Nomination for Leipsic City Hall

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Leipsic City Hall, Van Buren Township Hall, Fire Department and Jail STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT MUSEUM -WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION XYES: RESTRICTED LIN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED _INDUSTRIAL OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 137 BOTH LOCATION Ottawa CODE DATE Celina HISTORIC COUNTY SCIENTIFIC ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL SITE MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT Putnam STATE Main and Hickory Streets OWNERSHIP CATEGORY AGRICULTURE Delbert Latta Leipsic CLASSIFICATION PARK RELIGIOUS COMMERCIAL STATUS 9/78 Ohio TRANSPORTATION Ohio Historic Inventory PRIVATE Putnam County Courthouse COURTHOUSE. NAME BEING CONSIDERED GOVERNMENT DATE ENTERED Village Of Leipsic Leipsic City Hall WOBC Historic Preservation Office SURVEY RECORDS BUILDING(S) - UNOCCUPIED _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY -STRUCTURE OTHER.library XPUBLIC (Rev. 10-74) St. Rt. 65, Belmore Street PH0674273 TITLE DESCRIPTION X_ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED - MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Putnam County northwest of Leipsic. The contractors were Dudley and Leffler, also noteworthy buildings in Leipsic, such as the Lampe Block in 1894. It is not evident CONDITION UNALTERED GOOD DETERIORATED EXCELLENT and backgrounds of the architect and contractor who constructed a medieval fortress This massive building of eclectic style has two faces.Such massive proportions and whether either the architect or the contractors were known outside their own village. application of stucco attempted to cover the deteriorating brick. However, spalling elaborate detailing at the upper portions and cornice make one puzzle about the names of the building are more buttresses.

At the base of the tower is one with corbelling and discoloration is now creeping above the stucco and continues to be perplexing to Pennsylvania had been a carpenter, but the later Henrys were landowners and farmers in CHECK ONE altered and enlarged and the doors on the south have been boarded shut. flanked by.uncapped buttresses, set with an inscription stone and surmounted by a high run under and barely touch the dripstones at the windows on both floors.A recessed and crenelation and on the southwest corner only corbelling is evident.

No description of the building would be complete without remarking about the 4th efflorescence at the pediment, the base of the tower and at the ground level above the The cornice has tiers of detailing.A serated effect in brick is the base for square front door has a segmental arch, but the fire department door on the west side has been The TOWNSHIP HALL face has a different treatment with a central curvilinear gable functional and do not hint of the elaborate detailing that is on the outside. corbelled panels and a stone cap. -UNEXPOSED buttress has a brick corbelled top while the south buttress a stone cap. At the corners longtime residents of the Leipsic area, who are credited with the building of other The back and north sides of this building are much plainer than the facades.

Large FAIR with rock-faced sandstone drip labels and flat stone lugsills.Stringer courses in brick embrasures with rock-faced sandstone label mouldings on each side and culminates in in the rural flat land of the Black Swamp.According to the old records found in the Charles' grandfather of rooms inside are used for meetings and open space for the fire department.They are corbelled chimney.This side has perfect balance of doors and windows on both floors. story that originally graced the square tower at the northwest corner of the facade. The building has problems.The City Hall facade has unsightly.accumulations of used for drying firemen's hoses.Today the third story of the tower is pierced by tall The CITY HALL 19o4 facade has a central pediment gable with checkerboard brick above was Chas. Henry & Sons who received S30o for their service. -RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

in this sparsely populated rural area as the jail, fire house, office space for village used by the community, but now the building also serves as a branch library for its designed by Charles Henry & Sons as architects, and supervised by Dudley & Leffler, elaborateness for such a small village. of elm that could be harvested, leipsic and Van Buren Township were attractive to numerous citizens. ENGINEERING ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE PERIOD EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCIENCE THEATER SCULPTURE SIGNIFICANCE XARCHITECTURE MILITARY _PHILOSOPHY provided access to the coal fields of Southern Ohio and West Virginia and to the lumber railroads that allowed rapid growth of population and accumulation of enormous wealth brickwork and sandstone which continues to deteriorate due to sandblasting that was done over ten years ago when the disastrous effects were yet unknown.

INDUSTRY It is architecturally significant as an example of an eclectic style with its LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORTATION interests transferred along the railroad lines and was known as Leipsic Station for a contractors, all long-term residents and landowners in the Leipsic area, it is atypical public building for continued use for the community.A major problem involves the exterior 1900- battlements, corbelling and square tower which create a picturesque design recalling However, the buildings constructed during the days of wealth remain as an indication of Chicago & St.Louis Plate)was routed through Leipsic.In 1895,the Lima Northern POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Putnam County was formed in 1834 with boundaries finalized in 1847,and is one of the the economic life decreased.Today Leipsic has a population of approximately 2000 people.

-1600-1699 last counties in Northwest Ohio to be settled because it lay at the edge of the Black -1500-1599 and Michigan Railroad which arrived in this part of Ohio in 1859.Population and business and township officials and mayor's court.At one time, the opera hall upstairs was -CONSERVATION CITY HALL 1904 while the south face has a stone that reads TOWNSHIP HALL.It is _1800-1899 -1400-1499 -1700-1799 _COMMERCE -MUSIC -LAW BUILDER/ARCHITECT Chas. Henry & Sons regions of the North. industrial businessmen.One barrel-making company was the Edwards Buckeye Stave Company, The village councilmen are interested in preserving and rehabilitating this important a medieval fortress. and township hall designed as one building is a remnant of that era.

which lies to the south.Even though West Leipsic in adjacent Liberty Township was platted the importance of this railroad center in the forests of Northwest Ohio.The city hall as the Black Swamp was drained at the turn of the century.Although the building was The village of Leipsic was located at the crossroads of three in 1852,no settlement sprang up at present day Leipsic until the advent of the Dayton organized in 1886 and at one time employed about 1000 people.When the trees were gone, - INVENTION

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Village Records, Leipsic, Ohio. Interview with Lawrence A. Holl, Councilman, 6/78. Seitz, D. W. and Talbot, O. C., The Putnam County Atlas, 1895. Bowen, B. F., History of Putnam County, 1915. Sommers, Edwin, Putnam County Centennial History, 1834-1934. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than & acre VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE STREET & NUMBER 7600 St. Rt. 703 419-586-2365, Ext. 53 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - 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 GPO 892.453 DATE TELEPHONE NORTHING ORGANIZATION COUNTY CODE Celina 10/78 Ohio and Michigan) Railroad runs northeast along the rear lot line. WOBC Historic Preservation Office, Wright State University UTM REFERENCES Mary Ann Brown, Regional Director ZONE EASTING It is bordered by Cherry Street to the south.The Baltimore and Ohio Dayton one block southwest of Main Street on Belmore Street or State Route 65.y Hardesty, H. H.& Co.,History of Putnam Co.,1880. 260 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES LOCAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).

I ZONE hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the Working/Number5.7.79.95/ Photos - BRANCH CHIEF OTHER Inventory KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Send-back CONTROL Re-submit TECHNICAL Maps Property National Register Write-up Review HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 7-3-79 United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service State DEPT LEIPSIC 2 0 1979 Photographer facing NE Leipsic City Hall Facade and south side Leipsic, Putnam, Mary Ann Brown, MAY 7 Ohio FIRE DEPT LEIPSIC Leipsic, Putnam,® Ohio Facade and tower of city side Leipsic City Hall Photographer facing east Mary Ann Brown, 7/7RAY 7 1979 2001979 JUN 2 0 1919 Leipsic, Putnam, Ohio WOBC, # 394 Photographer facing east Detail of tower and battlement Leipsic City Hall Closeup of deteriorated brick on south side, photog.

facing N Leipsic City Hall Leipsic, Putnam, LEIPSIC QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO LEIPSIC, OHIO 17/249300/4553620 Ous Route UTm Reference Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Leipsic City Hall Cory, Ambrose, House For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Tanglewood Doan House Location STATE Tiffin Leipsic Rombach Place Clinton County Name Fort Ball-Railroad Area Historic District Wilmington Putnam County Also Notified Chillicothe County Leipsic City Hall Seneca County Fostoria ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER JUN 20 1979 OHIO Date Entered JUN 20 1979 Columbiana County Williams, Abner, Log House St. James Episcopal Church Lay, Samuel, House Cuyahoga County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H.

Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Chalmers P. Wylle Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Location Boardman Director STATE Mahoning County Honorable Tennyson Guyer Honorable Douglas Applegate Lisbon vicinity Name Gantz Homestead Date Entered Grove City vicinity Noble County Lashley vicinity Aiso Notified Honorable Lyle Williams The Chio Historical Society /25/79 State Historic Preservation Officer Franklin County Honorable Delbert L. Latta Columbiana County Infirmary Honorable William H. Harsha Honorable Ronald M. Mottl ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 0lmsted Falls Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Leipsic City Hall, Putnam County, Ohio inyented by W. Q. Pfubler, is manu- at farr. factured by the Leipsic machine works, anda new factory is to be started. 'ou know what we Industry is that of the J. B.

Webber 3tf Andrew Ringlein & Brother's flour- heard of ¡by A. Poulk, are other business inter- best. I: sores, b - Can you afford ium. Many beautiful bomes go to im- zy other-when it add not a little to its advantages Leipsic Light, Heat and Power plant Tea or :e it. furnishes not only light, but also steam Buckeye Stave company that the Meth- odist church, erected at a cost of about NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING, LEIPSIC. $20,000. was built. Itis the finest in Putnam county. Mr. Edwarde donated There ave to do with other REGISTER Eleve RECEIVED thoroug NATIONAL ley. lister's stove you can rely s destination just as wagon, on its legs. Onel turns out cement blocks for building from ar nitations? Call and nd it will arrive at imply taking off the Lulu: Cement burial vaults are made in INWARE guarant. The Round Monumental works, run by electr- lak does its work all Another juting a specialty.

Many of the residents are retired far- Leipsic is a good trading point feeder for engines, or what is more rn and it is packed. ial such as nails, sash shire ra Burke' s life in the same There are no vacant houses and It was mainly due to the generosity ound as it started- the ne norough way. It is rooms and apartments are at a prem- At th and Chir SONS. LEIPSIC FREE PRESS MAY 7 1979 properly termed a lubricator, that wae ing and grist mille, with warehouse combined, and the Leipsie brick yards, have a l miles of paved streets, well lighted. ne of free bed in Christ hospital in Cincin- 3tf mers. prolifc icity. sts no more than purposes, as well as posts. An oil The Hummon stock fal Schw my stock 1904 JUN 20 1979