{"nrhp_refnum":"07000072","name":"Superior Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1860-2553 Superior Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50786126250006,"lon":-81.67646273174272,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 20 contributing and 2 noncontributing buildings along Superior Avenue on the east side of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, between East 19th and East 25th Streets and beyond, built between 1891 and 1954.","why_significant":"The district was the center of Cleveland's early 20th-century garment industry, when the city ranked second to New York City in women's clothing manufacture. It also has architectural significance for its industrial loft buildings, a church and an apartment building designed by some of Cleveland's most important architects.","narrative":"Superior Avenue Historic District is a stretch of industrial, commercial and institutional buildings on Cleveland's east side, running east from East 19th Street. It includes multi-story brick warehouses and loft buildings, a Romanesque Revival church, and an apartment building, ranging from one to eight stories. Most were built between 1891 and 1954, and most sit close to the sidewalk along one of the city's widest streets. The district mattered because it was the center of Cleveland's garment industry in the early twentieth century, when the city ranked second only to New York City in women's clothing manufacture. Firms such as Emsheimer-Fishel and the S. Korach Company worked here. The buildings were also designed by prominent architects, including J. Milton Dyer, Walker & Weeks, Tenbusch & Hill and Robert Kohn, who designed the Tower Press Building. Many retain original industrial sash windows, though some storefronts and windows have been replaced or boarded up.","period_of_significance":"1893-1954","architect_builder":"J. Milton Dyer, Walker & Weeks, W.W. Hodges, Sidney Badgley, Tenbusch & Hill, Christian, Schwarzenberg & Gaede, Forest City Engineering, Sigmund Braverman, William A. Powell, Samuel H. Weis, Robert Kohn","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque; Late 19th & 20th Century Revival: Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial; Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current uses include specialty stores, manufacturing and industrial, and multiple dwellings. Some buildings have boarded-up windows, and many original windows have been replaced.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.143204-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/07000072.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987827","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/superior-avenue-historic-district-07000072/"}