{"nrhp_refnum":"79001805","name":"Alcazar Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Surrey and Derbyshire Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50202439100008,"lon":-81.59256817799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An apartment hotel at the corner of Surrey and Derbyshire Roads in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, built in 1923 in a Spanish-Moorish eclectic style. It was designed by Harry T. Jeffery & Son.","why_significant":"The hotel deliberately imitates the Alcazar and Ponce de Leon hotels in St. Augustine, Florida, and is an early example of the 1920s Spanish revival vogue in the Cleveland area. It was the first suburban hotel in greater Cleveland and the only Spanish revival residential hotel in the Heights. Its sculptural work was by the noted local firm Fischer and Jirouch.","narrative":"Built in 1923 at the corner of Surrey and Derbyshire Roads in Cleveland Heights, the Alcazar is an apartment hotel in a Spanish-Moorish eclectic style. Its irregular pentagon plan rises four to five stories around a garden patio, with greyish-yellow brick walls, red tile roofs and a corridor circling the whole building. Inside, glazed tiles copied from the Alcazar in Seville line a hexagonal lounge with a pool and fountain. Cleveland architect Harry T. Jeffery modeled the design on the Florida hotels in St. Augustine built for Henry Flagler, and the patio fountain with spouting frogs and turtles copies one there. Fischer and Jirouch executed the sculptural work. It was the first suburban hotel in greater Cleveland and the only Spanish revival residential hotel in the Heights, serving mostly families. Over time it hosted dances, musicales and recitals, and restoration of its interiors was under way at the time of listing.","period_of_significance":"1923","architect_builder":"Harry T. Jeffery & Son","architectural_style":"Spanish-Moorish eclectic; Spanish Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recently acquired by Western Reserve Residences for use as a private residence hotel; interiors, ballroom and patio walls were undergoing redecoration and restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.012648-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001805.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001805/3dafab2666-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001805/3dafab2666-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mr.Z-man","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlcazarHotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr.Z-man</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:AlcazarHotel.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000897","name":"Euclid Heights Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/euclid-heights-historic-district-12000897/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987524","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcazar_Hotel_(Cleveland_Heights,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4712982"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/alcazar-hotel-79001805/"}