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Item Title
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
Location1365 Ontario Street,
Cleveland, OH
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS OH-2357
Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The building was built in 1911, a time when railroad traffic and employment were nearing their peak and when Cleveland was in the front ranks of American industrial and transportation centers. The BofLE headquarters building was built as a statement about how far the brotherhood had come in 55 years and about its prospects for the future. Inclusion of retail, rental office and public auditorium space in the building made possible a public interaction with the brotherhood that was not common in American labor unions.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. View east: northwest/southwest facades 5/14/89
2. View north: southwest facade/rear facade 5/08/89
3. View west: southeast/northeast facades 4/07/89
4. View southeast: Detail: auditorium entrance 5/04/89
5. View east: Detail: Ontario entrance 5/04/89
6. View northeast: Detail cornice on southwest facade 5/08/89
7. View southeast: frieze/heads on northwest facade 5/04/89
8. View east: 4/25/89
9. View northeast: 4/25/89
10. View west: 4/25/89
11. View southwest: electrical room 4/25/89
12. View west: electrical room 4/25/89
13. View north: elevator house:exterior 4/25/89
14. View northeast: interior elevator house 4/25/89
15. View southwest: interior elevator house 4/25/89
16. View northeast: Detail: post box 4/25/89
17. View northeast: 4/12/89
18. View south: 4/12/89
19. View west: 4/12/89
20. View southeast: 4/12/89
21. View northwest: mural 4/12/89
22. View southeast: mural 4/12/89
23. View southwest: mural 4/12/89
24. View southwest: mural 4/12/89
25. View northwest: mural 4/12/89
26. View southwest: mural 4/12/89
27. View northwest: mural 4/12/89
28. View northeast: mural 4/12/89
29. View northeast: mural 4/12/89
30. View northeast: mural 4/12/89
31. View northeast: mural 4/12/89
32. View northeast: mural 4/12/89
33. View southeast: mural 4/12/89
34. View southwest: mural 4/12/89
35. View southwest: mural 4/12/89
36. View southwest 4/23/89
37. View northeast 4/23/89
38. View northeast: Detail: plaster work 4/23/89
39. View northeast: Detail: grate on Northeast wall 4/23/89
40. View southwest: foyer 4/23/89
41. View northeast: foyer 4/23/89
42. View south: women's waiting room 4/23/89
43. View east: women's waiting room 4/23/89
44. View west: women's anteroom 4/23/89
45. View east: women's anteroom 4/23/89
46. View southeast: stage from under balcony 4/23/89
47. View northwest: audience area from stage 4/23/89
48. View up: plaster work in ceiling 4/23/89
49. View up: Detail: ceiling plaster work 4/23/89
50. View up: Detail: ceiling plaster work 4/23/89
51. View east: stage wing 4/23/89
52. View east: Detail: plaster work on stage wing 4/23/89
53. View southeast: Detail: stage plaster work 4/23/89
54. View west: full column 4/23/89
55. View west: Detail: capital of column 4/23/89
56. View south: Detail: engaged column; frieze with heads 4/23/89
57. View south: general view of auditorium from balcony 4/23/89
58. View east: general view of auditorium from balcony 4/23/89
59. View northeast: balcony 4/23/89
60. View south: exterior theatre wall and delivery passage 4/23/89
61. View southwest: hall 4/25/89
62. View southwest: hall 4/25/89
63. View southwest: hall 4/22/89
64. View northwest: hall 4/20/89
65. View northwest: office area 4/20/89
66. View southeast: hall /20/89
67. View southeast: hall 4/20/89
68. View southeast: hall 4/07/89
69. View northeast: entrance to women's room 4/20/89
70. View northwest: hall 4/20/89
71. View southeast: hall 4/20/89
72. View northwest: office area 4/19/89
73. View southeast: office area 4/19/89
74. View south: office conference area 4/19/89
75. View east: office area 4/22/89
76. View southeast: office area 4/22/89
77. View northeast: office area 4/22/89
78. View west: corner office area 4/22/89
79. View north: conference room 4/22/89
80. View southeast: hall 4/18/89
81. View southwest: office area 4/18/89
82. View southeast: hall 4/18/89
83. View southwest: hall 4/19/89
84. View northwest: hall 4/17/89
85. View southwest: hall 4/17/89
86. View east: office area 4/17/89
87. View southeast: office area 4/17/89
88. View south: office area 4/17/89
89. View northwest: sign 4/19/89
90. View southeast: office area 4/14/89
91. View west: office area 4/14/89
92. View southwest: entrance to office 4/14/89
93. View east: stair well 4/13/89
94. View northwest: print shop 4/13/89
95. View south: print shop 4/13/89
96. View west: print ship 4/13/89
97. View west: office area 4/13/89
98. View southeast: brass window handle 4/13/89
99. View southeast: entrance to office 4/13/89
100. View northeast: entrance to washroom 4/19/89
101. View southeast: passage 4/14/89
102. View southwest: passage 4/14/89
103. View south: office area 4/19/89
104. View southwest: passage/safes 4/19/89
105. View south: Detail: safe 4/14/89
106. View southeast: passage 4/19/89
107. View east: stairs 4/19/89
108. View northwest: outer passage 4/19/89
109. View northwest: office area 4/19/89
110. View northwest: passage 4/19/89
111. Plan of 4th to 12th Floors, Inclusive
112. Typical Floor Framing Plan (3rd to 12th Floors Inclusive)
113. Plan of Typical Panel
114. General Arrangement Boiler Room Retaining Walls...
115. Boiler Room Retaining Walls Details
116. Boiler Room Retaining Wall Details
117. Ontario Street Elevation
118. St. Clair Avenue Elevation
119. Boiler Room Retaining Walls Details
120. South Elevation
121. Section Thro Center Court Looking East
122. Longitudinal Section Thru Auditorium
123. General Details of First Story Spandrels of Ontario and St. Clair Ave. Fronts
124. Part Elevation of St. Clair Ave. Entrance
125. General Details of Mezzanine Second and Third Story Spandrels of Ontario and St. Clair Ave. Fronts
126. Elevation of Main Cornice, Attic, 12th Story and Typical Story Spandrels
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