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

Nomination for West School

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,196 words across 10 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 80003207, 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.

1. Name and/or common 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio _county- _ district - public X unoccupied - museum X private X commercial - park - structure _ work in progress - private residence _ entertainment _ religious . object _ in process X yes: restricted - government _ scientific _ being considered - yes: unrestricted .transportation - military 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Ohio Historic Inventory has this property been determined elegible?
- - yes _ local depository for survey records both 039 Category code Accessible date educational Columbus Status Ownership other: New Lexington industrial Crooksville Ohio agriculture Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Main Street Type all entries-complete applicable sections Inventory-Nomination Form Public Acquisition Present Use 3. Classification congressional district 10-Clarence Miller Ohio Historic Preservation Office 6. Representation in Existing Surveys See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Perry County Court House United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places For HCRS use only received FEB 12 1980 FHR-8-300 (11-78) title X_building(s) site Frame, Landerman, & Co. 300 W. Main St. Ohio 43731 _federalX state Ohio 43211 1978 Perry historic WEST SCHOOL 7.
Description _ excellent _ unaltered X altered - moved date X fair This structure is a 2z-story common bond brick school building, ell-shaped in plan, approximately eight feet above grade, in the east side of this tower, although the gable-roofed in character, with fenestration featuring windows set in groups of three, wall, on the first and second stories. A metal fire escape is affixed to the building The interior of the West School has undergone some alteration, though not severely stair remains inside the main entrance. Some false walls were erected when the building was partially remodeled. for use as apartments. The school sits atop a hill on the west side of the village of Crooksville, at Condition deteriorated ruins ings remaining. Check one recently re-roofed with composition paper.
and recessed slightly.Secondary entrances to the building are centered in the west erected ona brick foundation.Its principle distinguishing feature isa square bell A central chimney rises from the ridge of the north-south wing.The school has been upper stories, the planes of the walls are broken by basement windows, segmental arched, Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

stairs to the raised double doorway have been removed.The highest story of the tower -unexposed Xoriginal site contains an enclosed belfry, with louvered voids. Each of the wings of the ell is trimmed with smooth-dressed stone.A beveled stone beltcourse extends around the entire approximately one hundred yards west of the building.There are no historic outbuild- building at a height just below the first story windows.In addition to voids on the tower set in the angle of the ell. The main entrance to the building is located on this wall.At attic level on each gable end are paired louvered ventilation openings. the crest ofa sharp incline to State Route 93.The village cemetery is 1ocated Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - archeology-historic . conservation .
law _ science _ literature - sculpture - education _ military .social/ _ music X 1800-1899 - philosophy _ theater - 1900- - politics/government - transportation - other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) this time, Crooksville was rapidly undergoing a population expansion with the estab- lishment of potteries, which still flourish today, and the construction of these two time, during the early 'teens, it also was used as a high school. area, and increased reyenues allowed the village to construct newer facilities, in- Leaf Lodge #678, who used it for their hall until 1978. 1904 1500-1599 1600-1699 1400-1499 1700-1799 commerce communications economics architecture humanitarian Builder/Architect Period industry agriculture prehistoric exploration/settlement unknown art 8.
Significance its counterpart, East School which has been severely altered over the years) was West School is nominated as the only intact vestige of the village of Crooksville Lengineering Specific dates facilities was no doubt intended to meet the needs of the growing village.For a invention - archeology-prehistoric - community planning _ landscape architecture - religion built as a result of the first planned educational expansion of the village.During cluding a high school.In 1929.West School was sold to the Knights of Pythias Oak from the early 20th century.According toa local published history West School 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Crooks, Guy. History of Crooksville, Ohio (Crooksville, Ohio, n.d.) 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name_ Crooksville, OH Quadrangle scale 1:24000 UMT References beginning at the SE corner of the road lying directly east of the cemetery; then east c. 80m. _ state 11. Form Prepared By date 26 June, 1979 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification _ national 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 Recreation Service. State Historic Preservation Officer signature GPO 938 835 614-453-0762 code Easting date county Northing Zone telephone organization Ohio University-Zanesville place of beginning.
Verbal boundary description and justification Located on the west side of the village of Crooksville, List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register city or town Vlocal to appoint; then N.c.80m.to a point; then west c. 80m.to a point,then Sc.80m. to the Chief of Registration For HCRS use only UTM NOT VERIFIFD street & number As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 name/title David L. Taylor, Regional Historic Preservation Officer Keeper of the National Register Acreage of nominated property C. one acre 1425 Newark Road Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory .
REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Re-submit Entered CONTROL Send-back TECHNICAL Maps Review HISTORIAN 3.17.80 United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up 2.3.8 4.8.80 2-12-80 443 APR 10 Property Working Number State Crooksville, Ohio Negative # PER- 6-7-2 FEB 12 1980 southwest Negative filed at Ohio University- Photo by David L. Taylor, View of west and south sides, from WEST SCHOOL Zanesville, Ohio perry co. 5/78 43701 K. OF P. Photo by David L. Taylor, Negative # PER - 6-7-5 View of facade, showing square FEB 1 2 1980 Negative filed at Ohio University- WEST SCHOOL Crooksville, Ohio corner tower, from east.
Zanesville, Ohio 5/78 FEB 1 2 1980 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) CROOKSVILLE QUADRANGLE Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ROAD CLASSIFICATION CROOKSVILLE, OHI WEST SCHOOL OHIO STATE OHIO APR 1 0 1980 Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr. David Brook Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. 4/21/80 Byers/bjr Location West School Date Entered Crooksville Perry County Name The Ohio Historical Society Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Clarence E. Miller