{"nrhp_refnum":"74001457","name":"Upson-Walton Company Building","other_names":["Samsel Rope and Marine Supply Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1310 Old River Rd. (W. 11th St.)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.49798049700007,"lon":-81.70263817699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story masonry and cast-iron commercial and warehouse building at 1310 Old River Road (West 11th Street) in Cleveland, Ohio, rising to four stories on the Cuyahoga River dock side. It was built around 1871 and is made up of two identical joined buildings.","why_significant":"It is an unusual survival of the post-Civil War commercial and warehouse district along the Cuyahoga River. It served as a ship chandler and marine supply warehouse for over 100 years with only two occupants. Its simple architecture and cast-iron column construction add to its importance.","narrative":"This three-story masonry and cast-iron building at 1310 Old River Road in Cleveland rises to four stories on its back side facing the Cuyahoga River docks. It is effectively two contemporary buildings of identical style joined together, with arched windows topped by cast-iron hood moldings and square cast-iron columns on the lower level. The top floor holds a sail-making loft measuring 70 by 75 feet. Its exact construction date is unknown but is presumed to be about 1871, when J. E. Upson and J. W. Walton founded the business that located here. They grew it into a world-wide marine supplier dealing in wire rope, manila rope, tackle and fittings. Only two firms occupied the building between 1871 and 1973, and it served as a ship chandler's store and warehouse for over a century. It is valued as a rare survivor of the post-Civil War riverfront commercial district, with simple, handsome elevations and cast-iron construction.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (circa 1871)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, and occupied; the street front was recently cleaned and painted, and some dockside windows were bricked in.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.183254-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001457.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001457/550ac474de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001457/550ac474de-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upson-Walton_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:Upson-Walton_Bldg.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82003558","name":"Cleveland Warehouse District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/cleveland-warehouse-district-82003558/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987558","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137698124"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/upson-walton-company-building-74001457/"}