Nomination for Town Hall

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MAY 2 7 1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 5 - Delbert L.

Latta (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC X Building - In Process - Preservation work - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: FEB2 8 1975 039 173 LOCATION Site Religious County CLASSIFICATION STATE Wood Restricted NAME ACCESSIBLE Educational CATEGORY Government Military Unoccupied Museum Private NATIONAL District CODE Private Residence Transportation Yes: Entertainment Both Structure COMMON: DATE Park DATA SHEET Agricultural Bowling Green REGISTER STATUS Scientific Ohio OWNERSHIP Grand Rapids Industrial Public Object CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Acquisition: Wood County Courthouse Being Considered Front Street Village of Grand Rapids 203 East Court Street REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS STREET AND NUMBER: ENTRY DATE CITY OR TOWN: OWNER OF PROPERTY ENTRY NUMBER Town Hall DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed Lx Unaltered The center bay also has TOWN HALL in raised stone letters above the entrance, a flat-arched window above this, then has a steeply pitched roof, three arched and louvered openings CONDITION side.

FEB281975 NATIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED (Check One) the south (front) facade and shelters the recessed entrance. To the right of the center bay is a round arched window with label molding.Its placement is centered between the first other windows and entrances on the east and west sides of The two-story, square brick structure rests on a high stone keystone containing the date 1898 is placed in the center of on all sides and there are two interior chimneys on the east a round window in the base of the belfry.The belfry itself on each facade and small turretsat each corner. Good - Fair - Moved - Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

and second floors. Above it is a small round window. The Excellent the building are flat arched.The roof overhangs the building - Pre-Columbian| - 20th Century 'SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1898 - Political - Theater - Transportation Located on the southeast bank of the Maumee River, opposite the grand rapids, the village was founded by John Graham who water power, harnessed by dams, made it a milling center. Because of the falls, all goods going up or down river had river, and for a time prosperity in Grand Rapids waned. The Grand Rapids, plagued by a large fire in 1898 which destroyed a vote of the electors, sale of bonds, purchase of land, and continued. Conservation Commerce Engineering losophy Communications Architecture

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SIGNIFICANCE Industry Literature Prehistoric Music Aboriginal Agriculture interesting and pleasing. Sculpture transportation and shipping center. Science Education Landscape itarian Invention auditorium became a cultural center. Social/Human- Urban Planning including the brick,was brought by canal boat. the turn of the century. for a village sized community.The architectural details are The Miami-Erie Canal was built following the north side of the the contract in July and the building committee supervised STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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jams at the dams upstream, was a busy commercial center at bidding took place early in 1898.Charles Patton was awarded In October 1899,the first Board of Control became keepers of the spending of $6,959.50.Much of the building material, Religion/Phi. building of the Town Hall.The necessary legal papers, Art The Town Hall is a good example ofa typical community center One of the greatest achievements in the Village was the Gilead side-cut canal was built later, and life in the town Military purchased the land in 1834 and built a dam and sawmill there Other (Specify) PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) to go overland by way of ox-team, making the town an important The town, originally named Gilead, grew rapidly. Immense much of the downtown and a series of floods caused by ice 1898 specified how fees should be charged.Before long the

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Beers & Co. 1897.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FEB2 81975 FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: MAY 1 4 1975 GPO 931-894 039 COUNTY Degrees LONGITUDE DATE LATITUDE ATTEST: Name Columbus STATE ORGANIZATION CORNER CODE Ohio REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- Ohio Historical Center National Register.

1982 Velma Avenue STREET AND NUMBER: July 1974 OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Seconds Title Minutes Gretchen Klimoski Assistant, Historic Preservation Office forth by the National Park Service. The recommended NAME AND TITLE: Local d Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF MAY 1 4 1975 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry Re-submit - OTHER KEEPER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Send-back Maps TECHNICAL Review HISTORIAN State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 15001556 3/5/75 Working Number 2.28. 73. 3 &4 3.4.75 wood Colz 5.12.75 LEBOVICET IN T : 2106 - 74 Entered Property Accept TOWN HALL Form No. 10-301a MAY 2 7 1975 STREET AND NUMBER: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Front facade, (south).

173 1974 039 Wood DATE COUNTY STATE Ohio REGISTER CODE PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL ENTRY NUMBER Grand Rapids Gretchen Klimoski Front Street (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ohio Historical Center IDENTIFICATION FOR NPS USE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND/OR HISTORIC: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NEGATIVE FILED AT: DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: (7/72) Town Hall NAME U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: LOCA TION 876-167 TOWN HALL Form No. 10-301a NAME LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 -167. 039 FEB281975 1974 173 Wood NATIONAL COUNTY REGISTER DATE DENTIFICATION Ohio Historical Center Grand Rapids STATE CODE Ohio Gretchen Klimoski South and east facades.

RECEIVED COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Front Street AND/OR HISTORIC: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) PHOTO REFERENCE Town Hall FEB2 8 1975 GRAND RAPIDS QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES GRAND RAPIDS, OHIO Town Hall - Grand Rapids C 4588 280 1958 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Latitude: 41° 24 44 St.

John'a Catholla Church Cuyahoga County STATE Name Location 5/28/75 Canton Stark County Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Butler County Date Entered Milan vicinity Grand Rapido Director Langdon Mounds L and Ix Erie County Wood County Tolado Lucas County Warzen County Bon.Charles A.Hosher C S NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 4 county code: city / town Midwest 1)CONGRESS. DISTRICT (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated 17) features: EO NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed - Unknown -unexcavated C NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

DyesZno SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 - RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain 'first'O - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 C RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 - AGRICULTURE-3 - CONSERVATION -8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 funetions major alterations : & master bullder: 1 interior decorator: Sartisan: EVENTS : IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION ETHNIC ASSOCIATION GROUP PRIVATE ORGANIZATION INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: engineer: historic events: FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE-4 CURRENTLY: vicinity of SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 UNKNOWN-5 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: LOCAL ENGINEERING-11 Dexcellent Coriginal site 6architectural style(s): 2OTHER NAMES: 173 LOCATION street & number as it appears on federal register: SAVED?

YES Oruins Omoved GNPS REGION: Canaltered ESTATE Grand Rapids DURBAN PLANNING-31 'only' D 2dates of initial construction: give role & date _date. Town Hall Front st. Sarohiteot: NAMES artist: landscape architect/garden designer: 1898 COMMERCE-6 3date of entry: 'oldest' ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 Ofair