{"nrhp_refnum":"84000128","name":"Cermak Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3503 E. 93rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.463411948000044,"lon":-81.62107491299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story commercial building of black and red checkerboard brick at 3503 E. 93rd St. and Union Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio, built 1907-09 to designs by architect James Cameron.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building typifies how neighborhood, small business and the built environment interacted as Cleveland's streetcar neighborhoods spread in the early 1900s. It also reflects the career of pharmacist and community leader Fred J. Cermak, whose drug store anchored the corner. A 1977 survey found no comparable building of similar design and scale in the area, and it retains most of its original features.","narrative":"At the corner of Union Avenue and East 93rd Street in Cleveland stands a three-story commercial building finished in black and red brick laid in a checkerboard pattern. Built in 1907-09 to designs by young architect James Cameron, it features polygonal oriel windows with tiled tent roofs, painted wood panels and a three-story corner turret that shelters the drug store entrance. The building grew out of a streetcar neighborhood where Irish and later Czech, Slovenian and Slovak residents settled near the end of a car line. Pharmacist Fred J. Cermak, who opened his first store nearby in 1903, built it with a physician friend, and it housed his pharmacy, a doctor's office and his living quarters. Cermak became a prominent civic and professional figure. A 1977 survey found few similar buildings, and none matching its workmanship or integrity. Its storefront has been modified, but most original features survive, and the same family has owned it since construction.","period_of_significance":"1907-09","architect_builder":"James Cameron","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial use; the storefront has modest alterations, including wood panels over original window openings, but original features remain beneath.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.355548-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000128.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000128/d6f24d1646-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000128/d6f24d1646-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Tim Evanson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NW_view_-_Cermak_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Evanson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NW_view_-_Cermak_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987841","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113861234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cermak-building-84000128/"}