{"nrhp_refnum":"94000594","name":"Cedar Glen Apartments","other_names":["Cuy-4320-5"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11424--11432 Cedar Glen Pkwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.499441879000074,"lon":-81.60416665699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story Georgian Revival luxury apartment building at 11424-32 Cedar Glen Parkway in Cleveland's University Circle area, built in 1925-26 and designed by Samuel H. White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinctive, well-designed example of Georgian Revival architecture in the New York-style luxury apartment house tradition of the 1920s. It is described as one of Cleveland's most innovative and ornate apartment buildings of its period and one of the last of its kind. Its design and siting also complemented the University Circle neighborhood and the Cedar Glen hillside.","narrative":"Perched on a bluff above Cedar Road in Cleveland's University Circle, Cedar Glen Apartments is a six-story, E-shaped Georgian Revival building completed in 1925-26. Architect and entrepreneur Samuel H. White designed and built it and lived there himself in its early years. The facade combines buff brick in Flemish bond with Bedford limestone and terra cotta trim, quoins, bay windows, a balustrade topped with urns, and a long decorative retaining wall. Inside are thirty large suites with fireplaces, formal dining rooms, maid's rooms and a two-story penthouse, along with indoor parking for forty cars. The building was listed for its architecture. It represents the grand New York-style luxury apartment house of the 1920s and was meant to suit the cultural character of University Circle. It also forms part of the landscaped hillside along the former Cedar Glen gorge. Threatened with demolition in the late 1980s, it gained local landmark status in 1989 and remained largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1925-26","architect_builder":"White, Samuel H.","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in remarkably sound structural condition and about two-thirds occupied at the time of nomination; it had been threatened with demolition, received local landmark designation in 1989, and a developer planned rehabilitation and condominium conversion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.713807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/94000594.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000594/5b0e9e4ad2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000594/5b0e9e4ad2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Tim Evanson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:11432_Cedar_Glen_Parkway_-_Cedar_Glen_Apartments.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Evanson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:11432_Cedar_Glen_Parkway_-_Cedar_Glen_Apartments.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000883","name":"Ambler Heights Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/ambler-heights-historic-district-02000883/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987387","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Glen_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38250674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cedar-glen-apartments-94000594/"}