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

Nomination for Old Lawrence County Jail

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,419 words across 12 pages, filed in 1978. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 78002097, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 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 Clarence E. Miller - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _COMMERCIAL _WORK IN PROGRESS SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ENTERTAINMENT _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Dennie R. Lawson Rt. 4, Box 141 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 087 039 COUNTY CODE LOCATION BOTH Ironton DATE Lawrence Burlington EDUCATIONAL PARK ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC STATE Court Street CATEGORY INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION MILITARY STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP RECEIVED RELIGIOUS AGRICULTURE STATUS PUBLIC NAME Ohio 10th Courthouse Square Lawrence County Courthouse Proctorville _TRANSPORTATION _OTHER: XNO -SCIENTIFIC COURTHOUSE, PH0681792 _GOVERNMENT TITLE - UNOCCUPIED _OBJECT -MUSEUM DEC 22. 1073 _FEDERAL STATECOUNTY LOCAL PRIVATE DISTRICT XPRIVATE RESIDENCE Old Lawrence County Jail 7 DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The two-story Old Lawrence County Jail was built of stone in 1846-7. The CONDITION UNALTERED XALTERED RUINS EXCELLENT XGOOD DETERIORATED CHECK ONE building is square in plan,faced with vermiculated ashlar blocks.The the front on the first floor but has three windows on the second floor.The block.The roof is hip with a single chimney on the north side. the north end of the building) on the first floor and three windows on the _UNEXPOSED unadorned.To either side of the entrance is a single 2/2 pane window. sides of the building have three windows and a deeply recessed door (toward the length from north to south.Partitions have been removed and added to suit various owners since 1852when the building ceased to be used as a jail.
the second floor there are two,2/2 pane windowsplaced slightly further in -FAIR toward the center than those below.The rear of the building is the same as Originally all cell windows had bars.The interior has a center hall running second floor.The door on the west side has been filled in with concrete AREAS OF

Statement of significance

County was founded March 1, 1816 and was named for Captain James Lawrence, a 1817 by Edward Tapper, and the first county buildings were erected shortly three months, however, this idea was abandoned and the auditor was directed to Very little remains of Burlington, the first county seat of Lawrence County 1700-1799 1400-1499 EDUCATION X1800-1899 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD THEATER RELIGION BUILDER/ARCHITECT ART SIGNIFICANCE AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION MILITARY LITERATURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC John Sperry _COMMERCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT make arrangements for constructing an entirely new jail.A contract was awarded today.The jail building is the only structure surviving from this period. XARCHITECTURE PHILOSOPHY. continued in this use to the present.
was expressed in moving the county seat to Ironton, the center of the iron PREHISTORIC SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _COMMUNICATIONS down) were abandoned.The jail was converted to a private residence and has Architecturally, it is one of three pre-Civil War stone jails in Ohio.Lawrence The Old Lawrence County Jail is the only Lawrence County building remaining to settle upon a county seat and since Burlington was the only settlement within -1600-1699 posed constructing an addition to the original 1817 log and frame jail.After -1500-1599 -SCIENCE county seat was moved to Ironton in 1852,and the jail and courthouse torn -1900- -MUSIC -LAW the county limits, it was named the county seat.
SPECIFIC DATES 1846-1847 INVENTION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT iron furnaces were established throughout the area.These flourished between the pressed about the dilapidated condition of the county buildings, and interest producing area. Burlington was laid out in thereafter.Lawrence County was rich in iron ore and a number of cold blast pig Perhaps in response to this concern, the county commissioners pro- to John Sperry on August 5,1846.He completed the building in a year and on _INDUSTRY W. Virginia. Publishing Co. 1916. Chicago & Toledo. 1882.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one QUADRANGLE NAME QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL X 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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 DATE ZONE CODE ORGANIZATION Catlettsburg COUNTY TELEPHONE NORTHING Columbus Lawrence County Commissioners Journals Ohio Ohio Historical Society Gretchen Klimoski and David A. Simmons-Historic Preservation Office The nominated property consists of Lot 45 in the plat of Burlington measuring UTM REFERENCES July 1978 ZONE EASTING CHIEF OF REGISTRATION 466-1500 ext. 336 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1982 Velma Avenue FOR NPS USE ONLY approximately 152'by 68!,and isrecorded in Deed Book 1.p.161. 4215119.001 A Story About Lawrence County, Ohio. Paul Brown Publishing Company, Huntington A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio. Vol.1 The Lewis Gallia g Lawrence Counties, Historical Hand Atlas. H.H.
Hardesty G Co., Publishers ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN dee comment sheet Inventory - Send-back _ KEEPER OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Re-submit Review Photos National Register Write-up TECHNICAL Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF Working Numberg. 11. 78.
3847 11.22.7 -DEC 22 1978 0K 8.15.78 Entered INT:2106-74 CONTROL United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 78002097 2.6.79 Old Lawrence County Jail, Lawrence Co., Ohio Photographer: Larry Beers, 1973 DEC 2 2 1978 AUG 1 1 1978 Negatives: Ohio Historical Society North (front) and east sides Old Lawrence County Jail, Lawrence Co., Ohio Photographer: Larry Beers, 1973 Negatives: Ohio Historical Society South and west sides AUG 11 1978 DEC 221978 UNITED STATES CATLETTSBURG QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC Zone17 RIVER DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UTM Reference STATE OHIO DEC 2 2 1978 Akey, James, Farm Stone, Valerius C., House Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr 1/18/79 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.
Location Resource Burlington Austinburg Cincinnati Director Marion County Lawrence County Strongsville vicinity Name Hamilton County Wayne County Date Entered Wyatt's Tavern-Fort Morrow Site Congregational Church of Austinburg Dravo Gravel Site Cuyahoga County Ashtabula County Gas Street Lamps of Cincinnati Multiple Honorable Ralph Regula State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Clarence E. Miller Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Honorable J. William Stanton ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Honorable Thomas A. Luken The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Honorable Clarence J. Brown Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Old Lawrence County Jail CO.
JAIL INDIVIDUAL AESPONSE (ATTACHED) DATE ACTION TAKEN 1978 INITIALS DATE REC'D THE NATIONAL REGISTER OE HISTORIe PLACES NAME as it appears on federal register: Old Lawrence County Jail 6 LOCATION street & number city / town 11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - LOCAL - deteriorated 17) features: Dexcellent Oruins 9O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown Dunexeavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyes Ono 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 EOCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING-11 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 C ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 - RELIGION- 22 D SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY - historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY -18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY -13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION -25 major alterations : 1 interior decorator: EVENTS : IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Lawrence CONDITION Burlington Midwest ASSOCIATION date PRIVATE ORGANIZATION artisan: STATE PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: builder/contractor: historic events: engineer: CURRENTLY: reviewers initials COMMERCE-6 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 artist: Court St.
ADMINISTRATOR: URBAN PLANNING-31 architectural style(s): vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Bfunctions county code: if state who prepared form? master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET SAVED?YES NPS REGION: Xo Access Coriginal site 2 OTHER NAMES: Oreconstructed - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 'first'D @dates of initial construction: 087 ETHNIC GROUP landscape architect/garden designer: ACREAGE Daltered Dfair Dgood