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

Nomination for Logan County Courthouse

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,526 words across 15 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 73001497, 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 7th Clarence J. Brown, Jr. 3.
CLASSIFICATION (Check One) - Preservation work - Comments - 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: - Federal MAY 2 4 1973 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 091 039 Logan County REGISTER Bellefontaine Site Logan County STATE Government Both LOCATION CATEGORY Restricted Transportation ACCESSIBLE District Religious Military DATE Commercial Private Unoccupied Ohio Agricultural Educational STATUS Entertainment Public Square CODE Structure OWNERSHIP Scientific Museum Public NATIONAL Building Yes: Logan County Courthouse Private Residence Industrial Being Considered Park COMMON: OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: TO THE PUBLIC Object CITY OR TOWN: In Process Public Acquisition: JUN 4.
PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ENTRY NUMBER - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site is mansard, and is constructed of multi-colored, multi-shaped MAY 2 4 1973 CONDITION DESCRIPTION REGISTER Moved NATIONAL The tower rises two stories above the roof, and rests on a and south sides of the building are four chimneys.Each one is roof,and measures approximately eighty by fifty feet.The building rests on a rock-faced stone foundation, and the remainder by thick, square pilasters with Doric capitals.Usable iron The second floor windows are round-arched, and are of a leaded decorated with ornamental iron cresting, and weather vanes were The first floor windows are round-headed sash type! located on the southwest and northwest corners of the roof.
building.The doorway on the west side is contained in a projecting bay section that forms the base for the tower./The doorway is square, and it protrudes from the wall the entire height of the tower located on the west side of the building. rounded base.The shaft forms a belfry with arched openings, and doorway. / Ruins iron cresting. RECEIVED (Check One) X Good on each side of the building. At the roof level, in the projecting The dome is metal, and has six sides. It is topped with ornamental DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

was Alexander Koehler. The two story building has a mansard bay section, is a statue of Justice. The statue is located in the center of the bay, in a deep recess.( The roof was originally Excellent They are arched, and the voussoirs are rusticated.The arch is supported and there is a small balcony supported by stone brackets above the The Logan County Courthouse was constructed of cut stone from of the building is constructed of smooth stone.There is a Fair windows on the second floor is an Ionic entablature. gates are attached to the pilasters.The doors have fanlights, 1870 to 1871.The architect of this Second Empire period structure pieces of slate.Two fancy dormers with oval windows are employed

Statement of significance

The Logan County Courthouse is the second such structure Commerce Science losophy Architecture Communications Conservation Engineering county records. Transportation Military REGISTER Literature Theater Aboriginal Religion/Phi Prehistoric NATIONAL itarian Agriculture Landscape Music Invention Social/Human- Pre-Columbian Sculpture Since its opening this important nineteenth century Ohio The architect that the county employed to design the new constructed early in the nineteenth century on the site of Urban Planning to be built in Bellefontaine.The first courthouse was Industry to build a larger building to house the courts and the and the building was compheted and occupied in 1871, The building was erected at a cost of $105,398.00. Political SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1870-1871 building was Alexander Koehler.
Construction began in 1870 courthouse has been carefully preserved, and has served the Art RECEIVED MAY241973 county's needs quite well.It is an excellent example of its type,and is in excellent condition American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1903.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES W 83° 45-33- MAY 8 4 1973 FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: March 5, 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 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: GPO 931-894 039 20240.
Degrees Local ORGANIZATION DATE Name Seconds LATITUDE COUNTY LONGITUDE Title ATTEST: Minutes CORNER CODE Columbus REGISTER Ohio NATIONAL STATE MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Larry Alan Beers Degrees Minutes Seconds 1932 Forest Village Lane National Register. The Historical Review of Logan County, Ohio. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRO-ERTY ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATEPR forth by the National Park Service. The recommended 700 N 40 ° Photos 3 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register entry _ JUN Entered Maps HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back 73001497 KEEPER PROPERTY Re-submit CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF Logan TECH REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER National Register write-up 5.24.13,2984 525 Wl 1973 FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC 2. LOCATION 3. PHOYO REFERENCE March 2, 1973 4.
IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. MAY 2 4 1973 REGISTER GPO 932-009 COMMON DATE NATIONAL Public Square Logan County Courthouse PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM STREET AND NUMBER Larry Alan Beers West and north sides. (Type all entries-attach to or en close with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (6/72) NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) Columbuga JUN41973 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE March 2, 1973 Columbus, Ohio 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. MAY 2 4 1973 NATIONAL GPO 932-009 DATE STATE COMMON Logan County Courthouse Public Square Ohio Larry Alan Beers NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Detail of west side.
STREET AND NUMBER RECEIVED AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries-attach to or en close with photograph) Bellefontaine (6/72) Nthe ohi! Hstorical Society JUN4 REGISTE FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAY . 2 4 1973 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE March 2, 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GP0 932-009 Logan STATE DATE COMMON Logan County Courthouse COUNTY Public Square Bellefontaine PHOTO CREDIT Ohio NATIONA' West and south sides. STREET AND NUMBER (6/72) Larry Alan Beers RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC JUN PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Columbus, Ohio (Type all entries-attach to or en close with photograph) REGIST!
1979 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: MAY 2 4 1973 GPO 932.010 1960 REGISTER DATE NATIONAL Bellefontaine Quadrangle Public Square SCALE Bellefontaine AND/OR HISTORIC Form 10-301 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) RECEIVED USGs 7t' Series, E265700 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BELLEFONTAINE, QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO UNITED STATES MAY 2 3 1973 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper National Park Service 18th and C Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C.
20240 Of the nine applications, one, the Hancock Historical Museum, is Wolf Creek Mound, both Montgomery County -- in jeopardy from Wade Memorial Chapel, Rockefeller Building, Rowfant Club Building, tion of representative Cleveland .landmarks prior to the fall Daniel R. Porter DRP/eg Director Sincerely, REGISTER NATIONAL reasons: Enc. private development. a corrected version of an earlier submittal.It remains an Lichliter Mound and Village Site and Transmitted herewith are nine (9) completed National Register The other eight applications are emergencies for the following Site Preservation Advisory Board and owmers have been informed national convention of the National Trust in Cleveland. EMERGENCY for the reasons cited in the original submittal.
National Register of Historic Places application forms.All have been approved by the Ohio Historic Logan County Courthouse and Knox County Courthouse --to focus of our intent to register. Dear Bill: Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue and Trinity Cathedral, all Cuyahoga County -- to obtain registra- preservation attention in these two rural counties upon these RECEIVED prominent buildings and thereby other county landmarks. shio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus,ohio 432ll/telephone (614) 469-4663 The Ohio Histerieal Society Hon. John M. Ashbrook Columbus, Ohio 43211 NRowland: pcl 6/13/73 JUN Location STATE Trinity Cathedral Licking County Bellefontaine Name Logan County Cuyahoga County PHR Logan County Courthouse Clark County Director Also Notified Date Entered Cleveland Franklin County Director, Northeast Region Newlove Works Harmony Township Hon.
Louis Stokes State Eistorie Preservation Officer Hon. Clarence J. Brown ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OHIO Dixon Mound Smith, Benjamin, House Columbus Mr. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.