Nomination for Wooster Post Office (Wooster Board of Education)

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 6 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON SEE ALSO: WAYNE COUNTY COURTHOUSE DISTRICT Liberty; 0-201, 0-202 N. Market; 0-150, 0-213 S. Market; O-122 STREET & NUMBER CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF 169 L PRESENT USE X DISTRICT PUBLIC X UNOCCUPIED STRUCTURE X WORK IN PROGRESS X_PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS &GOVERNMENT _BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS OHIO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 039 OBJECT 1976-77 COUNTY DATE Wooster HISTORIC CODE ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION EDUCATIONAL TRANSPORTATION STATE CATEGORY NAME Ohio Columbus PARK MUSEUM RECEIVED STATUS MILITARY 16th-Regula AGRICULTURE COURTHOUSE. OWNERSHIP Wayne County Administration Building OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY X_YES:RESTRICTED TITLE West Liberty Street Recorder's Office Wooster Public Square Historic District _SCIENTIFIC BUILDING(S) multiple public and private owmers X.COMMERCIAL _PRIVATE X.BOTH - INDUSTRIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY _OTHER: -SITE 0-141, 0-156 E. Liberty; 0-117, 0-240 X_RELIGIOUS _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT SEE LOCATION "Inclusive street numbers: DESCRIPTION X EXCELLENT X DETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE X_ GOOD X ALTERED - MOVED DATE.

X FAIR Wayne County, of which Wooster is the countyseat, gives the traveler the The Square, a 200 x 480 foot rectangle, lies at the intersection of the two reaching back to the alleys. BUILDING/LAND USE Within the district, the major building use is for commercial purposes with several large department stores in the downtown, including one within the buildings by the county is observed in several storefront offices, besides CONDITION INTRODUCTION UNEXPOSED as well. UNALTERED impression of being a very prosperous agricultural area.

One, also, CHECK ONE upper floor windows, though.Buildings standing totally vacant occurs along and retail center for Wayne County and portions of the surrounding counties that coherence.Rear buildings lines are very random with wings or additions mainly on North Market.Residential use is slight and occurs mainly at the market places when standing in the Wooster Public Square. large barns with forebays.Downtown Wooster lies on the gradual southward is more apparent here than in many other Ohio cities.One does observe vacant observes an early Pennsylvanian settlement pattern in the farmhouses and thus, causing the Square to have a reversed L plan.The Square is an urban, view the edge of one such plateau appearing as a series of low wooded hills. The Wooster Public Square Historic District covers portions of eight city and share party walls.One observes a continuous, unbroken facade line.

the use of the courthouse and annex.Institutional use of buildings occurs commercial space.One recalls Middle Atlantic town squares and European hard-surfaced space with a strong sense of enclosure.It functions asa Square and for several blocks along Liberty and Market Streets are included. remarkable uniformity of cornice line is observed in a Civil War period west quadrant is and has been occupied by the several Wayne County Courthouses The development pattern within the district is characteristic of a late l9th- very heart of the downtown and the city;it serves as the major commercial RUINS DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

South Market within the Market-Henry urban renewal area. Government use of DATE streets and is oriented north-south along the Market Street axis.The north- Two, three and four story buildings stand adjacent to one another.A historic district.The utilization of upper floors of commercial buildings perfectly around the Square.Succeeding period of redevelopment have broken The cornice heights of adjacent buildings often align but not always. creeks.Surrounding the city are rolling plateaus; to the south, one may early 20th Century downtown.Buildings stand immediately on the sidewalk The City of Wooster lies in the broad valley formed by Apple and Killbuck Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Wooster Public Square Wayne County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 2 ARCHITECTURAL STYLES Surrounding the Square, the High Victorian Italianate is viewed in a number of exuberance is greatly aided by the present painting scheme which assigns Block, and 134-140 West Liberty are further examples constructed of brick with stone or pressed metal decorative elements. The Wayne County Courthouse, built in 1878-79 in the Second Empire style, is the dominant landmark within the district. It occupies the most visible Building, which adjoins on the west, began life as a Greek Revival commercial building to which was added a mansard roof with three highly decorated wall extended further to the west including several more buildings.

At that time extensive alterations were made on the facades of the adjacent Freedlander During the last several decades of the 19th Century, one finds in the buildings Quinby Building of 1887, now the Annat Company store, is four stories in height and of great breadth. Its facade is constructed of rock faced sandstone and to its visual interest. a Gothic Revival building that has unfortunately lost the upper stages of its department store. for commercial and institutional buildings in Wooster.The Federal, Greek,Revival, corner towers; one of which had an octagonal needle spire and pinnacles.

of 2 story brick houses with steeped gables and bridged chimneys marking the party DATE ENTERED remaining a progressive simplification of the surface articulation to depend more on the materials of construction themselves for visual interest.The One may observe within the district the range of styles that were popular redevelopment isa major factor on South Market and West Liberty.This demolition periphery of the district.Cleared land for use as parking lots or awaiting lot on the Square. and Gothic Revival styles are observed in a few examples located on the edges of FOR NPS USE ONLY the district. The Federal Style, or more exactly,its period,is recalled in a row different colors to the various elements. Germania Hall, Saal Building, Insurance mass, its tower, and highly articulated and decorated wall surfaces.

The Frick RECEIVED JUN 2 6 1978 example of the Italianate as rendered in cast iron. Its three dimensional walls.The rear yard views of this row are more rewarding in terms of remembrance position within the district and further asserts its presence through its great has destroyed the continuity of the streetscape in those locations including one Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Wooster Public Square Wayne County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET The early decades of the 20th Century have left a legacy of several of the dark maroon brick, faces the street with a Doric tetrastyle portico of light On the east side of the Public Square, one finds two Second Renaissance Revival Along East Liberty, one observed decorative treatments in several stores that the courthouse on the west side of thesquare. Intrusions within the district involve alterations of historic facades, new infill construction, and demolitions for parking lots or urban renewal. One Very few first floors have escaped change.

Though, in buildings that sheltered buildings, irregardless of time of construction, contribute to the continuity of INTRUSIONS observes successive waves of storefront alterations within the district. originate from the non-existence of surface articulation or fenestration and popular styles in the district area.Most impressive are the two Neo-classical inappropriate materials and colors. iron piers and columns in the storefronts.The upper floors have seen less important to the district character.The major exception is the early Federal removed entirely.Additions to the rear of buildings are not usually visually alterations to the window sills and lintels.Much sash replacement is apparent.

The condition of building cornices varies widely; from intact and preserved to Wayne County Bank of steel and glass construction.It occupies a site opposite DATE ENTERED building occupying a key position on the East Liberty corner. Both date from 1916. FOR NPS USE ONLY ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 3 sandstone. To the north, the Post Office, now Board of Education, built a brown sandstone building with a recessed porch of Ionic columns in antis. projecting piers that end with ziggurat caps. On the spandrels, one finds marginal activities, "making do" with the original fabric has left us with iron that would benefit from the removal of all later additions and wings. West Liberty Revival buildings north of the courthouse. The Masonic Temple, built of a banks. The People's Federal Building (1918) has a rusticated base, large cornice, decorative brickwork.

The stylistic range of the district concludes with the row on West Liberty. The rear yards hold restoration and redevelopment potential the facade line and generally help to hold up the cornice line. The problems suffers the most from these various intrusive elements.One must mention that most and classically derived ornamentation.The Citizens National Bank isa restrained Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Wooster Public Square Wayne County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER Rehabilitations of altered facades have been completed or are being undertaken The district edges are defined by changes in physical, historic, visual, or use beyond which alterarions, redevelopment, or land use changes have occurred. The lots lie behind the buildings fronting on the Square, Market and Liberty.

This Wayne County Courthouse and Annex, Public Square, 1878, annex built 1868; Wooster Masonic Temple, 140 North Market, 1916, Neo-Classical Revival; 3 stories, brick, stone trim and Doric tetrastyle portico. Wooster Post Office (Wooster Board of Education), 144 North Market, 1916, brick, Ionic pentastyle portico. Wooster Business College, 143 North Market, 1926, 2 story, brick, stone trim, storefronts altered. REHABILITATION CONTINUATION SHEET Register of Historic Places. Neo-Classical Revival; 2 stories, sandstone, recessed porch with Ionic residential neighborhoods.This defines the edge that runs behind the buildings. columns in antis.

DISTRICT EDGES North Market edges enclose the northward extend of historic/architecturally significant buildings beyond which are buildings of recent construction.Parking DATE ENTERED marks where the demolition has stopped.East Liberty is still densely developed Second Empire; National Register of Historic Places. FOR NPS USE ONLY are being contemplated presently.Both would provide needed impetus for the Market- cleared fringe separates the downtown to a certain extent from the surrounding first three floors Greek Revial in style;storefront altered;National Buckeye Buildings, 202 North Market, ca 1834-5, Greek Revival,2 story, Buildings which contribute to the character of the district: the remaining original fabric in terms of materials and details if not true Frick Buildings,113-117 West Liberty, ca 1840-50,Mansard roof added 1889; 118-122 E.

North Street, 19th Century, 2-1/2 story, wood frame house. St. James Episcopal Church, 201 North Market, 1860, Gothic Revival, Henry urban renewal area in which they are located. conditions. The Market-Henry urban renewal project has resulted in great areas of total clearance for proposed redevelopment or parking lots. The southern edge with continuous lines of store buildings. The edges mark where non-descript PAGE presently with several buildings.The designs are generally in keeping with restorations.Major adaptive use projects for Germania Hall and the Saal Building 3x 5 bay;upper stages of towers and north spire removed. Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Wayne County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Downing Block, Public Square, ca 1869-74, High Victorian Italianate, 3 story, brick, storefront altered. People's Federal Savings and Loan Association, Public Square, 1918, Second Renaissance Revival, 6 story, brick, stone trim, rusticated base, large cornice, windows altered. Quinby Building, 114 East Liberty, 1890, 3 story, brick with rock faced J.J. Newberry Co., 146 East Liberty, 1933, Modernistic, 2 story, brick, storefronts altered. Silver Building, Public Square, 1913, 2 story, brick with decorative stone trim, metal cornice, storefronts altered.

Germania Hall, 146-150 South Market, ca 1878, High Victorian Italianate, 3 story, brick, elaborate cornice, number 150 storefront intact, 2 story, brick, cast iron storefront, proposed for rehabilitation. Wooster Brush Works Building, I.O.O.F. Block, 135-151 South Market, ca 1881, High Victorian Italianate, 3 story, brick, storefronts being rehabilitated. Quinby Building, Public Square, ca 1894, 3 story, brick, pilastered upper Quinby Building (William Annat Co.), Public Square, 1887, 4 story, rock 134-140 West Liberty, ca 1880, High Victorian Italianate, 3 story, brick, oriel window, elaborate cornice, storefront altered. 127 South Walnut, ca 1850, 2 story, brick, gable roof, storefronts altered. bridged chimneys, first floor altered, additions on rear. West Liberty, ca 1835, Federal, 2 story, brick, 2 bay, part of store entered at number 200, first floor altered, additions on rear.

212 West Liberty, ca 1835, Federal, 2 story, brick, 4 bay, partially altered first floor, addition on rear. 200 West Liberty, ca 1835, Federal, 2 story, brick, 5 bay, stepped gables, 3 story, stone, windows altered. cornice removed, storefront altered. elaborate cornice, storefronts altered. rehabilitated facade. floors, possible remodeling of ca 1870 building. cast iron facade, storefront altered. faced sandstone facade, storefronts altered. stone quoins, storefront altered.

Wooster Public Square Nolle Brothers Building,154-56 E.Liberty,1905,Commercial style,3 story, Citizen's National Bank,105 East Liberty,1910,Second Renaissance Revival, Faber Building,146-148 West Liberty,1890,3 story,cast iron facade,2 story Saal Building, 21l-213 South Market, 1886, High Victorian Italianate, Mi1ler Block,150-154 West Liberty, ca 1890,3 story, cast iron facade, Clark Building,123 East Liberty,1875,High Victorian Italianate,3 FOR NPS USE ONLY ITEM NUMBER 7 119 East Liberty, ca 1870, High Victorian Italianate, 3 story, brick, upper PAGE "Gift Corner", Public Square, ca 1870, High Victorian Italianate, 3 story, Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Wooster Public Square Wayne County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET 214-216 West Liberty, ca 1860, 2 story, brick, 5 bay, segmental arched windows, false front, storefronts altered. 220 West Liberty, ca 1835, Federal, 2 story, brick, 4 bay, street facade altered, false front, original wing on rear, recent addition. 236 West Liberty, late 19th Century, 2-1/2 story, wood, steep gable roof, oriel window, resided. 5 bay. Citizen's National Bank (office building), Public Square 140 South Market, new infill construction. 144 West Liberty, facade alteration of 1890 building. Quonset hut, South Walnut. Annat Co. Annex, South Walnut, 2 story, brick, recent addition to remaining building of McDonald & Co. Agricultural Works. Parking lot.

Non-Conforming Intrusions within the District: Italianate building. 228 West Liberty, one story building, recent construction. DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY 116-120 South Square),facade alteration of High Victorian (Hev. 10-74) JUN 2 6 1978 ITEM NUMBER 240 West Liberty, ca 1865, High Victorian Italianate, 2 story, wood, townhouse, PAGE RECEIVED AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC & ARCHITECTURE -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN K1 800-1899 X COMMERCE X POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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continues. Further, these activities continue to be sheltered within buildings ranging in date from the 1830's to the recent past with the Second Empire and the High Victorian Italianate being the most important, stylistically. The Public Square Wooster was laid out during the fall of 1808 by the town proprietors; John Bever, brother, John, worked as a U.S. Government surveying team in the territory west of courthouse was constructed in 1819 on the conveniently available northwest quadrant might argue that an urban image in the Middle Atlantic tradition served as a source. It contrasts with the New EnglandGreen of Medina in the county immediately to the Being the countyseat served as an initial stimulus for commercial enterprises to be established.

In examining the progress of Wooster during the 19th Century, one finds the growth pattern being additionally stimulated by the development of trans- In 1825, the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal provided outlets for the county's Ephraim Quinby, Jr., merchant and banker of the middle decades, also speculated in real estate surrounding the Square. His son, Edward, later inscribed the family name speaks well of his philanthropy and further reveals the wealth he amassed from enterprises on the Square. 1500-1599 1700-1799 1600-1699 ART PERIOD EDUCATION INVENTION SIGNIFICANCE ENGINEERING BUILDER/ARCHITECT LAW THEATER AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCULPTURE MUSIC _PREHISTORIC _COMMUNICATIONS north in the Western Reserve.

The Wooster Public Square Historic District encompasses within its boundaries the symbolic, governmental, and commercial center for the City of Wooster and Wayne source of the district's significance. The elder Quinby's role in securing for Wooster the Presbyterian church college _1400-1499 - MILITARY the buildings that compose the district. - CONSERVATION portation 1inks.In 1808 and 1810,roads were cut eastward to Massillon and Canton. -TRANSPORTATION _SCIENCE _RELIGION -LITERATURE - ECONOMICS ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC X_COMMUNITY PLANNING X1 900- the Seven Ranges known as the New Purchase. Additionally, the team surveyed Lisbon Revolutionary War general, began as a perfect suqare of 16 blocks with rectangular Public Square at its center. After being named the countyseat in 1811, the first of the Pittsburgh, Ft.

Wayne, and Chicago Railroad, in 1852 advanced the "rapid growth, and, thus, the Square's asymmetry began. The design sources for the town plan remain urban streetscapes of distinction.This historic urban ambience is the primary This prosperity is evidenced in William Henry, and Joseph Larwill.These three men plus John Harris and Larwill's agricultural products at the ports of Canal Fulton and Massillon.The construction

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES B.F. Bowen & Co., 1910. Caldwel1, J.A., assisted by John Brinkerhoff, Henry Cring, C.T. Adams, J.H. Lee. J.A. Caldwell. 1873. LO GEOGRAPHICAL DATA QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24,000 UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY (with assistance from: Malcolm L. Collins, Senior Planner, City of Wooster, (216) 264-5326) NAME / TITLE George Siekkinen, Jr., Regional Preservation Officer, (419) 755-4011 STREET & NUMBER Ohio State University, 1660 University Drive (419) 755-4011 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL V 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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 44906 CODE COUNTY ORGANIZATION NORTHING DATE Mansfield TELEPHONE STATE ATTEST: Ohio ZONE EASTING North Central Ohio Regional Preservation Office 30 August 1977 Begin at the intersection of the north curb of W.Liberty and west line of lot 95 north curb to east curb of Alley 2:go north on east curb to south curb of W.North; As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665),T ZONE W. Liberty);go north on west line to north curb of Strawberry; go west on Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Wayne County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE 2 South Streets. One building remains at present. detail , with masonry bearing walls and relatively narrow windows function in the 1976, p. 57. district. construction and architectural styles beginning with the High Victorian Italianate The commercial enterprises around the Public Square were more apparent to travelers cant buildings.The boundaries of the district were chosen to indicate where the non-conforming intrusions have destroyed the historic ambience.The boundaries The historic and architectural cohesiveness of the district is derived from several yet individually possess great diversity of detail.

masonry bearing wall construction and pre-elevator height.The hoodmolds and cornices within the district.Its sense of enclosure is maintained.There are non-descript Wooster Public Square DATE ENTERED of the Italianates produce a sense of Victorian unity in terms of place and time, define the remaining extent of the late 19th and early 2oth Century central business and ending with a Miesian bank.Most buildings relate to one another through their serves as the stage, enclosed by backdrops that represent the succeeding periods of The integrity of the district is less adversely effected at the Square than elsewhere & Company's foundary and agricultural works covered the quarter block at Walnut and FOR NPS USE ONLY background.

Vacant lots would be worse between the historic/architecturally signifi- commercial buildings within the district.These buildings, devoid of architectural of the period but industrialization had arrived in town.T The Wooster Brush Works which is the dominant visual and symbolic landmark of the district.The Square occupied the large block just south of the Square South Market),McDonald Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 3 0 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Wayne County, Ohio of Wayne County, Ohio. Mt. Vernon, Ohio: Atlas Publishing Co., 1897. Lewis, Arnold, editor, assisted by Beth Lewis, John Gates, James Turner. curb of Alley 3; go north 120 feet on east curb; go west along rear walls of 228-240 W. Liberty to west line of lot 1273 (240 W.

Liberty); go north on west line to south CONTINUATION SHEET Wooster Public Square DATE ENTERED go east on south curb to its intersection with extended west line of lot 99 East go south on west curb to north curb of E. Liberty; go west on north curb to west line extended to point of beginning. past (202 N. Market); go north on extended west line to north line of same property; go east on north 1ines of 202,201 N. Market,118-122E.North to west curb of (135-151 S. Market);go west along south line and extension to east curb of FOR NPS USE ONLY JUN 2 6 1978 ITEM NUMBER 9 Indianapolis: Robert Douglass 1878 (reprint, Unigraphic, Evansville, 1973). Akron: The Werner Co., no date given, circa 1900. curb of Alley 1; go south on west curb to south line of lot 1257 (146-150 S.

Market); go north on west line of same lot, lot 60, and extension to south line of lot 62 PAGE RECEIVED go west on south line and extension to west curb of S. Market; go south on west curb Alley l; go south on west curb to south curb of Strawberry; go east on south curb The Werner Co.Picturesque Wayne:A History in Text and Engraving. Liberty; go east along rear wall of 154-156 E.Liberty to west curb of N. Buckeye; curb of W. Liberty; go east on south curb to west line of lot 72; go north on west LOT # c/o Jacob L. Henderson 209 E. High St. James I. & Ruth Brown c/o wm. Annat Co., Public Square & Harold Makinson I. O. O. F., Wooster Lodge 147½ S. Market St. pt62 1272 1271 pt73 70,71 1266,63 967 Washington 1273 pt77 REGISTER ADDRESS RECEIVED NAME NATIONAL Quad Enterprises 74,75 66,67 McIntire Furniture Co. 64,65 Mary Henderson 642 E.

Highland 767 Hamilton Raymond Zimmerman Harry & Thomas Landes 1067 Ashwood Dr. Frank Gaethke PROPERTY OWNERS: WOOSTER PUBLIC SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT 72,73pt is wooster. pt1267 6 Wellesley 240 W. Liberty St. Moses & Dorothy Euga John & Reba Sanderson Roland & Helen Lehman Richard & Patricia Quicci 1896 Brookside Dr. Note:if no city follows street number or 23l W. University St. JUN 2 6 1978 Julius & Adeline Duberstein 617 Beechwood Dr. 76,1268 1269,68 520,184 35, 36, 37 538 N. Market St. c/o Wooster Floral, 140 S. Market Thomas & Donna Silver Silver Bldg., Public Square & Lester LeFever - County Administration Bldg., 127 W. North St. delete pt116, 117 Square Realty 1265 1257,45 114,115 Tanglewood Franklin Fry .pt60 pt62,61 City of Wooster pt100 Masonic Temple Molly Miller pt116 2029 Homewood Charles Vaughn Theodore K.

Hobert Brooks Franks 2335 Wellesley Julia Fishelson Ada Brenneman 28,34 Wayne Ave. Wooster, OH Anne S. Bobinsky Arabella H. Witt 1630 Burbank Rd. 351 Beall Ave. Paul & Helga Rich Myron & Ada Brenneman 1030 Milltown Rd. Wayne Savings & Loan 140 N. Market St. 3146 Eby Rd., Smithville, OH 1025 97,98 Citizen's National Bank l05 E. Liberty St. Oak Hill & Loan Association 138 E. Liberty Marolyn P. Moore Garrison L. Thomas 10566 Blandor Way, Los Altos Hills, & Alice Chatland pt: 1251 (sb) pt.1252 (sta) St. James Episcopal Church 1278 1250 118,119 113 120,121 People's Federal Savings Joseph Perrone Hubert Macklin Ruth Circle California 94022 Brenner Realty Public Square 1913 Christmas Run Willard A. Young Market & North Streets Earl & Esther Crites 2113 Eddy Rd.

1279,1280 122,123 Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF HAER KEEPER OTHER TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Re-submit Maps Send-back HISTORIAN Review 2-6-79 Photos 7 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.7 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Entered NOV 3 0 1978 IN T: 2106. Workib Number 6. 2e. 28. 3 444 18002213 National Citizens Buildings I-R, Saal (19), Wooster Brick Works (20), Gift Corner (21), Wayne County Courthouse (2), Downing (9), People's Federal (10), Silver (17), Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio George Siekkinen, Jr. 7) No. 1 Mansfield Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, Square H.D. 6 September 1977 View on Market Street looking north intrusion (G), Germania Hall (l8); Wooster Public JUN 2 6 1979MDV 3 0-1978 THE GIFT CORNER ROAD CONSTRUCTION THE WI George Siekkinen, Jr. 6 September 1977 7) No.

2 JUN 2 6 1978 southwest Mansfield Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, View of southwest corner of Public Square looking Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio (21) Quinby 1894 (22), Quinby 1887 (23); Wooster Public Square H.D. Buildings L-R, Wooster Brush Works (20), Gift Corner NOV 3 0 1978 Buildings I-R, Wayne Co. Courthouse and Annex (2), Post Office (4), Buckeye (5), Downing (9), People's Square H.D. George Siekkinen, Jr. 6 September 1977 No. 3 JUN 2 6 1978 north. Mansfield Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, View of Public Square and N.Market Street looking Federal (l0), Quinby 1890 (ll), Wooster Public Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio NOV 3 0 178 AMSTER SHOES 119 E. Liberty (15), Citizen's National (16), George Siekkinen, Jr. 6 September 1977 7) No. 4 JUN 2 6 1978 ROV 3 0 1978 Mansfield southeast. Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, View of E.

Liberty Street south side looking Wooster Public Square H.D. Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio Buildings L-R, Quinby 1890 (11), Clark (14) , 1) Buildings L-R, Gift Corner (21), Wayne Co. Courthouse and Annex (2), Masonic Temple (3), Post Office (4), Buckeye (5); Wooster Public Square H.D. George Siekkinen, Jr. 6 September 1977 7) No. 5 NOV 3 0 1978 southwest. Mansfield Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, View of N. Market Street west side looking Wooster, Wayne Ohio JUN 2 6 1978 BOND SHOE STORE MINTIRE CO WAYNE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK MCINTIRE 1) Buildings I-R, 134-140 W. Liberty (24), intrusion (K), Faber (25), Miller (26), 200 W. Liberty (28), W. Liberty (31), 220 W. Liberty (32); Wooster Public Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio George Siekkinen, Jr. 6 September 1977 7) No. 6 JUN 2 6 1978 NOV 3 0 1978 Mansfield. Square H.D. View of W.Liberty Street south side looking west.

Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, W. Liberty (29), 212 W. Liberty (30), 214-216 DICK'SCan HOP BONUS Buildings L-R, 200 w. Liberty (28), 220 W. Liberty (32), intrusion (L), intrusion (M), 236 W. Liberty (33), 240 W. Liberty (34); Wooster George Siekkinen, Jr. 6 September 1977 7) No. 7 NOV 3 0 1978 W.Liberty Mansfield Regional Preservation Office, Ohio State University, View of W.Liberty Street south side looking west. Public Square H.D. Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio JUN 2 6 1978 (29), 212 W.

Liberty (30), 214-216 W.Liberty (31), OHIO- WAYNE CO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NOV 3 0 1978 JUN 2 6 1978 WOOSTER, OHIO WOOSTER QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO N4045 - W8152.5/ JUN 2 6 1978 Commercial with residential HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL INTRUSION REGISTER NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT Commercial EXISTING BUILDING USE PUBLIC SQUARE RECEIVED Private Institutional Commercial, vacant Residential Government JUN 2 6 1978 Gothic Revival Victorian Italianate - HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL Modernistic Federal INTRUSION RECEIVED ARCHITECTURAL STYLES/PERIODS PUBLIC SQUARE Second Renaissance Revival 20th Century commercial HISTORIC DISTRICT Neo-Classical Revival Second Empire Greek Revival Late 19th Century REGISTER NATIONAL Miesian SQUARE HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C.

20240 IN REPLY REFER TO: AUG 2 2 1978 Dear Property Owner: nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is the government's official list of historic This nomination is pending in our office. If your property is listed in the National Register, there are certain be considering whether your property should be listed, using as our guidelines the "Criteria for Evaluation" shown in the enclosed leaflet. of the date of this letter to me, Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper of the National Register, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Depart- about the National Register program or the enclosed material, you should shown on the address label on this letter) and property address.

In the enclosed material you will note references to standards for listed in the National Register, either individually or as part of a district, wishes to take advantage of the Tax Reform Act benefits, these standards must be followed. A copy of these standards is available from Technical Preservation Services, Office of Archeology and Historic Pres- ervation, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Department of the Garrison L. Thomas Re: Wooster Public Square Historic District H32-NR United States Department of the Interior Ruth Circle buildings and other cultural resources worthy of being preserved. benefits and provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 that may apply If you wish to comment on whether your property should be listed, we ment of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. If you have questions Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.

Questions about the standards should also be addressed to that same office. Keeper of the/ National Fegister The property you own is located in a historic district that has been rehabilitating old buildings. These standards are a list of dos and don'ts Wooster, OH 44691 Singerel HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20240 IN REPLY REFER TO: Dear Property Owner: The National Register is the government's official list of historic buildings and other cultural resources worthy of being preserved. If your property is listed in the National Register, there are certain benefits and provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 that may apply be considering whether your property should be listed, using as our of the date of this letter to me, Dr. William J.

Murtagh, Keeper of the National Register, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Depart- about the National Register program or the enclosed material, you should shown on the address label on this letter) and property address. In the enclosed material you will note references to standards for listed in the National Register, either individually or as part of a district, wishes to take advantage of the Tax Reform Act benefits, these standards must be followed. A copy of these standards is available from Technical Preservation Services, Office of Archeology and Historic Pres- ervation, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Department of the 209 E. High St. Re: Wooster Public Square Historic District H32-NR United States Department of the Interior Raymond Zimmerman nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

rehabilitating old buildings.These standards are a list of dos and don'ts This nomination is pending in our office. AUG 2 2 1978 ment of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. If you have questions If the owner of a building also be addressed to that same office. Keeper of the National Fegister The property you own is located in a historic district that has been If you wish to comment on whether your property should be listed, we Wooster, OH 44691 Singerel for people who are fixing up old buildings.I Ferguson, Andrew, House Stanbery, Edwin, Office Richland County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Dayton Byers/bjr Name Shelby Wooster Celina 12/14/78 Coshocton County Lorain County Director STATE Licking County Mercer County Also Notified Christ Episcopal Church Honorable Ralph Regula Oberlin Dayton Daily News Building OHIO Honorable John M. Ashbrook Wooster Public Square Historic District Honorable Tennyson Guyer Honorable Donald J. Pease Most Pure Heart of Mary Church Granville vicinity West Lafayette vicinity Riley, Calvin E., House Woodland Cemetery Gateway, Chapel, and Office NOV 3 0 1978 Montgomery County Date Entered Honorable Charles W. Whalen State Historic Preservation Officer Wayne County The Ohio Historical Society ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstat 7l at 17th Avenue county code NOV 3 O 1978 12) SOURCE of NOMINATION George Siekkinen, Jr.

- deteriorated Omoved 2C NOT INTACT- O - Unknown -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain 'first'O - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 CEXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O C 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 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION -25 2functions @ dates of initial construction: major alterations : @architectural style(s): * landscape arohitect / garden designer: EVENTS :( _date.

|IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 169 Wooster ASSOCIATION Wayne CONDITION STATE PERSONAL: builder/contractor: INSTITUTIONAL: historic events: ENGINEERING-11 CURRENTLY: vicinity of city/town ENTERTAINMENT-26 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: reviewers initials NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dunexposed ADMINISTRATOR SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Wooster Public Square Historic District URBAN PLANNING-31 Market and Liberty Sts. Ooriginal site Dexcellent Ounaltered SAVED? YES ACCESS * interlor decorator: 33 artisan: 2 OTHER NAMES Oreconstructed - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21) engineer: YES-Unrestricted FEDERAL artist: FUNDED?YES Ofair UNKNOWN-6 NOT APPLICABLE-9 ADAPTIVE USE YES NO Dfeatures