Parkview Apartments (Cleveland)

Parkview Apartments
The former Allerton Cleveland
Location within Cleveland
Former namesAllerton Hotel, The Manger Hotel, Gaslight Inn
General information
TypeResidential
Location1802 East 13th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44114 United States
Coordinates41°30′09″N 81°41′01″W / 41.5026°N 81.6835°W / 41.5026; -81.6835
Construction started1925
Completed1926
Height
Roof64.92 m (213 ft)
Technical details
Floor count18
Design and construction
Architect(s)Murgatroyd & Ogden

The Parkview Apartments is a 1926-built 213 foot former Allerton Hotel high-rise that was converted into apartments in downtown Cleveland's Nine-Twelve District that sits just south of the Reserve Square complex. The building is in the Renaissance revival style and is facaded in detailed red brick. Erected in the 1920s the building demonstrates elaborate decorational motifs and castle-like design that evokes regal elegance throughout the structure. The Parkview also features a tower or spire at its apex.

It sits at an awkward angle in relation to the street grid as the main avenue, Chester, runs at a similar angle towards East 30th Street. The building is located just north of another famous former hotel into apartment conversion, the Statler. It is one of four major hotels built in the 1910s and 1920s to pay homage to that era of construction in Cleveland, others being the Statler, the Winton Manor, and the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, all have been re purposed except the Hotel Cleveland which is a hotel till the present day.