{"nrhp_refnum":"89000435","name":"Ohio City Preservation District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Ohio City Preservation District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Franklin Blvd. NW., W. 38th St., Bridge Ave. NW., & W. 44th St., & Stone, W. 25th, Bridge Ave. NW., & W. 28th","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.481976358000054,"lon":-81.70971002465828,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Ohio City Preservation District in Cleveland, Ohio, adding about 244 contributing buildings to the west, east and north of the original 1974 district. They are mostly residences, with some commercial, institutional and school buildings, dating largely from the Civil War to about 1900.","why_significant":"The added area contains historic buildings that relate closely to those in the original district and contribute to its architectural and historical character. It has a varied stock of Greek Revival, Italianate, Stick, Queen Anne and Neo-Classical buildings, and most of its buildings are remarkably intact. The nomination also notes that the Kentucky School site held the first multi-room school on Cleveland's west side, built in 1855.","narrative":"This boundary increase enlarges the Ohio City Preservation District on Cleveland's west side, adding about 244 contributing buildings west, east and north of the original 1974 boundaries. Most are modest residences built between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century, many small vernacular houses with late Greek Revival or Italianate details. Queen Anne, Stick Style and Carpenter Gothic houses appear as well, along with Neo-Classical commercial and apartment buildings, two Gothic Revival churches, a Second Renaissance Revival Chamber of Industry Building on Franklin Avenue and two 1930s schools. The street pattern shifts from the old Ohio City grid to a compass-oriented grid near West 44th Street, which created unusual angled intersections. Siding changes and conversions to multi-family use are common, but the houses keep recognizable period detail. The added area was judged to relate closely to the original district, and most of its buildings survive with few intrusions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Greek Revival, Stick/Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are in residential use with some commercial uses. Many have been restored or rehabilitated, and the neighborhood is described as undergoing reinvestment. Three buildings are noted as non-contributing: the West Side Multi-Service Center, an ice cream stand and the altered West Side United Church of Christ.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.623378-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89000435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000435/b933bb013f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000435/b933bb013f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Columbusite","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OCstreet.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbusite</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OCstreet.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001447","name":"Ohio City Preservation District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/ohio-city-preservation-district-74001447/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987432","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_City,_Cleveland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7080770"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/ohio-city-preservation-district-boundary-increase-89000435/"}