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American Can Company Building
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Western side of the building
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| Location: | 4101 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Area: | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
| Architect: | C.G. Preis |
| Architectural style: | Early Commercial |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07001092[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 17, 2007 |
The American Can Company Building is a historic former factory in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Built in 1921,[2] it is a concrete building with a concrete foundation and an asphalt roof;[3] five stories tall, it has a total floor space of approximately 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2). Built by the American Can Company, the factory was used to manufacture can-making machines, rather than producing the cans itself;[2] it remained in operation until closure in 1963. Two years later, it was reopened by the Cleveland Machine Company, which used its first floor for machining purposes; after their departure in 1978, it sat almost totally unused, with the only exceptions being small businesses such as T-shirt printers and warehouse operators.[4]:11
In late 2005, a local redevelopment company purchased the American Can Company Building, using a $500,000 loan from the city's community development office. Expecting to have to pay another $800,000 to resolve longstanding environmental issues at the property,[2] the company received a grant of $750,000 from the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund.[4]:18 As this process was a significant component of a larger redevelopment project on the eastern portion of Northside, the American Can owners sought to renovate their property in a manner compatible with its historic nature.[5]:1 In 2006, the building was assessed against the guidelines of the National Register of Historic Places, a federal historic preservation program, and found to be eligible for inclusion on the Register. Besides starting the National Register nomination process, the owners applied for the building to be designated a historic site by Cincinnati's city planning commission; such approval was granted in July 2007.[5]:2 Three months later, the National Park Service added the building to the Register.[1] The owners' ultimate goal was to convert the property into apartments and small shops.[6] With renovations nearly complete, the building reopened as American Can Lofts in September, 2011.[7]
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