Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Fayette County Courthouse

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,270 words across 9 pages, filed in 1973. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 73001433, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/OR HISTORIC: - 3.
CLASSIFICATION (Check One) - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or Mote as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: JUN 1 5 1973 1973 039 LOCATION 047 Fayette County Fayette Both CATEGORY Site Religious District NAME STATUS Private ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP Educational REGISTER DATE Yes: CODE Ohio Structure Entertainment NATIONAL Fayette County Courthouse Agricultural Federal Unoccupied Government Being Considered Restricted Public Building Museum COMMON: Park Private Residence CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Military Main and Columbus Streets TO THE PUBLIC Washington Court House Public Acquisition: Scientific NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Industrial William H.
Harsha OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Object CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY County 6th Avenue ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION Excellent @ Good - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered * Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The first floor is built of smooth ashlar, and has rectagular The courthouse roof is flat, and its principal feature is the Above the columns is denticular cornice, and a flat rool on JUN 1 5 1973 CONDITION Ruins "the Star Maiden." REGISTER Moved The Fayette County Courthouse is in good condition and is NATIONAL double-hung sash windows.Stone steps lead to the entrances Fair The three story stone Fayette County Courthouse was built from round-arched openings per side, and is supported by square columns. round arched and located in central, projecting pavilions. well maintained. flanked by consoles connected by short balustrades.The metal There are flights leading from the north and south sides to on the second floor and columns with Corinthian capitals on clock faces, set in circular pediments.The clock faces are large stairway is located in the center of the building.
murals are female figures depicting the Spirits of Electricity. foundation. The building measures approximately one hundred fifteen by ten feet each. feet square.The courthouse was designed by the firm of D.W. square, measuring about thirty feet on each side. It has three the third. Gibbs and Company of Columbus, Ohio. The interior of the courthouse has a cramped appearance.A Telegraphy, and the U. S. Mails. They measure approximately dome is round, and mounted atop it is a statue of Astraea, 1882 to 1884. The courthouse is square and is built on a stone (Check One) belfry and dome in the center of the building. The belfry is by Archibald Willard, painter of the "Spirit of "76." The These pavilions are pedimented.
Good The windows of the second floor are round-headed, and are double-hung sash.Third floor windows RECEIVED a square landing.Another set of flights leads to the third floor.On the walls of the third floor are three murals painted - Pre-Columbian ! - 15th Century - Prehistoric Ross and Highland Counties, and was named in honor of shaped township boundaries that are contrary cabin of John Devault, located just north of present day county seat, was held in a cabin about 1812. By 1814 the courthouse was constructed in 1830, and proved adequate and the building was completed and occupied in 1884 courthouses, and is one of the finest architecturally and JUN 1 5 1973 Conservation Architecture Communications Commerce Engineering losophy Science Aboriginal Transportation

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE itarian NATIONAL Military REGISTER Theater Agriculture Music several extant late nineteenth century courthouses in Sculpture Literature Ohio.The contractors for the building were J. North Urban Planning Political Religion/Phi. At that time the county commissioners decided that a new Invention Industry courthouse should be built, and commissioned Columbus Social/Human- The first courthouse in Fayette County was in the log construction of the first courthouse was completed, and the courts had a permanent home.But in 1828 this building to county needs until the late 1870s. The Fayette County Courthouse is one of D.W. Gibbs' finest architect D.W. Gibbs to design the structure.The firm Fayette County was formed March,1810 from portions of Landscape best preserved in the state of Ohio.
stable.The first court in Washington Court House, the the Virginia Military District, which accounts for the STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

of Gibbs and Company is responsible for the designs of burned, destroying most of the county records. A second to the Ordinance of 1787. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1882-1884 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE. (Check One or More as Appropriate) Brothers and Lichtenberger. Construction began in 1882 RECEIVED Education 3. Allen, Frank M. History of Fayette County. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 390 JUN 1 5 1973 FORM PREPARED BY May 4. 1973 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set GP0 931-894 039 Degrees COUNTY LATITUDE Name LONGITUDE Local Minutes ORGANIZATION Columbus Seconds REGISTER DATE STATE ATTEST: Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL CORNER Title 20240. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES CODE Ohio 1932 Forest Village Lane National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Historical Activities National Register. I hereby certify that this property is included in the NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na STREET AND NUMBER: tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law Larry Beers CITY OR TOWN: T2.
STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION level of significance of this nomination is: in the National Register and certify that it has been G Co., Inc., 1914. Goeldner, Paul. List of 19th Century Courthouses in Ohio. Historic American Buildings Survey, National Parks Service, Washington, D. C. 1 acres Director, Office of Archeology and Hisforic Preservation Men Associated With Them. NAME AND TITLE: APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: forth by the National Park Service. The recommended RECEIVED Photos 2 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register entry_8-2-23 JUL 2 Maps Entered HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Send-back KEEPER CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF 6-18- TECH REVIEW National Register write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 615.73.3109 Fayette PROPERTY WORKING NUMBER 6-21-73 Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. 1t10: Fayette County . NPS Number Loo.
PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME JUL 2 1973 2. LOCATION 3. MAP REFERENCE USGS Series, Washington REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: JUN 1 5 1973 GPO 932-010 1961 Fayette TOWN COUNTY Washington Court House DATE REGISTER 24,000 STATE Ohio SOURCE Court House Quadrangle Fayette County Courthouse NATIONAL Main and Columbus Streets COMMON SCALE PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC Form 10-301 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) RECEIVED Lat N 39° 32' 11" Long W 8g° 26* 25 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 295000m.E.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ROAD CLASSIFICATION 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO Fayette County Courthouse Eon. John M, Ashhrook MMOTT: pcl 7/6/73 Director, Northeast Region Location Name STATE Cuyahoga County Also Notified Licking County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Upper Sandusky Fayette County Courthouse Fayotte County Seioto County Wyandot County Washington Court House Wyandot County Courthouse Director Portsmouth Kinney.Aaron, Bouse and Jail The Ohio Historical Society Brecksvillo Tow Hall Newark Fon. William H. Harsha Hon. Sennyson Guyer 1973 PHR Date Entered Brecksville Hon. William B.Saxbe State Historic Preservation Officer 2-12-7