East Boulevard Historic District (Additional Documentation)

This linear district on Cleveland's east side follows the curve of East Boulevard for about two and a half miles, from University Circle in the south to St. Clair Avenue in the north. Rockefeller Park lies just outside the boundary but ties the area together visually. Annexed to Cleveland in 1898 and 1902, the area grew as a residential neighborhood, and nearly all buildings date from 1900 to the mid-1930s. The southern end has three- and four-story brick apartment houses, anchored by the nine-story Hotel Sovereign of 1921, now University Tower. Farther north are brick and frame single-family homes and doubles in Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Dutch Colonial and Four-Square forms. Institutions include St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, the Amasa Stone Home for the Aged and Miles Standish Elementary School. The district counts 401 contributing buildings and 20 noncontributing ones, chiefly the 1971 Wade Park Apartments and newer garages. Consistent setbacks, scale and period character give the area its cohesion.