Nomination for Kilpi Hall

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE'ONE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Il - J. William Stanton . VICINITY OF 1 sntabula PRESENT USE PUBLIC MUSEUM BOTH X WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 44030 039 007 Ohio Jefferson OBJECT LOCATION Conneaut NAME TITLE CODE STATE CLASSIFICATION DATE SITE CATEGORY OWNERSHIP DISTRICT HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE GOVERNMENT RELIGIOUS PARK MILITARY RECEIVED _COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE STATUS Ashtabula County Courthouse Conneaut Community Center West Jefferson Street - UNOCCUPIED Kilpi Hall _ENTERTAINMENT 1025 Buffalo Street - TRANSPORTATION Box 175 OWNER OF PROPERTY XPRIVATE XBUILDING(S) -SCIENTIFIC _OTHER: OCT11976 STRUCTURE _EDUCATIONAL PH6357545 7 DESCRIPTION CHECK ONE EXCELLENT® X_ORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

additions, and will probably be removed in the restoration. The entrance arch is ornamented with voussoirs executed in wood, and leads to double raised platform, and the facade windows open on to this platform. rooms and offices, and more recently, a second-story resident's apartment. structure for the original cupola. CONDITION MOVED and the dormer gables with their rows of small diamond-paned windows. FAIR This is a two-and-a-half story building of wooden frame construction. groove wainscoting and the ceiling also consists of wooden tongue-and-groove The east facade and north (lakeside) elevation have five window openings entrance, the segmental arch of the three-part, second-story facade window, horizontal siding has been covered with imitation brick asphalt sheathing, paneled doors. but this will be removed in a projected restoration.

The original siding Opening off the halls are various rooms formerly used for reading hipped roof, but it was removed for structural reasons. The original _UNALTERED In the attic the roof trusswork can be seen, as well as the supporting hints of architectural style are vaguely Queen Anne; these include the arched _DETERIORATED sion of the west (rear) elevation houses an auditorium stage.In the southeast end contains sets of wings and drops from old dramatic productions.The The main floor hall is an auditorium-gymnasium.The stage on the west corner of the cross there is a covered entrance stoop.At the northeast and DATE. _UNEXPOSED may be seen in the gables. _RUINS -GOOD Originally there was a large platform and cupola at the center of the steep each, the south and west three and four respectively. A large square exten- northwest corners there are cellar "doghouse" entrances.

These are later construction. The second-story hall is oriented to the east. It faces a hall contains cabinets for gymnastic equipment.The walls have tongue-and- On the interior there are two large meeting halls, one on each floor. It is roughly in the shape of a Greek cross with equal arms.The only AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION SCIENCE SCULPTURE - 1600-1699 X ARCHITECTURE X 1800-1899 X EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT X 1900- -OTHER (SPECIFY) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

ing adaptation of a common form of the period, that of a public school or Finnish immigrants first came to Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, from Penn- County. The greatest Finnish population in Conneaut was probably around 500 in the years 1902-1907. experiment had begun in Finland earlier, the American movement seems oath of abstinence. The oath was enforced by threatened dismissal, but 1899 1400-1499 COMMERCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC a dramatic society and gymnastic hall. BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD AGRICULTURE LAW ART SIGNIFICANCE group for use as a community center. MILITARY TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY THEATER even a domestic building, for a specific institutional purpose.

The building was owned by the original Kilpi Temperance Society Finnish social and institutional life in the Western Reserve was largely MUSIC LITERATURE seven other cities in northeastern Ohio.The Conneaut society was organized _PREHISTORIC the temperance society also served fraternal, social and cultural functions. by dock workers serving the iron ore trade on the lakes.The first perm- until the present. It is now being acquired by a community cultural _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT health care;it provided a library and newspaper reading room;it housed Finnish temperance societies of the late nineteenth century in the northern centered in the organized temperance movement.Although the prohibition enough to permit the construction of Kilpi Hall.

SPECIFIC DATES The temperance society grew by adding.members who would take an _ENGINEERING - EDUCATION _COMMUNICATIONS to have been indigenous.The first Finnish society was established in Ashtab- ula Harbor in 1884, and by the turn of the century there were societies in on March 20,1894,with 27 members.By 1899 the membership was large sylvania in 1872.The first permanent Finnish settlement was made in 1874 -1700-1799 INDUSTRY - INVENTION over 2,500 Finns in the Western Reserve region and l,700 in Ashtabula _ECONOMICS -1500-1599 - RELIGION _COMMUNITY PLANNING ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC usually the member was reinstated after confession and penance.However, Ohio and Great Lakes region.Architecturally, the structure is an interest- The Conneaut society was a rudimentary "aid society," providing early

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES John I. Kolehmainen, A History of the Finns in the Western Reserve (Ph. D. dissertation, Western Reserve University, 1937), 1-19, 73-86, 98-110, 119-120.

10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 1 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Eric Johannesen, Preservationist May 1976 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 216-721-5722 ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE DATE CODE NORTHING COUNTY Cleveland ZONE Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society 0.6 Acre DATE Sept.

21, 1976 10825 East Boulevard ZONE EASTING State Historic Preservation Officer criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. I HEREBY CERTIFY THATTHIS PROPERTIS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOCAL 14614.518,1,01 Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF RANCH CHIEF DEC 12 1976 Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Review Entered Ashtabula Re-submit Maps Property State National Register Write-up Working Number 16. 1. 76. 424l, Cole INT:2106 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 CONTROL OCT 1 1976 W. R. H. S. Facade, looking NWDEC 12 1976 Johannesen Kilpi Hall PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Conneaut AshtabulaC Ohio W. R. H.S. Johannesen Kilpi Hall PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER looking SE.

CT 1 1976 (2) Conneaut AshtabulaC Ohio 4645/810 North CONNEAUT QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 536/850 East Kilpi Hall GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC OCT 1 RECEIVED DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONNEAUT, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO OHIO - PENNSYLVANIA [1 220 000 FEET [PA) DEC 12 1976 Curtiss, Marcus, Inn Ashtabula County Johnson, John, Paru - Lucas County Mount Vernon Hon. Robert Taft, J*fr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Clarence J. Brown Director, The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Samuel L. Devine Hon. Delbert L. Latta INT: 2950-75 880 Location Darke County Ottawa County STATE Conneaut Mott/row Knox County Champaign County 12/15/76 Urbana vicinity Name Greenville Delaware County Hiram vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Nutwood Place Monroe Street Commercial Buildings Date Entered Hon. Thomas L.

Ashley ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Portage County Toledo Yacht Club Regional Director, Midwest Region Also Notified Robason, Dr. Donovan, House Galena vicinity Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Ingelruhe Round Hi11 Columbus, Ohio Hon. Thomas N. Kindness 43211 Toledo Hon.John M. Ashbrook OHIO INITIALS: Bá DEC. 12 1976 OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF Ashtabula - FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - _ORIGINAL SITE _Unexcavated Yes-unrestricted "only" YES IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Inknown _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - -entertainment <settlement <socio/cultural _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) _INVENTION "first"' YES "e oldest"' YES Saved? 007 039 code COUNTY FEATURES: historic district?

CONSERVATION MIDWEST Claims Conneaut DOE ARCHITECTURE PRIVATE ENVIRONS POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MOVED COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING COMMERCE STATE DATE: SIGNIFICANCE: LOCATION: UNALTERED DETERIORATED INTERIOR AGRICULTURE Ohio SOCIAUHUMANITARIAN WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? -recreation planning ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _Reconstructed Substantially intact-1 FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary woras) WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? ARCHEOLUGY.PREHISTORIC ADMINISTRATOR(underline) FAIR _RELIGION No access Unknown _TRANSPORTATION MILITARY OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) 1025 Buffalo St. -EXPLORATION _EXCELLENT _ECONOMICS -EDUCATION -health _Unkncwn .

1lth WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST _LAW/Gov't/politics -SCIENCE _INDUSTRY OTHER LITERATURE RUINS MUSIC _UNEXPOSED _PHILOSOPHY EXTERIOR -GOOD ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: per sonal DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: FEDERAL AGENCY: SIGNIFICANCE: (maximum two sentences) builder/contractor: artist/artisan: OTHER architect/m.builder: engineer: NAMES: STATE landscape/garden designer: interior decorator: events PRIVATE COM MENTS: (include architectural information here) appropriate date) LOCAL GOV"T (label role DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4 of century): /899 ASPHALT SIDINE (TO BE REMOUED) DATES: MUNICIPAL COUNTY city / town 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated 17) Leatures: Druins Ounaltered -O NOT INTACT-O Ogood - Unknown Ounexcavated 2O NOT APPLICABLE -7 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes Ono 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -ENGINEERING -11 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain - LAW -16 "first'O C RELIGION-22 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE - 17 SCIENCE- 23 -URBAN PLANNING -31 'oldest' O AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D ] ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 3 functions major alterations : *master builder: landscape architect / garden designer: 1) interior decorator: S builder/contractor: EVENTS : health care as well as promoting temperance _date.

IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 007 Finnish Midwest ASSOCIATION Conneaut STATE YES-Unrestricted PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: CONDITION ENTERTAINMENT-26 CURRENTLY: historic events: ARCHITECTURE-4 community center PRIVATE ORGANIZATION WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: vicinity of club building architectural style(s): SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ADMINISTRATOR: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 SAVED?YES NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET LOCAL arched window Dunexposed dates of initial construction: county code: sections Coriginal site Cexcellent GNPS REGION: ofentry: 2 OTHER NAMES: Buffalo Stree 1 ACCESS VYES-Restricted CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 Martist: Kilpi Temperance Society, owned building originally, Finnish society providing social life and early 3NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP aypears on federal register: street & number 11)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT Dreconstructed 19 ADAPTIVE USE Ashtabula engineer: ETHNIC GROUP artisan: COMMERCE-6 JETTLEMENT-29 Dfair YES.NAME V1899