{"nrhp_refnum":"74001447","name":"Ohio City Preservation District","other_names":["See Also:St. Ignatius High School","Ohio City Preservation Dis"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by W. 26th, Clinton, W. 38th, and Carroll Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.485331152500066,"lon":-81.70902930259865,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential and commercial historic district of about 80 acres on Cleveland's near west side, once the independent municipality of Ohio City. It covers portions of twenty-five small blocks with some 250 houses, stores, a public library, two churches and several apartment buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district represents a complete second-half-nineteenth-century community, with wealthy, middle and working class homes, churches, stores and a notable public building. It also notes the district as the center of a private preservation movement that began in 1968.","narrative":"Ohio City Preservation District covers about 80 acres of Cleveland's near west side, in an area that was once the independent municipality of Ohio City. It takes in portions of twenty-five small blocks and includes roughly 250 houses, stores, a public library, two churches and several apartment buildings. Most houses are modest frame or brick homes built for brewery workers, carpenters and tradesmen, mixed with larger Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne residences of merchants and bankers. Landmarks include St. Patrick's Church, begun in 1871 and finished in 1913, the Franklin Circle Christian Church by Cudell and Richardson, and the Carnegie West Library of 1910, designed by Edward L. Tilton. The area was settled largely by Irish and German immigrants, and Ohio City merged with Cleveland in 1854. It was listed as a nearly complete nineteenth-century community and as the site of a private preservation movement that began in 1968. Some blocks are badly deteriorated, and one Italianate house was lost to fire in 1975.","period_of_significance":"1836-1913","architect_builder":"Cudell and Richardson (Franklin Circle Christian Church); Edward L. Tilton (Carnegie West Library)","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire, Eastlake, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival and Beaux-Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and altered, with preservation work in progress. Some parts, especially along Fulton and West 31st Streets, are described as dilapidated, altered or vandalized. The Leonard Schlather house was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1975.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.836094-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001447.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001447/b933bb013f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001447/b933bb013f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Columbusite","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OCstreet.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbusite</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OCstreet.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000435","name":"Ohio City Preservation District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/ohio-city-preservation-district-boundary-increase-89000435/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987739","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_City,_Cleveland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7080770"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/ohio-city-preservation-district-74001447/"}