Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS) : _ previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National Register - designated a National Historic Landmark _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary Location of Additional Data: _ State historic preservation office _ Local government 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property:.25 UTM References: Zone Easting Northing 445880 4530100 University requested. Warwick Interlocking Tower Zone Easting Northing Other state agency recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey X Federal agency Architect/Builder: _ Pennsylvania Railroad considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been 1) 17 _ Other -- Specify Repository: Summit County, Ohio See continuation sheet.
The boundary for the Name/Title: Sam Tamburro, Historian for the Village of Clinton Street & Number: 15610 Vaughn Road Telephone: (330) 657-2096 City or Town: Brecksville Additional Documentation Warwick Interlocking Tower Photographs with structure. Continuation Sheets Boundary Justification: Figure 3 Warwick Interlocking Tower 1909. Figure 6 Main Floor Plan Figure 5 Boundary Map. Figure 2 Warwick Interlocking Tower circa 1900. Figure 1 Site and photo map. X_ See continuation sheet. 11. Form Prepared By Organization: NPS/ Cuyahoga Valley NP Date:17 January 2002 State: OH ZIP:44141 A USGS map indicating the property's location. Warwick Interlocking Verbal Boundary Description: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 1 Summit County, Ohio in Warwick's business district (photo 1, figure 1).
The structure is situated on the south side of the CSX railroad tracks on a large concrete slab foundation. The building is approximately 120' south of the railroad tracks. Another set of railroad tracks is located 100' to the west of the interlocking tower. The three-story Schmitt Commercial Block building is railroad tracks (photo 2). Historically, a set of railroad The Warwick Interlocking Tower (14'x 22') is a two-story, gable- roof, wire-cut brick, railroad switching tower (photo 1 and 4). The brick is running bond bisected by a belt-course above the story's windows are constructed of security glass-block (photo 5) and the second story's windows are one-over-one, double-hung, story has five bays that comprise the entire elevation. The circa 1930 construction date is based on oral histories, and the tower's construction materials. Wire cut brick, a date prior around 1930.
Description 1 The gable roof was added sometime during the 1970s. interviews with the Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society, parapet glass block windows all suggest a construction Warwick Interlocking Tower sash windows.The first story contains two bays and the second NPS Form 10-900-a located to the northeast of the the north side of the OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 tracks ran closer to the tower's north elevation(photo 3). large windows in both stories of the facade(photo 1).The first Village of clinton (10-90) window openings in each story.The building also has a belt- course water table.The interlocking tower was built circa 1930.2 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number ] Page 2 Summit County, Ohio (photos 6 and 7).
Both the first and second story windows have of poured concrete supported by steel beams and the tower has a basement with an exterior entrance located along the west elevation (photo 13) . The interior of the tower is evocative of its function as a Description the walls and ceiling are finished with plaster. elevations, provide for viewing of incoming and out going trains Warwick Interlocking Tower "control center" for railroad traffic entering into the Warwick walls and the ceiling contains exposed steel support beams.The in the southeast corner of the building. The interlocking tower also contains a metal staircase on the Junction.The first floor of the building has concrete block south elevation of the building(photo 9).The staircase leads sides of the building(photos 10-12).The floors are constructed soldier course brick lintels and header brick sills(photo 8).
space is currently being used to store Csx railroad crossing The wraparound portions of the east and west (10-90) hardware.The second floor is used as office space for Csx and Village of clinton to a door on the second floor. A brick chimney stack is located In the first story, doors are located along the west and south OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 | 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 3 Warwick Interlocking Tower Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio Name of Property: Warwick Interlocking Tower. County and State: Summit County, Ohio Photographer: Sam Tamburro Date of Photograph: November, 1999 3 Location of Negatives: Cuyahoga Valley National Park Interlocking Tower, façade, facing south. Former railroad track grade, facing east. Interlocking Tower, wire-cut brick.
Interlocking Tower façade elevation, facing south. Area east of the Interlocking Tower, facing east. Area west of the Interlocking Tower, facing west. Interlocking Tower, east windows, facing west. 10. Interlocking Tower, northeast corner, facing southwest. 11. Interlocking Tower, south elevation, facing north. 12. Interlocking Tower west elevation, facing east. 13. Interlocking Tower door, (west elevation), facing east. A recent visit (February 2002) to the property verifies that it looks as it did when these photos were taken. Northeast. Photographs National Park Service The following information is the same for all photographs. NPS Form 10-900-a Schmitt Commercial Block, south and west elevations, facing OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 8 Page 4 Warwick Interlocking Tower Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio The Warwick Interlocking Tower is eligible under Criterion A: Transportation Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Resources of Clinton/Warwick Multiple Property Documentation Form (Clinton MPD) - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad converged at the Warwick Junction and the interlocking tower directed traffic at the intersection. In addition, the Warwick tower is the last existing building that is directly related to the railroad heritage of the community. The Cleveland, Lorain & The nominated property is located in the center of Warwick, Ohio (Summit County, Franklin Township, Section 31). The parcel of the nineteenth century.
By 1852, when the Cleveland, Zanesville, the area, Abraham Durstine owned the 277 acres of Section 31.4 CZ&C Railroad owned four of the acres, but it is unknown if any railroad buildings were located on their property. 4 1852 Summit County Auditor's Red Book. Auditor's Red Book. Historical Background lines.
Statement of Significance CONTINUATION SHEET lines that were instrumental in rail shipments across Ohio.The Akron Beacon Journal,26 January 1860; 1852 Summit County National Park Service for its association with the crossing point of two railroad of Warwick's heritage as a railroad hamlet.The interlocking NPS Form 10-900-a Ft.Wayne subsidiary of the PRR)also used these (10-90) Wheeling corporate subsidiary of the B&O)and the Interlocking Tower is a rare railroad resource that is evocative & Cincinnati Railroad (CZ&C Railroad) was constructed through land was owned by various individuals during the first half of The Warwick Interlocking Tower is significant under Criterion A OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio CZ&C's parcel and from this period the area was known collectively as "Warwick." In 1869, the CZ&C was reorganized as the Cleveland, Mt Vernon, & Delaware Railroad (CMV&D). The 1874 Summit County Atlas notes the existence of an additional railroad line, the Lake Shore & Tuscarawas Valley, crossing the CMV&D Railroad. The 1874 Summit County Atlas also indicates that tons of coal were transported on the CMV&D Railroad.
The 1891 Summit County Atlas provides additional information on four railroad lines: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Cleveland, Akron, & Columbus Railroad, Cleveland, Lakeshore, & Wheeling 1891 map only indicates the existence of a depot, although the railroad area contained several other buildings including an interlocking tower. The Warwick Interlocking Tower controlled and directed railroad traffic between several different lines. early twentieth century that demonstrate the extent of the rail 3). Early photographic documentation indicates that the first 1996), 781-83. Combination Atlas Map of Summit County, Ohio, (Philadelphia, PA: Tackabury, Mead, & Moffett, 1874), 123. 8 Illustrated Summit County, Ohio, 1891, (Akron, OH: Akron Map and Atlas Co., 1891), 84. Warwick Interlocking Tower Railroad, and Pittsburgh, Ft.
Wayne, & Western The the railroad maintained a depot at Warwick.7 The Warwick area was By 1872,John G.Warwick purchased the property surrounding the 6David D.Van Tassel and John J. Encyclopedia of NPS Form 10-900-a yard in relationship to an interlocking tower (see figures 2 & Page 5 Several historic photographs exist from the late nineteenth and Cleveland History, (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, National Park Service Historical Background (continued) the site.By became a major crossing junction for (10-90) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 6 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio tower was constructed of wood and had a similar profile to the extant brick structure (figure 2).
The picture also illustrates that a depot or freight house was situated directly to the south of the interlocking tower. In 1899, The Pennsylvania Railroad purchased Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne, & Western Railroad and operated the line for the next 50 years. By the early twentieth century the Warwick Junction The only specific records that exist for the Warwick Station area are the Interstate Commerce Commission's (ICC) Valuation Records. According to the ICC's Valuations Records for Warwick, From Akron, Ohio to Warwick, Ohio the B&o Mainline track was operated under a joint trackage arrangement with the junction where the Pennsylvania Railroad separated from the B&O Railroad right-of-way and turned southeasterly heading toward Ohio, Warwick, 4 pages. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society), Winter/Spring, 1997, 37.
9 Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Records, Section 20, 10 "Cleveland-Akron Issue," The Sentinel, (Published by the Pennsylvania Railroad.ll Warwick proved to be an important Warwick Interlocking Tower 11 "Cleveland-Akron Issue," 35. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a be a large complex that contained a freight the wooden interlocking tower was rebuilt in 3). (10-90) water service rail cars and the area remained a critical junction from several major railroad lines. The ICC records also indicate that the Warwick Station proved to Historical Background (continued) OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 7 Warwick Interlocking Tower Summit County, Ohio Railroad operated the Warwick Interlocking Tower, controlling of the Cleveland, Lakeshore & Wheeling Railroad, a line that carried primarily ore and coal to Cleveland. Several industrial operations were located in the area, such as the Warwick Glass Factory, Warwick Furnace Company, the Oliver Sand Quarry, and Warwick Station remained a vital part of the PRR and the B&o Railroad systems. At the height of its operation, the Warwick photograph of the Warwick Interlocking Tower indicates that the structure originally had a flat roof (figure 4). After that Railroad slowly phased out their operations in the Warwick area.
As the Clinton MPD states, government regulation, long-term adjustments in the railroad industry that adversely affected the economy of Clinton/Warwick. Beacon Journal, 23 May 1961. 12 "Cleveland-Akron Issue," 35. mainline tracks. (10-90) NPS Form 10-900-a Canal Fulton, Ohio and Massillon, Ohio.l² The Pennsylvania wood interlocking tower with the extant brick structure.A 1953 Railroad continued to operate the Warwick Interlocking Tower gable roof added to the tower. throughout the twentieth century.In PRR replaced the Village of clinton After World War Pennsylvania Railroad and the B&O From the turn of the century until the end of World War Station serviced over 1o0 trains a day.1 The Pennsylvania the Franklin Industrial Quarry.
In addition, all of the technological changes, and increased competition created the PRR intersection of the B&0 Railroad and Wheeling Division businesses had siding railroad tracks that connected to the Mary Knopf, "...And That's How the Tipple Topples." Akron Historical Background (continued) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 8 Warwick Interlocking Tower Summit County, Ohio Technological improvements within the railroad industry also had efficient power source than steam. Diesels did not need the vast By the late 1960s, most of the structures associated with the Warwick Station had been razed and nearly all of the siding tracks were removed. Currently, CSX owns and operates the railroad track through Warwick, including the interlocking tower, which functions as an office.
The Warwick Interlocking Railroad, that were instrumental in rail shipments across Ohio. the Pennsylvania Railroad converged at the Warwick Junction and Page Criterion A: Transportation amounts of water steam locomotives required and, consequently, CONTINUATION SHEET Historical Background (continued) to centralized automated computer out the need Warwick's railroad era. and the interlocking tower directed traffic at the intersection. NPS Form 10-900-a for the interlocking tower. (10-90) of the railroad traffic control was shifted a negative impact on Warwick.After World War major railroad as the Pennsylvania Railroad and the B&O Village of clinton railroad companies converted to Diesel engines as a more frequent "watering" stops, like Warwick, were eliminated from the run.
In addition, the steam engines' frequent stops for coal loads ended, which further isolated Warwick. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Tower is the last remaining structure directly associated with OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 8 Summit County, Ohio twentieth century, the Warwick Station served as an important junction point and this transportation provided for economic development in the area. Because of its access to national railroad lines, Warwick developed into a major supplier of coal, A 1901 newspaper describes Warwick's transportation potential in the following manner: This booming town [Warwick] is located in city in the state and equaled by few.
Then have coal all about us, giving us cheap Railroad transportation provided for industrial development in Warwick and the Warwick family founded a glass factory and a furnace manufacturing company centered around the railroad. The Warwick area was also home to the Oliver Sand Quarry and the service to ship their products to industrial centers such as Akron, Youngstown, and Cleveland. During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Warwick was a railroad hamlet and the 14 Akron Beacon Journal, 1 November 1901.
Page CONTINUATION SHEET Warwick Interlocking Tower (10-90) necessities for a large manufacturing city; Franklin Industrial Quarry, as well as the coal mines at Rogues Hollow.All of these businesses were dependent on railroad National Park Service NPS Form 10-900-a From the late nineteenth century to the first half of the Village of clinton stone, and sand products for Northeast Ohio's heavy industries. the southwest corner of Summit County, at good shipping facilities and cheap fuel." and absolute facilities of Warwick are excelled by no NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 10 Summit County, Ohio interlocking tower is the last existing building that is directly related to the railroad heritage of the community.
The Warwick Interlocking Tower has a high degree of historic integrity. The nominated property maintains its integrity of relationship between the structure and the railroad tracks is feeling, and association as a support building for the railroad industry. The Warwick Interlocking Tower's fenestration and massing are intact, and the building's design is evocative of its function. Historic Integrity Warwick Interlocking Tower location, setting, feeling, design, materials, workmanship, and Criterion A: Transportation (continued) still contributes to its integrity of setting and National Park Service (10-90) association.The basic features of the building are intact, The building is in its original location and the spatial Village of clinton enabling the resources to communicate their historic functions. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9 Page 11 Akron Beacon Journal, 1860, 1901. Winter/Spring, 1997. Combination Atlas Map of Summit County, Ohio. Philadelphia, PA: Tackabury, Mead, & Moffett, 1874. Illustrated Summit County, Ohio, 1891, (Akron, OH: Akron Map and Atlas Co., 1891), 84. Interstate Commerce Commission. Valuation Records. Section 20, Ohio, Warwick. 4 pages. Beacon Journal, 23 May 1961. Summit County Auditor's Red Book, 1852 Press, 1996. 1967. Cleveland History. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Major Bibliographic References Summit County, Ohio Van D.and John J.Grabowski.The Encyclopedia of Robert Wiebe, The Search for Order. New York: Hill and Wang, Warwick Interlocking Tower National Park Service Village of clinton (10-90) "Cleveland-Akron Issue," The Sentinel.
Published by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society. Knopf, Mary."...And That's How the Tipple Topples." Akron NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 10 Page 12 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio Beginning at Point 1 on the sketch map, proceed east a distance oi 35 feet to Point 2; thence proceed south a distance of 35 4; thence proceed a distance of 35 feet back to the point of CONTINUATION SHEET Verbal Boundary Description Warwick Interlocking Tower National Park Service (10-90) origin 5). Schmitt Commerical Block < Stairs - Contributing FIGURE ONE SITE & PHOTO MAP - Photo view WARWICK INTERLOCKING TOWER SUMMIT COUNTY. OHIO NOT TO SCALE CLINTON VICINITY JAN.
2002 NORTH North Division Street South First Street Warwick Interlocking Tower circa 1900 Clinton Vicinity Summit County, Ohio Figure Two Summit County, Ohio Figure Three Warwick Interlocking Tower circa 1909 Clinton Vicinity Figure Four Summit County, Ohio Clinton Vicinity Warwick Interlocking Tower 1953 Schmitt Commerical Block INTERLOCKING TOWER - Contributing FIGURE FIVE BOUNDARY MAP WARWICK INTERLOCKING TOWER SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO CLINTON VICINITY JAN. 2002 NORTH North Division Street WARWICK South First Street NOT TO SCALE MAIN FLOOR PLAN WARWICK INTERLOCKING TOWER SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO NOT TO SCALE CLINTON VICINITY JAN. 2002 NORTH FIGURE SIX NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : Clinton/Warwick, Ohio MPS STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Summit DATE OF 45TH DAY: REASONS FOR REVIEW: N PDIL: N PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM.
/CRITERIA DATE TELEPHONE 12/08/02 RETURN DISCIPLINE 10/29/02 REVIEWER 12/13/02 OTHER: Entered in the PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: DATE RECEIVED: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N National Register DATE OF 16TH DAY: Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Resources of the Village of APPEAL: N REQUEST: N REJECT MULTIPLE SAMPLE: VACCEPT Warwick INterlocking Tower SummIT CO.)OhIO 10F 13 Summitco., Oh1o Warwick lvterlockiwgTower Summit co.)ohio 60F13 Summit Co., Ohi0 8#0F13 Warwick Interlocking Tower SUmmITCO., Ohio BFI SummIT Co.y Ohio WARWICK Summir co., Ohiò 10%0F 13 Summitco., Ohio Warwick Intenlocking Tower 0F13 WARWICK Summit co., Ohio - PERSONNEL - ONLY AUTHORIZED Summit Co.y ohio Warwick INterlockinq Tower DOYLESTOWN QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DOYLESTOWN, OHIO ) NORTON ,summitco, Ohio 1994 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Light-duty road, hard or NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Cuyahoga Valley National Park 15610 Vaughn Road Brecksville, Ohio 44141 October 28, 2002 Ms.
Carol Shull, Keeper National Register of Historic Places 1201 I Street, NW, 8" Floor Re: Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor National Register Nominations for Clinton, Ohio: Warwick Interlocking Tower, Clinton, Summit County, Ohio Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed please find for your review and signature the Warwick Interlocking Tower National Register of Historic Places nomination. The Ohio Historic Preservation Office has signed the 60.10, Concurrent State and Federal Nominations. Should you accept this nomination, Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Historian, Sam Tamburro, Thank you for your consideration of this nomination. If there are questions regarding this package, please contact Mr. Tamburro at 330.657.2096. Jeff Winstel, Planner, CUVA David Humphrey, Supervisory Landscape Architect, CUVA Enclosures Superintendent H32 would like a copy of the signed certification page.
nomination, and I am forwarding the form to you per requirements outlined in 36 CFR Part 60, IN REPLY REFER TO: Washington, DC 20005 United States Department of the Interior John P. Debo, Jr. Sincerely
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