{"nrhp_refnum":"84000230","name":"Montana Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2061 E. 36th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.501282866000054,"lon":-81.66229536799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story yellow brick apartment building at 2061 East 36th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1902 alongside the neighboring Neff Apartments. It sits within the Prospect Avenue area.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture and as an important functional apartment building from the turn of the century. It is a good example of early 20th century functional design, with plain brick walls, rough-face stone base and trim, and no exterior ornamentation. It also represents the apartment buildings erected when Prospect Avenue was home to the city's wealthiest residents.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at 2061 East 36th Street in Cleveland, this four-story yellow brick apartment building was constructed at the same time as the neighboring Neff Apartments at East 36th Street and Prospect Avenue. The two buildings share materials and several features, including stone stringcourses below the second and fourth floor windows and similar window patterns. Plain stone lintels and sills frame the windows, and the center bay has windows set between floors, topped by a rounded fourth-floor window. The building was recognized for its architecture and as a functional apartment house from the turn of the century, when Prospect Avenue was home to the city's wealthiest people. Its plain brick walls, rough-face stone base and trim, and lack of exterior ornamentation illustrate early twentieth century functional design. It compares favorably with other early apartment buildings in Cleveland, including the Jennings, Hilliard and Colonial Apartments. The architect and builder are unknown, and the building continues as apartments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"early 20th C. functional design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition recorded as good; present use is residential apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.730951-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000230.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/71984632","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/montana-apartments-84000230/"}