Bomante House

The Bomante House, also known as the Bomonti House, is a historic home located in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Built in 1905 in the Swiss Chalet Revival, it exemplifies the architectural impact of one of Cleveland's largest immigrant communities.

Bomante House
Image of a two-story, stone and stucco, green and white, Tudor Revival house in the sun
The house's exterior in 2014
Bomante House is located in Cleveland
Bomante House
Bomante House is located in Ohio
Bomante House
Bomante House is located in the United States
Bomante House
Location3000 Mapledale Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Coordinates41°27′17″N 81°42′09″W
Built1905 (1905)
Architectural styleSwiss Chalet Revival
Part ofBrooklyn Centre Historic District (ID99000238[1])
NRHP reference No.87000441[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 19, 1987
Designated NRHPMarch 19, 1987
Designated CPMarch 4, 1999

About the structure

Frederick W. Bomonti was born in Switzerland about 1864. He emigrated to the United States in 1882,[2] and in 1883 joined Loew & Sons Co., a wholesale liquor business.[3] In 1911, he opened a delicatessen in the Cleveland Arcade. It proved so popular that he later enlarged it into a restaurant which became one of the most famous in Cleveland. In 1916, Bomonti became a manager of Loew & Sons. He retired from the restaurant business in 1920 in favor of his son, Werner.[2]

Bomonti was nationally known in Swiss American circles. For 10 years, he was national treasurer of the North American Swiss Alliance, a federation of 90 Swiss American benevolent societies.[2]

The Bomonti House was built in 1905.[4] The house is in the Swiss Chalet Revival style, as befitted Bomonti's ethnic heritage. The architect is not known. The state of Ohio was the top destination from 1870 to 1890 for Swiss emigrating to the United States, and Cleveland was one of the top cities in Ohio for Swiss to settle.[5] The Bomonti House exemplifies the type of architecture preferred by this large and important ethnic group in Cleveland.

Martha "Fannie" Loew (née Bomonti), Frederick's sister, married into the Loew family and lived with Frederick Bomonti in the house after her husband died.[6] She continued to live there after Frederick Bomonti's death in February 1941.[2]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Restaurant Man F.W. Bomonti Dies". The Plain Dealer. February 17, 1941. p. 10.
  3. "In Society". The Plain Dealer. March 15, 1908. p. 4.
  4. Brooklyn Centre Bi-Centennial Committee (2012), Brooklyn Centre Bi-Centennial Home Tour (pamphlet), Cleveland, Ohio, p. 10, retrieved May 24, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. von Grueningen, John Paul (2005). The Swiss in the United States. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Co. p. 17. ISBN 9780806352657.
  6. "Showery June Is Kind to Gardens". The Plain Dealer. June 24, 1928. p. 9; "News of the Garden Clubs". The Plain Dealer. August 4, 1935. p. A19; "Death and Funeral Notices". The Plain Dealer. February 18, 1941. p. 21.
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