Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Crawfis Institute

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,398 words across 13 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 79001833, 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.

1. Name street & number - not for publication city, town *vicinity of _ state - county 3. Classification _ district - public - unoccupied - agriculture _ museum X building(s) -x private - park - work in progress - private residence _ religious - in process - yes: unrestricted - government _ scientific - being considered _ transportation - military X other: Grange Mtg. 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. E. Main St. at High St. has this property been determined elegible?
- - yes -X no _federal _ local 039 both Lancaster Accessible Location date Category entertainment educational site code structure commercial historic Ownership object title industrial Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Inventory-Nomination Form Sugar Grove Ohio Public Acquisition Fairfield County Courthouse See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use depository for survey records congressional district 10th CRAWFIS GRANGE HALL CRAWFIS INSTITUTE National Register of Historic Places 6. Representation in Existing Surveys United States Department of the Interior Berne Township Grange and/or common Crawfis Rd and Old Sugar GroveRd. FHR-8-300 (11-78) 045 receive OCT 2 5 1979 Hall For HCRS use only 7. Description x excellent X unaltered - original site moved date .
unexposed The buildings is a greek cross in plan and rises 2 stories in height with a slate The interior of the building including woodwork, wainscoting, slate blackboards ruins deteriorated fair Crawfis Institute is a substantially built Italianate school building.Completed bays are placed within slight recesses of corbelled brickwork and brick piers. miles southeast of Lancaster. Check one is completely secluded.It is located in Berne Township approximately five hip roof.A square cupola with steeply pitched pyramidal roof is centrally and staircase are intact.and in fairly good condition. Condition wooden doors with transoms above.All the windows are segmental arched with double hung 4 over 4 windows.Brick hoodmoulds decorate the windows.The in 1889,the Institute is constructed of brick on an ashlar stone foundation. Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

located on the roof. The building is beautifully situated on a hilltop surrounded by trees and are located in the center of the east and west elevations.Both have double The building projections measure 3by 2bays.The segmental arched entrances Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic _ conservation - science _ agriculture _ economics - sculpture x architecture X education _ social/ .engineering .music _exploration/settlement - philosophy _ theater 22 politics/government .transportation .. other (specify) Crawfis Institute is an excellent, well preserved example of a late 19th simple, straightforward and dignified.
The separation of the bays, segmental arched openings, the cupola, the fine stonework in the foundation and the The building is named after John Crawfis, donor of the land and school, who was 1600-1699 1500-1599 1400-1499 1700-1799 commerce 1800-1899 industry Builder/Architect invention humanitarian Period military Specific dates 1900- literature Crawfis Institute holds special

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

significance for the people of Lancaster and century schoolhouse.It is designed in the Italianate style and is one of the law today.They are very interested in the preservation of this property. most significant historic buildings in Berne Township. 8. Significance gravel pit and industrial development.An old cemetery is located at the foot high school and a normal training school for teachers. The Crawfis Grange purchased the building in 1946,five years after it was Berne Township as it was operated at different times as an elementary school, location visually protects the building from nearby intrusions such asa _communications remain with the property today. born and raised just east of the school property.Four of the original 1o0 acres Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) of the hill. -art - archeology-prehistoric - community planning _ landscape architecture _ religion 1889 interior finishes-are worthy of mention. The building survives today virtually unaltered since 1889.The design is The idyllic secluded hilltop closed as a school.The Grange continues to maintain and use the building 9.

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 - 4 acres Quadrangle name Lancaster, Ohio east, and south by the edge of a circular drive; and on the west by a line that parallels _ state 11. Form Prepared By street & number 22 N. Front St. telephone, r. (614)..221-0227 _ national X local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 date 11.27.79 doorway.
county Northing code date organization Easting 6/79 Columbus Zone name/title Ohio UMT References Fairfield County Courthouse Records Columbus Landmarks Foundation State Historic Preservation Officer signature Nancy Recchie/ Preservation Officer Ruth Drinkle, Fairfield Heritage Association List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Quadrangle scale 1:24000 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.
Verbal boundary description and justification The nominated property is bounded on the north, city or town 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated UTM NOT VERIFIED For HCRS use only Ruth Fuller, "Crawfis Institute Survives Time's March". 1-29-79 Photos - Inventory - Review - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Send-back - NOV 2 9 1979 Re-submit - KEEPER OTHER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST 2-5-80 CONTROL HAER HISTORIAN Maps Property TECHNICAL BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 11.27.79 FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO 22 N. Front St. OCT 2 5 1979 NOV 29 Columbus Landmarks Foundation Crawfis Institute South elevation Sugar Creek Rd. and Crawfis Rd. Cols., ohio DOE CRAWFIS INSTITUTE NO TRESPASSING FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO 22 N. Front St.
Cols., Ohio OCT 2 5 1979 NOV 29 1979 Crawfis Institute East elevation Columbus Landmarks Foundation Sugar Creek Rd and Crawfis Rd. DOE FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO Crawfis Rd. and Sugar Creek Rd. 22 N. Front St. Cols., Ohio OCT 2 5 1979 NOV 2 9 1979 West elevation Columbus Landmarks Foundation Crawfis Institute FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO 22 N. Front St. NOV 2 9 1979 Crawfis Institute North elevation Columbus Landmarks Found. Sugar Creek Rd. and Crawfis Rd. OCT 25 Cols., Ohio LANCASTER QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO )hio Historic Preservation Office October 18, 1979 Mr. Charles Herrington, Acting Keeper Washington, D. C. 20243 Boesel, Adolph, House Maltby, Henry, House Otterbein Mausoleum Thomson, Peter G., Residence Adams, George W. House Rider, Adam, House Anderson, William M., House St.
Peters Church Ross County Mahoning County Richland County Lincoln School Hamilton County Pickaway Athens County Butler County Franklin County Licking County Fairfield County Cuyahoga County NATIONAL Seneca County Muskingum County Jackson County Herron Gymnasium Keystone Furnace Warner Theater Courthouse Center Athens Governmental Buildings Hock-Hocking Wine Cellar Auglaize County Knox County Medina County Crawfis Institute Allen County Michaels Farm Industrial Buildings of Tiffin National Register of Historic Plcees Parmelee House Dear Mr. Herrington: Metropolitan Block Pennsylvania Railway Station Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Mill Road Bowstring Bridge Shepard Street School Hruby Conservatory of Music Department of the Interior our intent to nominate. Madam Fredin's Eden Park School 440 G Street, N.W.
RECEIVED lio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 approved by the state review board and the owners have been informed of REGISTER Higby House Enclosed are 3l regular nominations and 2resubmissions.All have been - - Mr. Charles Herrington Page 2 Lee, Samuel, House David L. Brook DLB: cw enclosures Sincerely, Resubmissions Washington County Mason House Wayne County Home Montgomery County was relocated) Union County Stark County Coshocton County Let me know if we can provide any additional information. State Historic Preservation Officer Elmwood Place Waernicke-Hille House & Store Loew-Define Grocery Store & Home Deed's Barn (listed property that STATE OHIO NOV 29 1979 Herron Gymnasium Rider, Adam, House Adams, George W., House Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr.
David Brook Columbus, Ohio 43211 Lancaster Byers/bjr Location 12/3/79 Athens County Name Date Entered Sugar Grove vicinity Athens Oxford The Ohio Historical Society Trinway vicinity Muskingum County Roseville vicinity Archer's Fork Fairfield County Athens Governmental Buildings Coal Run Hock-Hocking Wine Cellar Honorable Clarence E. Miller Washington County State Historic Preservation Officer Crawfis Institute Also Notified Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Waernicke-Hille House and Store Butler County Honorable Thomas N. Kindness ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mason House Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue Maltby, Henry, House