{"nrhp_refnum":"10000280","name":"Gothic Building, The","other_names":["The Gothic"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 S. High St. & 52-58 E. Mill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Akron","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.08379400900003,"lon":-81.51568749499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story masonry apartment and commercial building at 102 South High Street and 52-58 East Mill Street in downtown Akron, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1902 and designed by Akron architect Frank O. Weary.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a distinctive example of Italian Renaissance and Tudor Revival styles with Arts and Crafts touches. It represents the new city apartment building type in Akron's growing rubber-industry era, and the form states there is no other building in Akron like it.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at the corner of South High and East Mill Streets in downtown Akron, the Gothic Building is a four-story brick apartment and commercial block designed by local architect Frank O. Weary. Its walls are two-color tapestry brick in yellow and orange, with a ground-floor arcade of Tudor arches, sandstone keystones, Chicago-style windows and Gothic-arched windows on the fourth floor. Inside, an atrium and wood staircase serve six suites, and original layouts largely survive. The building mixes Renaissance Revival massing with Tudor Revival and Arts and Crafts details. It was listed for its architecture and for its role as an early example of the city apartment building in Akron as the rubber industry drove rapid growth. Later tenants included shops, doctors' offices, a newspaper and the Akron Music School, which stayed until 1969. The ground floor was vacant at the time of nomination, and a rehabilitation project with a new southern addition was under way.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Frank O. Weary, Architect/Crisp & Son/Hankey Lumber Company","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance / Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Ground floor vacant and the building listed as vacant/not in use with work in progress; it is part of a federal and state tax rehabilitation project, with a new addition built to the south.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.525574-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000280/3bc7054e54-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000280/3bc7054e54-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gothic_Building,_Akron.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gothic_Building,_Akron.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991517","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gothic_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85807301"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/gothic-building-the-10000280/"}