornack; Arthur Baer","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements/Commercial Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; historic function was educational (Board of Education warehouse).","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.044475-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000897.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000897/eb4a7590e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000897/eb4a7590e0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterman_Service_Building,_front_from_north.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterman_Service_Building,_front_from_north.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987351","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137647074"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/waterman-service-building-01000897/"}