Nomination for Hardin County Courthouse

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SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN ONGRESSIONAL DISTRIC _ VICINITY OF X. PUBLIC _MUSEUM X BUILDING(S) . WORK IN PROGRESS LIN PROCESS TOWNER OF PROPERTY ISILOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

B REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS LOCATION NAME STATE CATEGORY Kenton COUNTY ENTERTAINMENT 039 EDUCATIONAL STATUS DATE CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION OWNERSHIP SCIENTIFIC STRUCTURE SITE RELIGIOUS DISTRICT COMMERCIAL BEING CONSIDERED UNOCCUPIED Ohio Historic Inventory Hardin County Commissioners Court House Hardin County Court House IVATE RESIDENCE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC ACQUISITION PRFSENTUSE PRIVATE April 1976 YES RESTRICTED 13326 .PARK DATE ENTERED XYES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL CODE XGOVERNMENT Ohio Hardin County Court MILITARY Ohio Historic Preservation Office,Chio Historical Center TITLE GRICULTURE Ohin X EXCELLENT design tops the lattice work. an arcade around the well on the second floor.

two floors, and, in the court room at the south end of the building, the coffering forms now need cleaning and restoration of the area damaged by water lea.ing through the skylight UNEXPOSED CONDITION GOOD FAIR DATE RUINS The second-floor hallway has pilasters with ionic capitals with a frieze of lattice work consisting of semi-circular arches.A bend of carving with a geonetric Stone balusters and balustrades surround the well at the second-floor level and continue The three-story building is completely Semi-elliptical arches and ionic pillars form Grand staircases lead from the firet to the second floor at the north and south on the exterior. UNALTERED down the staircases to the first floor.

at the north and south ends of the well show scenes from the history of the county with gless skylight in the form of a semi-circular arch running north-south over the well in The exterior wall treatment is Smooth-dressed stone in a plain ashlar pattern set it off as the base of the building. building; the terraces are currently being restored. sides. light in each half and a transom; the doors all have cut stone surrounds. polygonal ornamental panels. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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the center of the building. Three netal chandeliers hang from the skylight. Murals DESCRIPTION OVED DETERIORATED Doric pilasters separate the seven bays on the north and south sides. The end four entrances on the east and west side of the first floor have bracketed projecting archi- The main The brick terraces at the entrance way are enclosed by stone balusters end pediment. The dentils that are part of the entablature design encircle the building. Windows on this floor have segmental arches first floor,has coffering from the pilasters to the pillars surrounding the central well.

symmetrical with the east and west sides identical and the north and south sides identical Indians and whites meeting.The murals were done by the Schachne Studios of Dayton; they Each of the three floors on the interior is different although all have ilasters.The coffered ceiling has the coffers much closer together than on the other allway have composite capitals with festoons or swegs used on the frieze between the There are large wood double exterior doors to the building on the cast and west sides. There is a skylight in the court room and a large leaded architecture in the early twentieth century. Third= NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM PATE ENTERED , Hardin County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER building terrace and entrance ways, patch and repair the stone nnits, and waterproof the columns support a three-part entablature with a frieze and dentil work.

The stairway to the third floor is on the cast side of the building end is very incon- NATIONAL PARK SIRVICE a vood balustrade. (sandblast) the exterior of the building, repoint and patch the masonry, repoint the with ashlar stone pillars with composite capitals around the well.The pillars and Recent repairs on the building have been well-cocunented by the commissioners. 1500 1599 1600 1699 SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN C1900- STATEMENT OF

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special election in May 1912. Service Office, a Veterans Hall on the north end, and a Daughters of the Anerican And all the hopes that free souls prize For weal or woe betide COMMUNICATIONS PHILOSOPHY MILITARY TRANSPORTATION SCULPTURE have quarters on the third floor. XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT ART LITERATURE LAW 1700-1799 MUSIC THEATER OTHER (SPECIFY) RELIGION Are building with thee there. RCHITECTURE Upon that cherished square. SPECIFIC DATES We watch thy massive walls arise 1913-1915 in Hardin County was built in 183h and the second in 1880; both kere located on this PREHISTORIC 1400 1499 Vomissioners decided to build a new court "and when Revolution Relic Room at the northwest corner.

Thou art of us, and what in thee _ INVENTION ENGINEERING The second floor houses the Auditor, 1800-1899 EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCIENCE ECONOMICS Eliza Wallace Durbin once wrote a poen to the new court house: ATION Ohio's Covemor Janes NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICPLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET when crime goes up thy; stately stair That he who leaves they door, May greed within thy splendid halls Thou art of us, faith cong'ring fears, No bias save sweet mercy's plea, Shrink in their grandeur's sweep Hay self to hiding creep. Into her balance throw But strong to pay life's score. And justice waiting calmly there, Ve build ourselves in thee; DATE ENTERED May rancor stay below; And shamed.

by love built in thy walls "'Their souls were high, and frce." PAGE May go,not filled with hate toward thee Take thou this message to the years, Shall mark for Hardin's sons to be VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 1

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FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE ORGANIZATION 26 June 1978 STREET & NÚMBER CLY OR TOWN LOSTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION LOCAL V 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 DR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 COUNTY DATE NORTHING CODE TELEPHONE STATE UTM REFERENCES CHIEF OF REGISTRATION KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY_I QUADRANGLE SCALE J:2h1000 east by the west curb line of Main Street, on the south by the north curb line of Vest Heidelberg College THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL ZONE ZONE EASTING ATTEST: 1941 Attic floor plan STORAGE PASSAGE Survey, Works Progress Administration, KENTON, ORiO UPPER REcorns, Room For Second floor plan AUDITOR 1941 COURT Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin Counly, Ohio PASSAGE PROBATE Drawing from Ohio Historical Records RECORDERS PUB NORTH DETROTST 1941 KITCHEN Drawing from Ohio Historical Records STORAGE RAMP GIRL Scouts Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio WARS 1070 LEGION VETERANS ANTE ROOM O PEN VESTIBULE STAGE SPACE REDCROSS TOILET CORRIDOR ELECTrON LADIES BOARD REST DOWN EDUCATION 1-ALL TOILET _ HEALTH MAIN HALL- OPEN COURT COURT ROOM LAW LIBRARY BOARD COUR ROOM LOBBy PUBLIc Inventory - National Register Write-up Send-back 2,26,79 Entered - KEEPER OTHER HAER TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Review United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF State OH.

Federal Register Entry Working Number 1, 8. 29. 5 4 2:22.79 CONTROL Maps Re-submit 3, 15, 79 Photos 20 1.11.79 Plan OF PROPERTY Hardin County Courthoure ttached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Geographical Data -- Acreage: Description: STATE Date: Bibliography: Certification: UTM Reference(s): Photographic Coverage: Map Coverage: Verbal Boundary Description: f, Branch of Registration k you for your attention to the above items. he National Register staff, telephone 202 - 343-6.401 SUBMITTED. fication of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION Form No. 10-300 REV.

(9/77) JNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JAN 8 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MAR 2 I 1979 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4th Tennyson Guyer - VICINITY OF - STATE PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) _WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED XYES: UNRESTRICTED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS April 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center Hardin CODE OBJECT 43326 Kenton BOTH DATE COUNTY DISTRICT MUSEUM ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC SITE OWNERSHIP ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY NAME _COMMERCIAL XGOVERNMENT STATUS Hardin County Commissioners Columbus same Hardin County Court House Ohio Historic Inventory TITLE _INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE 039 _TRANSPORTATION COURTHOUSE, _SCIENTIFIC Ohio Court House Square -EDUCATIONAL - UNOCCUPIED _PRIVATE - MILITARY X_PUBLIC _OTHER: FOR NPS USE ONLY _PARK AGRICULTURE 1979 RELIGIOUS PH0694517 DATA SHEET DESCRIPTION X UNALTERED ZORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE and dominates the downtown area of Kenton, Ohio.

The three-story building is completely bays on the east and west sides are also separated by doric pilasters, while the center dentils and egg and dart molding between the pilasters. The hallway ceiling, as on the first floor, has coffering from the pilasters to the pillars surrounding the central well. down the staircases to the first floor. Semi-elliptical arches and ionic pillars form two floors, and, in the court room at the south end of the building, the coffering forms CONDITION DATE MOVED DETERIORATED FAIR with awning windows beneath them.

X_EXCELLENT symmetrical with the east and west sides identical and the north and south sides identical Stone balusters and balustrades surround the well at the second-floor level and continue Doric pilasters separate the seven bays on the north and south sides.The end four lattice work consisting of semi-circular arches.A band of carving with a geometric The exterior wall treatment is smooth-dressed stone in a plain ashlar pattern. design tops the lattice work.

balustrade treatment is repeated in the terraces along the east and west sides of the either side of the center bay) supporting the three-part entablature and triangular The first floor of this building has a wall treatment of rusticated stone to The second-floor hallway has pilasters with ionic capitals with a frieze of now need cleaning and restoration of the area damaged by water leaking through the skylight the building is oak, and all office and court room doors are double doors with a single entrances on the east and west side of the first floor have bracketed projecting archi- There are large wood double exterior doors to the building on the east and west sides. an arcade around the well on the second floor. Stone balusters and a stone balustrade form a terrace around the top of the building; on the exterior.

at the north and south ends of the well show scenes from the history of the county with hallway have composite capitals with festoons or swags used on the frieze between the glass skylight in the form ofa semi-circular arch running north-south over the well in three bays form a projecting pavilion with ionic columns on each end and one on Long flights of low steps lead up to the main entrances on the east and west light in each half and a transom; the doors all have cut stone surrounds. CHECK ONE -UNEXPOSED _GOOD building; the terraces are currently being restored. The building has a flat roof. this is interrupted only by the pediments on the east and west sides. This same baluster/ floor windows have cut stone surrounds. The windows throughout the building are casement traves with dentils beneath them.

Pilasters around the hallway on the first floor have Grand staircases lead from the first to the second floor at the north and south sides. This building is an excellent example of the Neoclassical Revival style in Indians and whites meeting.The murals were done by the Schachne Studios of Dayton; they doric capitals.There are marble floors throughout the building.All woodwork in Each of the three floors on the interior is different although all have balustrades.Large light fixtures flank the stairs; these are currently being restored.

polygonal ornamental panels.There is a skylight in the court room and a large leaded with stone radiating voussoirs.Pilasters flank the windows on the second floor.Third offices off a hallway which encircles the central well of the building.The main pilasters.The coffered ceiling has the coffers much closer together than on the other The brick terraces at the entrance way are enclosed by stone balusters and The third floor is even more ornate than the second.Pilasters along the the center of the building.Three metal chandeliers hang from the skylight.Murals architecture in the early twentieth century.It completely fills one city block ends of the building.The staircases are enclosed on the north and south ends by stone -RUINS Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDAN 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 building terrace and entrance ways, patch and repair the stone units, and waterproof the Recent repairs on the building have been well-documented by the commissioners. with ashlar stone pillars with composite capitals around the well.The pillars and spicuous in comparison to the grand staircases in the well; ithas copper balusters and columns support a three-part entablature with a frieze and dentil work. The stairway to the third floor is on the east side of the building and is very incon- entire exterior of the building; this work was done by Charles Cornell & Sons.A new to do maintenance work on the eves $6,760);this was all Revenue Sharing money.

FOR NPS USE ONLY Plumbing for $12,31l.In 1974,$33,400 in Revenue Sharing monies were spent to clean (sandblast) the exterior of the building, repoint and patch the masonry, repoint the New windows were installed by the Forest Lumber & Supply Company in 1971 using $31,258.13 in Revenue Sharing funds.A new heating system was installed in l96l by Tony Heating & AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ECONOMICS -OTHER (SPECIFY) INVENTION SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT Richards, MoCarty and Bulford STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE court house architecture and as the court house for Hardin County.

The first court house in Hardin County was built in 1834 and the second in 1880; both were located on this The architects for the new court house were Richards, MeCarty, and Bulford, and the contractor for the terrace and building was Steininger, Taylor Construction Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The bid for construction of the court house was $216,783.86 and of John B. Stambaugh, William J. Ochs, William H. Maddox, and Hamilton E. Hoge. County The cornerstone of the building was laid by Anicitia Lodge No. 79 of the I.O.O.F. on September 25, 1913.

"Courthouse Day" featured a parade of school children and war veterans, bands, and drum corps, "and when the climax of the day's events was reached in the impressive rites of the cornerstone laying, the veritable sea of humanity was thronged with hundreds of visitors, is interested in practically nothing else today, save County commissioners in 1914-1915 were Thomas W. Deringer, Carl F. Glock, and Peter W. Breidenbach. The names of the various commissioners, architects, etc.

are listed on a The basement of the building now houses the Ohio State University Cooperative contains the Board of Education, Board of Elections, County Engineer, Red Cross, Veterans Service Office, a Veterans Hall on the north end, and a Daughters of the American County Commissioners, Dog Warden, Probate Court, Juvenile Department, Recorder, and District, Prosecutor, Law Library, Home Health Care, and Kenton-Hardin Health Department And all the hopes that free souls prize Thou art of us, and what in thee For weal or woe betide 1800-1899 1500-1599 ART ENGINEERING 1700-1799 THEATER EDUCATION SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PHILOSOPHY LAW CONSERVATION SCIENCE SCULPTURE INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT PERIOD MILITARY RELIGION 1913-1915 TRANSPORTATION XARCHITECTURE LITERATURE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT the exercises, which mark the dedication of Hardin County's beautiful new Courthouse." Upon that cherished square.

_COMMERCE -1600-1699 -COMMUNICATIONS commissioners in 1912-l913 were John W.Crooks, Charles W.Wood,and Charles W.Smith. have quarters on the third floor. Are building with thee there. and $9o99 for the heating plant.The building commission for the court house was composed We watch thy massive walls arise - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1400-1499 special election in May l9l2. X1900- - MUSIC ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING square. In April 1912 the Hardin County 'onmissioners decided to build a new court house at a cost of $275,000; voters approved the bonds to pay for the building at a $18,783.86 for the terrace. the final cost of constructing the court house was $231,328.

34 Cox"gave an address containing many sound and worthy thoughts." that "This beautiful May day will go down in history as one of Hardin County's greatest -- metal plaque on the east wall of the building between the second and third floors. This building is significant as an excellent example of Neoclassical Revival Extension Agent, the welfare Department, and the Food Stamps office. The first floor Treasurer.

The Clerk of Courts, Common Pleas Court, Court Stenographer, Scioto Conservancy The second floor houses the Auditor, on on which a memorable event takes place amid most appropriate scenes.The entire city, Eliza Wallace Durbin once wrote a poem to the new court house: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION This property is bounded on the north by the south curb of Columbus Avenue, on the east by the west curb line of Main Street, on the south by the north curb line of west STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Regional Preservation Officer 26 June 1978 STREET & NÜMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL V 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 GPO 921-803 COUNTY DATE TELEPHONE Tiffin ORGANIZATION NORTHING CODE County Commissioners ZONE EASTING Barbara Howe Xeroxed files on the history of the Hardin County Court House supplied by the Hardin Ohio hh883 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST: U TM REFERENCES 400 ZONE Heidelberg College CHIEFOF REGISTRATION Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET And shamed.

by love built in thy walls Thou art of us, faith cong'ring fears, "Their souls were high, and free. No bias save sweet mercy's plea, Take thou this message to the May rancor stay below; Shrink in their grandeur's sweep Our height, in shame or pride. May self to hiding creep. But strong to pay life's score. May greed within thy splendid halls Into her balance throw Shall mark for Hardin's sons to be That he who leaves they door, FOR NPS USE ONLY MAR 2 1 1979 ITEM NUMBER May go, not filled with hate toward thee -- PAGE Hardin County Court House , Hardin County, Ohio We build ourselves in thee; And justice waiting calmly there, When crime goes up thy;stately stair Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAR 1 5 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Hardin County Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET The Hardin County Courthouse is significant for its impressive architectural styling tion and cornice balustrade on the exterior are not strictly features of the style, of the interior columns, cornices, and stairways however, approaches the exhuberance of this extraordinary interior and dramatically lights the central 3-story lobby area. Not only has the courthouse served as an imposing visual element in the center of Kenton, but it has also played, and continues to maintain, an extremely significant role in the political and governmental history of the county. The courthouse has county to its populace.

RECEIVED FOR NPS USE ONLY and the symmetry of the smooth-dressed stone walls are the predominant aspects of the exterior and fit the building into the classical mold. The highly artistic detailing of the Beaux Arts Classicism. The elliptical colored skylight is the crowning aspect been the legal and administrative center of the county since its dedication in 1915; and it is a highly distinctive and visually identifiable representation of the Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio Survey, Works Progress Administration, Attic floor plan Room Fox UPPER PART OF MAiN 1941 Drawing from Ohio Historical Records STORAGE PASSAGE HARSIN KENTON SCALE: /"20!. RECORDS, ATTic NORTH DETROITST.

SCOUTS Drawing from Ohio Historical Records Survey, Works Progress Administration, JAN 8 1941 WAR HALL Basement floor plan LEGION KITCHEN AND GIRL STORAGE Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio MAR 2 I 1979 ORRID BANQUET RAMP AMERICAM VETERANS FANROOM OURTHOUSE. KENTON, HARDINCO. OHIO Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio Survey, Works Progress Administration, JAN 8 Main floor plan ANTE ROOM 140'g" RED CROSS SCALE: 1 IN. =20 FT. 1941 LADIES STAGE SPACE PEN Drawing from Ohio Historical Records G.A.R. TOILET CORRIDOR ELECTTONS BOARD DOWN REST AUDITORIUM U.S.W.V.

VESTIBULE MAR 2 I 1919 VETERANS HALL LOBBY TELEPHONE MAIN KENTON, FLOOR Courthouse, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio MAR 2 1 PUBLIC 1941 JAN81979 CORRIDOR PASSAGE PROBATE ABSTRACTOR Drawing from Ohio Historical Records SPACE ENGINEER Survey, Works Progress Administration, PLAN AUDITOR COURT WoRK Room JUDGE JAN 8 COUNTY RECORDER HARDiN KENTON, RECORDERS OWN URT HOUSE, KENTON,HARDIN CO. OHIO Courthouse Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio Survey, Works Progress Administration, JAN 8 1979 OPEN COURT 1941 SHERIFF CLERK Drawing from Ohio Historical Records, PLEAS KENTON RECORDS Third floor plan MAIN HALL- LAW LIBRARY HAR TOILET THIRD FLOOR PRIVATE COURTHOUSE Working Number 1, 8. 19.54 Photos - OK 3.16.29 in area é good example of style.

MAR 2T 1979 Send-back - Re-submit - OTHER KEEPER HAER Inventory CONTROL Review HISTORIAN Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Maps BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry TECHNICAL United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service State OH. 3:20.79 EAST Photo number 1 JAN 8 northeast Kenton, Ohio Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Service June 1978 Exterior -- west and south sides, camera pointing Couaty Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 First floor main entrance Welling's Photo Service Photo number 2 Hardin County Court House June 1978 Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R.

309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 1979 Stairway between first and second floors Welling's Photo Service Hardin County Court House June 1978 Photo number 3 Kenton, Ohio Photo number 4 Second and third floor hallways and stairway Welling's Photo Service June 1978 Hardin County Court House JAN 8 Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio MAR 2 | 1979 Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 1979 Hardin County Court House Second and third floor hallways and well June 1978 Photo number 5 Welling's Photo Service Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 1979 MAR Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Serviee June 1978 Skylight, well on second and third floor Photo number Q Kenton, Ohio June 1978 JAN 8 Skylight Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Service Welling's Photo Service, S.R.

309 East, Kenton, Ohio Photo number 7 Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 Skylight with mural Hardin County Court House Photo number 8 Welling's Photo Service June 1978 Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Service Mural / Skylight June 1978 Photo number 9 Kenton, Ohio June 1978 Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Mural / Skylight Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Service Photo number 10 JAN 8 1979 Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Photo number Il JAN 8 1979 Welling's Photo Service Hardin County Court House Stairway to third floor June 1978 Kenton, Ohio Kenton, Ohio June 1978 Welling's Photo Service, S.R.

309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 Engineer's Office Welling's Photo Service Hardin County Court House Photo Number 12 Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Commissioner's Office, camera pointing north JAN 8 1979 Welling's Photo Service Hardin County Court House June 1978 Photo number 13 HARdiN County Kenton, Ohio June 1978 JAN 8 Hardin County Court House Treasurer's Office Welling's Photo Service Photo number I Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 Welling's Photo Service Auditor's Office Photo number 15 Hardin County Court House June 1978 Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. JAN 8 1979 Hardin County Court House Photo number 16 Probate and Juvenile Court / June 1978 Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R.

309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 MAR 2 1979/ Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Service Recorder's Office June 1978 Photo number 17 Kenton, Ohio Photo number 18 JAN 8 Welling's Photo Service Hardin County Court House June 1978 Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Clerk of Courts Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio JAN 8 Common Pleas Court Hardin County Court House Welling's Photo Service Photo number 19 June 1978 Kenton, Ohio Wielling's Photo Service, S.R. 309 East, Kenton, Ohio Welling's Photo Service Hardin County Court House Common Pleas Court Room June 1978 KENTON QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N 4037.5w8330/7.5 KENTON, OHIO STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Bradford, Robert, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Delbert L.

Latta Honorable Willis D. Gradison, JI. Honorable Samuel L. Devine Honorable Donald J. Pease Columbus, Ohio 43211 Cardington Location Byers/bjr Martin House Kenton Director Tiffin Seneca County Gilboa Name Cincinnati Lorain County Honorable Tennyson Guyer Hardin County For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Montgomery County Morrow County Exchange Hotel The Ohio Historical Society Wellington Centerville vicinity STATE OHIO Hardin County Courthouse Gilboa Main Street Historic District Date Entered Dr.Thomas H.Smith State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Tony P.Hall Honorable John H. Glenn Miami Street Grade School Reamer Barn Also Notified Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Old St. Patrick's Church ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Putnam County MAR 2 1 1979 Hamilton County 3/23/79 Cour thouse Sq.

- deteriorated Dexcellent Omoved - Unknown -fair Ounexcavated - No Access AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 'first'C C LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 C AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH -27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions major alterations : Clandscape architect/ garden designer: " interior decorator: 3 artisan: _date.

|IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Kenton Hardin CONDITION ASSOCIATION builder/contractor: PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: artist: historic events: ENTERTAINMENT-26 COMMERCE-6 Lake Central architectural style(s): WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP NOT INTACT-O master builder: Hardin County Courthouse UNKNOWN-4 ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 NOT APPLICABLE-9 Ounaltered Dunexposed SAVED? YES Oruins OTHER NAMES 5O UNKNOWN-6 -EXPLORATION -12 'oldest' O C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 county reviewers initials engineer: dates of initial construction: