Nomination for Canton Public Library

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received JUN 1 8 1982 and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of 16th (Regula) _ county _ state 3. Classification - district X unoccupied X building(s) X private - park . private residence .in process - yes: unrestricted 4. Owner of Property Ohio 44702 5. Location of Legal Description has this property been determined elegible? - yes _ federal - _ local Ohio 43211 151 1976 both transportation entertainment code museum government Category date structure commercial Public Acquisition Ownership site educational object Columbus religious historic Status Accessible being considered industrial public congressional district Ohio Historic Inventory date entered agriculture scientific title Inventory-Nomination Form 2.

Location Ohio military Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Type all entries-complete applicable sections Canton Public Library 6. Representation in Existing Surveys For HCRS use only Present Use Stark United States Department of the Interior See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms work in progress Three T Investments 1. Name 236 Third Street SW Can ton FHR-8-300 (11-78) I-71 and 17th Ave. X other: VACANr courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Stark County Office Building 319 Court Street 7. Description _ excellent - altered first story repetition of the balustrade, arched windows and two fluted columns that ing when it abutted contiguous structures, now demolished. echo elements of the exterior columns. The building is one of two remaining historic buildings in a cleared, four urban renewal cum land assembly effort.

The future development of this area, known Condition unexposed moved deteriorated fair parapet becomes a basustrade with classical enrichment.The entry bay itself features a multi-lighted, arcaded window which surmounts an enriched pediment on which is en- adaptively reused as office space. and east facades are of unadorned brick reflecting the original setting of the build- The front (north) and west facades feature large, tripartite window bays, each of Roman pressed brick and Bedford limestone featuring a stone-faced parapet, classical brushed brass fittings, marble veneer and ornate railings.

Fluted ionic pilasters scribed the democratic motto,"Open to All." original site Check one The interior features a skylighted central rotunda with enriched work, X good which contains stone label molds with pilasters and paneled spandrels.Uniform brick The Canton Public Library building isa two-story Neo-Classical structure of grey entablature and molded cornice.Over the central, two-story recessed entry, this areaiin the south end of Canton's central business district, an area cleared in an Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

quoins highlight corner elements and the classicism of the whole is emphasized by a flank the entry.A stepped stone water table completes these facades. The south Areas of Significance - Check and justify below _ archeology-historic _ science . literature _ sculpture .military _ social/ .music _ theater X 1900- - politics/government .transportation Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) ected over the competition, he was well-known in the area, having already designed Timkens), the town-scape of Canton had, by the end of his career, become distinctly her major industrial complexes, six major commercial structures, two hotels (the and several recreational structures at Congress and Meyers Lakes, in addition Tilden's association with one of Canton's leading citizens, Frank Case, led to several corporated one of Canton's leading industries, in 1890, the Harvard Company which man- dents buildings have been demolished in recent years, the Canton Public Library 1600-1699 communications 1800-1899 1500-1599 commerce 1700-1799 architecture 1400-1499 engineering art industry Period humanitarian conservation prehistoric law Library comes as close as any building in Tilden's architectural array to Beaux Arts involved in civic activities of all sorts, among them the Canton Library Association invention By the time Tilden's prize-winning design for the Canton Public Library was sel- to the residential structures he designed for Canton's elite.

choice of Tilden, who had designed both the Harvard Company plant and Case's own res- to his alliance with its principal manufacturing families Cases, Deubers and amples of the work of Guy Tilden, a Canton architect who practised in Northeast Ohio His versatility extended not only to type but to style.He worked in a number of idence on North Market Street, as the architect of the Library building 8. Significance In a real sense, architectural Canton was Tilden's Canton.Since a majority of Til- ed in innovations in dental equipment through his patent work, and he eventually in- of Tilden's work and the evolution of Canton's structural history. Romanesque Revival the Trinity Lutheran Church and the Richardsonian Case mansion), classicism, al career was keyed to the development of one of Ohio's principal industrial cities.

The Library was built with a S60,0o0 grant from Andrew Carnegie and sustained with $6,000 and year from the City of Canton.For 80 years, the building held Canton's -economics _education (and later Stark County's) major library collection. Tudor Revival Shurman House),Flemish Baroque Deuber House),and in simple, - other(specify) _ archeology-prehistoric community planning . landscape architecture. - religion - agriculture exploration/settlement - - philosophy upwards of 20 buildings in Hiram, Parkman, Aliance, Lisbon and Canton.

In fact, due Builder/Architect Guy Tilden Mckinley and the Cortland), three YMCA buildings, a music hall, two hospital build- 1903-5 Specific dates rapidly becoming critical as the symbol of the way in which a distinguished architectur- of his most significent commissions.Case, an educator turned lawyer, became interest- ufactured reclining dental chairs.Like many sfch entrepreneurs of his day, Case was for 40 years from the 1880's to the mid-1920's.The building represents the union The Canton Public Library building is significant as one of only a few remaining ex- 9.

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Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle scale - _ State 11. Form Prepared By National Register county Easting Northing date Zone code Canton West telephone name/title Chief of Registration Attest: national 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries UMT References Eric Johannesen, I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register State Historic Preservation Officer signature city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: For HCRS use only Xlocal Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangle name - Parcel # 02-40682, Lot 201, City of Canton Mary L.

Reeb, Preservationist December, 1981 street & number 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. Entered In then GPO 938 835 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 organization Stark County Regional Planning Commission date Keeper of the National Registef 511 County Office Building E.T.Heald,The Stark County Story (Canton:Stark County Historical Society,1950) less than one SHPO A17] Canton Public Library, Stark County, OHIO, Fed. Reg. Date: _ Date Due:_715-82 Recom. / Criteria - Discipline _ see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location Classification 4. Owner of Property 5.

Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description . excellent - original site .ruins resubmission appeal REJECT completeness clarity Ownership Date good alterations/integrity Accessible summary paragraph Condition Reviewer Entered in the boundary selection owner objection deteriorated unaltered _substantive reasons discussed below Federal Agency: Status Public Acquisition #82003643 Present Use Check one NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Category .Nomination returned for: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET - yes - nc RETURN 8-2-82 moved unexposed Action: Substantive Review: fair nomination by person or local government National Regtster Working No. 8. Significance justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By .

state State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 context Signed completeness clarity checked Maps Date Photographs Other applicable criteria summary paragraph justification of areas relationship of integrity the resource 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Bullder/Architect Specific dates UMIT Reterences title Verbal boundary description and justification relating significance to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to netional Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) WAY ONE Canton, Stark, OH Building D Canton Public Lib. Date: 1981 Central Canton MRA Photo: M. Reeb Canton Public Lib. Building D Photo: M.

Reeb Central Canton MRA Canton, Stark, OH Date: 1981 Canton, Stark, OH Photo: H2k2 Design Date: 1981 MRA Library Central Canton Building D Canton Public LIBRARY CANTON-PVBLIO Canton, Stark, OH Date: 1981 MRA Library Central Canton Canton Public (exterior detail) Building D. Photo: H2L2 Design Canton, Stark, OH MRA Library Central canton Canton Public Building D. (interior detail) Date: 1981 Photo: H2L2 Design Canton, Stark, OH Date: 1981 Building D Central Canton MRA (interior detail) Photo: H2L2 Design Canoon Public Lib. Canton, Stark, OH MRA Central Canton (interior detail) Date: 1981 Photo: H2L2 Design Building D. Canton Public Lib. CANTON WEST, OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CANTON WEST QUADRANGLE June 16, Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places National Park Service JUN 1 8 1902 440 G. St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms.

Shull: been approved by the state review board and the appropriate notification Name : St. Stephen Church and Rectory Mosgrove, Dr. Adam, House Sharp, Samuel, Residence Woodruff, William, House Canton Public Library Onesto Hotel Schuffenecker, August, Building Lebold, John, House Reeves, Jeremah, House and Please let me know if you have any questions. State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/DS: jb Hocking Butler Tuscarawas Sincerely, Athens Delaware Stark enclosures Hamilton Wood Champaign County: New Nominations Trumbull NATIONAL Ohio Historic Preservation Office Barber-Whitticar House Dewalt Building Floral Hall Carriage House Underwriters Salvage Corps Eagle's Temple White's Mill City National Bank Building procedures have been followed. Enclosed are new National Register nominations and one nomination returned by your staff for additional information.

All the new nominations have Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 REGISTER W.Ray Luce