{"nrhp_refnum":"05001575","name":"Federal Knitting Mills (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Downtown Seaway Building","Cuy-321-3","Loeblein &amp","Dietzel Co."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2820, 2811-21 Vermont Ave.,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.46341844400007,"lon":-81.69831256599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase adding a four-story 1912 brick factory building, originally built for the Loeblein & Dietzel Co., at 2811-21 Vermont Ave. to the Federal Knitting Mills complex near Detroit Avenue and West 29th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The complex also includes the larger primary mill building, built in phases from 1910.","why_significant":"The complex is significant under Criterion A for its role in Cleveland's garment industry, which ranked fourth among American cities in garment production in the 1920s. Federal Knitting Mills was described as one of the largest companies in its field west of New York. The company occupied the primary building from 1910 to 1937 and the secondary building from 1931 to 1937, and closed after union conflicts and financial losses in 1937.","narrative":"Two brick industrial buildings at Detroit Avenue and West 29th Street in Cleveland make up the former Federal Knitting Mills complex. The larger three-story building was built in phases from 1910 to 1921. Its Detroit Avenue front was cut back and refaced in 1917 when the street was widened for the Detroit-Superior High-Level Bridge. The smaller four-story building on Vermont Avenue was built in 1912 for the Loeblein & Dietzel furniture company and was acquired by the knitting firm in 1931. Federal Knitting Mills made sweaters, bathing suits, caps and other knitwear, employed 650 people by 1928 and reached sales of more than $2.7 million in 1932. Cleveland was then among the nation's leading garment centers. Strikes and a union dispute in 1937, along with changing competition, led the company to liquidate. The smaller building keeps its heavy timber open floors and some original sash. The larger building now holds loft apartments.","period_of_significance":"1910-1937","architect_builder":"Gustave B. Bohm; Christian, Schwartzenberg & Gaede Co.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The primary building has been renovated into loft-type apartments. The secondary building is described as largely unaltered inside, with many windows blocked in. The nomination lists current function as multiple dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.136403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05001575.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001575/1f5ef96ae9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001575/1f5ef96ae9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Knitting_Mills_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:Federal_Knitting_Mills_Building.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"15000371","name":"Scranton South Side Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/scranton-south-side-historic-district-additional-documentation-15000371/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987897","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137642707"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/federal-knitting-mills-boundary-increase-05001575/"}