Nomination for Town Pump of East Sparta, The

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NPS Form 10-900 RECEIVED 2280 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service FEB 1 8 2009 National Register of Historic Places NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1. Name of Property The Town Pump of East Sparta historic name other names/site number _ Town Pump, Village Pump 2. Location Intersection of Walnut Street and Main Avenue N/A - not for publication street & number N/A O vicinity city or town - state - . code 151 zip code _44626 3. State/Federal Agency Certification meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant Dept. Head State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. (C] See continuation sheet for additional Signature of certifying official/Title 4.

National Park Service Certification Tentered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the - removed from the National Li other, (explain:) comments.) Date Ohio Register. Registration Form National Register East Sparta NPS Date of Action This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the L request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Ohio Historical Society I hereby certify that the property is: entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. code The Town Pump of East Sparta Stark County, Ohio 5.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) - private - building(s) - public-local - public-State - public-Federal D structure - object Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions Lanscape/street object Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals Foundation other roof Total Concrete Tile Brick Materials walls Architectural Classification Narrative Description 7. Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) O site -district Noncontributing OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service The Town Pump of East Sparta Stark County, Ohio Narrative Description The Town Pump of East Sparta is a square brick structure, sheltering a hand-powered southeastern of the four intersections thus created. Surrounding buildings include both commercial and residential uses. Erected in 1921 (photo #4), the nominated structure is constructed of locally produced brick laid in running bond pattern on a raised concrete slab foundation installed in 1962. The approximately ten-foot square structure features four large round arches resting on low walls of wire-cut dark red brick with flat concrete coping. Upper walls and arches are built of smooth, salt-glazed orange-brown brick. Set into the north wall is a sandstone panel bearing walls provide access to the interior from the west and south sides (photos #1-2).

A finished ceiling retains its original beadboard. Exposed wood rafters with plain fascia boards support the pyramidal roof of mixed red and green ceramic barrel tiles. The tile replicate the appearance of the original red roof tile, which were replaced in a 1962 renovation. Centered remained in place until the 1990s, when it was stolen. The town was without a pump until pump was built by the F.E. Myers & Brothers Company of Ashland, Ohio, and is appropriate abandoned field in 2006 and restored, but not reinstalled in the village square. Continuation Sheet #3), and a concrete trough passes from the pump through the east wall. 2005, when the current pump (age unknown, but more than 50 years old) was installed.

This The Rich Pump Company pump (patent 1904) which was originally in the shelter in design to the age of the pump house.The older pump was subsequently found in an National Register of Historic Places the inscribed legend,"East Sparta,Erected Aug.5,1921,Lang & Co."Breaks in the lower Section number 7Page - NPSForm 10-900-2 Page - water pump, that is situated in the center of the busiest of the village's four central crossed by two main streets running east-west; the Town Pump is in the center ofthe within the pump shelter is a raised concrete pedestal for the hand-powered water pump (photo The Town Pump of fast sparta Stark County, Ohio County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance Enter categories from instructions X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. - C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, ormethod of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and Period of Significance distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. -A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. Significant Person - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. Cultural Affiliation - 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 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register L Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National * Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1921-1958 Register Bibilography Architect/Builder Name of repository: Unknown Criteria Considerations for National Register listing.) Significant Dates Applicable National Register Criteria Social History our history.

Property is: Previous documentation on file (NPS): (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Name of Property (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service The Town Pump of East Spart Section number _ 8 Stark County, Ohio Statement of Significance The Town Pump of East Sparta is nominated under Criterion A as the community's most famous local landmark. It is an early exemplar of a project enhancing the public welfare, from a time when municipal water, sewer, and other services were often not available, and is unique in Stark County and the surrounding region.

Situated in the center of the East Sparta's principal intersection, the Town Pump has become the symbol of the village, serving both residents and travelers for almost 100 years. East Sparta was platted in 1815 as the town of Sparta. It was laid out with two main streets running north and south, crossed by two more main streets running east and west, with a public square at each intersection. Alleys run diagonally between each square (Heald 1949). The town grew slowly, and its first local school and Post Office were established in 1853 and 1854 respectively. When the Valley Railway (later the Cleveland, Terminal, & Valley Railroad, part of the Baltimore and Ohio) came through town about 1882, the village was renamed East Sparta to avoid confusion with another town of the same name in Morrow County (Heald 1949, 1952).

The railroad gave impetus for coal mining in the township, and the establishment of brick and tile plants. A company founded in 1908 to manufacture Spanish Roofing Tile became the United States Roofing Tile Company in 1914, and produced as the United States Quarry Tile Company, and in 1954 became the United States Ceramic Tile Company, the area's largest employer for much of the twentieth century (East Sparta The well in the square was dug about 1846, serving many local residents as their primary water source (Anon. 1990). Prior to 1921 the pump was only enclosed by a wood casing, although a platform was built around it to provide further protection and increase its visibility. In 1921 the nominated structure was erected around the well by a crew of bricklayers, who water distribution system was installed circa 1950, the pump remained in use.

There was always a tin cup available for a drink of fresh, cold water. Residents found it difficult to pass Old State Route 8 was the primary north-south route through central Stark County until 1948, Page Continuation Sheet Horses were also watered at the pump, and many travelers were grateful for a cold drink. Woman's Club 1976). the original roof tile for the town pump (Anon.1990).This company was later reorganized by the pump without stopping for a drink and a chance to catch up on the latest local news. National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a gesture, they offered to build the pump shelter if the town supplied the bricks, which were donated by the Federal Clay Products Company of East Sparta. Even after a community were boarding in East Sparta while working on a pipe line pumping station.As a friendly OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet The Town Pump of East Sparta when new Route 800 bypassed the town to the east. Route 8 ran through East Sparta around this pump, which made it known to all who traveled past it. For the residents of the village and the surrounding area, the Town Pump of East Sparta las become the most recognizable symbol of the village's history and development. It retains a high degree of integrity, and represents both the horse and wagon era and the early automobile era when travelers passed through East Sparta, frequently stopping for a drink of fresh water and not worrying that its location in the center of the square required traffic to slow its pace through the town.

The refined design, solid brick construction, and tile roof of strangers, and the town's history of close ties to the brick and ceramic tile industry. Stark County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places this structure reflect the village's pride in the pump, their hospitality to both locals and NPS Form 10-900-a Section number _ 8 (8-86) Page - 3 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service The Town Pump of East Sparta Stark County, Ohio 175th Anniversary, East Sparta, Ohio 1815-1990. East Sparta, Ohio: 1990. East Sparta Woman's Club East Sparta 1815-1976. East Sparta, Ohio: 1976. East Sparta Sesquicentennial Committee Society, 1949. Verbal Boundary Description standing in the middle of the intersection of Walnut Street SE and Main Avenue SE, in the village of East Sparta, Stark County, Ohio. by it.

The boundary conforms to the outer margins of the timber curbing around the nominated structure that separate it from the adjoining streets. Anonymous Bibliography Boundary Justification The Stark County Story (Vol. 1, pp. 72-79). Canton, Ohio: The Stark County Historical Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places The boundary encompasses the nominated resource on the land that is historically occupied The boundary is defined as a square, fourteen feet on each side, centered on the pump shelter The Stark County Story (Vol. Ill, pp. 723-729). Canton, Ohio: The Stark County Historical East Sparta 1815-1965. East Sparta, Ohio: 1965. NPS Form 10-900-a Section number 9, 10 Page - Heald, Edward T.

(8-86) The Town Pump of East Sparta Section number - Photograph of sandstone "cornerstone" (8-86) Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Stark County, Ohio National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 PARTA RECTED Date: 8/26/2008 Time : 02:12:48 PM LINE CORPORATION STATE AVE Title: G:\2 Historical MapslVillages\East Sparta\Copy of 000index.tif ROUTE 8 sec. VINCE V4 Section Linez The Town Pumpof East Sparta EAST SPAR:A STARK COUNTY DEED RECORD Book C. p.1. FROM "THE STARK COUNTY STORY" VOL.I. PAGE 74. BEAR WOLF 23|24 25 ZONE!!

Stark County, ot 17 18 E 470:45 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 45TH DAY: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ACCEPT ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE DATE MULTIPLE RETURN DISCIPLINE 3/24/09 REVIEWER 4/03/09 2/18/09 RECOM./CRITERIA Historic Places OTHER: Entered in PDIL: The National Register DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE RECEIVED: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF 16TH DAY: STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Stark LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N N SLR DRAFT: N REJECT 3/09/09 NATIONAL: nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPs.

DATE OF PENDING LIST: THE TOWN PUMP OF FAST SPARTA STARK COUNTY OhiO LIMIT SPEED TORT.800 The Town Pump of East Spanta Stark County, Ohio Stark County, Ohio The Town Pump of East Sparta SHark County, Ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WAYNESBURG QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WAYNESBURG, OHIO THE TOWN PUMP OF EAST SPARTA 1994 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RECEIVED 2280 FEB 1 8 2009 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE February 11, 2009 Ms. Jan Matthews, Associate Director and Keeper of the National Washington DC 20005 Enclosed please find five (5) new National Register nominations for Ohio. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.

NEW NOMINATION Friends Boarding School and Ohio Yearly Cheviot Fieldhouse Loveridge, Richard and Ann, House Town Pump of East Sparta If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact the National Register staff in the Ohio Historic Preservation Office at (614) 298-2000. Dr. William K. Laidlaw, Jr. State Historic Preservation Officer 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 COUNTY Hamilton HISTORY Stark Knox Enclosures www.ohiohistory.org Sincerely, Belmont OHIO National Register OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Meeting Historic District Rock Hill Presbyterian Church Ohio Historic Preservation Office (Eye) Street,NW 2280 Dear 1201