Nomination for Tuscarawas County Courthouse

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Tus carawas INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 1 6 1973 X Building I In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 157 039 LOCATION Tuscarawas County Religious STATE Military COUNTY Site CATEGORY Entertainment Structure Unoccupied ACCESSIBLE Educational CLASSIFICATION NAME Both STATUS Government Being Considered District Courthouse Square OWNERSHIP Ohio Museum REGISTER Private COMMON: Agricultural CODE Yes: New Philadelphia Object Public Acquisition: Public Tuscarawas County Courthouse Industrial Scientific Restricted Wayne L.

Hays NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Private Residence AND/OR HISTORIC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 18th TITLE OF SURVEY: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Park OWNER OF PROPERTY DATE ENTRY NUMBER PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

above the ground floor, is built of smooth-dressed stone. The dome, located in the center of the roof, rises about seventy Iloors, arched on the first. On the second floor the windows The courthouse interior is straightforward. A central stairway CONDITION Ruins rock-faced stone extends above the ground and meets the first The building windows are rectangular on the ground and second second floor is also adorned with square pilasters with Corinthian courthouse to its original appearance. first floor carries the smooth-dressed stone on up the walls, The center sections of the building project on all sides of the The three story (including raised basement) Tuscarawas County Unfortunately, this program did major damage to the appearance one hundred twenty feet square. sculpture group rested on the top of the dome.

marble floors blend with the marble wainscoting found on the Stone steps lead to the arched entrance on the south side.The Numerous modifications have been made to the exterior of the capitals.The roof is hipped, and composed of slate. have an ornate cornice.A cornice-like belt course of smooth openings around its upper part.Inside the base, the ceiling on the south and west sides were five smaller windows.Also stone divides the first and second floors on the exterior.The floor exterior at a belt course of smooth-dressed stone.The The round dome is one of the finest features of the building. base for the upper part of the building.The foundation of but the the texture of the foundation is echoed in the quoins.

with two flights of stairs leads to the second floor.The on a rock-faced stone foundation, and the remainder of the building, (Check One) courthouse, especially on the second floor. Originally the the doors were large, hardwood types. The walls behind the a buff color) and has four clock faces. Constant maintenance of the dome has kept it in good condition. Originally a seated Excellent and round columns with Corinthian capitals support the pediment. first floor. Ceilings and partitions have been rearanged in the doorway is deeply recessed, and the arch is flanked by square, building. The ground floor and first floor form a distinctive feet above the roof line. The courthouse measures approximately Fair Good building to suit the needs of the county. It is supported on a smooth-dressed stone base that has arched columns wore eliminated as part of a minor expansion program.

of the courthouse.It would be quite difficult to restore the

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1882-1885 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Urban Planning Other (Specify) - Invention STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

February 15, 1808. The first permanent settlements were Schoenbrunnand Gnadenhutten. New Philadelphia, the county seat, was laid out in 1804 by John Knisely. Around 1880, the county conmissioners decided to build work. The building was constructed starting 1882, and was JUN 1 5 1973 Architecture Commerce Conservation Engineering Communications Transportation Industry REGISTER Aboriginal losophy Education NATIONAL Religion/Phi Science Literature Theater Landscape Music Prehistoric itarian Agriculture Social/Human- Political Tuscarawas County was formed from part of Muskingum County Sculpture tavern, and an adjacent log stable was used as a jail. made by pioneers generally from Western Virginia and Pennsylvania. and contractor T.B.

Townsend did the major construction Earlier, unsuccessful settlements were made at Fort Laurens, The first court in New Philadelphia was held in a log in the nineteenth century.During the 1830s a new structure completed and occupied in 1885.The courthouse was erected They hired architect Thomas Boyd to design the building, a new courthouse to house the ever-expanding county business. The first courthouse was a frame structure, built early Military was erected, and proved to be adequate until the 1870s. at a cost of $99,860. Art American Buildings Survey, National Parks Service, Washington, D. C. 695, volume II. Beers & Co., 1884.

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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 PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES JUN 1 5 1973 FORM PREPARED BY May 11, 1973 CITY OR TOWN: I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law The National 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 931-894 039 20240. Degrees LATITUDE Local Seconds ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE Name DATE Minutes STATE ATTEST: CORNER COUNTY Ohio REGISTER Columbus Title NATIONAL Degrees Minutes Seconds CODE MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION RECEIVED 12.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 1932 Forest Village Lane As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- NAME AND TITLE: STREET AND NUMBER: 1. Goeldner, Paul. List of 19th Century Courthouses in Ohio. Historic Howe, Henry. 29 - 24 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Hi ric Preservation Larry Alan Beers Tuscarawas Photos e Federal Register entry . JUL. 16 1973. ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HISTORIAN Maps KEEPER Send-back Re-submit TECH REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF National Register write-up CONTROL REVIEW 6-20 WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 6.15.73.3112 7-9-73 July16,1973 NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc.

NPS Number DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES NEW PHILADELPHIA QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO N4022.5 W8122.5/7.5 JUL 1 6 1973 Director, Mortheast Region Location STATE Name ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Date Entered Guernsey Couuty Courthouse Ross County Cembriage Hew Philadelphis Vr.Daniel R.Porter.Director Lucas County Chil1icothe ricinity Cuernaey County Mott:Jal 7/19/73 Tuscarewas County The Ohio istorleal Society Deleware County Zanesvllle