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

Nomination for Mendon Town Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,580 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 78002140, 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. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DEC 2 9 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Rep. Tennyson Guyer - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION XYES: RESTRICTED IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Mendon Mercer 039 LOCATION CODE COUNTY DATE UNOCCUPIED BOTH Celina CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE TITLE STATE PARK Courthouse Columbus OBJECT COMMERCIAL OWNERSHIP CATEGORY HISTORIC SITE DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION SCIENTIFIC PRIVATE MILITARY XENTERTAINMENT STATUS Ohio Historic Inventory NAME XBUILDING(S) XPUBLIC Village of Mendon _INDUSTRIAL Mercer County Courthouse South Main Street October 1977 Ohio _EDUCATIONAL The Ohio Historic Preservation Office,The Ohio Historical XGOVERNMENT _RELIGIOUS The Mendon Town Hall -STRUCTURE FOR NPS USE ONLY -OTHER: NOV 1 41978 Society Courthouse Square AGRICULTURE RECEIVED _MUSEUM PH0 68762b 7 DESCRIPTION X UNALTERED XORIGINAL SITE X GOOD MOVED DATE_ 1s directly north of the Hall, the bank is directly west, and both of the Iloor windows on central portions of both sides have round-arched buff CONDITION EXCELLENT DETERIORATED RUINS shelters a small 2nd floor balcony with railing.The front entrance below frieze is of buff brick.

The first floor of the interior houses the Village and Township a traffic light.The downtown block with Mendon's few stores and businesses ceilings lowered, transoms covered, and open stairway to 2nd floor enclosed. Main Street is Memorial Park, with its cannon and statue erected by the The Hall is constructed of dark red brick trimmed in buff brick. Fire escapes lead down from the 2nd floor on the west and south sides. only exterior alteration has been the movement of octagonal bell-tower from as opera house and theatre, it retains the wooden theatre seats, sloping floor and balcony.

Velvet curtains and canvas backdrops painted with 1/1 double hung sash with stone sills.Eight of these also have buff brick the village of Mendon.This stately brick structure lies on the town's This shallow portico on the facade is topped by a triangular pediment and various scenes and with local advertisements remain on the stage. _UNEXPOSED Two outhouses made of tile block still grace the rear of the building. The CHECK ONE local members of the G.A.R. in 1908. the front of the roof to the rear Nw corner. _FAIR busiest intersection, which has, by the way, a 4-way stopsign rather than brick hoodmould and stone sill. All other windows are plain, rectangular DATE The wide The classical influence can be seen in the columns of the pedimented portico are of buff brick.Cornice is boxed and trimmed with dentils.

The wide flat arch lintel.Water table is stone, approximately 1o" wide.Quoins AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1904 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

of 1905 entertainment was coming to the Hall, and receipts from the shows ART INVENTION THEATER PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE LAW COMMUNICATIONS ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT INDUSTRY XARCHITECTURE XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT COMMERCE LITERATURE X1900- _PHILOSOPHY MILITARY _TRANSPORTATION According to the Minutes of town council and township trustees, The Mendon Town Hallsprimary significance stems from the fact that are strongly committed to the building, and proud of its architecture and it has functioned as the governmental and social center of the village XSOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN This group uses the 2nd floor for showing movies and is anxious to restore of its long record of service to the community. _SCULPTURE the theatre to its former position in the social life of the community.

And because the Village is so small and shows no evidence of another -1500-1599 economic boom, there is no pressure to move out of the Village offices Christian, Rockford, Ohio,were accepted and he was given the building discovery of oil and gas in nearby fields contributed to a boom that -1400-1499 _EDUCATION -CONSERVATION and the Village of Mendon.It was erected by their joint effort in 19o4. _RELIGION - ENGINEERING -1700-1799 - ECONOMICS -1600-1699 _SCIENCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT William W. Christian _1800-1899 died out.It was revived in1977,with the formation of a Cinema Club. lasted from about 1880 to the 1920's.

MUSIC Union Township, and is used jointly and owned jointly by Union Township Christian was released from his contract by December of 19o4.By January because of lack of space and facilities.The township and the village planning for the building began late in 19o3.The plans of William W. The coming of the railroad and the are recorded in the Minutes.At Hall turned a nice

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The History of Mercer County. S.S.Scranton, 1907. Sutton, 1882. of Union Township, Dec. 1903 through Jan. 1905. LO GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than 1 acre UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Lois J. Rock, Local Records Specialist STREET & NUMBER Center for Archival Collections, University Library (419) 372-2411 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY GPO 892.453 CODE DATE ORGANIZATION COUNTY NORTHING TELEPHONE 5/5/78 Bowling Green Mercer County Courthouse Records. plat of Mendon, at the intersection of Main and Market Streets. ATTEST: The Ohio Historical Society The History of Van Wert & Mercer Counties. ZONE EASTING Located on the Southwest corner of the Public Square of the original LOCAL X AL16/ 210,9170,0 4,5/9512 30J As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE Square has no lot number.) Working Number /1.14. 78. 453/ OK 11.15.78 DEC 2 9 1978 Re-submit .

KEEPER OTHER HAER Inventory CONTROL Entered Send-back Photos ARCHEOLOGIST State Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service REVIEW UNIT Maps HISTORIAN TECHNICAL 12.29.78 PHOTO NO. 1 Mendon, Mercer, Ohio Lois Rock, 10/77 DEC 2 S 1978 Photographer facing southwest East facade and north side WOBC Historic Preservation Office NOV 1 4 1978 PHOTO NO. 2 Mendon, Mercer, Ohio Lois Rock, 10/77 Photographer facing northwest East and south sides of hall WOBC Historic Preservation Off. PHOTO NO.

3 Lois Rock, 10/77 Detail on north side and cupola Mendon, Mercer, Ohio DEC 2 9 1978 Mendon Town Hall _NOV 1 4 1978 MENDON, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MENDON QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Timken, Henry H., Barn Bair, Jacob I., House Honorable John Glenn, Jr. Honorable Clarence Miller For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Location Mendon Canton STATE Unionville Name Mountain House Also Notified Stark County Shelby County Richland County Lake County Date Entered Chillicothe Honorable Charles A. Vanik Unionville District School Chagrin Falls Honorable Ralph Regula Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Honorable Tennyson Guyer Honorable William H.

Harsha Mansfield ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Canton vicinity Ross County Honorable John M. Ashbrook Honorable John W. Stanton Athens County Mercer County Stuart's Opera House Sidney Nendon Town Hall Cuyahoga County Nelsonville Gast, Matthias, House and General Store Immaculate Conception Church, School and Rectory Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

Lorain Location STATE Cincinnati Director Name Lorain County Maria Stein Mercer County Hamilton County Date Entered Lorain Lighthouse Also Notified The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Donald Pease ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 71l at 17th Avenue Byers/bjr 1/23/79 OHTO C°107 DEC 2 9 1978 -COUNTY () ADMINISTRATOR 12) SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated Dexcellent Oruins 9O NOT INTACT-O Junexposed - Unknown D unexcavated - No Access , " AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 SCLAIMS: explain "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE - 6 O LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 CEXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O -AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH -27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 Functions @dates of initial construction: major alterations : @architeotural style(s) @master bullder: ©landscape architect/ garden designer: * interlor decorator: _date.

IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Mendon Mercer CONDITION ASSOCIATION STATE artisan: PERSONAL: CURRENTLY: EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: artist: ENTERTAINMENT-26 builder/contractor: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT historic events: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: S Main St. NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP ENGINEERING -11 vicinity of URBAN PLANWING-31 SAVED?YES Ofair street & number Coriginal site Daltered GNPS REGION Dmoved Mfeatures: 2 OTHER NAMES: / town WCUNKNOWN-5 SO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 ACCESS IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? OyesOnol @engineer: Ireviewers initials. Creconstructed - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.^ 21 FEDERAL PRIVATE ORGANIZATION date of entry: Ogood