{"nrhp_refnum":"83001951","name":"Commodore Apartment Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15610 Van Aken Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shaker Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.46647598900006,"lon":-81.56865198199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 3 1/2 story, E-shaped, 28-unit apartment building at 15610 Van Aken Blvd. in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, built in 1929-30 and designed by Philip L. Small, Inc.","why_significant":"It is significant as an example of architect Philip Small's work, which represents the best of the early 20th century eclectic tradition. It is also a distinctive feature of the Van Sweringen brothers' planned community of Shaker Heights. It served as a design model for apartment buildings throughout the development and followed the Van Sweringen Company's 1928 standards almost to the letter.","narrative":"Built in 1929-30 on Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights, this E-shaped apartment building rises three and a half stories in red tapestry brick with Bedford limestone and precast concrete trim. Its recessed central bay is Georgian Revival, while the flanking bays use Jacobethan details such as gabled window bays and stone-faced parapets. Inside are 28 units with woodburning fireplaces and medieval-style stone mantels, plus a caretaker's apartment and underground garage. Architect Philip Small designed it for the Van Sweringen planned community, and it matched the company's 1928 standards for apartment buildings, including stone use and outside windows in every room. It sits near the civic center, beside the rapid transit line to downtown Cleveland, in an area zoned for multi-family housing. The building is valued as an example of Small's eclectic work and as a model for later apartments in Shaker Heights. Fires in 1982 damaged the west wing, though the other wings remain occupied.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1929-30)","architect_builder":"Philip L. Small, Inc.","architectural_style":"Eclectic; Georgian Revival central bay with Gothic/Elizabethan Revival (Jacobethan) flanking bays","criteria":[],"status_note":"Two fires in 1982 caused considerable damage to the west wing; the central and east wings were unaffected and remain occupied. The owner plans to restore all units.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.410749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001951.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001951/b2ff99ec93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001951/b2ff99ec93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Annatha84","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_view_of_Commodore_Apartments,_now_The_Sedgewick.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Annatha84</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:Front_view_of_Commodore_Apartments,_now_The_Sedgewick.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003882","name":"Shaker Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/shaker-village-historic-district-84003882/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987608","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137734749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/commodore-apartment-building-83001951/"}