Southworth House (Cleveland)

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Street view of the Southworth House.

The Southworth House is a residential building in the neo-classical and Italianate style in Cleveland , Ohio in the United States , which was built in the 1879th It is named after its first owner, W. P. Southworth, who was one of Cleveland's leading residents at the end of the 19th century. Over time it has been used for various commercial purposes. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1984 .

Building

The house was built in 1879 by William Palmer Southworth, a Cleveland businessman who started a grocery store in the 1850s. He and his wife were prominent members of Cleveland society; because his wife was a leader in the movement for women's suffrage , his downtown Public Square store was interesting enough that its destruction in a fire in 1882 was featured in The New York Times .

The house is built on stone foundations and has a cellar. The walls are made of bricks . The name of the architect is unknown. The three floors were originally divided into nineteen rooms, and in 1904 Southworth had an elevator installed. This is still there today.

After Southworth

In August 1906, a group of Cleveland Baptists formed an organization to build a retirement home for older Baptists, the Baptist Home of Northern Ohio. Ten months later, Southworth sold his house to the organization, which was funded by industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller , who was himself a Baptist. With the help of the local churches, the home was opened on October 16, 1907. According to the 1910 United States Census fourteen survived the end of 1910 inhabitants in the house, which has a value of 15,000 at this time the US dollar had. The former Southworth home was not long a dormitory for old people, it was relocated in 1919 and the house was sold that same year. From then on, it was used for different purposes. During the 1950s and 1960s, companies had offices in what was known as the Edelmar Building and the Accountants Building during that period . In 1973 Southworth House was used by Pi Sigma Tau Alpha, a fraternity at nearby Cleveland State University ; later it served as a corporation house for the local Delta Sigma Phi chapter . Since then the owner has changed several times. In 1997 it was bought by a nursing company. In 1997 the house was bought by a health care company. After the owner of the company was arrested for fraud in 2005, the house was bought at auction by a company that specializes in the preservation of historic buildings; this then sold the house on. In early 2009, Southworth House housed offices for various organizations.

conservation

Southworth House is recognized as a Landmark both nationally and locally. Along with a few other buildings along Prospect Avenue, it became part of the "Upper Prospect Multiple Resource Area" on November 1, 1984. added to the National Register of Historic Places . The house is significant for its combination of Neoclassicism and Italianate style and its connection with Southworth. Since the house was entered in the national register in 1984, it has been the focus of monument protection efforts. Cleveland City Council donated approximately $ 250,000 in late 1996 to support the renovation efforts. The company, which acquired the building in 2005, had the interior and exterior facades renovated before it was resold to the current owner.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wholesale Grocers ( English ) In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History . Case Western Reserve University . July 12, 1997. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b c Southworth House ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved December 25, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ohsweb.ohiohistory.org
  3. ↑ Alison Grant: 19-century mansion revived as union hall for Laborers Local 860 (English) . In: The Plain Dealer , December 13, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2009. 
  4. ^ Incendiaries in Cleveland .; A Large Fire Causing a loss of $ 267,000 - Another Up Town at the Sametime ( English ) New York Times . March 25, 1882. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  5. ↑ a b Cleveland City council meeting record ( English , PDF; 1.2 MB) In: The City Record . City of Cleveland. June 21, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  6. ^ A b Southworth Mansion ( English ) The Chesler Group. 2007. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 25, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cheslergroup.com
  7. ↑ Judson Retirement Community ( English ) In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History . Case Western Reserve University . August 29, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  8. ^ The Correspondence of George A. Myers and James Ford Rhodes, 1910-1923-III ( English ) In: Ohio History Quarterly . 1955. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / publications.ohiohistory.org  
  9. ^ A b Judson Retirement Community ( English ) In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History . Case Western Reserve University . August 29, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  10. ↑ Benevolent Institutions 1910 ( English ) United States Census Bureau . 1913. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  11. ↑ a b c d History of the Southworth Mansion ( English ) The Chesler Group. 2007. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 21, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cheslergroup.com
  12. ↑ News Release ( English ) United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. May 26, 2005. Archived from the original on December 28, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 21, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usdoj.gov
  13. ↑ See Cleveland Landmark Structures ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (in Case Western Reserve University's Encyclopedia of Cleveland History , accessed December 26, 2008) and the entries in the National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. Retrieved October 16, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ech.cwru.edu
  14. ^ The City Record (Cleveland city council meeting record; PDF; 252 kB), October 30, 1996, pp. 9-10. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
  15. ^ Randy Roguski: Audio: Touring the restored Southworth mansion, now a union hall , Cleveland.com. December 14, 2007. Accessed December 26, 2008. 

Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′ 4 "  N , 81 ° 39 ′ 48"  W.