Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Erie County Infirmary

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,009 words across 12 pages, filed in 1975. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 75001387, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

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) SEP 5 1975 AND/OR HISTORIC: Columbus Road 13 - Charles E.
Mosher - In Process X Restricted - Preservation work - Comments - Commercial * Other (Specify) ] Religious - Scientific OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: 043 039 LOCATION Sandusky Erie CLASSIFICATION STATE Site Government Entertainment CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE DATE NATION OWNERSHIP District Educational Private Federal Ohio Both STATUS Transportation Structure Agricultural Park Unoccupied Yes: Building Erie County Commissioners Private Residence Museum Erie County Infirmary NAME Industrial REGISTER Public CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 323 Columbus Avenue Being Considered COMMON: Public Acquisition: Military NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES County Home ENTRY DATE DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Object DATA SHEET OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: TO THE PUBLIC (Check One) CODE PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) SEP Erie County Courthouse ENTRY NUMBER Erie County Home Perkins Township - Sandusky vicinity DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

This is a large four-story (basement, two main floors and man- more bays shortly after the original part was completed. At the end The west main entrance, on the second level, leads into a wide which is unfinished. The partial walls, unfinished brickwork, slanting lation of basic electrical, plumbing and heating facilities, the CONDITION Ruins The ground floor contains utility, kitchen and dining rooms, roof in the High Victorian Gothic style.A large round window in The building stands on a large open suburban site. original structure and design of the building are essentially unaltered.
plus some rooms no longer used for living rooms.One storage room corridors run the entire length of the north-south wings.There are The doorway woodwork consists of vertical reeding with bull's-eye broken line of a densely bracketed cornice.Originally the.north wing not so substantially built as the main building and is only partially elaborate mansard dormers of the fourth story are set into the To the rear (east) of the main building is a subsidiary building of brick construction with stone lintels and a bracketed gabled roof. hallway which transverses the building from west to east. The main corner blocks typical of the period.The second main floor (third roofs and dormer windows create a Piranesian effect.
floor the masonry partition walls continue into the mansard story, has the original sheet slate floors;elsewhere they have been covered tructed of coursed limestone ashlar.The basement story is almost It is connected to the main building by a corridor. story) is essentially identical in plan to the first.On the third stair has a square post and balusters in the style of the 1880s. Axial and south. There is a central entrance tower with a steep pyramidal sard story) building in the Second Empire style.The walls are cons- the main entrance was added around 19o0. secondary stairs in each wing.The main axial interior walls are of (Check One) | Original Site used at present because of safety regulations. Except for the instal- Excellent Moved square entrance block with long axial wings extending to the north masonry.The corridors are lined with the many individual rooms.
of each wing is a bracketed wooden veranda. The porch in front of entirely above grade level.Basically the building consists ofa with concrete and linoleum tile.The interior of the east annex is the tower at the mansard story is glazed with the date 1886." The PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian | - 20th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Engineering - Other (Specify) - Industry STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

buildings, for example. This particular building is also significant to Feick. The construction superintendent was M. Mullen. In the building was completed within the year, but the records are JUN 1 7 1975 1886 Conservation Communications losophy SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Science Aboriginal Commerce Transportation REGISTER itarian Music Theater NATIONAL Literature Agriculture Education A county infirmary was first established in Erie County in architecture was not yet highly differentiated, as the general August the contract for the engine house and smokestack was the special character of Sandusky's architecture. Social/Human- Sculpture society. Its design also demonstrates the fact that institutional type of institutional structure erected in the latter half of the Landscape and brick construction.
George Phillip Feick was the low bidder appearance is very similar to that of many contemporary college Military Invention because of its construction in the local limestone which determined 1855 to serve as a home for the aged and indigent.The first bidder on brick construction at $2l,534.The contract was awarded The Erie County Infirmary is an excellent example of the nineteenth century to provide for the less fortunate members of building burned in November, 1885;and five persons died. Bids Religion/Phi. not clear and complete as to the exact dates of the various additions.
on stone construction at $24,168.John H.Murphy was the low for the new building were received in March,1886,on both stone given to John H.Smith ata bid of $l,537.The main portion of Political SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art Minutes of the Erie County Commissioners, March-August, 1886.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY UTM 17 358 470 4587 360 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: SEP 5 1975 Date June 6, 1975 * U.S.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Loca LATITUDE DATE Degrees LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION Seconds COUNTY Cleveland STATE Ohio State Historic Minutes ATTEST: CORNER National One MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Western Reserve Historical Society November 1974 CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 10825 East Boulevard National Register. FORM PREPARED BY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES NAME AND TITLE: Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Erie County, Ohio (Syracuse,1889), T2.
STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION CITY OR TOWN: DEFINING THE LENTER POIN I OF A PHOPERTY Eric Johannesen, Preservationist STREET AND NUMBER: Keeper of The National Register Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF SEP 5 Federal Register Entry OTHER HAER Inventory KEEPER Entered CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST Maps TECHNICAL Re-submit Send-back Review BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN 7-8-75 National Register Write-up 11-4-25 Ohi SEP INT:2106-74 State Form No. 10-301a LOCA TION Perkins Township - Sandusky vicinity. JUN 1-4 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. West facade, looking east.
039 043 Erie COUNTY NAME STATE SEP Eric Johannesen REGISTER CODE Columbus Road Ohio Erie County Home November 1974 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL PHOTO CREDIT: COMMON: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Erie County Infirmary CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IDENTIFICATION PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) 975PATE DATE Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA T Perkins Township - Sandusky vicinity JUN TT 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. West facade and south elevation, looking northeast.
043 1975 039 DATE COUNTY Erie STATE CODE NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION Eric Johannesen REGISTER Ohio NAME PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO REFERENCE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER Columbus Road COMMON: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) PHOTO CREDIT: November 1974 Erie County Infirmary Erie County Home AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE OF PHOTO: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SEP5 CITY OR TOWN: (7/72) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 876 -167 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Perkins Township - Sandusky vicinity REGISTER DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South and east elevations, showing brick annex, looking northwest.
043 039 COUNTY PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Erie DATE IDENTIFICATION STATE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER Erie County Home CODE Columbus Road CITY OR TOWN: Western Reserve Historical Society RECEIVED LOCATION PHOTO CREDIT: Eric Johannesen COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM November 1974 (Type all entties-attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NEGATIVE FILED AT: STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) SEP 5 1975 NAME Form No. 10-301a Perkins Township - Sandusky vicinity NEGATIVE FILED AT: JUN 1 7 19755 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. North elevation and west facade, looking south.
043 039 Erie DATE COUNTY IDENTIFICATION REGISTER Columbus Road Eric Johannesen Ohio STATE COMMON: NAME Erie County Home CODE ENTRY NUMBER Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE Erie County Infirmary PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY LOCATION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE November 1974 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER STREET AND NUMBER: AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) 1975 SEP51 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. G. S. Sandusky Quadrangle 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-l 043 039 1969 Erie Ohio SEP NAME REQUIREMENTS NATIONAL DATE REGISTER STATE CODE COMMON: 1:24,000 Erie County SOURCE: SCALE: Columbua Road NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) CITY OR TOWN: MAP REFERENCE LOCATION Perkins Township - Sandusky Vicinity Erie County Home AND/OR HISTORIC: 1975 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES SANDUSKY QUADRANGLE Erie County Hon DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Infirmary SANDUSKY, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17 358 470 4587 360 STATE OF OHIO 41° 25 37* Coluabus, Ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 1975 Location 9/16/75 STATE SEP Name Date Entered MMott/je Also Notified Lorain County Morris-Frank Site ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Vermilion Regional Director, Midwest Region Erie County Infirmary Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Erle County The Ohio Hlstozical Society Ferkins Towmship-Sandusky Hon.
Robert Taft, Jr. city / town S of Sandusky on Columbus Rd..
12) SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated O C NOT INTACT - O -good Dunexposed > O UNKNOWN-6 -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 ACCESS - No Access 19 ADAPTIVE USE 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 )CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS - 7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 - URBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 D OTHER (SPECIFY) - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions @dates of initial construction: major alterations : 6 architeptural style(s): @g master builder: )landscape arohiteot/ garden designer ") interior decorator: EVENTS : 043 Midwest Sandusky ASSOCIATION ENGINEERING-11 PERSONAL: vicinity of INSTITUTIONAL: artist: COMMERCE-6 CURRENTLY: historic events: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Erie ARCHITECTURE 9-5-75 LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR: CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP 2OTHER NAMES: Erie County Infirmary SAVED?YES county code: Dexcellent STATE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Erie County Home IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes 3artisan: Tfeatures: Coriginal site of entry: GNPS REGION: (11) CONGRESS.
DISTRICT > - UNKNOWN -6 MES-Restricted -YES - Unrestricted 'first' D @builder/contractor -IF ADDITIÓNAL SPACE NEEDED, NOMBER & PUT ON REVERSE @architeet: ETHNIC GROUP engineer: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NAME as it appears on federal register: if state who prepared NAMES give role & date OPPIVATE ORGANIZATION 884 LOCATION street & number Druins