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

Nomination for Knox County Courthouse

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,164 words across 10 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 73001484, 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 (Rev.
6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: - In Process ] Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: MAY 2 4 1973 083 039 Religious Mount Vernon Site Knox County Transportation CLASSIFICATION Unoccupied LOCATION STATE REGISTER Private DATE Both CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE Government OWNERSHIP Entertainment Museum Educational District NATIONAL Being Considered High Street Restricted Structure CODE Federal Knox Agricultural STATUS Ohio Knox County Courthouse 1973 Public COMMON: Scientific Industrial John M.
Ashbrook Park Private Residence Public Acquisition: Military CITY OR TOWN: TO THE PUBLIC DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: STREET AND NUMBER: (Check One) FOR NPS USE ONLY Object CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 17th OWNER OF PROPERTY Yes: Building ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The windows in the entire building are rectangular, and are The tower is located on the southern part of the roof, and is asphalt tile, but some of the original mosaic tile remains in MAY 2 4 1973 CONDITION REGISTER Ruins NATIONAL The interior seems cramped, and the offices small.A stairway double-hung sash type.The walls are pilastered and the south the west doorway.The interior is not nearly as impressive as errance has columns in antis.Fluted columns with Doric capitals measures approximately seventy by forty feet. foliated scroll and a small round window. gabled, and on the south pediment the masonry is ornamented with rectangular, and the two windows flanking the entrance are pedimented. The cornice is decorated with tryglyphs and metopes.The roof is with two flights of stairs is located on the east side of the the exterior of the building.
rests on a stone foundation.The building is of Greek Revival (Check One) style and has a tower.It was built 1855-1856.The building Excellent The corniced doorway is Good first floor. Original floor coverings have been replaced with approximately thirty feet in height.The base is louvered and Fair - Pre-Columbian! - 20th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

1820, when the first courthouse was constructed, the population building, and contractors John Jennings and David Auld built Commerce Conservation Transportation Military Engineering losophy Communications Architecture SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal NATIONAL Theater Religion/Phi Science Landscape itarian Literature Agriculture Music Education Invention Social/Human- Sculpture Industry The county commissioners decided to build a new structure, and bids were let.Architect Daniel Clark designed the Construction was started in 1855 and the building was completed the courthouse. The building was erected at a cost of The population by 1880 was 27,000.By 1854 the third courthouse was formed from Fairfield County on March 1,1808.By The Knox County Courthouse is the fourth courthouse in the and occupied in 1856.It is an excellent example of its type. Political of the county was 8,300. $36,336.
Other(Specify) PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1855-1856 The county did not grow rapidly, but it did grow steadily. MAY241973 MAY Art Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Washington, D. C., 20240 10.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 40 ° 23- 28 ' 57.3 1 acre MAY 2 4 1973 FORM PREPARED BY March 11, 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 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 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion 5 The National Register in the National Register and certify that it has been Director, Office of Archeology and Histo GP 0 931-894 039 LONGITUDE Degrees LATITUDE Name COUNTY ORGANIZATION DATE Seconds STATE Preservation NATIONAL Title Columbus ATTEST: Local CORNER Larry Alan Beers CODE REGISTER Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1932 Forest Village Lane Degrees Minutes Seconds 12.
STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Minutes level of significance of this nomination is: RECEIVED Ohio,1902.2 vol. APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio: State of 2 vol. Photos D Federal Register entry HISTORIAN Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Re-submit Maps KEEPER PROPERTY TECH REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN WORKING NUMBER National Register write-up 8-7-73 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF 5-25- 5.24.73.2983 JUN 4 197 KNoy Title: / PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) JUN 4 1973 2. LOCATION 3.
MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: MAY 2 4 1973 1961 Quadrangle High Street REGISTER Ohio COMMON NATIONAL STATE SOURCE Mount Vernon Form 10-301 Knox County Courthouse NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) RECEIVED ALE24,000 MT. VERNON QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES MT. VERNON, OHIO Lat 5 40 23' 39° DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Knox County Courthouse STATE OF OHIO hio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432ll/telephone (614) 469-4663 MAY 2 3 1973 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper 18th and C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Transmitted herewith are nine (9) completed National Register of our intent to register.
/ Of the nine applications, the Hancock Historical Museum, is Lichliter Mound and Village Site and - Wolf Creek Mound, both Montgomery County -- in jeopardy from Wade Memorial Chapel, Rockefeller Building, Rowfant Club Building, Daniel R. Porter Director Sincerely, reasons: NATIONAL REGISTER private development. DRP/eg Enc. Site Preservation Advisory Board and owners have been informed National Park Service national convention of the National Trust in Cleveland. National Register of Historic Places tion of representative Cleveland landmarks prior to the fall EMERGENCY for the reasons ciled in the original submittal. prominent buildings and thereby other county landmarks.
application forms.All have been approved by the Ohio Historic Logan County Courthouse and Knox County Courthouse --to focus Dear Bill: The other eight applications ,are emergencies for the following and Trinity Cathedral, all, Cuyahoga County -- to obtain registra- preservation attention in these two rural counties upon these RECEIVED JUN 4 1973 ME. Daniel R. Porter Hon, John M. Ashbrook Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location STATE 6/8/73 Cuyahoga County Name MMott Trotwood vicinity Cleveland Montgomery County Also Notified The Ohio Historical Society Wolf Creek Mound Kmox County Courthouse ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mount Vernon Date Entered PhR Director State Historic Preservation Officer Director, Northeast Region Knox County Rockefeller Building Dayton vieinity Hon. William B. Saxbe Hon. James B. Stanton Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mervin (George) House Lichliter Mound and village Site Hon.
Charles W. Whalen, Jr. JUN OHIO