Decorative drawing: a civic town hall with a clock tower and a portico. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Memorial Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,219 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 80003211, 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.

United States Department of the Interior 1. Name and/or common 2. Location 165 E. Main St. street & number _ not for publication city, town - vicinity of congressional district 6 th - state 3. Classification - district X public - unoccupied _agriculture x building(s) -private - structure _ work in progress * educational _ site - object .in process - yes: unrestricted - government . scientific _ being considered _ military 4. Owner of Property Room 5, Pickaway County Courthouse 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. S. Court St. - yes .
county - _ local code Accessible both commercial Ownership Category transportation 5/79 Columbus date entertainment museum Circleville historic religious industrial Public Acquisition Status other: private residence park Ohio Historic Inventory Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Pickaway County Courthouse Pickaway County Commissioners Present Use Inventory-Nomination Form See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms National Register of Historic Places 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office depository for survey records MEMORIAL HALL has this property been determined elegible? Type all entries-complete applicable sections title date entered FHR8-300 (11-78) For HCRS use only NOV 2 I 1980 c838 7.
Description _ excellent _ unaltered X original site x good X altered _moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Memorial Hall, an excellent example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecure, was The facade faces Main Street. The double entrance, with transoms, is placed round arched ribbon windows. ruins Condition unexposed deteriorated fair "Memorial rectangular windows with stone lintels, semi-circular with stone voussoirs and semi-circular windows with stone voussoirs.Round arched ribbon windows are bay of the facade.It features ribbon windows with stone lintels on the first and the facade are paired with stone lintels and sills.The third floor features behind the tower. Much of the original interior woodwork remains as does the pressed tin ceiling fringe of the central business district.
second levels and stone arches on the third.A balcony with paired columns is located on the fourth level.A first and second floor recessed porch is Check one windows on this elevation.are similar.to those on.the facade and include paired an entrance recessed within a stone arch although it is less elaborate than the located in the gable.A chimney with corbelled brickwork is situated directly within a recess framed by a stone arch supported by 8 short columns. The Pickaway Street (east)side is the other major elevation.It also features building is rectangular in plan and measures 5by 6 bays. and large round arches on the second.
public right of way.The openings are small segmental arches on the first level The west and south elevations are much simpler as they are not visible from the completed in 189l.It is constructed of brick on a raised rock faced ashlar stone situated between the.entrance and tower.The windows on the first two floorsof Hall"is cut in the stone voussoirs and the date 1890 is cut in the base beneath Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic _ conservation - sculpture X architecture _ education - social/ - engineering .music X 1800-1899 _exploration/settlement - - philosophy - politics/government - other(specify) trim, round arches, ribbon windows, paired columns and tower are exhibited in: The Ohio General Assembly enacted legislation in 1871 authorizing counties to raise funds to construct monuments to Civil War dead.
In Pickaway County, the political party meetings, civic meetings, carnivals and amateur theatrical 1500-1599 1891 1700-1799 commerce 1400-1499 economics 1600-1699 transportation humanitarian theater invention activity. literature industry communications Period Builder/Architect agriculture law 1900- Specific dates this building. style such as the massive scale, masonry construction with contrasting stone contingent upon the city library and armory being located in the new building.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) focus of activity was the construction of a memorial hall. Major funding for The first floor of Memorial Hall has been the location of the public library for location for a variety of public and social gatherings including dances, military -art . landscape architecture- _ religion . science 88 years. The second floor civic auditorium and third floor balcony was for Memorial Hall has for the last 88 years effectively served as both a memorial to Pickaway Countians who served in the Civil War and as a focus for community The exterior remains virtually unchanged construction of the building came from a county wide property tax levy passed since its completion in 189l.The hallmarks of the Richardsonian Romanesque in Circleville and Pickaway County.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Circleville "Democrat and Watchman", December 11, 1891 Building Records, Pickaway County Auditor's Office Mrs. Pauline Clifton Ms. Maxine Dowler 10. Geographical Data state Ohio 11. Form Prepared By street & number 22 N. Front St. 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification _ national code county date Easting Zone Northing local State Historic Preservation Officer signature name/title UMT References Quadrangle name Less than one Verbal boundary description and justification Chief of Registration List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries city or town I hereby certity that this property is included in the National Register Pickaway Streets as recorded in Pickaway County Courthouse The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: For HCRS use oniy 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Acting S HPO dare 8/27/80 telephone (614) 221-0227 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 date 11/21/80 GPO 938 835 6/79 Columbus Attest: M NOT VERIFIED Part of Lot 276 measuring 100'by 173'at the southeast corner of Main and ARCHEOLOGIST O REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Entered NOV 2 L 1980 OTHER KEEPER Inventory CONTROL Maps TECHNICAL HAER Send-back Re-submit HISTORIAN Review Photos Property Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF 2-2-82 Working Number 9/22/80/2373 Memorial Hall Pickaway Co., Ohio 165 E.
Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co. Dist. P.L. 5/79 north -east view SEP 2 2 1980 Pickaway Co. Dist. P. L. 5/79 Main St. arch (north view) 165 E. Main St., Circleville Memorial Hall Pickaway Co., Ohio Memorial Hall SEP 2 2 1980 Pickaway Co. Dist. P. L. 5/79 east view Pickaway St. Pickaway Co., Ohio 165 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co. Dist. P. L. 5/79 rear view southwest Memorial Hall SEP 2 2 1980 CIRCLEVILLE QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE OF OHIO SEP 2 2 1980 D NATIONAL 1961 CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) RECEIVED OHIO Herrold, Thomas Jefferson, House and Store Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Mr. Dellas H. Harder Honorable Clarence E.
Miller Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Wilmington Berea Athens STATE Brown County Name Byers/bjr/12/2/80 Athens County Circleville Milford Clermont County Pickaway County The Ohio Historical Society Pisgah Christian Church Also Notified OHIO Clinton County Date Entered Acting State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Cuyahoga County Honorable William H. Harsha Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Main Building ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Berea Union Depot Promont (Gov. John M. Pattison House) Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue NOV 2 I 1980 Memorial Hall