Nomination for St. Mary's Hall, University Of Dayton

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Congressional District: 3 Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Mont gomery INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) St. Mary's Hall, AND/ OR HISTORIC: St. Mary's College 300 College Park 3.

CLASSIFICATION (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC X Building - Structure - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: MAR 8 039 113 Site Dayton DATE Religious OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE NATIONAL LOCATION Commercial STATE Educational REGISTER Government Entertainment Unoccupied STATUS NAME Private Transportation Both Agricultural Restricted CODE Museum CATEGORY Local Yes: Scientific Public Federal Ohio Park Industrial Being Considered Military Private Residence COMMON: University of Dayton Montgomery County Courthouse Object STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER OF PROPERTY Public Acquisition: In Process CITY OR TOWN: Count MAY251973 District RECEIVED DESCRIPTION - Excellent - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered X] Original Site facade.

The tall, narrow arched windows of the facade are broken classrooms, laboratories, dining rooms, and dormitory rooms. The terior of the building. Presently, St. Mary's Hall is used as an office building, housing all the top administrative and business offices of Dayton University. Brick enclosed corridors now connect St. Mary's Hall to another building to the rear (east) and also to the right (south). MAR 8 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Moved keted and the top story is a mansard roof. The walls are thick and Originally, St. Mary's Hall housed administrative offices, a library, section was sealed and turned into a window.In 1968,renovations and 1ong and 70 feet wide.A central section projects slightly from the support the weight of the building.

into a 6-3-6 pattern by this central projection.The eaves are brac- Each floor has a 10-foot hallway running the length of the building alterations were completed but these changes affected only the in- St.Mary's Hall isa five-story rectangular brick bui1ding,164 feet (Check One) DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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and the size of the rooms on either side of the hallway has been al- RECEIVED Fair Good chapel and the gymnasium were located elsewhere. tered many times.Around 1956,the door in the center of the central PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) X) 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning STATEMENT OF

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Mary's College, which later became the University of Dayton: Most early Ohio colleges had rural or small-town locations but Roman Catholic institutions, such as St. Mary's and St. Xavier in Cincinnati, were founded in cities, where the highest concentrations St. Mary's College during the early period of growth, is thought to early buildings, Zehler Hall, Liberty Hall and the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. MThe brothers of the Society of Mary did most of the actual labor on the building although a carpenter and some area was all farmland as the Dayton city limits had not yet reached the campus, and the building could be seen from any section of the At one time, it was called "Zehler's Folly" because it was roof is noteworthy as the earliest example of that type of roof in era.

( 1870 1973 MAR Commerce Conservation Transportation REGISTER Communications SIGNIFICANCE Theater Art Architecture Landscape losophy NATIONAL Aboriginal Literature Engineering Science Prehistoric Industry itarian Music Pre-Columbian Sculpture Religion/Phi Education bricklayers were hired. Political Social/Human- Agriculture St.Mary's Hall was the largest building in Dayton.The surrounding Invention In 1850,members of the Roman Catholic Society of Mary founded St. an Ohio college building.It signifies the beginning of the Victorian have been the architect of St.Mary's Hall as well as of three other In 1870,when it was built on a hill in the southwest part of Dayton, Other (Specify) Military of followers were. Brother Maximin Zehler, who was the director of thought that the building was too large to be practical.The mansard The Ohio Historical Society, 1969. PP. 41-42.

DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES June, 1972 CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICAI ION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 criteria and procedures set Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: GP 0 901.087 1973 039 Degrees Seconds LATITUDE DATE LONGITUDE Local Name ORGANIZATION COUNTY STATE ATTEST: CODE National CORNER LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Degrees Minutes Seconds Columbus,Ohio: National Register. STREET AND NUMBER:

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FORM PREPARED BY The Ohio Historical Society 1982 Velma Avenue NAME AND TITLE: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- less than 1 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES GEOGRAPHICAL DATA APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Riki Arnold, Assistant to the Architectural Historian Minutes Title MAR Ohio Keeper of The National Register ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN KEEPER - National Register write-up _ Federal Register entry _2-3-?3 MAY 2 5 1973 Maps Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Send-back Re-submit Photos CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Accept Mortgomery 4.18 Accept- AmL 3.8.73.2519 Apr430-73 NPS Numuer _ DAYTON, OHIO 45429 TELEPHONE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 313 LEWISTON ROAD ART and PHOTOGRAPHY May,1967 Title S.May 1968 Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO BY NPS Number R. J. STRONG DAYTON, OHIO Loc.

'Form 10-301 (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) St. Mary's Hall, University of Dayton STREET AND NUM BER: 300 College Park CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. 7-1/2' Dayton South Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. 1966 039 Montgomery COUNTY Dayton 113 REQUIREMENTS STATE NAME DATE CODE Ohio 1:24000 MAP REFERENCE COMMON: SOURCE: SCALE: LOCATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: St. Mary's Hall, St. Mary's College DAYTON SOUTH QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-MONTGOMFRY Co 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC : St.Mary's Hall, Univ.

{latitude: 39" 44° 22 Longitude: 84° 10' 41" DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY DAYTON SOUTH, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAY 2 5 1973 St. Hary's Hall, Univeresty Hon. William B. Saxbe State Historic Preservation Officer Mr. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jz. Hon. Clarence E. Miller Hon. Clarence J. Brown, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director, Northeast Region PHR Location STATE Dayton Springfield Name Clark County Date Entered Director Also Notified Vinton County Montgomery County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hope Furnace The Ohio Historical Society Municipal City Building Zaleski vicinity Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. NRow1and:pcl 6/8/73 OHIO