Hotel Statler
Also known as: Statler Office Tower
Why it's listed
Completed in 1912 at the northwest corner of Euclid Avenue and East 12th Street in Cleveland, the Hotel Statler was designed by architect George B. Post as a 14-story steel-frame hotel faced in granite, limestone, dark brick and terra cotta. Its Second Renaissance Revival design follows a base, shaft and capital arrangement, with rusticated lower floors, round-arched windows and a projecting copper cornice. The original E-shaped plan brought daylight to as many rooms as possible, and the building held 700 guest rooms, later expanded to 1,000 with a 1916 addition that included the Stillman Theater. Rehabilitations in 1937, the mid-1960s and the late 1970s altered parts of the interior and exterior, removing balconies and converting upper floors to offices. The theater was replaced by a separate garage that is excluded from the listing. The hotel stands among other historic buildings along Euclid Avenue between the financial district and Playhouse Square, reflecting downtown Cleveland's eastward growth in the early twentieth century.
Significance in brief: The excerpt shows the hotel as a large Second Renaissance Revival building on Euclid Avenue, within Cleveland's growing downtown. It retains a high degree of integrity despite later alterations. The truncated text does not give the full significance argument, so the listing criteria and the period of significance cannot be confirmed.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 98000317, listed April 1, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1127 Euclid Ave., Cleveland |
|---|---|
| County | Cuyahoga County |
| Listed | April 1, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98000317 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | George B. Post (architect) |
| Architectural style | Renaissance/Second Renaissance Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Upper floors were converted to office use in the late 1970s and the building is now the Statler Office Tower; the Stillman Theater addition was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by a separate parking garage. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | Euclid Avenue Historic District |
| Coordinates | 41.50070, -81.68487 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98000317.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q21016233
- This listing as JSON
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