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OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service FEB 05 2010 "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property Historic name Harvey One-Room School Other names/site number Bucyrus Township District No. 8 School 2. Location not for publication X vicinity State Ohio code OH OH county Crawford 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, _request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
In my opinion, the property Xmeets does not meet the National Register Criteria.1 recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: - national X local December 31,2009 Signature of certifying official Department Head, Inventory & Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office/Ohio Historical Society State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting official 4.
National Park Service Certification Aentered in the National Register - determined not eligible for the National Register _removed from the National Register - other (explain:) 033 Date Registration Form National Register of Historic Places zip code 44820 RECEIVED 2280 NPS Form 10-900 Title 3-17.10 city of town I, hereby, certify that this property is: street & number _ 1120 Caldwell Road for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional Bucyrus Date of Action Harvey One-Room School Crawford, Ohio Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) public - Local public - State public - Federal Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously 6.
Function or Use Current Functions Education - Schoolhouse Recreation and Culture - Museum 7. Description Wood building(s) structure private site object district Architectural Classification Total Materials Slate roof: other: Historic Functions listed in the National Register County and State (Check as many boxes as apply) (Enter categories from instructions) No Style (Check only one box) Stone foundation: (Enter"N/A"if property is not part of a multiple property listing) Harvey One-Room School Crawford, Ohio Name of Property County and State its location, setting, size, and significant features.) The Harvey One-Room School, also known as the Bucyrus Township District No. 8 School, in Crawford County, Ohio, is a one-story red brick structure located on its original site.
The brick schoolhouse was built in 1876 and became one of 113 "little red schoolhouses" in Crawford County which became symbols of education and democracy in the county those that would have most likely been located at the school. These two buildings and a small wooden storage shed are considered non-contributing. The Harvey School, along with 2.58 acres of land, was donated to the Bucyrus Area Community Foundation, Architects and consultants for this project were: Jester, Jones, and Schifer Architect Firm, Marion, Ohio and Ridgeton Restoration Inc., Bucyrus, Ohio. had been extensively damaged, has been rebuilt with salvaged slate (at one time the roof had been standing seam metal). façade also features a replicated sandstone plaque reading Harvey School, 1876 - 1918. At least one historic photograph time of the renovation. matches the original.
The insulated slab construction has eliminated a problem with vermin in the old inaccessible and un- insulated crawl space offering a level of energy efficiency not provided with the original structure. Much of the wainscoting, furred and insulated with rigid insulation board. The wainscot and wood base was reinstalled and the walls above are drywall and finished to duplicate the original plaster finish. Despite the building's severely deteriorated condition, a remarkable amount of interior features remained, including the wainscoting described above and the window surrounds, portions of wood trim with hooks and portions of the slate blackboards. As you come in the front door there are two primitive benches on either side; above the benches are replicas of the coat rack with wrought iron hooks and a lunch bucket shelf removed from a similar one-room school.
By the door is an room schoolhouse. Located on its original site, the building retains its overall form, materials, and several character- corbelled windows with stone sills, single entrance on gable end and interior details. Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and noncontributing resources and in America until it closed, due to consolidation, in 1918.An old water well hand pump has been placed at the front of Projects, Inc. At that time the school was in serious disrepair. The restoration of the school began in 2003 and was corbelled heads. Above the door is a small 2-pane, divided light glass transom window. The gable end of the south The interior plan is a simple one-room school but has been very carefully repaired and rebuilt to its original condition.
As there was no floor when the project began, a concrete slab was installed and a finish floor of yellow pine school. An old teacher's desk sits at the front of the room with old blackboards mounted on the wall behind the desk. walls are portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, four oil lamps (reproductions), an old school clock, 2 small blackboards, series of old maps, globe, abacus, etc. In the middle of the room, toward the front, sits (what is believed to The red brick structure is a total of 901 sq. ft. and sits on a stone foundation.
The brick exterior has been re- The school has three, 4 over 4 double hung windows on each side, retaining the original sills, casings, and round-arched shows a small round-arched window in the gable end above the entrance; however this feature no longer existed at the an estimated 60 per cent, around the interior is original (other wainscot was taken out of another one-room school that was old oak stand holding a large crock with an old tin cup for drinking. An old up-right piano sits in the southeast corner of the The Harvey One-Room School retains integrity to convey its historic use and appearance as a nineteenth century one- the school to replicate an original well. At the rear of the school are two modern functioning"outhouses"built to duplicate Harvey One-Room School Crawford, Ohio Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance