Nomination for Antioch Hall, North And South Halls

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Antioch Hall, North and South Halls AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN - VICINITY OF 7th-Clarence J. Brown PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY E. North College 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION 45 N. Detroit 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR U.S.

Department of the Interior, National Park Service 1958 039 057 Washington OBJECT CODE COUNTY UNOCCUPIED TITLE CATEGORY Greene ACCESSIBLE BOTH DATE SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION Xenia OWNERSHIP HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL STATE ENTERTAINMENT RECEIVED MUSEUM Yellow Springs MILITARY Antioch College XEDUCATIONAL Ohio STATUS Historic American Buildings Survey NAME CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BEING CONSIDERED DATE ENTERED COURTHOUSE. Hyde Road OTHER: _DISTRICT SURVEY RECORDS FOR NPS USE ONLY XPRIVATE _COMMERCIAL _PUBLIC DATA SHEET - PARK X.EXCELLENT DETERIORATED LRUINS -MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

characteristic features are the paired round arches, the rose windows, the time of its erection in 1852. Originally four stories, it is a long brick at the center of the east (long) side, facing Glen Helen. This entrance is a smaller octagonal tower, almost a turret. Lintels and belt courses a 1958 addition. The roof is constructed of slate. side of it, are each four stories in height with gable roofs reflecting devoid of detail, but are sensitively proportioned.

Each has Palladian The original plan called for linking the main hall to the two dormitories It is generally agreed that the architect, Max Mercer, achieved a satisfac- CONDITION DESCRIPTION UNALTERED FAIR XALTERED CHECK ONE by arcades.Modern opinion generally believes it fortunate that this In 1958,Antioch Hall was recorded by the process of architectural photo- building underwent a complete interior reconstruction where five floors interior was achieved, while preserving the essential features of one of the rectangle with gable roof and a prominent entrance and tower projection would have resulted, compensating for the bareness of the dormitories. pattern (none of the arched windows was altered) and a new west entrance. tory solution combining the best of the old and the new.A modern and flexible XORIGINAL SITE windows high in the gable ends.

The entire design of Antioch Hall is powerful and impressive.The most North Hall and South Hall, located west of the main building and to either - UNEXPOSED (east)towers and facade have twin bays with hoodmolds.The rear facade is -GOOD 15 flanked by large towers, square in plan. At each corner of the building slipsills, but have since been reduced in size. The windows in the front scheme was not completed, but others contend that an imposing ensemble grammetry for the Historic American Buildings Survey, just before the DATE most impressive and architecturally significant college buildings in Ohio. are of stone.The windows were originally approximately six foot sash with have been the largest building west of the Alleghenies at the AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Kettering took an active part in the development of Antioch, and it was "Everything about the inception of Antioch College--its founders, its Christian Connexion, a religious body related to the Unitarians, Antioch was planned from the beginning to be coeducational and non-sectarian. One Merrifield, a building contractor from Massachusetts and the architect of By May 1852, work was well in progress and the college was dedicated in October Antioch Hall was finished except for the towers, and North Hall was Historical Society, 1969), p. 31.

1852 1400-1499 1500-1599 1900 X1800-1899 1700-1799 CONSERVATION LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INDUSTRY PERIOD COMMERCE INVENTION RELIGION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SIGNIFICANCE PHILOSOPHY ART SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS SCULPTURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT THEATER AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC XARCHITECTURE LITERATURE of this building in Massachusetts that Merrifield got his inspiration for XEDUCATION MUSIC 1600-1699 _ECONOMICS progressive principles for which the institution stood, this group of Antioch in shaping the college and the surrounding community of Yellow Springs.

model for Davis Hall at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts.It is by way College buildings is extremely significant in the historical tradition of the of the outstanding founders and supporters of the college was Alpheus Marshall a certain uniqueness which the college enjoys today.Founded by the ready for occupancy, but South Hall was not completed until the next year. SPECIFIC DATES in 1919. remote place." Antioch Hall.And the Hall itself was the earliest college building.in As an excellent example of a prominent U.S. architectural style and for the Horace Mann served as Antioch's first president.Simeon Friss and Charles F the Romanesque revival at the time it was built in 1846.It was also the -ENGINEERING west of the Alleghenies and, in the words of Eric Johannesen,"it must have -MILITARY COMMUNITY PLANNING Arthur E.

Morgan who proposed the revolutionary new "work-study" program the design of Antioch Hall. The plans themselves, however, were actually BUILDER/ARCHITECT Alpheus M. Merrifield _ The design of Antioch Hall is based on that of the old Smithsonian Institution ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC building.The Smithsonian was one of the most influential masterpieces of The early college catalogues claimed that Antioch Hall was the largest building indeed seemed reckless to build such a large building in such a relatively Ohio of the style which was to dominate the next decade and a half.il drawn by "Messrs.Kyler & Knoll."

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1938, Pp. 3-9. Historical Society, 1969, PP. 31-34. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 1 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE June 14, 1975 STREET & NUMBER (614) 466-8727 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL _ As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).

I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Ser STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE Director, Ohio Historical Society FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE CODE DATE NORTHING COUNTY Columbus Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society Valerie Ingram, Student Assistant NATIONAL UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN 30.75 New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY three acres ZONE ATTEST: 6.30.20 Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Antioch Hall, North and South Halls ITEM NUMBER 6 & 9 PAGE 6. Survey of Historical Features - Southwestern Ohio October, 1970 Columbus, Ohio Antioch Press, 1963. The Ohio Historical Society DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET 1 1982 Velma Avenue FOR NPS USE ONLY (Rev. 10-74) Straker, Robert L. Yellow Springs, Ohio: The Horace Mann and Others Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN KEEPER OTHER HAER Inventory TECHNICAL CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Send-back Review Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry Accept Cole Enteredut 301975 INT :2106-74 Good nomination. Greene 6. 30.75 Working Number 6o. 30. 75. 120 5 6.30.2 Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 3 O 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED Antioch Hall, North and South Halls AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE Ronald M. Traub DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Yellow Springs LOCATION Ohio HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION RECEIVED STATE NAME PHOTO CREDIT November 24, 1974 Antioch Hall looking east SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE Ronald M. Traub DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW.

DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT.GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET North side of Antioch Hall Ohio LOCATION HISTORIC Yellow Springs STATE IDENTIFICATION PHOTO CREDIT NAME November 17, 1974 Antioch Hall, North and South Halls PHOTO NO. DATE ENTERED JUN 3 0 1975 PROPERTY OF THE NATIC MEGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDJUN 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM JUN 3 0 1975 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF COUNTY Greene PHOTO REFERENCE Ronald M. Traub DATE OF PHOTO November, 1974 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Ohio IDENTIFICATION LOCATION HISTORIC STATE Yellow Springs NAME Antioch Hall, North and South Halls Antioch Hall looking west PHOTO CREDIT Form No.

10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM JUN 3 0 1975 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Antioch Hall, North and South Halls AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO PHOTO NO. DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Yellow Springs LOCATION Ohio HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION STATE PHOTO CREDIT NAME Judith Kitchen South Hall,looking southwest RECEIVEDJUN 3 0 1975 Ohio Historical Society NEGATIVE FILED AT Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 3 0 1975 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Antioch Hall, North and South Halls AND/OR COMMON CITY.

TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO Antioch Hall, East front facade. Yellow Springs IDENTIFICATION Ohio LOCATION STATE HISTORIC RECEIVED PHOTO CREDIT NAME Judith Kitchen DATE ENTERED PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS FOR NPS USE ONLY Greene COUNTY Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON VICINITY OF CITY, TOWN PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO Antioch College News Bureau PHOTO NO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET ANTIOCHIANA LOCATION Yellow Springs IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC NAME STATE Ohio NEGATIVE FILED AT Looking east nctrtheast Arial View of Antioch Hall and North Hall and South Hall COUNTY Greene RECEIVED JUN 3 O 1975 Antioch Hall, North and South Halls PHOTO CREDIT Antioch College Main Hall Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP Antioch Hall, North and South Halls AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF U.S.G.S.. Yellow Springs Quadrangle, 7.5 minute series TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 1968 DATE LOCATION HISTORIC SOURCE Yellow Springs SCALE REQUIREMENTS 1:24,000 NAME DATE ENTERED MAP REFERENCE STATE Ohio RECEIVED UNITED STATES YELLOW SPRINGS QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY YELLOW SPRINOS, OHIO 5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC JUN 3 0 1975 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JUN 3 0 1975 Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Fezris, Joseph, House Hon, Clarence j. Bzown INT: 2950-75 Location STATE Name 7/9/75 Date Entered Dayton Jefferson Ashtabula County Meigs County Director Regional Director, Midwest Region Also Notified Yellow Springs Springfield Montgomery County Ashtabula County Courthouse Complex Hamilton County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Clark County Kelly Family Home Greene County State Historic Preservation officer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. Robert Taft, Jx. Antioch Hall, North and South Halls Cincinnati (Fairfax) Hon. J.

Wiiliam Stanton Hon. Clarence E. Miller The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Charles W, Whalen, Jx.

Colurbus, Ohio 43211 Chester Myers Hall Acadeny 3 date of entry: 4 county code: Antioch Hall, North and South Halls 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Dunaltered Omoved 9O NOT INTACT-O -good Dunexposed SO UNKNOWN -6 Dunexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE -9 - No Access AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 DURBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 CI MILITARY - 18 DARCHITECTURE-L - ECONOMICS - 2 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 C ART-5 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 * arthitegtural style(s): @g master builder: D landscape arohiteot / garden designer: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UF 057 Midwest 6-30-75 Greene ASSOCIATION CONDITION INSTITUTIONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 ENGINEERING-11 Yellow Springs historic events: EVENTS: CURRENTLY: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: BACCESS NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET ADMINISTRATOR: Dexcellent vicinity of SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-D PRIVATE ORGANIZATION LOCAL Hyde Rd., Antioch College Campus IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes if state who prepared form?

Bfunctions NPS REGION: NAME as it appears on federal register: educatmal SAVED? YES Oruins Zorrginal site ZSTATE 2 OTHER NAMES: city / town 9 EXISTING SURVEYS 2OHOL INTACT-O, Dreconstructed S-Restricted [YES -Unrestricted - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 'only' O @cates of initiat construction: 7852 a engineer: date * NAMES give role & date ETHNIC GROUP artisan: COMMERCE-6 EDUCATIO-10