Nomination for Hancock County Courthouse

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 2 51973 AND/ OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 4th (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 Findlay LOCATION Site 063 Military NAME Religious ACCESSIBLE Both STATE Commercial OWNERSHIP Government DATE District Educational Restricted Unoccupied Private Entertainment CLASSIFICATION Ohio CATEGORY Hancock CODE Museum Agricultural Park Public Courthouse Square Scientific Structure Hancock County Yes: Being Considered STATUS COMMON: COUNTY: Building Private Residence Industrial Tennyson Quyer OWNER OF PROPERTY Public Acquisition: Hancock County Courthouse Other (Specify) Object In Process CITY OR TOWN: MAY Z ENTRY NUMBER PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Federal DESCRIPTION (Check One) X Good - Deteriorated - Unaltered - Moved The building is still in service and it is in good condition.

a slate roof, and clock faces point in each direction. On building- The interior 1s in excellent condition. 2 5 1973 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Excellent is a sculpture group apparently denoting the human family. on the north and south bays project from the peak of the roof, balustrade on the roof of the portico. is pilastered and has louvered bays around it.The dome has The first floor windows are rectangular, double-hung sash The rock-faced stone Hancock County Courthouse was designed many large, scattered windows of stained glass throughout the This building abounds in stained glass.Each office doorway contains several ornate panels of stained glass, and there are The second floor windows are round arched.The pediments of the building.Most of the interior fixtures are original.

Fair throughout.A cast iron staircase islocated on the west side square.A square tower is located in the center of the roof. the lantern is a statue. - Unexposed DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

a stone foundation, and measures approximately one hundred Ieet The roof is of slate and is gabled and hipped. The square tower Ruins and their centers are ornately incised.Above the center bay, The interior is well-finished. Cherry wainscoting is employed rises about thirty feet above the peak of the roof.The shaft Original Site by the architectural firm of Weary and Kramer.T The two story

Statement of significance

named for John Hancock, famous founding father of the United building was needed. The county commissioners appointed contractor W. H. Campfield started the construction of The building is still in good condition, and it appears Commerce Architecture Conservation Communications Theater Transportation Landscape Industry Science Education Aboriginal Literature Engineering itarian Agriculture Political Military Music Social/Human- Invention Sculpture the county seat. Urban Planning small stucture.It became apparent after 1875 that a new occupied in 1888,and it has remained the county courthouse to come. The town of Findlay was laid out in 1821,and soon became The first courthouse was built circa 1840,but was a the architectural firm of Weary and Kramer to design a Hancock County was formed on April 1,1820,and was Religion/Phi.

that it will meet the needs of the county for many years Other (Specify) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built States. The county embraces approximately 540 square miles. :2 5 1973 1885-1888 Art losophy NATIONAL REGISTER ever since. new building.The old building was razed and Findlay the present structure in 1885.The building took three AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Howe, Henry, Historical Collections of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1902, State of LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 41 ° 02 - 20 - W 83° FORM PREPARED BY March 17, 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 Nationa1 Register. 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: GPO 931-894 20240.

ORGANIZATION LATITUDE DATE LONGITUDE Degrees STATE Name Seconds 039 Minutes COUNTY Local CORNER Ohio National ATTEST: Columbus CODE Larry Alan Beers American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. 1932 Forest Village Lane Degrees Minutes Seconds 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: 2 23 ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY50 forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Keeper of The National Registe Goeldner,Paul.List of 19th Century Courthouses in Ohio.Historic County, Ohio, Chicago, 1910, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. National Register write-up .

Maps HISTORIAN Entered Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Re-submit TECH REVIEW WORKING NUMBER BRANCH CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN CONTROL REVIEW Photos 3 425.73.2849 4-25 Hancock Federal Register entry_2-3-23 NPS Number _ PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. Hancock, Ohio 2/73 KEX PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc NPS Number NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc Title: Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM . NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 1915 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3.

MAP REFERENCE USGS Series, Findlay REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: GPO 932.010 1960 Findlay Quadrangle Hancock DATE COMMON COUNTY Ohio STATE Hancock County Courthouse TOWN 24,000 SOURCE SCALE Courthouse Square (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINDLAY, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE : Hancock County Courthouse Long w 83° 39' 021 UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION REGISTER FINDLAY QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OHIO-HANCOCK CO. 546 ME. Daniel R. Porter Eon. Delbert D. Iatta .

The Ohio Historical Society Columbus, Ohio 43211 NRowland: mm PHR Location 5/11/73 STATE Name Director,Northeast Region Wapakoneta ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Director Also Notified Date Entered Xenia Williams County Hancock County Courthouse Auglaiza County Fulton County Courthouse Pulton County Greene County Hon. William B. Saxbe Bank of Xenia Williams County Courthouse Auglalze County Courthouse State Historic Presarvation Officer Fon. Tennyson Quyer Vicinity of Cedazville Findlay Hancook County LAY 7 1973 Reid (Whitelaw) House Hon. Clazence J. Erown, Jr. Hon. Robert zaft, Jr. Eryan