Nomination for Main Street Buildings (Boundary Increase)

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NPS Form10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places NATIONAL REGISTER, HISTORY architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name Main Street Buildings (Bushnel1 Building Amendment) other names/site number 2. Location Main Street Buildings: 6-14 East Main Street street & number Bushnell Building: 14 East Main Street n/a not for publication city or town Springfield n/a vicinity state _ code _ OH county Clark - code _023 zip code 45504 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, 1 hereby certity that this [ nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property E meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant may 10,2000 Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Date of Action - entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet.

- determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) comments.) Date Register. Ohio National Register Registration Form Signature of the Keeper National Park Service RECEIVED In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Bldg. Amendment) 5. Classification (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) L building(s) - public-local - public-State L site - public-Federal - structure L object Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed 6. Function or Use 7.

Description foundation stone (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Noncontributing Narrative Description private roof Materials synthetics Department Store Late Victorian/Renaissance Total Historic Functions Current Functions Architectural Classification Work in Progress Category of Property in the National Register Number of Resources within Property (Enter categories from instructions) Ownership of Property Clark County,Ohio County and State (Check only one box) Name of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) - district other Business Commerce/Trade: terra cotta United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number - 7 Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Building - Amendment), Springfield, Clark County, OH The Main Street Buildings (NR 3/2/79) include three buildings with adjoining party walls.

When originally nominated, the boundary for the nomination did not include a portion of a later addition to the Bushnell Building at 14 East Main Street. This amendment is to include the entire Bushnell Building within the boundaries of the National Register nomination. The Bushnell Building, built in 1893, addition in 1903, was designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, the Boston architectural firm that was the successor firm to Henry Hobson Richardson's architectural practice. The Second Renaissance Revival style steel frame building is five stories with a sandstone foundation. The 1893 Main Street façade is divided into a tripartite arrangement. The first floor is faced in stone with terra cotta detail. A later metal canopy spans are faced with light buff brick with darker terra cotta architectural details.

The middle section of the façade features three sets of 3 story arched triple windows giving the effect of a three-story arcade. Flanking these three sets on either end are sets of paired windows with terra cotta surrounds. The upper story features a series of round arched windows with 3 sets of triple windows in the center flanked by a set of paired windows at each end. An ornate full entablature and cornice tops the façade and runs three bays along the both side elevations. A metal anthemion band runs along the roofline. Terra cotta beltcourses separate the first and second floors and the In 1903, Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge designed an addition to the Bushnell Building. The addition faces onto North Fountain Avenue, coming off of the rear end of the west elevation of the 1893 building to form an L-shaped building footprint.

The 1903 addition is designed in the The first floor retains the classical architectural detailing with pilasters separating the large display windows and an entablature separating the first and second floors. The middle and upper sections feature the same window pattern and architectural treatment. Due to the narrower width of the façade the two end set of windows in the middle section are single double hung and the The 1903 addition features an elaborate U-shaped marble entranceway leading to a marble and wrought iron stairway. There is an elaborate carved marble railing that leads to the stairway. In the later department store usage a portion of this entrance was converted to display windows. detailing. Description Page Continuation Sheet in its place. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 the width of the storefront. The large display windows have been covered over.

The upper floors fourth and fifth. The façade features terra cotta swags, garlands, and other classical architectural same Second Renaissance style with an almost identical façade treatment. The 1903 Fountain Avenue façade features the same tripartite division of space with an identical fenestration pattern. cornice topping the Fountain Avenue façade has been removed with a plain stone facing inserted (8-86) Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Bldg. Amendment) Clark County, Ohio 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contributionto the broad patterns of our history. -B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) LA owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person C B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. Cultural Affiliation [ D a cemetery. L E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. L F a commemorative property.

- G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: L* preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency previously listed in the National Register L Federal agency previously determined eligible by the National - Local government L University designated a National Historic Landmark - Other L recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1871-1903 Bibilography Register Architecture Architect/Builder Significant Dates Criteria Considerations religious purposes. individual distinction.

Period of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Name of repository: Property is: for National Register listing.) (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Enter categories from instructions) Name of Property recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey County and State (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Bldg. Amendment) 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than one - See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By - date March 2000 street & number 2023 Audubon Park Drive -telephone (937) 323-5555 city or town Springfield . state Ohio - zip code_ A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) - zip code 45504-1113 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information isbeing collectedfor applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service. P.O. Box37127,Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Springfield name Zone Easting Maps Northing 45504-1113 Photographs James H. Lagos, President, Bushnell Investment Company, Inc.

Additional Documentation Boundary Justification Preservation Office organization -Bushnell Investment Company, Inc Continuation Sheets Clark County, Ohio Additional items Verbal Boundary Description Property Owner UTM References County and State (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) (Describe the boundaries of the property ona continuation sheet.) Submit the following items with the completed form: Name of Property (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) assisted by Barbara Powers,Ohio Historic city or town (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) street & number_ 2023 Audubon Park Drive Estimated Burden Statement: Publicreporting burden for this form is estimatedto average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing Management and Buaget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018).

Washington, DC 20503 instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect 2.519.8 8 0 414 2101000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Building Amendment), Springfield, Clark County, OH When the Main Street Buildings nomination to the National Register of Historic Places was prepared in 1979 (Listed in the National Register 3/2/79), only three fourths of the Bushnell Building at 14 East Main Street was included within the nominated boundaries. The nomination specifically excluded the 1903 addition to the Bushnell Building. This amendment is to include the rest of the Bushnell Building, which is an integral part of the building already listed, but which is fronted on North Fountain Avenue. The entire building is L-shaped.

Building was constructed in 1893. The rest was built in 1903. The Bushnell Building was the first major highrise office building in Springfield, Ohio. The period of significance for the Main Street Buildings nomination was 1871-1893. The period of significance is being expanded to 1871-1903 to include the construction date for the addition to the Bushnell Building The same architectural firm, Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge of Boston designed both the 1893 building and the 1903 addition. The Bushnell Building shows the firm's use of classical details and the tripartite exterior arrangement to articulate early highrise buildings. The firm also designed the Warder Public Library in 1890 in downtown Springfield (NR: 2/17/78). The library shows the firm's use of the Romanesque influence associated with the work of H.H. Richardson. The Bushnell Building was built for Asa S. Bushnell.

He was one of the founders of the International Harvester Company (now Navistar Corporation). He was also the founder and first president of the First National Bank and U.S. Depository, which was located in the Bushnell Building. Bushnell served as Governor of the State of Ohio from 1896 until 1900. During his term, several reform-minded acts became law including the regulation of the practice of medicine and the creation of a State Board of Medical Registration and Qualifications, penal system reform, education, social, and labor reforms including inspections of shops and factories and regulating sanitary conditions in bakeries. Bushnell was responsible for the Masonic Home, International Order of Odd Fellows Home and Knights of Pythias Homes all being located in The Bushnell Building was originally designed as an office building.

The First National Bank and Depository and Kinnane's Dry Goods Store utilized the first floor of this five-story building. The second, third, and fourth floors were used as office space. The fifth floor was used as the Masonic Temple for the City of Springfield: The law firms, which occupied the building, included Harry applied for and defended the patent for the Wright Brothers on several different Significance Continuation Sheet L.Toulmin.Mr.Toulmin was a patent attorney.Toulmin was the lawyer who successfully Springfield. National Register of Historic Places The entire Bushnell Building is in essence a single building.The initial phase of the Bushnell OMB Approval No 1024-0018 Section number - Page - (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number _8 Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Building Amendment), Springfield, Clark County, OH components of their airplane. This case was prosecuted all the way through the United States Supreme Court over a nine-year period. Other attorneys included Oscar T. Martin and Paul C. Martin, who were the predecessor law firm of Martin, Browne, Hull, and Harper, which is a prominent Springfield law firm to this day. Another law firm was that of A. I. Zimmerman. Charles B. Zimmerman eventually served an extended period of time as a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. The building had numerous other office tenants, including doctors, insurance agents, collection agents, and various business organizations.

In the late 1920s the building was converted to the Home Store, which was a department store. The Edward Wren Company eventually bought this out, which was an upscale department store. Beginning in the late 1930s Wren's Department Store was a longtime tenant of the Bushnell Building. The Allied Stores of New York City, which eventually became part of the Federated Department Stores, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, later bought out the Edward Wren Company. The Wren's Department Store was merged with Block's Department Store of Indianapolis, Indiana. Block's Department Store closed in approximately 1987. At the time of the closing, all the building stood vacant for a number of years. In 1994 Thomas H. Lagos and James H. Lagos purchased the building. Thomas H. Lagos sold his interest to his brother, James H.

Lagos, who formed the Bushnell Investment Company, Inc.; which presently owns the building. The Bushnell Building anchors two main streets in downtown Springfield, East Main and North Fountain Avenue. The Bushnell Building is the largest and one of very few buildings dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on either Fountain Avenue or Main Street in Page Springfield. department store furniture, mirrors, light fixtures, and equipment were sold at auction.

The (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Building Amendment), Springfield, Clark County, OH Verbal Boundary Description Less than one acre The boundary description provided in the original nomination form gave the following description, "from a point on East Main Street at the intersection of Primrose Alley due north 175', then due west 90', then due south along the line of the original Bushnell Building west wall to the intersection with the rear wall of 12 East Main Street." This description actually takes in almost the entire 1893 building from north to south. It excludes some 23.5 feet of the rear portion depth of 198.5 feet. This measures from East Main Street to the rear of the building.

The specific part of the building which is not presently included in the National Register nomination for the Main Street Buildings, would be the part that begins at the intersection of Primrose Alley and East Main Street and goes back 175 to the place of beginning. It then west 90 degrees 198 feet to Fountain Avenue. Thence south 90 degrees 66 feet to a point on the adjacent property owner boundary line. Thence east 90 degrees 99 feet to a point on the wall of the Bushnell Building, which is presently included in the National Register nomination for the was drawn to Fountain Avenue. A copy of the relevant Clark County plat map being Volume 7, page 35F is being provided in both the plat map form and the plat map with the aerial overlay. The entire building is overlaid in a solid black line.

The rear portion of the 1893 building not included in the boundary description and the 1903 addition to the building which was described as being excluded from the Main Street Buildings National Register nomination and is the subject of this amendment are marked with cross-hatching. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Main Street Buildings (NR:3/2/79).Thence south90 degrees 23.5feet to intersect the line,which of the building.The building according to the plat maps of the City of Springfield has an actual OMB Approval No 1024-0018 continues in a straight line for 23.5 feet to the adjacent property. The property then continues due (8-86) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service Main Street Buildings (Bushnell Building Amendment), Springfield, Clark County, Ohio 14 East Main Street Springfield, Clark County, Ohio January 26, 2000 2023 Audubon Park Drive, Springfield, OH 45504 PHOTOGRAPH VIEWS 1. West front of building, camera facing southeast 3. West front of building, storefront 4. West façade of building 6. West façade, showing carved date above entrance 7. West façade, showing south entrance West façade, showing south portion of "U" shaped main entrance 10. North portion of "U" shaped main entrance 11. West façade, center entrance 13. Decorative plaster in lobby at West façade entrance 15. Center doors from interior, West façade 16. First floor interior, 1903 portion of building 17. Steps to mezzanine, 1903 portion of building 18. Interior 3d Floor, northeast corner 20. Interior 4" Floor 21.

Marble and wrought iron stairs between 4 and 5" Floors 22. 5" Floor, windows looking north 23. South façade, Main Street elevation PHOTOGRAPHS Continuation Sheet Bushnell Building National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior 19.Marbel and wrought iron stairs between 3d and 4 Floors Section number Phetes West facade, showing window details at 4 and 5h floors James H.

Lagos (8-86) Page 5 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: APPEAL: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PDIL: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N RETURN TELEPHONE REJECT 7/16/00 DATE MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE 6/01/00 6/29/00 REVIEWER Entered in the RECOM./CRITERIA National Register OTHER: PERIOD: NATIONAL: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REQUEST: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Clark ACCEPT SAMPLE: January 26, 2000 Springfield, OH 45502 14 East Main Street Clark Co, Ohio "BEFORE" Main St. Bidga FEB.

west Front of Building CARFER January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 west Front of Building Clak Co, Ohio 'BEFORE" January 26, 2000 Springfield, OH 45502 14 East Main Street 'BEFORE" Clark le, Ohio January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 West Front of Bulding "BEFORE" Clock Co/ohio FEB.

2000 CGK CGK January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 'BEFORE" NO PARKING TWO AD.1903 LOADING ZONEI HOUR January 26, 2000 West Facade of Building Springfield, OH 45502 14 East Main Street "BEFORE" Chk co, ohio Clak Co, Ohio January 26, 2000 Springfield, OH 45502 Basement 14 East Main Street 'BEFORE" January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 "BEFORE" GIRL SCOUTS HOUR PARKING Clark co, ohio January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 "BEFORE" WesfPortof Bui lding January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 West Part of Building North Part of U Shaped 'BEFORE" Clark Co, ohio January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 "BEFORE" Clak Co, ohio west part of Building January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 West Part of Building Center Entrance 'BEFORE" January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 "BEFORE" January 26, 2000 Springfield, OH 45502 Clak Co., ohio 14 East Main Street "BEFORE" West Entrance January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 'BEFORE" FEB.

2000 CGK Side Clark lo, Ohio January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 'BEFORE" NEXUS January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 Clask C, Ohio "BEFORE" January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 "BEFORE" Clask lo, ohio January 26, 2000 Springfield, OH 45502 14 East Main Street Clark le Ohio 'BEFORE" January 26, 2000 Springfield, OH 45502 Clarklo, Ohio 14 East Main Street "BEFORE" January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 Clak lo, ohie "BEFORE" (Bushel/ Blds.

Anerel mt) January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 'BEFORE" Clak le Ohio January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 South side of building Clark lu., Ohio 'BEFORE" January 26, 2000 14 East Main Street Springfield, OH 45502 "BEFORE" South side of building 17 259880 4420000 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SPRINGFIELD, OHIO SPRINGFIELD QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES Main Street Buildings OHIO-CLARK CO. CLARK COUNTY, OHIO Robert E. Cecile, County Engineer Sheet Number George A. Sodders, County Auditor 7-35F7 -/35 WARDER Springheld, Claik Co, Ohvo & GeoOne R.ibone: (513) 328-2430 SCALE AVE - 148:08 BLVD E.Main St 305 PARK WARDER COLUMBIA FERNCLIFF NORTH SPRINGFIELDATWP 312 (600) ,AT - 013 4/ - 001 42 -008 - 002 - 006 - 008 0 41 - 00/ P7.-007 -016 % 37 - 009 Pt.-018 - ROCKWAY : CENTER "FISHER SCALE 1" - E. /2 S.W. 4 SEC.

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