Nomination for Brecksville Town Hall

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/OR HISTORIC: - In Process - Preservation work | Transportation - Comments Commercial LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: JUN 1 5 1973 035 039 LOCATION Brecksville Religious Cuyahoga CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE Site REGISTER CATEGORY Private STATE NATIONAL Entertainment Restricted District Structure Both Yes: CODE Educational STATUS OWNERSHIP NAME Government Federal Unoccupied Being Considered COUNTY: Agricultural Museum Building Public City of Brecksville COMMON: Industrial Cuyahoga County Courthouse Cleveland Public Square Brecksville Town Hall Object Park Military Scientific Private Residence William E.

Minshall Public Acquisition: Ohio 1 Lakeside Avenue City Hall STREET AND NUMBER: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: ENTRY DATE Form 10-300 OWNER OF PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC DATE OF SURVEY: OWNER'S NAME: (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) DATE DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved [* Original Site example of its type, and possesses good Italianate deta1ling. 1s gabled and the cupola is located on the west side of the iron cresting. - in a master plan calls for the replacement of this building. JUN 1 5 1973 CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL Places will save the structure. roof.The eaves are supported by paired, wooden brackets.

rectangular double doors on the first floor.A fanlight is A partition has been added to the ground floor.The building first and second floors.The sills and headers are composed The windows on the north and south sides of the building is in a good state of repair. approximately sixty-five by forty feet.It is an excellent The interior is composed of a ground floor and one large building elevation on the west side is such that a ground floor RECEIVED and has been in continuous use as a public meeting place ever The Brecksville Town Hall was built of brick circa 1875, Steps on the north and south sides of the porch lead to the It is hoped that placement on the National Register of Historic arched, and leads to a rectangular door under the front porch.

some danger of being razed.Local development of Brecksville Though still standing, the Brecksville Town Hall is in The shaft of the cupola is open, and is supported by small are two stories im height, and are also round arched.The roof The foundation is constructed of rock-faced stone, and the of stone. (Check One) DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

columns. The dome is metal, and is crowned with ornamental The interior is unadorned, and little altered. since. The two story building rests on a stone foundation, and Excellent room upstairs. has an octagonal cupola on the roof.The foundation measures entrance is provided in the foundation.The entrance is round located above the doors. The windows are round arched on the Fair Good PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian| 1 16th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Engineering - Other (Specify) - Industry - Invention - Landscape STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

teenth century, after Cuyahoga County was formed from a There is some movement to raze the building and use JUN 1 5 1973 Commerce square. Communications Conservation SIGNIFICANCE Transportation losophy Architecture Aboriginal Religion/Phi REGISTER Theater Literature Science Music Agriculture Education NATIONAL itarian Political became inadequate for city government purposes.In 1941 portion of Geauga County.The first buildings in Brecksville The construction ofa new municipal building in Brecksville were constructed near the present-day public square, and Sculpture Brecksville was founded in the early part of the nine- building. Social/Human- be saved.The building shows good adaptive use as a theater, and other uses could be found to save it for future generations.

part of the Town Hall was given to the Brecksville Little The Town Hall was originally constructed to house city the Town Hall was built on the northeast corner of the Military SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) government offices, and to provide a place for city council Art the site for anether purpose. Hopefully the building can meetings. As Brecksville grew in population, the building built circa 1875 has reduced the importance of the old Town Hall to the Campen, Richard N., Architecture of the Western Reserve, Cleveland and London, 1971, Press of Case Western Reserve University.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 3/4 acre JUN 1 5 1973 FORM PREPARED BY March 9, 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: 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 forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931-894 039 ORGANIZATION Degrees Local LATITUDE LONGITUDE COUNTY DATE Columbus Name STATE ATTEST: REGISTER Seconds CORNER NATIONAL CODE Ohio 1932 Forest Village Lane MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds RECEIVED Larry Alan Beers National Register.

NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY N 41 ° 19 3737 " APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation /1 June 1973 Minutes W81° Photos 2 Accept- Aml Federal Register entry_8-7-73 1973 ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Entered Send-back Maps BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER Re-submit TECH REVIEW National Register write-up WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 6-18- CONTROL REVIEW 6o.1S.13.3108 NPS Number Title: Loc PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hall PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number Loc. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE USGS 74' Series, Broadview 1963; Photorevised 1970 JUN 1 5 1973 GPO 932-010 1973 Cuyahoga TOWN COMMON DATE REGISTER SCALE Brecksville COUNTY Public Square NATIONAL STATE Ohio SOURCE 24,000 STREET AND NUMBER Heights Quadrangle NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED Brecksville Town Hall Form 10-301 PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) JUL DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO BROADVIEW HEIGHTS QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES N4115W8137.5/7.5 Date Entered JUL 2 Kinney, Aazon, House Wyandot County Courthouse Fon. Robert Taft MMOTT: pcl 7/6/73 1973 STATE Name Cuyahoga County Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Wyandot County Washington Court House Portsnouth and Jail Fayette County Upper Sandusky Hon.

Tennyson Guyer Fayette County Couzthouso Director, Northeast Region Seioto County The Ohio Historical Society Director State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. John M. Ashbrook Home Builaing Association Bank Licking County Hon. William H. Harsha Columbus, Ohio 43212 Location PHR Brecksville Breckaville Town Eall Hon.William B. Saxbe