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TITLE:
Wade Park Avenue Bridge, Liberty Boulevard, Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

CALL NUMBER:
HABS OHIO,18-CLEV,16-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7   (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Schweinfurth, Charles F.

NOTE:
Survey number HABS OH-2130

Building/structure dates: 1899 initial construction

Significance: Designed to carry Wade Park Avenue across a ravine and over Liberty Boulevard, the Wade Park Avenue Bridge is one of the most significant of a series of bridges in a Richardsonian manner by a leading Cleveland architect of the period, Charles F. Schweinfurth. It exemplifies the engineering skills and architectural taste of the last decade of the 19th century in this area.

SUBJECTS:
OHIO--Cuyahoga County--Cleveland

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.oh0015

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Martin Linsey, Photographer October 27, 1965 SOUTH ELEVATION.
2. Historic American Buildings Survey, Martin Linsey, Photographer October 27, 1965 SOUTH SIDE-ARCH DETAIL AND STAIRWAY.
3. Historic American Buildings Survey, Martin Linsey, Photographer October 27, 1965 SOUTH SIDE-ARCH DETAIL AND STAIRWAY FROM THE WEST.
4. Historic American Buildings Survey, Martin Linsey, Photographer September 21, 1965 WADE PARK AVENUE, LOOKING WEST-SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE DECK.
5. Historic American Buildings Survey, PHOTOCOPY OF 1899 DRAWING OF SOUTH ELEVATION AND PLAN, ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES, CITY HALL, CLEVELAND, OHIO (LISTED AS SHEET #2 IN HABS REPORT.)
6. Historic American Buildings Survey, PHOTOCOPY OF 1899 DRAWING OF NORTH ELEVATION, PLAN, AND CONSTRUCTION DETAIL, ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES, CITY HALL, CLEVELAND, OHIO (LISTED AS SHEET #6 IN HABS REPORT).
7. Historic American Buildings Survey, PHOTOCOPY OF UNDATED (PROBABLY C.1899) PLAN, ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT, DIVISION OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES, CITY HALL, CLEVELAND, OHIO (LISTED AS SHEET #4 IN HABS REPORT.)

CONTROL #:
OH0015

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