{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Caxton Building | status = Complete | image = Caxton Bldg.jpg | location = Cleveland, Ohio, US | address = 812 Huron Road | completion_date = 1903 | website = {{url|www.caxtoncleveland.com}} | coordinates = {{Coord|41|29|53.8|N|81|41|9.9|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}} thumb|Caxton Building archway The '''Caxton Building''' is a historic building completed in 1903 in Cleveland, Ohio, US.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130220041355/http://www.emporis.com/building/caxtonbuilding-cleveland-oh-usa Caxton Building]}} Emporis (includes photos)</ref> It was designed by Frank Seymour Barnum's F. S. Barnum & Co architectural firm. The 8-story steel-frame office building was constructed for the Caxton Building Company and its president Ambrose Swasey. It housed graphic arts and printing businesses, and was named after William Caxton, a British printer in the 15th century.<ref name="encyc" />
The main entrance to the building is a Romanesque architecture style terra cotta archway. It includes intricate organic cartouches in the style popularized by American architect Louis Sullivan, as well as column capitals accenting its buff-colored masonry.<ref name=erie/> Its ground floor retail frontage has included restaurants and cafes.<ref name=encyc/>
== History == The building was designed to accommodate heavy printing presses. In 1905, it housed Alfred Cahen's business which became the World Publishing Company.<ref name=encyc/> Through 1906, the Gospel News Company published the ''Union Gospel News'' in the Caxton Building.<ref name="austinbiblechurch">{{cite web |title=Dispensational Bible Studies |url=https://austinbiblechurch.com/node/8540 |website=austinbiblechurch.com |access-date=28 October 2025 |location=Austin, Texas}}</ref>
The Caxton Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October, 1973.<ref name=erie>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170512110911/https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ohioeriecanal/low.htm Ohio Erie Canal] National Park Service</ref> It was declared a Cleveland landmark in 1976. The building underwent restorations in the 1990s.<ref name=encyc>[https://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CB Caxton Building] Encyclopedia of Cleveland History</ref>
==See also== *World Publishing Company
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Category:Buildings and structures in Cleveland Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:Office buildings completed in 1903 Category:Chicago school architecture in Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio