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

Nomination for Otterbein Mausoleum

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,477 words across 12 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 79001845, 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.

received OCT 2 5 1979 date entered NOV 2 9 1979 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and/or common street & number _ not for publication city, town - vicinity of congressional district - State - county X public -unoccupied _ agriculture Xbuilding(s) - private - commercial -park - structure work in progress - private residence - site .entertainment - religious _ object in process X yes: restricted . government _ scientific - yes: unrestricted _transportation _ military X other:Mausoleum street & number City Building Ohio 43081 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. has this property been determined elegible? - yes _ local depository for survey records 049 Location 039 both Category Accessible Franklin educational date Ownership code Columbus None industrial Inventory-Nomination Form district Status federal Westerville historic title Ohio Otterbein Mausoleum 5.
Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 4. Owner of Property Franklin County Courthouse South High Street 1. Name Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Public Acquisition being considered 3. Classification 12th Type all entries-complete applicable sections City of Westerville For HCRS use only National Register of Historic Places Present Use United States Department of the Interior FHR-8-300 (11-78) .museum 7. Description X excellent - deteriorated X unaltered X original site _moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

is set back off Walnut Street a distance of approximately 500 feet, and is barely The front of the building is divided into three bays, with the middle bay being the except for the middle entrance bay of the front, consists of high-relief Egyptian The interior walls are faced in Vermont marble, and the space is lighted by cathedral The entrance bay projects slightly outward and upward from the remainder of the facade. Condition unexposed fair the doorway there is the vulture and sun disk symbol, which is typical of most Revival style pillars set in rectangular recesses, and backed by plain Bedford stone. set glass windows. Egyptian Revival buildings. The Otterbein Mausoleum is a one story structure with a simple T-shaped layout.It Check one visible from the road. entrance.The sides of the Mausoleum also consist of three bays.
A gorged and rolled cornice forms the upper limit of the building. ruins A concrete pad forms the foundation of the structure.At a height of approximately Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric _archeology-prehistoric - archeology-historic _ conservation _ science - agriculture - sculpture X architecture . military - engineering . music _ commerce - philosophy .theater X 1900- - industry - politics/government _ transportation other (specify) Builder/Architect Columbus Mausoleum Company Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The Otterbein Mausoleum represents a unique and rare style of architecture known as number, but represents a style of architecture which attained a certain level of interest in the 1830s and later during the 1920s. The heavy massive walls, the gorged and rolled cornice, the capitals of columns which resemble palm tree leaves, and the style. There are few examples of this style in the greater Columbus area and this The building was planned for the community of Westerville by E. E. Redman, who was was built at a cost of $125,000 and was dedicated on November 30, 1924. 1600-1699 1800-1899 communications 1400-1499 economics 1700-1799 education invention art humanitarian literature Period exploration/settlement social/ law Specific dates 1924 familar vulture-and-sun-disk symbol all clearly reflect the Neo-Egyptian Revival is perhaps the best remaining. 8.
Significance 1500-1599 - communityplanning landscape architecture _ religion Neo-Egyptian Revival. Egyptian and later Neo-Egyptian style buildings are small in a construction agent of the Columbus Mausoleum Company.The 3o0 crypt structure Harold Hancock. History of Westerville, Ohio, Westerville, 0., 1974.

The rest of the file

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

Geographical Data UMT References 4,4 4,27,0,01 and a line 25' from the base of the foundation to the east, west and south. _ state 11. Form Prepared By November 14, 1975 street & number 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.
State Historic Preservation Officer signature date 11-27.79 Northing date organization Easting code county Zone national name/title Attest: Northeast Columbus Quadrangle name Verbal boundary description and justification For HCRS use only Nicholas Daley Acreage of nominated property SHPO 4696 Castlebrook Drive List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries city or town 9. Major Bibliographical References less than one uadrangle scale 1:24000 665), hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated GPO 938 835 .
local 846-6992 Columbus telephone Ohio UTM NOT VERIFIED Located in the southern portion of Otterbein Cemetery with the driveway at the north Keeper of the National Register Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - KEEPER OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL HAER Maps Send-back Re-submit TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Review Property National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Entered NOV 29/1979 11.27.79 State 2-5-80 NOV 2 9 1979 OCT 2 5 1979 Negs.: Ohio Historic Preservation Office PHoto: David Simmons, 7/79 Franklin COunty, Ohio View of northern facade Otterbein Mausoleum, Westerville, Otterbein Mausoleum, Westerville, Franklin COunty, Ohio Photo: David Simmons, 7/79 NOV 29 1979 2 5 1979 Negs.: Ohio HIstoric Preservation Office facade of building View of entrance on northern 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC NORTHEAST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST COLUMBUS, OHIO 1964 COLUMBUS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY October 18, 1979 Mr.
Charles Herrington, Acting Keeper 440 G Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20243 Dear Mr. Herrington: approved by the state review board and the owners have been informed of Boesel, Adolph, House Otterbein Mausoleum Thomson, Peter G., Residence Adams, George W. House Rider, Adam, House Anderson, William M., House St.
Peters Church Licking County Butler County Muskingum County Auglaize County NATIONAL Athens County Pickaway Allen County Herron Gymnasium Jackson County Medina County Fairfield County Knox County Hock-Hocking Wine Cellar Ross County hio Historic Preservation Office Hamilton County Metropolitan Block Richland County Crawfis Institute Courthouse Center Lincoln School Keystone Furnace Mahoning County Michaels Farm Warner Theater Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Parmelee House Pennsylvania Railway Station Franklin County Athens Governmental Buildings National Register of Historic Plcees Industrial Buildings of Tiffin Cuyahoga County RECEIVED Hruby Conservatory of Music Department of the Interior Shepard Street School Seneca County Mill Road Bowstring Bridge Enclosed are 3l regular nominations and 2 resubmissions.All have been Maltby, Henry, House our intent to nominate.
Madam Fredin's Eden Park School lio Historical Center I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614)466-1500 REGISTER Higby House Mr. Charles Herrington Page 2 Loew-Define Grocery Store & Home Samuel, House David L. Brook DLB: cw enclosures Sincerely, Resubmissions Washington County Union County Wayne County Home Montgomery County Coshocton County Stark County was relocated) Mason House Elmwood Place State Historic Preservation Officer Waernicke-Hille House & Store Let me know if we can provide any additional information. Deed's Barn (listed property that CITY OF WESTERVILLE 21 SOUTH STATE STREET WESTERVILLE, OHIO 43081 614/ 890-8526 Council-Manager Government Since 1916 November 2, 1979 440 G Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20243 Mr. Herrington, anything which we can do to expedite this process, please MJW: ds Very truly yours, renovation of such buildings.
City Manager Heritage Conservation structure.No improvements have been made in almost sixty years. Charles A. Herrington indivduals who are enshrined there played major roles in the most anxious for this nomination to succeed.If there is Director of Public Service please let us know. If any additional information is needed for your processing, I have received your letter concerning the Otterbein Please let me know if there are any federal programs available for the The Otterbein Mausoleum has been a landmark in our City Acting Keeper of the National Register let me know. In the Spring of 1980,we must rehabilitate the roof on this cc: Maynard Dils, Mausoleum's nomination for the National Register. for many, many years. Its history and the history of those We are NOV NOV 7 1979 STATE OHIO NOV 29 1979 St. Peters Church Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr.
Honorable Samuel L. Devine Mr. David Brook. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Honorable Mary R. Oakar Navarre Location Westerville Mansfield Wooster Newark Gahanna Cuyahoga County Richland County Courthouse Center Cleveland Franklin County Name Stark County Otterbein Mausoleum Hruby Conservatory of Music Honorable Ralph Regula Valley City ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loew-Define Grocery Store and Home Parmelee House For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Date Entered Pennsylvania Railway Station Honorable John M. Ashbrook The Ohio Historical Society Licking County Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Donald J. Pease Shepard Street School (Gahanna Nursing Home) Medina County Wayne County Home Byers/bjr 12/3/79