{"nrhp_refnum":"73001407","name":"Caxton Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"812 Huron Rd., SE.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.49835215200005,"lon":-81.68586849799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story steel-frame office building at 812 Huron Road S.E. in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1901-1903 and faced in brick, stone and terra-cotta, designed by architect Frank S. Barnum.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest examples of the Commercial style in Cleveland, citing its clear expression of the skeletal frame, large window areas and Romanesque entrance portal. It is also tied to the graphic arts and printing trades and to Ambrose Swasey, president of the Caxton Building Company. Its architect, Frank S. Barnum, was also Cleveland's public school architect.","narrative":"Rising eight stories on Huron Road in Cleveland, the Caxton Building is a steel-frame office block faced in brick, stone and terra-cotta. It was built in 1901-1903 to designs by Frank S. Barnum, who served as the city's public school architect and also designed the 1904 Park Building. A large semicircular arch with Romanesque Revival details marks the center entrance, while the upper floors show a Sullivanesque treatment in which emphasized piers and suppressed spandrels stress vertical lines. Some rear floors were built to carry heavy loads to accommodate printing presses. The building was developed by the Caxton Building Company, headed by Ambrose Swasey of Warner and Swasey, and was named for William Caxton, the first British printer. It housed graphic arts businesses, including the firm of Alfred Cahen, later the World Publishing Company. It was listed for being among the finest Commercial style buildings in Cleveland, with its frame, windows and entrance forming an outstanding design.","period_of_significance":"1903","architect_builder":"Frank S. Barnum, architect","architectural_style":"Commercial style, with Romanesque Revival entrance and Sullivanesque upper stories","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition and occupied, with commercial use; the east half of the ground floor facade has been refaced with granite, but there have been no major interior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.2283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001407.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001407/11321dab5f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001407/11321dab5f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caxton_Bldg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:Caxton_Bldg.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/71987566","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caxton_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5055263"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/caxton-building-73001407/"}