Nomination for Vermilion Institute

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED MAR 2.9 1978. SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS HISTORIC ** Vermilion Institute AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 17-John M. Ashbrook - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED X OTHER: Vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY Mr. James O. Gossett Route 30, P.O. Box 176 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 005 039 44838 CODE COUNTY BOTH LOCATION STATE DATE OBJECT ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION TITLE MILITARY EDUCATIONAL Ashland Hayesville RELIGIOUS TRANSPORTATION ENTERTAINMENT OCCUPIED OWNERSHIP INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PARK PUBLIC XPRIVATE STATUS SITE SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE STRUCTURE Ohio Cottage St. NAME Hayesville Academy Ashland County Courthouse _GOVERNMENT XBUILDING(S) XNO COURTHOUSE. _BEING CONSIDERED Main G College Streets -COMMERCIAL _MUSEUM PH0506257 -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY _LOCAL X_ORIGINAL SITE GOOD RUINS X ALTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The large, rectangular, brick structure is two-stories in height with an Windows on the remaining floors are 2/2 pane, double hung, with original sash, sandstone sills, and brick headers. There is a plain brick watertable about eight feet above grade level. door opened, is missing. There is a fixed sash, round-arched window centered The rear elevation has a short casement window placed left of center and a centered on the first and second floors, each flanked by 2/2 pane windows centered in the gable. An iron firescape leads from the second floor. cornice on the front and sides of the building. Originally there was a square bell tower placed toward the front of the UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT DETERIORATED DATE DESCRIPTION UNALTERED MOVED foundations remain. XFAIR in the gable.

CHECK ONE flush with the ground and have brick headers.Each half of the casement the side elevations have casement windows in the basement level which are institute stood frame dormitory buildings. No evidence of these or their The building is beginning to show signs of deterioration and neglect. which have stone sills and brick headers.A small rectangular window is CONDITION, entrance has a 16 light, rectangular transom. There is a flat, bracketed the entrance, but it is presently rotted away. To either side of the entrance These were once visually blocked by the centered in the middle bay. To either side of the door are 2/2 pane windows. The deck above the bracketed hood, onto which the second floor The tower was blown off around 1913. To either side of the The facade features a wide double door in a paneled recess. This center is a 2/2 pane window with stone sill and lintel.

The basement level of The roof is standing seam metal. There are four brick chimneys, inset from building. below grade, is vermiculated sandstone. Three bays wide and six bays deep, are casement windows to either side. exposed basement level.The brick is laid in common bond.The foundation, single door to the right of center in the basement level.There are doors AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCIENCE - 1500-1599 AGRICULTURE X ARCHITECTURE -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X 1800-1899 OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Vermilion area devoted to education beyond the elementery school level. The school prospered for five years, then in 1851, it was purchased by the acted as the preparatory school for the college. In 1875 the school operated as a non-sectarian school until 1886 when the Academy was From 1889 until 1929 the Hayesville High School occupied the building. 1700-1799 1845-1846 COMMERCE discontinued. THEATER RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE SCULPTURE PERIOD ART MILITARY LAW INDUSTRY BUILDER/ARCHITECT MUSIC TRANSPORTATION INVENTION _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _CONSERVATION Dave Liston X.EDUCATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT 1900- _PHILOSOPHY associated with the College of Wooster.During these years the Institute LITERATURE public auction. excellent example of early educational structures.in Ohio.During the This school building represents the first school in the Hayesville- known as the Vermilion Institute.

presbetery of Richland and Wayne counties and became a sectarian school -COMMUNICATIONS was sold by the ministry and it returned to it's original owners.It Architecturally it is a handsome and well-proportioned structure and an -1600-1699 years it had a very good academic curriculum and became known as one of When a new high school was built the academy building was placed on _ECONOMICS -1400-1499 was granteda charter by the Ohio State Legislature in 1846 and became _ENGINEERING Due to the lack of facilities for higher education and through the collective efforts of the citizens of the Hayesville-Vermilion area, the finest schools in the state.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ less than one VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION one lot at the northeast corner of the intersection of College St. STATE ( 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Arch 694 R Ohio State University 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 Sept21,1976 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 ORGANIZATION 1880.

DATE TELEPHONE NORTHING CODE 11/11/75 COUNTY Columbus ATTEST SHPO LOCAL ZONE EASTING Steven Lutz UTM REFERENCES and Mifflin-Hayesville Road. Ohio Lippencott Co., 1863. FOR NPS USE ONLY Caldwel1, J.A. Atlas of Ashland County, Ohio. J.A. Caldwell, 1874. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATI ZONE KEEPER OFTHENATIONALREGISTER 3:177 Photos _3 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF MAR 2 9 1978 National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 TECHNICAL OTHER Inventory HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered CONTROL Maps Send-back HISTORIAN Re-submit Review State Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Working Number /0. 20 . 77./66/ KEEPER 5.2.78 Ashland 1-31-28 10.20.27 1.17.28 ÔCT 2 0 1977 MAR 2 9 1978 Vermilion Institute, Hayesville, Ashland #1.

south G east sides PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lutz, 1975 Ohio Preservation Office Lutz, 1975 Ohio Preservation Office OCT 2 0 1977 MAR 2 9 1978 Vermilion Institute, Hayesville, Ashland PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER #2. South G West sides Vermilion Institute, Hayesville, Ashland #3 West and north sides FROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lutz 1975 Ohio Preservation Office UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 394/050 4514/200 OHIO-ASHLAND CO ASHLAND SOUTH, OH ASHLAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE OCT 20 1977 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CALL 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION OFFICE WASO-166 TELEPHONE REPORT (August 1971) 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC DATE TITLE CALL NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL MAR 2 9 1978 Flory, Joseph, House Hon. Howard M.

Metzenbaum Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Delbert L. Latta Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. 880 Location STATE Harveysburg vicinity Mott/js Name Warren County Wood County Bowling Green vicinity Montgomery County Vermilion Institute Clayton vicinity Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ashland County Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Hayesville Dodge Site Hon.William H. Harsha 4/7/78 Hatton Farm Director, The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 OHIO 4 county code: MAR 2 9 1978 5 LOCATION street & number * STATE 11)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT (12)SOURCE OF NOMINATION - deteriorated Doriginal site 17 features: C SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 Omoved ED NOT INTACT-O Junexposed -reconstructed SO UNKNOWN -6 Ounexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE -9 - No Access 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 "first'O -COMMERCE- 6 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANMING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE-3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 TRANSPORTATION -25 major alterations : a architectural style(s): ©landscape architect / garden designer: G interior decorator: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP _date.

LIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION Hayesville ASSOCIATION Ashland ENGINEERING-11 FEDERAL PERSONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION builder/contractor: historic events: artist: ARCHITECTURE-4 INSTITUTIONAL: Hayesville Academy CURRENTLY: EVENTS: PH0506257 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Vermilion Institute Main and College Sts. Dexcellent LOCAL vicinity of Dfair ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET if state who prepared form?

ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 Daltered master builder: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno 17th Bfunctions Cunknown as it appears on federal register: Oruins GNPS REGION: ART-5 3date of entry: Ogood city / town - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC GROUP engineer: dates of initial construction: reviewers initials, SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) 3artisan: 2OTHER NAMES: OWNERXPRIVATE STATE MUNICIPAL COUNTY MULTIPLE FEDERAL(agenCy