{"nrhp_refnum":"05000029","name":"Halle's Shaker Square","other_names":["Halle's Dept. Store","Shaker Square","Halle Brox. Co. Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13000 Shaker Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.483516972000075,"lon":-81.59202779099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1948 International Style department store building at 13000 Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio, on the edge of the Shaker Square shopping center. It was designed by Conrad, Hayes, Simpson, Ruth and Robert A. Little and built by Cleveland Construction Co.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A as the first big Cleveland department store branch in the suburbs and the first built in a contemporary style. Under Criterion C, it was the first Halle building constructed in the International Style as a suburban branch. It used red brick and white limestone and matched the scale of the surrounding Colonial Revival square. Its flexible interior included open bar joists spanning forty-three feet and movable partitions.","narrative":"Built in 1948 at 13000 Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland, this International Style building was the first suburban branch of the Halle Brothers Company department store. It sits beside Shaker Square, a planned shopping center of Georgian and Colonial Revival buildings. The architects used red brick and white limestone so the modern store would blend with its neighbors in material and scale, and they were the first to win approval from the Van Sweringens to depart from the traditional style. Inside, open bar joists spanning forty-three feet created an uninterrupted sales floor, while a modular ceiling carried lighting and air-conditioning and hung partitions could be moved easily. The design earned medals from the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and the Ohio Society of Architects in 1948. Halle's closed the store in 1982, and an architectural firm later converted it to offices, enclosing the pedestrian passage and filling display windows with glass block. The building was listed for its role in suburban department store history and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1947-1948","architect_builder":"Conrad, Hayes, Simpson, Ruth & Robert A. Little - Architects; Cleveland Construction Co. - General Contractor","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Halle's closed the store in 1982 and the building was sold to an architectural firm, which altered the interior and exterior. It is currently used as an architect's office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.302604-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05000029.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000029/319330ba66-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000029/319330ba66-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Christopher Busta-Peck | Talk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halles_at_Shaker_Square_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Busta-Peck | Talk</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 1.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halles_at_Shaker_Square_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83004367","name":"Shaker Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/shaker-square-historic-district-boundary-increase-83004367/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987544","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Brothers_Shaker_Square_department_store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5642821"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/halles-shaker-square-05000029/"}