Nomination for Ohio National Bank

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United States Department of the Interior receivedCT 1 4 1980 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and/or common Banc Ohio National Bank, High-Town Office street & number 167 South High Street - not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio . county -public - unoccupied X building(s) - private . - commercial _ structure work in progress _ object X yes: restricted yes: unrestricted .military 155 East Broad Street 410 South High Street has this property been determined elegible? - yes . local 049 both museum code government Accessible transportation entertainment Franklin Category 15th 6. Representation in Existing Surveys educational Status industrial park religious Ownership 2. Location 4.

Owner of Property National Register of Historic Places Columbus other: agriculture historic district scientific Public Acquisition site being considered congressional district Inventory-Nomination Form 1. Name private residence 5. Location of Legal Description in process 3. Classification Present Use Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Type all entries-complete applicable sections Banc Ohio National Bank For HCRS use only April 1975 FHR-8-300 (11-78) date entered OV26 Ohio _ federalX state courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Franklin County Administration Building title Ohio Historic Inventory X unaltered X original site _moved date The Neo-Classic Revival Banc-Ohio building, in its important aspects, is as ori- front, is three stories in clear height (40').

The section of the building in front Leve1 which becomes fully above grade at the rear because of the slope of the sidewalk limestone, excluding the building base that also forms the walls of the lower level which Interiorwise, the banking room walls have pilaster and entablature treatment with enriched and polychromed mouldings, including a Greek fret belt below the Condition ruins 7. Description fair Check one medallioned metopes.The columns rest upon a stylobate at building base level. Exterior walls of the two street facades are smooth faced regular coursed ashlar beside a very tall and modern building that could someday replace the four story facade (Town Street) is pilastered and has large monumental windows lighting the building adjacent and to the south. along the side. is granite.The roof is flat with tan and paper covering.

The front columns between antae)has a pure Greek Doric pedimented ginallycompleted in 1912.It isa 1 bay by 8 bay structure of a rectangular plan _excellent Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

banking room, all neo-classic. classical character and monumental in scale. rear has four lower-ceiling floors above the ground floor. Under all is a lower Flanking the entrance reached by the six steps is a pair of bronze tripod supported basins, classic style. Unfortunately, the original monumental bronze doors and coffered and polychromed. Other public areas and executive offices are of strict unexposed deteriorated grilles have been replaced by modern aluminum doors and trim. Small window openings architrave and around the pilasters which is very effective.The ceiling is deeply in the front still have their bronze grilles of classic design.The secondary street The building is of a scale that it would not be lost Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic - agriculture - architecture .

music - philosophy X 1900- other (specify) James Steward & Co, Contractor Richards, McCarty & Bulford, Architect Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) with exactly twenty (20) channels and the echinus' profile is a very subtle curve as those of Parthenon and Thesseon in Athens. height of the entablature and the attic story with their pleasing dimensions and The building is located across the street from a three-block area in downtown 1700-1799 1600-1699 1800-1899 communications 1500-1599 1400-1499 invention 8. Significance commerce economics Builder/Architect transportation education art exploration/settlement military industry conservation engineering politics/government humanitarian Period theater cant science social/ sculpture law Specific dates 1912 and has been forms a most complimentary setting for the portico.

The Neo-Classic Revival Banc Ohio High-Town Office building was constructed in 1912 examples of Greek Doric order of classical ornament in Columbus.The details of the of the expendible structures in the area. _literature _ archeology-prehistoric community planning the street to the area of the Banc Ohio building. It would be in the best interest Elements of the portico are arranged in classic proportions. Examples are the the best Greek traditions as well.

The remainder of the Neo-classic revival structure on the National Register of Historic Places, so that it may not be mistaken as one of the structure to have its outstanding architectural qualities recognized by listing presently being revitalized.It is possible this revitalization may expand across building are particularly refined.The shafts of the columns are channeled (fluted) a long term residence of Ohio National.Bank.It is one of the most signifi- 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Dated photographs of the AIA, 1976. . state 11. Form Prepared By FayneF. Freshwater - A.I.A. Emeritus April 2, 1980 city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: X local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature county 614-262-3667 code Easting organization Northing date Columbus Zone telephone national Attest: 1:24000 name/title Verbal boundary description and justification UMT References UTM NOT VERIFIED Franklin County Courthouse records. 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Keeper of the National Register 10.

Geographical Data For HCRS use only Quadrangle scale Ohio Acreage of nominated property Southwest, Columbus, Ohio Quadrangle name . line is 187.50' along Town Street. The west line (rear) of the building lot is street & number 130 W. Beaumont Road 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 Heritage Conservation and Recfeation Service. GPO 938 835 I hereby certify that jhis property is included in the National Register The site of the building is a lot on the southwest corner of South High Street and less than one Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Ohio National Bank, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio DATE ENTERED along Wall Street.

County Parcel Number 37820) NUV 26 198C CONTINUATION SHEET Banc Ohio ITEM NUMBER 10 PAGE 62.50' along Wall Street.An employees parking lot and the boiler stack occupies DUE TECHNICAL 3 Photos _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF NOV 2 6 1980 OTHER KEEPER CONTROL HAER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Maps Re-submit Review National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Inventory BRANCH CHIEF 2-2-82 Property Columbus, Ohio OCT 1 4 1980 Facade August 1980 Columbus Landmarks Foundation Franklin County, Ohio Nancy Recchie NOV261980 NOV 2 6 1980 OCT 1 4 1980 North elevation Nancy Recchie Columbus Landmarks Foundation Franklin County, Ohio August 1980 Columbus, Ohio OHIO NATIONAL BANK, TOWN-HI OFFIC1 OWER OHIO NATIONAL BANK, TOWN-HI OFFICE OCT 1 4 1980 Nancy Recchie Columbus Landmarks Foundation August 1980 Franklin County, Ohio Columbus, ohio West (rear) elevatton 6 1980 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS, OHIO bancunio National Plaza 155 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43265 June 17, 1980 Mr.

David A. Simmons, Historian & Manager National Register Program Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historic Center I-71 & 17th Avenue Vice President Property Development OCT 1 4 1980 Columbus, Ohio, has been nominated to be included in The National RECEIVED Dear Mr. Simmons: We are pleased that our building located at 167 South High Street, We would support this nomination and assist you in anyway that National Bank BancOhio Register of Historic Places. would be helpful. ack W. Lee Sincerely Mercer County Mumson, Judge Albert, House Lucas County Toledo Location Dayton Franklin County Name STATE Date Entered Celina For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Montgomery County Medina County Ashland Avenue Baptist Church Dayton Stove and Cornice Works Godfrey, Sen.

Thomas J., House Also Notified Darke County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Columbus Greenville Ohio National Bank Carnegie Library and Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall Medina Tuscaravas County .. Athens County Fairfiald County Mr. Dellas H. Harder Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Chauncey STATE Date Entered Honorable Thomas L. Ashley Garver Brothers Store Strasburg Clutts House ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Tony P. Hall Honorable Donald J. Pease Honorable Tennyson Guyer Jefferson County Clester, Joseph, House Acting State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Douglas Applegate Jackson Coumty Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Adena vicinity Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Also Notified Broad Street United Methodist Church Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Chalmers P. Wylie Honorable Thomas N. Kindness Franklin County Name Coluabus 32F. W.

Woolworth Store 109 S. High Street, Columbus Built circa 1925 Art Deco Design Influences Art Deco was not an architectural style but a development in all of design, from toys to publishing, which flourished briefly in the 1920s and 1930s. As expressed in archi- tecture, Art Deco employed broad surfaces with very flat texture, simple geometric decoration and innovative building materials The Woolworth store is one of few Art Deco buildings in Columbus. It cannot be consid- because the recent storefront shatters the Built 1901 Richards, McCarty & Bulford, Columbus, 284F. & R. Lazarus & Company Department This building is possibly Columbus' best example Built 1909, with subsequent additions tieth century American architecture, which oc- and alterations curred between World Wars I and II, or approxi- 33American Savings Bank Company mately 1920 to 1940.

The resultant effect, par- ticularly in the Neo-Classical Revival style, is powerful because the viewer is struck immedi- Simon Lazarus arrived in Columbus with his fam- ately with the form, and not the sculptural effect ily in 1851 and founded the Lazarus Company. In 1877, following Simon's death, Fred and Ralph tectural mode is not to be confused with the Greek Revival style popular during the period from course between the first and second floors, chandising business. In 1903 Ralph died and 1820 to 1860 in the United States, since it dif- the upper level window enframements and shortly thereafter Fred incorporated the busi- fers in several respects, primarily scale. foliated top floor pilasters and the cornice ness, calling it the F.& R. Lazarus Company. Fred are all executed in a light colored glazed This temple form bank structure features an terra cotta.

The structure is terminated by entrance from South High Street between two a brick parapet. The present Lazarus store occupies nearly a full & fluted Doric columns in antis. The Town Street Except for the storefront-which was but the roof is hidden behind a high parapet. The added after the structure ceased to house Street. The West Town Street elevation, from+ building's full entablature is dominated by a deep a banking facility-the exterior retains its structure, which is still exposed decorate the frieze. Architecture: Columbus 213 Store Architects original configuration. Neo-Classical Revival Style building's original integrity. This six story commercial structure fea- 287Ohio National Bank such as aluminum and stainless steel. died in 1917.

city block.It is five stories in height at High ered an outstanding example, principally of the "return to simplicity" movement in twen- or decoration applied to that form. This archi- side is pilastered. There is a shallow pediment, Street, increasing to seven stories at Front frieze. Triglyphs and large medallioned metopes tures a two story "base" of brick designed 213