{"nrhp_refnum":"11000365","name":"LaSalle Theater Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"819-829 E. 185th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.58491433800003,"lon":-81.54966576999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story mixed-use building at 819-829 E. 185th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1927 for International Savings and Loan Company. It combines a motion picture theater, four storefronts and five second-floor apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues architectural significance as a local primary example of restrained Neo-Classical Revival style, designed by Cleveland architect Nicola Petti. It is one of only three surviving theaters by Petti and is described as the most elaborate commercial building on its street. It also anchored commercial growth in the North Collinwood area.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of E. 185th Street and Kildeer Avenue in Cleveland, this 1927 building combines a movie theater, four storefronts and five apartments under one roof. International Savings and Loan Company built it, expecting growth in the North Collinwood area, and hired Cleveland architect Nicola Petti to design it. The west front is faced in Indiana limestone and shows a restrained Neo-Classical Revival design, with a projecting temple front, pilasters, a raked pediment, string courses and an original canopy marquee. Inside, the auditorium keeps classical plaster ceiling and wall detailing, and the corner storefront was originally a bank. Petti designed eleven theaters in Ohio, and this is one of the three that survive. The building was designated a Cleveland Landmark in 2008. It is currently vacant, and roof repairs were done in 2010 to stabilize it. Its architecture and its role in the commercial development of E. 185th Street underlie its significance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Nicola Petti (architect); International Savings and Loan Company (builder/developer)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival/Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant/not in use; roof repairs were made in 2010 to stop leaks. The theater was used as an antique automobile museum from about 1995.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.830459-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/11000365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000365/06f1c52ae9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000365/06f1c52ae9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ponceesponce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1010750_-_LaSalle_Theatre_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ponceesponce</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:P1010750_-_LaSalle_Theatre_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987365","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43160039"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/lasalle-theater-building-11000365/"}