Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale UMT References Verbai boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries State Regional Preservation Officer Ohio 45402 The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Vlacal according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Récreation Service State Historic Preservation Officer signature Keeper of the National Register code Easting county Deeds Northing 10. Geographical Data Council Proceedings Attest: Zone date nationai School Board Records 11. Form Prepared By Public Record: Village Ordinances Pleasant Hill 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Chief of Registration name title For HCRS use only Less than one acre town of Covington.
date June 80 city or town 665), Ihereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Dayton organization Ohio telephone 513/228-5896 Ohio Regional Office 5HA State, County Co Fed Nom or Request-Agency Federal Register Date _ Determination of Eligiblity Multiple Resource Area _ On Nomination Form - Thematic Group Maps Photos 3 Check if Appropriate: State Staff State Request for Review 2nd Return - Keeper's Decision to Review _ REJECT I. Evaluation of Resource (cont. on back if necessary) II. Evaluation of Nomination 1. Descriptive Statement Short Format _ Yes _ No 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 Good dnr-3 Comments Nomination Within: Reviewer/Date Other Site Structure Poor Local Adequate Action: Nomination prepared by: Short Format_ Yes Bldg(s) Object United States Department of the Interior National Park Service State, County The above nomination is being returned to you because of problems in the areas checked below and/or on the back of this form. Please return this form when the nomination is resubmitted.
_ Location _ Category - Ownership _ Status Present Use _ Owner of Property _ Location of Legal Description Original Site/Moved (w/date) _ Areas of Significance Specific Dates _ Major Bibliographical References _ Geographical Data _ Form Prepared By _ Certification _ Level of Significance _Not Adequate in Quality - USGS Map _ Comments: _ Substantive Review Problems (see reverse) Condition Missing Classification UTM Photographs Significance Period Maps SHPO Signature Federal Signature Federal Agency Representation in Existing Surveys Description Quad Scale Historic District Map Technical Review dnr-la Name of Property Quad Name Verbal Boundary Description and/or Site Plan or Tax Map Site Plan/Sketch Map JUN 3 Acreage Signed _ Description - Incomplete/Inaccurate: _ Alterations: .
- Boundary Selection/Justification: _ Significance _ Too Weak or General: _ Poorly Related to Resource: _ Context: - Integrity: _Exception(s) to Criteria not Justified: _ - Bibliography: _ _ Geographical Data _ Acreage: _ VBD: _ Certification: _ Inadequate Coverage: _Poorly Labeled/Not Keyed to Map _ Comments Chief, Branch of Registration tel: (202) 343-6401 Missing Date Reviewer Maps Photographs: Discrepancies Confusing/Incomplete: Other USGS Substantive Review Location of Resource(s) Boundary Lines Period of Significance Unclear: Sketch United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service received APR 9 1981 date entered JUN 2 2 198 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections and/or common street & number Southeast corner of Spring and Pearl Streets - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county - public - district X unoccupied _ agriculture .museum X building(s) - private .
commercial - structure _ both . work in progress - educational - site _ entertainment in process - yes: unrestricted X government _ military _ other: Village of Covington Ohio 45318 West Main Street has this property been determined elegible? X yes November 1978 43211 Troy Location transportation Covington Accessible code 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Category object Ownership industrial Columbus park Ohio Status 5. Location of Legal Description 1. Name Municipal Building religious local Historic Government Building National Register of Historic Places Miami Inventory-Nomination Form congressional district Public Acquisition scientific private residence 3. Classification being considered 4.
Owner of Property Xstate Present Use "old Fire House" For HCRS use only FHR8-300 (11-78) _ federal X state 039 date historic Historic Inventory title 4th Xno -excellent .ruins X altered _ moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance a large entrance with elliptical triple header arch, presumably for shaped tie rod ends. the ground floor 6/6. door and window. station. Condition unexposed Covington's 7. Description stone lintels and sills on the second range.
X original site street corner.The foundation is brick.The front of the building is The rear has a scattering of small voids and evidence of a bricked-in The environment is essentially small town residential with quiet shaded have flat brick arches and limestone sills.There are five star The gable roof has eaves that extend sloping with frieze.Historically, a belfry was mounted in the roof when the building became a fire Check one Pintels for the original swinging doors are still in the frame.The north and the 1953 fire station is diagionally across to the northwest. The town center is one block removed.
Fire a rectangular brick building in domestic scale ona Pearl Street facade also has two 2/2 double hung sash windows with bay has a four panel door with small transom.Windows are 2/2 double Historic Government called the"old The side has one bay at the join of the addition and three .deteriorated _ unaltered on the west (Pearl Street) end, entering into the long axis. The addition of 1880. The right bay on the ground floor was originally the first fire wagon. The left bay (rear) has an entrance on both X fair a fifteen foot addition of 1880,with two lifting garage-type doors -good Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic . law . science .
agriculture _ literature - sculpture .education - military - social/ - music X 1800-1899 - philosophy _ theater X politics/government _ transportation - other (specify) Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) was the village fire engine house until 1953. It was the armory of twenty-four hour attendance. The jail was moved to the water works. One group of firemen want to demolish the building to build an additional the National Register to decide the building's fate. 1870 1400-1499 1600-1699 1700-1799 1500-1599 communications commerce architecture art economics engineering industry conservation humanitarian Period Builder/Architect exploration/settlement invention Specific dates 1900- 8. Significance This vernacular building is the most historically significant reminder of government services to the community.
Built as a school house in was replacedby the Board of Education - archeology-prehistoric - community planning . landscape architecture - religion feet was added in 1880 to contain the town's first fire wagon. It Quadrangle name - UMT References Verbal boundary description and justification All of the land that is described as lot sixty-three (63) in the List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries _ state The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89- 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature Chief of Registration county Easting code date 10.
Geographical Data Council Proceedings Zone Deeds 11. Form Prepared By telephone 513/228-5896 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 9. Major Bibliographical References name/title Northing town of Covington. Public Record: 3/30/81 ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED Village Ordinances Acreage of nominated property Less than one acre Pleasant Hill School Board Records I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register For HCRS use only date June 80 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Hetitage Conservation and Recreation Service. Ol Keeper of the National Register GPO 938 835 Quadrangle scale - 45402 Ohio 1:24,000 22/81 Working Number 4-9-81- 114 _ Determination of Eligiblity - Object - Thematic Group Photos 3 Check if Appropriate: State Staff L ACCEPT 6.22.81 - State Request for Review - 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 National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Local REJECT Within: Other Structure Multiple Resource Area On Nomination Form Site Nomination prepared by: Substantive Review Adequate District Federal Register Date 2nd Return VNomination Maps / 2.2.82 Fed Nom or Reguest<Agency KBldg(s) General Comments (cont. on back if necessary): Good dnr-3 Action: Poor Short Format Yes ALTERED AT DHE HIME IT WAS CONVERTED INTO A FIREHOUJE. SINCE ITS Loren Gannon, Ohio Region SHA APR 9 JN 22 1981 tion. Building Covington's Historic. Government North West in the street intersec- May 80 #1 Facade and North side from the FIRE-DEPT Covington, Ohio May 80 West .
APR 9 1981 Building Covington's Historic Government JUN 2 2 1981 Loren Gannon, Qhio Region 5HA Covington's Historic Government = Loren Gannon, Ohio Region SHA #3 Rear and North face from the APR 9 1981 MN 22 1981 Building North East. May 80 PLEASANT HILL QUADRANGLE | PLEASANT HILL OHIO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 9 1981 N 4000 - W8415/7.9 1961 STATE OF OHIO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE TIME OF CALL June 1978 FHR-8-227 TELEPHONE REPORT 614-466-1560 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION NAME OF PERSON PLACINS/RECEIVING CALL OFFICE DATE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. If needed) June 1978 FHR-8-227 TELEPHONE REPORT TIME OF CALL J. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4.
DETAILS OF DISCUSSION IAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL DATE TITLE Butler County Courthouse Nir. W. Ray Luce Midwest Region, NPS Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Eady/bjr/6/26/81 Covington Name Congressional 4th District Honorable John Glenn Honorable Thomas N. Kindness Butler County State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Date Entered Covington Historic Government Building For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Also Notified Miami County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Ohio Historical Society STATE JUN221981 one of the oldest buildings in the streets, erecting and main- The history of the building, its taining street lights and building he said. dates back even further - sidewalks, gutters, sewers and tment Inc. has asked for a 99- northwest corner of Spring and fledged municipal corporation.
first elected in 1870, and in 1873 site is the old fire station, and first graded in 1872 In 1874 the first street lights - the request until Monday night was owned by John Thompson, purchased for $17 per lamp. The to rallow residents a chance to writing or personally to either - sold the lot to the Covington Water Works was completed in Several factors determine for the fire department from the property to the village Feb. 13, tersection in 1954. was used, among other things, as the town's council chambers authorized its use in the 1870's as at a cost of s1 per month and for a Justice of the Peace office by The building it appears, would and Wright Street in 1910. *The cost was $i7. Jail facilities were provided JUN 2 2 1981 COVINGTON 1871. future of structure Covington to decide plant.
Local significance is really make their feelings known in program manager David Sim The lot reportedly originally clerk-treasurer Alice McCool or Council postponed action on station in its place. according to National Register Records show officials also contractors working on the new reportedly served as quarters Covington in 1835 became full- presumably until the township have little trouble meeting that First payment on that Council ce. building and build another fire time even before streets were fire station was builton the Street commissioners were was done between those brick have until Monday night to ex- organized in 1881 until the new press their views on the fate of placed on the historic register, whether it retains any of its in- behind the Middle School.
the first constable of Newberry closely as can be Registry are o local significan- northeast corner ofthat in- tegrity it still maintains its - was the class that started in then was moved to the water proving, grading and graveling Covington Special Fire Depar- year-lease on the property at the ber before Monday night. your opinion to a Council mem- Buckeye Insurance Co. building. now. And what had more history I hope the: 20 globe gaslight lamps - were first lamp lighter was appointed Grace Reynolds 177 N. Wall St. The two-story brick structure, time the village department was Much of the town's planning dusty, but eloquent, records The old fire station: A lot of what is now history started here. (Hand photo) the first fire wardens were elec- as a school house, and used in ted.
The ditch or branch running when the first of two schools was and Wall and Pearl streets were in 1874. 1869, the Board sold the property to Henry Langston, one of the behind it goon, and on. school house. Langston sold the ter that. Those pieces of history For even more years (1871 to determined from records and fabric when it was significant) other sources - its second floor econd storylast Saturday are three factors of importance/ Those records cover a period of lighted with globe gaslights. The far, the largest majority of.the an armory and drill room by the over 1,000 when officials moved into the building. the mayor at a cost of $10 a year. Township meetings also were Henry Langston for $394.663 in Feb. 1871.
Records reveal Coun- building was erected at: Pearl manent home in October of 1870 most important criterion should legislation made it necessary for express along and The Station? Pennsylvania Council. standing, Guard her through town was constructed Construction of the Covington mons. the administrator of his estate architectural significance and known as the old fire house, explained. the department has said its in- town's population was slightly Pearl Streets. Standing on the Covington Military Organization The structure was first built there until the early 1950's when Entries in those early ledgers are reflected in the old and locality, that adds an era of town's history and the planning brought building's
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