Nomination for Big Four Depot

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

6-72) County 7 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: X Unoccupied - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments * Other (Specify) LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 033 1975 039 NATIONAL STATE Cincinnati LOCATION OWNERSHIP Bucyrus Site Crawford ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY Crawford County Courthouse Commercial Religious Government CLASSIFICATION Private REGISTER Transportation District Entertainment Both CODE Military NAME Structure Galion Restricted Agricultural Scientific Private Residence Penn Central Transportation Company Building DATA SHEET Big Four Depot Yes: Galion Penn Central Station CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Southeast corner at intersection of Church St: and Washington St.

Public Acquisition: Museum COMMON: Educational Industrial Ohio Not in use 17th John M. Ashbrook TO THE PUBLIC STATUS, 112 E. Mansfield NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS OWNER OF PROPERTY Park Object STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER'S NAME: Real Estate Manager,507 Hibben Bldg, 700 Walnut St. X Being Considered (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE RECEIVED 43302 DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered [ Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

siding, the second band is shiplap, the third is shingle, and the fourth were partitioned, and curved glass block entries were added to provide a Apparently, the third floor was partitioned during or soon after original baggage and mail roon has a doorway in each of its three exposed walls. JUN 1 7 CONDITION chimney. Ruins A small central basement houses a boiler from which rises an interior crossed by a gable roof and is penetrated by three triangular dormers and ceramic tile restroom floors and the vinyl asbestos tile lobby floor. The remodeled in 1948,at which time the ceiling was lowered, new restrooms Window and doorway arches are of smooth-faced sandstone.

The second story The northeast wing of the building is one-and-a-half stories, the first of southeast side leads to the office area behind the ticket windows and to A 15 foot wide canopy adjoins the building along the track side and extends This two-and-a-half story building covers about 5ooo square feet at the construction, but was used only for storage. The walls, ceilings, and NATIONAL The passenger lobby isentered through double doors from either the pair of interior doors at each entrance.A single door entrance on the in about 1920. Section was destroyed by a freight train wreck in 1947.The canopy is supported bya single line of 17 round cast iron columns. (Check One) - Moved are supported by brackets, as are various places around the building where a bout 200 teet beyond the building to the southwest as well, but this southeast, that is track side, or from the motthwest side.

The lobby was the stairway to the second floor. The second floor offices open off a Excellent angled perimeters of the third floor rooms are covered with the same wood northeast wing is the one-story railway express building that was built one hipped dormer. The roof is asphalt shingle. which was the baggage and mail room.The projecting eaves of this wing IREGISTER central hall and were partially repartitioned in the 1948 remodeling. There is no doorway from the baggage room into the rest of the building. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 16th Century. SPECIFIC DATEIS) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF

Statement of significance

commonly called the Big Four. The three divisions were Galion, Springfield, and Indianapolis. The Galion building housed the engineering corps, the The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad also had a passenger station in Galion, and larger, more elaborate, and possibly more decorated than most small town the quarries near Amherst, Ohio, which supplied stone for many Big Four bridges. Commerce losophy Engineering Conservation SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal Architecture Literature Communications Theater Agriculture Pre-Columbian Landscape itarian Music Political about 1969. Social/Human about 1964,several years before passenger service was discontinued.The Roosevelt in 1932,and Eisenhower and Nixon in 1952.

Industry turn of the century.The stonemasonry was done by Homer Longstreth, the headquarters was moved from Galion to Bellefontaine, Ohio.The ticket All trains stopped in Galion to change crews, including the New York to office remained until it was moved to a building in the Galion yards in division superintendent, the trainmaster, and the clerks and stenographers. Invention Urban Planning Architecturally, the depot is a hybrid of many stylistic elements, possibly train platforms at the Galion station were Al Smith in 1928,Franklin D. best labeled Queen Anne.As a division headquarters, the building was In Dec., 1900,the station was dedicated and became division head- St. Louis trains, for which Galion was the only stop between Cleveland and In 1929,the New York Central acquired the Big Four and the division Religion/Phi. quarters for the Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St.

Louis Railroad, were also handled through the Big Four Depot. when 2i men were employed there. Military Since Galion was a stop for all trains, it became a "whistle stop" for Other World War I, when 32 trains a day stopped, including mail trains, Railway father of the present mayor of Galion. The stone is sandstone, likely from Art campaigning presidential candidates.Among those who made speeches from between the two railroads.Railway express parcels from the Erie depot stations.It thus makes a striking example of railroad architecture at the last railroad offices were closed and the Big Four Depot was vacated in

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Interview on Dec. 16, 1974 with Mrs. Lyle Bristow, former employee of the GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES FORMPREPARED BY STREET AND NUMBER: 605 N. Union St. 12. 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 evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Date June 6, 1975 * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 DATE Degrees Local LATITUDE LONGITUDE STATE Name ORGANIZATION Seconds Galion State Historic CORNER COUNTY CODE Minutes National ATTEST: Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio Galion Area Betterment Commission Longstreth, stonemason for the Big Four Depot. 360 1.2 acres 610 NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Keeper of The National Register Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation National Register. David K. Ritchey 12/26/74 in the National Register and certify that it has been NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: level of significance of this nomination is: APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: UTM 17 349 370 4510 600 Big Four railroad at the Galion station.

Title Preservation Officer Interview on Dee19, 197owith Murrel F.Longstreth, son of Homer 73.25 Photos ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF KEEPER OTHER CONTROL Re-submit Send-back HAER TECHNICAL Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Review Property HISTORIAN State National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Cole 6.18.75 Inventory JB4 6/30 Entered 1975 INT:2106-74 7/3/75 Federal Register Entry 8-5-75 Crawford United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Ohis UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: JUN 1 7 1975 REGISTER Oct. 1974 Photorama Studios, 201 Harding Way Eo, Gallon, Ohlo NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 039 Crawford DATE COUNTY Onio IDENTIFICATION Galion STATE CODE COMMON: Ohio View looking north at the southwest and southeast facades of the Big Four Depot 033 relationship to the tracks.

Southeast corner at Church St. and Washington St. intersection Dan Ritchey PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: STREET AND NUMBER: Galion Penn Central Station AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY OF THE NAT:ORAL REGISTER (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: FOR NPS USE ONLY JUL NAME 1975 building. This shows the remaining canopy length and the building's RELA Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUL 7 1975 AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUN 1 7 1975 PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Photorama Studios, 201 Harding Way E., Galion, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Aerial view looking southeast.

Harding Way, the main street of Crawford 039 Galion 033 Ohio DATE COUNTY NATIONAL STATE NAME CODE downtown, appears across the upper part of the photograph. The depot Big Four Depot Southeast corner at intersection of Church St.and Washington St. COMMON: is in the upper left corner. Dan Ritchey PHOTO REFERENCE (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Galion Penn Central Station PROPERTY OF THE NATONAL REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER IDENTIFICATION (7/72) STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY 1964 RECEIVED HARDING WAY THE PEPOT Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Photorama Studios, 201 Harding Way E., Galion, DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

1964 039 Crawford 033 Galion NAME DATE STATE COUNTY CODE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE Dan Ritchey Southeast corner at intersection of Church St. and Washington PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER Galion Penn Central Station NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTE PHOTO CREDIT: appears vertically at the right side of the photograph. STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: IDENTIFICATION FOR NPS USE ONLY (7/72) A4L7 1975 AND/OR HISTORIC: U S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 167 Big Four Depot RECEIVED FROPERTY CF THE NATIOMAL REGISTER THE Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: JUN 1 Z 1975 3. PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: REGISTER DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Photorama Studios, 201 Harding Way E., Galton, Ohto 3 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

* U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - 1 039 1964 NAME DATE COUNTY Crawford Galion STATE CODE IDENTIFICATION Ohio COMMON: Southeast corner at intersection of Church St.and Washington St. Galion Penn Central Station Dan Ritchey 033 Church St.,Washington St.,and the railroad tracks. To the left of Aerial view looking east.This shows the triangular lot bounded by ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach toor enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM THE (7/72) LOCATION JUL 7 between the tacks is a waiting building, also of later date. the depot is the newer railway express building.Above the depot, RECEIVED PROPERTY OF THE NATONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME STREET AND NUMBER: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Photorama Studios, 201 Harding Way E., Galion.

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. *US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 039 COUNTY Crawford IDENTIFICATION STATE DATE LOCATION Ohio Galion JUN171975 CODE Dan Ritchey NATIONAL COMMON: Big Four Depot View looking south at the northwest and northeast facades of the Galion Penn Central Station PHOTO REFERENCE Southeast corner at Church St. and Washington St. intersection (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) of the building. PHOTO CREDIT: ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (7/72) CITY OR TOWN: 0333 Oct. 1974 RECEIVED HALF Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUN 1 7 1975 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. BUILDING- * US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/ 1446 II - | 039 033 1975 DATE COUNTY STATE Galion CODE Ohio COMMON: Crawford Dan Ritchey PHOTO REFERENCE This view is looking east at the southwest and northwest facades of the ENTRY NUMBER Southeast corner at Church St.and Washington St. intersection Big Four Depot Galion Penn Central Station IDENTIFICATION PHOTO CREDIT: STREET AND NUMBER: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (7/72) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CITY OR TOWN: NAME REGISTER Oct. 1974 Photorama Studios, 201 Harding Way E., Gallon,, Ohig Form No.

10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY Gal1on Penn Central Station AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: Galion Quadrangle, Ohio, 7.5 minute series 1960, photorevised 1973 JUN 1 7 1975 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. #U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE /1973-729-148/1441 3-1 039 033 LOCATION COUNTY DATE Crawford NATIONAL Galion NAME REQUIREMENTS REGISTER STATE CODE 1:24,000 MAP REFERENCE COMMON: SCALE: ENTRY NUMBER Southeast corner at intersection of Church St. and Washington St. Ohio (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Big Four Depot PROPERTY MAP FORM CITY OR TOWN: JUL 7 souRcE: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GALION QUADRANGLE GALION, OHIO Long.

82° 47" 01" Lat. 40° 40* 04 Galion Pen JUN 1 Y 1975 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Central Station UTM 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES 17 349 370 4510 6b0 Stump's, John, House and Mi1l Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Mr. Robert F. Crecco, DOT 1975 Location STATE Franklin County Cincinnati Portage County Painesville Name Montgomery County Crawford County Freedom Lake County Date Entered State Historie Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Also Notified Saint James Episcopal Church Freedom Congregational Church Big Four Depot ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Regional Director, Midwest Region Allen Temple Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. J. William Stanton Germantown vicinity Davis, Anson, House Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue Hamilton County Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.

JUL Director Amlin Galion OHIO November 6, 1975 .../ 1 0 1975 Chief, Registration Branch INFCRI TIVE MATERIAL SENT 18th & C Streets, N.W. Kashington, D.C. 20240 .eur Mr. lerrington: Octagon House, Lake Co.; entered on Register 7/25/74. Destroyed by owners 2/5/75. Destroyed by owners 11/75. Pleasant Run Mounds, Butler Co.; entered on Register 5/24/73. only recently advised of this action. Gutted by fire and subsequently razed on 9/15/75. Sinton Homestead, Adams Co.; entered on Register 6/10/75. Demol1shed by owners for parking lot 8/18/75. Weber House, Montgomery Co.; entered on Register 7/3/74. Demolished Cincinnati Zoo, Hamilton Co.; entered 1/27/75. The AVIARY has had six of its seven buildings torn down. Delta Queen, Hamilton Co. Formerly owned by Green Line Steamers now owned by Delta Queen Steamboat Company Tremaine-Gallagher Residence, Cuyahoga Co. New owner is Dr.

Jalal Market, Alliance, Ohio. Xenia Rd., Xenia, Ohio 45385 Continuation sheets providing additional information are included for: Myers Hall, Wittenburg College, Clark Co. Afnan. INITIALS DATE ACTION TAKEN National Park Service Ohio Historic Preservation Office THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio National Register properties: Cuyahoga Co. Allen Temple (The Cincinnati Congregation of the Children of Destroyed by housing development in the summer of 1973;we were Park Avenue High School,Ashtabula Co.; entered on Register 4/7/75. In addition the following properties have had ownership changes: Department of the Interior Ke regret to inform you of the demolition or destruction of the following INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE (ATTACHED) TELEPHJNE CALL (ATTACHED) Mr. Charles Herrington Gilbert, Calvin, House, Cuyahoga Co.; entered on Register 12/4/74. by owners October,1975.

Central Railroad Depot, Crawford Co lew owner Jack Tozzer, Israel, Beni Israel), Hamilton Co. - Lockwood,_J.C., House, Erie Co. Upson-Walton and Company (Sampson Rope and Marine Supply Company) owner is Green County Recreation G Park Department,65l Dayton- DATE REC'D DNAME as it appears on/federal register: 5 LOCATION street & number ESTATE COUNTY ( 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION 33 WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? 1 ACREAGE O YES. NAME.. E CONDITION Ddeteriorated SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT -2 Omoved 90 NOT INTACT-O - Unknown Ounexeavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE-7 1S ACCESS - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

D yes @no JAREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 @CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric -2 'first'O - LAW - 16 CO RELIGION- 22 LARCHEOLOGY-historic -1 C LITERATURE - 17 C SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' D - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 CO MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 CO MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 -TRANSPORTATION- 25 3 functions @dates of initial construction://900 IN use Sarchitectural style(s): 2master builder: @ landscape architect/ garden designer: * interior decorator: © artist: OSEIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ASSOCIATION INSTITUTIONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 FEDERAL engineer: SETTLEMENT-29 PERSONAL: EVENTS: ENGINEERING-11 Daltered PRIVATE ORGANIZATION builder/contractor: historic events: CURRENTLY: URBAN PLANNING-31 Dunexposed COMMERCE-6 ADMINISTRATOR: SAVED?YES NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP OTHER NAMES: Dexcellent GNPS REGION: MIOWEST 4county code: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 3 date of entry: @original site 17features: Oreconstructed 5O UNKNOWN -6 OYES-Restricted [YES -Unrestricted (19 ADAPTIVE USE OIYESONO - COMMUNICATIONS -] -EXPLORATION - 12 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 major alterations: 19148 SE CORNeR 3 NAMES give role & date WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CONGRESS.DISTRICT shap ARCHITECTURE-4 Dgood if state who prepared form?

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