MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Neeland, J,B. "A History of Claysville, Ohio," (Unpublished MS filed at the Regional Historic Preservation Office, Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Located on the east side of the village of Claysville, beginning at the southeast corner ofthe intersection of Guernsey County Road 15 andikestland Township Road 1276, then east along Guernsey County Road 15 approximately 120 feet to a tree line northeast of the schoolhouse; then south along this tree line approximately 150 feet 1276; then north along Road 1276 to the place bf beginning.
LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE SHPO DATE July 12, 1977 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Ohio 43701 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 614-453-0762 TELEPHONE Zanesville ORGANIZATION NORTHING CODE COUNTY Ohio University-Zanesville STATE 1425 Newark Road LOCAL Less than one acre ATTEST: UTM REFERENCES to another tree line; then west along this second tree line to Westland Township Road ZONE EASTING FOR NPS USE ONLY hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the ZONE 920 SHPO - Property ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Re-submit 2.6,79 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.
7 OTHER KEEPER Entered HAER ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Maps Photos HISTORIAN Review State Federal Register Entry Working 2e. 78.342S 8-28-78 IN T:2106- 74 11.22.78 -STATE O hio Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s) : Thank you for your attention to the above items. IN T:2105- 74 Description: Certification: Other: Bibliography: IS RESUBMITTED. Photographic Coverage: Date: Verbal Boundary Description: clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Map Coverage: on the National Register staff, telephone _202 343-40/ Chief, Branch of Registration United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 8 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Form No.
10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 2 6 197% INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED FEB 22 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 X VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE -IN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 059 039 Claysville School 1977 CODE Guernsey Cambridge LOCATION Columbus TITLE DATE SITE COUNTY CLASSIFICATION PARK EDUCATIONAL ACCESSIBLE MILITARY HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE STATE _ENTERTAINMENT NAME INDUSTRIAL RECEIVED Claysville OWNERSHIP Ohio CATEGORY Ohio Historical Society STRUCTURE Wheeling Avenue PUBLIC ACQUISITION SCIENTIFIC Ohio Historic Inventory STATUS COURTHOUSE. 18 Douglas Applegate _DISTRICT XBUILDING(S) _BEING CONSIDERED Trustees of Claysville Community Club c/o Ms.
Miriam Hawes Guernsey County Road 15 _UNOCCUPIED _MUSEUM - RELIGIOUS _PUBLIC -COMMERCIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY - GOVERNMENT _OBJECT REGISTRY OF DEEDs,ETC Guernsey County Court House -BOTH XOTHER: SOCial (Rev. 10-74) 7 DESCRIPTION X UNALTERED X_ORIGINAL SITE * GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE gable roof, with the year of construction (1900) set in blue slate in the south side The interior, like the exterior of Claysville School, is relatively unaltered the north wall, accounting for the absence of windows in this wall.
The interior is CONDITION DETERIORATED FAIR the secondary classrooms and the other as the primary.Blackboards were located along fixed transoms set in plain casings with decorated corner blocks.The building is CHECK ONE Claysville School is a rectangular shiplap sided wood frame building located on the _EXCELLENT from the original.The building was not built as a one-room school;rather there are doors located at the east and west ends of the wall. These are trabeated doors, with - UNEXPOSED windows,jisadoorway affording entrance to the halfoattic above the-schoolrooms.This doorway.too, is decorated:with corner blocks.The schoolhouse is capped with a slate LRUINS of Claysville. The entrances to the school are in the south wall, through four-panel along the south side, three along the east and west. In the west gable end, above the set on a sandstone foundation, three stones in height.
Sandstone steps lead to the doors. Fenestration is noted in the south, east, and west walls, using double hung of the roof. :A paned set high in the front: gable may have once displayed similar. the bell intact. aThe bedfrylboasts its own gable roof,i supported by four square east side of Guernsey County Road 15,approximately one-half mile north of the village two rooms, separated by a folding door which operates on a track. One side served as windows,9/9,set in casings similar to those used for the doors.There are six windows floored with hardwood and is in a good state of repair.
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE X 1900- -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1900 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE of Claysville; and secondly, for its architectural eharacter as: an intact, unaltered:os example of early twentieth-century rural school architecture During' the nineteenth' S: responsibility of individual villages and townships.n The present building was constructed in 1900, replacing an earlier structure located on the west side ofothe vidlage.: It::1 served the educational needs of the community until the early 1930s, when it was on a two-room plan, rather than the conventional one-room scheme, it appears to be 1600-1699 ECONOMICS 1700-1799 INVENTION COMMERCE LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE RELIGION THEATER BUILDER/ARCHITECT MILITARY XEDUCATION PERIOD unknown SCULPTURE SIGNIFICANCE AGRICULTURE XARCHITECTURE _COMMUNICATIONS _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT LITERATURE _PHILOSOPHY _CONSERVATION early twentieth-century vernacular educational architecture.
INDUSTRY MUSIC _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT closed on the orders of the Guernsey County Board of Education, and Claysville students _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1800-1899 -1400-1499 -1500-1599 _COMMUNITY PLANNING were transported to Cumberland, New Concord, or Cambridge, for their education. Built ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC unique in this area in that respect, and remains an essentially unaltered example of MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Neeland, J.B. "A History of Claysville, Ohio," (Unpublished MS filed at the Regional Historic Preservation Office, Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio.
10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 9 20 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Located on the east side of the village of Claysville, beginning at the southeast corner of the intersection of Guernsey County Road 15 and Westland Township Road northeast of the schoolhouse; then south along this tree line approximately 150 feet 1276; then north along Road 1276 to the place of beginning.
LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE July 12, 1977 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Ohio 43701 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL A As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665),1 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 GPO 892.453 614-453-0762 ORGANIZATION Zanesville DATE CODE NORTHING TELEPHONE COUNTY STATE Ohio University-Zanesville 1425 Newark Road UTM REFERENCES Less than one acre to another tree line;then west along this second tree line to Westland Township Road 1276,then east along Guernsey County Road 15 approximately 120 feet toa tree 1ine ATTEST:U ZONE ZONE EASTING SHPO Form No.
10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FEB 22 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CLAYSVILLE SCHOOL, Guernsey County, Claysville, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER village of Claysville, and also for its architectural character as an intact, west side of the village, but in 1900 the nominated structure was constructed. is the home of an annual reunion for former students. Architecturally, the designed on a one-room plan, Claysville School is an original two-room building, and, as such, is a unique example of such a plan in this area. PAGE conventional documentary information dealing with the structure is not available or Cambridge.
Revised Significance Statement It remained in use, serving the primary and secondary educational needs of unaltered example of early twentieth-century rural vernacular educational significance of the building may pale when compared to elite urban archi- the school was closed on orders of the Guernsey County Board of Education While most rural schoolhouses of the nineteenth and early twentieth century were (such as drawings or written records),this should not prejudice its case.
FOR NPS USE ONLY Claysville School is nominated for its educational significance to the DATE ENTERED on a local level for its educational association with the village and as In recent years,the school has been used asa community center and In Guernsey County, Ohio, public education was the respon- the village, until the 1930s, and is the only tangible vestige of the and Claysville students were transported to nearby New Concord, Cumberland, tecture of educational institutions of the period. However, it is significant sibility of individual villages and townships until 1914 when the county the only extant building of its type in the immediate area. Further, while architecture. Claysville's first schoolhouse stood on the school system was organized. at time of const.
- Send-back - Re-submit OTHER KEEPER HAER Inventory Entered Maps ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Photos CONTROL Review HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Property OK 2.9.29 FEB 22 State 4-3-79 Zanesville, Ohio Rear elevation, from the SE JUN 2 6 1978 FEB 22 1979 Photo by David L. Taylor, June, 1977 Vicinity Claysville, Ohio CLAYSVILLE SCHOOL Negative Number GUE-3-2-3 Negative filed at Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio FEB 22 1979 JUN 2 6 1978 classrooms Photo by David L. Taylor, June, i977 Interior, showing dividing doors between Negative filed at Ohio University-Zanesville CLAYSVILLE SCHOOL Negative Number GUE-3-2-1 Vicinity Claysville, Ohio Zanesville, Ohio Negative Number: GUE-3-2-4 JUN 2 6 1978 FEB 22 1979 Photo by David L.
Taylor, June, 1977 Negative at Ohio University-Zanesville, vicinity of Claysville, Ohio Front elevation, fron the SW CLAYSVILLE SCHOOL UERnsey NEW CONCORD QUADRANGLE NEW CONCORD, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JUN 2 61978 ) Claysville, Ohio STATE OHIO FEB 22 1979 Galigher, James, House Sarchet, Peter B., House Burt, William, House Rich, Charles B., House St. Louis Church St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church Honorable John E. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohto 43211 Byers/bjr Massillon Location Port Washington Stark County Director Cuyahoga County Lake County Name Madison vicinity 2/26/79 Brecksville Honorable Ralph Regula Tuscarawas County Also Notified Zanesville vicinity Honorable Douglas Applegate Guernsey County Claysville School Date Entered Louisville Cambridge vicinity Honorable Howard M.
Metzenbaum Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Port Washington Town Hall Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable John W. Stanton The Ohio Historical Society Madison Seminary and House Claysville vicinity Muskingum County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Clarence E. Miller For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. 4county code: NAME as it appears on federal register: * STATE 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Oruins 9D NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed S O UNKNOWN -6 -unexcavated - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
- yes Ono AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 - RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE -6 - LAW -16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 -HEALTH - 27 C MILITARY - 18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions major alterations : 6architectural style(s): S interior decorator: @bullder/contractor: EVENTS : IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Guernsey ASSOCIATION CONDITION PERSONAL: artisan: historic events: INSTITUTIONAL: artist: Claysville CURRENTLY: vicinity of ENTERTAINMENT-26 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ENGINEERING-11 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: dates of initial construction: URBAN PLANNING-31 LOCAL NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET N of Claysville on SR 15 master builder: Dexcellent landscape architect/ garden designer: Dfeatures: Coriginal site SAVED?
YES (11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT 3O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 SACCESS OYES-Restricted [YES -Unrestricted "first'O - COMMUNICATIONS -7 CEXPLORATION -12 ETHNIC date GROUP 18th engineer: Claysville School PRIVATE ORGANIZATION city/ town give role & date Omoved 2OTHER NAMES: of entry: Ofair Oaltered
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