Label
Zoning & Planning Committee
Title
Accepting the City Plan Commission's recommendation for local landmark designation for the Building known as the Thurgood Marshall Building located at 424 E. Manhattan Street, in accordance with Toledo Municipal Code Section 1111.1002; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This request is for the review of the landmark designation for the Thurgood Marshall
Building, originally named the Webster School for Toledo Public Schools, located at 424 E. Manhattan Boulevard. The City of Toledo currently has three locally designated historic districts: Old West End, Vistula, and Westmoreland. Eight other properties in the City of Toledo have been locally designated in the last six years; the Fiberglas Tower/Levis Square Park, located at 200, 435 North Saint Clair was the first locally designated landmark structure. This subject site is not located in the downtown vicinity and will be the second locally designated structure outside of the downtown area. This site is located in the Lagrange neighborhood and is located two miles away from the Vistula Historic District.
The applicant is seeking the designation in order to obtain State Historic Tax Credits and they are also seeking to list the building in the National Register of Historic Places for its historic significance so it will qualify for Federal Tax Credits. The building is considered historically significant since it was constructed circa 1921 and is Collegiate Gothic in style.
The building located at 424 E. Manhattan Boulevard, formally called Webster School, is a rectangular, brick and stone, flat roof structure. It has a symmetrical layout, in Collegiate Gothic style. The building was constructed in 1921 and received interior renovations in 1948 and 1974. The building measures 162 feet wide (east/west) and 162 feet long (north/south), has approximately 97,969 square feet and is sixty-four feet tall.
The building is three level...
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