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

Nomination for Lima Memorial Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,447 words across 15 pages, filed in 1979. 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 79001779, 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 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 7 1979 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.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 -MUSEUM STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS _YES: RESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 003 Lima 039 OBJECT LOCATION DATE CODE TITLE AGRICULTURE ACCESSIBLE SCIENTIFIC COUNTY PARK DISTRICT MILITARY CLASSIFICATION STATE TRANSPORTATION HISTORIC NAME Ohio OWNERSHIP CATEGORY MAY INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL Tennyson Guyer PRIVATE _GOVERNMENT STATUS Allen County Courthouse West Elm and South Elizabeth Streets Allen North Main Street Allen County Memorial OTHER: XENTERTAINMENT Allen County Commissioners _BEING CONSIDERED DATE ENTERED XRELIGIOUS Lima Memorial Hall - UNOCCUPIED COURTHOUSE, _COMMERCIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY _BOTH _PUBLIC XYES: UNRESTRICTED _FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL BUILDING(S) 7 DESCRIPTION -ORIGINAL SITE GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Lima Memorial Building was featured in The Ohio Architect, Engineer, and Builder (magazine) in August, 1911, to illustrate the work of the architectural firm, photo of that year. The building has no additions, but in 1971 all new entrance doors and all that divides at an upper level to form an open ballustraded balcony that overlooks the foyer. A brass, five globed lamp (the other was stolen) rests on the newel post at story entranceway that has dentils and consoles flanking the name, ALLEN COUNTY MEMORIAL. A stage area balcony is reached ,from the upper level, but no permanent CONDITION EXCELLENT DETERIORATED CHECK ONE of relief sculpture are set above the frieze at the corners of the projecting and set above stone label stops to accent the strict symmetry of the facade.
_UNEXPOSED frontispiece.A monumental flight of stairs leads to the three arched recessed It is a handsome example of Beaux Arts Classicism.Coupled columns support stories.Large flights of steps are found at these more modest entranceways which the bottom of the stairs.Brass railings lead up to the classical flat arched second lead directly into a small aisle outside the lecture hall. seating has been installed on the main floor. The east and west sides of the building have pedimented pavillions with attic new windows of modern glass and aluminum were installed. _UNALTERED RUINS Dawson and McLaughlin. The building has changed little from the appearance in the The interior is noteworthy. The foyer features a marble double staircase DATE an entablature which includes metopes and triglyphs as well as dentils.Two examples FAIR AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Lima Memorial Hall is significant historically because of its function as a and McLaughlin (later McLaughlin and Hulsken) who designed many churches, schools and Celina's courthouse. by Robert Merrill, Beverly Sills and Anita Bryant brought crowds.
feasibility study sponsored by the county, city and the Community Urban Redevelopment 1400-1499 INVENTION LAW SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD RELIGION SCIENCE ECONOMICS INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE MILITARY LITERATURE COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS XARCHITECTURE _TRANSPORTATION ART _CONSERVATION ENGINEERING Allen County Commissioners.The city was to host the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic POLITICS/GOVERNMENT acclaimed for its fine acoustics by some musicians in the area, the building is now Beaux Arts Classicism and was designed by a respected architectural firm, Dawson _1800-1899 _SCULPTURE and a group of concerned citizens in Lima to save the building. The construction plans of Lima Memorial Hall were initiated in 1906 by the served as a memorial to honor military veterans and Allen County pioneers.
The building is architecturally significant because it is a good example of in l908 and adequate accommodations were lacking.Many service clubs continue to utilize the building for meetings and events today. construction of a $6.2 million civic center a few blocks away.According to a _1700-1799 -1600-1699 -PREHISTORIC Corporation of Lima and Allen County Memorial Hall was recommended for razing -1500-1599 Memorial Hall has also functionedasa town hall where performancesof all XEDUCATION _¥900- -EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT and revivals, wrestling shows and auctions are also held here. Recently performances in 1981. Efforts are now being coordinated from the WOBC historic preservation office 1908 BUILDER/ARCHITECT threatened by the Central Business District development program which includes the Dawson and McLaughlin town hall and performance center in the downtown area since 1908.
It has also

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES History of Allen County, 1976. The Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder, Volume XVIII, Number Iwo, August, 1911. - Quadrangle Name Lima 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA 1/4 of the square ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY NORTHING W VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Western Ohio Branch Campus, Wright State University STREET & NUMBER 419-586-2365, Ex. 53 CITY OR TOWN 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 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 ATTEST: L GPO 892.453 ORGANIZATION CODE DATE TELEPHONE COUNTY Celina Ohio UTM REFERENCES 7600 State Route 703 ZONE EASTING Lima Memorial Hall is bounded on the west by South Elizabeth Street and on the south by West Elm Street.Directly north of the building isan alley which continues to the east side.
Quadrangle Scale 1:24,000 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES August, 1978 TITLE Dircctor , Oheo Histoncal Society ZONE [4513440 Photos _ Accept Inventory - National Register Write-up Send-back - OTHER KEEPER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Maps Property CONTROL Review HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry Entered MAY Working Number3. /3. 79. (o20 5.4.79 4.257 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 7 1979 OK 3.21.79 TECHNICAL 79001779 6-5-79 Lima Memorial HaMÅR 1 9 1979 Lima, Allen, Ohio Save Memorial Hall Group, 7/78 facing N Lima, Allen, Ohio Lima SMHG, Photo No. 4 facing SE Lima Memoria1 Ha1MAR 19 1979 Save Memorial Hall Group, 7/78 WOBC Photo No. 5 MAY Facade, photog facing northwest Mary Ann Brown Allen County-Lima Memorial Bldg.
7,1979 MAR 1 9 1979 Lima, Allen, Ohio WOBC Photo No. 6 Facade and east side Mary Ann Brown Allen County-Lima Memorial Bldg Photog, facing northwest 8/78 Lima, Allen, Ohio WOBC Photo No. 7 West side of building Photog. facing northeast Allen Co.-Lima Memorial Bldg. Mary Ann Brown, 8/78 WOBC Photo No. 8 Photog. facing east Allen Co.-Lima Memorial Bldg West side and rear of building 744350 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) LIMA QUADRANGLE Northing 4513440 Easting COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO P. O. 80X 1243 LIMA, OHIO 45802 MARY L. LUCAS (419) 228-3700 EXT. 251 JOHN A. COPLEN V. PRESIDENT April 23, 1979 JAMES T. SHAFER JAMES F. LAWRENCE CALVIN B. WORKMAN Dr. William J. Murtagh Keeper of the National Register 440 G Street, N. W. Washington D. C. 20243 Attn: NOM Dear Dr.
Murtagh: Memorial Hall, Corner of Elm and Elizabeth Streets, Lima, Ohio has been ahove as along the building meets the criteria for evaluation. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COORDINATOR Sincerely, THS/ml COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Pension Building Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Department of the Interior Thurman H. Smith CLERK CF BOARD We have received your letter of March 28, 1979 informing us that our Lima The Board of County Conmissioners of Allen County have no objections to the THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 0 1 1979 INITIALS DATE REC'D MAY 7 1979 - Location Allen County Friedlander, Abraham J., House St. Clairsville vicinity Welton, Allen, House Beecher, Lucas, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.
Smith Honorable Donald J. Pease Sandusky Byers/bjr Lima Cincinnati Peebles vicinity Name Central School Honorable Tennyson Guyer Belmont County Peninsula vicinity Director Adams County Wickerham Inn 5/9/79 Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable Thomas A.Luken Martins Ferry Erie County Lima Memorial Hall Great Western Schoolhouse Hamilton County Honorable Charles A. Vanik State Historic Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Honorable William H. Harsha Also Notified Date Entered STATE OHIO Interstate 7lat 17th Avenue ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Summit County Columbus, Ohio 43211