{"nrhp_refnum":"12001213","name":"Record Rendezvous","other_names":["Herold Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.49805366500004,"lon":-81.69043400299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story red brick commercial building at 300 Prospect Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, built about 1908 as an addition to the adjacent Herold Building. It later housed the Record Rendezvous music store.","why_significant":"The building is tied to Record Rendezvous, the record store run by founder Leo Mintz from 1945 to 1987. Mintz helped bring rhythm and blues programming to disc jockey Alan Freed on WJW radio in 1951, and the store sponsored the 1952 Moondog Coronation Ball, widely regarded as the first rock and roll concert. The store remained a hub of Cleveland's rock and roll culture for decades.","narrative":"Built around 1908 as an addition to the neighboring Herold Building, this four-story red brick commercial building at 300 Prospect Avenue in downtown Cleveland has a simple facade with large second-floor windows, ribbons of 1/1 windows above, and stone coping and ball finials. The two buildings were separated around 1920 and have operated independently since. Its significance dates from 1945, when Leo Mintz moved his Record Rendezvous store here. The store's open bins and listening booths let Mintz watch customers shift toward rhythm and blues. In 1951 he persuaded deejay Alan Freed to play that music on WJW radio, and the store helped sponsor Freed's 1952 Moondog Coronation Ball, widely regarded as the first rock and roll concert. Record Rendezvous later became a gathering place for local musicians and fans, opened branch stores, and closed in 1987. The building keeps a high degree of integrity, with an intact storefront configuration and largely unaltered upper floors.","period_of_significance":"1945-1962","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The upper floors are largely unaltered; the ground floor interior has been modified for a later retail tenant. Record Rendezvous closed in 1987, and the current function is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.530106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/12001213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001213/1d3de61d47-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001213/1d3de61d47-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Record_Rendezvous_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Record_Rendezvous_Building.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000702","name":"Euclid Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/euclid-avenue-historic-district-02000702/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984694","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137682405"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/record-rendezvous-12001213/"}