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Ohio Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 2)

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Cuyahoga Falls:
parking garage

Dayton:
dome

Dayton & Kettering:
Fox Theatres

Nickles Bakery [gone]
East Liverpool, OH
Nickles Bakery was established in 1909 and still has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. I don't know if this building was built for the bakery or if something else was here before that. This photo is from 2012. By 2013, the building had been demolished.

Kelleys Island:
Inscription Rock Shelter

Western Reserve Hardware [gone]
Madison, OH
This Western Reserve Hardware building featured another folded-plate roof. It was probably built in the 1960s. It was demolished around 2018.

Mansfield:
former Martin Hardware

Mendon:
former Mendon-Union Branch Library

Newark:
City Hall

North Olmsted:
Mr. Wash Bubble Brush [gone]

American Society of Metals
Novelty, OH
The geodesic dome at the American Society of Metals, later ASM International, was designed TC Howard of Synergetics, Inc. and built from 1958-1959. The dome is 103 feet tall and 250 feet in diameter. For more, see this website. [map]

Flyer's Bar and Grill
Parma Heights, OH
The Flyer's Bar and Grill was built around 1963 as the French West restaurant and nightclub. By the early 1970s, the building was housing the Circus Lounge. The building has been vacant since around 2019. [map]

Parma Heights Library
Parma Heights, OH
The Parma Heights Library was designed by John Lipaj and built in 1963. A new library is being built and there are plans to demolish this building. [map]

Perrysburg:
Biodome

Town House Motor Lodge
Springfield, OH		 Allstate Insurance
Springfield, OH
The Town House Motor Lodge features this mid-century modern flourish. [map]

This Allstate Insurance office looks like it might have been a bank originally. Does anyone know the history of this building? [map]

Imperial Entertainment Center [gone]
Toledo, OH
The Imperial Entertainment Center, aka "Ducat's Imperial Lanes", featured bowling and arcade games. In 2009, the building was demolished and will be replaced with a hospital. The building design was similar to that used for Royal Castle, an Ohio restaurant chain. For more, see this website.

More Toledo:
former Central Union Terminal

Wapakoneta:
Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum