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Title
Downtown
Cleveland
-
aerial
view
Subject
Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
County courts--Ohio
Brunner, Arnold W. (Arnold William), 1857-1925
Burnham, D. H. (Daniel Hudson), 1846-1912
Carrère, John Merven, 1858-1911
Turner, Charles Yardley, 1850-
Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945
Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931
National Register of Historic Places
City halls--United States
Dyer, J. Milton, 1870-1957
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio)
Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio)
Walker and Weeks (Firm)
Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005
Stribling, Young, 1907-1933
Cleveland Rams (Football team)
Cleveland. Football Club (National League, Browns)
Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (U.S.)
Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland College
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
a
section
of
Cleveland
along
Lake
Erie
and a
part
of
Lakeside
Avenue
, from the
Cuyahoga
County
Courthouse
to
Cleveland
City
Hall
. Also
visible
are
Cleveland
Municipal
Stadium
, The
Standard
Building
and The
Mall
,
which
used
to
feature
an
outdoor
amphitheater
. There are also
several
boats
and
docks
along
the
waterfront
. The
Cuyahoga
County
Courthouse
,
located
at
1
Lakeside
Avenue
,
is
a
four-story
pink
granite
structure
,
completed
in
1912
by
designed
by
architects
Lehman
and
Schmidt
in the
French
Classical
Revival
(Beaux-Arts)
style
. The
Lakeside
Avenue
facade
is
decorated
with
figures
in
white
Tennessee
marble
of
men
important
in the
development
of
English
law
;
before
the
north
entrance
are
bronze
statues
of
John
Marshall
and
Rufus
Ray
, and
before
the
south
of
Thomas
Jefferson
and
Alexander
Hamilton
.
Sculptors
were
Herbert
Adams
,
Karl
Bitter
, and
Daniel
Chester
French
.
Notable
among
the
works
of
art
in the
building
is
a
mural
decoration
, 'The
Trial
of
Captain
John
Smith
', by
Charles
Yardley
Turner
,
which
portrays
a
scene
at
Smith's
trial
for
treason
and
mutiny
in
1607
. The
building
was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1975
.
It
now
houses
the
Cleveland
Law
Library
Association
.
Cleveland
City
Hall
,
located
at
Lakeside
Avenue
and
East
6th
(Sixth)
Street
is
a
five-story
steel-frame
and
concrete
structure
with
Vermont
granite
exterior
was
designed
by
J
.
Milton
Dyer
in the
Renaissance
style
in
1916
at a
cost
of
$3
million
dollars
.
It
has
arcaded
ground
story
, a
2-story
Tuscan
colonnade
, and a
central
entrance
bay
characteristic
of the
Beaux-Arts
style
and was the
first
such
structure
built
for and
owned
by the
city
. The
Council
Chambers
underwent
major
restorations
in
1951
and
1977
. In
1994
, a
major
exterior
renovation
costing
$2.9
million
took
place
for the
first
time
in the
building's
history
.
Cleveland
Stadium
,
located
at the
foot
of
West
3rd
(Third)
Street
,
is
built
of
gray-white
brick
and
cost
$3
million
dollars
to
build
.
It
opened
July
3
,
1931
, for the
heavyweight
championship
fight
between
Max
Schmeling
and
Young
Stribling
.
Designed
by
Walker
and
Weeks
, the
two-deck
stadium
had a
seating
capacity
of
78
,
189
,
which
could
be
augmented
by
temporary
seats
to
total
100
,
000
.
Batteries
of
floodlights
make
night
events
possible
.
Sometimes
called
Cleveland
Municipal
Stadium
and/or
Lakefront
Stadium
, this
multipurpose
building
was the
home
for
first
the
Cleveland
Rams
, then
Cleveland
Browns
(football)
and the
Cleveland
Indians
(baseball)
.
It
was
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1987
and
demolished
to
make
way
for
new
modern
facilities
in
1996
(Cleveland
Browns
Stadium)
. The
Standard
Building
,
located
at
1370
Ontario
Street
in
Cleveland
,
Ohio
was
originally
called
the
‘Brotherhood
of
Locomotive
Engineers
Cooperative
National
Bank
Building
and
later
the
Standard
Bank
Building)
is
a
high-rise
office
tower
.
Rising
to a
height
of
282
feet
, the
Standard
Building
was the
second
tallest
building
in
Cleveland
when
it
was
completed
in
1925
.
Three
of its
four
sides
are
clad
in
cream-colored
terra
cotta
with a
recurring
starburst
motif
. The
south
face
,
which
can
be
seen
from
Public
Square
,
is
unadorned
and
windowless
.
It
was
designed
by
Knox
and
Elliot
architects
, and was
built
for
$7
million
.
It
is
owned
by the
Brotherhood
of
Locomotive
Engineers
and
Trainmen
.
During
the
Great
Depression
,
Standard
Bank
ran
into
financial
difficulties
and was
sold
by the
BLE
.
It
merged
with
two
other
Cleveland
banks
in
1930
,
forming
Standard
Trust
Bank
. This
bank
subsequently
failed
in
1931
and its
assets
were
liquidated
. From
World
War
II
through
the
1960s
, the
bank
lobby
served
as an
indoctrination
center
for
draftees
. In the
1940s
the
building
housed
Cleveland
College
, a
downtown
campus
of
Western
Reserve
University
, and was the
last
building
of that
campus
. The
1903
Group
Plan
by
Daniel
Burnham
,
John
Carrère
, and
Arnold
W
.
Brunner
as a
vast
public
room
flanked
by the
city's
major
civic
and
governmental
buildings
,
all
built
in the
neoclassical
style
.
Many
of those
buildings
along
this
long
public
park
were
built
over
the
following
three
decades
,
including
the
Metzenbaum
Courthouse
(1910)
,
Cuyahoga
County
Courthouse
(1912)
,
Cleveland
City
Hall
(1916)
,
Public
Auditorium
(1922)
, the
Cleveland
Public
Library
main
building
(1925)
, and the
Cleveland
Public
Schools
Board
of
Education
building
(1931)
.
Other
buildings
include
Key
Tower
, the
Cuyahoga
County
Administration
Building
, and the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Cleveland
. The
Mall
was
placed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1975
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date created
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Date modified
2010-06-01
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