Nomination for Newberry Township School

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MAY 18 20:2 NAT. REGISTER OF 1. Name of Property historic name Newberry Township School#14 other names/site number Famous School 2. Location street & number 4045 State Route 721 N/A not for publication N/A vicinity - Statewide OH county Miami 3.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 X meets does not meet the National Register Criteria.1 recommend that this property Dept.

Head May8, 2012 Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government Signature of commenting official 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: % entered in the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register _removed from the National Register - other (explein:) Date of Action 109 Date RECEIVE Registration Form zip code National Register of Historic Places be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: NATIONAL PAR Title This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the NationalRegister of Historic Places Registration Form.

If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the city or town I hereby certify that this X nomination for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional X local Bradford Ohio PLACES United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) public - Local public - State public - Federal Name of related multiple property listing 6.

Function or Use Current Functions Education; school Work in Progress 7. Description Late 19* & early 20t century American movement private site district Total structure other: building(s) Materials roof: object Architectural Classification Historic Functions Slate shingle (Enter categories from instructions.) Number of contributing resources previously Category of Property (Expires 5/31/2012) NPS Form 10-900 listed in the National Register (Check only one box.) (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) Noncontributing Limestone foundation: Brick walls: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co.

Ohio Name of Property County and State townships, Newberry and Newton Townships in Miami County and Adams and Franklin Townships in Darke measuring 38 X 28 feet. There is a single brick chimney in the middle of the slate-shingled roof. A bell tower is headers top all the windows at the same height as the door headers. Each 6-over-6 window has a limestone Miami County school house which was demolished were used to reconstruct the façade, providing a cohesive were custom made to regain a sense of scale and balance for the facade. (photo 3, 20, 21) A doorway lintel was recovered from the same school house as the brick, and was used to replace the one destroyed in the 1984 car crash. In 2009 what remained of the severely deteriorated wooden windows were replaced with vinyl double-pane windows. The new windows are the same 6-over-6 configuration, placed in the existing openings as surrounds.

limestone block that had been lost in 1984. The original slate shingle roof was in such fragile condition it was decided to replace it before starting the constructed. The building had D shaped drain spouts. All but two brackets are present and plans are underway to duplicate them and reinstall the spouting. The limestone slab covering the hand dug well is still intact. (Photo 23) Between windows the early coat hooks line the walls. (Photos 9-19) Immediately to the left of the door hold a bucket of water brought in from the well. (Photo 12) No plumbing has ever been present in the building. Interior Narrative Description NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) several trees and shrubs.(Photo 4) The original well is still marked with limestone slabs.(Photo 14) County. (Photo 1) Built in 1879, the school operated as a one room school house until 1925.

It was then sold at A new footer was poured where the garage door had been, between the entrance doors, to replace the The interior is comprised of a single room, well lit by six large windows trimmed out in the original woodwork. longer visible, consisted of plastered walls covered with flat black paint. It measured 5 feet in height running Newberry Township School #14 stands along State Route 721, a county line road, at the corner of four public auction and used as a farm outbuilding. The building is surrounded with flat farm ground on three sides; the nearest house stands approximately fifty yards to the north.

Today the one acre yard is flat and grassy with The Newberry Township School # 14 is a single-story, rectangular, two-bay by three-bay brick building The building was damaged in 1984 when a car crashed into the southwest corner, creating a large hole from installed, replacing the original entryways. In 2010, the garage door was removed and the front of the building appearance through compatible size, color and texture. Although the original brick walls were three brick thick, Directly across from the entrance is the east wall where the blackboard is located. The original blackboard, no the entire length of the east wall. Sometime during the period when the school was active, the original United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property County and State blackboard was covered with slate.

The slate blackboards installed at that time were smaller than the original around the walls to include 6 feet of the north wall and 6 feet of the south wall. When the school was sold at being covered by slate, and then exposed again in 1925, the painted blackboard is in fair condition. Most of the been covered by slate blackboards which came from another school building built in 1920 and torn down in the original. The corners contain early or original shelving. (Photos 9, 13) the four lantern hooks in place. (Photo 14) Electricity was introduced to the building for the first time in June 2010. A breaker box was installed on the southwest corner of the room is a small 4'X5' closet that was installed to house the furnace. The closet door is been installed. The other three walls are plaster over brick. (Photo 16) building type.

(Expires 5/31/2012) National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form Located in the center of the room running from floor to ceiling is a black iron 8" pipe which supports the west wall between the front doors. (Photo 19) Four lights have been mounted in the ceiling. Tucked into the blackboard a wood trim border was put up along the top edge. This is also when they extended the slate board the original exterior door. (Photo 18) The west wall is the only non-original wall to which sheets of drywall have Despite the alterations noted above, Newberry Township #14 retains sufficient integrity to convey its distinctive United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions.) for National Register listing.) Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, orpossesses high Period of Significance artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack important in prehistory or history. 1879 date of construction 1925 date sold to private use (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person -Owned by a religious institution or used for religious removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave. D a cemetery.

E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. F a commemorative property. less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years. The period of significance begins with the date of construction (1879) of the Newberry Township School #14 and ends in 1925, when the building ceased to serve in its original function, as a schoolhouse and was sold into private ownership. Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) N/A 1879-1925 purposes. Architecture Education history. Unknown Architect/Builder Criteria Considerations Significant Dates individual distinction.

Applicable National Register Criteria Cultural Affiliation Property is: (Expires 5/31/2012) Period of Significance (justification) NPS Form 10-900 Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property County and State Statement of Significance Newberry Township District No. 14 Schoolhouse is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic 1925 and it characterizes a particular time and place in the evolution of the educational process within the nineteenth century rural educational development.

Due to the nature of the resource, the possibility exists that future survey may reveal currently undiscovered or evaluated archaeological components such as privies, donated time, labor and materials to provide places of learning for their children' (Guilliford, America's Country Schools). Newberry Township District No. 14 schoolhouse is representative of one-room schoolhouse rectangular, with three windows on each of the longer sides, these plain schoolhouses had a chimney at one Once ubiquitous, this symbol of nineteenth century education is rapidly disappearing. At the beginning of World an abandoned storage building The interior reflects its original use through the single open room plan, original wide wood plank flooring and local historians, a water bucket was placed in for drinking water.

Educational Context Government, on January 16,1807.Located in western Ohio, itis predominantly rural with less than four due to its location on the Great Miami River, the Miami and Erie Canals, and also several important turnpikes. within a boundary of four square miles. This meant that a school was located near the district's center, or school. Certain county roads and corners were designated on county plat books as locations for school setting. buildings. played in the education of the children of District No.14 in Newberry Township in Miami County from 1879- had been lost to damage or deterioration have been sensitively replaced, based on historic photographs in Miami County was created from a portion of Montgomery County under the authorization of the Ohio county seat. Troy's population of 1,351 in 1840 nearly doubled over the next six years.

This rapid growth was definite organization which the schools had was two mile districts. Around 1850 school districts were set up Places under Criteria A and C, at the local level of significance. It is significant due to the important part it Township District No. 14 retains its original form, roofline and the majority of historic fabric. The elements that War I, Ohio had more than 10,000 documented one-room schoolhouses and one time Newberry Township the construction of the building. Unique to this school house is a hand carved limestone sink. According to present time. Typical of early Ohio rural communities, the first schools were of log construction with window openings frequently covered with greased paper and floors of dirt or puncheon and privately funded.

The first United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property County and State donated by local farmers (Groves, Legacy of One Room Schools). Knox Counties. (Simmons, Timeline September-October 1993) made their report to the county auditor and were responsible to him alone. They were their own treasurer and dispersed the school funds themselves. Township trustees and their school committees oversaw the Early in the twentieth century, one room schoolhouses were viewed as outdated and ineffective and a movement began to consolidate them into one centralized location, housed in modern up-to-date school facility in 1898.

When Bradford City schools consolidated early in the 1920s, Newberry Township students Fenner School, Fenner Rd other names are more colorful and include, Lickskillet, Buckeye School, Allfox Muddy Corner and Famous. neighbors. NPS Form 10-900 employed their own teachers and were the head of the school systems in the several districts. The directors and number of students in their districts. They were also responsible for hiring, firing and paying teachers, as Often the entire student body for a one-room consisted of the children of just a few extended families and Meme Hocker who owned adjacent property for $200.00. (See Figure 2) In some documentation, Newberry Township #14 School is referred to as Famous School.

The reason for this These rapidly disappearing properties represent a distinctive and important era that transitioned between localized, community-member administered programs to a more standard, institutionalized system of Beginning in 1825 the Ohio General Assembly established a property tax to support schools and required townships to form school districts. However, often such funds were not adequate to support the building of A growing population resulted in the formation of educational sub-districts within townships and one-room construction, brick was also commonly used, especially within the Miami River Valley and east from Richland house and elected the school board, which consisted of three directors. The directors made their own tax levy, maintenance of the buildings, use of supplies, and expenses incurred.

They kept track of the names, ages, well as arranging for them a place to live. All the while, they monitored the teaching abilities, character, and personal conduct of their educators. The one-room school system epitomized local involvement and control. facilities. In Miami County, Elizabeth Township was the first to consolidate their district schools into a central sold the one-room schoolhouses at auction.On August19,1925 Newberry Township School #14 was sold to name is unknown.This name was referenced on the Department of Interior US Geological Survey map, dated June 1911, which was reprinted in 1927. While several schools got their names from the location such as, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Fuller, Wayne, E. "Everybody's Business, The Midwestern One Room School". Timeline. Ohio Historical Society. September/October 1993 Fuller, Wayne E. One-Room Schools of the Middle West. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1994. Grove, Myna. Legacy of One-Room Schools. Land Deed, Newberry Township Board of Education, 1925. USGS Topographical Map Primary location of additional data: State Historic Preservation Office X Other State agency previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register X Local government designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # 10.

Geographical Data 1 acre Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.) nine of range four East and beginning in the Southwest corner of the afore said Southwest quarter thence running East on the place of beginning containing one acre of land. 11. Form Prepared By date April 27, 2011 telephone 937.417.7273 state OH Dawn whit@hotmail.com 719119 4441215 Bibliography Zone requested) Northing University Other Easting e-mail organization none UTM References Acreage of Property Federal agency zip code 45308 County and State property. Name of repository: Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): Previous documentation on file (NPS): NPS Form 10-900 Gulliford, Andrew. America's Country Schools. Washington D. C.: The Preservation Press, 1984. section line (264 feet) thence North parallel with the West line of said quarter section (165 feet).

Thence West at right angle (264 feet) to the West boundary of said quarter section. Thence South with said West boundary (165 feet) and to Boundary Justification: This boundary represents the boundary described in original deed for the school house name/title Dawn Whitmer street & number 4045 State Route 721 city or town Bradford United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Newberry Township School # 14 Miami Co.

Ohio Name of Property County and State Submit the following items with the completed form: photographs to this map - Continuation Sheets - Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.) City or Vicinity: Bradford State: Ohio Photographer: Don Selanders Date Photographed: April 2011 1 of 24 Exterior, view to southeast, showing north and west elevations 2 of 24 Exterior, view to southeast, showing well location and north and west elevations 3 of 24 Exterior, view to east showing west elevation from road 4 of 24 Exterior, view to northeast from road showing south & west elevations 7 of 24 Exterior, view to northwest showing north & east elevations & surrounding area 8 of 24 Exterior, south wall brick detail 9 of 24 Interior, view to east from south entrance door on west wall 10 of 24 Interior, view to northwest from east wall 11 of 24 Interior, view to northwest 12 of 24 Interior, view to northwest, detail of sink 13 of 24 Interior, view to north taken along east wall 14 of 24 Interior, view to east, detail center chimney 16 of 24 Interior, view of south wall 17 of 24 Interior, view to southwest detail furnace and closet 15 of 24 Interior, view to southwest 19 of 24 Interior, view to east of west wall between doors detail electrical panel 20 of 24 Exterior, view to east detail north entrance door on west elevation 22 of 24 Exterior, view to north 23 of 24 Exterior, detail well located at the northwest of the building 24 of 24 Exterior view to the southeast Property Owner: (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) Mark & Dawn Whitmer street & number 4045 State Route 721 telephone 937.417.7273 city or town Bradford Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information isbeing collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.).

instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC. 45308 name Miami County: Photographs: Additional Documentation (Expires 5/31/2012) zip code - Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all 6 of 24 Exterior, view to northwest showing south & east elevations United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio County and State Figure 1.

Photo of school 1899 Name of Property United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property cribed, and Now therefore, in consideration of the premises and in con- estate, to-wit: TOWNSHIP> MIAMI SCOUNTY; OHIO. Figure 2. Deed of Sale, 1925 in presence of: County and State subject to all legal highways. she being the highest and best bidder therefor. Sentinel:a newspaper of general circulation in eald school dis- THE BOARD CF EDUCATION OF NEWBERRY Slgned &acknowledged on said real estate, and the same was then and there publicly sold ,paid by said Mamie Hocker, Beginning in the South-west corner of Newberry Township and Land. DEED 1925.

in the school district in which said real estate is situate,and Township Nine Range and beginning 1n the NPS Form 10-900 (Expires 5/31/2012) Newberry Township School #14 Miami Co. Ohio Name of Property Newberry School #14, Miami County, Ohio Photo View Sketch Map East County and State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form MB No.

1024-001 South West UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Miami DATE OF 16TH DAY: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the DATE TELEPHONE REJECT RETURN DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE 5/18/12 REVIEWER 6/28/12 7/04/12 Historic Places ACCEPT RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: The National Register Entered in DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: N SLR DRAFT: N 6/13/12 NATIONAL: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: DATE OF PENDING LIST: 002 Miami Co Olio Newberry Township School #14 Photo # 003 Photo aee 990204353 003 NNN Miami Co Ohio New berry Township School # 14 Miami Co.

Ohio Newberry Township School #h4 Photo Miami Co. Ohio Miami Co Ohio Miami Co Ohio Photo New berry Township School#14 Photo # Miami Co Ohio Photo +ol Newberry Touonship School#14 Miami Co Ohio Photo OYL DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 10 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GETTYSBURG QUADRANGLE Newberry Townshif County, Ohio E 719/19 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS ROAD CLASSIFICATION STATE OF OHIO GETTYSBURG, OHIO OHIO 200021 MAY 18 2012 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES May 9, 2012 Ms. Carol D. Shull, Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places 1201 Eye Street, NW (2280) Washington DC 20005 Enclosed please find five (5) new National Register nominations for Ohio. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new nomination submission. NEW NOMINATION Adams Bag Company Paper Mill and Sack Factory Kilgour, Frederick G.

House Sedamsville Village Historic District Newbury Township School #14 Please be aware that two of the enclosed nominations, the Frederick G. Kilgour House and Riverview, are nominations for properties with significance of less than fifty years; both are nominated under National Register Criterion Exception G. 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. Executive Director and CEO State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Historic Preservation Office COUNTY Hamilton www.ohiohistory.org HISTORY Enclosures Miami Lucas Burt Logan Cuyahoga Riverview Franklin Sincerely, OHIO OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY National Register RECEIVED 2280 National Park Service Dear Ms. Shull: 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037