SHPA Series: Space for Place

Famicos Notre Dame Building: Roman Catholic Notre Dame Academy - Cleveland, OH

Ohio

Famicos Notre Dame Building, affordable senior housing Cleveland, OH

Credit: www.famicos.org PROJECT DETAILS

Project Name: Famicos Notre Dame Building

Historic Name: Notre Dame Academy

Denomination: Roman Catholic, Order of the Sisters of Notre Dame

Architect: William Jensen

Construction Date: 1915

Date of Closure: 1964/1978

Date of Reuse: 1999

Address: 1325 Ansel Road Cleveland, OH 44106

Neighborhood: Glenville, Hough and St. Clair- Superior

Reuse: (Principal) 21 units of low income housing on the first floor and 52 units of low income elderly housing on upper floors. (Secondary) Health and child care services/offices.

Building Size: 103,000 sq. ft.

Project Cost: $9.7 million/ $94 per sq. ft.

Financing: Historic Tax Credits through National Equity Fund City of Cleveland Cleveland Housing Trust Fund HUD Famicos capital campaign State of Ohio grant Enterprise Foundation

Designation: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1988.

Significance: Played a unique role in the history of the city of Cleveland, the Archdiocese and the lives of many Catholic women.

Recognition: National Trust/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, 2001.

Source: http://www.preservationnation.org/assets/photos-images/resources/case-studies/historic-houses-of-worship/Famicos-Notre-Dame-Building-exterior.jpg