{"nrhp_refnum":"82001365","name":"Allen Memorial Medical Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11000 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50608472600004,"lon":-81.60842224999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A neo-classical medical library building at 11000 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1926 and designed by the Cleveland firm Walker & Weeks.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the library is architecturally significant for its Neo-Classical elements, including an unadorned roofline, restrained ornament and rich interior embellishments. It is also a fine work of Walker and Weeks, leading exponents of classical revival in the 1920s. The building reflects local patronage supporting scientific and humanitarian concerns in early twentieth-century Cleveland.","narrative":"Allen Memorial Medical Library is a three-story neo-classical building on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, completed in 1926 for the Cleveland Medical Library Association. Clad in Indiana limestone on a pink Georgia marble base, it was designed so that all four sides read as fronts, and it has been compared to Le Petit Trianon at Versailles. Bronze details include busts of Hippocrates and Asklepios at the north entrance. Inside, the second-floor reading rooms follow the English university tradition, with Baroque pedimented doorways and carving in the style of Grinling Gibbons. Mrs. Elizabeth Severance Prentiss funded construction and an endowment in memory of her husband, Dr. Dudley P. Allen. The architects, Frank Walker and Harry Weeks, were chosen for their prominence and because a classical style suited medicine as both a scientific and humanistic pursuit. The building has been called Walker and Weeks at their best, and it remains in library use.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Walker & Weeks","architectural_style":"Neo-classical (Neo-Classical)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; the library has operated continuously since 1926, with only minor exterior alterations and some interior updates.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.365677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001365.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001365/ebe02aeaf6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001365/ebe02aeaf6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Soundoftoday","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allen_Memorial_Medical_Library_Exterior.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundoftoday</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:Allen_Memorial_Medical_Library_Exterior.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987450","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Memorial_Medical_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4731780"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/allen-memorial-medical-library-82001365/"}