{"nrhp_refnum":"85001695","name":"Cleveland Worsted Mills Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5846--6116 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.46424903500008,"lon":-81.64886487499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of over a dozen brick industrial buildings at 5846-6116 Broadway on Cleveland's southeast side, between Broadway and the Erie Railroad, built between 1896 and 1920 as a worsted wool mill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a significant example of turn-of-the-century industrial architecture showing Richardsonian Romanesque influence, and that it survives with nearly every building intact. Built over about twenty-five years, the buildings reflect changes in industrial style and construction. The complex was the main plant of an eleven-mill network that by 1926 was the second largest national consolidation of worsted mills.","narrative":"This former worsted wool mill on Broadway in Cleveland is a group of more than a dozen brick buildings put up between 1896 and 1920 beside the Erie Railroad. Most rise six stories, with one ten-story wool storage building of reinforced concrete. Weaving buildings along the tracks show Richardsonian Romanesque features such as arched windows and towers with pyramidal roofs, while the two main Broadway facades combine massive segmental arches with Neoclassical pilasters and cornices in red brick and sandstone. The company began as a small mill in 1878, moved to this site in 1896, and was reorganized as Cleveland Worsted Mills Company in 1902. It became the main plant in an eleven-mill network and supplied military uniform cloth. At its height in the 1920s the group employed 5,000 people across all plants. The mill closed in 1957 and its machinery was removed, but nearly all buildings survive, which is the basis for its listing for architecture and industrial history.","period_of_significance":"1896-1920","architect_builder":"George S. Rider Co., designers; Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company, general contractors","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque influence, with Neoclassical elements on the Broadway facades","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Mills closed in 1957 and all machinery was removed; the powerhouse and laboratory building are deteriorated, and the complex is listed as occupied on the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.351767-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85001695.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987701","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cleveland-worsted-mills-company-85001695/"}