Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Ewington Academy

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,253 words across 9 pages, filed in 1982. 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 82003572, 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.

1. Name and/or common street & number _not for publication 10-C. Miller city, town - vicinity of _ state .county- 3. Classification _ unoccupied -agriculture _ museum X building(s) - private _ park _ structure .both work in progress - private residence . site . entertainment _ religious - object -in process & yes: unrestricted . government . military X other: meeting hall 4. Owner of Property courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. - federal depository for survey records 053 commercial Category Accessible code transportation Status educational date industrial Gallia Ownership district historic Ewington Road. being considered Gallipolis Locust St. Ewington Academy Inventory-Nomination Form Ohio scientific congressional district date entered Public Acquisition Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Type all entries-complete applicable sections 5.
Location of Legal Description 220 Jackson Pike National Register of Historic Places Present Use For HCRS use only Gallia County Courthouse 2. Location has this property been determined elegible? Gallia County Local Board of Education United States Department of the Interior See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms title FHR-8-300 (11-78) Xno X public X yes: unrestricted - local 039 received None 7. Description X unaltered X original site - moved date Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Condition ruins excellent fair The interior has not been altered from the original. Check one chimney. structures on that side of the street and is surrounded by one acre of land.The The gable end faces the street; the building itself is setback farther than most other The roof was originally slate and has been'replaced with metal;it features a central symmetrically placed on. lst and 2nd stories on either side of the door; they are 2/2 vent in the gable end. X good figuration, measuring 32 x 50'. It features a stone foundation and has no basement.
date deteriorated unexposed The Ewington Academy is a two story frame gable roofed structure of rectangular con- and feature shaped Greek Revival type lintels.Other windows around the building are identical.All second story windows have been boarded up to stabilize them until Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric - landscape architecture - religion _ archeology-historic _ conservation - law _ science _ economics - literature - sculpture _education - military _ social/ . engineering . music _ 1800-1899 _exploration/settlement - philosophy - theater - industry - politics/government _ transportation - invention 1858-59 1600-1699 1700-1799 commerce 1400-1499 1500-1599 original. architecture communications humanitarian agriculture Specific dates 1900- building. commitment to secondary education before the advent of high schools in the area.
The classes taught at the school were considered to be on the level above elementary, by members of the Ewington community. elementary school and continued in that capacity until just after World War Il.It Citizens Literary Institute who bought land and had the building constructed in 1858 It is the oldest academy building in Gallia County and virtuallyunaltered from the now serves as a meeting place for the local American Legion post and is cared for Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The Ewington Academy is significant as being representative of a small rural community's William Ewing, founder of Ewington, designed and supervised construction of the The Ewington Academy was chartered in 1857; organized by the Trustees of the Ewington 8. Significance - other(specify) so in a sense this was the forerunner of the modern concept of a high school. _ archeology-prehistoric _ community planning and 1859 through popular subscription. George Ewing, a carpenter and grandson of opened. When the local elementary school burned, the academy reopened as a public Builder/Architect Period George Ewing art 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Our Ewings in America Donald Brown Ewing, Acme Press, Santa Monica, CA, 1960. The Ewings in Michigan, Enoch Ewing, Grand Rapids, MI, 1933. building which sets it off from the other buildings on that street. Lots 34, 35, and 36 were original lots; 37 was added sometime later. _ state 11. Form Prepared By Kathleen B. Andrews August 31, 1981 (614) 594-6578 street & number 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _national A local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature county code date organization Northing Athens Easting Zone telephone Ohio name/title UMT References Chief of Registration Bentley Hall 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property GAllia County Auditor and Recorder's Records I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Quadrangle scale 1:24000 List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries SORHAPO/Ohio University city or town Verbal boundary description and justification A1l of Lots 34,35, 36,and 37.This is the extent Attest: For HCRS use only National Regteter Quadrangle name - according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and/Recreation Service. GPO 938 835 Wilkesville of the academy's landholdings at this time and provides a large lawn area around the 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Let No One Speak Il1 Federal Agency: - Recom. / Criteria 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4.
Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description unaltered resubmission completeness Date clarity Discipline National Register moved RETURN Entered in the ruins Reviewer Gallia County owner objection deteriorated Action: see continuation sheet alterations/integrity Ewington Academy Ownership National Park Service United States Department of the Interior summary paragraph nomination by person or local government _substantive reasons discussed below Condition boundary selection 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Status Accossibie REJECT. Present Use Public Acquisition good Fed. Reg. Date has this property been determined eligibie? Check one _ excellent altered i appeal Working No. unexposed Category Substantive Review: Nomination returned for: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES fair Date Due: originai site ACCEPT/30/82 8.
Significance relationship of integrity justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By - state State Historic Preservation Officer signature Signed - context checked completeness clarity Maps Other Photographs Date the resource summary paragraph applicable criteria 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Verbal boundary description and justification - netional Quedrangle name - relating significance to Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet UMIT Reterences Period ttle Ewington, Ohio December, 1980 Athens, Ohio View looking northwest Kathleen Andrews EWINGTON ACADEMY Neg.
at Ohio University Ewington, Ohio December, 1980 Athens, Ohio Kathleen Andrews EWINGTON ACADEMY Neg. at Ohio University View looking southwest UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO August 24, 1982 440 G Street, N.W. Dear Ms. Shull: Gill, John T., House Sharp, Stephen, House Bradford, Henry, Farm Blake, H.G. House WRL/DS :vb Lorain Enclosures Medina Sincerely, Ashtabula Name Athens County Cuyahoga Gallia Delaware RECEIVED Ewington Academy REGISTER NATIONAL Historic Places Cheif of Registration Cleveland Warehouse District Ohio Historic Preservation Office Athens Downtown Historic District Wilmington Commercial Historic District procedures have been followed. National Register of Clinton State Historic Preservation Officer Van Wert Jefferson Railroad Depot nomination.Please let me know if you have any questions.
Note that the owner of the Gill House has indicated his objection to the Van West Bandstand Ms. Carol SHull AIIG 30 1982 Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Department of the Interior Enclosed are ten new National Register nominations.All the new nominations