Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Lindner Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,440 words across 10 pages, filed in 1978. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 78002040, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

PHO66475 8DATA SHEET Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 1 5 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEP 13.1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 20th - Mary Rose Oakar - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL PRIVATE RESIDENCE -IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT X.OTHER: Vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY Cragin, Lang, Free, & Smythe 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
Cuyahoga County Courthouse REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historical Society 039 035 DATE CODE COUNTY TITLE Cuyahoga ACCESSIBLE LOCATION PARK SITE HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION TRANSPORTATION OWNERSHIP Columbus STATE CATEGORY _ENTERTAINMENT COURTHOUSE. Cleveland Ohio The Lindner Building RECEIVED 1 Lakeside Avenue PUBLIC ACQUISITION XUNOCCUPIED November 1975 The Bonwit Teller Store _BEING CONSIDERED XBUILDING(S) DATE ENTERED STATUS Ohio Historic Inventory - INDUSTRIAL NAME _DISTRICT Investment Plaza - l8ol East 9th Street XPRIVATE - MILITARY -_MUSEUM - RELIGIOUS -SCIENTIFIC -COMMERCIAL XNO -OBJECT _PUBLIC -BOTH 7 DESCRIPTION GOOD MOVED DATE_ DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

is four bays wide and six deep, the facade has a symmetrical, five thin metal mullions, patterned metal lintels, a projecting middle bay window on the third floor, and a thin metal railing along the metal frame windows, segmental arches, carved piers, and pinnacles. The ground floor, originally containing show windows, recessed However, the facade, with its unusual composition and orna- mentation, is in good condition and mostly intact. CONDITION RUINS DETERIORATED EXCELLENT UNALTERED CHECK ONE These arches support a fifth floor which repeats the major theme of An off-center octagonal watertower is visible behind the parapet. XALTERED Each bay is separated by full-height rectangular piers which height glass walls.Divided into three windows have lighting, acoustical ceilings, and mechanical services.
sical architectural ornament, their overall effect is modern and The Lindner Building is a five story, skeletal frame structure four floors while the outer two are flush with the sidewalk. in the fourth floor windows which echo the segmental arches above. XORIGINAL SITE _UNEXPOSED DATE of the glass with limestone facing and decreasing the size of the XFAIR AREAS OF

Statement of significance

In the late 1940's, the Lindner Company merged with two other firms to become the Sterling-Lindner-Davis department store. This Progressive Reform movements, calling on architects to build better LAW PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART COMMUNICATIONS PREHISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT AGRICULTURE THEATER aesthetically innovative. _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION SCULPTURE MILITARY XARCHITECTURE LITERATURE _CONSERVATION trations of clothing retailers in the country. _1800-1899 The Lindner Building is one of the major works of progressive American designers to maintain the conventions of the Art Nouveau president of what was Cleveland's largest specialty shop. This resulted in designs which were both functionally efficient and Robert D.
Kohn was a New York City architect.Most famous for X1900- Its open glass facade and its combination of Classical and Art Noveau motifs -1400-1499 style long after its decline in Europe.He was also active in the _PHILOSOPHY clothing firm and the company's secretary, Max Hellman, became the -ECONOMICS -ENGINEERING asset to the city. Max J.Lindner came to Cleveland in l9o7 and opened a shop XCOMMERCE -1600-1699 were a departure from the commercial styles of the era and remain a unique -EDUCATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT Robert D. Kohn -1500-1599 -1700-1799 Teller Company in the early1950's.After they left in the early -SCIENCE 197o's, the structure became a discount store Mart) and now -MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC stands vacant. architect Robert Kohn as well as an unusual survivor from an era selling women's apparel the following year. Mr.
Lindner left at that time to become the manager of a men's Thus, the Lindner Building is an important Cleveland landmark The company grew in and a significant work by one of America's earliest modern architects. popularity and moved into its own building in September l9l5. building was purchased and remodeled by the New York based Bonwit his New York Evening Post Building was one of the few - INDUSTRY

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Rose, Cleveland, The Making of a City, 1950, pg. 666. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Tess than one ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Parcel # 103-1-34 STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Tom Fisher - Regional Preservationist July 1977 STREET & NUMBER 721-5722 (216) 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 CODE DATE NORTHING TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION COUNTY Cleveland North Cleveland ATTEST Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland City Directories. UTM REFERENCES 10825 East Boulevard ZONE EASTING LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES CITY OR TOWN The American Architect, "The Lindner Store", vol.111, May 16, 1917.
Ohio 44106 ep 11978 ZONE Ohio 14:519:414,0.01 Photos _ Inventory - SEP 13 Federal Register Entry 3.15.78.2677 OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HAER Maps Send-back Working Number HISTORIAN TECHNICAL Property Review ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up The Lindner Building Ohio State BRANCH CHIEF 5.3.78 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 date, level IN T:2106- 74 TOWNER CONTROL Re-submit Cuyah REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 6/2/78 Facade - looking NE MAR 1 5 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Tom Fisher Lindner Building Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Ohio SEP 13 1978 SEP 13 1978 Rear elevation -looking SE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Tom Fisherdoutfust 1977 CLEVELAND NORTH QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CLEVELAND NORTH RECEIVED NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES OHIO-CUYAHOCA CO.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (August 1971) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CALL ADDRESS (Tel. No. if noeded) SHPO Ohis S. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION TELEPHONE REPORT 614-466-8727 WASO-166 CALL NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL FROM (Name) OFFICE TITLE DATE Simmons David LOCAL Ma/ SEP 13 1978 Gal11polis Columbus, Ohio 43211 Towers Location Sandusky Cuyahoga County Ironton Director Lindler Building Erie County STATE Lawrence County Cincinnati Depot Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot Holy Cross Monastery and Chapel State Historic Preservation Officer Byers/bjr 9/15/78 Hamilton County Ohio Hospital for Epileptics Stone Water Zanesville The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Muskingum County Name Honorable Willis D. Gradison Cleveland Also Notified Lafayette Lodge Number 79 Honorable Clarence E.
Miller ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Gallia County Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Date Entered Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Donald J. Pease Honorable Mary Rose Oakar 3) date of entry: ) county code: SEP 13 X STATE 1I)CONGRESS.
DISTRICT 20TH (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Daltered Joriginal site 17) features: Dexeellent EO NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed S - UNKNOWN-6 Dunexcavated -- NOT APPLICABLE - 8 - No Access 2) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 - URBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 C SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24OTHER (SPECIFY) - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY-13 -MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 3 funetions major alterations : ") interior decorator: *artisan: Abuilder/contractor: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION PH0664758 Tom Fisher ASSOCIATION Cuyahoga date engineer: historic events: ENTERTAINMENT-26 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: Cleveland COMMERCE-6 EVENTS: artist: CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Lindner Building vicinity of NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Bonwit Teller Store WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET LOCAL SAVED?YES 6architectural style(s): 133l Euclid Ave.
as it appears on federal register: Oruins CNPS REGION: 2 OTHER NAMES 6 LOCATION street & number city / town Dreconstrueted Ounknown - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 landscape architect / garden designer: vho prepared form? (BACCESS OYES-Restricted DYES -Unrestricted ETHNIC GROUP eviewers initials dates of initial construction: NAMES give role & date Omoved