{"nrhp_refnum":"96000868","name":"Ira Apartments","other_names":["Cleo's Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1302 Parkside Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.65297650900004,"lon":-83.59385121799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, 44-suite Tudor Revival apartment building with Jacobethan elements at 1302 Parkside Boulevard, Toledo, Ohio, built in 1928-1929 with a ground-floor storefront and attached garages.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the best local expression of Tudor Revival design in a large apartment building, designed by architect Sidney E. Aftel for the Sam Davis Company. It reflects Sam Davis's role in apartment construction and operation for Toledo's growing middle class, and its suburban-style location, garages and grocery space were unusual for its time.","narrative":"Ira Apartments is a three-story, 44-suite apartment building at the corner of Parkside Boulevard and Dorr Street in Toledo, Ohio, built in 1928-1929. Designed by architect Sidney E. Aftel for the Sam Davis Company, it combines brick with skintled coursing, false half-timbering over stucco, a slate roof with intersecting gables, and a sandstone foundation. Inside, the lobby has dark oak paneling, a sculpted stone fireplace, oak posts and a stained glass skylight. The building also held a ground-floor storefront, which housed an A&P and later a Kroger, and has attached garages. It was aimed at Toledo's growing middle class, with tenants including teachers, managers and university faculty. It is described as the best local example of Tudor Revival style in a large apartment building, and it reflects the work of Aftel and Sam Davis. The building was vacated in 1994 and has since been boarded and vandalized, though it has had little alteration since construction.","period_of_significance":"1929-1946","architect_builder":"Aftel, Sidney E.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Vacated and secured in 1994; boarded and subject to some vandalism, but retains much of its original architectural integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.935215-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/96000868.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989963","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/ira-apartments-96000868/"}