Nomination for Great Southern Hotel and Theatre

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See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common street & number 12 th city, town Columbus, ohio - vicinity of _ state code 049 -district - public - unoccupied . agriculture _ museum X building(s) X private X commercial - park _ structure _both work in progress - educational - private residence _ site . religious - object - yes: unrestricted - government _ scientific .transportation _ other: Owner of Property Mrs. William R. Mnich 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Franklin County Court House 369 S. High Street - yes .

federal _ local depository for survey records Category Location Accessible date entertainment Ownership Westerville 5/26/82 Status historic industrial N/Abeing considered congressional district Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Public Acquisition date entered Inventory-Nomination Form not for publication Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use Ohio Historic Inventory 6. Representation in Existing Surveys National Register of Historic Places 3. Classification title military in process has this property been determined elegible? United States Department of the Interior code 039 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio For HCRS use only received NOV -county Great Southern Hotel 8 Theatre 21982 4567 Ravine Dr. FHR-8-300 (11-78) 7. Description . deteriorated _ unaltered X original site X altered . moved date .

unexposed The Southern Hotel and Theatre is a 6-story structure built of hollow tile was located below a parapet wall at the roof line. This cornice was removed, but roof garden, described in an early twentieth century promotional publication as The interior of the structure has only been minimally altered and plans call balconies rise above the main floor seats. Corinthian pilasters. A mezzanine was offset by elliptical arches, typical of Condition fair ruins Check one the Main Street side) featured a massiveround-arched void with Sullivanesque detailing and full se-backs define the three major entrances to the building. rehabilitation of these elements whenever possible.The original entrance to the concealed in the arches and were shaded with orange-tinted globes for diffusion Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

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voids feature transom lights of stained glass.Colonial Revival elements of the The hotel lobby was a handsome example of classical proportion and detailing. _excellent of light.The space is lavishly ornamented with delicate molded plaster.Two "the only place of entertainment of its kind in Central Ohio." hotel (on the High Street side) was set around a stone frontespiece with slightly facade include the use of delicate attenuated colonades at the major corners of features elements of the Colonial Revival including flared brick lintels and gave way to the all-brick exterior, perhaps for financial reasons. Distinctive will be restored during the planned rehabilitation. Behind this parapet was The 1200-seat theatre is entered Originally fitted with 222 rooms, rehabilitation intact original stained glass. plans call for 196 rooms of a somewhat larger scale. X good attenuated pilasters.

The original storefronts and entrances have been altered buff stone with the remaining upper portion of gray brick and stone; this scheme the building and above the entrance to the hotel. Originally, a metal cornice date battered walls and stone pilasters. from their original appearance;present development plans call for the sensitive The theatre area projects slightly and features an arcaded upper portion.Similar for as accurate a restoration as possible. stone ornament.The original plans called for the first story tobe builtof The original entrance to the theatre 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric . landscape architecture . religion - archeology-historic _ conservation - science . 1500-1599 . literature - sculpture .architecture _ military _music X 1800-1899 -politics/government _invention .other (specify) Builder/Architect Dauben, Krumm, & Riebel, architects Menno G.

Detweiler, designer Yost & Packard, consulting architects maining original 19th century hotel and theatre, and as an extremely important characteristics of the Colonial Revival style on the exterior, including the flared brick lintels on some of the windows, the delicately attentuated many of these same characteristics, including the pilasters, the relief ornament, theatre closely resembles Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre (1890) in Chicago, es- pecially in the concentric arches which extend forward from the proscenium arch and cover the auditorium. The Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Co. Formed by south-side businessmen, the hotel and theatre were built to enhance the city's southside as commercial and fused to play Columbus unless she could play the Southern. The Hotel was once one of Columbus' finest.

President William Mckinley and while some of its past grandeur has been lost, the Great Southern Hotel and Theatre remain a pivotal part of Columbus' architectural scene. The architects of the building were the Columbus firm of Dauben, Krumm, Riebel who secured the services of Menno G. Detweiler as a principal designer a German native who practiced in Chicago from 1871 until his arrival in Columbus buildings as well as no less than three Ohio court houses. Riebel practiced in Columbus until his death in 1937, and served as architect for the Board of Educa- that either Dauben or Detweiler was very familiar with Sullivan's Auditorium and 1700-1799 1600-1699 1400-1499 engineering theater transportation education industry Period humanitarian communications 1900- law social/ _economics designed their new theatre accordingly. Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) members of his cabinet were among its earliest guests.Long a center of Dauben and Riebel were in practice in the city for many years.Joseph Dauben was _commerce -agriculture The building was built over a two-year period bya 400 member stock _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning exploration/settlement . - philosophy was built of a combination of tile, brick, steel, and cement. The Theatre opened in September, 1896 and the hotel in 1897. The great names of the theatrical world played the Southern including, Julia Marlowe, Ethel Barrymore, Sarah political activity, inaugural balls were held in its spacious ballroom. Today, in 1877. In addition to the Southern, he designed many public and private tion for many years. Little is known of Menno Detweiler, except that he was one of the designers of the 1892 Chicago World's Fair buildings.

Thus, it may be and the semi-elliptical mezzanine arches. Additionally, the Theatre exhibits exterior ornament of the sort associated with pre-eminent Chicago architect Louis art H.Sullivan.This ornament includes an intricately-carved Romanesque arch of had plagued such buildings,this new structure was designed tobe fireproof,and Columbus Dispatch, 10 November, 1894. Columbus Dispatch, 22 September, 1896. Quadrangle scale 1:24000 353, and 354. - State 11.

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Form Prepared By date 5/26/82 street & number 22 N. Front Street 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: . local T hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register county date Easting Northing code Zone national Columbus name/title Chief of Registration 4424580 organization Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature Columbus Landmarks Foundation 9. Major Bibliographical References Located at the southeast corner of Main Street and High and consisting of Inlots 352, UMT References 10. Geographical Data List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries city or town For HCRS use only Ohio Quadrangle name Southeast Co/um bu s Robert Samuelson, et al. (Columbus, 1976) David L.

Taylor, Executive Director 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 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 Keeper of the National Register Architecture Columbus EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET National Park Service Fed. Reg. Date:_ - REJECT_ Federal Agency: - Reviewer _ Recom. /Criteria - - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description - unaitered - ruins completeness clarity alterations/integrity summary paragraph Franklin County boundary selection Date owner objection Working No.

National Register 6. Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government Action: resubmission Great Southern Hotel and Theatre Discipline .Nomination returned for: _soe continuation sheet NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES - sample - moved appeal Substantive Review: good Builder Architect justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By The evalusted significance of this property within the state is: completeness Signed context clarity checked Photographs Maps Date Other applicable criteria the resource summary paragraph justification of areas relating significance to 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 8.

Significance Specific dates Statement of Significance (In one paragraph) UMT Reterences Areas ef Significance Check and justity below relationship of integrity Verbal boundary description and justification - staTe .local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Quadrangie name Acreage of nominated property titie Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 1ooking SE GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL & THEATRE View from NW corner High & Main St Copy negative at CLF Photo by Baker Art GalleryaCol915 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1982 NW perspective, at Main & S.

High Streets GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL G THEATRE COCKTAIL LOUNGE PUBLIC SALE ONE WAY Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1982 Detail of Main Street elevation, showing GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL G THEATRE entry to Hotel G collonade PUBLIC SAL THEATRE SOUTHERN LISTEN NCL Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo 1982, by David L. Taylor View of Theatre entrance (Main Street) GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL G THEATRE Columbus, Franklin Co., OHIO Photo by David Taylor, 1982 Detail of stonework on Theatre entrance GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL AND THEATRE Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo 1982 by David Taylor View of lobby area, from mezzanine GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL G THEATRE Cols. Franklin Co., Ohio Interior of theatre, looking from balcony toward proscenium GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL & THEATRE Negatives filed at CLF Photo 1982 by Steve Hamm Cols.

Franklin Co., Ohio Interior of theatre, looking from stage to balconies GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL & THEATRE Negatives filed at CLF Photo 1982 by Steve Hamm Cols., Franklin Co., Ohio Interior of theatre, looking up side aisles Negatives filed at CLF GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL & THEATRE Photo 1982 by Steve Hamm Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1982 Grand Ballroom, showing ornamental plaster ceiling pilasters and lighting fixtures on GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL AND THEATRE Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1982 View of mezzanine hallway, showing ornamental plasterwork on pillars and cornice area GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL G THEATRE Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio Photo by David Taylor, 1982 Hotel lobby (deatil), showing ornamental plasterwork GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL G THEATRE C.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-FRANKLIN CO 17/329980/4424580 SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION June 9,1982 Dr.

W. Ray Luce I - 71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Dr. Luce: Please be advised that I am a principal in the Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. I wish to formally consent In order to expedite the listing, I hereby waive the Sincerely Charles W. Bonner come with listing on the National Register including Preservation Advisory Board give the property final State Historic Preservation Officer approval for nomination on June 11,1982. Thank you. to the nomination of this structure to the National Register those provided by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. comment period and ask that the Ohio Historic Site of Historic Places.I am aware of the provisions which partnership which owns the Great Southern Hotel and The City of Columbus June 10, 1982 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Dr. W. Ray Luce Dear Dr.

Luce: owners' attempts to preserve both the hotel and theatre, the Code Enforcement Community Development Economic Development 222-7260 222-8172 222-8135 222-7433 614-222-7763 Sincerely, Building Regulation Planning RWS/KB/s1 222-7336 Ohio Historical Society Department of Development Ohio Historic Preservation Office Register of Historic Places. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Mayor Tom Moody Because the City of Columbusrecognizes the historical significance 140 Marconi Boulevard Ohio Historic Sites Preservation Advisory Board the preliminary support to the nomination of this building to the National will have a major impact on efforts to revitalize the adjacent Director Ralph W.Smithers of the Southern Hotel and Theatre, it is pleased to lend its hearing be waived in favor of a final hearing.

City would like to request that at the June ll meeting of the I-71 and 17th Avenue The City also recognizes that the rehabilitation of the Southern TOM MOODY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR June 28, 1982 Dr. W. Ray Luce I-71 and 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Dr. Luce: of the Great Southern Hotel and Theatre, the City is pleased to lend its Therefore, in order to facilitate the present owners' attempts to preserve both the hotel and theatre, the City would like to request that, at the June 11 meeting of the Ohio Historic Sites Preservation Advisory Board, the preliminary TOM MOODY, Mayor TM: pm MAYOR Places. Ohio Historical Society Ohio Historic Preservation Office We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Because the City of Columbus recognizes the historical significance will have a major impact on efforts to revitalize the adjacent downtown area.

OHIO The City also recognizes that the rehabilitation of the Great Southern support to the nomination of this building to the National Register of Historic CITY OF COLUMBUS hearing be waived in favor of a final hearing. Sincerely, October 26, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 440 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Great Southern Hotel and Theatre St. John's Lutheran Church St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church St. Henry Roman Catholic Church Serquet, Emanuel and Frederick Farm Valley Dale Ballroom Please let me know if you have any questions. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL: BP: dd X.c: Regional Coordinators (5) Montgomery Hamilton Encl.

Miami Noble Cuyahoga Columbiana Delaware Franklin Stark Muskingum County New Submissions REGISTER Theodore Krumberg Building Commercial Building Capital University Historic District Dear Carol: African Jackson Cemetery Department of Registration Enclosed are twelve new National Register nominations and two resubmissions. Eight Black History Resources in Cleveland Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Register of Historic Places Sandusky Street Historic District The Salem China Company All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new Schlee-Kemmler Building Ohio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614)466-1500 Sincerely RECEIVED NATIONAL