{"nrhp_refnum":"83002004","name":"Spitzer Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"514-526 Madison Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.65227708400005,"lon":-83.53642460099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story commercial office skyscraper at 514-526 Madison Avenue in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, built in 1896 to designs by architect Thomas F. Huber, with a 1904 addition to the north.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a significant late nineteenth century tall commercial structure in Toledo. Its projecting bay windows suggest the Chicago school of commercial architecture and are unusual locally, and its terra cotta ornament is particularly fine. It is also important to Toledo's commercial history through Spitzer and Company, a financial firm.","narrative":"Rising ten stories on Madison Avenue in Toledo, this steel-frame office building is faced in brick and terra cotta. It was erected in 1896 for Spitzer and Company, a financial firm founded in 1871 that dealt in municipal and railroad bonds. Thomas F. Huber, a prominent local architect and partner in Bacon and Huber, designed it, and a matching addition to the north on Huron Street followed in 1904. A large arched entrance carries foliated terra cotta relief in a 16th century Italian Renaissance manner. Three ranks of projecting tri-partite bay windows alternate with two ranks of arched windows, a feature recalling the Chicago school and unusual in Toledo. Horizontal bands divide the facade into three parts reflecting interior use: public spaces below, offices in the middle seven floors, and services at the top. Some west storefront bays have been enclosed, yet the building remains largely intact. It was recognized for its distinctive design, fine ornament and role in the city's commercial history.","period_of_significance":"1896","architect_builder":"Thomas F. Huber, architect","architectural_style":"16th century Italian Renaissance ornament; suggests Chicago school of commercial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and unaltered, with six west-facade storefront bays enclosed but terra cotta piers remaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.498376-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002004.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002004/0b195f1b3b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002004/0b195f1b3b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"MrJacon000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spitzer_Building,_July_2022.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MrJacon000</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spitzer_Building,_July_2022.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100007510","name":"Toledo Central Business Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/toledo-central-business-historic-district-100007510/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989951","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127512818"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/spitzer-building-83002004/"}