A 1902 Cleveland office tower, its terra-cotta facade hidden under steel cladding for 40 years, reopened in 2016 as a 128-room Kimpton hotel with 52 apartments stacked above.
Cleveland's 1902 Schofield Building, an office tower stripped of a 1969 facade renovation, reopened in March 2016 as the Kimpton Schofield Hotel, Kimpton's first Ohio property, with 128 rooms on its lower floors and 52 apartments above. The $50 million restoration exposed the building's original terra-cotta and Corinthian details at the corner of East 9th and Euclid.
The essentials
Group
Kimpton (IHG); CRM Companies, developer
Opening
March 2016
Rooms & suites
128 rooms (122 rooms + 6 suites)
Segment
Upscale boutique
Designer
STUDIOCRM (architect), Warren Red (interior design)
The hotel occupies the Schofield Building at the corner of East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue, in Cleveland's Historic Gateway District downtown, across from Cleveland State University and a short walk from Progressive Field and Playhouse Square.
The concept
Designed by Cleveland architect Levi Scofield and completed in 1902, the 14-story Schofield Building was originally an office tower; a 1969 renovation covered its terra-cotta and sandstone facade in Glasweld panels and renamed it Euclid Ninth Tower. Developer CRM Companies, architect STUDIOCRM and interior/brand designer Warren Red led a five-year, roughly $50 million restoration that stripped the 1960s cladding to expose the original facade and Corinthian detailing, converting the lower seven floors into a Kimpton hotel and the upper seven into 52 apartments (Schofield Residences). It opened in March 2016 as the first Kimpton property in Ohio.
Dining & wellness
Bett's, the hotel's ground-floor restaurant, serves American food built around whole ingredients, alongside a bar and roughly 3,800 square feet of banquet and event space. Kimpton's standard house touches include a nightly wine hour, loaner bicycles and yoga mats, a guitar-loan program, and in-room spa services.
