Nomination for Lorain County Courthouse

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form 10-300 (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY JUN 1 8 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 1 039 X Building * Restricted - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments OWNER'S NAME: 5.

LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 093 Elyria Lorain NAME Site County Religious Commercial CLASSIFICATION Transportation Entertainment ACCESSIBLE LOCATION STATE District Military Ohio Both Private Educational Unoccupied CATEGORY Structure OWNERSHIP MAY2 Federal Agricultural Government Being Considered Lorain County Commissioners Scientific REGISTER Public RECEIVED Industrial Yes: CODE STATUS Park Museum Private Residence NATIONAL Lorain County Courthouse COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Acquisition: DATA SHEET 308 Second Street Object NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS 13 - Charles E.

Mosher ENTRY DATE STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER OF PROPERTY (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: TO THE PUBLIC Other (Specify) (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) DATE DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X] Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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and second stories, effectively dividing the elevation into two layers. peristyle, but this has been taken down. with modern ones, some of the offices remodeled with so-called CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED The upper stories are defined by Corinthian pilasters. The second Four original chimneys rise above the balustrade.There are entran- lateral pavilions, a surprisingly unclassical touch. main story are rusticated, the main story having segmental-arched story windows are pedimented and the third story ones are square and framed.There is a balustrade around the entire roof cornice. functions have been transferred to a new county office building windows.There isa pronounced horizontal band between the first The main floor contains offices and the second floor the court rooms.

ces on each side of the building, the original main entrance being At the cross axis is a small rotunda formerly beneath the dome. This is a large four-story public building of sandstone construc- on the north end facing the public green and reached by a wide ior and more in conformity with late Victorian taste, similar to An unusual architectural refinement is the curved corners of the across Middle Avenue. (Check One) flight of steps.All four of the main pediments contain circular eyes. Originally the building had a central dome on a drum with a On the interior a corridor extends the length of the building. The design of the original woodwork is less classical than the exter- side elevation and an open portico at each end.The basement and MAY 2 that in the Ohio State Capitol.

Some of the doors have been replaced building is at that delicate balance point when its interiors could be Excellent MAY21975 Fair completely altered or still restored. Many of the building's original tion in the Renaissance Revival style.It is basically a long rectang- PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian| < - 15th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) - Education - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Industry - Science - Literature ation of Heman Ely, the principal proprietor of Elyria Township, the county buildings, built the first temporary courthouse, and - brick Greek Revival building was built in 1828 and served until .it was replaced by the present one constructed in 1879-1881. 1879-1881 Commerce losophy

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SIGNIFICANCE Conservation Engineering Communications Military Architecture Aboriginal REGISTER Transportation Landscape Art NATIONAL Theater Prehistoric itarian Music MAY2 Agriculture Invention Thus the courthouse was built at a time when nearly every RECEIVED Social/Human- Lorain County was created from portions of Cuyahoga, Huron For this reason the Lorain County Courthouse represents an unusual instance of the persistence of the classical tradition of Sculpture Political The primary significance of the architectural design of the period. Lorain County Courthouse is that it is a late and conservative Religion/Phi. manifestation of the pre-Civil War Renaissance Revival style Beaux-Arts tradition instead of two decades earlier.One of its and Medina Counties in l822.This was done largely at the instig- STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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the first half of the nineteenth century well into the late Victorian other courthouse in Ohio was being erected in the High Victorian references was certainly the U. S. Capitol in Washington, and this Italianate or Second Empire styles.This is so unusual that a first donated $2,0oo toward the first permanent courthouse.That red having 12,500 acres. Ely gave the land for the public park and AREAs OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check.One or More as Appropriate) was even more apparent when the dome and peristyle were extant. impression of the building places it in the turn-of-the-century

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Mary Beebe Hall, Reminiscences of Elyria, Ohio (Elyria, 1900), 22-23. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES CORNER UTM APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FORM PREPARED BY December 1974 Cleveland - 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 National Register.

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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: JUN 17 1975 * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees LATITUDE LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION Seconds DATE COUNTY Name Minutes ATTEST: Title STATE Ohio CODE 760° Eric Johannesen, Preservationist NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Less than one 10825 East Boulevard LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES (Chicago and New York, 1916), 69-70 (illus.). STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: S. H. PO . forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Williams Brothers, History of Lorain County (Philadelphia, 1879), 407 370 4579 Western Reserve Historical Society National G.

Frederick Wright, A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio Photos REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 'JUN 1 7 1975 Federal Register Entry Re-submit INT:2106- 74 OTHER KEEPER HAER Property Inventory CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Review 75001463 Lorain TECHNICAL State National Register Write-up Send-back 5.8:75 ACCEPT 6.4.75 5-75 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 5.6.75 Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA TION December 1974 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. North and west elevations, looking southeast.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 093 039 Lorain Elyria NATIONAL COUNTY DATE REGISTER CODE NAME PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio STATE COMMON: Lorain County Courthouse 308 Second Street AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries- attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: IDENTIFICATION (7/72) JUN 1 8 1975 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6- 167 Eric Johannesen RECEIVED DATE OF PHOTO: Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 18 NAME LOCA TION MAY2 1925 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South and east elevations, looking northwest.

039 Lorain Elyria 093 COUNTY DATE Eric Johannesen CODE NATIONAL STATE Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO REFERENCE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR December 1974 (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY OF THE NATONAL REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: NEGATIVE FILED AT: IDENTIFICATION DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 876- 167 RECEIVED PHOTO CREDIT: Lorain County Courthouse RECISTER Form No. 10-301a NAME NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC West and south elevations, looking northeast.

U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 876- 167 093 039 Lorain Elyria IDENTIFICATION COUNTY Eric Johannesen NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio DATE CODE PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: RECEIVED LOCATION Western Reserve Historical Society Lorain County Courthouse December 1974 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STATE PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) 308 Second Street FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUMBER: DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: (7/72) JUN 1 8 1975 MAY21975 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 303 82° 06' 27" UNITED STATES GRAFTON, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) N4115W8200/7.5 GRAFTON QUADRANGLE 41° 21 58° OHIO-LORAIN CO. GEOLOGICAL Courthouse Lorain County 17 407 370 4579 760 Form No.

10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY JUN 1 8 1975 AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. NATIONAL 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-l 093 039 Lorain 1970 Elyria NAME Ohio REQUIREMENTS DATE COUNTY STATE COMMON: REGISTER CODE MAP REFERENCE Grafton Quadrangle 1:24,000 308 Second Street SOURCE: SCALE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) U. S. G. S. LOCATION JUN Lorain County Courthouse SUN 1 8 1376 Duahan, Hezelciah, House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon, Ronald M.

Motel Columbus, Ohio 43212 Location Dayton STATE Mott Lorain County 6/24/75 Name Cuyahoga County Bedford Date Entered Coshocton County Also Notified Lorain County Courthouse Fort Miamis Site Regional Helmick Covered Bridge ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lucae County The Dayton Arcade (complex) The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Hon.Thomas L. Ashley Hon, John M. Ashbrook Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. Charles A. Mosher Hon. Charles W, Whalen, Jr. Hontgomery County Elyria Helmick vicinity Dr.Thomas H.

Smith NAME as it appears on federal register: 3 date of entry: - county code: 12)SOURCE OF NOMINATION - FEDERAL D deteriorated - SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT- 3 Dexcellent °C NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown >&UNKNOWN-6 Ounexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION-28 OCLAIMS: explain -ARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE -6 C LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - LITERATURE - 17 C SCIENCE- 23 - URBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' D - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 - MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' 0 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: COURTHOUSE major alterations : CURRENTLY: COURTHOUSE 2 architectural style(s): @architeot: 5 landscape architeot / garden designer: () interior decorator: EVENTS : IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE midwest county Elyria ETHNIC CONDITION ASSOCIATION GROUP ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: artisan: STATE AGRICULTURE-3 ENGINEERING-11 vicinity of ADMINISTRATOR: historic events: Xoriginal site master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET LOCAL XARCHITECTURE-4 ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 Dunaltered if state who prepared form?

PRIVATE .ORGANIZATION IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes 308 2nd St. Dfeatures: SAVED?YES Oruins )CONGRESS. DISTRICT (3 Dreconstrueted Ounknown a engineer: @builder/contractor: lreviewers initials' - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 XPOLITICS / GOVT.- 21 - EXPLORATION -12 Lorain 6-18-75 artist: Lorain County Courthouse SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) 2OTHER NAMES: Ofair Xaltered