# Linneman Building

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The **Linneman Building** was a historic commercial building in [Lima](/source/Lima,_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), [United States](/source/United_States). Located along South Main Street in the city's downtown, it was built in a transitional style of architecture in 1899.[1] A two-[story](/source/Storey) structure, it was constructed of brick arranged in an artistic style. Among its leading architectural features was a pair of large semicircular windows in the center of the building's facade; each window was decorated with a [sash](/source/Sash_window) of [aluminum](/source/Aluminium), and the building was crowned with detailed stone carvings done in the style of the works of [Louis Sullivan](/source/Louis_Sullivan). In 1982, the building's stonework was rated as being equal to that of the adjacent [Dorsey Building](/source/Dorsey_Building) and superior to that of all other buildings in the city.[2]

At the time when the Linneman Building was built, Lima was experiencing an [economic boom](/source/Boom_and_bust) as a result of the discovery of [petroleum](/source/Petroleum) in the surrounding countryside. According to the [1900 census](/source/1900_United_States_census), the city's population was three times that reported by the [1880 census](/source/1880_United_States_census); consequently, a large number of ornate buildings were erected in the city's downtown. Leading among these structures is the [Metropolitan Block](/source/Metropolitan_Block_(Lima,_Ohio)) on the downtown's northern side, but many buildings at the city's center and on the southern edge of downtown, including the Linneman Building, were also architecturally significant.[3]

In 1982, the Linneman Building was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in recognition of its architectural significance. Another sixteen buildings in and around downtown Lima were added to the Register at the same time as part of the "Lima [Multiple Resource Area](/source/Multiple_Property_Submission)," including the adjacent Dorsey Building.[1] Today, the Linneman Building remains listed on the National Register,[1] but it has been demolished. A [parking lot](/source/Parking_lot) now occupies the site of the ornate nineteenth-century structure.[4]

## References

1. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. *Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places*. Vol. 1. [St. Clair Shores](/source/St._Clair_Shores,_Michigan): Somerset, 1999, 13.

1. Hopkins, Phyllis G. '**. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service), 1980-05-15, 5. Accessed 2010-04-24.**

1. Photograph in infobox

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