MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY Revised: Gretchen Klimoski Ohio Historic Preservation Office STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN New Philadelphia 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATB 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY GPO 892.453 466-8727 ORGANIZATION DATE CODE TELEPHONE NORTHING 6/76 COUNTY LOCAL various newspaper articles.
UTM REFERENCES 153 North Broadway ZONE EASTING 1982 Velma Ave LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ( DATE 6/30/76 ZONE Columbus State Ohio luscarawas Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory SS KEEPER OTHER TECHNICAL HAER Review CONTROL Re-submit Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST Maps HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF OK 8.3.76 Accept Entered SEP 8 1976 INT:2106- 74 Working Number 7.30.76.3852 Federal Register Entry OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior MAY 10 2007 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NAT. REGISTER ÜF HISIUKIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM the information requested.
If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. Historic name Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room Other names/site number Dennison Railroad Depot Museum 2. Location street & number 400 Center Street n/a - not for publication city or town - vicinity State code OH county Tuscarawas code 157 3.
State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this-E nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the propertyxx meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significantX] nationally - Department Head Inventory & Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 4.
National Park Service Certification 1, hereby certify that this property is: determined not eligible for the - entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. removed from the National Register -ay| Signature of Keeper Date Dennison comments.) zip code 44621 National Register 1. Name of Property RECEIVED 2280 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Signature of certifying official Date of Action NPS Form 10-900 5/23/2007 may 9, 2007 statewide L loçally. (LSee continuation sheet for additional comments.) In my opinion, the property meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. (- See continuation sheet for additional Ohio Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room Tuscarawa County, Ohio 5.
Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) - private X building(s) X public-local - district - public-State Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed 6. Function or Use RECREATION & CULTURE/museum 7. Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) other Noncontributing roof structure site Sandstone object Asphalt Total public-Federal Materials Glass Architectural Classification Brick Historic Functions TRANSPORTATION/rail-related Narrative Description Current Functions in the National Register Queen Anne Foundation (Enter categories from instructions) Number of Resources within Property See continuation sheet. walls (Check only one box) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.
1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page1 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room The Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at Dennison is a basically rectangular, one and one-half story, Railroad's Panhandle main line between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Columbus, Ohio. It is located on the north side of the tracks, just northwest of the site where the railroad's shops and roundhouses formerly stood, and two blocks from the village of Dennison's primary downtown commercial streets. The depot was listed on the National Register in 1976. This nomination is written to describe changes to the building since that date, and to expand the period of significance to address the depot's role as a canteen serving troop trains in World War II.
The depot consists of two masonry buildings connected by a wood-enclosed freight platform (Photos 1-3, 7, 14-15). Overall length is 124 feet and width is 30 feet. On the track (south) side of the station is a central rectangular operator's bay that originally provided unimpeded views down the station. Lower walls are built of up to seven courses of rock-faced sandstone, capped by a smooth brick laid in a running bond pattern. Two courses of darker brick provide subtle ornamentation, and pressed brickwork panels and a corbelled cornice enhance the gable over the operator's bay (photo 5). Windows are double hung wood sash, all of which have Queen Anne multi-pane colored glass borders on the upper sashes. Several windows in the former women's waiting room still have black paint on their borders, remnants of World War II blackout measures.
The top stone course serves as a sill for the window openings, which also have smooth stone lintels. Wide overhanging eaves, formed by the 7-1/2 foot pent roof that surrounds the building, are supported by exposed rafters with dormers, flanking the large operator bay's cross-gable, replicate ones that were removed after World War II, and display ornamental wood fans and applied trusses copying those shown in historic photographs. The baggage building, erected ca. 1912, is similar in design, but its brackets are not as ornate, the roof is hipped, and the trackside and street elevations are dominated by large, centrally positioned wood freight doors. The freight platform that connects the two buildings was originally open on the sides, but was enclosed with wood siding and freight doors sometime in the 1950s. Interior floor plans are largely unaltered.
The lobby office for the museum is new, but the enclosure was designed to be reversible and not impede window views (photo 18). The original Narrative Description shaped ends and prominent, turned and scroll-sawn brackets(photos 16-17).Pairs of gabled gable roofed building that served as both a passenger and freight station on the Pennsylvania Tuscarawas County, Ohio stone belt course, measuring altogether about four feet in height. The upper walls are smooth red line in both directions. A corresponding projection of the bay gives entry from the street side of the NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number7 Page2 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio ticket agent's office has been converted to restrooms, and the west section is now a restaurant. Perhaps the most noticeable change was the replacement of nearly all interior woodwork, including door and window surrounds and wainscoting, in the mid-1980s' initial restoration. The modem woodwork was milled to duplicate the original, with bullseye comer blocks and vertical wainscoting, and was left in natural wood finish instead of a painted finish.
Parts of the freight and baggage Other changes to the depot since 1976 include the replication of the gabled dormers and were replaced with identical rock-faced ashlar in 1995, due to advanced deterioration of the low- quality "mudstone" used in the original construction. In 1999, a brick and wood addition was constructed on the south side of the depot, extending from the enclosed freight platform, to provide The passenger cars include a 1923 PRR parlor car, a 1914 B&O RR coach, a World War IT hospital car, a 1925 L&N RR roomette sleeping car, and a ca. 1930 NYC RR baggage combine car (photos 24-29). Now painted in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Tuscan red passenger equipment contributing structures, the most significant of these is the hospital car. One of 200 Hospital Unit Cars built by American Car & Foundry for the U.S.
Army in 1944-1945, these 85-foot long cars each included its own kitchen, ice-activated air conditioning, and accommodation for 36 patients and two attending staff (Anon. 1945). The car at Dennison still retains its staff section, but the kitchen fittings and 3-tier bunk units along each side of the car are gone, and most of the windows along one side of the car are now covered (photos 26, 30-35). West of the depot and brick platform are a NKP RR bay window caboose, a flat car, boxcar, tank car, and a fireless 0-4-0-steam locomotive built in 1946 for the American Electric Power relationship to the historical uses of the depot and are excluded from the boundary of the nominated brick in the mid-1980s, and a modern iron fence separates the platform from the mainline tracks. A sections still retain original board walls and ceilings.
enclosed access to five passenger cars placed on the restored east"house track" that are being corbelled brick chimneys in 1998,using historic photographs as guides.Portions of the stone courses renovated for additional museum space and as displays(photos 8-12). Company,all placed ona short segment of track as amuseum display (photo36).These have no scheme, all are appropriate in age, appearance, and setting to the period of significance. Counted as property. Their location was originally part of the brick passenger platform, but is now an unconnected length of track surrounded by grass. The original brick platform was replaced with new NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 3 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio low brick wall now demarcates the west end of the platform and separates it visually from the cars to the west. Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room Tuscarawa County, Ohio 8. Statement of Significance Areas of Significance XA Property is associated with events that have made SOCIAL HISTORY a significant contribution to the broad patterns of L B Property is associated with the lives of persons Significant in our past. - C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses Period of Significance high artistic values, or represents a significant ca.
1890 and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property. Architect: unknown within the past 50 years. Builder: PC&StL/PCC&StL Railway Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.
Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS) Primary location of additional data - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR - State Historic Preservation Office 67) has been requested. - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previousiy determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey recorded by Historic American Engineering Record 1942-1946 Register TRANSPORTATION Bibliography MILITARY Architect/Builder Criteria Considerations Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Dates religious purposes. Cultural Affiliation our history.
for National Register listing) Name of repository: (Enter categories from instructions) Property is: G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) A owned by a religious institution or used for (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Statement of Significance The Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at Dennison is nominated under Criterion A, as a significant representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad's pivotal role in the founding and development of Dennison, and its importance as the division point on the PRR's Panhandle main line between Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio.
The depot is also the most significant example in Ohio of a railroad station canteen that served more than 1.3 million U.S. servicemen during World War II. The hospital car that is now part of the depot's setting further represents the vital contributions made by railroads to the American war effort. It is one of less than ten known to still survive in the United States. The National Historic Landmark Survey Report, "World War II and the American Home Front" references the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room in Dennison within the National Historic Landmark Study List and recommends that the property be evaluated for possible National Historic Landmark designation. To support this recommendation the study cites, This 1870s railroad depot is associated with the movements of millions of servicemen across the country and with the importance of volunteers to the war effort.
Located on one of the main rail lines carrying servicemen and women to bases in the West, to debarkation points in the East, or home from overseas, the station was the location of the Dennison Depot Salvation Army Servicemen's Canteen, the third largest Salvation Army canteen in the country. Between March 1942 and April 1946, almost 4000 volunteers worked around the clock to serve 1.3 million men and women with sandwiches, cookies, fruit and coffee during the trains' five-minute watering stops. Some of the G.I.s called Dennison "Dreamsville, Ohio," referring to a popular Glenn Miller song of 1941. Other large canteens, including the Stage Door Canteen in New York, the Service Center in Chicago, and the canteen in North Platte, Nebraska, are apparently gone.
(Jeffries et al: 161) The Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company was chartered in 1848 to build a line from Steubenville, Ohio, to the Indiana state border. "In 1854, half a million dollars' worth of this between Steubenville and Columbus, Ohio. The road from Steubenville to Newark, Ohio, opened in 1855, and the full 193-mile segment between Pittsburgh and Columbus finally opened in 1865. In year the Pennsylvania Railroad decided to consolidate the Pan Handle, the Steubenville & Indiana, and the Holliday's Cove RR into one company, named the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway (Burgess & Kennedy: 192).
From its inception, the line was controlled and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was one of the two primary east-west routes, along with the Pittsburgh, Tuscarawas County, Ohio Section number 8 Page 4 1868 the Pittsburgh and Steubenville was reorganized as the Pan Handle Railway, and later the same NPS Form10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 5 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio Fort Wayne & Chicago line, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1890 the line's corporate name was About the time that rail was opened to Pittsburgh, the railroad company announced its intent to establish the line's principal division point at what became the town of Dennison, adjoining the existing town of Uhrichsville.
Located midway between Pittsburgh and Columbus, land was purchased in 1864 and Dennison was laid out in 1865. The railroad erected its first shops there that same year. In 1870, the new town's population was about 800 people, a figure that doubled over the next ten years. By 1884, railroad facilities at Dennison included car and locomotive shops, a drafting and pattern shops, ice and sand houses, lumber yards, and coal yards (Warner Beers). Employing about 700 men at that time, railroad facilities, yards, and operations at Dennison continued to expand, reaching a peak employment of more than 3,000 men just before a strike in 1921.
Shops and yards were on the south side of the mainline tracks, and in 1873 a two-story brick building housing the Master Mechanic, Train Master, telegraph department, and the ticket, freight, and express offices, was built on the north side of the track between Fifth and Sixth Streets. The passenger depot was constructed sometime after 1884 and before 1900. The shops at Dennison were second only to the PRR's main facilities at Altoona, Pennsylvania, in size and importance at the turn of the century. They built and repaired cars and locomotives, and terminal between the Panhandle's east and west divisions for all freight trains. By 1921, about 2,100 men worked in the repair shops, and another 1,000 were employed as engineers, firemen, conductors, and other operating staff.
The locomotive department completed heavy or general repairs on about 450 locomotives per year, and the engine house crews handled more than 100 locomotives daily, including some running repairs. The car department completed repairs to more than 50,000cars annually (Romig). Despite several declines following the 1921 strike and World War II, the railroad remained Dennison's principal employer until the demise of most operations there in the 1970s, and took an active role in many aspects of the town's civic and cultural lives as well. Substantial aid was given to development of the village, including the construction of the First Presbyterian Church in 1870-71, where the pews, built by railroaders from the car shops, have reversible backs similar to seats found on railroad passenger cars of that era.
In 1968 the Pennsylvania Railroad merged with the New York Central Railroad to form the Penn-Central Transportation Company, and in 1976 all freight operations were absorbed into Conrail. The shops, roundhouses, water towers, and all other railroad service facilities at Dennison all early passenger trains on the Panhandle changed locomotives at Dennison.Dennison was also the changed to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (PCC&StL). NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 6 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio were demolished, and Conrail subsequently downgraded the Panhandle to a single-track line.
Although the yards were torn out, Conrail was prevented from removing the main line rail, which was purchased by the State of Ohio and subsequently operated by the Ohio Central Railroad. Today, the Pennsylvania Depot, acquired from Conrail by the village, is the only former railroad structure founding, growth, and development of both Dennison and the Pennsylvania Railroad, once the largest railroad in the United States and known simply as the "Standard Railroad of the World." Dennison's depot is nationally significant for its role in World War Il as a canteen, serving members of the American armed forces. After Pearl Harbor, America's railroads mobilized in sustained, all- out support of the nation's war effort.
By the end of the war in 1945, in addition to normal civilian traffic, 90% of all military freight and more than 97% of all military personnel in organized groups were moved by train. This included more than 113,000 troop trains, as total U.S. forces expanded from about one-half million in the late 1930s to over ten million by 1945. At the height of the war, a special troop movement started somewhere in the United States every six minutes. More than 200 Nebraska; and the Stage Door Canteen in New York City. The Pennsylvania Railroad alone had those in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit. In Ohio, USO lounges were provided at Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati; in addition to the canteen at Dennison, smaller canteens were active at Crestline and Lima.
Lucille Nussdorfer of Denison came up with the idea of reviving the canteen that had operated at the depot during World War I. Her vision of the Servicemen's Canteen at Dennison was carried out by Captain and Mrs. Edward Johnson of the Dover Salvation Army, and operated from March 1942, through April 1946, under the direction of the Salvation Army and a local citizens' committee with the food and other items carried on large wooden trays by the volunteers, at first they boarded and funds were collected to purchase food, coffee, and other supplies.
Every troop train on the Panhandle line stopped at Dennison, as it was a division point, and free refreshments were offered to USO lounges were opened to provide refreshments and relief to servicemen on their long journeys to the trains and then eventually the procedure changed to the soldiers disembarking and being served that included Mrs.Nussdorfer (Hagloch:177-178). The canteen operated out of the depot's restaurant still standing in Dennison;it is a significant representative of the 1oo+year interlinked history of the troop trains operated daily throughout 1942-1943, in addition to the large numbers of troops moved special facilities for servicemen, USO lounges or canteens, at more than 20 of its stations, including on the station platform. Nearly 4,000 local volunteers, primarily area women, staffed the canteen, in regular passenger trains (Farrington).
In cities and stations across the country, canteens and training camps and embarkation ports.Among the most noted were those at Dennison;Omaha, NPS Form10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 7 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio the servicemen at any hour of the day or night. It is estimated that at least 1.3 million troops were served at Dennison during the war, and the canteen became so well known and appreciated nation- in an article in the December 20, 1943 issue of Time magazine and described in a United Press wire service article. The UP article stated the Dennison canteen "offers a service to men in the armed forces that rivals New York's Stage Door Canteen and Chicago's Service Center" (Baker: 59).
Most of all, the hospitality and generosity of the volunteers serving the canteen was remembered through letters and postcards sent to the canteen from soldiers and civilians who had passed through the depot. Many were quoted in brochures printed by the canteen during its operation. "I was able to get only one sandwich for breakfast and the rest of the day I had nothing till we came to Denison, where a miracle happened. With people behind us we can do only one thing, and that is come out victorious." "We have been through your town several times, at all hours of the day and night, and you were always there with your hot coffee and lunch.
We know you are doing your share, and we will do ours." "It's the little things that make America the great country that it is and the people the Today, Dennison's Pennsylvania Railroad depot is the only surviving station in Ohio that can reflect its role as a World War II canteen. Despite some losses of integrity, the Dennison Depot still conveys its significant history as the third most active canteen in the United States, on the railroad morale and public support for the war. railroads to the American war effort. The U.S. Army ordered 200 hospital cars, which were delivered in 1944 and 1945, to better carry large numbers of wounded troops from their ships to following D-Day in Europe and the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in the Pacific, as well as the huge casualties projected for the planned invasion of Japan.
Nearly all were converted to other uses after the war, including 50 cars purchased by the Ringling Brothers circus.
Fewer than ten of the original 200 are known to still survive across the country, including museum cars at Ogden Union The canteen at Denison was covered nationally in newspapers and magazines.It was featured swell." wide that the town was popularly known among the military forces as"Dreamsville." that carried more wartime freight and passengers than any other line in the United States Ball & Hospital cars such as the one preserved at Dennison also represent the crucial contributions of best in the world.And these are the things we're fighting to preserve.""Her and the cookies were inland hospitals.They reflect the growing casualties incurred in the last two years of the war, Whitaker).The depot reflects the historic theme of the significant role of such places in home front NPS Form10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 8 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio Station, Utah, and the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Florida. A second car at Ogden was used as a parts source for the restoration of the car now on display there. Cars may also survive at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Circus World Museum in Wisconsin, and possibly in Atlanta, Georgia, and the state of Maryland. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio Alexander, Edwin P. The Pennsylvania Railroad: A Pictorial History. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. Baker, Jon A.
Dennison, The Story of a Railroad Town. Self-published, 1999. Ball, Don, Jr., and Rogers E.M. Whitaker. Decade of the Trains the 1940s. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Burgess, George H., and Miles C. Kennedy. Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1846-1946. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949. Caldwell, J.A. A Comprehensive Account and Guide Book of the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati and St. West Virginia: 1879. Hagloch, Henry C. The History of Tuscarawas County. Ohio to 1956. Dover, Ohio: Dover Historical Society, n.d Farrington, S. Kip, Jr. Railroads at War. New York: Samuel Curl, me., 1944. Long, Steve. "Depot has promise of being tourism attraction." The Times-Reporter, p. H-2, January 27, 1987. World War II and the American Home Front. National Historic Landmarks Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2004 (Draft).
Pennsylvania Railroad. "Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad for Convenience of Service Men." n.d (ca. 1942-43). Romig, Gene. "A Tale of Twin Cities." Booklet prepared for the Uhrichsville Board of Trade and the Dennison Chamber of Commerce to welcome visitors to the Pennsylvania Railroad/s annual track and field meet, September 24, 1921. Warner Beers & Company. The History of Tuscarawas County. Ohio. Chicago: 1884. Bibliography Philadelphia, Ohio, 1975. Anonymous."The Story of Ohio's Railroads."Published by"The Railroads Serving Ohio,"1953. Louis Railway. familiarly known as The Famous"Pan-Handle Route."Wheeling, Section number 9 Page9 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room Tuscarawa County, Ohio 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than one acre (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 17 471807 4471106 (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title organization Jeff Brown, Historic Preservation Administrator date February 28, 2006 street & number Stark County Regional Planning Commission, 201 Third St., NE telephone 330-451-7404 city or town Canton _ state OH_ zip code 44701-1211 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
(Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Village of Dennison street & number 302 Grant Street telephone 740-922-2861 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Maps Photographs 20503. Additional Documentation Continuation Sheets Property Owner Zone Easting Northing UTM References Verbal Boundary Description See continuation sheet. Additional items Representative black and white photographs of the property.
city or town Dennison A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio Street and North Fourth Street, the boundary extends south 45 feet to the first through railroad track.
The boundary follows the north side of the track eastward about 925 feet to the end of the last of five connected passenger cars that abut the depot, then extends northward 37 feet to the south side of Center Street. The boundary then follows the south side of Center Street westward to the point of but excludes railroad cars west of the depot platform that are situated on a segment of track where the passenger platform once extended and where there was no track historically associated with the depot. A low brick wall now provides a visual separation between the platform and the railroad cars to the west. Ownership recorded in the deed records of Tuscarawas County, Ohio; Vol. 588, p. 243. origin.
Boundary Justification the accompanying sketch map.Beginning at a point on the southeast comer of the junction of Center depot setting.The boundary includes property historically associated with the nominated building, Verbal Boundary Description The boundary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room is shown as the dotted line on Section number10 Page 10 The boundary includes the depot, baggage room, freight platform, passenger platform, and contributing structures(railroad cars) abutting the depot on a track that was historically part of the NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Contact: Mike Conner 4789 Papermill Road Coshocton, Ohio 43812 The OCRR owns the track under the five passenger cars abutting the museum.
The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum holds a 99-year lease on that section of track. 740-622-8092 Property Owner CONTINUATION SHEET Ohio Central Railroad Tuscarawas County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Photograph #2 The following information is the same for all photographs: March 2006 Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Dennison, Ohio North facade and west side, looking SE. West end, looking east along the south facade and platform. South facade, looking NE, showing addition connecting to five passenger cars. Another track originally lay next to the modern fence. Detail view, operator's bay on the south facade. Detail view, ornamental brickwork over the operator's bay.
Detail view, looking W-NW from the operator's bay along the platform. Note the brick wall at the end of the platform. South facade, looking west. Looking east from the operator's bay toward the new addition. East end of the depot, showing the addition from the covered freight platform to the passenger cars Detail view of a passenger car abutting the new addition. Date of Photograph: Description of View: (excludes the sign). Location of Negative: Name of Photographer: Tuscarawas County, Ohio Mark Perri Section number_Additional Documentation Page 13 Detail view of the addition that provides covered access to the passenger cars. View looking east from the addition. View looking west from just beyond the east boundary of the nomination North facade, looking SW. East end and north facade of the depot, looking Sw. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio Photograph #27 covered freight platform and the NE comer of the main depot building. Detail view, NW comer of the depot. Note the two darker courses of brick. Interior view of main lobby, showing new office addition, looking north. Entrance to restaurant on left. Detail view, original iron grillwork Interior view, west section of depot now used as a restaurant. Interior view, enclosed freight platform, looking NE. Enclosed freight platform, looking north 1923 Pennsylvania Railroad parlor car, looking NW. Ex-B&O RR coach, looking north. Windows on the north side are not covered Ex-U.S. Army hospital car, looking NW. Windows on the north side are not covered. Ex- L&N RR sleeping car.
Interior view of the hospital car, showing the former kitchen area. Interior view of the former patient section of the hospital car. Detail of original fittings in the staff section of the hospital car. W-NW. Photographs cont. Trackside entrance to main lobby, adjoining the operator's bay. View into the largely intact staff (officer and nurse) section of the hospital car. View of all five passenger cars owned by the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, looking View from the former kitchen area of the hospital car towards the patient section. View of the freight car display excluded from the nomination's west boundary, looking SW. View of the historical marker at the Dennison Depot. Sectionnumber_Additional Documentation_Page14 Ex-NYC RR combine baggage car, looking NE NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.
10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Room Tuscarawas County, Ohio C. Baggage room N. Fourth St. B&O coach j. Fireless steam loco. N. Third St. Flatcar NYC baggage car Depot Addition NKPcaboose Sketch Map Tank car L&N sleeper Hospital car PRR parlor car Freight room Not to scale N. Fifth St.
Box car EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Tuscarawas DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE APPEAL: N COMMENT WAIVER: N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE PROPERTY MULTIPLE REJECT DATE RETURN 5/10/07 PERIOD: 6/23/07 OTHER: ACCEPT PDIL: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Pennsylvania Railroad Depot And Baggage Room DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: N SLR DRAFT: N REQUESTED ACTION: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION DISCIPLINE REVIEWER nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPs. Aistoriao Patuck Anduia Photo G negative: Danny Johnson 1976 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm.
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER JUL 30 1976 South and west elevations. HOTEL Tuscarawas Co., Ohio dioe. SEP 8 1976 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm. photo G negative: Danny Johnson 1976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Baggage room Feast elevation.JUL 30 1976 d.o.e. SEP 8 1976 Tuscarawas Co., Ohio Photo G negative: Danny Johnson 1976 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Tuscarawas Co., Ohio Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Roon PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1976 do.e. JUL 30 1976 Tuscarawas Co., Ohio East elevation Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Tuscarawas Co., Ohio JUL 30 1976 dioe. SEP 8 Photo G negative: Danny Johnson, 1976 Iron grill work around ticket office. Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm.
PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1976 Tuscarawas Co., Ohio JUL 30 1976 Photo G negative: Danny Johnson, 1976 Detail of glass and brick work above Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm. doorways of ticket office. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Tuscarawas Co., Ohio Photo & negative: Danny Johnson, 1976 depot. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Pennsylvania Railroad Depot g Baggage Rm. Brackets G bracing under pent roof of doe,SEP 8 JUL 30 1976 JUL 3 1976 Tuscarawas Co., Ohio Photo & negative: Danny Johnson, 1976 Pennsylvania Railroad Depot G Baggage Rm.
PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Brackets used for baggage build April 2006 Dennison, Ohio Dennison, Ohio Photo #3 of 39 Demison, Ohio Apvil 2006 Dennison, Ohio Dennison , Ohio Dennisan, Ohio Dennison, Ohio Plto#7of39 April 2006 DENNISON Dennison, Ohio Phato # 9 of 39 Dennison, Ohio April 2006 Dennison Ohio Dennison Racilroad Depot éf Baggage Room Photo #12 of 39 Dennison, Ohio Denni son, Ohio Photo # 15 d 39 Dennison Ohio Dennison, Ohio Dennisen Railroad Depot and Dennison, Ohio Dennison, Ohio EXIT Phts #20 of 39 Photo #21 of 39 Dennison, Ohio NCY TRUCTRAIN RESS Dennison , Ohio GNADENHUTTEN EXI7 RAILWAY EXPRESS April 200G Dennison, Ohio STOP TRAC Photo #24 of 39 Dennison, Ohio April 200 Demison, Ohio Dennisen, Ohio Dennison, Ohio April 2006 Dennison, Ohio April 200le Dennison, Ohio 7003 Dennison, Ohio Apá), 2006 Dennison , Ohio Dennisen, Ohio Demison Railroad Depot and Demison, Ohio April 2006 - Dennison, Ohio Baggage Room Dennison, Ohio Dennison, Ohio Tamous for its role during World War I1.
when the Panhandle that earned the town the nickname of "Dreamsville. Ohio." 2000 8-79 restored DENNISON HISTORICAL OHIO MARKER THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Dennison Depot.built in 1873 and listed on the National than l.3 million Gis received food and friendship from thousands The depot is most is symbolic Purchased from Conrail in 1984. the Depot THE many railroad employees. of volunteers from More travelers. Division DENNISON DEPOT servicemen and railroad heritage. THE ROSENBERRY FOUNDATION The Salvation Army Servicemen's Canteen operated 24 hours TUSCARAWAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY women who passed through its doors.
APRIL 200G Dennison, Ohio 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UHRICHSVILLE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UHRICHSVILLE QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO JUL 30 1976 NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED UHRICHSVILLE QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UHRICHSVILLE, OH UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SCALE 134000 SEP 8 Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. John E. Glenn, Jx. Hon. Wayne Iv. Hays Columbus, Ohdo 43211 INT: 2950-75 Mott 9/10/76 Location STATE Name ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Pennsylvania Railroad Depot & Baggage Also Notified Dennison Regional Director, Midwest Region Tuscarawas County State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered Dr.Thomas H. Smith Room Director, The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue 1976 May 9, 2007 Ms.
Jan Matthews, Associate Director and Keeper of the National Park Service 2280 National Register of Historic Places 1201 "T" (Eye) Street, NW Washington DC 20005 Dear Ms. Matthews: I am pleased to submit the amended National Register nomination for the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. I am requesting the nomination be listed at the National level of significance. The Pennsylvania Railroad Depot was listed in the National Register in 1976. The amendment provides new information to support the national significance of the depot as a railroad service canteen and the role it played in the American home front during World War II.
Additionally the amendment updates the information in the nomination describing the depot building and the "World War II and the American Home Front" recommends that the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Dennison, Ohio be evaluated for possible National Historic Landmark designation. If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact the National Register staff in the Ohio Historic Preservation Office at (614) 298-2000. Jor Rachel Tooker State Historic Preservation Officer x.c.: Hampton Tucker, Historic Preservation Grants Division Wendy Zucal, Dennison Railroad Depot Museum OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 www.ohiohistory.org Enclosures Sincerely, National Register railroad cars associated with the property.The National Historic Landmark Survey Report, OHIO May.
1, 1943 ge number of soldiers on a crowded have been pushing it along with their wholehearted support ever since. The And you kind from The Past Ily wished you could do was help boy in upper four, and the count- carawas County, a corps of volunteer ck, and a handshake. the housing of the canteen, and from who is in charge, knows that in a day is own name for the railroad water 'n of Dennison, original organizers and workers could ! railroad depot as a troop train thousands of service men, who speak led in, stopping for a few minutes of it with affection in camps all over uding, perhaps, the boy who had nber, and the railroad's peace-time Antonio, Texas, to New York :w this was a scene repeated day in I day out, and immediately thought Men's Canteen Where More Than 200,000 a cup of coffee, a sandwich, and a kind 2001.126 workers Were night.
churches, Pennsylvania Statistics show that in clubs, fruit, candy, magazines and games. But because the trains stop only for These are The Story Of The Salvation Army Service its first birthday. lodges. Tuscarawas Co, OH the country. have foreseen the place their service She saw Women of Dennison. and you are astonished to think what much, there isn't time for thank-you than 200,000 service men and service Some are from men who have traveled a scheme whereby no service man Not one of the another bysixty different enlisted men. ilities so small, she saw too many DENNISON, OHIO-A SMALL TOWN WITH A BIG HEART On April 4 the canteen celebrated trip from the East to Alabama.) Regi- .especially ifyour own boy also ly you bought another war bond. entire shiprnent of aviation cadets and Canteen was from one of the depart- look around for something to eat. ready icr a busy schedule.
service at all hours of the day and the year of operation an average of d ever pull out of Dennison with- :he was what momen- THE_WAR CRY) THIRTEE! ming projects of World War II- :is just over a year ago that a would come to fill in tie hearts of and what happened (Extreme left) A typical service-man grin seen at the Dennison, O., canteen. : boys like him, with some per- freshly made every moming and afternoon. al touch. (Top, right) The 2 to 5 a. m. shift The supervisors work on a staggered 24-hour service, under Jut of a similar sympathetic im- they use a minimum of 110 loaves of wrote that he had sampled their hos- sewife of Dennison stood at the paper cups, besides vast quantities of sailors, marines, and airmnen are kept liers, in transit or on furlough- should see the stacks of letters. (This pose of community cooperation. ir volunteer war work.
What you :ed in upper four - leave the train are addressed simply to: "The Soldiers' supervision Legion donated days. American engines. organization few now speeches. post-induction Immediately, handed over to the nearest Salvation you put in some extra hours on hungry American pitality soldiers, papers give ily downcast American boy isn't? Che advertisement did things to reporter's first news of the Dennison ght never have admitted it, but he volunteer superviscrs. rd the train still hungry.She thinking of "the boy in upper four" women were fed and refreshed at the twenty trains a day stopped at this You would like to have yto change (Top. GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE On August 31, 1944 the Servicemen's Can- teen nationally known as the Dennison, Ohio Joe E. Hurst, Special Gifts Chairman begin to explain what happened in the train !
The photo on the front cover is typical of the 740,634 members of the allied forces that activity he stirred up. Boys began talking from Mrs. Ed. Milliken Elizabeth G. Brooks Jacob Miller three thousand, eight hundred and nine freshly Mrs. Philip Porter made sandwiches; also 746,799 cups of coffee William R. Case R. L. Roby and 946,436 cookies and doughnuts. Matthew J. Smith Percy H. Friend D. V. Heck Lt. Col. Wm. A. Spatig the conductors, brakemen and other employ. finally, from the seat directly behind mine, Paul E. Wenger 100 per cent in that "we will stop as long as it But allow Mrs. George K. Vogt, an eye. witness from Benton, Arkansas, tell the story. other- "This is Dennison! Don't you know To the Citizens of Tuscarawas, Jefferson, Harrison, Holmes, Stark and Carroll Coun- from coast to coast! Good food, the nicest A few days ago, I returned from my very finest in the country!
Come on, Bud!" As the of my father, to travel from Arkansas to Penn- the station lights were shining brightly. Wom. Many memories of this trip will stay with me; particular incident will stay brightest of all. It to serve an unknown number of boys and men is such a sweet memory -of gallant women, of waving soldiers' hands and contented sol. diers smiles, while they settled back into their of $28,000 will meet our needs for the seats murmuring "Ummmmm, some place- From August 25th to September 5th the On my return trip. I happened to read on train pulled out, almost to a man they were Other Cities and Towns in Adjacent Counties digest a tiny paragraph mentioning women W. PAUL WILCOXON, Tuscarawas Co. OH ties: Dennison! months.
Very sincerely yours, Canteen General Campaign Chairman for Nelson McMillan Walter Carrico Earl Treasure EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE SERVICEMEN'S CANTEEN Charles Fishley General Campaign Chairman Leslie Besst and generously responded by contributing coming year. this great cause of morale building. coming to the window as the hospital train Supervised and operated by January 7th and the conductor came through back with sandwiches wrapped in sandwich Dennison, Ohio? Why Dennison is known peal to all citizens to give generously to tion Army Canteen--were waiting in readiness able to operate and maintain the Canteen ees of the Pennsylvania Railroad cooperate Linton Chalfant, Campaign Treasurer James I. Coates, Campaign Secretary upon a very high standard. women waved gayly back.
found it necessary because of the grave illness one end of the car to the other:laughing and Supported by Tuscarawas County Communities and Twenty trains a day stop at Dennison and came the voices of two apparent newcomers Harry W. Stucky what an answer they got-from half a dozen takes for every boy to be served". women in the station and smiling as the and setting their hats straight-fixing up" Once again I come before you as the was amazed and bewildered at the beehive of Last year I came before you as the train pulled toa stop,out of the darkness page 71 of the current issue of a magazine This Canteen is Tops To the editor: pulled into the station at Dennison W. Paul Wilcoxon, General Campaign Chr. tiny paragraph doesn't half say it; nor even John W. Toland, Canteen Board Chairman Located at the Penn. R. R. Station, Dennison, Ohio this canteen has serviced.
They were able to joking, hurrying on with their coats or rather "blouses' as they call them, combing their hair O. C. Johnston smiles; in fact these people are among the appealed for $28,000. You very graciously en dressed in white, standing by serving tables marked: "Free Service to Servicemen" -Saiva- in uniform. In a few minutes the boys were standing by the windows, waving out at the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot "Hey, fellows, what's up?" and lvania Canteen will have been in operation thirty to this stop. about was beginning to get me down when tuck away one one hundred eighty HES STORY C SERVICE TO SFDI* CITY AND TOWN CHAIRMEN Mrs. Lewis Kline Mrs. Blanche Irwin Mrs. Margaret Penrod Mrs. Helen Baker of 177,081 Hours of Service Rendered Mrs. Eugene Boyd Mrs. Flora Binder Mrs. Ben Shields CITIES and Mrs. Marie Muskoff NUMBER of Mrs. Mary Staten Mrs. Lucille Waltz Percy H.
Friend Mrs. Florence I. McMann Joe E. Hurst Matthew J. Smith Mrs. Mars Ross Mrs. Anna Belle Stutz Miss Freda Senft Dwight M. Flohr Carl F. Renner Port Washington Mrs. Pauline Hammersley Mrs. Ed Milliken Mrs. Elizabeth Ferrell Mayor Joe Daley Mrs. Ray Lindsey Mrs. Harry Welder Mayor Wm. R. Case Mrs. Carrie Fetters Mrs. Philip Porter Mrs. H. S. McBride Mrs. Ralph Van Lehn Mrs. Jane Enold Mayor R. L. Roby Mrs. Ralph Smith Mrs. Walter Springer Mrs. E. Strother Mrs. John Wells Jacob Miller H. R. Ogg Mrs. P. R. Fisher Mrs. Margaret Williams Mayor W. Paul Wilcoxon Mrs. Eva Long Mrs. Mabel Hoopingarner Mrs. Kenneth Moore D. V. Heck Make Checks Payable to SALVATION ARMY SERVICEMEN'S R. R.
CANTEEN 105 Cadiz Roswell Bowerston Brightwood Newcomerstown Dillonvale Jewett Dellroy Dundee Dover Zoar-Zoarville Newport Adena Midvale Dennison Navarre Massillon Freeport Justus Baltic Amsterdam Gnadenhutten Gilmore-Peoli Mineral City Barnhill Walter Carrico North Industry New Cumberland Nelson McMillan CANTEEN SUPERVISORS Upper Center-Canteen supervisors. CANTEEN VOLUNTEER WORKERS Conotton Miss Marcella Staten Bolivar Frank Carrothers Port Washington Mrs.Mary Cummings Miss Enda Cottrell Ray Starlin Leslie Besst New Philadelphia Sandyville in the respective communities: Mrs Gene Dolzall Ray Stone Beach City Mrs. Charles Henry VOLUNTEERS This Group Represents the Stupendous Total Following are the names of the chairmen Miss Alice Kopp Mrs.Betty Laughlin Miss Catherine Deens Miss Illa Mae Moerz Clifford J. Weiss Mrs. Evelyn Stonebrook Miss Irene MeCulskey Mrs. Olive Kane Mrs.
Pearl Duhl Mrs. Herbert MleGuire ABOVE ILLUSTRATIONS: Upper Left-Servicemen stocking up with sandwiches and other goodies. Upper Right-"Just hits the spot."Young lady is Adjutant Elizabeth Brooks, Canteen Director. Mrs. Archie Sterenson THE SERVICEMEN'S CANTEEN IN DENNISON, OHIO, IS SUPERVISED FROM THE SALVATION ARMY WAR SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 2304 EAST 9th STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO 950 Strasburg Sherrodsville Somerdale Tuscarawas Shanesville-Sugarcreek Smithfield Winfield Scio Piedmont Uhrichsville Mrs. Josephine Merrin Sugarcreek- Miss Anna Yonley TOWN Mrs. Ada Gritfin women hope for-the boys' happiness makes it all worth while to them.
SERVICE REPORT ENDING WITH JULY 1944 what the expressions on their faces would be Dear Folks: October 10, 1943 They looked happy and their eyes sparkled as Someone else could tell this better than I way to those wonderful women in the train station at Dennison, Ohio; so they may know just a little of the many expressions of appre. As I told this story over and over again in Pennsylvania, I wondered if something more ciation and real gratitude that I heard from was creeping into the telling than had really extra flavor of kindness that makes anything taste better. in Arkansas and wanting the chance to go 950 Volunteer Workers soldiers' smiles and hear their voices as they conductor came through the cars, as on that Value of Donated Goods (30 months). Total Cash Expended (30 months)..
Camp Swift, Texas Dennison, Ohio Out of hundreds of other letters we have WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM same expectancy, that same sure knowledge think of the swell treatment we get during stops in your swell town. On behalf of all of us-thanks-and best Annual 1943 Canteen Campaign Conducted from Camp Tyson, Tenn. August 9th to 20th-$41,623.81 smoothed up; everyone waited at the door as EXPENDITURES COVERING THIS MONEY: On two occasions during the past year 1 have had the good fortune to receive some of the hospitality al- Just a lew lines to let you know how much we $ 3,906.43 orded the servicemen enroute to their homes or stations Meat the bottom of our hearts. Railroad Company cooperates with these per Sugar Wm. Marshall Put. Daniel Rashall an orange, hot cup of coffee. One soldier insisted my seat-partner and I Drew Field, Tampa, Florida Repairs .
service you are rendering the men in the armed forces by feeding them at the railroad station. greeting and food did wonders for morale. Printing for Campaign. worthwhile deed you are doing toward the war effort. and 1 guess that is all the compensation these Put. Anthony Kielbasa H. O. Nutting, Jr. Major, Corps of Engineers 13,539 25 65.85 370.00 163.47 118.80 Sincerely, Ladies: entire organization. $41,623.81 66,037.79 Miscellaneous Supplies To Adjutant Brooks Corporal George Pritchard Salvation Army Canteen selected the following: The End visit to Dennison. Charles Stcphenson From China Very truly yours, Dear Adjutant Brooks: Dennison wasn't the last place our train stopped Lehanon, Pa. Thomas Marian saying they were the finest I ever tasted! I've been trying to imagine the hugeness Sgt. Joe H. Knox By V-Mail 90.871Cndb The two new boys returned to their places 740,634 Members U. S.
armed forces contacted. However, a copy of this letter is on the a memory to cherish. tainly was about the nicest of all. We must have been Candy bars, gum, lollypops given out Please accept this belated expression of gratitude for a said, "Ummmmm, some place-Dennison!" Then I could seelhadnt been mistaken, por The writer thought you might like to know what we of what they were going to find at the next Blouses' want on, heads of hair were of luck. From four grateful sailors: Bread conductor how long a stop it would be. oppreciote ihe things you are doing for the boys in the Fruit thanks for the generosity of your fellow workers and Refrigerator. Paul Smith Equipment.
1,024 99 Cups, etc Other foods Fraveling east on furlough and then a change of camps I'd like to express my appreciation for the very fne there will be a huncres or five hund:ed boys, 1 had been traveling for days as were countless f anything so wonderful? How those womer Dreamville Pamphlet Balance of Budget Commitments Ill never forget that - it's weeks later was giad tobe on my way. Dennison - next stop!" fectly grand women! This time the bous had r perhaps whole trains 575.00 296.24 254.67 237.00 294.62 stop. 45.82 Compensation 5.27 873.11 Postage. Counties 138,375 10,625.16 before we boarded an overseas transport.But it cer. pleasant memory.lam looking forward to mynext Grand Total $126.877.79 Milk. 80.00 among the seivice men.that same stir.that Pelty Cash Bills Boxes of Christmas candy given away Magazines distributed and .....$60,840.00 3 806 1 As the "YOU REMEMBER" W.
Paul Wilcoxon, Campaign Chairman LOCATED AT To a man, woman and child the inhabitants You remember the widely-circulated adver. John W. Toland, Canteen Board Chairman THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. STATION and some towns in Holmes. Stark and Carroll Joe E. Hurst, Special Gifts Chairman Dennison, Ohio. James I. Coates, Campaign Secretary train raced on and on, cross country to some Linton Chalfant, Campaign Treasurer officers, and what happened from then on is Immediately, from the American Legion and Elizabeth G. Brooks ers was recruited for the purpose of financing R. L. Roby Percy H. Friend Matthew J. Smith Rev. Miller Gold Merton H. Snyder wished you could do was help the boy in up D. V. Heck per four, and the countless boys like him, with Lt. Col. Wm. A. Spatig O. C.
Johnston have given him at least a kind word, a snack, On April 4 the canteen celebrated its first their service would come to fill in the hearts of Ihousands of service men, who speak of it We are most anxious to make the financial Statistics show an average of twenty trains a 326.419 service men and service women were It is just over a year ago that a housewife Thus from August 9th to 20th a campaign "This is what I call "Service' " on furlough-including, perhaps, the boy who As the Campaign Chairman, I take this But because thetrains stop only for a few opportunity to appeal to you to give generous- cause they were so great a number, and the able to say much, there isn't time for thank day out, and immediately thought of a scheme W.
PAUL WILCOXON, whereby no service man need ever pull out of wrote that he had sampled their hospitality on THE SALVATION ARMY WAR SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTE? Campaign Chairman magazines and games. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tuscarawas Co. OH Earl Treasure Cordially and sincerely yours, GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Leslie Besst Walter Carrico famous Servicemen's Canteen. Supported by Tuscarawas County Commu- Nelson McMillan nities and Other Cities and Towns in THE SERVICEMEN'S CANTEEN Adjacent Counties for Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars will be with affection in camps all over the country. lease the management from undue worry. Earl Lieser wholehearted support ever since. and a handshake. saw too many board the train still hungry.She for the coming year.
waged to maintain and operate the Canteen his long post-induction trip from the East to Jacob Miller Supervised and Operated by Charles Fishley had tossed in upper four-leave the train and Team Captain in your city or town. cast American boy isn't? Thay Call I: "DREAMVILLE" of Tuscarawas. Jefferson, Harrison counties was one of a large number of soldiers on a it, but he was lonely. he was hungry, for what momentarily down. The advertisement did things to you, city halls all over, a corps of volunteer work- nated a cheerful room right in the depot for You would like to To the Citizens of Tuscarawas, Jefferson, Harrison, Holmes, Stark and Carroll Counties: stood at the local railroad depot as a troop that in a day they use a minimum of 110 loaves only to change engines. She saw swarms of tired, hungry American soldiers, in transit or Look up the see the stacks of letters.
(This reporter's first Thus was born the now the scheme. knew this was a scene repeated day in and The organization and supervision were some personal touch. picture of the Canteen more secure and re- Deep inside him he handed over to the nearest Salvation Army translated into simple action,has grown one him on his way. train pulled in, stopping for a few minutes railroad's peace-time facilities so small, she Upper Right-"Free service for Servicemen." Following are the names of the supervisors, who with their 367 volunteer workers, have assisted in making the Canteen Service a huge success and given the Canteen a national and international reputation. Mrs. P. R. Fisher Mrs. Oscar Maxwell Mrs. Helen Baker Mrs. Charles Clawson Mrs. Charles Henry Mrs. Archie Stevenson Mrs. Valarie Bente Mrs. Mary Cummings Mrs. Eva Long Mrs. Kenneth Moore Mrs. Evelyn Stonebrook Mrs. Francis Bente Mrs.
Mary Wagstaff Mrs. Eugene Boyd Mrs. Sue McCullough Mrs. Mary Ross Mrs. Bill Witting If you desire to give, and have not been contacted, please get in touch with the team captain in your city. STRASJURG Percy H. Friend R. L. Roby D. V. Heck Mrs. William Laughton Mrs. Fearr. Haswell Mrs. Philip Porter H. R. Owg Mrs. Lida Weaver Mrs. Oliver Kane Clifford J. Weiss Joe E. Hurst Carl F. Renner Mrs. Margaret Penrod Mrs. Jane Enold Mrs. Ed. Milliken Mrs. Flora Binder Mrs. Pauline Hammersley Mrs. Harry Welder Mrs. Anna Belle Stutz L. R. Eccleston A. F. Martinelli Mrs. Ralph Smith CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS: CITY HALL DENNISON, OHIO - PHONE 762 Make Checks Payable to SALVATION ARMY SERVICEMEN'S R. R.
CANTEEN WESTERN TERRI?: RY BOWERSTON DENNISON BOLIVAR DOVER SANDYVILLE ROSWELL UHRICHSVILLE MIDVALE DUNDEE BALTIC GILMORE NEWCOMERSTOWN GNADENHUTTEN BARNHILL NAVARRE SOMERDALE EASTERN TERRITORY SMITHFIELD Henry Spring Ray Stone ZOAR.ZOARVILLE William Jones NEW PHILADELPHIA Nelson McMillan Miss Mabel Armstrong Miss Mary Chalfant NEW CUMBERLAND SHANESVILLE-SUGARCREEK FREEPORT Miss Lucille Farner BEACH CITY Walter Carrico Dallas Lanning MINERAL CITY CENTRAL TERRITORY PORT WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Miss Shirley Maxwell Miss Freda Sent Mrs. Margaret Williams Leslie Besst NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Mrs. Carrie Fetters SCIO Upper Center-Filling a large order of 507,464 freshly made sandwiches, only a little over a hall million. Lower Center -"This is what | call "Service' ". Miss Gertruda McCarthy Mrs. Leslie McCue Matthew J.
Smith Below are the names of the team captains for the respective communitios. They are responsible for the Campaign in named cities and towns. THE SERVICEMEN'S CANTEEN IN DENNISON, OHIO, IS SUPERVISED FROM THE SALVATION ARMY WAR SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 2304 EAST 9th STTSE: CLEVELAND, OHIO JEWETT THE TUSCARAWAS Miss Alice Kopp SOUTHERN TERRITORY SHERROUSVILLE To the supervisors and 367 volunteer workers we go on record publicly in this pamphlet to say a big "Thank You" for "The Women of Dennison." service to those in the U. S. Armed For- As you read them, you are still thinking of The soldier boy on the front cover boy, partaking with a smile the canteen Wax Paper he left the home town that one day he is what I call 'Service' ". He is typical of The children's share in the enterprise comes in for ot to her, too, and may God bless her 26,419 Members of U. S. Armed Forces Cups, etc.
328,701 Cups of coffee distributed 507,464 Fresh made Sandwiches passed 540,341 Cookies, doughnuts, pies given We in the 48,621 Candy bars, gum, lolly pops dis- An editorial in Camp Chaffee regimental newspaper 327,120 Pieces of fruit given out Business Firms on to victory, to overcome all obstacles so that our, the American way of life, will live forever. 2,900 Boxes of Christmas candy given 12 Tons magazines, 61,500 pieces 75.00 429.63 420.50 249.59 436.15 170.61 18.40 542.14 382.47 Lodges Sugar Clubs Refrigerator Churches Miscellaneous Equipment Bread Total 2,459.06 out Repairs 2,213.71 Individuals 125.73 Salaries 1,247.78 Coffee 3,200.63 Telephone 1,286.50 contacted 3,639.38 abundantly: 3,210.93 12,433.60 1,331.60 24,414.98 Meat 10,592.58 2,316.07 AND 1,409.44 Milk Other foods your unselfish service in making it pos- ment of aviation cadets and another by sixty you are doing.
326,419 serviced thus far. sible to give twenty-four hour canteen A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE SERVICE ITEMS little job is over. WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM UP TO MONTH ENDING JUNE 1943 Gas and Electric kind word or two on the spot, "A BIG THANK YOU" who have traveled anywhere from thirty hours Many of them wish to have their thanks direct Said another, on a post-card. we discovered afterwards was a local the rest of the journey, will do for a man's And still othe *A little girl gave me a funny book, and thanks a victorious. Many of the men are most impressed by the fact and other unlikely hours on specifed dates. are doing your share, and we will do ours" ude for what we men are going to do, and believe me Such are the typical expressions of appreciation we are proud to live and die for.
SUPPORTED BY TUSCARAWAS, S Little did he realize when tributed Fruit "Her and the cookies were swell." good to meet friends along the way. classic encomium: The Salvation Army is the type of organization different enlisted men. Some are from men HOW YOUR MONEY WAS SPENT 24,112 Miscellaneous packages passed would alight from a train to enjoy "This "Unfortunately the trains stop only several minutes, my train an entirely different person'. that gladden the hearts of all the volunteer workers. its share of appreciation: star in their crown.' I'm certain all the boys feel asI do." MEN STREET & NUMBECenter St. CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST - Substantially intact-1 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE - unknown - 4 HISTORIC DISTRICT? IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ?
FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUI -recreation 25 TRANSPORTATION _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY INVENTION "first" YES 039 157 EXTERIOR INTERIOR Dennison code CONSERVATION Claims COUNTY ARCHITECTURE DOE UNALTERED UNEXPOSED DATE: Yes-unrestricted MUSIC FEATURES: STATE ART EXCELLENT RUINS SIGNIFICANCE: LITERATURE ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE DETERIORATED ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCIENCE _Reconstructed YES 18th INITIALS: planning Ohio -settlement _PHILOSOPHY Reviewer INDUSTRY LOCATION: No access EXPLORATION. _entertainment ARCHEULUGY-PREHISTORIC -socio/cultural FAIR POLITICS/GOVERNMENT WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?
-COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR(underline) -COMMERCE -health SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -ECONOMICS LAw/Gov't/politics _Unexcavated _MOVED -Interioi, exterior, environs not intact-0 "oldest"' YES NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: Tuscarawas - 1976 ENVIRONS SOUTHEAST SEP ROCKY MOUNTAIN WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room -EDUCATION per sonal DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : LOCAL GOV"T FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) SIGNIFICANCE. (maximum two sentences) OTHER institutional artist/artisan: events STATE engineer: builder/contractor: NAMES: architect/m.builder: interior decorator: ETHNIC GROUP: DATES: appropriate date) landscape/garden designer: PRIVATE (label role adjoins depot.
COUNTY MUNICIPAL per sonal (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS : HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : FEDERAL 'AGENCY : events OTHER COMMENT institutional STATE artist/artisan: architect/m.builder: PRIVATE NAMES: landscape/garden designer: interior decorator: appropriate date) DATES: ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) 2 COUNTY MUNICIPAL engineer: SIGNIFICAI (Resource Wame) 1. MISSING 2. REMOVED/ _ 3. NHL X 4. TR_ 5. MRA 6. OVER- 7. NPS - 8. DOE - 9. RESTRICTED Available on: Microfiche ( ): Optical Disk () (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) (Where found, or source of replacement) JAN.
1986 DEMOLISHED UNDOCUMENTED (County) (State) COMMENTS EXPLANATION: Locator Card OWNER OBJECTION STATUS: SIZED (Date Found/Replaced) (Current source of partial documentation) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Date Designated) (Completed by) National Register of Historic Places (Target Date) (Cause for removal) (Location of oversize file) (Date Removed) (Date form completed) (lf multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) (Reference Numberisl) WASO 21 or MRA Name) WACC 12011
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