Nomination for Marion County Courthouse

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: Clarence J. Brown, Jr.

X Building - 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: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: FEB 1 2 1974 039 101 Marion Religious Transportation Private LOCATION Commercial ACCESSIBLE Government STATE 7th NATIONAL Site REGISTER Agricultural Entertainment Educational CLASSIFICATION Museum Unoccupied CATEGORY Both STATUS Park CODE Restricted Structure District Yes: COMMON: Courthouse Square Public Ohio Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: OWNERSHIP COUNTY: Scientific Private Residence Marion County Courthouse Being Considered TO THE PUBLIC Military NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Public Acquisition: STREET AND NUMBER: ENTRY DATE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Marion County OWNER OF PROPERTY (Check One) In Process CITY OR TOWN: 25.1974 NAME Object ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved [X Original Site Designed by D.

W. Gibbs and Company, Marion County Courthouse was a blank frieze, denticular cornice, and a narrow tapering roof. Four is capped with a segmental, round metal dome. The tower rises about The walls are plain, and the woodwork is confined to simple baseboard. FEB 1 2 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER Deteriorated Ruins floor windows on the north and west sides.A denticular cornice and sides the central bays form pedimented projecting pavilions.On the Fair square pilasters.An ornamented frieze is found above the second Offices and other rooms ring the interior along the outside walls. (Check One) stone rises from belt courses separating the first and second floors symmetrical divided flights located on the west side of the building. second floor the pavilions are open and columned with round granite approximately eighty feet square and is in generally good condition.

The raised foundation is constructed of smooth stone and has The smooth stone walls of the second floor are adorned with paired, side. The north side entrance is deeply recessed in a round-arched built from 1884 to 1886.The two story bui1ding with raised basement The interior of the courthouse is designed around a stairway with rectangular double-hung sash windows. A stairway with symmetrical columns. Second floor windows are rectangular double-hung sash. divided flights leads from the ground to the first floor on the north and rock-faced stone is employed, providing contrast to the smooth to the spring line of the window arches.

On the north and west CONDITION Excellent tower sprouts from the flat roof of the building.The base is paneled stone balustrade complete the walls of the courthouse.A square opening.Windows are also located in similar openings and rusticated open belfry.Dividing the lower and upper portions of the shaft are forty feet above the roof line. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian; - 20th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (specity).. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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was laid out in 1821 by Eber Baker and Alexander Holmes, owners cost of $115,000. FEB 1 2 1974 Transportation Commerce Conservation Communications losophy Industry Military Architecture Theater REGISTER Aboriginal SIGNIFICANCE NATIONAL Science Landscape Religion/Phi Invention Literature itarian Music Agriculture Education Art Political Social/Human- Sculpture This firm had designed at least two other extant nineteenth Francis Marion, an officer in the Revolutionary War.Marion Marion County Courthouse was Leffler and Bland of Marion. building remained as the courthouse until the present structure courthouse built in the 1880's designed in a style which Goeldner and occupied in 1886.The new courthouse was erected ata During the 1880's the Marion County Commissioners decided to the county was organized. of D.W. Gibbs and Company was chosen to design the new building.

construct anew courthouse as the old Greek Revival structure was too small for the county's needs.The architectural firm was completed on a new site. Marion County was formed March i,1824 and was named for General calls"County Capitol"and which isa rather complex combination Marion County Courthouse isa good example of an extant Ohio Engineering SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1884-1886 The county's first courthouse, built circa 1824, was a frame of several late nineteenth century modes well put together. century courthouses in Ohio.The general contractor for the decade a new, brick Greek Revival structure was built.This Construction was started in 1884 and the building was completed of the land. Marion became the county seat in 1824,after 18th Ceritury Press, 1962. 2. Goeldner, Paul. List of 19th Century Courthouses in Ohio.

Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. 20240. (Surveyed 1968-1969) of Ohio, Ohio Centennial Edition, 1902.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY N 40° W 83° 7Fb. 1974 FORM PREPARED BY August 26, 1973 CITY OR TOWN: 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 Nationa1 Register.

in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931-894 039 Degrees acres Local LONGITUDE COUNTY ORGANIZATION DATE LATITUDE Columbus ATTEST: State Name Degrees Minutes Seconds CORNER CODE NATIONAL REGISTER MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION STREET AND NUMBER: 1932 Forest Village Lane NAME AND TITLE: OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 1. Federal Writers Project.

APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FEB Seconds Larry Alan Beers Degrees Minutes PHOTOS 2 CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN JUL 2 5 1974 INT: 1538-73 KEEPER PROPERTY ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Send-back Entered MAPS National Register Write-up HISTORIAN Federal Register entry TECH REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF 2.13 WORKING NUMBER Segt. 3, 2. 12.74.242 Marion S14/74 the write up, please indicate them below. PRESENT CONDITION (altered, covered, ruins, deteriorated--archeological): SURVEY RECORDS (is form correct?): SHEET DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY: COMMENTS: NAME: WRITE-UP COMMENT (leave attached to nomination) If there are comments or positive) which will affect STYLE OR CULTURE: SICNIFICANCE paragraph or line): DATE AND INSTIGATOR (builder, architect, group, engineer, etc.): LOCATION: CITY NATIONAL BANK Form No.

10-301a LOCA TION August 22, 1973 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Columbus, Ohio FEB 1 2 1974 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973- 729-152/ 1446 III - 1 039 IDENTIFICATION Marion DATE COUNTY Courthouse Square CODE NATIONAL Ohio STATE PHOTO REFERENCE NAME ENTRY NUMBER REGISTER The Ohio Historical Society PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: PHOTO CREDIT: East side (rear). FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: JUL251974 (7/72) 101 Larry Alan Beers Marion County Courthouse UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME 2. LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE 1961; Photorevised 1970 REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: 1 2 1974 GPO 932-010 Marion DATE Courthouse Square TOWN 24,000 COMMON COUNTY SCALE REGISTER NATIONAL Ohio SOURCE STATE Marion County Courthouse West Quadrangle AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM RECEIVED Form 10-301 (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) STREET AND NUMBER DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION MARION WEST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT QF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO JUL 2 5 1974 Andrews, Ebenezer, House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Eon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Charles A. Mosher Hon. J. William Stanton Columbus, Ohio 43211 Regional Director, Midwest Region Location STATE Name MMott/row Cuyahoga County Pickaway County Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Lake County Hon. Howard M.

Metzenbaum Marion County Courthouse Marion County 7/29/ Octagon louse Erie Coumty State Historic Preservation Officer Circleviile vicinity Mount Oval; Tolbert House Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. Marion Painesville Mx. Daniel 2. Porter Hon. Clarence J. Brom, Jr. Hon.William H.Harsha Director Holnes County The Onio Historical Soelety Holnas County Courthouse and Jail Hon.Willian E.Minshal1