Nomination for Norfolk And Western Railroad Depot

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 15 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEP 13 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.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 10th Clarence Miller VICINITY OF PRESENT USE - WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE XYES: RESTRICTED _IN PROCESS _BEING CONSIDERED YES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER:vacanT OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

Lawrence County Courthouse, Recorder's Office 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Historic Inventory June 28, 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 45638 Ironton Lawrence 039 087 LOCATION MUSEUM DATE CODE ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT SITE COUNTY MILITARY BOTH CLASSIFICATION RECEIVED TITLE HISTORIC OWNERSHIP RELIGIOUS STATE ACCESSIBLE Columbus SCIENTIFIC CATEGORY TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE _STRUCTURE PRIVATE NAME XBUILDING(S) STATUS LOCCUPIED City of Ironton PUBLIC ACQUISITION XUNOCCUPIED Corner of Fourth and Center Streets Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot Ohio Historic Preservation Office Memorial Hall,Fourth Street DATE ENTERED _GOVERNMENT DATA SHEET _COMMERCIAL XPUBLIC _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY _PARK Ohio (Rev. 10-74) First Street at intersection with Park _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL PA 0664766 Ohio 43211 Park Avenue COURTHOUSE.

7 DESCRIPTION X ALTERED -MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Situated near the bank of the Ohio River, the Ironton Norfolk and rigidly symmetrical windows and two entrances, all richly adorned and mounted by pulvinated friezes, triangular stone pediments and blind are decorated by alternating stone and brick voussoirs, which are rad1a- lasters and decorative pediments have been removed for antic1pated CONDITION bars. EXCELLENT DETERIORATED RUINS transoms similar to those of the entrances. terior wall surfaces are surmounted by a full entablature decorated with underside of the pedimental cornices. There is no basement. The central block and the wings each have a hip roof covered with metal. Western Railway Depot is a one story building consisting of a central _UNALTERED molding and scroll modillions with acanthus, is still intact. XORIGINAL SITE walls of the building are of common bond brick in Flemish variation.

The facade windows of the central block are divided by mullions. CHECK ONE _GOOD run parallel to the long axis of the depot to the immediate rear. The interior appointments in the form of wooden wainscoting, pi- There are no outbuildings connected with the building. Railroad tracks -UNEXPOSED Iluted Ionic columns resting on stone pedestals. The foundation and The corners of the building have imitation brick quoins.The ex-] pedimental raking cornices are decorated with a round cartouche remodeling.However, these materials have been salvaged and are stored block flanked on both sides by wings of lesser elevation.Projecting dentils.Block modillions also adorn the cornices of the main section.

are protected by the portico, have crossetted stone architraves adorned The rectangular windows are sur- The facade of the central block is divided into nine bays by vertical glass pane in each door.The blind transoms of the doorways window is either missing or covered by boards.The windows of the old decorated with cream colored marble.Egg and dart molding borders the XFAIR from the central block is a three bay pedimented portico with four AREAS OF

Statement of significance

In the early_Iwentieth Century, Ironton, Ohio, was in the heart of classical Revival, Norfolk and Western Depot in 1906 and 1907. The Nor- folk and Western Railroad had come to Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1881 when it acquired the old Scioto Valley Railroad. In addition to serving the First Baptist Church, Colonial American Bank Building and the Boxley 1500-1599 COMMERCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EDUCATION ART SIGNIFICANCE AGRICULTURE PERIOD SCULPTURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC PREHISTORIC PHILOSOPHY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _COMMUNICATIONS LITERATURE changing from charcoal iron manufacturing to the modern steel industry. XTRANSPORTATION _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _CONSERVATION _1800-1899 transportation in Ironton,Ohio,and its architectural merit.

The Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot is significant for its role in formal education was received at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot retains much of its original fabric of architecture.Still appreciated by the community of Ironton,Ohio, and character. The generated wealth of that period is reflected in Ironton's present _1700-1799 The building with its richness of classical detailing, stands as INVENTION -1600-1699 which plans to rehabilitate the depot for an appropriate use, the in l9o7,Frye designed the building early in his career. -ENGINEERING -1400-1499 -ECONOMICS _THEATER -MILITARY -RELIGION -INDUSTRY BUILDER/ARCHITECT Edward G. Frye - LAW MUSIC Building, all in Roanoke, Virginia. Frye designed many buildings for air transportation. the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company in the course of his career.

Important-people who stopped at the Norfolk and Western Depot include station in the heyday of railroad traffic before the advent of truck and design of Longwood and Radford Colleges in Virginia.Other buildings This firm was responsible for the architectural the needs of industry, the depot served as a passenger and freight resource of Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century domestic architecture, The same economic activityyresulted in the erection of the Neo- firm of Frye and Stone. designed by Edward G.Frye are the Roanoke Municipal Building in l9l9, at an architectural school in Virginia.He commenced his practice in At that time the local industry was In the years after l9o7 many buildings were designed by Edward G.

X1900- built on the grand scale by local industrialists, The depot was designed by Edward G.Frye of Virginia.Frye's Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.A The depot was used until+l969,when it was closed.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Paul Brown, A Story About Lawrence County, Ohio, Paul Brown Pub. Co., Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Ohio, Pub. by State of Ohio, 1908 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY -73 acre UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Midway between Center & Vernon Streets on Norfolk. & Western R.R. Line. STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY Jane Elizabeth Baughman, intern ORGANIZATION Brook: South Central Ohio Preservation Socfety July 1, 1977 Baughman: Ironton Block Grant Program 614 533-0598 Ohio 45661 Baughman: Ironton Ohio 45638 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).

I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE DATE 3- 8- 78 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE 9/13 78 ATTEST GPO 892-453 CODE TITLE NORTHING ZONE COUNTY hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the NAME/TiTLE David Brook,South Central Ohio Regional Preservationist ZONE EASTING KEFPER OE THE NATIONAL REGISTER Kelfer, Mrs. Alan (Jackie), unpublished paper, "Norfolk and Western Depot", 1977.Paper in possession of South Central Ohio Preservation Office.

Ohio Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot Photos _ BRANCH CHIEF OTHER 3.15.78.2680 KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back HAER CONTROL Maps Lawrence Re-submit HISTORIAN TECHNICAL Working Number Property National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF State 78002099 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Ohio 7:7:78 THE BUILOING ARCHITECTURAL Review 1.7.78 Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio Photo by David Brook, August 10, 1976 SEP 13 1978 MAR 15 1978 Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ave. First St. at intersection with Park View of facade and SE side of depot. Ohio. Looking to the NW. Negative at Scops, Box 6, Piketon, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio Photo by David Brook, August 10, 1976 SEP 13 1978 MAR 15 1978 Ave. Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot Looking to the SE. View of rear and Nw side of the depot First St.

at intersection with Park Ohio. Negative at Scops, Box 6, Piketon, No. 222 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER AMAR 1 5 1978 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES IRONTON, OHIO - KY. IRONTON QUADRANGLE ) State Route SEP 13 1978 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Sandusky Ironton Location Lawrence County Director Erie County Name Towers STATE Zanesville Holy Cross Monastery and Chapel Cuyahoga County Cincinnati Gallipolis Depot Cleveland The Ohio Historical Society Gallia County Date Entered Also Notified Honorable Willis D.

Gradison State Historic Preservation Officer Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot Lindler Building ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio Hospital for Epileptics Stone Water Byers/bjr 9/15/78 Muskingum County Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Hamilton County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Clarence E. Miller Honorable Donald J. Pease Lafayette Lodge Number 79 Honorable Mary Rose Oakar Dr. Thomas H. Smith 3 OTHER NAMES: - county code: SEP 13 1978 STATE 1st St. and Park Ave.

D deteriorated Dexcellent Oruins 2D NOT INTACT-O -good - Unknown Ounexcavated - No Access -RECREATION -28 @OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 "first'C - COMMERCE-6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW-16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS - 7 - EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O -AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - 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 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 a6) architectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: " interior decorator: @artisan: @builder/contractor: EVENTS : _date.

IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Ironton Lawrence PH0664766 engineer: ETHNIC ASSOCIATION CONDITION FEDERAL GROUP artist: vicinity of PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 CURRENTLY: functions URBAN PLANWING-31 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ENGINEERING-11 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot historic events: Dunexposed NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET dates of initial construction: Ohio Preservation Soc master builder: ADMINISTRATOR: S.Cen. Dfair Daltered Doriginal site SAVED? YES Omoved 3date of entry: BNPS REGION: 12SOURCE Of NOMINATION city / town CONGRESS. DISTRICT 10th - LOCAL Oreconstructed ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 ACCESS 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) major alterations : Ireviewers initials. - LOCATION NAMES give role & date NOT APPLICABLE-8 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno Tfeatures: