{"nrhp_refnum":"97001240","name":"Commodore Perry Hotel","other_names":["Commodore Perry Motor Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"505 Jefferson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.650366243000065,"lon":-83.53731018999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-10-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seventeen-story, 500-room hotel at 505 Jefferson Avenue in downtown Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, built in 1927 and designed by the firm Mills, Rhines, Bellman, and Nordhoff.","why_significant":"The hotel is significant for its Second Renaissance Revival architecture, designed by Toledo's most influential architectural firm, and for its role in commerce and social history. It quickly became the social center of Toledo society and the heart of downtown life, hosting balls, weddings, business meetings and prominent guests.","narrative":"Rising seventeen stories above downtown Toledo, this steel-frame hotel opened in January 1927 on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Superior Street. Designed by Mills, Rhines, Bellman, and Nordhoff and built by the Henry J. Spieker Company, it contained 500 rooms and was then the city's largest building. Its yellow brick towers rest on a four-story limestone base and are topped by a terra cotta cornice, following the Second Renaissance Revival style and a three-part skyscraper design. Inside, surviving features include marble finishes, coffered ceilings, a Colonial Revival-Adam style lounge, and murals by William Matthews. The hotel became Toledo's social center, hosting military balls, weddings, proms, business gatherings and notable guests. It was altered over the decades, notably in 1966 when the entrance moved to accommodate automobiles. Water damage and neglect have taken a toll, though overall integrity was judged good. It was listed for its architecture, commerce and social history.","period_of_significance":"1927-1947","architect_builder":"Mills, Rhines, Bellman, and Nordhoff (architects); Henry J. Spieker Company (general contractors)","architectural_style":"20th Century Revival/Second Renaissance Revival; 20th Century Revival/Colonial Revival/Adam (interior)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant; the form notes water damage and deterioration, and says the City of Toledo was taking steps to stabilize the building.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.088854-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/97001240.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001240/fbc383993c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001240/fbc383993c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore_Perry_Hotel_from_south.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore_Perry_Hotel_from_south.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100007510","name":"Toledo Central Business Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/toledo-central-business-historic-district-100007510/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989979","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138550675"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/commodore-perry-hotel-97001240/"}