{"nrhp_refnum":"84000224","name":"Cook Building","other_names":["Prospect Park Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4600-4800 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50222615900003,"lon":-81.65487616199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick commercial building with terra cotta facing at 4600-4800 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1918 to designs by Lehman and Schmitt and constructed by the Craig Curtis Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its Neo-Classic architecture and as one of the office buildings constructed when Prospect Avenue was a major office and commercial center. It won a Chamber of Commerce award as the best small commercial building design of 1918. It was designed by Lehman and Schmitt, a locally well-known firm.","narrative":"Located at 4600-4800 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, this five-story brick office and commercial building dates to 1918. Its Prospect Avenue and East 46th Street sides are faced in white terra cotta, with light blue spandrels between the first and second floors and between the fourth and fifth floors. The entrance is flanked by classically inspired cameos, and swags ornament the bays containing entrances. The building was designed by Lehman and Schmitt, a firm known locally for the Sheriff Street Market, Temple Tifereth Israel, the Osborn Building and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. It received a Chamber of Commerce award as the best small commercial building design of 1918. The building also reflects the growth of Upper Prospect as a commercial address, when increased automobile use pushed business activity away from downtown onto streets such as Prospect Avenue. It was listed for its Neo-Classic architecture and its role in that commercial district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lehman and Schmitt (architects); Craig Curtis Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior in very good condition; interior condition unknown. Used for commercial purposes; first floor windows have been painted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.845106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000224.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000224/b262fe50cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000224/b262fe50cc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cook_Building,_Cleveland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cook_Building,_Cleveland.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006160","name":"Midtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/midtown-historic-district-100006160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984662","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137699154"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cook-building-84000224/"}