Nomination for Coshocton County Courthouse

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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) MAY 22 1973 AND/ OR HISTORIC: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 17th John M.

Ashbrook TO THE PUBLIC - In Process - Preservation work X Government - Comments - Other (Specify) LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal 039 031 LOCATION Coshocton ACCESSIBLE Religious NAME Site Commercial Transportation CLASSIFICATION STATE STATUS Both Educational Entertainment Museum Building Restricted CATEGORY Unoccupied Private CODE OWNERSHIP District Structure Being Considered Coshocton County Agricultural Private Residence Yes: Ohio Scientific Park Industrial Courthouse Square Public COMMON: Coshocton County Courthouse Public Acquisition: OWNER OF PROPERTY County Object STREET AND NUMBER: Military NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: OWNER'S NAME: (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: DATE 17th ENTRY NUMBER - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The two-story, mansard roofed Coshocton County Courthouse was built of this building was Carpenter and Williams of Meadville, Pennsylvania. floor windows are arched, and the frames have stone hood molds. The center bays project from the wall, accenting the entrance and tower. The is a flat topped, round belfry. tuck pointed, sash repaired, the stone cleaned, the roof repaired where APR 2 5 1973 CONDITION The DESCRIPTION NATIONAL Ruins RECEIVED approximately seventy-five feet square.

windows are double-hung sash type.A smooth stone belt course divides have tracery and hood molds.Denticular cornice surrounds the building A major restoration of the courthouse was undertaken by the county in seems most interested in the preservation of this excellent example of tower also has a mansard roof that is four sided.In each side are The exterior walls are accented by smooth stone quoins.The first 1954,and accounts for the building's condition.The brickwork was The interior of the building is straightforward.There are two open tower is topped with ornamental iron cresting.Above the north entrance good condition, and is in constant use. a Second Empire Period courthouse. cast iron stairways at the north and south ends of the building.Wood- of brick from 1873 to 1875.The building is built on a stone foundation, (Check One) Good work, except for baseboard, is absent.

Excellent under the eaves.The mansard roof has numerous dormer windows with The courthouse has stone trim.It is a small building, measuring and has a four story tower on the south side.The architectural firm ornate curly pediments.Entrances to the building are located on the south and north sides.Most impressive is the south side where the paired windows and a clock face under large curly pediments.The Fair The building is in generally PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 15th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Coshocton County was organized on April 1, 1811. Coshocton, the and John Matthews, under the name of Tuscarawa, which was changed polls miserably, but the commissioners, undaunted, simply asked the Williams of Meadville, Pennsylvania to design the building. Bids The building has been in constant use as the courthouse, and seems 1873-1875 Conservation Commerce Architecture Communications Engineering Military Transportation building. Aboriginal Music Pre-Columbian Religion/Phi Science Agriculture Theater The commissioners employed the architectural firm of Carpenter and Landscape Invention Industry well-suited to the county's present and future needs.

had outlived its usefulness and was considered a fire hazard.The Political Social/Human- Sculpture county commissioners in 1872 went to the voters for approval of funds to construct a modern building.The measure failed at the the spring, and the building was completed and occupied in July,1875. the winter of 1872,and the county worked up plans for the new SIGNIFICANCE were let early in 1873, and the successful bidder was S.Harold and to its present name in 18ll.Coshocton was generally sparsely county laid out in April,1802 by Ebenezer Buckingham The courthouse cost over $10o,000 to construct. citizens in 1880. state legislature for permission. The legislature complied during Company of beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Construction was started in losophy itarian populated during the nineteenth century having only three thousand brick structure with a hipped roof.

By the 1870's this building The countys first courthouse was built in1834.It was a sma1l

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Reprinted, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic Inc.,1972.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA on page 469, Volume T.) LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FORM PREPARED BY 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 in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: GP O 931-894 Seconds DATE Title LONGITUDE Name LATITUDE Columbus STATE Local ORGANIZATION ATTEST: COUNTY Degrees Minutes Seconds National CORNER CODE 039 American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, engraving of the original appearance of the courthouse Washington, D.C.

NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION National Register. STREET AND NUMBER: 1932 Forest Village Lane NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: 1+ acres April 7, 1973 20 apul 1973 N 40 Degrees Minutes Larry Alan Beers Hill, N. N., Jr. Photos. Accept - Aml Send-back 5-3-73 Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Maps KEEPER ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register entry National Register write-up 4-26 Coshocton REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER PROPERTY Re-submit 5.15.73 - 1. Name. .2. Location. - 3. Classification. 4. Owner of Property. - 5. Location of Legal Description. - 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. _ 7. Description. . Statement of Significance. _ 9. Bibliography. 10. Geographical Data. 11. Form Prepared By. 12. Certification. Acreage. SIGNED: Other. Photographic Coverage. Clarification or correction of the above items must be made prior to the initiation criteria in full.

Longitude and Latitude Coordinates. Thank you for your attention to the above items checked of our professional review.Correction of these technical errors does not The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for clarification of the information indicated below. necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register NAME OF PROPERTY PS Number Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: Loc UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAY 2 2 1973 2. LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE USGS Series, Coshocton REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: 1961 Quadrangle STATE COMMON DATE REGISTER COUNTY Ohio Coshocton County Courthouse SCALE NATIONAL Courthouse Square 24,000 SOURCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER Form 10-301 PROPERTY MAP FORM Coshocton all entries-attach to or enclose with map) RECEIVED COSHOCTON QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO - COSHOCTON CO. V¿ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lat N 40° 16' 28 Long W 81° STATE OF OHIO Coshocton County Courthous COSHOCTON, OHIO Interstate 7l and 17ch Avenue the ohio historical society/ ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432ll/telephone (614) 469-4663 April 20, 1973 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper 18th and C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C.

20240 Register application forms for as many Ohio courthouses, the cream of the Ohio courthouse crop as ranked by Paul Goeldner, H.A.B.S. applications, and owners of each have been notified of our intent to for preservation efforts in the counties in which they are located. people of the subject county of the National Register and its purposes Daniel R. Porter Encl: completed applications for Coshocton County Courthouse, Coshocton Auglaize County Courthouse, Wapakoneta Hancock County Courthouse, Findlay Delaware County Courthousse, Delaware Jail, Toledo discussion. Sincerely, Director DRP/eg REGISTER and processes. Lucas County Courthouse and County Upper Sandusky Department of Interior National Park Service Wyandot County Courthouse and Jail, county possesses.

National Register of Historic Places in these counties and are the finest pieces of architecture which the 2.Registration ofa prominent county symbol assists in informing the 1.Subject buildings once registered serve as a"spark"or motivation The Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board has approved these 3.Many of the buildings are the subject of demolition and replacement These applications are EMERGENCIES for the following reasons: Iam transmitting herewith as EMERGENCIES eight (8) completed National Dear Bill: Williams County Courthouse, Bryan Fulton County Courthouse, Wauseon 4. In some instances these buildings are all to date placed on the Register RECEIVED