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

Nomination for Old Elyria Water Tower

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 524 words across 5 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 79002739, 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.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) Old Elyria Water Tower 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Southside of W. 15th Street, 100 feet 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period west of Black River bridge 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder Cone, metal 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, If apparent Front 3 Water Tower 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use rock-faced stone 23. Ownership 36. Changes Private 8 Altered O 9. Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved O if known 37. Condition Republic Steel Corporation Interior good 5 7 8 270 525 15th Street 25. Open to Preservation Public Road? Site O Structure E Object O 26.

Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 75 ft. 100 ft. 42. Further Description of Important Features It features gothic arches on the door and window openings and four exterior from the walls. At the top, an exterior balcony, supported by large brackets 14. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Located in a semi-rural area, this structure faces onto a parking lot to the north and fields on the south. The river is to the east. Across the street is the Repubic Steel Corporation. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by 47. Organization Lor. Co. Rea. Plna. Comm. 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 8-78 Side 1879 Zone 1379 Underway? Sandstone Exterior 17406750 Long. Register? Lorain Lat.

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, May 16, 1978, page A-9 Elyria Easting District Northing Frontage on Road (Explain Ohio Historical Center Victorian Gothic County Lorain County Historical Society Site Inspection Steven McQuillin OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY to begin pumping water inland from Lake Erie, this tower and pumping station was sold to nearby Re- large open space and contains a stone spiral stairway that is cantilevered This is a tall cylindrical masonry tower that supports a large water tank. 7. City or Town U.T.M.Reference/20 Unio Mistoric Preservation Office 35. Plan Shape Addition C round Bullding Photo The old water tower was Elyria's source of water for many years.When the city decided in 1902 buttresses.The exterior walls are four feet thick.The interior is a single Eligible?

good 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 2. Elyria, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 4. August 1978 5. Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6. North facade, looking south 7. HRE - 30 MAY 1979 DOE 1. Elyria Water Works Tower Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000622 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property