Nomination for Lagonda Club Building

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

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) SAY 2 8 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER (Check One) & Building In Process [ Unrestricted - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments Commercial OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: MAR 1 2 1975 023 039 LOCATION none Site Both Private CATEGORY Religious Springfield Educational CLASSIFICATION STATE Military NATIONAL ACCESSIBLE COUNTY Private Residence Entertainment District NAME Yes: Being Considered Government STATUS Museum OWNERSHIP Brighton Road Park Unoccupied Scientific CODE Agricultural COMMON: Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Structure Public Ohio Chamber of Commerce Building Public Acquisition: Lagonda Club Building TO THE PUBLIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Clark County Building ENTRY DATE N.W.

Corner High & Spring Sts. Clark OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: FOR NPS USE ONLY HREGISTER Other 7th - Clarence J. Brown PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) DATE George B. Raup Object ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

except for the normal accumulation of city grime, which main facade of the building is on Spring Street, which slopes; the High St. facade is subsidiary, but still ornamental. The basement, or first floor level, is constructed of Finely dressed ashlar masonry in limestone, There is a symetrical arrang ing of large and small rectangular windows, but these two, is constructed of brick, with stone work offsetting the main doorways, flanked on the outside by two major windows. square blocks of varying width. The High Street side, lacking an entrance to the second floor, offsets this by a centrally as well as the entablature reaching the fourth floor level, are CONDITION Ruins Moved moulding. good sandblasting would remove.

The Lagonda Club Building gives almost exactly the same Between the doorways is a tripartite window.The two doorways placed triple-arched portico, almost flush with the surface of semicircular lights with stained glass.A fake entablature is is marked between the first and second floors by a limestone then a double one.The single one illuminates the southern stair This portico is flanked on the south by a single window and are completely devoid of any ornamentation.An external division with a modified acanthus design.The panels and doorway are This grand conception is flanked by two utterly plain windows, completely covered with the same carving motifs used below. These create the effect of a miniature Roman Triumphal Arch.

The structure is a rectangular one of three storys plus the building.The two piers and two pilasters of this portico, a semicircular light,inset with stained glass of art nouveau placed window duplicate to the flanking windows on the other reality.This four story effect is more apparent at the north preated above these windows by the use of mouldings alone. smooth stone facing and mullions.The stone facing is done in rise from the first floor level and extend halfway up the side. However, the semicircular light is surrounded and surmoun- side. The second floor is separated from the third,like the slopes at about a 1o degree angle from south to north.The second.Each doorway has a panel of carved stone on either side The second floor of the building, as well as the other (Check One) XI Good a high "English" basement, making a total of four storys in windows and doors. On the Spring St.

side, there are two bordered by stone pilasters of Corinthian design, supporting first, by a stone moulding. Excellent end, as the ground on which the building is constructed The third floor on Spring St.is dominated by a centrally Fair the entablature.The flanking windows are deeply inset and ted by richly carved stone panels of acanthus and wreath designs style.The southern doorway has the name LAGONDA" carved on external appearance today as it did when opened in lone in the same style as the center window on the Spring St. 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 WAY 2 8 1975 7. con't. well. On the north, there is but one double window. These have of 1t are oval or medallion insets, backed with stone, and having 1ight bank of windows.

On the south end there is a triple freize, almost flat brackets and a crowning moulding all sheathed even have carved finials on top of the entablature, with their architect Frank M. Andrews of the Dayton firm, Will1ams & Andrews Constructed of buff-pink brick and Bedford stone, it has some- as well as the whole Beaux Arts school, However, the fourth Revival mania which swept Springfleld, like other American cities. GP0 921-724 DATE COUNTY STATE (Continuation Sheet) important Springfield thoroughfare.

interesting part of the fourth floor is that the entire exterior northern stairwell and then a triple window.The facings are On Spring St., the fourth floor features a central five applied stone carving of a modified fleur-de-lis design at the side has a plain double window centrally placed.On either side The Lagonda Club Building was designed by the well known Taken as a whole,the exterior of the building produces Clark below gives the impression of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. light and darker brick. and portico into a single unit that would serve to ornament a (Number all entries) floor portico and the flatness of the roof when viewed from Window.On the north end there is a single window lighting the floor brickwork seems to be in advance of pre-W.W.I Tudor Ohio of separation from the fourth floor. The High St.

window on the second floor, of course, is but the in metal copper). CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING architect's attempts at combining the Spring Street doorways brick work is done in a vast reticulated or net design, using at least two effects. The two doorways on Spring Street, which anything,it probably owes the majority of its design to Louis times been referred to as "French Renaissance" in design.If Above the fourth floor there is a dentil moulding,ionic The horizontal bulk of the building together with the third (July 1969) side of the building that had no major entry,but yet faced an top and bottom.Again there is a stone moulding at the point MAR 12 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED

Statement of significance

two directions; one of architectural values and the other Mr. Oscar I. Martin, one of the founders of the Club, which 1n 1909, he renounced this marralage by divorce and remarried, this time, the Broadway actress Pauline Prederick. Prom 1910 onwards, Mr. Andrews in his biographies in "Who's Who" makes no mention of his Springfield connection.

Thus, his designing in 1895 Springfield had passed its peak, it was still a major As such, it had a "Society" stratum which itself consisted of manufacturing and the professions; at the same time, there their fathers' fortunes, this younger "set" experienced the 11ke Englishmen of the period, attempted to withdraw from stifling atmosphere, every thought was turned to the physical 1895 Commerce Conservation Architecture Military Industry Transportation Communications losophy Agriculture Science Landscape Theater Aboriginal Literature Prehistoric Music itarian circles in Springfield.

Social/Human- Engineering Religion/Phi may have helped him procure the commission.Some years later, and settlers who had succeeded immensely well in commerce, Political Invention ordinary society by creating a private world where they would American architect, having designed such structures as the of social values. Freed from the anxieties and problems of worldly success, via Sculpture of social values for which it stood.Although by its opening At the time of the design and construction of the Lagonda two levels.There was still a small core of older pioneers was a larger group of the sons of those earlier individuals. Education The significance of the Lagonda Club Building lies A second aspect of the Lagonda Club Building is the set of the Lagonda Club Building is little known outside of older as well as the National Cash Register Building in Dayton and Club Building, Mr.

Andrews was related by Marriage to in that it was designed by Frank M.Andrews PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) In the area of architecture, the building is significant Riebold Building and the Dayton City Club (both, Dayton Ohio) situation. Art Andrews is a well recognized Arts School of Architecture. manufacturing center of farm implements for the United States. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES 17 259980 4422820 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES D CODE MAR 1 2 1975 FORM PREPARED BY 300 W. Main Street The Springfield 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 forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: GP0 931-894 039 COUNTY LATITUDE LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION Name Degrees National Local STATE CORNER Date ATTEST: Degrees Minutes Seconds GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation National Register. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Ohio evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set less than one STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION April 2, 1974 Seconds Minutes Clark County Historical Society George H. Berkhofer, Executive Director article by Mr.

Jim Hays,Springfield News-Sun,June 18,1972 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 MAY 2 8 1975 Country Club, an inevitable decline set in, due, of course, the C of Cowned and operated the building, constantly along with several other professionals, into the building and reactivated the second floor, at the same time leasing GPO 921-724 COUNTY DATE STATE and lounges subdivided into offices and cubicles.

(Continuation Sheet) both of these concerns moved and the building stood empty until the Warder Public Library temporarily rented space attract new renters, thereby effectively recycling this attention to this landmark architecture, but will also draperies --to mention but a few items.Creature comforts However, finances are a serious problem.It is his hope building and would like to see it restored and flourishing. were not lacking and culminated in a vaunted refrigerator sion as well as symbolic of the exclusiveness of the Club.

stained glass, velvet and satin hangings as well as damask (Number all entries) The Lagonda Club opened its doors on the evening of Clark with oxidized silver tacks, silver gas and electric fixtures, In October,1963 the Chamber of Commerce moved to the until early in 1974,when Mr.Raup moved his law offices, (July 1969) Luxury, alone, however, and musicians' balcony were removed, the elegant hangings basement, or first floor, to a printing establishment. Mr. Raup, the owner, has a deep committment to the convention, the Lagonda Club closed and was sold to the The Grand Staircase Ohio on the first floor.The building had now been acquired by Springfield Chamber of Commerce. historic structure, which is virtually intact externally. About 1971 nibbling away at the former elegance.

to changing social patterns as well as the drift of monied that inclusion on the National Register will not only call For the next forty years replaced by more mundane venetian blinds and the halls also occupied quarters on the second floor. Shawnee Hotel and the building remained vacant for a year, the days of "Gatsby" and the reaction against Victorian November 7,1895 to what the Republic-Times called an which could cool champagne "to a frappe in 20 minutes." MAR 12 1975 REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Clark Inventory - I MAY 2 2 1975 OTHER KEEPER CONTROL Re-submit Send-back HAER Maps ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Review Federal Register Entry Accept United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF 3-17-75 Ohia Photos IN T :2106 - 74 7-1-75 4.14.75 EnteredMAY 281975 State Ohuo 3/3.25 ENTER DO NOT Form No.

10-301a (7 /72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: MAR 12 1975 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 1974 039 023 Springfield RECEIVED DATE COUNTY LOCATION Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE NAME STATE Clark CODE Clark County Historical Society George Berkhofer PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Lagonda Club Building NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NW corner High G Spring Sts. COMMON: STREET AND NUMBER: AND/OR HISTORIC: Chamber of Commerce Building South and east (main) facades. 87 6.167 IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL PHOTO CREDIT: U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Chamber of Commerce Building LOCA TION MAR 1 2 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

1905 023 039 DATE Springfield COUNTY IDENTIFICATION CODE STATE REGISTER Ohio COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE Clark NW corner High G Spring Sts. PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED South G east (main) facades. Lagonda Club Building DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: Form No. 10-301a (7/72) MAY 2 8 1975 NAME U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 876-167 LAGONDA CLUB HOUSE 1905-6 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SPRINGFIELD OHIO, CLARK CO. Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY LOCA TION Xerox from SPRINGFIELD, OHIO DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

1924 039 023 COUNTY Springfield DATE STATE IDENTIFICATION REGISTER Ohio COMMON: Clark CODE Lagonda Club Building NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Chamber of Commerce Building STREET AND NUMBER: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR South and east (main) facades. AND/OR HISTORIC: CITY OR TOWN: NW corner High G Spring Sts. (7/72) NAME US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: MAR 121975 876-167 "Where Prosperity Begins" SPRINGFIELI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, CLARK CO. Ohio Springfield Booklet: 1924 Commerce Form No. 10-301 Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY MAY 2 8 1975 Chamber of Commerce Building STREET AND NUM BER: U.S.G.S. 7.5' Springfield Quadrangle APR 2 1 1975 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1.

Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. 039 023 COUNTY NAME Springfield STATE DATE 1:24000 NATIONAL CODE COMMON: REQUIREMENTS LOCATION Ohio MAP REFERENCE Clark PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SCALE: AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER SOURCE: Lagonda Club Building N.W. Corner High & Spring Sts. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: RECEIVED OHIO-CLARK CO. 6.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPRINGFIELD QUADRANGLE ROAD CLASSIFICATION SPRINGFIELD, OHIO N3952.5W8345/7.5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mccolly Covered Bridge Bloon Center vicinity Logan County Beight, John, Covered Beldge Brown, Charles, Gothic Cottage Wayne County Huron County Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mott/row Hon.

Je William Stanton Location STATE Date Entered Name 5/28/75 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified The Ohio Ristorical Society Cuyahoga County Hon. James V.Stanton Bohemian National Hall Lagonda Club Building Hon. John M. Ashbrook Butler County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenua Clark County Steuben vicinity. Greentield CLaveland MAY 2 8 1S73 D.S. Rosa Mound Hon. John H..Glenn, Jx. Hon, Thomas 11. Kindness Columbus, Ohio Director Fairfield County Hon.Ralph S.Regula Hon. Tennyson Guyer Springeield Nocth Bloomrleld Phoanix Mills