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Decorative drawing: a civic town hall with a clock tower and a portico. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Old City Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 513 words across 4 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 79002725, 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.

The nomination, in full

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

MAY ? 1979 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) LC 708 P1 2. County Old City Hall Lorain Co. 5. Other Name(s) 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 2 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent Front 4 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape "T" 23. Ownership Changes Addition O Private O Altered * 9. Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved O Condition U.T.M. Reference 0 7 3 0/0 457 98 50 Elyria, Ohio 44035 25. Open to 38. Preservation Site O Structure - Public Road? Building & Object O 39. Endangered? 11. On National 27.

Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes D 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features Built as the town hall with a large opera hall above, this build- ing of the interior exists if the city were to use the building as part of a civic center complex. 43. History and Significance Long a center of activity in Elyria, the old city hall once housed public meetings and 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 46. Prepared by 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) Exterior Sandstone 7-75 fair-poor Easting Elyria Long. Underway? Zone C.M.N.P. Northing Side Lat. Italianate Police Headquarters Frontage on Road addition to the rear once housed the fire station.

The nominated property islot 135, block Interior (Explain Ohio Historical Center Steven McQuillin alterations were made in 1930,destroying much of the building's Register? OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY sides and back are finished off in plain brick with random windows inserted.An Eligible? Court Street facing Ely Square importance as the center of municipal governmant. plain with wood&stone frontage of about 60' 45.Sources of information64of the original plat of Elyria. brick iron logg gable, composition opera performances. Because of its distinctive facade, the building has symbolic 47. Organization Lor.Co. Reg.Plng.Comm. 1867, Remodeled in 1930 if known The City of Elyria Town Hall charm. The potential for restoration of the facade and remodel- Society Exterior and interior Plng.Comm.

ing once had two mansard towers in front.E new city hall SQUARE Photos : Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF KEEPER OTHER CONTROL TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HAER Maps Re-submit Send-back Review BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritaae Conservation and Recreation Service 8-13-29 State OH 9-4-79 8.13.79 Working Number5. 2.79. 9 6 6 1. Old City Hall 2. Elyria, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 5. Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6. East facade, looking west MAY 7 4. August 1978 AUG | 3 1979 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000622 for this property Please refer to the map in the