{"nrhp_refnum":"75001365","name":"Nela Park","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Entrance at 1901 Noble Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.54128546550007,"lon":-81.55863663774134,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Nela Park is a 90-acre office and laboratory campus at 1901 Noble Road in East Cleveland, Ohio, with twenty major buildings, smaller utility structures and an employees' camp. Most major buildings date from 1911 to 1921, and Frank E. Wallis of New York designed those begun before 1921.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Nela Park has a strong claim to being the first planned industrial park in the nation. Its buildings and landscape follow a consistent plan, which the form calls a representation of the early twentieth century academic ideal. The original architectural scheme and landscape planning remain virtually intact, and the plant still operates.","narrative":"Nela Park is an office and laboratory campus of about 90 acres at 1901 Noble Road in East Cleveland, Ohio. Franklin Terry and Burton Tremaine of the National Electric Lamp Company conceived it in 1910, and the site was a plateau 234 feet above Lake Erie with woods and a ravine. The nomination makes a strong claim that it was the first planned industrial park in the nation. Architect Frank E. Wallis of New York designed all buildings begun before 1921. Twenty major buildings, mostly two or three stories of red brick with terra-cotta trim, follow a Georgian Revival style. The earliest ones are arranged around a central Quadrangle on two axes. Underground tunnels connect the buildings, and the roadways are tree-lined and landscaped under plans made from the start. The form describes the design as a representation of the early twentieth century academic ideal. The original architectural scheme and landscape planning remain virtually intact, and the plant still operates.","period_of_significance":"1911-1921","architect_builder":"Frank E. Wallis of New York (architect for all buildings begun before 1921)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in excellent condition. It is in industrial use and the original site, with interior alterations and the original architectural and landscape scheme virtually intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.149269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001365/0d3230e255-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001365/0d3230e255-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Rpabst at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nela_Park_Building_307.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rpabst at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nela_Park_Building_307.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987717","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nela_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6989925"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/nela-park-75001365/"}