{"nrhp_refnum":"84000231","name":"Neff Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3606 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50137293300003,"lon":-81.66229628399998,"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 3606 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, dated 1902 and part of the Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture and as an important apartment building from the turn of the century. It is a good example of early 20th-century functional design, with plain brick walls, a rough-faced stone base and trim, and little exterior ornamentation. It is also one of the apartment buildings from the period when Prospect Avenue was home to the city's wealthiest residents.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at 3606 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, this four-story apartment building is faced in yellow brick on a rough-faced block foundation. Its symmetrical facade has four-story bay windows on each side of a center entrance, stone stringcourses below the second and fourth floor windows, and plain stone lintels. The central bay has a rounded fourth-floor window. The stringcourses continue from the neighboring Montana building. The building was listed because of its architecture and its role as an apartment building from the turn of the century, when Prospect Avenue was home to the city's wealthiest people. Its plain brick walls, rough stone base and trim, and lack of exterior ornamentation make it a good example of early 20th-century functional design. The survey compares it favorably with other apartment buildings of the period, including the Jennings, Hilliard and Colonial apartments. It remains in residential apartment use, and its exterior is recorded as in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 20th century functional","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as residential apartments; exterior condition listed as good, interior unknown.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.462071-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000231.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/71984634","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/neff-apartments-84000231/"}