Nomination for Auglaize County Courthouse

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: TO THE PUBLIC X Building - In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments -.

Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 LOCATION Auglaize Wapakoneta Religious Tennyson Guyer MAY STATE Site Restricted Educational District Government CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE Structure Private Ohio Yes: Both Unoccupied Museum Auglaize County Courthouse Entertainment STATUS Being Considered OWNERSHIP CODE Private Residence Agricultural Federal Scientific COMMON: Park Courthouse Square Industrial Public Auglaize County Public Acquisition: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Object REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT4th STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER'S NAME: (Check One) Military CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF SURVEY: County E 437500 PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 1973 DATE DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

1894. The architeets were Kremer and Hart, and the contractor The second floor is constructed of smooth stone, and the corners balustrade. Above the second floor windows, an ornamented frieze encircles the building, decorated with foliated scroll. The century. CONDITION cornice. REGISTER NATIONAL and rectangular windows are employed throughout this level. and is eleven bays by seven bays. story building is built on a rock-faced stone foundation. The upper part of the entablature is composed of denticular Ruins Justice, but the statue was removed sometime during the twentieth on the north and south sides.

for each geographical direction, and the tower is topped with The first floor stone is rusticated, and the windows on this The Auglaize County Courthouse was built of cut stone 1893- section in the center of that side.This section is columned, the north and south sides, the porch is capped with a stone The stone of the foundation is laid in regular ashlar bonds, The roof is constructed of green ceramic tiles and is hipped. is supported by two columns.Above the columns isa clock face an excellent state of repair.A tower is located in the center and a keystone is set in the wall just above each window.On on the east side is accented through the use ofa protruding was E.M.Campfield of Findlay, Ohio. The two and one-half (Check One) K Good [* Original Site of the roof, and is octagonal in shape.

Each side of the tower Moved Excellent RECEIVED are pilastered.T Fair Level are all rectagular,double-hung sash.The main entrance The pedimented dormers are placed in small sections of the a metal dome.Originally the dome was a base for a statue of The windows on the second floor are arched, PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 15th Century - Urban Planning - Political - Religion/Phi- - Other (Specify) ] Science - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

for itself, and for the storage of court records. The old Bonds were sold, and the county commissioners started to were let, and the low bidder for the general contract was E. M. Campfield. Campfield bid $102,536.80, but other items Construction was started in July, 1893, and the building was completed and occupied in December, 1894. After the Commerce SIGNIFICANCE Conservation Engineering losophy Architecture 251973 Literature Aboriginal Music REGISTER Communications Prehistoric Education Agriculture courthouse was considered cramped and somewhat unsafe. Industry The county commissioners applied to the state legislature Pre-Columbian from architects fees to furnishings was $259,481.21. Invention Landscape Sculpture The entire cost of the building including all items ranging finally pushed the cost of the building to $184,526.

plan the new courthouse.A new site was selected and Military Social/Human- court was moved to its new quarters, the old courthouse was in Ohio. for permission to issue bonds for construction of a new and is one of the finest nineteenth century courthouses purchased by the county ata cost of$12,862.50.Bids AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) APR NATIONAL Art The second courthouse in Auglaize County served county razed. The building has remained courthouse ever since, itarian grand jury recommended the construction of better facilities allowing the county to proceed. building.On February 2,1893 an act passed in the legislature government from 1851 to the early 1890s.In 1892 the county American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. Indiana: Historical Publishing Company, 1923. 2 vol.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 1t acres ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FORM PREPARED BY March 4, 1973 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 Nationa 1 Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Local O GPO 931-894 20240.

DATE Degrees 039 Seconds ORGANIZATION LATITUDE COUNTY STATE LONGITUDE Minutes ATTEST: Columbus CORNER CODE NATIONAL REGISTER MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Larry Alan Beers 1932 Forest Village Lane STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: NAME AND TITLE: level of significance of this nomination is: APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 8 5 1973 forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 20 apul 1973 N 40 ° W 84° Name Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio LAY 7 Send-back Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Re-submit BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER TECH REVIEW National Register write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN WORKING NUMBER CONTROL REVIEW Federal Register entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Maps Photos 3 PROPERTY 4.5.73.2848 4-25- MARATHON AuglAigE, Ohio NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER /2/73 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc NPS Number NPS Number - Loc. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER AuglaigE, Onio 5/7/73 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAY 7 2 5 1973 2. LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: 1961 DATE 24,000 STATE REGIST Auglaize COUNTY Quadrangle NATIONA Wapakoneta Auglaize County Courthouse Ohio SCALE GP0932.010 PROPERTY MAP FORM STREET AND NUMBER Form 10-301 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) RECEIVED USGS 7+' Series, Wapakoneta WAPAKONETA QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 40*30 Eon. Tennyson Quyer Columbus, ohio 43211 5/11/73 Location STATE Name PHR Fulton County NRowland:mm Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Director, Northeast Region Hancock County Courthouse Wapakoneta Bank of Xenia Greene County Hon. William B.

Saxbe Auglafae County Willlams County Courthousei Hancock County Vicinity oe Cedazville LAY MAY 7 1973 State Historio Preservation Of2icer Xenia Auglaine County Courthouse Pulton County Courthouss The Ohio Historical Society Wauseon OMB Approval No. 29-R0218 3. STATE 1. TYPE Year month day 19 77 8 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. a. Applicant Name : State of Ohio : Ohio Historical Society b. Organization Unit c. Strest/P.O. Box 1982 Velma Avenue b. TITLE f. State Thomas H. Smith, SHPO, 614-466-8727 h. Contact Person (Name & telephone No.) 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT 8. TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT H-Community Action Agency I- Higher Educational Institution J-Indian Tribe (preservation/rehabilitation), Wapakoneta, Ohio. F-Other (Specify) : Monumental 1894 midwestern county courthouse, Enter appropriate letter A 9.

TYPE OF ASSISTANCE A-Basic Grant 11. ESTIMATED NUM- 12. TYPE OF APPLICATION States, etc.) 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: A-Increase Dollars 17. PROJECT PROJECT START d. LOCAL 19 78 ESTIMATED DATE TO FEDERAL AGENCY B 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE REQUEST (Name, City, State, ZIP code) 21. REMARKS ADDED &. TYPED NAME AND TITLE b. SIGNATURE c. DATE SIGNED 24. AGENCY NAME 26. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT 27. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Grants Adm. Div. 29. ADDRESS 30. FEDERAL GRANT 31. ACTION TAKEN ACTION AWARDED CONTACT moath day REJECTED D C. RETURNED FOR Stephen D. Newman d. DEFERRED D. FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL it has boon or is being made.

A-95 ACTION STANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) 02-006-0046 424-101 31-4389673W Year day IDENTIFICATION FUNDING BENEFITING TOTAL ENDING CATION 39-8A81 FOR AMENDMENT RECEIVED DATE THE Federal Wash ASSIGNED Auglaize County, Ohio propriate Catalog) Blank Columbus SENTATIVE DATA Ohio PREAPPLICATION GRAM FIER C-Revision 4,000 District Response WITHDRAWN BER A-New STARTING PROPOSED FUNDING 50,000 A-State FEDERAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION Historic Preservation continue in that use. E-Cancellation F-School District significant architecturally; also locally CANT'S Auglaize County Courthouse Development D-County 8,000 REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTION E-Augmentation D-Insurance ance is approved. C-Substate 202 523-5472 APPLI. Ohio State Clearinghouse IDENTI. Enter appro- significant as traditional seat of county 19.

EXISTING FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER D-Decrease Duration BE SUBMITTED TO C.STATE C-Increase Duration B-Decrease Dollars SHPO and priate letter(s) Same as #35 REPRE. NOTIFICATICN OF INTENT (Opt.) (Name and telephone no.) B-Interstato with the attached assuranccs if the assist- CERTIFIG 15.TYPE OF CHANGE 12cor12e) 2.To the best of my knowledge and belief, PRO. C-Loan -. County : Franklin G-Special Purpose 10. AREA OF PROJECT IMPACT (Names of cities, counties, Dept. Interior, Wash., D.C. 20240 b. If required by OMB Circular A-95 this application was submitted, pursuant to in- structions therein, to appropriate clearinghouses and all responses are aitached: the applicant and the applicant will comply Thomas H. Smith, Director of Interior 28. FEDERAL APPLICATION TION (Name and telephone number) (Mark ap- & Recr. Serv., - Yos XX No government. THAT HCRS Dept.

box) E-City attached Months Leave Still in use as courthouse; will B-Supplemental Grant E-Other sidered.lf agency response is due under provisions ct Part 1,OM3 Circuiar A-95, .In taking above fromcleringhouses were con.