Nomination for East Side Fire Station

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PH035 1182 Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 1 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DEC 12.1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5th- Delbert Latta - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET & NUMBERPerry St. LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 TITLE CODE Defiance ENTERTAINMENT UNOCCUPIED DATE SITE COUNTY CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC OWNERSHIP CATEGORY STATE PARK DISTRICT STRUCTURE SCIENTIFIC MILITARY AGRICULTURE MUSEUM INDUSTRIAL Ohio STATUS _OBJECT PRIVATE DATE ENTERED Fourth Ward Building City of Defiance Defiance County Courthouse COURTHOUSE. XGOVERNMENT _COMMERCIAL OTHER: East Side Fire Station NAME _TRANSPORTATION _BEING CONSIDERED _BOTH X.PUBLIC _RELIGIOUS Clinton G Second Sts. Douglas g Hopkins St. X_BUILDING(S) FEDERAL STATE COUNTY _LOCAL DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED X_ORIGINAL SITE *-GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

lower stage has a 1/1 light, segmental arch window on the north side and a doorway and south sides. A corner stone lists the contractor, George. Miller, and other CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT UNALTERED RUINS FAIR CHECK ONE brick voussoirs and stone corner blocks. The south side has three windows on end has only a single entrance placed toward the southeast corner. arched windows on all four sides.All of these have been filled in with concrete. on the west side.Above the door is a flat-arched, single pane window.which is The north side of the building has three windows on the second floor and a door center to the east end of the building.All windows have segmental arches with The East Side Fire Station is a two-story,brick building.It rests ona smooth town officials. The name of the architect has eroded away.

tower has a bracketed cornice and pyramidal roof.There is a small finial at light windows with multipaned, round-arched transoms. A stone block course extends light, rectangular window is framed by fixed, rectangular and curved panes. There are bands of brick corbeling above and below these upper windows. The XALTERED cut stone foundation.The facade features a three-stage tower at the northwest Interior chimneys are centered on the east The hip roof has a gable-roofed dormer window centered in the west end.There corner.The north and west faces of the tower are flush with the building.The centered between two windows on the first floor.These are placed from the A major feature of the building is the decorative wood entablature.The frieze has a carved panel and a band of dentils.Carved brackets support the cornice. is a small gablet at the east end.I AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The architecture of the East Side Station, though not unique, is an interesting fire station building, a Romanesque building, proved impractical because of 1889-1890 INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD LAW PHILOSOPHY ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION SCULPTURE SIGNIFICANCE THEATER SCIENCE MILITARY AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY LITERATURE MUSIC the cost. designed to supplement the existing fire protection service and to answer the _TRANSPORTATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _RELIGION _COMMUNICATIONS _CONSERVATION storage areas and the first floor vehicle area is an electrical workshop.The The East Side Fire Station was one of three such secondary fire houses in Defiance stations also served as police stations and ward voting places. -1600-1699 city plans to use the building and wishes to see it preserved.

modification of late Victorian elements fora municpal building.The design -PREHISTORIC -1400-1499 -1700-1799 _ECONOMICS stations were to cost only $10,000 all together.A desire to match the main _1900- X COMMUNITY PLANNING X 800-1899 was functional, simple and attractive. Because funds were limited, the three altered form. The West station is incorporated into a large building; the need for better service to rapidly increasing neighborhood development. The Today the building serves as a city maintenance building. The upper floors are ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC at the turn of the century.It is the only one which still exists in the un- 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES City of Defiance records. 1890. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE Sept.

21, 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 466-8727 CODE DATE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION Defiance Columbus COUNTY LOCAL 6/76 NORTHING Gretchen Klimoski Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office Elizabeth Hileman State Historic Preservation Officer ZONE EASTING UTM REFERENCES Clinton St, 1982 Velma Ave. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE JS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAYTHIS PROPERTY IS JNCLUPED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE ATTEST 830 Working Number /0, 1. 76.

4239 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Send-back - DEC 12 1976 OTHER TECHNICAL Entered KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Re-submit HISTORIAN Maps Review 10.5.76 State Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up IN T:2106- 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 CONTROL Property Defiance Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DEC 12 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON COUNTY Defiance CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO 26 December, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Regional Archaeological Preservation Office, Defiance College DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION Defiance IDENTIFICATION NAME HISTORIC East Side Fire Station Fourth Ward Building DATE ENTERED STATEOhio PHOTO NO. 1 RECIEVED Looking southeast at the north side and west front of the building. OCT11976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 2/12/76 Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF COUNTY Defiance PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Ronald L. Burdick Sr. DATE OF PHOTO 26 December, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Regional Archaeological Preservation Office, The Defiance College DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO GPO 892-454 LOCATION Defiance foreground. IDENTIFICATION Ohio NAME HISTORIC STATE Fourth Ward Building RECIEVED East Side Fire Station Looking west at the rear of the station house, Hopkins Street is visible in OCT11976 DEC 12 1976 Form No. 10-301 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM DEG 12 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES --/ ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES Defiance LOCATION DATE STATE COUNTY HISTORIC Fourth Ward Building REQUIREMENTS NAME East Side Fire Station Ohio DATE ENTERED Photorevised 1971 FOR NPS USE ONLY INT:2427-74 MAP REFERENCE SOURCE USGS 7 Series SCALE 1:24000 Defiance East Quadrangle RECEIVED0CTJ1976 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1} EAST SiCE FiRe UNITED STATES DEFIANCE EAST QUADRANGLE DEFIANCE EAST DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATION OHIO- DEFIANCE CO. 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N 4573110 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS RECEIVED STATE OF OHIO PEC 12 1976 Allen County Bast Side Fire Station Portage County Morrow County Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Delbert L. Latta Hon. Chalmers P.

lylie Columbus, Ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 880 Location Mantua Mott 12/21/76 Riverlea STATE Name Date Entered Defiance Shelby County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Firet Presbyterian Church Sidney Defiance County Whitby Mansion Dirsctor, The Ohio Historical Society Franklin County Miami County Jones-Bowman House Russell, Mark, House State Historic Preservation officer Neely - Sieber House Columbiana Hon.Tennyson Guyer Floral Hall Interatate 7l at 17th Avenue Dr. Thomas H. Snith Troy Lima Hine, Horace L., House Colurbiana County INITIALS: 56 STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF ADMINISTRATOR(underline) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - Substantially intact-1 - not applicable - 7 _Interior, exterior, environs not intact-o CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE > unknown - 4 "only" YES IF YES, NAME: Saved ?

FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) -TRANSPORTATION -OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "eoldest" YES 039 FEATURES: SOUTHEAST COUNTY Claims 5th code Defiance EXTERIOR INTERIOR COMMERCE SIGNIFICANCE: DOE EXPLORATION UNEXPOSED ECONOMICS NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: LOCATION: ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC Yes-unrestricted historic district? POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURE STATE planning MOVED Douglas and Hopkins Sts. UNALTERED DETERIORATED MIDWEST Ohio -recreation PHILOSOPHY MID ATLANTIC WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? AGRICULTURE No access MILITARY PACIFIC NORTHWEST _Reconstructed WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

_CONSERVATION -COMMUNICATIONS ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC ADAPTIVE USE: _RUINS _SOCIALHUMANITARIAN _INVENTION East Side Fire Station -EDUCATION DATE: OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) _Unexcavated _entertainment _health -settlement _LITERATURE _FAIR DEC 12, 1976 Fourth Ward Building - sec. NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OTHER NANES: then- OTHER N.ATLANTIC EXCELLENT ENVIRONS SOUTHWEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN INDUSTRY .MUSIC 31urban & commun _Unkncwn per sonal DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) architect/m.builder: COUNTY artist/artisan: OTHER DATES: MUNICIPAL landscape/garden designer: NAMES: institutional events appropriate date) PRIVATE interior decorator: ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T FEDERAL AGENCY: (label role DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4 of century): 1889/890 STATE engineer: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: