Nomination for Lucas County Courthouse and Jail

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

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

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Count INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: - In Process - 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: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 095 039 Toledo Military Both STATE Site Government Lucas CLASSIFICATION Transportation Private Educational Commercial ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY Entertainment Unoccupied LOCATION Scientific NAME Museum Agricultural District Structure Public STATUS OWNERSHIP CODE Private Residence Ohio Park Lucas County Commissioners CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Religious Being Considered Industrial COMMON: Lucas County Courthouse and County Jail Public Acquisition: Building Object Lucas County Courthouse NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Thomas Ludlow Ashley Adams and Erie Streets ENTRY DATE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC Restricted OWNER OF PROPERTY continuation STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) AY1.11973 FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) Yes: Federal ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION X Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved - Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The courthouse is a large, steel-framed building with an exterior of were Dun, Perley & Co. Stine also designed the Libbey Glass Company In the basement, 2nd and 3rd stories of each wing. The Ist story The interior is simpler and generally less impressive, providing functional and mosaic floors, later refinished with terrazzo. \The administrative wing of the jail is rectangular, three-storied high The jail wing, also three stories high, has a second story treatment of The stone for both buildings was furnished by Albert Neukom, prominent APR 2 5 1973 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Ruins first two stories. of the basement and first story is rusticated.Rectangular windows are has three Roman arches with a colonnade of double corinthian columns RECEIVED Fair windows are arched with stone voussoirs.

working space.The corridors were finely finished with Italian marble flat balustrade.The third story of this bay has three windows recessed continues from the administration wing.Above the cornice isa balustrade and 3-bays wide.The center bay is recessed and has a one-story entrance building is divided into an administrative wing and a jail wing The courthouse consists of a large central block with two dependent a gabled dormer over the central bay.The stone is rusticated on the The Lucas County Courthouse and County Jail were both completed in 1896. The Lucas County Jail sheriff's residence)was built from surplus (Check One) Berea sandstone. It was modeled after the courthouse at Buffalo, New York The architect for the building was David L. Stine and the contractors above which there is a pediment.

The building is topped by a low Roman designed by David Lu Stine and built by Dun, Perley & Co. The L-shaped small arched windows with stone voussoirs. The bracketed cornice hip roof has a bracketed cornice. There are two inside end chimneys and Pavilion for the Chicago World's Fair. dome with a slender peristyle of doric columns.The wings are topped porch supported by small doric columns on a stone wall.The porch has a Good Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER Lucas County Jail: 810-814 Jackson. APR 2 5 1973 GP 0 921-724 LOCATION COUNTY STATE DATE Lucas REGISTER NATIONAL (Continuation Sheet) Lucas County Courthouse:Courthouse Square between Adams and Erie Streets.

(July 1969) (Number all entries) Ohio RECEIVED PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! -x 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Literature STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

moved to Maumee from 1840-1852. In 1852 the seat was moved back to Toledo with the provision that a proper courthouse and jail be built. into a courthouse built on the corner of Erie and Adams Streets. This building was torn down in 1897 after the present building, which adjoined it, was dedicated on January 1, 1897.

APR 25 1973 Conservation Commerce Architecture losophy Theater Science SIGNIFICANCE Transportation Landscape Communications Engineering Prehistoric NATIONAL Agriculture Aboriginal REGISTER Invention Music itarian Education courthouse squares throughout the United States.It is a vital focal Political surrounded by grass and radiating sidewalks, the site is typical of 1896 residence was erected on the present courthouse square between Adams Religion/Phi Social/Human- Other(Specify) Industry Sculpture The Lucas County Courthouse and County Jail are excellent examples of Although Toledo was the first county seat of Lucas County, the seat was Military When the county seat was moved back to Toledo in 1852,a brick jail was built on Adams Street and used until 1866 when a jail and sheriff's point in the urban center of Toledo.

For two years the county leased the Duell block and in late 1853 moyed AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) financed from surplus funds from the appropriation for the courthouse. Art RECEIVED late nineteenth century public architecture.On a six-acre plot,

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Clark Pub. Co., 1923, Vol. I., p. 501. The Businessmen's Chamber of Commerce, A Review of Toledo's Industries. Toledo: The Businessmen's Chamber of Commerce, 1905.,p. 20. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY Ute 83 ° 32 - 06.5 83 ° 32 : 12.5 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY . about 6 acres FORM PREPARED BY STREET AND NUMBER: 1982 Velma Ave. 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 Nationa 1 Register.

in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: The National GPO 931-894 039 LONGITUDE Seconds LATITUDE DATE Name ORGANIZATION STATE Local COUNTY ATTEST: Gretchen Klimoski CORNER CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds Columbus Ohio Historical Society NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Toledo Times, August 2, 1936. NAME AND TITLE: April 1973 Kiltits, John M., Ed. Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, 1623-1923. S.J.

OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES : 19.5 Keeper of The National Registel 32 - 14 - Degrees Photos 3 Federal Register entry_?-3-?3 Maps Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back HISTORIAN Re-submit 73002295 KEEPER PROPERTY BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW National Register write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN WORKING NUMBER Lucas REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 44.35.73.3854 4-26 Accept-Aml Accept 51-73 MAY 1 1 1973 CONTROL REVIEW 2. Location. - 3. Classification. . 4. Owner of Property. _ 5. Location of Legal Description. - 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. . 7. Description. 9. Bibliography. _ _X 10. Geographical Data. ). Acreage. 1l. Form Prepared By. 12. Certification. SIGNED: Name. Other. Photographic Coverage. criteria in full. The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your Statement of Significance.

Clarification or correction of the above items must be made prior to the initiation office for clarification of the information indicated below. necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register NAME OF PROPERTY CPARTMENT OF TR PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. NPS Number Title: NOTICE JAIL UNITED STATES DEPARTME STATE Title: TERIOR NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc NATIONAL PARK PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: NPS Number Loc. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Joledo. Ohio NPS Number Title: Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER 1 1973 STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: Toledo, Ohio 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

INT: 155-72 095 1965 039 COUNTY REQUIREMENTS DATE 1:24000 STATE Lucas Ohio COMMON: CODE MAP REFERENCE SCALE: PROPERTY MAP FORM (See continuation sheet) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SOURCE: AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCATION (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS Rev. 7-72 NAME Lucas County Courthouse and County Jail OHIO-MICHIGAN 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC TOLEDO, OHIO - MICH. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Revised in cooperation with State of Ohio agencies ROAD CLASSIFICATION TOLEDO QUADRANGLE Lucas County Courthouse and MAY 1 1 1973 ME. Daniel R. Porter Columbus, Ohio 43211 NRowland :mm Location 5/14/73 STATE Date Entered Name Lucas County Courthouse and County Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Lucas County Director, Northeast Region Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. William B.

Saxbe The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Thomas L. Ashley Director Toledo MAY 2 4 1973 concerning the hfatorfe preservation program within the State, is Mr. Ohio 43211 Sincerely yours, Jerry Le Eogers LPHR w/cy inc County of Lucas Chief of Registration Director,Northeast Region w/cy ine ansver any further questions. Dear Hr. Wittenberg: ment.If a Pederal agency ie involved in a transaction concerning the Board of County Coaaissioners KHOLLER:So-p 5/22/73 BASIC FILE RETAINED IN PHR owner or upon a state or local government acting vithout Federal fnvolve- ceased to meet the criteria of the Hational Ragister --vhen the qualities We hope this infornation will be useful to you, and we shall be happy to Kational Register Mr. Sol J. Witteaberg. President MAY 8 COUNTY OF LUCAS COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE TOLEDO, OHIO 43624 SOL J. WITTENBERG, President CHARLES F. BAXLEY WM. K.

GERNHEUSER Phone 248-5911 JAMES M. HOLZEMER Ext: 271-272 U. S. Department of Interior records with the Historical Society, but we intend shortly to demolish the County Jail and build a new correctional facility; therefore, we Daniel R. Porter, Director appreciated. Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio, in reference to having the Lucas County Sincerely Courthouse and County Jail placed on your records for historical value. Gentlemen: Your kind consideration and cooperation in this matter will be ADMINISTRATOR-CLERK State Historic Preservation Officer do not wish to have this parcel of property registered. May 1, 1973 National Register of Historic Places Board of County Commissioners Waahington, D. C. Lucas County, Ohio I am in receipt of a letter from Daniel R. Porter, Director of the Ohio We have no objection to having the Lucas County Courthouse placed on your MAY 2 4 1973 Nx. Sol J.

Wittenberg, President Toledo, Ohio 43624 Section 106 of the National Ilistoric Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. owner or upon a state or local government acting without Federal involve- Ohio 43211 Sincerely yours, Mr. Daniel R. Porter, Director, The Ohio listorical Society, Columbus, National Register PHR w/cy inc Chief of Registration Director, Northeast Region w/cy inc County of Lucas answer any further questions. concerning the historle preservation program within the State, is Mr. which caused them originally to be nominated have been lost or destroyed. We hope this information will be useful to you, and we shall be happy to ceased to meet the criteria of the Hational Register --when the qualities Dear Mr. Wittenberg: listed in the National Register. No restriction is placed.upon a private Jerry L. Rogers This would not seem to be the case with the Lucas Coumty Jail.

5-22-73 1icensed, funded, or executed by their agencies will affeet properties The Ohio State Historic Preservation Officer, whon you may wish te consult We are pleased to provide this information in response to your request ment.If a Federal agency is involved in a transaction concerning the Lucas County Jail, the agency should inform the Advisory Couneil on His County Jail was entered ia the National Register on Hay ll,1973. toric Preservation,1522 K Street, N.W.,Suite 430,Washington, D.C.20005. MAY 8 COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE SOL J. WITTENBERG, President CHARLES F. BAXLEY WM. K. GERNHEUSER JAMES M. HOLZEMER May 1, 1973 Ext: 271-272 U. S. Department of Interior I am in receipt of a letter from Daniel R.

Porter, Director of the Ohio Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio, in reference to having the Lucas County records with the Historical Society, but we intend shortly to demolish the County Jail and build a new correctional facility; therefore, we Lucas County, Ohio CC: Daniel R. Porter, Director appreciated. ADMINISTRATOR-CLERK Gentlemen: State Historic Preservation Officer Board of County Commissioners National Register of Historic Places Sincerely, Phone 248-5911 Courthouse and County Jail placed on your records for historical value. Your kind consideration and cooperation in this matter will be do not wish to have this parcel of property registered. Waahington, D. C. We have no objection to having the Lucas County Courthouse placed on your HISTORICAL - The five-story glass-roofed Arcade in runner of today's shopping malls, was "very far-seeing for its day." Cleveland architect Robert C.

Gaede says. National Register of Historic Placesby the Interior De- partment. The building, constructed in 1890, a fore- downtown Cleveland (Ohio) has been placed in the (AP Wirephoto) OMB Approval No. 29-H0218 . NUMBER B. APPLICANT 19 77 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. : State of Ohio 8. Applicant Name : Ohio Historical Society b. Organization Unit : 1982 Velma Avenue c. Street/P.O. Box d. City : Columbus 8. County : b. TITLE f. State B. FEDERAL h. Contact Person (Name Thomas H. Smith, SHPO, 614-466-1500 & telephone No.) 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT 8. TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT I- Higher Educational Institution J- Indian Tribe F-Other (Specify) : ministration building, once part of jail 9. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE riate letter(s 12. TYPE OF APPLICATION Toledo, Ohio 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: 17.

PROJECT D-Decrease Duration PROJECT START 19 78 10 ESTIMATED DATE TO $ 26,573 FEDERAL AGENCY - 21. REMARKS ADDED M Yes [I No a. To the best of my knowledge and balief, b. SIGNATURE 24. AGENCY NAME 1979 / 27. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE GRANT ADMINISTRATION DIVISION 29. ADDRESS 31. ACTION TAKEN 33. ACTION DATE N 19 79-01-01 - B. REJECTED - C. RETURNED FOR Stephen D. Newman [ $. DEFERRED D.

FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL SAME AS A-95 ACTION STANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) 02-006-0046 39-09612 43211 31-4389673W Heritage 80-09-30 ENDING 424-101 IDENTIFICATION RECEIVED CATION TOTAL Franklin OTHER FUNDING DATE PREAPPLICATION LOCAL FOR STATE GRAM 202-343-4941 FIER CERTIFYING CERTIFIES ASSIGNED Blank Ohio Catalog) District WITHDRAWN E-Augmentation SENTATIVE STARTING Year PROPOSED FUNDING 350,000 REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTION C-Revision D-Continuation A-Basic Grant B-Renewal FEDERAL ASSISTANCE Architecturally significant residence/ad- IDENTI- CANT'S A-State Historic Preservation 12.000 14.573 A-New 19. EXISTING FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER Fine exterior detailing H-Community Action Agency BE SUBMITTED TO F-School District Ohio State Clearinghouse A-Increase Dollars Enter appropriate letter C-Substate 26.

ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT D-insurance REPRE- Enter appro- Year month day (see Remarks) Thomas H. Smith NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (Opt) APPLI. the applicant and the spplicant will comply it has been or is being made. in Berea sandstone. (demolished) at rear. C.DATE SIGNED PRO. (Name and telephone no.) with the attached sssurances if the essist- C.STATE B-intorstate Leave 15.TYPE OF CHANGE 12cor 12e) 1. TYPE States, etc.) 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE REQUEST (Name, City, State, ZIP code) 28. FEDERAL APPLICATION 8. AWARDED TION (Name and telephone number) Presoribed by GSA, Federal Management Circsiar 74-7 Cons. & Recr. Serv., Dept. AND BENEFITING CONTACT rehabilitation. C.20243 E-City E-Cancellation day B-Decrease Dollars FOR ADDITIONAL 8.TYPED NAME AND TITLE C-Increase Duration attached ance is approved. B-Supplemental Grant E-Other C-Losn Director & SHPO (From Boopriate Section I, Item 7.

Description. Section I, Item 16. Start Date. NDARD FORM 424 PAGE 2 (10-75) INT: 4670-76 APPROVED The Sheriff's Residence will be re-used by the County Commissioners as office space. SECTION IV-REMARKS (Please reference the proper item number from Sections I, Il or III, if applicable) Signature Date