The Cleveland Landmarks Commission is ''responsible for determining whether buildings, sites or historic districts are eligible for designation as landmarks'' in the city of
Cleveland, Ohio. As Cleveland has many historic streets, districts, and buildings the commission is charged with weeding out what buildings, districts, and streets are of definite interest to the people of Cleveland, Ohio and the nation of the
United States
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in general. Two of the oldest buildings in the city that are listed on the Landmarks Commission are the 1824
Dunham Tavern Museum (which is located in the
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known a ...
neighborhood of the city) and the 1855
Old Stone Church located on
Public Square
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.
The List
This is a partial list of buildings that are listed on the website of the City of Cleveland and that largely already have a presence on Wiki pages.
The List is broken down by Cleveland neighborhood.
[ Retrieved on 2015-12-23]
Downtown
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East 4th Street District
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Caxton Building
The Caxton Building is a historic building completed in 1903 in Cleveland, Ohio.Cleveland City Hall
Cleveland City Hall is the seat of government for the City of Cleveland, Ohio, and the home of Cleveland City Council and the office of the Mayor of Cleveland. It opened in 1916 and is located at 601 Lakeside Avenue in the Civic Center area of D ...
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Cleveland Grays Armory
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Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland Public Library, located in Cleveland, Ohio, operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 27 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in City Hall, and the Ohio Library for the ...
Main Branch
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Cuyahoga County Courthouse
The Cuyahoga County Courthouse stretches along Lakeside Avenue at the north end of the Cleveland Mall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The building was listed on the National Register along with the mall district in 1975. Other notable buildings of t ...
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1717 East Ninth Building
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Fenn Tower
Fenn Tower is a 22-story skyscraper in Cleveland, Ohio. It is owned by Cleveland State University. It was built for the National Town and Country Club, but was only used for one event before closing. It was originally known as the National Town a ...
at
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University (CSU) is a Public university, public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in op ...
(CSU)
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Guardian Bank Building
The Guardian Bank Building (originally known as the New England Building and later known as the National City Bank Building) is a high-rise building on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
Description and history
It was built in 1896 and ...
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Mather Mansion
The Mather Mansion as it is officially known was completed in 1910 by the famous New York-trained preeminent Cleveland architect Charles F. Schweinfurth who built the 45-room Tudor Revival style (which hearkens back to English country gentry) home ...
at CSU
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May Company Building
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Old Stone Church
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Playhouse Square
Playhouse Square is a theater district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the largest performing arts center in the US outside of New York City (only Lincoln Center is larger). Constructed in a span of 19 months in the early 1920s, ...
(Cleveland's Theatre District)
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Public Hall
Public Auditorium (also known as Public Hall) is a multi-purpose performing arts, entertainment, sports, and exposition facility located in the civic center district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The 10,000-capacity main auditorium shares its sta ...
(not including the 2013
Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland
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)
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Public Square
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(Cleveland's central plaza)
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Rose Building
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St. John's Cathedral (The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland's mother church)
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument
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Standard Building
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Warehouse District
This is a list of notable warehouse districts.
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University
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Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Res ...
(several buildings)
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Church of the Covenant
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Cleveland Cultural Gardens
The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are a collection of public gardens located in Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio. The gardens are situated along East Boulevard & Martin Luther King Jr. Drive within the 276 acre of wooded parkland on the city's Ea ...
in
Rockefeller Park
Rockefeller Park is a city park named in honor of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Sr., located in Cleveland, Ohio. Part of the Cleveland Public Parks District, Rockefeller Park is immediately adjacent Wade Park to the southeast, and across Euclid ...
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Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egypt ...
(1916 and 1971 buildings)
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Garfield Memorial
The James A. Garfield Memorial is a memorial for and the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield, located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. The memorial, which began construction in October 1885 and was dedicated o ...
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Lakeview Cemetery
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Little Italy
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are ...
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Severance Hall
Severance Hall is a concert hall located in the University Circle section of Cleveland, Ohio. Opened in 1931, Severance Hall was named after patrons John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth Huntingdon DeWitt Severance, and serves as the home ...
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Stager-Beckwith Mansion
Ohio City
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Carnegie West Branch of
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland Public Library, located in Cleveland, Ohio, operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 27 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in City Hall, and the Ohio Library for the ...

* Market Square
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West Side Market
The West Side Market is the oldest operating indoor/outdoor market space in Cleveland, Ohio. It is located at the corner of West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue in the Ohio City neighborhood. On December 18, 1973, it was added to the National R ...
Tremont
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A Christmas Story House
A Christmas Story House is an attraction and museum in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The 19th-century Victorian, which was used in the exterior and some interior scenes of Ralphie Parker's house in the 1983 film ''A Christmas Story ...
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St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Detroit–Shoreway
*Gordon Square
References
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