Nomination for Chester Township District School No. 2

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name 2. Location street & number 7798 Mayfield Read. city, town - county - - public - unoccupied X museum & building(s) _ structure - work in progress Site -in process X yes: restricted -government _ being considered - yes: unrestricted 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Ohio 44024 yes X no - local depository for survey records 055 039 1977 Category transportation Chesterland 1982 date code both educational entertainment commercial Ownership Chardon historic object (3-82) Status district religious other: Public Acquisition agriculture military Accessible scientific 22nd Congressional District Dennis Eckart Ohio private residence date entered park NA not for publication Inventory-Nomination Form Ohio Historic Inventory National Register of Historic Places title name Chesterland Chamber of Commerce Historical Foundation Ohio Historical Society Geauga County Courthouse Annex Type all entries-complete applicable sections Scotland School 3. Classification 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Present Use Chester Township District School #2 and/or common United States Department of the Interior National Park Service industrial has this property been determined eligible? 235 Main Street For NPS use only Xstate NIA vicinity of X private _federalX state 44026 Columbus Geauga 7. Description X excellent _ unaltered X original site -good X altered _ moved date .fair outside wall. All doors have been replaced.

is furnished with school desks of the original style, a teacher's desk, and a new Condition unexposed deteriorated ruins Check one construction used a three brick thick wall, some interior bricks were used for the pieces had to be replaced over and under the east front window.The gable roof has at the top and bottom of five of the six windows.In the restoration a set of stone blackboard.The interior walls and wainscoating (new)were kept as close to the foyer. The restoration was done between 1975 and September 1980 when it was completed. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The exterior of the schoolhouse measures 32 ft.1inch by 23 ft.2 inches.It is A bell is locatedon the center front of the roof.The only ornamental design is a door, there is a foyer with an enclosed cloak room to the right, a door from the foyer date heat.Electricity has also been installed with lights in all areas.The schoolroom restoration some brickshad tobe replaced due to theft and damage.Since the original made of brick with Berea Grit stone foundation with the same over the doorway and new wooden shingles..There is a chimney located at the back center of the building. - archeology-historic - agriculture - sculpture X education _ social/ - philosophy _ theater - politics/government .transportation .other (specify) c. 1847 was never used for any purpose other than education.

Standing on its original site, it before 1860, an oral interview with a teacher who was at the school in 1908-1909 stated that District School #2 was erected around 1847. School after its crossroad community, was one of the last abandoned. Although six of the seven schools remain, all have been adapted and remodeled either for residential or commercial use, with the exception of School #2. It was used until 1926, when a central Walter C. White estate (National Register, 10-8-76). a historical park, and the Chesterland Chamber of Commerce Historical Foundation acquired school and its present use as a representation of the educational heritage of the township. 1600-1699 1500-1599 commerce 1400-1499 1700-1799 conservation architecture invention park.

humanitarian engineering communications X1800-1899 industry Period exploration/settlement science Specific dates prehistoric literature 1900- music law the strongest association with educational purposes through its singular service as a 8.

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Significance is presently the centerpiece of a historical park restoration and conveys the appear- replaced by second generation buildings. While there are no written township records -economics The Chester District School #2 is the only one of six remaining township schools which century schoolhouse.The school is one of an unusually rich collection of six remaining The Chester District School #2 is significant asarealatively unchanged Mid-nineteenth ance and atmosphere of an early district schoolhouse in Chester Township. military school was established and all pupils were bused.The school then became part of the Areas of Significance-Check and justify below school districts in the township.Well before 19o0,most of the schools had been Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The first schoolhouse in Chester was erected in 1810,and by 1834 there were seven In 1972 the school building and five acres were offered to the Chesterland Chamber of the property in 1874.The school has been restored and furnished, and in 198l the At least two of the schools were retired even before1900,and School #2,called Scotland -art - archeology-prehistoric community planning Commerce with the stipulation that the school be restored and the property turned into Chester Town Hall was brought to the site from Chester Center to become a part of the 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Pioneer History of Geauga County (Burton, 1880), 99-100. 10. Geographical Data 1/4 acre Chesterland, Ohio Quadrangle name - Quadrangle scale - UT M References 11. Form Prepared By Sylvia Wiggins, Secretary/Treasurer date Sepember 1, 1982 Ohio 44026 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature code Easting county Northing date Zone name/title Attest: 1:24000 Verbal boundary description and justification Chesterland Chamber of Commerce Acreage of nominated property List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Chief of Registration Pioneer and General History of Geauga County

city or town For NPs use only Bounded on the east by Caves Road;on the south by Mayfield Road; on the west by a line parallel to and 1oo' from Caves Road; _state Xlocal As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 729-7297 telephone National Register according to the criteria andprocedures set forth by the National Park Service. and on the north by a line parallel to and 75'from Mayfield Road. 145916/6 30/ Caves Road Historical Foundation ]5ohio gas station Chesterland Scotland . REJECT_ Recom. /Criteria . Discipline Date Due: // _substantive reasons discussed below Name , Classification Location Fed. Reg. Date: completeness 7.

Description clarity Action: nomination by person or local government summary paragraph Reviewer alterations/integrity resubmission owner objection 6. Representation in Existing Surveys boundary selection .Nomination returned for: 5. Location of Legal Description 4. Owner of Property Chester Township District School #2 ruins Geauga County Federal Agency: see continuation shee National Park Service 2.1.83 United States Department ef she lnterier Working No. LC/ - technical corrections cited below - moved EVALUATION / RETURN SHEE comments: unexpoeec justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification -- loca: - Photographs - Date - Signed checked completeness context clarity summary paragraph Other applicable criteria relating significance to justification of areas the resource Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet relationship of integrity 8. Significance Phone: 202 272-3504 Maps Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Chesterland C. of C. Historical Foundation. 1. South and east elevations, Chesterland, Geauga Co., Ohio looking Nw. Chester Twp. Dist. School #2 198# Chesterland C. of C. Historical 1 and west elevations, Foundation, Chesterland, Geauga Co., Ohio Chester Twp. Dist. School #2 looking SE NE.

South 1981 1982 CHESTERLAND QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES CHESTERLAND, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 4596/630 North GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Chester Township District School #2 17 469/720 East Ohio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 September 24, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places 440 G St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Hull, Patrick, House Maple Creek Site, 33 CI 52 Christman, Daniel, Homestead Please let me know if you have any other questions. Sincerely, enclosures Montgomery Geauga Resubmission Seneca County Clermont Preble Carroll Belmont Ohio Historic Preservation Office New Submissions Summit WRL/BP:jb Frasier Houses Department of Registration and structures The Eagles Building State Historic Preservation Officer Enclosed are seven new National Register nominations and one resubmission. St.

Boniface Roman Catholic Church Chester Township District School #2 All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the Akron YWCA