Nomination for Stivers High School

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) RECEIVED: 2280 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES This form is for usein nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the by entering the information requested.If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, 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name Stivers Manual Training High School other names/site number Location street & number _ 1313 E. Fifth Street - not for publication city or town O vicinity state _ Ohio code 113_ zip code 45402 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification Xmeets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property - meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional 4. National Park Service Certification Date fof Actiog 4 entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the - removed from the National L other, (explain:) Dayton Date Register. comments.) National Register Registration Form Stivers High School JUL 1 1 2001 architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions.

Place additional code _OH county - Montgomery As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this XX 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 O nationally - statewidenXlocally. ([] See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept. Head I hereby certify that the property is: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or Dayton, Montgomery County, Oll County and State 5.

Classification Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Check only one bos - private E building(s) @ public-local L district -public-State O site - public-Federal - structure - object _ Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Current Functions 7. Description Late 19th and 20th Century Revival/Tudor walls - Noncontributing ASPHALT BRICK roof Materials Narrative Description Historic Functions Architectural Classification Stivers High School (Enter categories from instructions) (Do not include previously listed resourcesin the count.) STONE: Limestone EDUCATION/school Name of Property Dwnership of Property (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) CONCRETE other foundation (Check as many boxes as apply) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Exterior and grounds: Stivers High School's original building was begun in 1908 and completed in 1914 in the Collegiate Gothic style the main downtown Dayton core and is adjacent to the St. Anne's Hill Historic District (NR: 6/5/86). St. Anne's Hill contains many houses that predate Stivers and reflect similar design influences. Today's setting with Stivers at the building with raised basement faced with brick laid in Flemish and stretcher bond with Limestone details and trim. The building has a flat asphalt roof. The school contains offices, classrooms, two gymnasiums, a two-story auditorium corridor and through a skywalk on the first floor leading from the back (north) of the original structure.

The original north elevation is still intact and visible behind the addition. There is also a small brick classroom addition at the west elevation built in 1966. This addition is one story and the original west elevation is visible above it. Stivers was constructed to be heated with a combination boiler and coal furnace. The tall smokestack was later removed because of structural deterioration. The Stivers High School site includes the building and practice fields for football and track located to the north and east of the school building. The small concrete block fitness center building is considered non- In a report submitted by Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., dated July 14, 1998, Stivers High School evaluated the extent of repair needed to the plumbing, electrical, and flooring. The proposed cost of all these repairs is over $10 million.

The first phase of work includes the safety repairs to the building, which is $3 million. The school board and a local fund raising group called The Seedling Foundation are formulating the source of monies to complete at ground level and feature decorative limestone details and balustrade insert at the roofline (Photo 10). Stone quoins define the corners of the building and the window surrounds. A stone cornice is below the brick parapet with stone coping. At the end pavilions theparapet has Flemish gables topped with stone urn finials with flame shapes (photos 9, but the window frames are intact. The exterior doors have been replaced. The central pavilion is flanked by twin main entrance, a series of steps and an elaborate stone Tudor arch with recessed entrance.

Above the central entrance the 3-story window bay has stone detailing including the sculpted heads of Abraham Lincoln, Captain Charles B. Stivers, Horace Mann, and Wilbur Wright as well as coats of arms (photos 14 & 15). The original school retains most (8-86) contributing. of its original character-defining elements and most of its historic materials remain in place. and a glass atrium on the top floor. In 1962 an addition was built to the rear (north) for a boys and girls gymnasium NPS Form 10-900-a (historic photos 1, 2, 3). It is currently composed of the original school and two additions. The school is just east of all repairs. and boys and girls locker rooms, showers and restroomfacilities.The gymnasiums are accessible from a ground floor The main facade, south elevation, is symmetrical with a central pavilion and projecting end pavilions that sills and mullions.

The original windows have been replaced with smaller windows, the upper portions have panels 11).Throughout the building the windows are grouped in bands of 3-4 openings and have original limestone lintels, (Stivers School for the Arts) is in need of much restoration work on the exterior walls and roofs. Engineering reports Page 1 Section 7 edge of the residential neighborhood of tree-lined streets is very similar to the original. Stivers is a 3-story U-shaped feature slightly projecting entrance blocks (photo 4). These entrance blocks have Tudor arched recessed entrance doors Description towers that rise above the parapet (tops of towers have been removed), (Photo 7). The central pavilion features the OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio The 1962 addition (north) is constructed of buff-colored brick and was built in block style that reflected the times and a decreased budget. As this addition is in the rear (north) of the original structure, its difference in style and workmanship are not so noticeable as to disrupt the historic beauty of the original structure. The gymnasium addition is attached to the original structure by a skywalk and the rear (north) facade of the original building remains highly but the color and workmanship creates a visual cohesive flow with the original structure.

The following is a description of Manual Training High School as written by the Board of Education in 1906: One class room seating 60 pupils, a lunch room and kitchen, laundry, locker rooms, lavatories, machine shop, and generation room for electrical machinery. The extension of the basement story forms the molding and cabinet work shops, thus providing for all of the manual training shops on the ground floor with ample north light and skylights. It is intended to have separate foundations for all machinery built directly on the ground and distinct from the foundations of the building, expecting in this way to reduce to a minimum any objectionable noise or vibration in other parts of the building. A boiler room, fuel room and space for the heating and ventilating apparatus are also provided for in the First Floor.

There are two large study rooms for 60 pupils each, two small class rooms and one large class room on the first floor, besides the suite of rooms designed for the domestic science classes. This suite consists of a large kitchen, pantry, store room, dining room, reception room and bed room. Second Floor. On this floor are the physical and chemical laboratories, each provided with teachers' laboratories, work rooms, store rooms, dark rooms and lecture rooms. These lecture rooms are so arranged that they may be used as independent class rooms and will accommodate 30 pupils each. There are also on this floor two large class rooms and two smaller class rooms. (8-86) Basement. Interior: north wing of the building, one story in height, and provides for the forge room, finishing room, turning.

visible (photos6,12,13).The smaller addition(west),built in1966,is constructed of red brick also in a block style NPS Form 10-900-a Page 2 Section 7 Description OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio The mechanical and free-hand drawing rooms are located on this floor and are provided with ample skylight, good wall space, store rooms, closets, etc. The ceilings of these four drawing rooms are 16 feet in clear. There are also on this floor five class rooms. This floor consists of space gained out of the attic by lowering the story height of a portion of the third floor and will be used for a botany room and the blue printing room. The botany room will have an On each floor are provided the most modern and sanitary toilet rooms.

There is also on each floor a The Completed Building. The design for the entire building comprehends an auditorium on the first floor with entrances from main corridor and will seat 800 on this floor. It will have a large stage and several dressing rooms. The gallery of the auditorium is entered from the main corridor of second floor and will seat 240. reception room, additional lunch rooms and numerous class rooms. By an ingenious arrangement the four stairways are so designed that they occupy the space of but two, and provide separate and distinct stairs for the classes ascending or descending. All parts of the building will be well lighted, well heated and well ventilated. tile with Greek key borders and a decorated field. Thresholds are marble (photos 29 ). The main entry hall floor 20* century addition has terrazzo and vinyl tile flooring. (8-86) Description Stairways. Third Floor.

is enhanced with a marble border. Classrooms throughout are floored in strip maple flooring, in good condition. The interior of the original 1908-1914 building has not been significantly altered (see attached floor plans). Hallways throughout on floors Basement through 3 are tiled in 2-color (white & green) vintage ceramic mosaic Some classrooms have been re-floored with vinyl tile.Limited floors in the basement are exposed concrete. The mid provided in the finished building. There will also be a large lecture room, library, principal's office and teachers' room with toilet adjoining. Fourth Floor. NPS Form 10-900-a A large gymnasium with ample locker rooms, showers, swimming pool and running track will be Toilet Rooms. Page 3 entire glass roof and will be equipped with modern appliances for the pursuit of this study. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio added at the classrooms. Baseboard was originally wood, but has been replaced in many areas with rubber base. Walls are heavily fenestrated with doors and transoms, borrowed light windows and views into the several light wells of the building. Classrooms contain built-in, wood framed chalkboards with wooden chalk trays and all manner of masonry units. Ceilings throughout are very high and have been left at their original level. They are expressive of the concrete structure of the building with beams and slabs affording a plain, coffered appearance. Finish throughout is smooth plaster. The main center entry is ornamented with a run plaster cornice supported on a Greek key frieze. Large.

ornate plaster brackets flank the main ceiling beam at this entry. doors have been installed in original frames. Wood framed borrowed lights with translucent starburst glass are typical at interior hallways. The many light wells of the building make the large double hung windows a predominant interior feature. Although sash has been replaced with sliding aluminum windows, the original quartered oak frames, casings, sills, and stools remain. Window sashes at the center entry hall remain intact, and are glazed with multi colored stained glass windows with a simple orthogonal motif, dating from 1927 that cover the majority of the wall from ceiling to floor. Some of the windows 25, 26, 27): Throughout the building, at the gymnasium, under the stairs, etc., utilitarian enclosures have been constructed using vertical beaded board and simple flush doorways.

These infills blend very well with the historic character of the A simple bronze and glass chandelier at the main entry remains intact. Most other lighting has been modified to surface or pendent mounted fluorescent fixtures. While not historically compatible, the modification has done little damage to the building fabric. Restrooms at each floor have been remodeled, changing the original marble stall partitions (some segments handrail. Stringers are paneled cast iron. Newels are decorative cast iron (photos 16, 17.18, 19 & 20). (8-86) interior. The main entry stairway is the most remarkable feature of the building. Treads, risers and wainscot are all remain), flooring and walls (to glazed block). Room configuration and fixture location has not changed. white marble with gray veining.

Railings are decorative iron pickets with a simple circle motif, surmounted by a brass built-in wooden casework. Walls of the mid 20" century addition are a combination of glazed and painted concrete Door frames and transoms are original quartered oak.Doors are wide and high with wide two-piece castings Page 4 Section 7 with base plinths (photo 36). Original 3-panel doors with top lights remaining in many areas. Where replaced, flush were donated by past graduating classes and/or clubs and exhibit text within the glass naming the donators (photos 24, Description OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio are more utilitarian, made of cast concrete with cast iron nosings and appear to be later vintage than the original The drinking fountain at the center entry hall is a semi-recessed cast bronze urn with decorative back plate donated by the class of 1926 (photo 37). An elevator was added after original construction. It is neatly located within the framework of an original The auditorium is an impressive space and is entered at two levels through ornate wooden door frames surrounded with decorative wooden architraves with hand carved scrolls (photo 31, 32 & 33). The auditorium has a main seating floor complemented by balcony seating. The stage is raised with a simple ornamented proscenium arch (photos 34 d 35).

tiled in vintage patterned two-colored ceramic mosaic tile that is in wonderful condition. (8-86) construction. doorway opening. NPS Form 10-900-a picket railings with brass handrails, quartered oak wall rails, and decorative cast iron supporting columns. The railing An original swimming pool has been floored over with steel framing but is still accessible for inspection.It is Page 5 Section 7 The east bank of stairs is utilitarian, yet decorative, with cast iron stringers and risers, concrete treads, iron pickets extend full height to fully enclose this pair of double switch-back stairs. (photos 21, 22 & 23). The west stairs Description Montgomery County, Uhio 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) a significant contribution to the broad patterns of B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. * 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 (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) -1908, 1914 * A Property is B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years. Williams, Charles Inscho - Architect Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) L preliminary determination of individual listing (36 Xx State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency L Local government L University - Other - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # religious purposes. our history. Bibilography Register Architecture Architect/Builder Education Criteria Considerations previously determined eligible by the National Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A individual distinction. Significant Person Period of Significance information important in prehistory or history.

recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: Significant Dates designated a National Historic Landmark Stivers High School Primary location of additional data: Cultural Affiliation County and State for National Register listing.) D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance Name of Property A ownedby a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property x A Property is associated with events that have made 1908-1950 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Stivers High School qualifies under Criteria A and C.

It qualifies under Criterion A because it represents broad response to those trends within the City of Dayton. Stivers High School qualifies under Criterion C because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type and location, design, and materials. Stivers is the second high school built in Dayton, Ohio and with the razing of Steele High School in the mid 1940's Stivers is now the oldest high school in the city of Dayton. The elaborate exterior and interior architecture of Stivers High School is the last remaining example of a Late Gothic Revival/Collegiate Gothic style school from its time period in the City of Dayton. Stivers High School was originally surrounded by residential neighborhoods, which were considered the outlying areas ('suburbs') of downtown Dayton, Ohio. Stivers High School sits at north and west boundaries of St. Anne's Hill Historic District (NR:6/5/86).

The school was built as a manual training school for young people and to aid in the overcrowding at Steele High School (Dayton's first high school built in the mid 1850's) due to population created as the adjoining neighborhoods flourished during this time period. high schools, were these: 1) public schools served an increasingly urban population that worked in non-agricultural jobs and had different educational needs than in earlier times when agriculture was the primary employment; 2) the highly-structured legislative framework within which local school boards were to operate; 3) movement away from the more diffuse township system; 4) ongoing consolidation of schools at both the elementary and the high school levels.

The move was away form one-room schools and small rural high schools toward consolidated township and urban from the surrounding rural areas and small towns; and 5) curriculum expanded, especially in high schools, into vocational areas such as manual training, agriculture, and domestic science, along with increased opportunities for physical education and exposure to cultural events such as music, art and drama. (8-86) growth within the city of Dayton as the agricultural economy shifted to an industrial and commercial economy during the late 19"h and early 2o"h centuries. Stivers is an example of the early stages of educational institutions that were period of construction: the urban public high school of the early 2o"h century.

It has architectural significance as a trends in public education in Ohio during the late 19"h century and early 2o"h century; it has significance as a local Page 6 The broad trends in the late 19"h and early 2o" centuries that impacted public schools, and especially public Section 8 Statement of Significance Ohio legislature, responding to public pressures, passed various laws affecting school finance, resulting in a formal, elementary schools, and toward larger urban high schools that drew students not only from the immediate city but also representative example of this important building type, and its significance is enhanced by its high level of integrity in NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 7 Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio A few years after the high school movement gained momentum in the East, and at the same time it was the Akron Law was passed and its provisions extended to Dayton through section twelve of the Akron Law which provided that "The power conferred upon the Board of Education of the town of Akron, in the fifth section of this act, is hereby conferred upon the Managers of the common schools of the city of Dayton." In fact, the Akron Law might well have been known as the Akron and Dayton Law.

Although the Akron Law provided for a central grammar school, "no provision, however, was made for the establishment of a High School of such a character, as the wants of the schools offering instruction in the higher branches, which were taught in the private schools. In 1848 the principals of the schools petitioned the Dayton Board of Education to permit the teaching of higher branches, such as algebra and geometry and perhaps physiology and natural philosophy, to meet a want expressed by many of their more advanced scholars, who were being drawn from the public to private schools from lack of this instruction. The board favored the establishment of a high school rather than the introduction of such instruction into the district school.

This was made possible through Section Nine of "An act for the better regulation of the Public Schools in cities, towns, etc." which provided that the Board: establish a suitable number of other schools of a higher grade or grades, wherein instruction shall be given in such studies as may not be provided for in the primary schools, the number of schools, and also of the different grades thereof, to be determined by said Board; and it shall be the further duty of said Board to decide what branches shall be taught in each and all of said schools, provided no other language than the English or German shall be taught therein except with the concurrence of two-thirds of said Board. Decisive action was taken on April 4, 1850, when Mr. Henry L.

Brown, for many years a member of the city board of education and an earnest friend of the public schools, offered the following resolution, which was "Resolved, That this Board of Education do now establish the Central High School and the German and French languages besides thoroughly reviewing the studies pursued in the district schools." Northeastern District Schoolhouse. In later years a new Central High School building was constructed at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets and was the only public high school in the city of Dayton until the creation of Stivers Manual (8-86) beginning its swing upward in the state of Ohio, with Dayton reflecting its impact early on. In 1847 the act known as Training High School. unanimously adopted: Section 8 Statement of Significance of Dayton in which shall be taught the higher branches of an English education, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 8 Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio The fiscal year of 1906-1907 marked an epoch in the history of the Dayton Public Schools in that it provided domestic science, as well as in literary and scientific studies. Register (NCR), to Mr. John W. Carr, Superintendent of Instruction, Dayton, Ohio: Dear Sir - Yours of December 6 received. I am going to New York in a few days trained to enter the industrial and business life of the community.

As to whether the Board should visit different cities as I suggested before, or whether some representative should accompany you to the great educational meetings, such as the meetings of the National Educational Society and others, is a question which I will leave for you to decide, but I will give $200.00 for either one or the other, whichever you prefer. John H. Patterson Representatives from the school board did travel to many cities in the U.S. visiting other manual training schools before deciding on the final plan of the Manual Training High School in Dayton, Ohio.

The plan finally adopted was the result of much research and study on the part of the Superintendent of Instruction, Superintendent of School Buildings and the architect, together with the harmonious and earnest efforts of the entire Board, and the building when completed was expected to meet fully the requirements of a modern school of this order. It would pave the way for the future development of both the educational and industrial interests of the city. equipment of the original west wing of the new Manual Training High School building without increasing either the tax rate or bonded indebtedness and without detriment to any other interest of the schools. Stivers High School began as the Manual Training School and was located on the same site where the current Stivers High School still stands. The old Manual Training School can be seen in photo 1.

It was utilized while the new Manual Training High School was being built and was eventually razed to make way for completion of Stivers Manual Training High School. The new building would have a frontage of 233 feet on Fifth Street by an extreme depth of 157 feet to an alley. The west wing and north wing of the building were to be built at once, allowing the old school building to remain in use until such time as the completion of the entire building was determined by the Board The west wing of the building would be three stories, with a high, well-lighted basement. By 1914, the school facility was completed, with the center and east wing of the building conforming to the architect's original rendering (Photo 3). The finished school featured state-of-the-art classrooms for wood shop, print shop, drafting, business education, and home economics.

(8-86) The Board of Education used their business ability in providing the necessary funds for the building and Yours very truly, The following is from a letter dated December 7, 1906 from John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Section 8 Statement of Significance for the construction of a Manual Training High School, designed for giving instruction in manual training and OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 9 Stivers High School Attention was given to creating adequate light and air circulation with classrooms on one side of the corridor and the auditorium centrally located with windows off the interior courtyard. Stivers High School has been through many transitions. It was originally named the Manual Training High School when built in 1908.

Another name was Stivers Intermediate Magnet School. It is now named Stivers School for the Arts and educates grades 7-12. Stivers is named for Captain Charles B. Stivers. He was a West Point graduate and pursued a military career before entering the educational field. Capt. Stivers came to Dayton in 1865 and was a science teacher at Central High School in 1867. He was made principal in 1872. Later Central became the new Steele High School on Main Street. stroking beard and temples as he talked. A popular teacher, it was only natural that the new 1909 high school, which relieved Steele's bulging classrooms and Dayton's swelling population, be named after Capt. Charles B. Stivers. From its opening in 1909 as the Manual Training High School, Stivers has been an integral part of Dayton's education system. Stivers was the second high school built in Dayton.

With the demolition of Steele High School, between it earned a reputation for excellence in scholarship and sports. It graduated many of Dayton's best-known citizens and very best athletes, many of whom to this day also represent one of the city's most loyal and vocal alumni retired Deputy Administrator of NASA; Frank Stanton, former president of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); and Roz Young, columnist for the Dayton Daily News taught at Stivers High School. Stivers is referred to as the There is good reason for pride in Stivers, particularly for its athletic achievements. Probably its outstanding glory years were during a 1923-25 span when Harry Wilhelm, coach of all he surveyed, had two each National and City football championship teams, won a state and city basketball championship, and was runnerup for Southwestern Stivers-Steele football rivalry.

Starting in 1907, the series continued until the demise of Steele in 1940. In 1939 more than 7,000 spectators watched Stivers beat Steele 13-0. "There wasn't much you could say about it. Stivers wasn't editor. Stivers basketball teams captured an amazing number of state titles in 1916-19-20-21-24-28-29-30. Nor were all their sports achievements in the playing area; in 1925 the school's Radio Club broadcast basketball games over their own station: 80F. In the late 1960s the onslaught of urban renewal seemed to pave a path of destruction for Stivers and its enrollment. The homes came down when the city started chipping away at its blighted housing in the urban (8-86) groups.

Stivers graduates and educators include Milton Caniff, internationally acclaimed cartoonist; Robert Aller, Besides his quiet, gentle patience, Stivers was remembered for a long frock coat, frequently gesturing hands, and Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a young people and the overcrowding of Steele High School.Later it became a general high school.In the years Stivers is now the oldest high school in Dayton. Originally it was the outgrowth of an interest in manual training for "Crown Jewel" in the Dayton Public School System by the Dayton newspapers. exceptionally strong, but Steele was exceptionally weak," wrote Si Burick, 'The Dayton Daily News' legendary sports NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio looking anxiously toward the diminishing student body. Stivers struggled throughout the 1970s and ceased to be a Patterson Co-Op High School. It became an Intermediate Magnet School from 1982-1989 and a Middle School for the Arts from 1989-1996. In 1996 the school was born again as a high school and named Stivers School for the Arts. The first graduating class of the 'new' senior high was spring of 2000. Today, Stivers is an art magnet school. Academic specialties taught include Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. Enrollment is open to any student (grades 7-12) but acceptance is based upon artistic ability shown during audition.

Classes are offered in: Visual Arts, Orchestra, Band, Dance, Theater, Choral Music and Keyboard. Class instruction is reinforced with weekly individual and small group instruction by 30 professional artists Dayton. Stivers music students consistently receive the highest ratings in statewide competitions. Stivers young visual artists consistently place high in both regional and national art competitions. Stivers students' work has been featured as cover-art on, and inside, national magazines. Stivers has the highest test scores in the school district. 20- 25% of all Stivers 8'h grade students taking the Ohio Proficiency Tests pass all sections the first time they take the test. Stivers student attendance rate is 90% and Stivers staff attendance is 96%. Stivers was selected to be an Ohio Venture instructional strategies.

Stivers was named a Finalist for National Blue-Ribbon School of Excellence in 1992. Stivers led Dayton City Schools' initiative in becoming a grade 7-12 building. Stivers approach offers "clustered" academic instruction with a strong emphasis on the arts. The students and teachers agree that the success of their programs is due in part to the magic of the building now named Stivers School for the Arts. Architecturally, Stivers High School is an excellent example of the Late Gothic Revival/Collegiate Gothic style. There are no other schools in the City of Dayton that exhibit the unique architectural qualities of Stivers. The façade of the building retains its original brick, stone, window frames and decorative carved detailing.

The interior still holds the wide marble entranceway staircase divided by a brass handrail, original stained glass windows, mosaic tile floors throughout, wrought iron staircases and elaborate woodwork and cast iron work. The interior boasts an eclectic mix of old and new as much original artwork by Stivers students is displayed throughout the building. early 1900's. Born in Cincinnati in 1853, he came to Dayton with his parents at the age of sixteen. After graduating from the Chickering Institute of Cincinnati in 1870, he continued his technical training at the Troy Polytechnic School of New York. From 1873-1880 he worked as a civil engineer for the Pacific Northern Railroad. Upon his return to Dayton, he set up an art studio and also worked for the John Rouzer Company, a Dayton lumber and construction firm.

In 1882, he began his architectural practice, an endeavor, which proved highly successful. By 1909, when A.W. Drury wrote his History of the City of Dayton, he was recognized as one of the most prominent architects in the state of (8-86) Ohio. renewal area.More homes fell when workers cut a blocks-wide path for US Route 35. As the wrecking ball swung senior high school in 1976. From 1976 to 1982 Stivers was a 9ln Grade Pre-Vocational School in partnership with Page 10 Section 8 Statement of Significance into action on Dayton's east side, it swept away not only homes but people. The exodus from the eastside left Stivers The architect, Charles Insco Williams, was one of the most important architects in the state of Ohio during the from Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus, Ohio. Tuition is required for students who do not reside in the City of OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Annual Report of the Board of Education Dayton, Ohio, 1906-1907. by order of the Board of Education. Condone, Marlene. "Wrecker's Ball Tells Stivers Woe," The Dayton Daily News: 22 May 1966, p. 6A. Dayton Board of Education - Maintenance and Records Department, 4280 N. James H. McGee Boulevard, Dayton, Ohio 45427-3482 Drury, A.W. History of the City of Dayton, 1909 Jeff Wray Architects, Inc. 254 S. Ludlow St. Suite 210, Dayton, Ohio 45402, 937-461-4694, Interior Description Lucas, Phyllis E. The Seedling Foundation. 1215 Las-O-Las Drive, Miamisburg, Ohio 45342, 937-866-6013. Montgomery County Auditor's Office, Real Estate Assessment Department, Dayton, Ohio Ronald, Virginia.

School Days an Informal History of Education in Montgomery County, Ohio from 1926 to 1990. Dayton OH: Landfall Press, c1991 Sollenberger, David Laurel, -The development and growth of the public secondary schools of Dayton, Ohio, from 1850 to 1935 / thesis presented for the degree of Master of Arts by D.L. 1896. Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, Steele, Robert W., "Historical Sketch of the Schools of Dayton." Report, 1874-75. Taylor, A Manual of the Ohio Schools, Ohio Laws, Vol. XLV, Vol. XLVII (8-86) Conover, Charlotte Reeve. Some Dayton Saints and Prophets. Dayton, Ohio: U.B. Publishing House, 1907 NPS Form 10-900-a Original - 1907 Harper, Norman."Stivers - 50 Years Later," The Dayton Daily News: 8 June 1975, p. 4. Page 11 1935 Montgomery County, Ofi Name of Property County and State 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of Property - 7:71 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By name/title _Roberta J. Puterbaugh January 5, 2001 _ date . street & number 133 High Street city or town Dayton - state Ohio . zip code 45402 Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets 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.

Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) Dayton School Board street & number _ 248 W. Fifth Street city or town - Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate i benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et sea.) Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect Management and Budget. Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

Easting name Photographs Dayton Maps Zone telephone Additional Documentation Northing (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) Stivers High School organizationSt. Anne's Hill Historic Society of this formto the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box37127,Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain (937) 228-2234 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET SectionAdditional Documentation - Photos Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio High Street, Dayton, Ohio 45403 (937/228-2234).

All negatives are located at this same address and were taken Fall Current photos 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 21, 24, 31, 32, 34, 35,37 were taken by Joe Miller, 1514 Bryn Mawr Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406 (937/277-5698). All negatives are located at this same address and were taken Winter of 1999. 215 East Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402 Historic Photos Training School at right was razed to make way for the completion of Stivers.) 3. The Manual Training High School, Dayton, Ohio. Original building south elevation, c. 1914. Current Photos 4. Stivers exterior south elevation. 5. Stivers exterior west elevation. 1966 one story addition in foreground. 6. Stivers exterior east elevation. Skywalk to gymnasium visible in the right of photo. 7. Stivers exterior south elevation central pavilion. 8. Stivers exterior south elevation central pavilion - close up of ornamental archway entrance. 9.

Stivers exterior south elevation - close up of windows with limestone lintels and mullions and stone 10. Stivers exterior close up of limestone quoins at corners and ornamental parapet. 11. Stivers exterior close up of uneven skyline parapet. 12. Stivers north west corner. 13. Stivers north elevation (rear). 1962 gymnasium addition in foreground 14. Stivers exterior close up of sculpted heads on central pavilion south elevation. 15. Stivers exterior close up of coats of arms and stone detailing on central pavilion south elevation. 16. Stivers interior main entrance hall - marble stairway, wrought iron balustrade, brass handrails 17. Stivers interior main entrance hall - close up of marble wall. 19. Stivers interior main entrance stairway - close up of brass handrail. 20. Stivers interior second floor landing - cast iron posts with large iron newels. (8-86) Page 12 detailing.

Historic photos 1, 2, 3 taken prior to circa 1920, are courtesy of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, 1. The Manual Training High School, Dayton, Ohio. Original building south elevation, c.1908. (old Manual 2.The Manual Training High School, Dayton, Ohio. Original building east elevation, c.1909. Current photos 5,6,7,13,14,17,18,19,20,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,33,36 were taken by Thomas E.Allen,133 of 2000. NPS Form 10-900-a Photo No. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET SectionAdditional Documentation - Photos Stivers High School Current Photos continued... Photo No. 21. Stivers interior staircase at west end of original building - wrought iron balusters with brass handrails and forged iron detailing between balusters. 22.

Stivers interior staircase balustrade made of wrought iron and brass with cast iron posts and forged iron detailing between balusters. 23. Stivers interior close up of cast iron post detailing attached to wrought iron staircase at west end of original 24. Stivers interior stained glass windows - second floor - north wall. 25. Stivers interior close up of stained glass window - second floor - north wall. 29. Stivers interior mosaic tile floor. 30. Stivers interior mosaic tile floor-close up. (Photo #30 deleted, #s stay same) 31. Stivers interior main entrance to auditorium - carved wood archway. 32. Stivers interior main doorwaysto auditorium -wood doors and carved wood doorframes. 33. Stivers interior main center doorway to auditorium - close up of carved wood above center door. 34. Stivers interior auditorium from balcony looking to elevated stage. 35.

Stivers interior auditorium close up of ornamentation above stage. 36. Stivers interior original wood classroom door and doorframe. 37. Stivers interior ornamental bronze drinking fountain on central stairway second floor landing. (8-86) building. Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Page 13 28.Stivers interior elose up of stained glass window-second floor-north wall(Photo #28 stay same) (NPS Form 10-900-2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Stivers High School Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Verbal Boundary Description The property is the land parcel bounded by Fourth Street on the north, Clinton Street on The Legal Parcel Number is R72-012-13-0001. Boundary Justification The proposed boundary contains all of the land and properties associated with Stivers Page Montgomery County, Ohio.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places High School during the period of significance. Section number 10 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 the west, Fifth Street on the south, and Dutoit Street on the east, in the City of Dayton, GIRLS GYM Dayton, montgomery Co, Ohio HIA First Floor Dayton, Mantgumery lo Ohio Shivers High School WAITING AUDITORIUM Second Floor Stivers thigh School OFFICE Third Floor SCIENCE CHEMISTRY 308 Fowth Floor Stves High School City of Dayton - Department of Planning - February 1994 ATHLETIC FIELD St. Anne's Hill Historic District FIELD COURTS STIYERS PARK.ING Skach ilap A THL E TIC 8. KEOWEE ST. ARD FARKING EAST FOURTH ST FOOTBALL KEY: PLOT PLAN STIVERS MIDDLE SCHOOL CLINTON ST. Stives high School DUTOIT ST.

FITNESS CENTER 3-4-92 PENCE REVISIONS City of Dayton, Ohio Department of Planning et 101 West Third Street Dayton, OH 45401 January 12, 2001 Stephen C. Gordon 567 East Hudson Street RE: Stivers School Nomination Dear Mr. Gordon: I have received a copy of the letter, addressed to Mr. Ricky Boyd, concerning the nomination of Stivers School to the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Dayton is in support of this nomination. As always, thank you for keeping us informed of nominations of structures within the City Hall Brian Inderrieden Historic Preservation Officer City of Dayton, Department of Planning & Comm. Dev. Sincerely, FAX 443-4281 BWI:cef (937) 443-3670 Columbus, OH 43211 P.O.

Box 22 DAYTON Community Development EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF PENDING LIST: APPEAL: N OTHER : PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./ CRITERIA TELEPHONE MULTIPLE DATE PROPERTY REJECT 8/01/01 8/26/01 REVIEWER RETURN DISCIPLINE 8/17/01 7/11/01 PERIOD: Stivers High School SAMPLE: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: NAME : ENTERED AUG 17 2001 NITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOI JATIONAL PARK SERVICI REFERENCE NUMBER: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 01000896 ACCEPT PDIL: Photo #2 THE MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL GHARLES INSCO WILLIAMS - ARCHITECT . STIVERS MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL DAYTON, O.

Photo#t3 Scuth Stirers High School, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH10 Photo #4 Stivers Hligh School, Dayton Montgomery County, Ohio Photo #7 STIVERS HIGH SCHO Stivers High School, Dayton Stivens High School, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH1O Stivers High School, Dayton, Photo #10 Stirers High School, Dayton, Struers High School, Dayton Montgomery County, Onio Photo# 16 Stirers High School Dayto Montgomerg County, Ot 10 montgomery 1927 ASSOCIATION DECORAGIVE ARG County, OHIO montgomery 1927 ROYAL BENGALS 1.9.2.9 StiversHigh School, Dayton Photo #31 Dhoto #33 Photo #35 - 302 - County, ON montgomery Stivers High School, Dayton Photo#37 DAYTON NORTH, OH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE AYTON 1996 USGS U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/298-2000 Fax: 614/ 298-2037 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/ SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Park Service National Register, History & Education Programs Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 Enclosed please find nine (9) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for this new submission.

Please note that in both the Marietta Historic District (Boundary Decrease/Amendment) and Marietta Historic District (Boundary Increase) the federally-owned NEW SUBMISSION Cleveland Masonic Temple Gallipolis Historic District Marietta Historic District (Boundary Decrease/Amendment) Mound-Horace Area MPD West Technical High School If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. Sincerely, ( State Historic Preservation Officer Washington Cuyahoga COUNTY Portage Montgomery Kent Jail enclosures (Boundary Increase) OHIO HISTORICAL July 6, 2001 Stivers High School property is located in the previously listed historic district. Additionally, a signed continuation sheet is Waterman Building provided to clarify the Marietta Historic District (Boundary Decrease/Amendment). Dear Ms. Shull: Amos J. Loveday,Jr. 1849 C. Street, NW Gallia Washington, D. C.

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