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) preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested Primary location of additional data - previously listed in the National Register X State Historic Preservation Office - previously determined eligible by the National - Other State agency - Federal agency L Local government - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - University - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Name of repository: Ohio Historic Inventory 1909-1938 EDUCATION ARCHITECTURE Register Criteria Considerations Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder Applicable National Register Criteria Ohio Significant Person McKinley School Property is: and distinguishable entity whose components Significant Dates Bibliography designated a National Historic Landmark G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance for National Register listing) a significant contribution to the broad patterns of (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Ca birthplace ora grave.
(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Property is associated with the lives of persons 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 8 Page 1 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio The McKinley School in West Milton, Ohio, meets Criteria A and C for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The school is historically significant under Criterion A in the area of education as a representative of an early 20 century village school, constructed by the citizens of West Milton to house all of the public school grades in the village in a single location.
Replacing an earlier 1874 school building on the same site, the 1909 McKinley School was a community response to the need to provide upgraded and fireproof facilities for education at the beginning of the 1900s. In addition, McKinley School has educational significance for both West Milton and Miami County because of itshistory as the first state-supported County Normal School Codes Act (1914) was a significant piece of legislation for rural areas of the state in that it streamlined and regulated the examination and certification process for teachers across Ohio. McKinley School provided teacher training from 1914 to 1927, graduating over 200 teachers during that time. Under Criterion C, the building is significant as an example of a monumental Neoclassical Revival school, with a distinctive architectural treatment on three facades.
McKinley School is a striking building that conveys the importance that the small community of West Milton placed on educational architecture in the early years of the 20* century. It is the only institutional historic schools in the community, each of which represents different educational trends and periods of construction. Its intact setting and prominent placement along West Milton's main street give McKinley School a strong sense of time and place, and its architecture conveys its historic role in the community. The Period of Significance for the building is 1909-1938. Other important dates are 1914-1927. West Milton and McKinley School History Joseph Evans founded West Milton in Miami County in 1805, purchasing and platting the land along the Stillwater River that was to become the village. The first lots were available for purchase in 1807.
West Milton developed as a traditional agricultural center for Union Township, with slow but steady growth through the 1800s, serving a township population of about 1,300 in 1850. Typical businesses in the village during this period included taverns, mills and general stores that were established to serve both the village and township. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad provided railroad service to the village from 1879 to 1923. In 1902, a traction line extending from Dayton to Piqua also stopped at West Milton. As they did in many communities throughout Ohio, boost business for the traction line on weekends. Overlook Park, complete with dance hall and picnic grounds, was successful in attracting people to West Milton from 1902 to 1926, when the School in Ohio to be established following passage of the Rural School Codes Act.
The Rural building remaining from the early years of the 2oh century within the village, and is one of two the traction company (D. C.& P.Traction Line) constructed a park along the Stillwater River to 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 8 Page 2 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio traction line was discontinued. The community had a population of about 900 people in 1900. It remained a small village, only the fourth largest community in Miami County (after Troy, Piqua and Tipp City). In 1905, businesses included groceries, bakeries, feed stores, blacksmith shop, harness shop, a hotel, dry goods stores, hardware stores, banks, and a grain elevator.
Since the 1890s the weekly West Milton Record has served as the only local newspaper for the township. Electricity came to the community in 1909. Several schools were constructed throughout West Milton's history, beginning with a log school building in 1806. Located across the street from McKinley School, this building was replaced with a one-story brick structure in 1824 at the northeast corner of Main and Market Streets. This second building was also eventually outgrown, and the town hall was used for classrooms until a larger, nine-room school was constructed on the present McKinley site in 1874. Built in an Italianate style with a gabled roof and tower, this building reflected the most up-to-date methods of school design and construction for its period, but was outmoded by the turn of the century.
Although wood burning stoves were replaced with a furnace in 1896, the school suffered from a fire in 1900. Originally intended only to house grades 1-8, the school added a high school course of study in 1883, with the resulting increase in student population. Faced with overcrowding, the school was forced to hold classes in additional buildings by the early 1900s.
Clearly in need of a larger facility, the West Milton school board decided early in 1908 that a new centralized school construction for West Milton was the passage of the School Code Act of 1904, which gave local school boards in Ohio the authority to fix rates of taxation and issue bonds for building and At a 1908 school board meeting, the Union Township Board of Education presented the West Milton Board with the proposition of the village and township joining forces in the new school building, "contingent on a law providing joint control being passed by the Ohio General Assembly." This idea was not looked upon favorably by the West Milton Board of Education: being passed, the question of the township voting in favor of such combination and the delay occasioned by such plan when Milton, practically speaking is without a school house and yet compelled to have school next year as usual, the other members did not look upon the idea with much favor." (West Milton Record, page 1, 4/29/1908.) In fact, it was not until six years later that the Ohio General Assembly passed the Rural School Codes Act of 1914, which centralized control over public schools by giving the counties the power to create districts based upon topography and population.
equipment. building should be built to accommodate all grades. Contributing to this milestone in school "Owing to the complications which such arrangements would bring, the probability of the law 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 8 Page 3 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio West Milton opted to move forward with passage of a bond issue to finance the construction of its new school building. Elmer L. Gerber of Dayton was selected out of seven bidders to be the school's architect by unanimous vote of the Board of Education. Gerber's plans for the new school were described as being "quite adaptable to the needs here and of very model arrangements.
There were provisions for twelve class rooms, one recitation room, manual training room, recreation rooms, engine and boiler rooms, fan room, janitor's workshop, etc." The building would house all grades in one facility, with elementary grades on the first floor and high school grades on the second floor. May for a bond levy to finance the construction. Upon its passage, the West Milton Record stated, "It will be an imposing structure, the idea of the elevation being on the order of the Howard Medical College of Boston, Mass." (West Milton Record, page 1, 5/27/1908.) The 1874 Italianate school was demolished the following October to make way for the new school. In the spring of 1909 controversy arose over the naming of the new school building.
The West Milton Record reported that 9 out of 10 people wanted the school named West Milton School, as it was their public school that they were financing and supporting. The paper agreed with this sentiment, but the school board prevailed and named the school McKinley after the former president. "As for McKinley, the whole nation loved, honored and cherished his memory, but Milton Record, page 1, 6/2/09.) Throughout the summer and early fall of 1909 the newspaper reported that the progress of the school's construction was slow and that there was little that the school board could do about it. The opening date was pushed back several times. "The work on the building is going very slow Record, page 1, 9/15/09.) Finally, almost two months after students in the neighboring township had begun their school year, the 350 students of McKinley School began classes on Monday, October 25, 1909.
Although classes had begun, construction work on the school building continued. On the front page of its December 15, 1909 edition, the West Milton Record printed a copy of a letter from the state inspector of workshops and buildings office that listed several problems to be corrected 'No information about Howard Medical College has been able to be located to date. his name on our new school building is about as appropriate as a plug hat on a tramp." (West basement will have about a (sic) eleven foot ceiling and will be utilized for chemical laboratory, and there seems tobeno effort on the part of the contractor to hurry things along."(West Milton Superintendent's office and supply room, library and emergency room, kindergarten, etc. The 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 8 Page 4 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio before a certificate of approval could be issued. Perhaps because the school was so far behind schedule and faced various construction-related obstacles even after it opened, there does not appear to have been an official dedication for the building. McKinley School is historically significant as the only school in the village of West Milton for nearly 30 years, serving all elementary and high schools students in the community. The existing building served the district extremely well (including its use as a Normal School, described below), with the result that no additions were constructed.
When the need for physical education facilities arose in the 1920s, the West Milton community constructed a separate building on a lot on South Main Street. Completed in 1923, this building no longer stands. The village district remained separate from the township until 1936, when the Milton Village District and the Union Township district finally consolidated into the Milton-Union Exempted miles. As a result, a new high school building was constructed in 1938 for grades 7-12, and McKinley School continued to house the elementary grades. During the 1950s, continued school use today, a large Neoclassical Revival building located to the west of McKinley School.
Illustrating the village-township consolidation and retaining integrity as an example of a Neoclassical Revival building, the high school also appears to be eligible for the National West Milton County Normal School McKinley School played an important role in the teacher training movement in Ohio by being the first county normal school to be established following the passage of Ohio's 1914 Rural School Codes Act. From 1914 to 1927 the school was the home of the West Milton County Normal School, a state-funded school for the training of teachers. The normal school was located on the second floor of the building, along with the high school classrooms. Over the 13 years of its existence, over 200 teachers graduated from the West Milton normal school.
The Rural School Codes Act was an important piece of educational legislation that shifted the responsibility for school curriculum and funding from the township to the county, with a county superintendent and county school board responsible for all schools except exempted towns and villages with populations over 3,000 persons. Importantly, the Rural School Codes Act provided, for the first time in Ohio history, standardized and consistent teacher training at the Register. growth resulted in the construction of an elementary school to house grades K through 6, and Village District. This consolidation created a huge school district of approximately 48 square McKinley became a Junior High School. It continued in this capacity until being closed in 1982. 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 8 Page 5 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio village and rural level. According to the text of the 1914 law, "Boards of education which maintain first grade high schools in village or rural districts may establish normal departments in such schools for the training of teachers for village and rural schools. Not more than three such normal schools shall be established in any one county school district, and not more than one such department shall be maintained in any village or rural district." The county normal schools would be funded and overseen by the state. Always progressive with respect to educating their children, the county and local board of education moved quickly to establish a normal department within McKinley School.
The July 29, 1914 edition of the West Milton Record reported on the recent visit of Frank W. Miller, superintendent of the state Department of Public Instruction. "Milton has been especially was here last Friday and after being shown about the school premises by O. L. Buchanan, of the county board, and the members of the local board and told of the excellent school spirit of the community, he quickly came to a conclusion and said Milton would get the Normal." It is interesting to note that West Milton had been granted a new normal school even before the Department of Public Instruction's Normal School Bulletin, which outlined the details of the new law, had been published in August 1914. being given for the employment of an instructor. The Normal is to perform the function of a one- receive a one-year certificate to teach.
All students attending any of the State Normals one year after completing a County course will be graduated from a State Normal and will receive of the state a life certificate." (Page 1, 7/29/1914.) The normal school in West Milton was scheduled to open on Monday, September 21, 1914. Three weeks before classes were to start, the paper reported, "No teacher has yet been secured for the county normal. The salary is placed at $1,000 by state law. It looks like a good man instructor should be had at such a salary who would give the Normal a standing that would make Despite the assertion that it was a good man's salary, a woman, Alice Hughes, was the first director of the normal school. By all accounts the normal school was successful.
The September 23, 1914 edition of the West Milton Record reported "The Milton Normal started off with an enrollment much larger than is offered and that the solicitation of pupils was not pushed much the enrollment is far beyond year course for the training of teachers...Those taking a one-year's County Normal course shall favored inbeing granted a County Normal school under the new school law.Frank W.Miller it not only attractive to new teachers but to experienced ones as well." (Page 4, 9/2/1914.) anticipated. In view of the fact that only the advanced course i.e. the high school graduate course 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 8 Page 6 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio the expectation of the management of the school." Other communities followed suit in establishing county normal programs in 1915 and later, among them Brookville in Montgomery County, Anna in Shelby County, and Canfield in Mahoning County. Background History of Normal Schools in Ohio In the early 19th century, education in Ohio was focused on the basic instruction of elementary studies. The ability of children to attend school increased throughout the 1800s, along with so did the need for properly trained and certified teachers.
The first law providing for certification of teachers was passed in 1825, according to Bossing's "History of Education Legislation in Ohio, 1851-1925." This law placed examiners in each county, and two years later was amended to allow for one examiner per township, thereby making it easier for potential teachers to take the exam. "A teacher without a certificate could not claim, legally, any portion of the public funds in payment for her services in the schools. (Bossing, page 226.) Throughout the 19th century examinations and certificate lifespan varied from county to county, as well as from urban to rural locations, with local examiners having much discretion over the process.
"In the early days teacher training was carried on chiefly in the county teachers' institutes often conducted by the teachers themselves while the local board satisfied itself regarding the teacher's fitness by its own type of examination." (Overman, page Teachers' institutes were established in several Ohio counties, with the first one founded in 1832 in Marietta. However, these institutes were often seen as inadequate, with most only offering two to three week summer courses. The need for schools that would be focused solely on the training and certification of teachers, otherwise known as normal schools, persisted through the Farmington Normal School incorporated in 1849. It was not, however, exclusively devoted to schools operating as an option to the county teachers' institutes.
Among these were McNeely Normal School, 1852; Williams Center Normal School, 1852; National Normal School, 1855; and Ewington Southern Ohio Normal College, 1857. Two of the largest and most prominent in the state were Northwestern Ohio Normal School in Ada, which eventually became Ohio Northern University, and National Normal School in Lebanon. 248.) the training of teachers."(Bossing, page 244). Most of the early normal schools were private The principle of certification has been quite generally accepted from that time to the present." increases in population in both urban and rural districts over time. As school enrollment increased, 1800s. "The first school to appear under the name of a normal school in Ohio was the 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 8 Page ] McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio During the late 19t century, many cities also developed their own normal schools, generally established to prepare student teachers for teaching duties within the respective city's school system. In 1868, Cincinnati was the first city in Ohio to establish its own normal school. Dayton followed a year later, and Cleveland, Mansfield and Sandusky established normal schools in the 1870s. It was following the 1902 passage of a bill providing for a state funding of a normal school in connection with both Miami University and Ohio University. A few years' later, State normal schools were opened at Bowling Green and at Kent State University.
The proliferation of normal schools provided a vehicle for teacher training in Ohio, but there were still no consistent standards in the state for curriculum or certification, especially in the rural schools. Conditions and examination subjects varied greatly, creating a complex situation that was not remedied until the 1914 Rural School Codes Act strengthened the power of the state. This new legislation allowed for state-sponsored normal training to be conducted at the county level in The normal schools would fall under the jurisdiction of the county school board, but would be financed and regulated by the state. To establish a normal department, the individual school had to apply with the State Department of Public Instruction.
For the first time in Ohio's history, the examination and certification process for teachers was streamlined and consistent throughout the By 1923, there were more than 50 county normal schools in Ohio with one-year courses, graduating over a thousand teachers. There were also 34 city normal schools, offering two-to four-year courses, and more than 40 colleges and universities offering training for teachers. Continued efforts . to make teaching a full-fledged profession lead to a shift away from normal schools to teacher courses had to be approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. A few years later all the one-year schools were closed and Ohio had 40 approved teacher training schools instead of 90 as was the case before 1929." (Overman, page 249).
McKinley School is an important representation of the trend in the state's educational history to the first county normal school under the 1914 law, the citizens of West Milton exemplified the spirit of the new legislation and the goals of the Ohio Department of Public Instruction. As articulated in the Normal School Bulletin of August 1914, "The Department is exceedingly anxious to prove to the people of the state the wisdom of this plan of training teachers for rural and village schools, and in order to do so, the schools established must succeed, and in order to succeed they must have the state. training through accredited colleges and universities. "By 1929 all colleges giving teacher-training not until after the turn of the 2o' century that state-level normal schools were first established, provide quality teacher training in rural Ohio during the early 190os.
By moving quickly to establish qualified"first grade"high schools.Tuition was to be free at the high school normal departments. hearty support of the communities in which located and must meet willingly the standards set up for 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 8 Page 8 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio of a County Normal School." The community of West Milton fulfilled that role. Architect and architectural design of McKinley School McKinley School was designed by Elmer Louis Gerber, who is identified as the building's architect in the West Milton Record and on the building's original plans. Little information about him could be located, however. Gerber is first listed as an architect in the Dayton City Directory beginning in 1899-1900.
Prior to that year he is listed as a student. In 1902-1903 he had a partner, Louis L. Lott. Gerber continued to be listed as an architect until 1915-1916, when he is listed as a co-proprietor of the Majestic Theater in Dayton with George Haas. In 1917-1918 no occupation is given for him and residing in Montgomery County at the time of his death, as no death record is listed for him at the county vital records office. The West Milton Record's announcement of the selection of Gerber as the architect of the new school in 1908 also did not provide any biographical information about him. The design of McKinley School reflects an interest in the school as a monumental building that reflects civic pride and makes a local statement about the importance of education. As Virginia E.
McCormick relates in her book, Educational Architecture in Ohio, the design of a school building can be extremely important for community identity, especially in a crossroads community with a in the prominent front pavilion, with paired lonic columns, full entablature, and shaped central - pediment. Gerber's use of the inset panels etched with the names of prominent individuals in literature, drama, science and music also relate to this theme. A more restrained classical influence is seen on the side and rear elevations at the parapet and at the south side and rear entry door The most striking element of the design is the round entry arch on the main façade, a treatment that McKinley School arch appears less massive through the use of glazed brick rather than the heavier stone surround that often typifies Richardsonian buildings.
The delicate feel of the arch and the transparent glazing of the doors behind it also seem to relate to the work of Louis Sullivan. page 72 pavilions. Gerber does not appear in Montgomery County histories or biographical sketches.He was not small population.Neoclassical designs were often used to convey the noble goals of education in in 1919-1920 he is listed as an aeronautical engineer.He is listed once again as an architect in 1924. the early 2o century. The architect's design for McKinley School makes use of neoclassical motifs was popularized in institutional buildings by Henry Hobson Richardson in the late 19th century. The them. The educational sentiment of the community is perhaps the most vital element in the success 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 Section number 8 Page g McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio Discussion of Context and Integrity Within the context of West Milton, McKinley School has a unique architectural presence. In addition to the high quality of its design, the school's scale and prominent location contribute to its significance. Located on the main street through town (today's State Route 48), the school provides a focal point for the community. West Milton has a small downtown core with two-and three-story Italianate buildings further to the north, but the village has few other buildings of the scale or prominence of McKinley School. The exception is the Milton-Union High School, built in 1938 on a large tract of former farmland to the west of McKinley School.
Built on the outskirts of town at the time, this school is not as visible in the community and is situated so that its primary and secondary facades largely face the backs of the neighboring houses that are oriented toward Main, Miami and surrounding streets. Even further removed from the center of town is the sprawling Milton-Union elementary school complex, built in the 1950s. Besides the two historic schools, other community institutions in the small village of West Milton did not have historic buildings McKinley School was designed in 1909 to make an architectural statement, which it continues to convey today. Although only a few historic features remain on the interior and the windows have been replaced, the McKinley School building does maintain historic integrity. The original window openings remain intact allowing for more compatible full-size replacement of the current windows.
With the combined warmth of the multi-hued glazed brick, the delicate proportion of the Sullivanesque arch with recessed porch, the original multi-paned entrance feature, the classical prominence of the central pavilion, and the tiered low-rise brick walls extending out from the front . porch to the neighborhood, McKinley School is a striking building that conveys the importance that Features from interior public spaces (the entry foyers) remain intact. Importantly, the school has had significant institutional building in the context of West Milton, and it continues to exemplify the dedication of the community and its civic leaders to the development of the school. A check of other school buildings listed individually on the National Register revealed a variety of interior and exterior conditions.
In particular, nominations for Piqua High School (also in Miami Camden Public School in Preble County were reviewed. Each of these schools was nominated based upon Criterion A for their local significance in the area of education. In addition, some were also nominated under Criterion C for their significance as an example of a type, period or method of the small community of West Milton placed on educational architecture in the early years of the 20th CONTINUATION SHEET century. The building still reads as a significant institutional building within a small town setting. no major exterior additions to compromise the balanced symmetry of the original design. It is a office until later in the 2o" century, when new buildings were constructed for these uses. 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 8 Page 10 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio construction. The Springfield Township School and the Camden School are probably most comparable to McKinley School in terms of their origins. Like West Milton, Camden is a small village in western Ohio (population 2,210 in 1999). The Camden Public School was built in 1904 at a cost of $15,000, and was smaller (just 8 classrooms vs. 12 in the West Milton School). It too replaced an earlier school building on the site. Springfield Township School was built in 1929 and is an example of a consolidated township school from that period, located in the small (at that time) village of Ontario in Richland County.
Both of these buildings are far less distinctive architecturally than McKinley School, having very plain and restrained stylistic features. In addition, Springfield Township School had numerous additions and alterations to the exterior that included an obstructed listed on the National Register only under Criterion A. According to the nomination, Camden Public School was unaltered on the exterior and had few modifications to the interior. The high schools that were mentioned also had the same exterior window modifications as seen in McKinley School, with window downsizing being a common school alteration. Each of these schools was significant within its local context in terms of educational history and each stood as an important landmark in their community or neighborhood.
McKinley School is significant for its contribution to the educational history of West Milton, Ohio, and for its role as the first state-funded County Normal School established in Ohio following passage of the Rural School Codes Act in 1914. The building exemplifies the progressive stance taken by a major new school building for the education of their children in 1909, and then to be the first to establish a state-funded program for rural teacher training in 1914. The school was an important addition to the village of West Milton when it was constructed in 1909 and it served as the village's only school for nearly 30 years. Importantly, McKinley School still stands today as a prominent local landmark that has significant architectural character in the context of the village of West Milton.
The building's setting and appearance today still clearly conveys its prominent role in the history of West Milton, and it remains a landmark piece of institutional architecture for the community. Summary the village of West Milton in the early 2oth century to take advantage of state legislation to construct front entry and alterations caused by construction of a front cafeteria addition.As a result it was NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9 Page 1 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio Major Bibliographic References Bossing, Nelson L. "History of Educational Legislation in Ohio, 1851-1925." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Quarterly 39, 1930. Dayton City Directories, various years. Department of Public Instruction. Normal School Bulletin, F.J.
Heer Printing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1914. Goodlad, John L.,Roger Soder, and Kenneth A. Sirotnik, Editors.Places Where Teachers are Taught, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1990. Herbst, Jurgen.And Sadly Teach: Teacher Education and Professionalization in American Culture, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, 1989. McAlpine, William. "Origin of Public Education in Ohio." Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Quarterly 38, 1929. McCormick, Virginia E. Educational Architecture in Ohio: From One-Room Schools and Carnegie Libraries to Community Education Villages, Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, 2001. Miami County Ohio Sesquicentennial Committtee. A History of Miami County, Ohio (1807-1953), F.J. Miller, E. Irene. History of Miami County, Ohio, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas, 1982. Overman, William D.
"Education in Ohio since 1900." History of the State of Ohio, edited by Carl Wittke, Columbus: Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, 1942. Overman, William D. List of Colleges and Universities in Ohio, The Ohio State Archaeological and Skinner, B. O. List of Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Training, F. J. Heer Printing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1932. West Milton Record, various years. West Milton's Sesquicentennial, 1807-1857. Winters, I. Howard. Books for County Normal Schools, F.J. Heer Printing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1922. Historical Society, 1940. National Park Service Heer Printing Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1953. McKinley School West Milton, Miami (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 16 11.
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Response to this request is 614-481-7999 Maps NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 10 Page 1 McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Miami, and being the 165 feet square Public Square in the Village of West Milton as shown in Plat Book 1, Page 161 of the plat records of said county.
Beginning at the southwest corner of the Public Square at the intersection of the north line of Market Street and the east line of Main Street; thence with the west line of the Public Square and the east line of Main Street, northwardly a distance of 165 feet to the south line of a public alley; thence, with the north line of the Public Square, the north line of Lot 34 and the south line of said alley, eastwardly, a distance of 330 feet to the west line of Miami Street; thence, with the east line of Lots 34 and 37 and the west line of Miami Street, southwardly, a distance of 165 feet to the north line of Market Street; thence, with the south line of Lot 37, the south line of the Public Square and the north line of Market Street, westwardly a distance of 330 feet to the place of beginning.
The proposed boundary contains all of the property associated with McKinley School during the period Boundary Justification of significance. Verbal Boundary Description National Park Service NPS Form10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES McKinley School, Miami County, Ohio PHOTO LIST Date: July 29, 2004 Photographer: Nathalie Wright 1. Main façade and grounds from across S. Miami Street. 2. Main façade. 3. Detail view of entry. 4. Detail view of McKinley inscription. 5. Detail view of porch and front doors. 6. Inscription detail on main façade. 8. Market Street elevation to the right and a portion of the rear elevation to the left. 9. Market Street elevation. 10. North elevation along Smith Alley. 11. Rear elevation along S. Main Street. 12.
Detail view showing new vestibule entry located on the rear elevation. 13. Original window on rear façade. 14. View of rear elevation from the lawn of Milton Union School. 15. Front façade of Milton Union School. 16. Side elevation of Milton Union School. 17. Milton Union Elementary and Middle Schools. 18. Streetscape view looking north from the McKinley School lawn. Copy of 1925 photograph of McKinley School, from The Miltonian, yearbook Copies of the architect's original elevations of McKinley School Footprint and floor plans of McKinley School CONTINUATION SHEET Location of Negatives: 24. Original tin ceiling in the rear stair landing. 25. Original window in the rear elevation. 20. Original doors and transoms inside the foyer. 22.Original window on the second floor stair landing above the foyer. Section number Photos Page 1 23. Original tin ceiling in the stair landing.
List of Attachments: McKINLEY SCHOOL THE MILTONIAN 1925 MIAMI COUNTY, OH SCALE. 8 "QVALS 12" McKINLEY SCHOOL MIAMI COUNTY, OH 425 k/V MAIN STREET -Counity, Ohio. MCKINLEY SCHOOL PLAT OF SURVEY May 20,1068 MIAMI COUNTY, OH 1.Steve. Sobars, Gitg Manager MCKINLEY SCHOOL GORSUCH MGNT SCALE. §-12 01/28/04 MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO MCKINLEY SCHOOL GORSUCH NGMT D005 SCALE. 8-12" MIAMI COUNTY, OH 01/28/04 MCKINLEY SCHOOL -WE ST- MIL TON- OHIO- MIAMI COUNTY, OH 01/28/04 003 GORSUCH MGMT MADE BY.
WED 12:21 FAX 740 654 7834 NUMBER Cam 154 BCARDIOF EDUCATION CHECKED DAYTON.ON SHEET UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: APPEAL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE REJECT RETURN MULTIPLE 2/10/05 DATE 12/28/04 1/29/05 REVIEWER ACCEPT NAME: PERIOD: PDIL: OTHER: DATE RECEIVED: COMMENT WAIVER:N NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: /8/2005 STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Miami PROPERTY McKinley School DATA PROBLEM:N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N RECOM.
CRTERIA Accept Aic ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : TELEPHONE 5/04/05 DATE RETURN MULTIPLE REVIEWER 3/21/05 EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME: DETAILED EVALUATION: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N REQUESTED ACTION: RESUBMISSION STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Miami REFERENCE NUMBER: 05000025 REJECT RECOM./CRITERIA LEY ONS 3 MCKINLEy SCHOOL, MIAMI CO, OHIO EDISO 5 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI Ca, OHIO EDISON VING 6 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OHIO MOZART GOETHE DMCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OHIO 13 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO.
OHIO 14 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OHIO Milton union School Milton Union School Milton Union Elementary School 8 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OMIO MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OHIO 22)MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI Ca, OHIO 23 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OHIO E3 MCKINLEY SCHOOL, MIAMI CO., OHIO L 728270 442,474 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WEST MILTON, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WEST MILTON QUADRANGLE PAGE December 1, 2004 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 E. Hudson Street Columbus, OH 43211 Dear Ms. Powers: significance of the school. project is important to the village and its seniors. Martin D. Gabbard Sincerely, Mayor Municipal Manager Donald R. Hamann, Sr.
Barbara Powers We thank you for your consideration of this request, as the renovation of the McKinley Commons This letter is to indicate my support for the nomination of McKinley School to the today as senior housing.The village of West Milton is justifiably proud of the the village's history and a landmark in the community that has an important use
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