{"nrhp_refnum":"88003193","name":"Union Steel Screw Office Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1675--7 E. 40th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.51399948900007,"lon":-81.65942876299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-01-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story red brick office building at 1675-7 East 40th Street (corner of Payne Avenue) on Cleveland's near east side, erected circa 1884 for the Union Steel Screw Company.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant under Criterion A as part of Cleveland's 19th-century iron and steel manufacturing history. It is the only surviving building associated with the Union Steel Screw Company, which was tied to the Cleveland Rolling Mill owners and was involved in the 1885 strike. It is also presented as a good Queen Anne industrial administrative building that compares favorably with the best in the city.","narrative":"Built around 1884 at the corner of East 40th Street and Payne Avenue on Cleveland's near east side, this red brick office building served the Union Steel Screw Company, which was founded in 1872 and made wood screws from Bessemer steel before adding bolts, nails, tacks and other fasteners. The company's factory stood across the street and was demolished in 1932, leaving the office as the only surviving building tied to the firm. The company was linked to owners of the Cleveland Rolling Mill and was attacked by striking workers in 1885. After the firm was sold in 1908, the building became offices for the American Can Company and later the Evans Paper Products Company. The two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne design has limestone trim, corbelled brick, a projecting gabled center bay with turrets, and segmental arched windows. Its exterior is unaltered, and it is listed as vacant.","period_of_significance":"c. 1884-1908","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with high integrity and no exterior alterations; interior condition unknown; the owner plans to restore it. Current function listed 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 02:53:15.082219-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/88003193.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003193/7b87a4d459-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003193/7b87a4d459-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Christopher Busta-Peck","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Steel_Screw_Office_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:Union_Steel_Screw_Office_Building_Cleveland_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987901","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137708539"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/union-steel-screw-office-building-88003193/"}