{"nrhp_refnum":"86003827","name":"Forest City Bank Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1400 W. Twenty-fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.491015842000024,"lon":-81.70735472199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story, ell-shaped commercial and residential building on the southwest corner of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1903-1904 for the Forest City Savings and Trust Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its role in commerce and banking on Cleveland's west side and as a good example of Neo-Classical commercial architecture. It is one of seven inventoried neighborhood banks built in Cleveland in the first decade of the 1900s, and it was designed by the firm Searles and Hirsh.","narrative":"Standing at the acute-angled corner of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, this four-story building was constructed in 1903-1904 for the Forest City Savings and Trust Company. Designed by the firm Searles and Hirsh, it has a buff pressed-brick exterior with white terra cotta trim, elliptical arches over seven major bays, a rounded corner bay, and a recessed entrance flanked by granite columns. The bank was the main commercial tenant until 1920, and a Cleveland Trust branch occupied the building from 1922 to 1935. The bank, organized in 1889, served a working-class west side neighborhood and counted prominent local figures among its officers. The building is one of seven inventoried neighborhood banks built in Cleveland in the early 1900s, most in Neo-Classical styles favored by the banking industry. It was recognized for its role in commerce and for its architecture. A 1985 fire damaged it, but the original windows and storefront remained intact.","period_of_significance":"1903-1904","architect_builder":"Searles & Hirsh","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Commercial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Fire damage in summer 1985 left the building deteriorated, with many upper-floor windows boarded up, though its structure remained intact. The form lists it as unoccupied and vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.792595-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86003827.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003827/83040aa974-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003827/83040aa974-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_City_Bank_1.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:Forest_City_Bank_1.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13001117","name":"Cleveland Centre Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/cleveland-centre-historic-district-13001117/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987546","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137708013"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/forest-city-bank-building-86003827/"}