{"nrhp_refnum":"88000637","name":"Notre Dame Academy","other_names":["Diehl, Lulu, Junior High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1325 Ansel Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.52060689000007,"lon":-81.62138232999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story brick school building at 1325 Ansel Road on Cleveland's east side, overlooking the Rockefeller Park ravine. It was built in 1914 as Notre Dame Academy and later became Lulu Diehl Junior High School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is architecturally significant as a good local example of institutional Collegiate Gothic design, which was widely used for Cleveland schools between 1900 and 1930. Its central entrance tower with octagonal Tudor turrets, lancets, quatrefoil windows, arched entrances, stone mullions and buttresses are cited as particularly fine. It was designed by local architect William Jansen, and its scenic site adds to its significance.","narrative":"Built in 1914 at 1325 Ansel Road on Cleveland's east side, this E-shaped brick school building housed Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic school for girls founded in 1874 by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Architect William Jansen, known for Cleveland church and school buildings, designed it in the Collegiate Gothic style. Brown brick walls with limestone trim frame a projecting central tower capped by four octagonal Tudor turrets, with lancet and quatrefoil openings, ogee-arched doors and stone plaques bearing crosses and torches over open bibles. The school moved to this site in 1915 and shared the campus with Notre Dame College from 1922 to 1928. The academy left for Chardon in 1963, and the Cleveland Board of Education bought the building in 1964, later using it as Lulu Diehl Junior High School. The building is now vacant with boarded windows. It is recognized as a good local example of Collegiate Gothic school architecture, set on a scenic ravine site.","period_of_significance":"1914","architect_builder":"William Jansen","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival (Collegiate Gothic)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The building is described as vacant and not in use, with its window openings boarded up. The form says no alterations have affected its integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.560869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/88000637.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000637/79631e8a77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000637/79631e8a77-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_Academy_in_Cleveland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_Academy_in_Cleveland.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000382","name":"Rockefeller Park and Cleveland Cultural Gardens Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/rockefeller-park-and-cleveland-cultural-gardens-historic-district-05000382/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987442","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137708520"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/notre-dame-academy-88000637/"}