Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Werner Company Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,655 words across 14 pages, filed in 1976. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 76001533, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OGT 22 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS HISTORIC AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF CO 039 PRESENT USE UNOCCUPIED -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION JN PROCESS YES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER:Vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY Ralph E. Monk 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR CODE COUNTY 153 DATE OBJECT TITLE LOCATION STATE ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION MILITARY Akron CATEGORY TRANSPORTATION COMMERCIAL OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE INDUSTRIAL Summit DISTRICT NAME GOVERNMENT COURTHOUSE.
ENTERTAINMENT Summit County Building BEING CONSIDERED STATUS PRIVATE 109 North Union BUILDING(S) _SCIENTIFIC 72 South High Street SURVEY RECORDS DATE ENTERED PARK -RELIGIOUS - EDUCATIONAL Ohio _BOTH DEC 12 14 - John Seiberling FEDERAL STATE COUNTY _LOCAL MUSEUM AGRICULTURE CUNOCCUPIED Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) PH03o 93S 7 DESCRIPTION X_ORIGINAL SITE < GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

southwest corner of the building, a square four-and-a-half story placed half a story above grade level, and six stone steps lead CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED EXCELLENT FAIR which form the voussoirs over the doorways and windows.Stone CHECK ONE windows are rectangular, except that there are blind round arches offices, but they are architecturally undistinguished compared The interior appears to be in a later architectural style in the center of the hall contains a damaged stone mosaic.
around the central hall are corridors and well-lit administrative round arches with heavy keystones, resting on square fluted This is a three-story brick building with steep gabled roofs ular hall.It is surrounded by an arcade of both elliptical and - UNALTERED is further emphasized by the alternating bands of brick and stone have stone guoins which are the broken continuation of the banded Opening from one side of the hall is a wide balustraded staircase is the large stepped gables that are found at five places around with the rest of the building. LRUINS These are executed in dark stained woodwork, which courses mentioned above- The brickwork is Flemish bond. DATE columns.
extends in a small vestibule structure.Large voussoirs radiate pinnacles cap the lowest and highest steps of the gables.At the above the gable windows.The main entrance to the building is the building.The massiveness of the brickwork is reinforced by the multiple sandstone courses that run in horizontal bands from contrasts with the plaster walls of the vestibule.The floor tower is placed at a 45 degree angle to the rest of the building. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

elaborate structure for a publishing house of its date and place. Paul E. Werner was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1850 In 1892 Werner was publishing art books, dictionaries, texts battles with Encyclopedia Britannica, resulting in a loss of $1,000,000. In 1909 the company failed. 1895-1909 1400-1499 1700-1799 ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION SIGNIFICANCE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT THEATER PERIOD INDUSTRY PREHISTORIC MILITARY TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE PHILOSOPHY SCULPTURE SCIENCE 1900- _COMMUNICATIONS _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT RELIGION LITERATURE INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC 1500-1599 friends and was given a dinner in his honor by F.A.Seiberling.
eclectic architecture in the German idiom and an unusually This was the administration building of a business which _CONSERVATION to his pro-German sentiments.H relates statistics in the familiar terms of how many books would He once again published the Akron Germania until his death in l93l. ienced many financial difficulties, among which were the legal latter was evidently an unauthorized reprint of the famous 9th agents, obtained court orders banning the distribution of unauthor- lishing the Werner Printing and lithographing Company in 1886.
During the World War, Werner became vastly unpopular due Werner Company in 1893,and the existing administration building and remained there until 1926.He was brought back to Akron by of the newspapers but continued in the printing business, estab- and immigrated to the United States in 1867.In 1874 he purchased _ECONOMICS X1800-1899 -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1600-1699 He moved to Kansas City in l914 -MUSIC - LAW the Akron German-language newspaper Germania. He later founded It is an excellent example of and the New Werner Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. ities of books and educational metarials that a history of l908 United States in l9oo and which published the New Werner Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Karl H. Grismer, Akron and Summit County (Akron, 1952), 692. (Chicago, 1908), 811-812. (Chicago, 1968), 20. Akron City Directories, 1894-1896. ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Eric Johannesen, Preservationist 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).F criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT PHIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 CODE 216-721-5722 DATE NORTHING TELEPHONE COUNTY Cleveland LOCAL ZONE EASTING The Circle of Knowledge - Encyclopedias Past and Present 10825 East Boulevard State Historic Preservation Officer hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the DATE December 1975 Ohio 10-8- LO GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Less than one THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATEJS ORGANIZATION ATTEST ZONE Western Reserve Historical Society 1454810.0.01 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF DEC 12 1976 National Register Write-up Send-back _ OTHER TECHNICAL KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Entered HAER Re-submit Maps 76001533 Property Review State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Federal Register Entry Working Number10.22.76,4374 Summit Ohio 11-11-76 11,30.76 Coe Form No.
10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECIEVED OCT 22 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DEC 12 1976 DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN -VICINITY OF Ohio counTY Summit DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 Akron 1975 IDENTIFICATION LOCATION STATE HISTORIC West facade, looking east. NAME PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO NO. The Werner Company SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Ohio TONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECIEVEDOCT 22 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DEC 12 1976 TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY.
TOWN -VICINITY OF COUNTY Summit PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET South and east elevations, looking northwest. GPO 892-454 1975 Akron IDENTIFICATION Ohio HISTORIC LOCATION STATE Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO CREDIT NAME DATE ENTERED E. Johannesen SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS The Werner Company PHOTO NO. AKRON WEST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES NATIONAL 4548/000 North The Werner Company GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17 457/520 East 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) AKRON WEST, OHIO Form No.
10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 22 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION CITY, TOWN -VICINITY OF STATE Ohio MAP REFERENCE U. S. G. S. Akron West 4 REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES 'NT: 3464 - 75 1967 Summit Akron HISTORIC COUNTY DATE NAME SOURCE SCALE 1:24,000 The Werner Company FOR NPS USE ONLY (Rev. 10-74 DATE ENTERED DEO 12 1976 Ohio DEC 12 1976 Darke County Courthouse, Sherrif's Anderson, Levi, House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. John H. Glenn, JI. Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Director, The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Charles A.
Vanik 880 STATE Waterville Location Akron Name Cleveland Heights Buford vicinity Greenville Date Entered Darke County Ross County Stark County Ashland Werner Company Building Seven Ranges Terminus State Historic Preservation Officer Waterville Commercial District Magnolia vicinity Cuyahoga County Hon. John F. Seiberling Also Notified House and Jail Ashland County Jail ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Surmnit County Lucas County Fairnount Boulevard District Chillicothe vicinity Highland County Hirons - Brown House Hon. Delbert L. Latta Dr. Thomas H. Smith Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Colunbus, Ohio 43211 Mott INT: 2950-75 12/15/76 STREET & NUMBER 109 North Union CITY.
TOWN VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - Substantially intact-3 _ unknown -6 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - "only" YES IF YES, NAME: FUNCTION(S): (use vocabulary words) _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - -entertainment -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest'" YES NO 153 039 INTERIOR Saved? code Akron OTHER INVENTION now- Claims ARCHITECTURE DOE FEATURES: MOVED AGRICULTURE STATE ENVIRONS SIGNIFICANCE: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS planning LOCATION: Reviewer ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION -socio/cultural EDUCATION SCIENCE MILITARY Werner Company Building PRIVATE INDUSTRY WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? -recreation _Reconstructed Yes-unrestricted ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC Ohio WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? RELIGION historic district?
-settlement No access CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR(underline) - DETERIORATED _Unexcavated ADAPTIVE USE: LORIGINAL SITE _COMMUNICATIONS _UNEXPOSED COMMERCE _CONSERVATION _EXPLORATION -LITERATURE - UNALTERED -LAw/Gov't/politics -health -RUINS DEC 12 1976 COUNTYSummit -Interior, exterior, onvirons not intact-0 EXTERIOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST ART EXCELLENT MUSIC _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -PHILOSOPHY LALTERED OTHER NAMES: Unkncwn (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS : COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) architect/m.builder: SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) builder/contractor: artist/artisan: COUNTY NAMES: institutional MUNICIPAL OTHER STATE events landscape/garden designer: engineer: interior decorator: LOCAL GOV"T PRIVATE FEDERAL AGENCY: appropriate date) Panl E.
Werner, per sonal HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : DATES: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: DATE OF CONSTRUCTION date or1/4 of 1895,By