{"nrhp_refnum":"84002912","name":"Brooklyn Bank Building","other_names":["Farnsworth Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3764 W. 25th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.452408914000046,"lon":-81.70166636699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story masonry, concrete and iron commercial building at 3764 West 25th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1904 as a savings and loan bank with offices above. It stands on a corner with Archwood Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a work of master architect J. Milton Dyer, described as arguably the most innovative Cleveland architect of the century's first decade. Its design mixes classical symmetry with deliberately crude brackets and deep segmental arches reminiscent of Frank Furness. It also has ties to Harry M. Farnsworth, a savings and loan officer and early city planning and park commissioner.","narrative":"Built in 1904 at the corner of West 25th Street and Archwood Avenue in Cleveland, this two-story brick bank building originally housed the Brooklyn Savings and Loan Association, with offices for realtors, lawyers and physicians upstairs. Gray brick piers divide the bays, each topped by a segmental arch, and a bracketed cornice and sculpted parapet crown the walls. The overall effect is classical, yet the heavy brackets and deep-set arches recall the work of Frank Furness. It was designed by J. Milton Dyer, a Beaux-Arts-trained architect who worked in many styles and never repeated himself, so each of his buildings helps explain his overall body of work. Harry M. Farnsworth, long an officer of the association and a Cleveland planning and park commissioner, gave the building its later name. A serious fire in 1983 destroyed the roof and interior partitions, but the exterior walls remain largely intact and the building was listed on that basis.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"J. Milton Dyer","architectural_style":"Classic Revival (Ohio Historic Inventory); combines Italianate bracket and classical elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Seriously damaged by fire in June 1983, which destroyed the roof and second-floor wooden partitions; exterior walls, concrete floors and remaining interior walls and columns were judged structurally sound. Listed in fair condition and described as vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.72049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84002912.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002912/a60d86e090-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002912/a60d86e090-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Bank_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Cricchetti</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Bank_Building.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000238","name":"Brooklyn Centre Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/brooklyn-centre-historic-district-99000238/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987504","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bank_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30625410"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/brooklyn-bank-building-84002912/"}