Nomination for Highland County Courthouse

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Form No. 10-300 REV.

(9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JUN 2 6 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED AUG 24 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Hi l1 shoro - VICINITY OF 6th Harsha PRESENT USE COMMERCIAL _WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED X GOVERNMENT _YES: UNRESTRICTED MILITARY OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS June, 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 DATE same COUNTY LOCATION UNOCCUPIED CODE AGRICULTURE ACCESSIBLE OBJECT CLASSIFICATION SITE PARK Highland BOTH SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT STATE HISTORIC MUSEUM STRUCTURE 071 NAME CATEGORY OTHER: STATUS County Administration Building Highland County BEING CONSIDERED PRIVATE c/o Board of Commissioners OWNERSHIP Highland County Courthouse Heritage Committee Survey, Highland County Bicentennial Commission Highland House (Historical Society) Ohio _TRANSPORTATION COURTHOUSE, - EDUCATIONAL BUILDING(S) Office of the County Recorder Main Street G High Street DATA SHEET ENTERTAINMENT FEDERAL STATE COUNTY XLOCAL 6th TITLE - RELIGIOUS XPUBLIC DESCRIPTION X DETERIORATED X ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Highland County Courthouse is a T-shaped two-story brick building with a the rear or western end of the original rectangular block, forming what are now by smooth stone water table. The foundation of the 1873 annex is rock-faced cut The facade, which is the gable end of the original block, was laid up in flemish It is characterized by half-round Ionic pilasters that separate the three two-story bays and support a full pediment with a wide molded entablature board. A finely detailed fret band and larger scale dentil molding adorns the entablature and consists of double doors surrounded by stone banding, transom light, and a The side elevations of the original block feature a six bay blind arcade laid up as on the facade. The walls of the annex, also laid in common bond, are plain and pierced only by the 6/6 windows.

Gables with pediments similar to the facade are at the endsof the annex. A gablet with similar details is in the center of the A photograph taken in 1873 prior to the construction of the annex shows a natural brick exterior. Sometime before 1916, the date of a second photograph, the exterior pilasters and the entire structure is painted white. The dome, which has a small spire and weathervane on top, is painted gold. CONDITION DATE EXCELLENT MOVED UNALTERED UNEXPOSED FAIR limestone block. The rubble stone foundation under the original portion of the courthouse is topped turning the brick to its natural appearance. board and the raking cornice of the pediment.The tympanum of the pediment is The gabled roof is covered with asphalt shingle.Near the front of the original commonly called the north and south wings. well as those around the entire structure have plain stone lintels and sills.

CHECK ONE -GOOD RUINS the Federal and Greek Revival of the two flanking bays that surround 6/6 double hung windows. These windows, as block is an octagonal belfry that has half-round pilasters that support a projecting walls were painted white. This paint was removed in 1976 by wet sandblasting, re- fanlight above the transom.There are blind rounded arches on the first stories in common bond.The narrow entablature board and cornice have identical molding cornice topped bya domed roof.Round arched shuttered openings are between the measured sixty-eight feet by forty-five feet.In 1873,an annex was built onto composed of flush horizontal wooden siding.The main entrance is in the center bay Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JUN 2 6 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AUG 24 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 There are two secondary entrances besides the main entrance, one facing south no longer used, runs from the second floor of the county jail into the judge's chambers on the second floor of the Courthouse. The Courthouse Square itself is landscaped beautifully and takes up a city block. There is a Civil War cannon on the lawn and angled parking completely surrounds however, includes only the Courthouse. The Courthouse is located within a community of very fine 19th century buildings with Italianate, French Second Empire, and Romanesque styling. Item 8

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Significance The South Central Ohio Preservation Society has worked on a district nomination for of the long history of the district nomination and to permit the county commissioners to apply for needed preservation grants-in-aid. DATE ENTERED by simple molded pilasters. FOR NPS USE ONLY Little original fabric remains in the interior of the Courthouse. The lower story circular alcove that is separated from the main room by a segmental arch supported downtown Hillsboro that would include the Courthouse since 1973. Because of the large dependence of this organization on volunteers, the nomination has not been completed.

This nomination is being forwarded at this time as a consequence PAGE (Hev.10-74) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE SCULPTURE XSOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X 1800-1899 _OTHER (SPECIFY) Pleasant Arthur STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The Highland County Courthouse is significant for three reasons: its unusual blend of styles represents a transition in architectural development; it has served the people of the county as the center of governmental life for nearly one hundred and provides a source of identity for the county. form a simple, balanced design typical of the Greek Revival style. Yet several other major exterior features, the blind arcades, fanlight of the main entrance, and oc- and spired, and thus enhances the structure by lessening the severity of the classical The Courthouse, as the political center of the county, has housed not only the Common Pleas and Probate Courts and records, but also the offices of various county officials. The building still serves in this capacity, and is the oldest courthouse still functional in the State of Ohio.

bicentennial celebrations, and, on November 17, 1897, ceremonies commemorating the social and governmental functions, the Courthouse gives the local citizens a direct link to their own past. The contract for the construction of the Courthouse was awarded by the county commis- who served as a commissioner at that time, and was constructed by his brother basic structure has not changed since that time. ART 1600-1699 1400-1499 COMMERCE mode.

LAW PERIOD INVENTION PHILOSOPHY SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT 1900- AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LITERATURE MILITARY EDUCATION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC MUSIC _COMMUNICATIONS XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT 1873 when a $15,000 annex was added at the rear of the original Courthouse.The XARCHITECTURE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY _1700-1799 _PREHISTORIC _CONSERVATION _TRANSPORTATION THEATER .ENGINEERING The architectural transition is best demonstrated by the most prominent featuresof _RELIGION fifty years; and itisa landmark for the local residents as well as visitors,,and -ECONOMICS -1500-1599 SPECIFIC DATES 1833-1835, 1873 The classical cornices, pediment, and six Ionic pilasters of the facade tagonal belfry, are more closely related to the Federal style. The belfry is domed Finally, the Courthouse has an intrinsic significance aside from its functional value.

It has been the focal point of many social activities, including centennial and soldiers of the county who served in the Civil War. As a center for the county's Christopher. The limestone foundation, the bricks,, and the timber used for construction ioners to Jonathan Harvey on February 13,1832.The contract was re-let on February the building.T

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Elsie Johnson Ayres, The Hills of Highland, (H.K. Skinner & Son, Springfield, Ohio), Hillsboro, Ohio), 1878. The History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, (William Brothers, Cleveland) 1880. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 0.7875 Hillsboro, Ohio QUADRANGLE NAME UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The Courthouse is bounded by the curb lines of High, Main, Gov.

Trimble, and LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY Dennis Washburn, Deputy Clerk March 30, 1978 STREET & NUMBER (513) 393-1911 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL V 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 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED INTHENATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 ORGANIZATION TITLE DATE CODE NORTHING 1971.

TELEPHONE COUNTY County Administration Building ZONE EASTING ATTEST: Ohio Highland County Board of Commissioners Gov.Foraker Streets.The nomination does not include the Sheriff's Office and Jail. CHIEF OF REGISTRATION James Thompson, The History of the County of Highland,(The Hillsboro Gazette, FOR NPS USE ONLY AL,7 274440 QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 NAME/ TITLE Deborah Barrington, Regional Preservation Officer and ZONE Inventory - AUG 24 1978 OTHER KEEPER HAER Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Entered Photos Review Maps Re-submit Property TECHNICAL BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF State National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.

7 INT:2106-74 ACCEPT 8-7-7) Hillsboro, Ohio February, Negatives: Muntz Road, Hillsboro, Ohio East elevation, front view AUG 24 1978 JUN 2 6 1978 Highland County Courthouse Lester Wallis, Photographer PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hillsboro, Ohio February, 1978 Lester Wallis, Photographer Negatives, Muntz Road, Hillsboro, Ohio Highland County Courthouse AUG 24 1978 JUN 2 6 1978 Hillsboro, Ohio February, 1978 North elevation, side view JUN 2 6 1978 AUG 24 1978 Highland County Courthouse PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lester Wallis, Photographer February, 1978 JUN 2 6 1978 AUG 24 1978 1873 Highland County Courthouse Lester Wallis, Photographer PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hiilsboro, Ohio Negatives: Muntz Road, Hillsboro, Ohio Hillsboro, Ohio Date: Unknown East elevation, front view when the JUN 2 6 1978 AUG 24 1978 Highland County Courthouse Photographer: Unknown PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER courthouse was painted white Hillsboro, Ohio AUG 24 1978 JUN 2 6 1978 Highland County Courthouse Southeast elevation PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER added- building at left was the jail Date: l873 just before the wing was Unknown Photographer: JUN 26 1978 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) HILLSBORO QUADRANGLE UTM Reference N3907.5 - W8330/7.5 DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HIGHLAND COUNTY OLDEST IN USE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AS A COURTHOUSE IN OHIO COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHLAND COUNTY HILLSBORO, OHIO 45133 393-1911 JOHN R.

EVANS RICHARD C. HILL BUILT 1975-1976 DORIS EDGINGTON, Clerk BUILT 1832-1834 August 7, 1978 Dear Mrs. Rowland: United States Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. 20240 Highland County, Ohio had with you regarding the placing of the Highland County We are presently remodeling the interior of this structure, in keeping est courthouse in continuous use in the state of Ohio. We would greatly appreciate any help you can give on expediting the approval of our request as soon as possible. Highland County, Ohio Sincerely, Mr.William J. Murtagh Harriet Fenner Stivers Board of County Commissioners the re-dedication since this structure was erected in 1832-1834 and is the old- Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Courthouse on the National Register of Historic Places.

with the historic significance of the exterior and hope tobe able to incor- We are confirming a telephone conversation that Judge Darrell Hottle of cation ceremonies. Our plans are to hold these ceremonies on or about porate the placement of the building on the National Register in our re-dedi- Highland County, Ohio COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHLAND COUNTY JOHN R. EVANS HARRIET FENNER STIVERS RICHARD C. HILL BUILT 1975-1976 DORIS EDGINGTON, Clerk August 7, 1978 Dear Mrs. Rowland: United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Washington, D. C. 20240 Highland County, Ohio had with you regarding the placing of the Highland County Courthouse on the National Register of Historic Places.

We are presently remodeling the interior of this structure, in keeping with the historic significance of the exterior and hope to be able to incor- est courthouse in continuous use in the state of Ohio. approval of our request as soon as possible. Board of County Commissioners Mr. William J. Murtagh Sincerely, HILLSBORO, OHIO 45133 393-1911 OLDEST IN USE AS A COURTHOUSE IN OHIO BUILT 1832-1834 porate the placement of the building on the National Register in our re-dedi- October 1, 1978. We are anticipating a very large, state-wide, attendance at We are confirming a telephone conversation that Judge Darrell Hottle of DMINISTRATION BUILDING Norma AUG 2 2 1978 THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 8-23-78 DATE REC'D INITIALS DATE ACTION TAKEN Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Location 8/28/78 Director STATE Name Hillsboro Highland County Courthouse The Ohio Historical Society Highland County State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable William H. Harsha Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue OHIO John Boyd 1976 of the 2:00 p.m. - November 5, 1978 REDEDICATION Highland County Court House Hillsboro, Ohio in continuous use as a Courthouse in the State of Ohio: Only Meigs and Lawrence Counties have older structures, neither of which is now used for Courthouse purposes. Judges present, Richard Evans, John Davidson, and Jonathan Berryman. An- other special session was held June 11, 1805 with Associates Davidson and Ohio Constitution convened June 12, 1805 at New Market with Judge Robert F. Slaughter, President and Presiding, Davidson and Berryman as Associate Judges.

The last Court session to be held in New Market was on July 20, 1807 in George W. Barrere's Tavern, although some of the previous sessions had been held in the woods of New Market. now the Parker Hotel site. (South side of W. Main Street, East side of the alley West of the Court House) received in payment of taxes by the County Treasurer. settled for $666.66.

The first Court held in Highland County, Ohio was that of an organiza- ion special session on May 16, 1805 at New Market, with three Associate Highland County's first Common Pleas Court session held under the 1803 The First Court session in Hillsboro, the County's permanent seat of Justice, met November 9, 1807 at the Joseph Knox Tavern, located on what is On July 27, 1807 bids for the first Courthouse were let to John Shields of Chillicothe and work on the building, after clearing the Courthouse square, of Beech Street, and was first used June 30, 1810 by the County Commissioners for arbitration claims. The first Courthouse was 40 feet square and located equidistant 33 teet from Main and High Streets, a recess in the west wall pro- viding room for the Bench.

It was a two storv building with four offices on the second floor, was bid at $3,650.00 and finally cost $699.79 additionally bevond the original estimate and bid. Doors were left open and sheep and wild animals found shelter in the house of Justice. A small shed stored skins and pelts The lack of room in and bad foundation of the building led to the con- struction of the 68 x 45 Courthouse, begun in 1832 and completed and used in Henry who died and Christopher Arthur completed, receiving final payment in April 1835 after arbitration of his thousand dollar additional claim had been and other timbers, together with hand worked materials to construct the ceiling dome and appurtenances.

When the second floor was removed in April 1978, four hand hewn solid oak beams 11 inches square and 45 feet long sup der case when the beam on the first floor directly beneath the location was found broken and was replaced. Two of the beams were left by the Contractor in the building as it presently stands. The Commissioners let a contract in 1883 for an addition to the west end of the Courthouse and remodeling of the interior of the original building. which was completed in 1884, all at a cost of $15,000.00. The addition is that part of the present building running north and south and forming the wings to the original building.

Circa 1873 Lester Wallis presumably from the weight of crowded spectators during the 1925 Boggs mur- found with ashes left from many decades; the Courtroom had six covered In 1938, bond issues for construction of a new Courthouse and, alterna- tively for remodeling the Courthouse were both defeated: respectively the amounts were $96,250.00 and $41,250.00. $30,000.00 and $35,000.00, Jerry Foley being the stone mason. Madison and Pickaway Counties. In 1884 Circuit Courts were instituted as successors to the District Court: Highland County was placed in the Fourth District, in which the County is now lished as successors to the Circuit Courts by the Ohio Constitution of 1912 preservation.

Claude West 1916 Clyde Maines, Contractor, because of the then County Commissioners' fear of The present jail and Sheriff s residence - now used as part of the jail fa- ilities - constructed in 1894 and completed May 29. 1895, cost between and Associate Judges appointed in each county not exceeding three and not less than two: Highland County was included in the Middle Circuit. The Ohio Constitution of 1851 divided the Common Pleas Judiciary of )hio into nine districts, which, in turn, were each divided into three parts with a Judge elected from each: abolished Associate Judges, the three Judges in each District composing, for the first time, a District Court to be an intermediate Court between the Common Pleas and Supreme Courts.

Highland County was n the second subdivision of the Fifth Circuit, composed of Highland, Ross anc ayette Counties - later composed of the same counties with the addition of one of fifteen in the Appellate District; Appellate Courts having been estab- celebration. were danger and their reluctance to make the necessary public expenditure for stove-pipe flues (vent outlet).The ornate chimneys were torn off in 1961 by JUDGES HAVING SERVED IN HIGHLAND COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT as nearly as can be ascertained to date: June 1805-06 Common Pleas Court session under 1803 Constitution and the Act organizing Ohio Courts at New Market June 12, 1805.) John W. Price Levin L. Belt (First Common Pleas Court Owen T. Fishback held in Hillsboro November 9, 1807 at Knox Tavern.) Shepard T. Norris UNDER 1851 CONSTITUTION John L. Green Wm. H. Safford Henry M. Huggins 1872-81 (Oct.) Samuel F.

Steele Cyrus Newby A. S. Dickey T. M. Gray N. Craig McBride Robert M. Briggs John M. VanMeter Oct. 1881-Feb. '82 A. S. Dickey and Robert M. Briggs James H. Thompson Darrell R. Hottle James R. Emrie George B. Gardner J. B. Worley Albert G. Matthews Robert M. Dittey Joseph W. Watts Robert D. Lilley LeRoy Kelly H. P. Morrow A. G. Matthews J. Frank Wilson Charlton Myers William M. Meek O. H. Hughes Orland W. Roades James C. Norton T. M. Watts A probate court was created by the legislative authority of the Northwest probate jurisdiction was defined and conferred exclusively upon the Common Pleas Court.

The present Constitution, adopted in 1851, requires the establish- History of the County of Highland - Thompson Hills of Highland - Elsie Johnson Ayres Highland Pioneer Sketches - Elsie Johnson Ayres 1906 1913 1944 1876 1879 1873 1860 1807-09 1919-36 1864 1921 1897 1894 1933 1888 1892-1918 1829-33 1882-91 1861-68 1810-23 Sources 1869-71 1858-59 1824-28 1848-51 1937-54 1851 1852-56 1874-75 1857 1855 George Collings James Sloane Joshua Collett John Thompson ment of Probate Courts. was abolished by the Constitution of which a George J. Smith George W. McDowell Richard L. Davis A History of the Early Settlement of Highland County Ohio - Scott History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio - Williams Brothers 1965 1834-40 1841-47 1955- Back Row: Robert J. Smith, Forrest F. Beery, Ronald L. Swonger, Hillsboro City Solici- tor James D.

Hapner, Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Richard L. Davis, Highland County Court Judge Conrad A. Curren, Common Pleas Judge Darrell R. Hottle, J. Mel Second Row: Hillsboro City Prosecutor and Vice President of Highland County Bar Association Eugene A. Pyle, Hillsboro Municipal Judge Jon C. Hapner, Assistant Prose- cuting Attorney Ralph W. Phillips, Sarah C. Duncan, Helen Pulse Roades, W. Ralph Front Row: John O. Crouse, Prosecuting Attorney and Secretary-Treasurer Highland County Bar Association Rocky A. Coss, President of Highland County Bar Association Carroll V. McKinney, Robert B. McMullen, David W. Pence, JeffreyJ. Hoskins. Absent: David N. McBride and Robert L. McBride. Darrell R. Hottle Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Richard L. Davis Pence. Bar Association McKinley. Common Pleas Judge Richard C. Hill, John R. Evans, Harriet Fenner Stivers Clerk of Courts Wendell E.

Pitzer Hugh R. Rogers RENOVATION APPROVAL COMMITTEE Richard C. Hill, John R. Evans, Harriet Fenner Stivers - County Commissioners Probate Judge Richard L. Davis, Wendell E. Pitzer - Clerk of Courts Sheriff Hugh R. Rogers, George Waddell - Common Pleas Court Representative Sheriff Highland County Commissioners 2:00 p.m. - November S, 1978 Common Pleas Court Room - 2nd Floor Introductory Remarks. .. ... Carroll V. McKinney Pres. Highland County Bar .. Rev. Roland Fierce, Pastor Hillsboro First United Methodist Church ... Hon. Darrell R. Hottle Judge of the Common Pleas Court Richard Hill, Chm. H. Co. Comm. .. Hon. Richard L. Davis, Judge of the Probate Division of Common Pleas Court Hon. Homer E. (Pete) Abele District Court of Appeals . Rev. Wendell Harewood, Wayman A.M.E.

Chapel, Hillsboro Visitors are invited to tour this building and the jail during STAFF CLERK OF COURTS Dawn Nill Wilma Burton STAFF OF THE COMMON PLEAS COURT Court Reporter Mrs. Dinah T. (James) Phillips Ass't. Court Reporter Miss Jane Dean Chief Bureau of Support Mrs. Anita (Clarence) Burkett Probation Officer Gary Cooper Jury Commissioners Mrs. Annalou (John) Lucas, Hubert Robison STAFF OF PROBATE AND JUVENILE COURT Chief Deputy Doris Jean (Mrs. Owen) Pierce Deputy Clerk Ruth (Mrs. Harold) Overstake Deputy Clerk Elsie (Mrs. Gerald) Bailey Probation Officer Richard L. Hill Architect: Wright-Keske-Kritschgau, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) General Contractor: Great Oaks Company, Inc.

(Washington C.H., Ohio) Finance Underwriters: Conners & Co., Inc., Seasongood & Mayer Distributed by Highland County Historical Society Invocation Rededication Program Rededication Remarks Remarks and Introduction Betty Kerns Presiding Judge 4th of Highland County Chief Justice Courts of Appeals of Ohio the hours 1-5 p.m.Please sign the registration book.

Benediction AUG 24 1978 ® CONDITION - deteriorated Omoved Ounexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain "first'O -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE -6 C ENTERTAINMENT-26| - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 - URBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' D - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 C MILITARY - 18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 J MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL -30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 O INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION- 25 3 functions @dates of initial construction: major alterations : @architectural style(s): @master builder: *landscape arohiteot / garden designer: Sartisan: EVENTS : CONATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Highland Hillsboro ASSOCIATION PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 6th STATE historic events: interior decorator: INSTITUTIONAL: artist: builder/contractor: CURRENTLY: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Deborah Barrington reviewers initials ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 Highland County Courthouse vicinity of NOT INTACT-O Dreconstructed Main and High Sts.

Dexcellent date. SAVED?YES Ofair 2OTHER NAMES Oruins NAMES give role & date Ogood Dfeatures city / town SOURCE of NOMINATION Ooriginal site - O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 -YES - Unrestricted - No Access -EXPLORATION -12 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21) engineer: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 UNKNOWN-6 UNKNOWN-5 Daltered YES.MAM