Decorative drawing: a civic town hall with a clock tower and a portico. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Sheffield Village Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,674 words across 16 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 78002118, 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.

m No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED APR 1 8 1978 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE PUBLIC COMMERCIAL _WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE -BEING CONSIDERED -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS June SURVEY RECORDS 039 CODE LOCATION DATE OBJECT TITLE COUNTY HISTORIC Lorain ACCESSIBLE PEASE CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY Detroit Road PARK STATE TRANSPORTATION Lorain County Administration Building OWNERSHIP XEDUCATIONAL 093 SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE STATUS AGRICULTURE Ohio Historic Inventory Lorain County Regional Planning Commission NAME Sheffield Ohio PUBLIC ACQUISITION DATE ENTERED DEPOSITORY FOR Village of Sheffield Old District Schoolhouse X_PRIVATE - UNOCCUPIED 1978 226 Middle Avenue _DISTRICT Sheffield village Hall -INDUSTRIAL X_YES:RESTRICTED9 SIN PROCESS X_BUILDING(S) -MUSEUM Elyria JNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO OCT 5 -ENTERTAINMENT X RELIGIOUS _BOTH MILITARY NOTHER DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE &GOOD DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

cated on either side of a center window, although one has since been bricked up. The A transom is located directly over the remaining door openings The central window stone below it, signifying that this was originally a one room district schoolhouse. At to this space, but new flourescent fixtures have been installed and modern office furni- CONDITION DATE UNEXPOSED vane. DETERIORATED MOVED this building. EXCELLENT storage. The northwest vestibule, which has its exterior doorway bricked in, serves as a lavatory. The sides of this building are four bays long. The windows on the sides are treated vestibules is a podium, which is raised up about about one foot from the rest of the floor.
in the same fashion as the front openings; they are arched and have brick hood moldings CHECK ONE concealed behind a concrete block addition that runs the width of the building and opening is also arched and features the same type of hood molding as that over the doorway. fashion reminiscent of the work of Charles Eastlake.The cupola is crowned by a weather- This building isa one story rectangular building that is constructed of brick with fashion and features grooved and carved wood ornament.Above the peak of the roof is a On the interior, two corner vestibules are located in the front. These have curvigg ture and carpeting added bo the room.The rear portion that was recently added on is original building, is not visible from the front and does not disturb the interior Small blackboards are still attached to the side walls of the room near this podium.
the peak of the gable is elaborate wood bargeboard trim.It is assembled in a lattic=like -UNALTERED of the briglnag building. -RUINS -FAIR divided into offices This building has a full basement, but it is used only for The old village cemetery, Garfield Cemetery, is located immediately to the east of XALTERED The large interior space is finished off in plaster with simple wood trim aoound the win- cupola which housed the traditional school bell.This cupola is highly ornamented ina walls to minimize their projection into single large room.Between these projecting The gable of the front facade features a round window opening in its center and a date- The Village Hall is located ona spacious lawn with old shade trees towering over AREAS OF

Statement of significance

ducted in this building.. Thus, it is the center for the local government and is a symbol value of this building and plans to preserve it. They have requested National Register This building lies in the center of the village of Sheffield, a cluster of buildings 1400-1499 1883 1500-1599 1600-1699 organized. INVENTION ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ECONOMICS XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS XEDUCATION PERIOD RELIGION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE THEATER MILITARY INDUSTRY X1800-1899 _PHILOSOPHY 1700-1799 LITERATURE offices, the building's interior remains as one large open space with its original wood- of eight red brick schools in the township until school centralization began in 1920. _CONSERVATION listing for this building. - TRANSPORTATION work and plasterwork largely undisturbed.
- ENGINEERING _PREHISTORIC This building has been used as the village hall since 1933,when Sheffield village was -COMMERCE -1900- _LAW -COMMUNITY PLANNING Located on Detroit Road. It was built in 1883 from designs by E. Terrell, an architect E. Terrell ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC old one room schoolhouse left in the township that is still intact.This building is The Sheffield village Hall is important historically as a social center for the community and as one of the townships early one room schoolhouses.It is the only also an unusually good example of rural school architecture, due to its high degree of Sheffield village now uses this building as its town hall.Here are the offices of

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE July 1977 STREET & NUMBER (216) 322-4725 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 KEEPER OF THE NATIUNAL-REGISIER GPO 892.453 DATE CODE Eylria ORGANIZATION COUNTY NORTHING TELEPHONE Ohio ATTEST: UTM REFERENCES Doris Burrell,"sheffield Historic Buildings and Limited Edition Bicentenial Calendar",1977 The nomination includes the Village Hall and the Garfield Cemetery to the east of 21 Turner Block, Court Street ZONE EASTING and extends about 300 feet south of Detroit Road. Steven McQuilitn.planner FOR NPS USE ONLY The total frontage along Detroit Road is approvimately six hundred feet LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES LOCAL X ZONE Regional Planning Commission Lorain County Inventory - Review - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER Send-back Maps HAER Re-submit Photos TECHNICAL Working Number4.12. 78.
2966 Property HISTORIAN National Register Write-up CONTROL Federal Register Entry 78002118 INT:2106- BRANCH CHIEF State ARCHITECTURALLY ORNATE RURAL SCHOOLHOUSE ONE WHHCH HAS ALNAYS ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 ELABORATE CHEVFDLET 7) Sheffield Village Hall - 2 2) Sheffield, Ohio 3) Steven McQuillin OCT 5 6) Southeast corner, looking northwest APR 1 2 1978 5) Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 4) January 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Xoain County DOE 3) Steven McQuillin 5) Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 1) Garfield Cemetery 4) January 1978 2) Sheffield, Ohio 6) looking east from the village hall PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1978 SHEFFIELD VILLAGE HALL 1). Sheffield Village Hall 3). Steven McQuillin July 1977 5). Lorain County Regional Planning 7). Lor 3 Commission 6).
View Of North Facade Looking South PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 2). Sheffield, Ohio OCT 5 APR 1 2 1978 1). Sheffield Village Hall 2). Sheffield, Ohio OCT 5 4). July 1977 5). Lorain County Regional Planning APR 1 2 1978 Commission Southwest PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 6). View Of Northeast Corner, Looking 3). Steven McQuillin 7). Lor 3a DOE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheffield Village Hall APR 12 1978 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. AVON, OHIO AVON QUADRANGLE 5 1978 Cuyahoga County Wright, Dr. John A., House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum DI. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 10/12/78 Byers/bjr Toledo Location Director STATE Name Cleveland OHIO Sheffield Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Sheffield Village Hall Playhouse Square Group Honorable Donald J. Pease Lorain County Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Honorable Thomas L. Ashley Honorable Mary R.
Oakar Lucas County The Ohio Historical Society Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue OCT STAFF MEMBER: PHONE: DIVISION: REPORT: PROJECT: ADDRESS: DATE: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION To/FROM: TELEPHONE REPORT Sheffield Village Hall, Lorain County, Ohio vironment of the Village Hall.Buried here are individuals important to the The fencing is composed of round sandstone posts with slots through which cemetery is also surrounded by a unique Creek Revival style of fencing. history of the township and thus to the historic useage of the Hall.The The cemetery is an important part of the character of Sheffield and the en- pass planed wooden boards which become narrower in width from bottom to top.
SEP 1 9 1978 INITIALS INFORMATIVE MATERIAL SENT THE NATIONAL REGISTER OE HISTORIC PLACES TELEPHONE CALL (ATTACHED) DATE REC'D INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE (ATTACHED) OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 4 county code: OCT 5 II)CONGRESS.
DISTRICT 13th 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated 2O SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 3 Dexeellent Druins Omoved EC NOT INTACT-O Dreconstructed - Unknown Dunexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE-7 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE-B - LAW -16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING -31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 TRANSPORTATION - 25 Bfunctions major alterations : B architectural style(s): 1 landscape arehiteot / garden designer: @artisan: 3NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Lorain ASSOCIATION CONDITION ENTERTAINMENT-26 PH0667030 Sheffield PERSONAL: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: Detroit Rd.
builder/contractor: STATE EVENTS: LOCAL vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ENGINEERING-11 dates of initial construction: historic events: Sheffield Village Hall ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET master builder: Dunexposed SAVED?YES Old District Schoolhouse Dgood Daltered Ooriginal site GNPS REGION: NAME as it appears on federal register: city / town 1)features: WC UNKNOWN-4 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? DyesOno - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 C SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) Steven engineer: artist: interior decorator: LOCATION street & number Dfair