Cleveland Arcade

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title: "Cleveland Arcade" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["commercial-buildings-completed-in-1890", "shopping-malls-established-in-1890", "buildings-and-structures-in-cleveland", "hotels-in-cleveland", "national-historic-landmarks-in-ohio", "shopping-malls-in-cuyahoga-county,-ohio", "shopping-arcades-in-the-united-states", "tourist-attractions-in-cleveland", "national-register-of-historic-places-in-cleveland,-ohio", "downtown-cleveland", "1890-establishments-in-ohio"] description: "Historic structure in Cleveland, Ohio, US" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Arcade" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Historic structure in Cleveland, Ohio, US ::

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Field	Value
name	Cleveland Arcade
nrhp_type	nhl
image	Arcade (48249762776).jpg
caption	Looking down the length of The Arcade
location	Cleveland, Ohio
coordinates
locmapin	United States Cleveland#Ohio#USA
built	1890
architect	Eisenmann & Smith; Detroit Bridge Co.
architecture	Romanesque
added	March 20, 1973
designated_nrhp_type	May 15, 1975
refnum	73001408
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| name = Cleveland Arcade | nrhp_type = nhl | image = Arcade (48249762776).jpg | caption = Looking down the length of The Arcade | location = Cleveland, Ohio |coordinates = | locmapin = United States Cleveland#Ohio#USA | area = | built = 1890 | architect = Eisenmann & Smith; Detroit Bridge Co. | architecture = Romanesque | added = March 20, 1973 | designated_nrhp_type = May 15, 1975 |refnum = 73001408 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Cleveland_Arcade,_1966.jpg" caption="Looking down the length of The Arcade Interior of The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, looking south toward Euclid Avenue; March 7, 1966"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/The_Cleveland_Arcade_(ca._1910-1920).jpg" caption="The Arcade (ca. 1910–1920)" alt="The Arcade (ca. 1910–1920)"] ::

The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet (91 m), along the four balconies. Erected in 1890, at a cost of $867,000 ($ in dollars), the Arcade opened on Memorial Day (May 30, 1890), The Arcade was modified in 1939, remodeling the Euclid Avenue entrance and adding some structural support. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

History

The Arcade was built in 1890 by Detroit Bridge Co., run by Stephen V. Harkness. the Arcade is one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. Modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II located in Milan, the Arcade comprises two nine-story towers with a skylight, 100 feet (30 m) high, made of 1,800 panes of glass spanning over 300 feet (91 m). The construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller, Stephen V. Harkness, Marcus Hanna, Charles F. Brush and several other wealthy Clevelanders of the day. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Medallion_of_S._V.Harkness-Cleveland_Arcade-_Cleveland,Ohio-_DSC07973.JPG" caption="S.V. Harkness]] on entrance to the arcade"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Medallion_of_Charles_F.Brush-Cleveland_Arcade-_Cleveland,Ohio-_DSC07971.JPG" caption="Medallion of [[Charles F. Brush]] that hangs outside the Cleveland Arcade on Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio"] ::

-- The Arcade is a cross between a lighted court and a commercial shopping street. The building is a complex of three structures: two nine-story office buildings facing out to Euclid and Superior Avenues, connected via the five-story iron-and-glass-enclosed arcade. along Superior Avenue is original, but the Euclid Avenue front was remodeled in 1939 by the firm of Walker and Weeks. The level of the Superior Avenue entrance is about 12 ft lower than the Euclid entrance, so that there are two bottom arcade floors, joined by staircases at each end. Since Euclid and Superior avenues are not parallel, a passage leads, at a 23-degree angle, off the Euclid entrance to a rotunda at the southern end of the Arcade. The arcade itself is a 300 ft-long covered light court, ringed by four levels of balconies, which step back above the Euclid Avenue level. The vertical lines of the columns, rising nearly 100 feet (33 m) to the glass roof, create a spacious domed interior.

The Arcade's design inspired a similar shopping arcade in Atlanta called the Peachtree Arcade, which was constructed in the 1910s.

In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel. The Hyatt Regency occupies the two towers and the top three floors of the atrium area. The two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court. In addition, the Hyatt's lobby and offices are located near the Superior Avenue entrance. That same year, the skylight was also replaced.

Notes

References

1. {{NRISref. 2007a
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4. DeMarco, Laura. (March 16, 2017). "Cleveland's grand arcades are passageways between yesterday and today". The Plain Dealer.
5. http://quarriesandbeyond.org/articles_and_books/hummelstown_brownstone_co-book.pdf {{Bare URL PDF. (March 2022)
6. James, Robert P.. (September 10, 1917). "Peachtree Arcade Nearing Completion: Prominent Realty Man Realizes Ambition of His Life". [[Atlanta Chamber of Commerce]].
7. [http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=E73ABD6180B44874871A91F6BA5C249C&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=1578600D80804596A222593669321019&tier=4&id=1ECD6468951B46F096FFA6234B100B3D Icons of Cleveland: The Arcade]. ''[[Cleveland Magazine]]'', August 2009.

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