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Nomination for Central Tower Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 584 words across 9 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 80003146, 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.

NOV - 8 1979 Ohio Historic Preservation Office OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes x 1 Federal Plaza West 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer steel frame Morris W. Scheibel 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder See Continuation Sheet 2. 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent Front 3 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape rectangular 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Addition C Private X Altered C 9. Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved O if known Central Tower Corp. 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to 38. Preservation Site O Structure O Building & 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.? 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road 42. Further Description of Important Features This is a tall office building with the setback form and Art Deco ornament of the Modernistic style. There is a clear vertical emphasis in the wall piers and recessed spandrels. There is geometric ornament on the upper stories and roof cornice. The main lobby has magnificent geometric Art Deco It was built for the Central Savings and Loan Company, which failed in the Depres- Youngstown architect Morris W. Scheibel. 14. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Central Tower stands at the west side of Central Square, complementing the earlier towers and acting as a gateway to Federal Plaza West. 15. Sources of Information 46.

Prepared by 1976), 45. 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1929 Mahoning concrete restricted County Easting Register? excellent Exterior Long. stone/piers Zone Modernistic Lat. Northing Underway? Eligible? deck District Youngstown Quad. 7/79 Interior (Explain office building Ohio Historical Center on sidewalk E. Johannesen The building is an excellent example of Modernistic style architecture by Youngstowp Potent'l? Side 6 5 293 70 |4| 9|6 301 Metropolitan Tower 3. Location of Negatives Architecture; Economics 7. City or Town lf Rural, Township & Vicinity 15. Name of Established District ceiling, frieze, and elevator doors. 43. History and Significance William A. Brenner, Downtown and the University (Youngstown 47. Organization Central Tower Building (Metropolitan Tower) This is the last and the tallest of the early skyscraper group on the Central Square. Tower Central W.R.H.S.

Photo 11-28-79 2830 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - KEEPER OTHER CONTROL FEB HAER ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Re-submit Entered Send-back HISTORIAN Review Maps Working Number National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2.5.80 2-3-81 8.1980 United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service State Photos 7 Central Tower, Union Bank, looking SW. NOV z 8 1979 Youngstown, Mahoning Co. Ohio Wm. Brenner 1979 Arms Mus. 8. 1980 1. Left to Right: Mahoning Bank 13. Central Tower, facade, looking NOY 2 8 1979 FEB Wm. Brenner 1979 Arms Mus. Youngstown, Mahoning Co. Ohio RYS Youngstown, Mahoning Co. Ohio FEB 8 1980 14. Central Tower, East elev- ation, looking NW. NOV 2 8 1979 Wm. Brenner 1979 Arms Mus. Younsgtown, Mahoning Co. Ohio 15. Central Tower, Lobby NOV Z 8 1979 FEB81980 Wm. Brenner 1979 Arms Mus.

FEB Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000650 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Youngstown city, in the words of 1907.

1907, Youngstown City

First English Opposition

Samuel Argat. a young English sea captain from Virginia, who early in 161 3 was cruising off the coast of Maine, learning from the Indians of the presence of the French in that vicinity, attacked and destroyed the settlement of St. Sauveur. Soon after, on a second expediliou made under the authority of Sir Thomas Dale, governor of Virginia, he destroyed also that of Port Royal.

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