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

Nomination for Jefferson Town Hall

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,226 words across 9 pages, filed in 1981. 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 81000428, 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 Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service received MAY /9 1981 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries - complete applicable sections and/or common street & number - not for publication - vicinity of city, town - state _ county X public - unoccupied _ agriculture X building(s) - private work in progress _ religious - in process yes: unrestricted - government - scientific _transportation - military _ other: Village of Jefferson courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. has this property been determined elegible? - yes _ federal - - local depository for survey records 2. Location both 039 museum Jefferson Category code educational commercial site Accessible structure date entertainment Status park 3. Classification historic district Ohio industrial Ownership title private residence 1. Name 4.
Owner of Property Public Acquisition 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 5. Location of Legal Description congressional district ll - J. William Stanton being considered Inventory-Nomination Form Jefferson Town Hall Ashtabula County Courthouse National Register of Historic Places 27 East Jefferson Street Present Use For HCRS use only FHR-8-300 (11-78) 007 Ashtabula object yes ± no 7. Description X excellent - deteriorated X altered moved date Spanish Colonial Revival style. The interior is framed in wood, with floors are of wood. Condition ruins of view: as a remnant of a nineteenth century structure, and as a fifty- unaltered Check one year old building with an identifiable style in its own right. of the arched openings, including the entrance, were part of the original fair original site 1880 structure.
Even the projecting buttresses at each end of the facade steel roof girders.The interior walls are finished with plaster and the building erected in 1880.The upper stories were destroyed by fire in hip with a flat deck and is covered with red tile. All of the window and consists of brick bearing walls covered with stucco.The roof is a low are remnants of the original corner buttresses.The gable over the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

This structure is the remnant of a two-and-a-half story Second Empire a projecting entrance vestibule four feet by 18 feet. The side elevations the windows.The original brick walls were covered with stucco.All are articulated with slightly projecting bays at the center.The structure entrance vestibule was added during the rebuilding in 1929. 1927.The walls were cut down to the level of the stringcourse above This is a one-story masonry building measuring 50 feet by 90 feet with Thus the existing fabric must be regarded and evaluated from two points unexposed door openings are round-arched. Together these features suggest the 8.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) ing as they convert to villages or become annexed into municipalities. The Jefferson Town Hall was originally erected between 1877 and 1880 by builder John Waters at a cost of $12, 000. The structure included a second councilmen's intention to create a "Spanish-effect" architecture. The 1929 date is consistent with the height of the Spanish Colonial revival craze meeting in the restored building was held on November 2, 1929.
Although the auditorium is gone, the town hall is still known locally as the in the late 1800s, but the building is primarily significant as the site of form 1500-1599 1800-1899 1400-1499 commerce 1600-1699 1700-1799 economics communications archeology-historic transportation archeology-prehistoric industry conservation engineering theater humanitarian philosophy art military invention Period science literature exploration/settlement agriculture prehistoric sculpture law convocations, serving as the center of community life. The upper floors nationally. The repaired structure was only intended for necessary govern- floor auditorium which was the scene of lectures, meetings, plays and Xpolitics/government in the present style by Cleveland architects J.
Ellsworth Potter and Henry consideration, the building represents the broad pattern of the transition ment functions;hence the Opera House purpose was ended.The first council were destroyed by fire on November 10, 1927. The first story was renovated education from the township trustees in 1928,when the question of repairs was under The Jefferson Town Hall is locally significant because it has been the seat - religion 1880; 1929 by the community. It has been the village hall in its present for over fifty years. In addition, because the village leased the building lot place where William Jennings Bryan and other important figures lectured landscape architecture Specific dates of town and village government continuously since 1880 and is so regarded 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Jefferson Gazette, November 10, 1927, and subsequent issues. Recollections, Hume Frayer, former Mayor, and Robert Curie. UTM NOT VERIFI@yadrangle scale - Quadrangle name Jefferson Street, part of sublot 45 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, being the - state 11. Form Prepared By street & number city or town 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature 216-721-5722 code Easting Jefferson county Northing Zone date Cleveland telephone name/title national Ohio Attest: Chief of Registration 1:24,000 UMT References The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 10825 East Boulevard List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries lot on which the building stands. National Register date June 1980 SHPO For HCRS use only Moina Large, History of Ashtabula County (Topeka, 1924). 10.
Geographical Data 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. GPO 938 835 Acreage of nominated propertyless than one Verbal boundary description and justification The property consists of the lot at 27 East - Determination of Eligiblity _ On Nomination Form - Thematic Group _ District Photos V State Staff LACCEPT 648.8/ State Request for Review - 2nd Return Keeper's Decision to Review I. Evaluation of Resource (cont. on back if necessary) II. Evaluation of Nomination 1. Descriptive Statement 2. Significance Statement 3. Concepts/Integrity 4. Concepts/Criteria 5. Concepts/Boundaries 6. Contextual Evaluation General Comments (cont. on back if necessary): See Attached _ National Park Service U.S.
Department of the Interior Nomination Good Comments dnr-3 REJECT Within: Adequate Site Reviewer/Date Structure Nomination prepared by: Poor Object Multiple Resource Area Federal Register Date Maps / Working Namber 7-3-8 Short Format _ Yes Local Other Entered In the National RegisterCheck if Appropriate: Action: 5.19.8.160 TOWN HALL 1829 MAY 1 9 1981 1ooking Northeast. JUN 18 198 1980. 1. West and South elevations, Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio City of Jefferson. Jefferson Town Hall Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio 2. East and North elevations, JUN I 8 1981 Jefferson Town Hall looking southwest.
4620/570 North JEFFERSON QUADRANGLE DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO N4137.5W8045/7.5 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Jefferson Town Hall JEFFERSON, OHIO ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE OHIO JUN T8 198t Renkert, Harr S., House Mr. W. Ray Luce Columbus, Ohio 43211 Eady/bjr/6/24/81 Location Jefferson Canton Name Ashtabula County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered Also Notified Stark County Honorable John Glenn Honorable Ralph S. Regula Honorable J. William Stanton Midwest Region, NPS Jefferson Town Hall For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Interstate 7lat17th Avenue