Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Calfee Building

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

1. The Calfee Building Marker

Inscription. Constructed in 1916 as the headquarters for the
East Ohio Gas Company and added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Restored and renovated in 2011
to become the home of
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP,
a law firm founded in Cleveland in 1903.

Developer: Cal-Park Property Company LLC
Architects: Sandvick Architects, Inc.; Vocon, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 41° 30.133′ N, 81° 41.45′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of East 6th Street and Rockwell Avenue, on the left when traveling south on East 6th Street. Marker is mounted at eye-level near the southwest corner of the subject building, facing East 6th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1405 East 6th Street, Cleveland OH 44114, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally,

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it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Desegregation Of Cleveland Public Schools (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cleveland's Main Library (about 400 feet away); Ohio State Bar Association (about 700 feet away); Commerce (about 700 feet away); Howard M. Metzenbaum (about 800 feet away); The Arcade (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named The Arcade (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Regarding The Calfee Building. National Register of Historic Places #03000043, as the East Ohio Gas Company Building.

Also see . . . Calfee Building. Tours of Cleveland website entry:

The building was constructed in 1916 and originally the home of the East Ohio Gas Company. The gas company was part
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

2. The Calfee Building Marker
(southwest corner of the building • facing East 6th Street)
of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Co. The building was cutting edge for its time and mirrored the Beaux Arts styles of the buildings along the mall that were part of the Group Plan of 1903.

(Submitted on December 5, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Calfee Building (<i>front/west entrance</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

3. Calfee Building (front/west entrance)

Calfee Building (<i>southwest perspective</i>)</center> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

4. Calfee Building (southwest perspective)

Calfee Building <center>(<i>front/west elevation</i>)</center> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

5. Calfee Building (front/west elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,143 times since then and 106 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.