{"nrhp_refnum":"04000608","name":"Van Rooy Coffee Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2900 Detroit Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.48989243900007,"lon":-81.71131972599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Romanesque style industrial building at 2900 Detroit Avenue on the northwest corner of Detroit Avenue and West 29th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, erected in 1895 and designed by French and LaChance.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building reflects Cleveland's diverse industrial base through continuous industrial use from 1895 to 2003. It housed the Cleveland Steel Range Company, later Imperial Steel Range, then Thompson Products, which made pistons for the Ford Tri-Motor airplane, and finally the Van Rooy Coffee Company. It is also described as a significant, well-preserved example of a Romanesque industrial building.","narrative":"Built in 1895 at the corner of Detroit Avenue and West 29th Street in Cleveland, this three-story brick factory was designed by the short-lived firm of French and LaChance in a simple Romanesque style. Round-arched windows and entrance, sandstone trim and corbelled brickwork mark its street fronts, while heavy exposed timber posts and beams and large open floors survive inside. The building was first home to the Cleveland Steel Range Company, later Imperial Steel Range, which made stoves here until 1926. From 1929 to 1935 Thompson Products, later TRW, produced automobile pistons and airplane engine valves, including pistons for the Ford Tri-Motor aircraft. The Van Rooy Coffee Company then bought the building and processed coffee and spices there until 2003. Its long run of industrial tenants, on a stretch of Detroit Avenue that shifted from houses to factories and shops, illustrates Cleveland's varied industrial economy and led to its listing.","period_of_significance":"1895-1953","architect_builder":"French and LaChance (Architects)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as being in excellent condition; Van Rooy Coffee left the building in March 2003, and the form lists its current function as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.633844-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/04000608.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000608/8aa76f7936-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000608/8aa76f7936-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Rooy_Coffee_Company_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Van_Rooy_Coffee_Company_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987911","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137649879"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/van-rooy-coffee-company-building-04000608/"}