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The nomination, in full
Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.
Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 6. Specific Location 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes O 17.. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays Front 3 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment S MAIN N MAIN 22. Present Use Plan Shape 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O 9. Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, 25. Open to No X Structure O Building 2 Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? By What? 11. On National 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features 43. History and Significance 48.
Prepared by Geo. Siekkinen 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 12-77 concrete Exterior Northing Zone Richland Underway? 372045 Condition Mansfield city Eligible? Register? Long. Neo-Classical Revival frieze with parapet above cornice Easting bank *recessed panels between pilasters with windows and spandrels appear Interior rectangle (Explain Ohio Historical Center Park Avenue West Lat. Public Road? Mechanics Building and Loan Co. Preservation This bank is one of several major buildings constructed during the I920's which was a buildin boom in the downtown; the Mechanics Building & Loan Co. moved into this building on Sept.23, OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY enclosure with several rows from the late I9th and early 20th centuries of interest; the east Dilastered 16. Thematic Category U.T.M. Reference 45. Sources of Information 2 South Main St., SW corner at to have been altered 3.
Location of Negatives OSu/Mans. side of the square has been redeveloped. Side "Roaring 20's Brought Building Boom,"News Journal, Aug.30,I970, pink marble P.5-D in #42) lots 2240, 224I, 2242 PARK AVE W 15. Name of Established District Private f Moved | Potent'? *fluted Corinthian pilasters support entablature with inscription in Altered formerly a heavily wooded square now divided by Park Avenue; the square retains its sense of OSU/ Mansfield RPO ca I926 Nog * National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET State, County: Fed. Reg. Date: C RETURN - REJECT photos Recom. /Criteria Net - see continuation sheet 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description Seteriorated .
original site resubmission maps Date alterations/integrity completeness Discipline clarity owner objection summary paragraph Reviewer Property: Action: boundary selection Federal Agency: technical corrections cited below ruins nomination by person or local government 6. Representation in Existing Surveys unaltered NR decision NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior Check one West MRA) Date Due: 4/29/8~- - moved appeal good .Nomination returned for: unexposed excellent Aecessible justification of exception 11. Form Prepared By .loca completeness context summary paragraph Maps checked Photographs Other Date clarity applicable criteria the resource justification of areas 8. Significance 10. Geographical Data 9. Major Bibliographical References relating significance to 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evalusted significance of this property within the state is: - netional -_ State relationship of integrity Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet UMIT Reterences Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives OSU/Mans. 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes D 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment S MAIN 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape 23. Ownership 36. Changes Altered o 9. Coordinates 24.
Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Site O Structure O No X Building F 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What? 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features 43. History and Significance Geo. Siekkinen P. 5-D 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) concrete Zone 12-77 Eligible? Easting Northing Exterior Register? Long. Richland Preservation Underway? Park Avenue West 372045 Neo-Classical Revival Lat. rectangle Ohio Historical Center Mansfield city (Explain Interior Side frieze with parapet above cornice Mechanics Building and Loan Co.
*recessed panels between pilasters with windows and spandrels appear bank pilastered 46.Prepared by formerly a heavily wooded square now divided by Park Avenue; the square retains its sense of OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 27. Other Surveys in Which Included This bank is one of several major buildings constructed during the I920's which was a buildin to have been altered Ohio Historic Preservation Office 2 South Main St., SW corner at 45. Sources of Information enclosure with several rows from the late I9th and early 20th centuries of interest; the east side of the square has been redeveloped. Public Road? "Roaring 20's Brought Building Boom,' News Journal, Aug. 30, I970, OSU/ Mansfield RPO boom in the downtown; the Mechanics Building & Loan Co.moved into this building on Sept.23, pink marble Addition ca I926 in #42) lots 2240, 224I, 2242 Front 3 Object O 15.
Name of Established District Private F Moved 4512835 Potent'? *fluted Corinthian pilasters support entablature with inscription in HISTORIC RESOURCES OF PARK AVENUE WEST Mansfield, Ohio Mechanics Building & Loan Company 43. History and Significance Mansfield's commercial building boom in the late 1920's was brought about by a general economic boom period in the U.S. at this time and was made more intense here because of the dynamic expansion of the city's local industries, particularly appliance manufacturers such as the Ohio The site of this building was occupied, prior to the construction, by an old brick tavern of Federal style architecture.
It was a very old and Acreage of Nominated property: less than one its original interior banking space.This space features a tall and generated an infusion of capital that made possible this massive historic building and was the last structure from the pre-Civil War years This is an unusually fine example of Neoclassical commercial architecture and has unusually fine classical detailing on its fluted columns and cornice decorations.It is the only Mansfield bank building which retains which was erected during a brief but spectacular building boom in the reinvestment in the downtown area. finely detailed coffered ceiling and ornate marble banking counters. This building is the only pink marble commercial structure in the town city during the late to Section 8,item I-F) to survive on the town square. Brass Company and Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company.These industries 31.
Mansfield Womerls Club . Keeper 33. Mengert, Louis C., House 34. Ohio Theatre 35. Old Carriage Barn 36. Pacific Curios Antiques 37. Park Avenue Baptist Church 38. Preston, Burton, House : 39. Richland Trust Building "40. Robinson, E. Gilbert, House Attest Date/Signature Company Name State received Inventory-Nomination Form Multiple Resource Area Ohio date entered Continuation sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Nomination/Type of Review Park Avenue West Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group United States Department of the Interior (7-81) Substantive Review NPS Form.10-900-a For NPS use only Item number 32. Mechanics Building and Loan Substantive RevIew OMB NO. 1U24-UU10 Substantive Revlew Keeper Fed. Reg. Date: - RETURN LACCEPT_7/8/83 - se- continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below Name Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5.
Location of Legal Description 7. Description REJECT NR decision completeness clarity dates summary paragraph resubmission comments: Richland County Working No. Mechanics Building and Loan Co. alterations/integrity Substantive Review _substantive reasons discussad below 6.Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government .Nomination returned for: (Park Avenue West MRA) owner objection Roviewer's Discipline. Action: Date Due: Boun EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Federal Agency: 8. Significance justification of exception Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification . netiona!
_ state context checked Signed Maps clarity completeness Date summary paragraph Other Photographs justification of areas applicable criteria the resource Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to relating significance to relationship of integrity Specific dates Quedrangle neme - UMT Reterences Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Mansfield, Ohio Mechanics Bldg. & Loan, looking southwest PAW-2 Historic Resources of Park Avenue West Steven McQuillin Ohio State University Mansfield Campus July 1979 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000641 for this property