National Preservation Month

National Preservation Month
This presentation is part of Lakewood’s
celebration of national Preservation Month and
the theme New Age of Preservation:
National Preservation Month
Lakewood Activities
May 10 - 20 – Lakewood Historical
Society’s 5th Annual Architectural
Scavenger Hunt. Find the locations of
the arches in the 20 photos.
Download the contest form at:
Lakewoodhistory.org.
National Preservation Month
Lakewood Activities
May 19 – The City of Lakewood
Heritage Advisory Board recognizes
fourteen recipients for the 13th Annual
Lakewood Historic Preservation
Awards.
National Preservation Month
Lakewood Activities
Continuing through August,
LakewoodAlive’s Knowing Your Home
Educational Series will host sessions on
exterior painting, masonry
maintenance and repairs, contracting
for repairs, and repairing and
improving wood windows. For dates
and locations: LakewoodAlive.com.
National Preservation Month
Lakewood Activities
The Building Doctor program returns to
Lakewood June 26 – 27 on its
statewide tour. This Ohio Historical
Society program includes a Historic
Home Maintenance program (26th), and
house calls (27th). Cosponsored by
LakewoodAlive and the Lakewood
Historical Society. More information at
LakewoodAlive.com.
th
13
Annual
Historic Preservation
Awards – 2014
Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board
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Honoring exemplary projects that have
contributed to improving the quality of
life in Lakewood through the preservation
of our community’s historic and
architectural resources.
Commercial Revitalization
14400 Detroit Avenue
Built 1925. Architect: J. Frank Cavanaugh. (Building Permit, LHAB, Plain Dealer February 7, 1926. )
14400 Detroit Avenue
Nov. 1950
The dealership displayed cars indoors, as well as outdoors in front of the building.
(Cleveland Memory, Plain Dealer February 7, 1926. )
14400 Detroit Avenue
BEFORE. For many years the building was an office for Congressman Kucinich.
Landscaping had overgrown the site. (Google Streetview, 2011)
14400 Detroit Avenue
The work included reinstalling the entrance in the center of the building, exterior repairs,
new landscaping, and significant interior improvements.
14400 Detroit Avenue
The work also included new signage and awnings. The original loft office area with
leaded and colored glass casement windows remains intact.
Commercial Revitalization
14730 Detroit Avenue
Built 1913. Builder: T. B. Coder. The corner tenant in 1924 was Geiger’s. (Building Permit,
Cleveland Memory)
14730 Detroit Avenue
BEFORE. Known as the Warren building, the corner tenant for many years was Normile
Insurance. (Cleveland Memory)
14730 Detroit Avenue
The work included new windows, doors, awnings, and signage.
Commercial Revitalization
15518-24 Detroit Avenue
Built 1921. Architect: Allen A. Sogg. He was a Cleveland architect who designed
commercial and residential projects during the first half of the 20th century. Sogg
designed the post office branch on West 117th Street north of Detroit (1921). The
building was developed by Charles C. Bow, hence the building name “Bow – Detroit.”
Bow was the treasurer of a company that imported and wholesaled china, glassware,
and silverware and lived in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood. (Building Permit, Cleveland Memory, 1920
U. S. Census)
15518-24 Detroit Avenue
BEFORE.
15518-24 Detroit Avenue
The work included removal of sheet metal in the transom area, reinforcing the wall
above the windows, and new awnings.
15518-24 Detroit Avenue
New signage was also installed.
Porch Rehabilitation
2181 Olive Avenue
Built 1924. The first owners were Charles and Pearl Burk. In 1930, he was a
superintendent at the Railway Express Company. (Building Permit, Cleveland City Directories, U.S. Census)
2181 Olive Avenue
BEFORE.
2181 Olive Avenue
DURING CONSTRUCTION and AFTER. Work included rebuilding the foundation and
floor, and reinstalling the columns.
Rehabilitation
1241 Thoreau Avenue
Built 1906. Architect: Frederick
Baird. He was a prolific Cleveland
architect during the first two
decades of the 20th century. He
designed a number of Lakewood
residences. His most well known
building is St. Theodosius Cathedral
in Cleveland. The first owners of
this Swiss Chalet style home were
William and Blanche Wootters. He
was the secretary of the grocery
wholesale firm Haserot. (Cuyahoga County
Fiscal Office, Cleveland Architects Database, Cleveland
City Directories, U.S. Census)
1241 Thoreau Avenue
BEFORE.
1241 Thoreau Avenue
A partnership of
LakewoodAlive, the
Cuyahoga County
Land Reutilization
Corp. (land bank),
and the City of
Lakewood saved the
house from demolition.
A complete
rehabilitation inside
and out retained as
much of the home’s
character as possible,
and it has been resold
to a new owner
occupant.
New Garage Construction
1487 Arthur Avenue
House built 1913. (Building Permit)
The owners replaced a detached garage with a combination attached
garage and second story addition, which is not visible from the street.
New Garage Construction
16118 Clifton Boulevard
House Built 1904.
(Building Permit)
This new garage harmonizes with the shingle siding and design details of the house.
16118 Clifton Boulevard
The August 4, 1904 building
permit for the house was #76,
which seems to answer the
question about what year
Lakewood started issuing building
permits.
New Garage Construction
12981 Lake Avenue
House Built 1916.
(Building Permit)
This new garage copies the flared wall of the house and creates an interesting design
treatment for a garage with no windows in the overhead door.
12981 Lake Avenue
New Garage Construction
2043 Lakeland Avenue
House Built 1923.
(Building Permit)
This new garage matches the siding pattern of the house: clapboard on the lower
portion, and the alternating bands of narrow and wide shingles in the upper section.
2043 Lakeland Avenue
New Garage Construction
1605 Riverside Drive
House Built 1915. Architect: Frederick Baird. (See 1241 Thoreau home). First owner
was Elizabeth Fries, widow of Charles Fries, president of Fries & Schuele dry goods,
carpets, and draperies firm in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. (Building Permit, Cleveland City
Directories, Cleveland Necrology File)
1605 Riverside Drive
This previous garage was located inconveniently at the far edge of the lot.
1605 Riverside Drive
The building was created through a partnership of the homeowners and Lakewood City
School’s West Shore Career – Technical District, which built the garage.
1605 Riverside Drive
This new garage is a Dutch Colonial style with a gambrel roof to match the house shape.
In addition, siding, window grouping, and trim also match the house.
1605 Riverside Drive
This new garage and driveway are now much closer to the house, and a covered
walkway was built to connect the two structures.
Historic Rehabilitation
12552 Clifton Boulevard
Cleveland Leader, Feb. 22, 1903
Built 1901. The first owners were newlyweds William and Ida Rapprich. In the 1890’s
he was a co-founder and officer of the Forest City Savings & Trust Co., which merged
with Cleveland Trust in 1920, where he continued as a vice president. He lived at this
house until his death in 1930. (Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office, Cleveland City Directories, U. S. Census, The Plain Dealer (March
18, 1930)
12552 Clifton Boulevard
The project involved
dismantling the
wrap-around stone
porch and
reconstructing it.
12552 Clifton Boulevard
AFTER. Reconstructed stone porch.
Neighborhood Rehabilitation
Arthur Avenue
Plain Dealer, November 25, 1906.
Lakewood resident John C. Hall developed Arthur Avenue, beginning street construction
in 1903. The view above, taken in late 1906, shows the pair of piers originally at the
Detroit Avenue entrance to the street. Hall said he had “copied the style from the
exclusive streets of St. Louis” and called it Lakewood’s “Arts and Crafts” street.
Arthur Avenue
Utilities for the homes were obtained
through the rear yards. When
streetlights were installed, the poles
were limited to supplying electricity for
the streetlights, which made replacement
a possibility.
Arthur Avenue
Residents organized a project to replace
the streetlights and bury the electrical
wires. The City administration and
Lakewood City Council approved th
change, and all property owners on the
street are sharing in the cost of the
project.
Preservation Honor Award
17897 Lake Road
Built 1922, expanded 1924. The first owners were Frank and Medora Stuyvesant. He
was president of the Stuyvesant Motor Car Company. Eugene W. Kettering, the only son
of inventor Charles Kettering, lived here from 1933 to 1957. He spent 30 years with
General Motors and was involved with the development of diesel locomotives. (Building Permit,
Cleveland City Directories, U. S. Census, John S. Pyke).
17897 Lake Road
BEFORE. Deterioration of the original tile roof.
17897 Lake Road
AFTER. Installation of the new tile roof.
Preservation Honor Award
13428 Lake Road
Built 1923. Architect: Gustave B. Bohm. Bohm was a well-known residential architect who built
many homes on the west side of Cleveland and Lakewood during the first quarter of the 20th
century, including the Faeber-Morse house at the southwest corner of Lake and Nicholson. This
$20,000 home was built for George G. and Margaret Schuele. He was a vice president of the
Fries & Schuele dry goods firm (See 1605 Riverside home) (Building Permit, Cleveland City Directories, Cleveland
Architects Database)
13428 Lake Avenue
DURING CONSTRUCTION. Portion of deteriorated original tile roof on the right.
13428 Lake Avenue
DURING CONSTRUCTION.
1096 Homewood Drive
AFTER: Installation of the new tile roof.
Historic Preservation
Awards – 2014
Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board