Nomination for College Hall, Wilmington College

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Congressional District: 24 Walter E. Powell Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR * 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) 2 3 1973 College Hall, Wilmington College AND/OR HISTORIC: east of College St., between Douglas St.

(Check One) TO THE PUBLIC XI Building - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) - Religious - Scientific OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: Survey of Historical Features, Miami River, Little Miami DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal 1982 Velma Avenue 027 1970 039 LOCATION Wilmington Commercial Site Both Restricted Columbus OWNERSHIP Structure NAME DATE Clinton ACCESSIBLE District Military Government Yes: CLASSIFICATION Educational Private CATEGORY Entertainment Unoccupied CODE Museum Agricultural Private Residence Park STATUS Wilmington College Public Industrial Ohio Being Considered COMMON: Ohio Historical Society Clinton County Courthouse Public Acquisition: Founders' Hall Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER OF PROPERTY Pife Ave.

River, Mill Creek Basins, Southwestern Ohio APR Object X Good - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site building. All the windows and doors have arches, and the bracketed cor- roof, which is supported by large timbers, is tile. There is one viable has been added to help bear the load. have been added, and the two windows on the south end of the third floor DEC 1 CONDITION Excellent DESCRIPTION REGISTER NATIONAL exterior doors have been replaced as has most of the original hardware.

idence.The third floor was later used as a gymnasium and theater.The The first floor was used for offices and classrooms.The library was on the second floor and the third floor contained the president's res- Fair nices of the tower and building extend approximately three feet.The three outside doors to the northern part of the building has been closed a foot thick and carry the weight of the building.Some reinforcement were installed to heat the Hall.The hall walls and outside walls are chimney.Eight other chimneys have been unused since 1899 when furnaces The building has been rewired and now has tubular florescent lights. building also contained a chapel and laboratories. (Check One) 18 feet square projects from the front of the and only the west door to the southern part of the building is used.

College Hall isa red brick building in the Italianate style.A tall RECEIVED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

have been converted into doors which open onto fire escapes.One of the The first and second floors each had four classrooms and two halls. Some of the large oak planks in the floors have been renewed and the PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) X] 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE. (Check One or More as Appropriate) [X Education Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

which time, subscriptions were taken for a college building, College building. Good proportions, a pleasant site, and effective use of the DEC 1 1866-1871 Communications Architecture Commerce Science Conservation Engineering losophy REGISTER itarian Aboriginal Transportation Music SIGNIFICANCE Literature Prehistoric Religion/Phi Landscape NATIONAL Agriculture Pre-Columbian Social/Human- Historic Places. Industry Sculpture Invention Political Urban Planning Italianate style combine to make the building quite attractive.This, Hall is unknown since Wilmington College does not have the records of Franklin College.

Wilmington College was chartered in 1875.The architect of College College Hall which was begun in 1866.Franklin College had originally Wilmington College is the only college that was ever bought at an College Hall isa good example of the Italianate round-arched type of Military College after a lack of funds had prevented the completion of the RECEIVED been located in New Albany, Ohio but moved to Wilmington in 1865,at auction. Art Theater along with the Hall's unique place in the history of education in Ohio,entitles College Hall to a place on the National Register of

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES less than 1 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES DEC 1 June, 1972 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 GP 0 901.087 039 Seconds DATE Degrees ORGANIZATION Columbus LATITUDE LONGITUDE Minutes ATTEST: STATE COUNTY REGISTER CORNER NATIONAL CODE Ohio Historical Society Degrees Minutes Seconds National Register.

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES FORM PREPARED BY STREET AND NUMBER: in the National Register and certify that it has been As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Riki Arnold, Assistant to the Architectural fistorian Local Ohio RECEIVED National Register write-up . APR 2 3 1973 ARCHITECT KEEPER Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Acknowledge Photos Send-back Re-submit EDITORIAL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF Register no. HISTORIAN 12,1.

72.1820 Horking number TECH REVIEW Federal Register entry-6-73 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY APR 23 1973 College Hall, Wilmington College AND/OR HISTORIC: Founder's Hall STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. 7 1/2' Wilmington Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 1961 027 Wilmington COUNTY STATE DATE NAL 1972 Ohio COMMON: CODE 1:24000 Clinton REGISTER NAME SCALE: SOURCE: PROPERTY MAP FORM ENTRY NUMBER MAP REFERENCE east of College St.,between Douglas St.and Fife Ave Form 10-301 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) REQUIREMENTS LOCATION 1961 STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) WILMINGTON, OHIO 257460 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS WILMINGTON QUADRANGLE ROAD CLASSIFICATION OHIO-CLINTON CO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY APR 2 3 1973 Morgan (John He) Surrender Site "g" Bridge II Muskingun County Paul Hall, Muskingum College Hon. William B. SaxbeAlso Notified Eon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mr. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Samuel L.

Devine NRowland:1mp 5-1-73 Director, Northeast Region Location Director STATE Name Portage County Painesville The Ohio Historical Society Date Entered Washington County Merrick Hall West Point Delaware County Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer Lake County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Bath Elliott Ball, Sturges Library and Aurora Columbiana County New Concord Wilmington Surmit County College Hall, Wilmington College Clinton County Hale (Jonathan) Homestead Hon.J.William Stanton Erwin Hall, Mariotta College Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hathewa House Kent (Zeno) House Columbus, Ohio 43211 APR Hon. Marietta Lutz'a Tavern