Nomination for U.S. Post Office

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-306 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS NAME U-S. POST OFFICE AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE BOTH -WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE XYES: RESTRICTED n/a BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If applicable) LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

Lorain County Administration Building REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS July 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR Ohio 43211 093 Lorain Louisville CODE COUNTY LOCATION DATE XGOVERNMENT STATE SCIENTIFIC TITLE OWNERSHIP MUSEUM ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC PARK AGENCY AGRICULTURE RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY Columbus INDUSTRIAL MILITARY PRIVATE SITE Ohio Historic Inventory* STATUS Kentucky 40202 _TRANSPORTATION United States Postal Service Lorain Post Office PUBLIC ACQUISITION Ohio 226 Middle Avenue XBUILDING(S) be considered for inclusion in the National Register.

200 West Broadway, Room 508 -ENTERTAINMENT - UNOCCUPIED DATE ENTERED _COMMERCIAL _EDUCATIONAL _OBJECT Ohio 44035 -DISTRICT -STRUCTURE FOR NPS USE ONLY -OTHER: RECEIVED OCT 25 1982 n/a PROCESS NAME XPUBLIC *Letter dated 6/81 from State Historic Preservation Officer recommends that the building X GOOD X ALTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

CONDITION EXCELLENT DESCRIPTION UNALTERED FAIR The exterior walls are built of Amherst sandstone.The foundation and front steps Doric columns which support a decorated stone entablature.Recessed between the columns are Palladian arches which contain the windows and the front door.The integrity of the interior architecture. of fluorescent lights suspended from the ceiling detracts somewhat from the visual CHECK ONE two outermost bays are set back and feature windows with elaborate carved cornices The interior of the building features a dramatic groin-vaulted ceiling in the _DETERIORATED The Lorain Post Office is a stone building built in the Neo-Classical style. is divided into five bays.The center three bays are divided by paired two-story to the building is the addition of the loading dock in l956 on its back side.

XORIGINAL SITE _UNEXPOSED DATE 9-9-81 of the four sides of the building are open to public view. The only major alteration lockbox lobby, marble pilasters, and well-preserved wood paneling. The addition MOVED RUINS and scroll-shaped consoles.The building is crowned by a stone balustrade.Three are made of North Carolina granite.The front facade which measures 1o0 feet long AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Lorain Post Office, built in 1913 under the direction of the Treasury's Supervising Architect, Oscar Wenderoth, is significant both architecturally and cities and towns. In general, buildings constructed under Wenderoth represent some focal point for the local community (2).

INVENTION ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE COMMERCE ART PERIOD EDUCATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE LAW SCULPTURE XARCHITECTURE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT MILITARY MUSIC INDUSTRY LITERATURE were individually designed and constructed of the finest materials available.Following SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN significance of the building.The design represents a period in Neo-Classical traditions.Post offices all around the country were being designed ardization and economizing in post office design and construction (l).The State Historic Preservation Officer provides this statement of significance in support of _TRANSPORTATION -COMMUNICATIONS _PHILOSOPHY 19l5,the Treasury initiated a change in policy which resulted in increasing stand- its groin vaulted ceiling and marble pilasters contribute to the This l9l3 Neo-Classical structure is in excellent repair and has which the federal government created a monumental presence and a -1800-1899 -1600-1699 -SCIENCE -1500-1599 asmonuments that would bring federal ideals and sophisticated architecture to small -1700-1799 -RELIGION -1400-1499 _ECONOMICS buildings built during Wenderoth's reign (l9l2-l914),like those of his predecessor .THEATER of the last post offices built during the period between l900 and 19i5 when most _COMMUNITY PLANNING SPECIFIC DATES historically for its place in the history of post office construction.

The government his recommendation that the Lorain Post Office be considered for the National Register: 1913-1914 ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC James Knox Taylor, drew their stylistic elements from the French Beaux-Arts and BUILDER/ARCHITECT Oscar Wenderoth 10

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Permanent parcel #02-01-003-119-007,008,009,010,011,012,013, as referenced in Duplicate Volume 33, County Administration Building, Transfer Office, Elyria, Ohio. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Dalton-Dalton- Newport STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN CERTIFICATION OF NOMINATION STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER RECOMMENDATION YES NONE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE DATE 10-20-82 FOR NPS USE ONLY AF DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION GPO 899-21 CODE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION DATE 9-14-81 ZONE COUNTY STATE 216:283-4000 Cleveland See Attachment.

Susan Kent Kauer ZONE EASTING MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 3605 Warrensville Center Road KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio 44122 evaluate its significance.The evaluated level of sie 14,519.01660 VO NORTHING In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby nominate this property to the National Register, certifying that the State Historic Preservation Officer has been allowed 90 days in which to present the nomination to the State Review Board and to State_X Local. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 25 1982 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED (Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 614:466-1500) - Commission, 216:322-4725) - A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, ed. G.

Frederick Wright, 1916. (Lorain Public Library) . RECEIVED CONTINUATION SHEET 1981). Emily Harris, National Register of Historic Places (manuscript form, Report on History of Post Office Construction 1900-l940,prepared by Ohio Historic Inventory, July 1976,(Lorain County Regional Planning Letter, W. Ray Luce, State Historic Preservation Officer, June 198l, EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET - RETURN Recom. /Criteria Discipline Date Due: -see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below 1. Name Location Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description REJECT alterations/integrity Reviewer completeness summary paragraph clarity resubmission nomination by person or local government 6. Representation in Existing Surveys owner objection _substantive reasons discussed below Action: Lorain County US Post Office .Nomination returned for: Fed. Reg.

Date: National Park Service - sample boundary selection ruins Substantive Review: appeal 8. Significance justification of exception - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification - Date - checked Signed Maps completeness applicable criteria Photographs summary paragraph justification of areas relating significance to relationship of integrity clarity the resource national Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Lorain, Ohio 44052 South side and dock By: C. M. Grey, RMAS, 5/4/82 Main Post Office Lorain, Ohio 44052 Southwest corner By: C. M.

Grey, RMAS, 5/4/82 Main Post Office 17/402055/4590645 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES LORAIN QUADRANGLE LORAIN, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Lorain Post Office DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION OHIO LORAIN CO. ROOM 714 - CITY HALL WILLIAM E. PARKER (216) 244-3204 July 27, 1982 Mr. E. Miller Carbon Manager - Real Estate Branch 200 West Broadway - Room 506 Dear Mr. Carbon: REF: CER3:CDFulks:jo:2162 With regard to your letter of July 22, 1982 concerning the of Historic Places, I have no objections and do concur with Thank you for asking for my comments. MAYOR OHIO WEP/bw nomination of the Lorain Post Office to the National Register the action being taken.

United States Postal Service Very truly yours Mayor of Lorain "Where People Come First" OFFICE OF THE MAYOR WEHar October 12, 1982 Mr. Dave Dogan Director, Office, of Real Estate Real Estate and Buildings Department 475 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20260 Dear Mr. Dogan: State Historic Preservation Officer Mayor, City of Lorain Representative J. Leonard Camara OCT1 41982P Sincerely, NOACA Encl. Ohio Historic Preservation Office Senator Ronald Nabakowski Enclosed is the signed National Register of Historic Places nomination your efforts in initiating this nomination. the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board.

form for the Lorain Post Office.It has been reviewed and approved by United States Postal Service WRL:dd Please let me know if we can be of any further assistance.We appreciate Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20260 Ms. Carol Shull John Sorenson, of my staff, at area code 202-245-4461. REGISTER RECEIVED NATIONAL Realty Management Division Ohio. Sincerely, If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Department of Interior hereby submits a nomination for the post office located at In compliance with Executive Order ll593,the Postal Service National Park Service Real Estate and Buildings Department Acting Keeper of the National Register the corner of Ninth Street and Broadway, Lorain, Lorain Dear Ms.

Shull: Office of Real Estate SERVICE OCT 2 0 1982 General Manager