Decorative drawing: a one-room schoolhouse with a bell cupola. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Main Building School

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,582 words across 13 pages, filed in 1980. 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 80002960, 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.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

received SEP 2 2 1980 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and/or common 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of _ state. _ county X unoccupied _agriculture _ museum X building(s) . commercial -park . structure work in progress X educational - private residence .entertainment in process X yes: restricted . government _ scientific X being considered - yes: unrestricted . industrial - military -other: 4. Owner of Property Ohio 45177 5. Location of Legal Description has this property been determined elegible?
- yes _ federal - local depository for survey records 039 027 Accessible transportation Category date both Wilmington object Ownership historic site code religious district Sixth congressional district private Status None known title date entered Public Acquisition Inventory-Nomination Form Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use National Register of Historic Places 1. Name Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service MAIN BUILDING Ohio 3. Classification United States Department of the Interior 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 576 West Main Street Clinton For HCRS use only City of Wilmington Board of Education, subject to legal opinion Main Building School FHR-8-300 (11-78) courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. public Sugartree Street Clinton County Court House Clinton County Recorder's Office 7.
Description _excellent X unaltered X original site X good - moved - fair later given to the Clinton County Historical Society. Also, a classroom the older structure, the historical integrity of Main Building is not com- throughout the school's history, but the basic room configuration has and 19' high on the third floor. Condition date ruins Check one and topped by a segmental surround; third story windows are similar but have The interior features of Main Building have of course been remodeled obscur ed by the playground equipment and trees. First and second floor window openings have segmental arch hoodmould with Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

Originally Main Building was topped by a handsome belfry.This was way which is topped by a small bracketed projecting entablature.A stone - unexposed Water table encircles the entire structure. promised because the addition is far enough to the rear and is somewhat The Italianate style is also carried out in the fine details of the removed sometime in the early 190o's although the bell itself was saved and Main Building is a 3-story school which lies in the middle of a 5 acre hung sash with 4 lights over 4 lights. All have stone lugsills and lintels. facade and rear second and third stories are differentiated, also. addition was made to Main Building ca. 1950. It is a one-story, flat roofed, changed very little. keystone, while third floor hoodmoulds are round-arched.
Center windows of deteriorated composed of double wooden doors recessed behind a semi-circular stone arch- the original school.Although inharmonious in its design with The windows of Main Building are double- wooded lot in a residential neighborhood near the Central Business District on each side with the divisions created by brick pilaster strips.The 3 sawtooth effect at the frieze line. - archeology-historic - agriculture .literature _ sculpture X architecture .social/ _art X 1800-1899 _ commerce _exploration/settlement - philosophy .theater _ communications - politics/government -other (specify) W. M.
Cleveland 1600-1699 1869 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 economics Period engineering Builder/Architect education invention industry conservation humanitarian music prehistoric law 1900- transportation Specific dates Victorian Italianate style with its variety of window treatments and elab- 8.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Significance Main Building School is being nominated to the Register on the basis of Board of Education has taken no action. College);however none of these exhibit the elaborate stone trim and the Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) generated for the re-use of these buildings;however at this time the Areas of Significance-Check and justify below circulated petitions to save this building and Smith Place (an 1893 school). military _science other examples of,this style(most notably College Hall at Wilmington - archeology-prehistoric _ community planning - religion landscape architecture general exterior liveliness of Main Building.Main is the finest school feasibility study of both buildings. Considerable public support has been The building was in continuous use as a school from its opening of this style and also one of the oldest standing schools in Clinton The League also has prepared (with a grant from the National Trust)a This building is a fine example of a high 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References The History of Clinton County, Ohio, W.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882 10. Geographical Data UMT References 4|3 619 /6100 See continuation sheet: _ state 11. Form Prepared By June 20, 1980 telephone (513) 382-1838 city or town 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - loca I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 45177 code date county Northing Zone national name/title Attest: Wilmington Chief of Registration Ohio Verbal boundary description and justification Keeper of the National Register Acreage of nominated property 5.97 acre s ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED Quadrangle name List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries For HCRS use only Acting SHPO Easting pe History of Clinton County, Ohio, B.F.
Bowen & Co., Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, Daniel J. Buckley and Karen Gano State Historic Preservation Officer signature GPO 938 835 1915 UTM NOT VERIFIED Albert J. Brown, Supervising Editor, received SEP 2 2 1980 Main Building School, Wilmington, Ohio Continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description Item number 10 Page 1 The Main School Site is situated in the City of Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, and being a part of Military Survey No. 1057 and bounded and described as follows: Northwesterly corner of Lot No. 7 as said lot is known and designated on the recorded Running thence, from said point of beginning, with the Westerly line of with the Northerly right-of-way line of the B & O Railroad, S 75° 08' 50" W 561 19 feet to an iron pin; thence, with the herein Grantor's Westerly line, N 0° 27' 30" E 467.84 feet to an iron pin; thence, with the Southerly lines of Lots No. 5 and No.
5 in Robert Way's Heirs Addition, N 89° 40' 35" E 251.22 feet to an iron pin; thence, with the Easterly line of said Lot No. 4, N 0° 02' 50"E 78.83 feet to an iron pin; thence, with the herein Grantor's lines through Lots No. 2 and No. 3 in said Ways Addition, on the following courses: (1) N 89° 40' 35" E 55.90 feet to an iron pin; (2) N 0° 08' 10" E 1.17 feet to a post; (3) N 89° 40' 35" E 55.90 feet to an iron pin; thence, with the Easterly line of said Lot No. 2, N 0° 13' 50" E 124.05 feet to an iron pin; thence, with the Inventory-Nomination Form date entered National Register of Historic Places Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service United States Department of the Interior As recorded in the Clinton County Engineers Record of Land Division. containing Five and Nine Hundred Seventy Thousandths (5.97o) Acres.
For HCRS use only plat of Hibben's Addition to said city: Beginning at an iron pin in the Southerly margin of Sugartree Street at the Southerly margin of Sugartree Street, S 89° 30' 00" E 178.59 feet to the point of beginning, FHR-8-300 (11-78) said Lot No.7and said line projected,S0 22'30"W528.52 feet toan iron pin;thence, Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Entered NOV 2 I 1980 KEEPER OTHER Inventory CONTROL HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back HISTORIAN Re-submit Property Review State United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF 2-2-82 TECHNICAL 3 Maps Working Number 1. Main Building 2. Sugartree Street, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio 3. Hal Allen, Allen Photographic Studio 4. 12/79 5. Allen Photographic Studio, Wilmington,OH 6. North side and East Facade, photographer 7.
#1 of 3 SEP 2 2 1980 facing SW NOV 2 I 1980 1. Main Building 2. Sugartree Street, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio 3. Hal Allen, Allen Photographic Studio 4. 12/79 5. Allen Photographic Studio, Wilmington, OH 6. Rear add'n, west and south sides--camera SEP 22 1980 7. #2 of 3 facing NE NOV 2 I 1980 1. Main Building 2. Sugartree Street, Wilmington, Clinton 3. Hal Allen, Allen Photographic Studio 4. 12/79 5. Allen Photographic Studio, Wilmington,OH SEP 2 2 1980 7. #3 of 3 facing SE 6. West and north sides, rear add'n--camera County, Ohio MAIN BUILDING 1961 UNITED STATES Zone 17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILMINGTON, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILMINGTON QUADRANGLE Robert W. Moyer January 22, 1980 Columbus, Ohio of Historic Places. Robert W.
Moyer, Mayor SEP 2 2 1980 Gentlemen: REGISTER NATIONAL Historic Preservation Office tions of Main Building and Smith Place to the National Register City of Wilmington Ohio Historical Society RECEIVED On behalf of the City of Wilmington I support the nomina- Herrold, Thomas Jefferson, House and Store Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr. Dellas H. Harder Honorable Ronald M. Mott1 Honorable Clarence E. Miller Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Berea Location Athens STATE Name Circleville Byers/bjr/12/2/80 Wilmington Pisgah Christian Church Brown County Date Entered Pickaway County Athens County Cuyahoga County The Ohio Historical Society Milford Memorial Hall Also Notified Acting State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable William H.
Harsha Clinton County Clermont County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Main Building Promont John M. Pattison House) Berea Union Depot NOV 2 1 1980 OHIO