{"nrhp_refnum":"07001294","name":"Cleveland Hotel, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"230-238 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Conneaut","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.94621010800006,"lon":-80.55523027699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Commercial Style hotel at 230-238 State Street (U.S. Route 20) in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, built in 1903 and designed by Clifford Smith.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it illustrates the early twentieth-century hotel industry and its design innovations under Criterion A, and it is also listed under Criterion C for architecture. It served travelers along U.S. Route 20 and the Nickel Plate Railroad, and retains much of its exterior and interior features. Its period of significance ended around 1953 as highway and rail traffic shifted away.","narrative":"Built in 1903 on State Street in downtown Conneaut, Ohio, this three-story brick hotel was designed by Clifford Smith in the Commercial Style. Its front has a cut-stone base, a pressed-metal and stone cornice with a laurel swag motif, and two storefront sample rooms flanking the main lobby. Inside, the lobby retains quarter-sawn oak paneling, mosaic tile floors, an embossed metal ceiling and a split oak grand stairway. A central open-air light well kept the dining rooms away from kitchen heat and fumes. The hotel served travelers on U.S. Route 20 and the Nickel Plate Railroad, and its grand opening was praised as the finest hotel between Buffalo and Cleveland. Its significance in commerce and architecture runs from 1903 to about 1953, when new highways and declining rail service reduced traffic. Later uses included low-income housing and a college dormitory. The building is now vacant, with restoration planned.","period_of_significance":"1903-1953","architect_builder":"Clifford Smith","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant, not in use; the owner plans restoration and conversion to condominium and retail units.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.695134-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/07001294.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001294/7be23e8fb8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001294/7be23e8fb8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_Hotel_-_Conneaut,_Ohio.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</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:Cleveland_Hotel_-_Conneaut,_Ohio.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986685","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137597670"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/cleveland-hotel-the-07001294/"}