{"nrhp_refnum":"84000240","name":"United Motor Service Building","other_names":["Film Service Lab"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4019 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50248609000005,"lon":-81.65667607499995,"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 two-story commercial building at 4019 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1919 for automotive-related business. W.A. Borch of Detroit designed it and the Free Luce Building Company built it.","why_significant":"It is one of the automotive buildings erected when Prospect Avenue was known as an automobile row, a location with heavy passenger traffic and cheaper rents away from downtown. Its design mixes classical and contemporary elements and reflects a transitional period in architectural style. It is also a major presence at the eastern end of Prospect Avenue.","narrative":"Built in 1919 at 4019 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, this two-story commercial building was designed by W.A. Borch of Detroit and constructed by the Free Luce Building Company. It was one of several automotive-related buildings put up when Prospect Avenue was known as an automobile row. The street offered heavy passenger traffic and lower rents than the central business district. The facade combines open bays framed by a single band of ornament, separated by fluted columns. Diaper-patterned brickwork and a modillioned cornice add detail, and circular terra cotta patterns frame the large first-floor showroom windows. Classical features such as the columns and cornice sit beside contemporary ones, reflecting a transitional period in architectural styles. The ground story has been sympathetically renovated and the spandrels resided in new brick, but the most important original features remain intact. The building is a major presence at the eastern end of Prospect Avenue.","period_of_significance":"1919","architect_builder":"W.A. Borch (Detroit), architect; Free Luce Building Company, builder","architectural_style":"Neo Classic-Contemporary","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition; ground story sympathetically renovated; spandrels between the first and second floors resided in new brick. Interior condition unknown. Used commercially, with a film service lab occupant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.762547-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000240.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000240/c5e8cd6637-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000240/c5e8cd6637-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Christopher Busta-Peck","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Motor_Service_Building_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Busta-Peck</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 1.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Motor_Service_Building_Cleveland_Ohio.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/71984600","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137706347"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/united-motor-service-building-84000240/"}