Nomination for People's Federal Savings and Loan Association

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Congressional District: 4 Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR X State (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/OR HISTORIC: Public Square, 101 E. Court Street at Ohio Avenue 3. CLASSIFICATION (Check One) In Process - Preservation work - Comments X Commercial OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: 101 E.

Court Street LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: 1972 039 149 JUN LOCATION NAME Religious Site DATE Private Sidney Restricted Government CATEGORY OWNERSHIP District ACCESSIBLE Military Agricultural Transportation Both Educational Entertainment Columbus Park Unoccupied CODE Structure Scientific Industrial Public Private Residence STATUS Museum Ohio COMMON: The Ohio Historical Society Yes: Being Considered Object Public Acquisition: STREET AND NUMBER: People's Federal Savings G Loan Association ENTRY NUMBER Public Square People's Savings G Loan Association Bank William M.

McCulloch Shelby TO THE PUBLIC 1982 Velma Avenue Other (Specify) CITY OR TOWN: PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Local X) Building 1967 Federal Shelby County Courthouse "Ohio Historic Landmarks" - Deteriorated U Unexposed X Unaltered - Moved - Original Site purples and greens, and terra cotta of varying hues ranging from dull green executed by Louis J. Millett, has a ground of light blue glass mosaic, with the single word "Thrift" in gold letters, and an inner archivolt in designs in the corbels, the strong projection of the arch, and its enriched in richly-modeled terra cotta of a dull turtle green color.

On the long west facade, the tremendous windows lighting the banking room are boldly framed by strongly projecting sill, dividing mullions, and lintel, above, gradually becoming lighter and merging into warm golden buff in the green glass mosaic, and the name of the bank in gold letters. The single alteration to the exterior of the building is the unfortunate street light. The banking room is left open and unobstructed above a fringe of offices surrounding the central space, an arrangement giving the maximum effect of personnel by a low brickwall topped by verde antique marble, which forms At the south (rear) end of the public space there is no solid wall, but a single sheet of plate glass, through which can be seen the huge door of the vault, exactly centered on the main axis.

This door, a beautiful and power- ful mass of polished steel, is the focus of one's first view of the interior equipment of the building is quite advanced, especially in the system of air conditioning and electric lighting, for its period. The owners of this building, aware of its architectural significance, have Shelby County Courthouse, make Sidney one of the best, architecturally, of the 88 Ohio county seats.

1972 CONDITION DESCRIPTION Ruins NATIONAL which serves much like the Romanesque tympanum, springs from terra cotta the counter.At intervals projecting slabs carried on legs form check marble base through tapestry brick of vibrant reds, glass mosaic in blues, of a mass springing from a void, and it is well-handled.The tympanum, is defined by a large arch set in from the exterior wall plane.This arch, (Check One) the heraldic lions, the belt course and the arch with its corbels are all This is a building aglow with color, ranging from a nearly-black verde two shades of green, buff and purple, the purple dominating. The foliage all in terra cotta. The color changes from mottled green below into brown both ornamental and functional, of the interior of the bank. The mechanical kept it in excellent repair. This structure, along with the second empire cornice.

The long rectangular panel over the windows has a ground of light removal of the four matching brick lampposts bordering both Court Street and the building's site. They were replaced by one ugly, but typical, tall pearl color. The public space is screened from the tellers and office Excellent Good Fair The entrance facade of the strictly rectangular brick building Sullivan's meticulous care in details is reflected throughout the design, to brown. SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! - 16th Century - Prehistoric - Industry X Architecture - Landscape - Literature STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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The People's Savings & Loan Association Bank, erected in 1917, was one of "architecture of democracy" in America, and designed his Chicago skyscrapers ated electric lighting, ventilation and air conditioning long before it was vast talents on small commissions and was to die in poverty, for his dream of an original American architecture, one which would abandon forever the early 20th century.

1895, Sullivan designed three skyscrapers, several industrial buildings and "Their color, brilliance and gaiety entirely put in the shade the thin, awkward and wan examples of the country builder, and to the same degree the ment, by its intricacy and vitality, compels the interest of the commoner their lives have been contemptuous of or oblivious to architecture." directors was somewhat disturbed by the unfamiliarity of the style, and Commerce Engineering losophy Communications Transportation Religion/Phi Aboriginal Science Music Agriculture itarian Theater Education Sculpture Conservation Social/Human- directors outlined for him in informal conference their requirements for two residences before receiving a commission to design the National Farmers' to be straightforward in their structural systems, yet exquisite in detail.

Following the dissolution of his 15-year partnership with Dankmar Adler in smoking innumerable cigarettes.At the end of this time he announced to the his waning career away from the metropolitan areas to small rural communi- imitation of historic styles, ran contrary to the classical taste of the directors that the design was made--in his head, proceeded to draw a rapid He used the most advanced methods and meterials in his designs and incorpor- pallid and pudgy Roman frontispieces of the city architect....The orna- the facade.Sullivan very brusquely rolled up his sketch and started to to the opposite corner, sat on a curbstone for the better part of two Invention Political SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Military Bank in Owatonna, Minnesota in 1907.

This commission changed the course of who would, as we, pass by a mile of eggs and darts without sensing their Sullivan's method of operation is illustrated well by a anecdote told by the "Sullivan was called to Sidney, and the suggested that he had rather fancied some classic columns and pilasters for 1917-1918 Art whose original ideas of functional design and decorative ornament provided a basis for modern American architecture.Sullivan pleaded for an original in Hugh Morrison's biography: president of the People's Savings G Loan Association in Sidney and included Thomas Tallmadge says of Sullivan's small banks: the last works of Louis Henri Sullivan American architect AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Other(Spacify)

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 40° W 84° 9' APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: State O FORM PREPARED BY 1982 Velma Avenue 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended GP 0 901.087 039 Degrees Name Seconds LONGITUDE Title Minutes Local 11/15/71 COUNTY LATITUDE ATTEST: DATE ORGANIZATION Ohio CODE Columbus CORNER National Degrees Minutes Seconds The Ohio Historical Society Judith Kitchen, Architectural Historian LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION STREET AND NUMBER: W. W. Norton G Company, Inc., 1935. pp. 180, 220-223, 305; P1s. 83-85. National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: Chief. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Tallmadge, Thomas E. "The People's Savings & Loan Association Building of level of significance of this nomination is: Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER JUN 5 6.

Survey of Historical Features - Southwestern Ohio October, 1970 1982 Velma Avenue 8. depart, saying that the directors could get a thousand architects bank, and that as far as he was concerned, it was either the one estimate, despite the fact that it was built during the war years." 039 COUNTY STATE REGISTE Columbus personal favorite. Ohio Shelby The Ohio Historical Society (Number all entries) small midwestern bank buildings designed by Sullivan,and it was his (Continuation Sheet) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE to design a classic bank but only one to design them this kind of the sketch design and the bank was forthwith built with not a single People's Federal Savings G Loan Association The bank is now the People's Federal Savings g Loan Association, essential change in the design and at a cost $1,000 below Sullivan's (July 1969) thing or the other.

After some conference, the directors accepted 1972 DATE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONCL REGISTER NPS Number 6-5-72 THRIFT AND LIGHT NPS Number SIDNEY QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION SIDNEY, OHIO 1961 OHIO-SHELBY CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM May 1, 1972 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper 1100 L Street, N.W., Rm. 3209 Washington, D.C. 20005 Site Preservation Advisory Board that it does not strictly comply with April 28, 1972. preservation project. NATIONA National Register REGIST attention on this superlative architectural example. National Register criteria.) tion as community cultural center.

Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation This is to certify that the enclosed applications were considered and consideration is as follows in each case: Old Governor's Mansion:to qualify for federal assistance in restora- application is submitted with full knowledge of the Ohio Historical documenting as many Ohio buildings.Reason for the Emergency in their RECEIVED redevelopment program (see letter enclosed in application). pedestrian walkway as part of a local park project. Alfred Kelley House:to assist in determining fate of ruins.(This People's Federal Savings and Loan Assoc.

building:to focus public I am submitting herewith for your EMERGENCY consideration for inclusion Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue in the National Register of Historic Places application forms 0 historical society/ohio historical center/columbus,ohio 432ll/telephone (614) 469-4663 Findlay Market Building:to qualify for federal assistance inan urban Dear Bill: Old Akron Post Office: to qualify for federal assistance in urban Interurban Bridge: to qualify for federal assistance as a landscaped approved by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board meeting Dr. William J. Murtagh May 1, 1972 and apologize in our delay in transmitting them, the delay due to the Daniel R. Porter c.c.

Miss Kitchen Director NATIONAL DRP/eg Sincerely re-constitution of the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, REGISTEF Please note congressional district in which each is located is added We would deeply appreciate the expeditious consideration of these forms, the revised listing of members you will also find enclosed. to the top right of page lof each form. MAY 9 1972 Date Entered JUN 5 Bon. William J. Keating Director, Northeast Region NRowland: bc 1972 6/5/72 Location STATE Name Also Notified Cincinnati Shelby County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Columbus Hamilton County The Ohio Historical Society Franklin County Mr. Daniel R.Porter State Liaison ofricer Hon. Samuel L, Devine Old Goveraor's Mansion JUN 5 Sidney Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director and Loan Aasoaiation OHTO Non.William M. McCulloch (Date form completed) 1. MISSING - 2. REMOVED/ 3. NHL 4. TR - 5. MRA - 6.

OVER- - 7. NPS - 8. DOE - 9. RESTRICTED Available on: Microfiche ( ); Optical Disk ( (Where found, or source of replacement) WASO 21 JAN. 1986 DEMOLISHED Locator Card UNDOCUMENTED National Register of Historic Places EXPLANATION: COMMENTS: SIZED OWNER OBJECTION STATUS: (Date Designated) (Date Removed) (Current source of partial documentation) (Date Found/Replaced) (Target Date) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) (Cause for removal) (Location of oversize file) (lf multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) (TR or MRA Name) (Reference Number|s]) She by 5. MRA - Missing Status:Entire Folder ();Nomination ();Map(s)();Photos