{"nrhp_refnum":"80002978","name":"Root and McBride-Bradley Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1220-1230 W. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.500788689000046,"lon":-81.70003259799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick commercial warehouse building at 1220-1230 West 6th Street in Cleveland's old warehouse district, erected in 1884 as two buildings divided by a party wall. It was designed by Cudell and Richardson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the three most significant 19th-century structures in Cleveland's old warehouse district. Its wide glass bays show how far masonry-wall construction was pushed in the 1880s, and its mix of masonry bearing walls, metal posts and wooden mill framing marks a transitional stage in commercial building. The original owners, Root & McBride and Morris Bradley, were also important in Cleveland's mercantile history.","narrative":"Built in 1884 at 1220-1230 West 6th Street in Cleveland, this large brick warehouse is actually two buildings joined by a party wall and designed as one continuous structure by architects Cudell and Richardson. It measures about 235 by 135 feet and rises six stories, with two later stories over the northern bays. Masonry piers form a two-tiered arcade around wide window bays. Inside, cast-iron columns, some with foliated capitals, support the lower floors, while wooden posts and mill construction carry the upper ones. The building was listed because it shows the transitional character of 1880s commercial construction, pushing masonry walls toward lightness and open glass before all-metal frames. It is called one of three most significant 19th-century structures in the old warehouse district. The south part housed the Root & McBride dry-goods firm; the north part was linked to the Bradley family, Great Lakes shipping and downtown real estate interests.","period_of_significance":"1884","architect_builder":"Cudell and Richardson","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, and the building was occupied. Supporting papers say the owner of the north five bays planned demolition for September 1980, and tenants were exploring a purchase.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.340016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002978.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002978/742c3b2d0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002978/742c3b2d0e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Clevelandguy at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_West6th_WHD.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Clevelandguy at English Wikipedia</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:Cleveland_West6th_WHD.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/71987560","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17511681"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/root-and-mcbride-bradley-building-80002978/"}