Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Johnstown Jail

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,573 words across 32 pages, filed in 2003. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 03000274, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property Johnstown Jail Other names/site number 2. Location street & number 66 W Pratt Street - not for publication city or town Johnstown state Ohio code OH county Licking 089 _ zip code 43031 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this KX 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 KX meets - does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally O statewide LX locally(See continuation sheet for additional comments.). march 3,2003 Signature of certifying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OHSHPO State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property - meets [ does not meet the National Register criteria. (- See continuation sheet for additional Signature of commenting or other official 4. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: determined not eligible for the entered in the National Register / See continuation sheet. removed from the National Register other (explain): Date of Action Date National Register Historic name Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A).
Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative - vicinity comments.) 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) - public-local -district - public-State - site - public-Federal - structure - object Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use Current Functions Government/Correctional Facility Recreation and Culture/Museum 7.
Description No Style Stone, Concrete Foundation other Total private roof Brick Architectural Classification walls Metal Narrative Description Materials Historic Functions building(s) Johnstown Jail Noncontributing (Enter categories from instructions) Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Licking Co., Ohio (Check as many boxes as apply) (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 1 Johnstown Jail, Licking County, Ohio The Johnstown Jail is a one-story building measuring 16x20 feet with 12-inch thick walls.
The building is The front façade contains a centrally located metal door with a limestone header above. A small sign above the door reads "Johnstown Historical Jail." Each of the two side elevations contain two double barred windows, Cleveland, OH, Patd."Each cell contains a metal frame bed and toilet seat with space for a slop jar underneath. The jail is located in a residential area of the village. It is a block and a half from the center of town where it was originally located brick. but the glass windows can swing in for cleaning. The rear elevation contains no doors or windows. It is all Narrative Description through the ridgeline toward the rear of the building. The interior walls are plaster and painted white. The floor is concrete.
The building contains a metal cage United States Department of the Interior divided into two separate jail cells.A manufacturing plate on the cells reads "Van Dorn Iron Works Mfg., is located in the middle of the back wall with a logo of "Burnside No. 1." One original slop jar remains in the jail.In the rear corner of the building is a sink and toilet.A potbelly stove brick, laid in a common bond pattern. The red gabled roof is standing seam metal with a chimney protruding Licking Co., Ohio 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing) - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. LB Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. XL 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 Period of Significance and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) C. 1900 XD B removed from its original location. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property.
- G less than 50years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 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) X State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR - Federal agency 67) has been requested - Local government - previously listed in the National Register - University previously determined eligible by the National - Other - designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Primary location of additional data 1889-1942 Register Bibliography Architecture Criteria Considerations Architect/Builder Property is: Applicable National Register Criteria religious purposes.
Significant Dates Significant Person Johnstown Jail Areas of Significance Name of repository: Cultural Affiliation information important in prehistory or history. A owned by a religious institution or used for Ca birthplace ora grave. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 1 Statement of Significance Johnstown Jail, Licking County, Ohio shifted from local communities to larger county jails, which also comprise an important building type in Ohio." Dr. Oliver Bigelow, a New York state native, founded Johnstown in 1813. The four thousand acre plot upon which Johnstown was plotted was originally a land grant deeded by President John Adams on April 2, 1800 to John Brown as compensation for military services in the Revolutionary War.
On December 7, 1810 John alleys, town square, and town cemetery. He became the first mayor of Johnstown. Dr. Bigelow died November 5, 1817 and was buried in the town cemetery. At the time of Bigelow's death there were less than one hundred citizens living in Johnstown. By 1830 the industries began to develop. The tannery and asheries were two early industries. General stores began to develop including a drug store. The last decades of the nineteenth century saw further development with the establishment of several banks and a newspaper in May 1884. On July 4, 1880 the first train of the Toledo and Ohio Railroad passed through the village stopping at the newly constructed Johnstown Depot. Electric lights first lit the village on March 28, 1901. Previously a lamp lighter lit streetlights fueled by coal oil.
The Monroe Township Hall and Opera House was constructed in 1884/85 on the Johnstown village green. As the village did not have enough funds to erect a municipal building, it became a joint venture with the township. constructing civic buildings on the village square. The Village Council began discussing the need for a jail in 1884, however bids for its construction were not requested until August 1888. The contractors assigned were Messrs. Hodges, McGraw and Majors. Construction began that year and the jail was completed in the spring of 1889. In 1888 Johnstown had a population of 420. As it was a small community only a small lockup was needed for 1942. After this time they were transported to facilities in Newark, the county seat. The jail was vacant from History (Brown) holding minor offenders, vagrants, and drunks for short periods of time.
Often drifters or tramps were given a 1942 to 1992. The Johnstown Jail is being nominated under Criterion C as a significant example of a building type, a The new building housed offices for the township and village (as well as an opera house) and set a precedent for nineteenth century small village jail. "The small village jail is a rare vestige of the period before incarceration place to sleep for the night and sent on their way in the morning. The jail was used to house prisoners until NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 2 Statement of Significance Johnstown Jail, Licking County, Ohio Historical Society. Under their ownership the jail is open to the public once a year on the Fourth of July.
In circa 1900 the jail was moved from its original location on the park yard near the township hall to its present location on Pratt Street. A 1905 Sanborn Map shows the jail at its present location (see attached). The jail was moved at the request of the citizenry who felt that having the jail in such a prominent location at the village's center was socially disturbing and therefore not acceptable. The jail meets Criteria Consideration B as it was moved a century ago during its period of significance when it still operated as a jail. overnight detention of drunks, drummers, vagrants, and other minor offenders.
However, the construction of county jails, often in conjunction with sheriff's residences, the improvements to roads and transportation in the early twentieth century, and the costs associated with holding and feeding inmates, obviated the need for smaller local jails." (Brown) Architecturally the Johnstown Jail presents the typical small town jail building type. Small town lockups/jails were one-story brick buildings of small scale containing one or two holding cells designed to hold law-breakers for one or two nights. Other Ohio lockups listed in the National Register include the Seville Jail in Medina County (NR 1997), the Waynesville Engine House and Lockup in Warren County (NR 1999), the Corwin Council House and Jail in Warren County (NR 2001), and the Pataskala Jail in Licking County (NR 1983). Another lockup has been Johnstown (7/6/1981).
Context "Diminutive lockups were once common to many nineteenth century villages and towns, serving for the identified in Harrison County. The Monroe Township Hall and Opera House is the only National Register of Historic Places listing in 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property Less than one (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 17 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title organization Kathleen Boone/Johnstown Historical Society street & number 260 N. Oregon St. telephone 740-967-7403 _state OH _ zip code 43031 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Representative black and white photographs of the property.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.
Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of 356433 4445756 Photographs Maps UTM References Continuation Sheets Boundary Justification Zone Easting Northing Property Owner Additional items Additional Documentation name Johnstown Historical Society Johnstown Jail See continuation sheet Licking Co., Ohio city or town Johnstown (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. street & number Main Street _telephone this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9, 10 Page 1 Johnstown Jail, Licking County, Ohio Brown, Jeff. Seville Jail National Register nomination, 1997. Carter, Twila. "A Bit of Johnstown History", 1990. Johnstown Independent: "The Contractors Have Been Named to Build the New Jail" August 1888. "The New Jail Has Been Completed" January 13, 1889. "Historic Jail Donated to the Johnstown Historical Society" July 8, 1992. Kingery, Gordon R. A Beginning: Licking County Ohio, Land of Legend, Spencer-Walker Press, Inc., 1967. Pitt, Marshall & Nancy Recchie. Monroe Township Hall and Opera House National Register Nomination, Verbal Boundary Description: The jail is located on Licking County Parcel ID: 5317753600000, Lot 11PT.
The nominated boundary includes the property historically associated with the building since circa 1900. All photos were taken by the form preparer September 2002. Negatives are maintained by the form preparer. 1981. Photographs: Verbal Boundary Justification: Bibliography: "The New Jail Will Soon be Ready for Occupancy"November 8, 1888. NPS Form 10-900-e OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Section number - Licking Co., Ohio E.PARK 193 National Register of Historic Places Page 197 PRATTS Continuation Sheet United States Department of the Interior Johnstown Jail (8-86) National Park Service 1905 Sanborn Map 192 188 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : 4/18/03 DATE DATE OF 45TH DAY: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : TELEPHONE RETURN REJECT DATE DISCIPLINE 3/07/03 4/21/03 MULTIPLE REVIEWER PDIL: RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: Entered in the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 16TH DAY: APPEAL: N N SLR DRAFT: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Licking PROPERTY NATIONAL: Johnstown Jail LICKING O.OHIO FPS(No.
19A)393521 1554 MNN-22 JOHNSTOWN JAIL, LIKKING CO., OHIO CLEVELANDO Was built in 1888 This Structure of the Parkyard. It was later on the S. W. corner "The Old Jail" FPSCNo.19 X193521 1554 N NN-22 JOHNSTOWN JAIL, LICKING CO., OHIO FPSNo.12 X231521 1554 N N N-22 FPS(No. 6 X111521 1554 NNN-32 JOHNSTOWN QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OUSR 4853 NW UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JOHNSTOWN, OHIO 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/ March 3, 2003 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street, NW 8" Floor Washington DC 20005 procedures have been followed for this new submission. NEW SUBMISSION Johnstown Jail If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office.
State Historic Preservation Officer COUNTY SOCIETY Sincerely, Licking enclosures HISTORICAL National Park Service Enclosed please find one (1) new National Register nomination.All appropriate notification Dear Ms. Shull: RECEIVED OHIO