{"nrhp_refnum":"03001101","name":"Corlett Building","other_names":["Cleveland Cadillac Dealership","Downtown Chevrolet (CUY-157-1)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1923-35 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.501506455000026,"lon":-81.67799380799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story, terra cotta-clad former automobile showroom and service building at 1923-35 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1914 for the Cadillac Motor Car Company and now on the Cleveland State University campus.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets Criterion C as one of a small number of significant examples of terra cotta clad facades by the noted local firm Knox & Elliot. It also reflects early automobile showroom design and the shift of Euclid Avenue from a residential street to a commercial one.","narrative":"Built in 1914 on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, this four-story reinforced concrete building was designed as a Cadillac dealership and service center. Its south and east facades are clad in white terra cotta with Sullivanesque ornamentation, including a geometric starburst design between the second-story windows, a stringcourse of squares and plus signs, and the name Corlett above the entrance. The site once held the Dr. William T. Corlett residence, part of Millionaires' Row. The building was designed by Knox & Elliot, a firm remembered for terra cotta commercial buildings that contrasted with the Beaux-Arts style then common in Cleveland. It belongs to the city's early automobile row in eastern downtown, where showrooms were made to look like impressive office blocks. Cadillac left in 1925, and Downtown Chevrolet occupied it until 1965. Cleveland State University later converted it to classrooms and offices, and it has stood vacant since 2000.","period_of_significance":"1914","architect_builder":"Knox & Elliott","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century - Sullivanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant since the College of Urban Affairs moved to a new building in 2000; the ground-floor showroom has been altered and the original entrance canopy removed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.330575-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/03001101.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000702","name":"Euclid Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/euclid-avenue-historic-district-02000702/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987482","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/corlett-building-03001101/"}