Nomination for Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM NOV 17 1977 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School AND/OR COMMON Nash, Daisy, House STREET & NUMBER - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF 6th - William Harsha PRESENT USE -MUSEUM -WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION LIN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS LOCATION Harveysburg 039 165 BOTH Warren DATE CODE NAME CLASSIFICATION DISTRICT TITLE PARK COUNTY EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY Daisy Nash RECEIVED SCIENTIFIC HISTORIC Warren County Courthouse STRUCTURE ACCESSIBLE STATE AGRICULTURE PUBLIC MILITARY OWNERSHIP STATUS _COMMERCIAL Courthouse Square XBUILDING(S) COURTHOUSE. North Street XPRIVATE Ohio _TRANSPORTATION _GOVERNMENT XBEING CONSIDERED (Rev. 10-74) DATE ENTERED DATA SHEET _INDUSTRIAL XNO FOR NPS USE ONLY - UNOCCUPIED -OTHER: _OBJECT PH03S8312 NOV 5 1976 -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL 1976 RELIGIOUS _ENTERTAINMENT DETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The second bay from each end has a plain doorway with brick headers. The remaining bays have 6/6 light windows. Windows and doors are framed with There is a stone foundation. right of center. There is a two bay, shed roofed addition across the eastern bays at the rear of the building. The gable roof is covered with asbestos painted with several coats of paint which is now peeling. The house, which CONDITION DESCRIPTION DATE XGOOD FAIR The west end has no openings.The east end has one window which is placed just CHECK ONE _EXCELLENT was built ca.1831,sits approximately 25' from the road. - UNEXPOSED - UNALTERED - MOVED X ALTERED The one-story, painted brick building faces south. The facade has six bays. _RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

This simple structure is nominated for its importance as one of the earliest first, but this statement is contradicted in other histories of the education Between 1829 and 1840 several organizations opened private schools for the was one of the earliest. In the book Ohio Builds a Nation the author reports that this school in of the history of Warren County reports the same. Although it is doubted that this was the first school, it is known that the school was opened Harvey who laid out the town of Harveysburg in 1827. Another brother, Simon, was also an original settler in the town. They were the children of Issac Harvey of North Carolina.

Isaac came with his children to Ohio Ohio schools by the law enacted in 1829 could not admit Negroes, Elizabeth Public law establishing free schools for all children in Ohio was not Southern Ohio was particularly divided by the slavery question and it was here that most of these "free" schools were founded around the period of to use is as a museum for the Negro in Warren County. 1500-1599 1831 PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE LAW AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCIENCE TRANSPORTATION ARCHITECTURE RELIGION MILITARY LITERATURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC THEATER _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMUNICATIONS X_SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _PHILOSOPHY _ECONOMICS were established by philanthropic men and women.It was during this period _CONSERVATION greatest anti-slavery excitement in 1835.

_ENGINEERING documentedschools for Negroes in Ohio.Some references document it as The The Harveysburg Bicentennial Commission hopes to purchase the building and Enoch Harlon.She died in 1875 at age 83.The school served as a district -1600-1699 -1800-1899 X_EDUCATION school for Warren County and employed two teachers. -1400-1499 -1700-1799 -1900- - MUSIC ART law was repealed and rewritten in 1829 to specifically exclude Negroes. Negro - most of these in southern Ohio. The school Elizabeth Harvey opened Harveysburg was the "first free Negro school in Ohio." An 1882 volume responsible for organizing the first school in Harveysburg in 1829. Since Harvey opened a separate school for the Negro. Elizabeth later married enacted until 1849. Between 1829 and 1840 numerous schools for Negroes INVENTION of Negroes.Public education is Ohio was provided for by law in 1825.This

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Revised: Gretchen Klimoski STREET & NUMBER Committee Box 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: 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 DATE Sept.

21, 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 466-8727 Harveysburg 6/76 COUNTY CODE DATE TELEPHONE SHPO ORGANIZATION Columbus NORTHING LOCAL STATE Ohio (Reprint of 1919 edition). Harveysburg Bicentennial (Reprint 1972) ZONE EASTING Ohio Historic Preservation Office Lucy McCarren ATTEST: The History of Warren County, Ohio. W. H. Beers & Co., Chichago, Illinois, 1882. less than one 757 McGinnis, Frederick A. New York: Arno Press, 1968. TIONAL REGISTER Woodson, C.G.T [4317.6171.0 ALL6 Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF NOV 17 1977 INT:21 OTHER KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL Property Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back HISTORIAN Re-submit Review Maps Photos BRANCH CHIEF State Warren National Register Write-up 2.7.28 CONTROL 11. 8. 76 4.3.7> Working Number 1,.5.

7l.4466 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry 1111? Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School Harveysburg, Warren Co., Ohio tennial Committee, 1976 NOV 5 NOV 17 1977 South facade PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Photo G negative: Harveysburg Bicen- 1976 45032 Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School NOV 17 1977 Photo G negative: Harveysburg Bicen- Harveysburg, Warren Co., Ohio South g east elevations. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER3O tennial Committee, 1976 NOV 5 1976 Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School Harveysburg, Warren Co., Ohio tennial Committee, 1976 NOV 5 NOV 17 1977 West elevation Photo & negative: Harveysburg Bicen- WAYNESVILLE QUADRANGLE WAYNESVILLE, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1968 UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) CENTERVILLE OHIO RECEIVED N3930 - w8400/7.5 NOV 17 1977 NOV 17 1977 Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Columbus, Ohio 11/18/77 Mott/js 880 Harveysburg 43211 Location STATE Name State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Regional Director, Midwest Region Also Notified Warren County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School Director, The Ohio Historical Society Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. OHIO Hon. William H. Harsha Nash, Daisy, House OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF _ 039 OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : K Substantially intact-2 Z unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 -Interior, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE -.

unknown -6 IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -RELIGION - -entertainment _COMMERCE _urban & commun -COMMUNICATIONS OTHER (SPECIFY) "first"" YES "eoldest"' YES Saved? Harveysburg 165 COUNTY code INTERIOR Claims FEATURES: Warren 6th UNEXPOSED LOCATION: historic district? planning ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC POLITICS/GOVERNMENT STATE SIGNIFICANCE: AGRICULTURE Reviewer ARCHITECTURE -settlement DOE TRANSPORTATION DETERIORATED YES North St. DATE: -recreation -socio/cultural Ohio MOVED ENGINEERING INDUSTRY MIDWEST YEDUCATION -health PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? _Unexcavated _Reconstructed Yes-unrestricted ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC No access WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

ADMINISTRATOR(underline) _CONSERVATION -EXPLORATION NOV 17 1977 MILITARY -MUSIC Harvey, Elizabeth, Free Negro School _RUINS ECONOMIC -INVENTION _LAW/Gov't/politics SOUTHEAST then- EXTERIOR SCIENCE EXCELLENT NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: LITERATURE INITIALS: UNALTERED LSOCIALHUMANITARIAN -PHILOSOPHY ENVIRONS Black Histor FEDERAL AGENCY: engineer: artist/artisan: builder/contractor: architect/m.builder: OTHER NAMES: COUNTY institutional DATE(S) personal landscape/garden designer: MUNICIPAL events STATE interior decorator: appropriate date) ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: PRIVATE LOCAL GOV"T (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: SIGNIFICANCE: (maximum two sentences) COMMENTS: (include architectural information here)