{"nrhp_refnum":"100007815","name":"Euclid Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1835 to 1937 Prospect Ave. East","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2022-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, running east along Euclid Avenue from Public Square to East 17th Street on the north side and East 21st Street on the south side. It covers about 125 acres and contains buildings dating from 1870 to 1952.","why_significant":"The district is nominated for its role in Cleveland's commerce, transportation, architecture and community development. Euclid Avenue changed from a residential \"Millionaires' Row\" into the city's main commercial artery. Its buildings, designed by nationally known architects, share cornices and window patterns that give the street a continuous character.","narrative":"Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland runs east from Public Square and forms a district of about 125 acres. It holds 36 contributing and 18 noncontributing buildings plus three objects, dating from 1870 to 1952. Heights range from two to eighteen stories, and the most common style is Neo-classical. Commercial style buildings, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque, Jacobean, Beaux-Arts and Art Deco examples also line the street. Cornices and window patterns tie the varied buildings together. Many individual structures were already listed, including the Cleveland Arcade, which is a National Historic Landmark, along with Old Stone Church, the Halle Building and the Terminal Tower Group. The street began as a residential avenue. Its eastern stretch was known as Millionaires' Row, and rising taxes and changing uses led to the loss of most mansions. Retail stores, department stores, banks and offices then spread eastward from Public Square, and by the 1960s the avenue was the main commercial route between the square and University Circle.","period_of_significance":"1870-1952","architect_builder":"George E. Post; Henry Bacon; Walker and Weeks; Daniel Burnham; Charles Schweinfurth; Hubbell and Benes; Graham, Anderson, Probst and White; Frank S. Barnum; Walter Blythe; George Smith; Franz Warner","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (mainly Neo-classical and Commercial style)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.333293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/02000702.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987839","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/euclid-avenue-historic-district-boundary-increase-100007815/"}