Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Primary location of additional data - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR - State Historic Preservation Office 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency L previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark X Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: Property Owner recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Education Architecture Register Bibliography Property is: Unknown Criteria Considerations Significant Dates Architect/Builder Significant Person and distinguishable entity whose components Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria Previous documentation on file (NPS) our history.
Period of Significance Marion Township Sub-District #8 School for National Register listing) Ca birthplace ora grave. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Marion County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property _1 acre (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 117 320086 4500227 - See continuation sheet. 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 William Bowers, President, Marion County Historical Society date 3/3/06 street & number c/o William Bowers - 1001 S.
Prospect Street telephone 740-387-6720 city or town Marion _state Ohio zip code 43302 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. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Marion County Historical Society - Gale Martin-Hansgen, Director street & number Heritage Hall, 169 E. Church Street telephone 740-387-4255 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
Photographs Continuation Sheets Additional Documentation Boundary Justification Additional items Property Owner Zone Easting Northing UTM References A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. Marion Township Sub-District #8 Maps school 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 Marion County, Ohio Marion Sub-District School #8, also referred to as Linn School, is significant under criteria A & C, as an example of a one-room schoolhouse in Marion County. One-room schoolhouses are part of our history and part of our past - a rich history full of memories. These schoolhouses once reflecting 130 sub-districts in Marion County, Ohio and offered students the opportunity to gain an education; particularly in rural areas. School sessions consisted of a single 72-day returning after the fall harvest. Later there were two terms, which lengthened the school year for students. The one-room schools were about two miles apart, so most students had to walk no more than one mile each way.
In today's fast paced world, many of these pieces of our past have been put to other uses, fallen down, or been torn down. We have seen these structures incorporated into houses, township room schoolhouse was at one time used as a corncrib for the storage of corn crops. Much of the standardization of school construction, location of schools and length of school term seen in rural sub-district schools of the late 19# century reflects significant state legislation passed in the 1850s.
In 1853 Township school boards, composed of one member from each school sub-district would replace township trustees in their responsibility for local school funds, altering school boundaries, and common schools and county boards of school examiners provided for a free common education for all form and plan, brick building material, gable roof, 3-bay side elevation with tall narrow rectangular window openings with flat sandstone lintels, single center door with sandstone name block above on The Ohio Historic Inventory documents fifteen one-room schools built in the 1880s in 10 townships in Marion County. Most of the schools surveyed in 1993 were significantly altered through alterations due to later uses and deterioration. Most buildings were missing cupolas, porches had been added, door and original details. youth and establish a yearly minimum of six month of schooling.
holding title to school property.Additional legislation would create the office of state commissioner of The Marion Sub-District School #8 displays typical characteristics associated with 19th century one- term in the winter. Students left school in the spring in time to work on planting the spring crops and Marion Township Sub-District #8 School room schools in general and in Marion County.These characteristics include the building's rectangular gable end, slate roof and cupola. The cupola, slate roof, and windows have been replaced to replicate 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 Marion Township Sub-District #8 School Marion County, Ohio In Marion Township, in addition to Sub-District School #8 only one other school was documented.
This school, built in 1889 has had the roof and windows altered and it has been converted into a church. This schoolhouse, also known as Linn School as land was acquired from the Charles Linn farm for the school, was not destined for destruction. Instead it was rescued and repaired through the partnership of the purchasers and donors, Merle Hamilton (96 years old), Oliver Hamilton (100 years old), the Marion Historical Society, and Quality Masonry Company, Inc. of Marion, Ohio. Oliver, born August 24, 1903, attended this school from 1909 to 1914, while Merle, born September 29, 1907, attended 1913 to 1920. This historical project not only brought attention to the physical restoration of the schoolhouse, but also rural Ohio history. Merle & Oliver purchased the property in 2002 and donated it to the Marion County Historical Society the same year.
Built in 1897, of soft clay brick and lime mortar with approximately 800 square feet, the school served students up to the eighth grade. Located on the west side of present day State Route 4 North, this is the only restored one-room schoolhouse in Marion County. Most room schoolhouse is a link to the past and will provide an educational experience to those who will tour it through a partnership with the Marion Historical Society and the Marion City Schools. and how he would take the train to school. Stories are fondly told "of three brothers from the 1900 era; Leroy, Sam and Paul Hinaman, who traveled to the school, with horses hitched to a sled, early each morning to stoke the fire so the building would be warm when other students arrived. There was no House across the street.
Government supplied powdered soups were prepared on top of a pot-bellied stove for the students who couldn't go home for a hot lunch. Local teachers were boarded at the Linn history, including Linn School, of the past schools of Marion County. Oliver and Merle Hamilton approached Quality Masonry Company, Inc. in the fall of 2002 and questions. The Scope of Work prepared and outlined by Quality Masonry included the need for requested an on-site inspection and consultation as to the condition of the schoolhouse and the extent of the needed repairs.William Bowers reviewed the site and prepared a complete worksheet of needs and buildings in the same deteriorated condition as the Linn School have resulted in demolition.
This one- describe the local interaction of the interurban narrow gauge railroad that passed in front of Linn School The Hamilton's father had a stone quarry and farm, just to the south of Linn School. Merle would pump or well at the school so the older boys and girls carried water in a bucket from the Charles Linn Section number 8 Page 2 to the hearts of the owners. This project was completed through the interest in preserving this piece of complete interior and exterior repair and replacement of many components. The owners' reviewed the House across the street."The publication,"This Old School" by Donna Lawrence, outlines much of 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 & Page 3 Marion Township Sub-District #8 School Marion County, Ohio recommended Scope of Work and formulated a plan to return this piece of Marion County History to its pre-1900 condition. The goal was to allow others to experience the feeling of education in this era. The work progressed promptly and consistently ending with the setting of desks in late October 2003. As an item of interest, we would like to mention that Oliver Hamilton received his Bachelor's Degree graduate of this University. HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY SCHOOLS Each of the more than 130 little schools that once dotted the countryside in Marion County was as unique and special as the neighborhood population in the area it served.
However, some things were common to most of the earliest schools. Many settlers had no formal education and few could read or write, but they wanted education for their children. The very first schools were held in the log cabin homes of literate pioneers. For Marion County the first school was - according to the Atlas of Marion County, Ohio 1878 - held in 1809 in the part of Waldo Township that was south of the Greenville Treaty Line, above which land was not yet open for settlement. Then, starting around 1820, land north of the treaty line could be sold, and settlement began quickly all over the county. When the number of students was too large to hold school in a cabin (when there were at least 12 school-age children) the families would get together and build a one-room log school. These log schools usually had a fireplace at one end for heat and light.
One log would be left out on each of two sides of the building to make long windows running horizontally the length of the building. Those open places were covered with greased paper instead of glass. Students sat at crude split-log tables with benches that had no backs. Near the teacher's desk was often the long recitation The earliest schools were subscription schools for which parents had to provide tuition money for each scholar, donate wood for the fire, and take turns providing board and room for the teacher. Around 1840, the log schools were gradually replaced with wood-frame buildings, some of which are still standing. Later, may of the wood-frame schools were replaced by brick buildings. Some of those that remain are used as residences or for storage. The wood-frame schools that have survived do not have discipline.
bench.Teachers were expected to provide their own quills for pens and their own switches 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 & Page 4 Marion County, Ohio dates on them, but many of the brick buildings still have their stone nameplates that list the township, the sub-district number and the date the school was built. In the villages where there were more children within walking distance of the school, there often would students was called a sub-district of the township. Most of the sub district schools in each township were numbered, but the numbers were not often awarded in logical geographic order.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which governed settlement of America's frontier, provided that land would be divided into townships, townships would be divided into sections and the 16th section of each township should be set aside for schools. The land could be sold or rented, or the settlers could put a school on the land, but any revenue derived from sales or rent was to go for schools in the township. If the land was sold, the money realized from the sale was deposited with the state which guaranteed to pay 6% interest on the money. That money was to be used within the township for education. Nearly all the dedicated sections in Marion County were sold between 1830 and 1840 for a total of$12,243.17. At 6% interest, the schools had a total of $734.59 annually on which to operate. That amount was divided among 12 of the townships according to the amounts their sections brought.
The 1907 Jacoby History of Marion County, Ohio lists the distribution of funds by township: Claridon Grand.. Marion.. Pleasant. Richland Salt Rock Scott Tully. That left three townships that were funded separately because they were formed from either the Virginia Military District or the United States Military Lands. The provisions in the Ordinance of 1787 did not apply to that land, which had been appropriated by Congress to compensate soldiers. So, Congress appropriated other money for annual school support in the military lands. Bowling Green Township was to receive $25.01 from the Virginia Military District Fund, Green Camp Township was to receive $30.36 and Prospect Township was to receive $15.82 from the same fund. Then, from the United States Military Fund, Green Camp Township received $64 and Prospect Township received $33.18.
Part of Waldo Township fell in this special category, which provided $21.94 a year. $7.86 be two-room, two-story school buildings.They required two teachers and counted as two schools when Marion Township Sub-District #8 School financial appropriations were made at the township level. The area from which a school drew its .$129.45 ...S54.27 ...S32.67 .S.32.18 .S.28.2.1 Big Island .. Grand Prairie Waldo $39.99 $47.05 .$5.82 ..$38.30 ...$30.74 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 Marion County, Ohio These provisions were inadequate. They were barely enough to provide the rudest of buildings and tuition for those children whose parents could not pay.
To make matters worse, a large portion of the land in the area was owned by people who did not live here. At that time, the property of non-residents could not be taxed for school purposes. Schools were managed by a board of men who were landowners in that sub-district. Each of these sub- districts had one of its members on the township board, which dispersed township tax money for each school.Teachers were hired by the term which varied in length from school to school. The earliest schools were in session only one 72-day term and that was in the winter. Later, there were two terms, which covered late fall to early spring. Finally, when children could be spared from late and early season farm work, the school year was divided into three shorter terms.
One-room schools, at least those on the main roads, were about two miles apart, so most students had to walk no more than one mile each way. When winter winds blew and snow was deep, some families would hitch a horse to a sled and take their own children as well as neighbor children to school. Horse- that was used when several one-room schools were combined and the new school was centrally located, usually in a small town or village.) With centralization, most children lived too far from the new schools to walk there, so it became necessary for the boards of education to provide transportation. The second major merger of schools known as consolidation began around 1957 and was completed in this county by 1962.
(From "There's No School Like An Old School" by Donna Lawrence) property, including the dates when they occupied the property, are as follows: Township School Sub-District #8 1800 to 1942 Approximately 1942 to 1960 Approximately 1960 to 2002 2002 to Present Abandoned Farm Storage Marion Township Sub-District #8 School Marion County Historical Society The names of the original and subsequent people or businesses that occupied the drawn"kid wagons"were not used until centralization began around 19i0.(Centralization is the term 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 Marion County, Ohio Atlas of Marion County, Ohio, Philadelphia, Harrison, Sutton & Hare, 1878. Jacoby, J. Wilbur, Editor.
History of Marion County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1907. Lawrence, Donna, "There's No School Like An Old School," n.d. McCormick, Virginia E., Educational Architecture in Ohio, From One-Room Schools and Carnegie Libraries to Community Education Villages, Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 2001. Ohio Historic Inventory form, MAR-346-9, Marion Township District #8 School, January 1993. Boundary as seen on plat map, being part of the northwest quarter of section 3, township 5 south, range 15 east, Marion Township, Marion County, Ohio. Bibliography Nominated property includes the area historically associated with school building. Verbal Boundary Description Boundary Justification Marion Township Sub-District #8 School 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 Marion County, Ohio A) wood outhouse CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Additional Documentation Page 1 Marion Township Sub-District #8 School C)woodshed STATE OF OHIO. F) parking tot PLAT Of SURVEY Di sign E) pienic tables QUARTER OF SECTION 3. TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 15 EAST, MARION TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, (0.126 AC. IN R/K) 316 STATE ACRE ROUTE BEING PART OF THE NORTHWEST FGX SURVEYING COMPANY NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Marion County, Ohio GRAND PRAIRIE CLARIDON .
BIC ISLAND - RICHLAND of 1900 Era MONTGOMERY PROSPECT Original Locations schoolhouses in CONTINUATION SHEET Marion Township Sub-District #8 School Section number Additional Documentation Page 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES *SCOTT * GREEN CAMP . one-room WALDO PLEASANT TULLY BOWLING 730 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number Additional Documentation Page 3 Marion County, Ohio BLACK & WHITE PHOTO INDEX Photographer: Willaim Bowers Date: March 2006 Location of Negatives: Marion County Historical Society 1. Picnic Area / Parking Lot 2. Exterior View of North & East Elevations - Looking Southwest 3. Exterior View of North Elevation - Looking South 4. Bell Tower - Looking South 5. Address / Restoration Plaque 6. Front Entry 7. Front Soffit / Gable 9. South & East Elevations - Looking North 10.
Partial South Elevation & Bell Tower 11. West Elevation (rear) looking Northeast 12. Typical Double Hung Window 13. Fence, Woodshed & Outhouse #2 14. Woodshed 15. Outhouse #2 16. Interior Entry Looking East 17. Interior Southeast Corner 19. Interior Northwest Corner 20. Interior Northeast Corner 21. Desks Sign CONTINUATION SHEET Marion Township Sub-District #8 School United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior Marion County, Ohio BLACK É WHITE PHOTO LOCATIONS CONTINUATION SHEET Marion Township Sub-District #8 School National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number Additional Documentation Page 4 Parking lo: Fence Sign Marion Township Sub-District 8 School, Marion Lounty, Olt Marion County Historical Society Quality Masonry Company, Inc. 169 E. Church Street 100I S.
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/CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE REJECT DATE RETURN 1/16/07 DISCIPLINE 1/31/07 MULTIPLE 2/10/07 12/28/06 REVIEWER EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: Lntered in tho APPEAL: N REQUEST: N N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Marion SAMPLE: NATIONAL: nomination is no longer under consideration by the Nps. NNNNB1NI 10A 014 013 06/01/06 MARION TWP. SUB-DISTRICT Ag Linn School Marion, OH Sub-District #8 Fairview Photo MARION CO. OH Schocl NNNAB1NI 11A 014 016 06/01/06 MARION TWUP.
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