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Nomination for Richland Trust Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,606 words across 12 pages, filed in 1983. 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 83002044, 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.

The nomination, in full

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

Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) RIC: 134-11 . County 5. Other Name(s) . Location of Negatives 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Park Avenue West Date(s) or Period 31. Wall Construction Side I0 Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition C Private B . Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 45 1 2865 25. Open to Preservation Structure C 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 1. On National No X 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 3. Part of Estab. Yes O 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 5. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 2. Further Description of Important Features 46. Prepared by g. 30, 1970, p. 5-D. 47. Organization News Journal, Jul, I3, I958, p. I2-E 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) Register? Front Easting concrete Long. Underway? Northing Richland Bank Lat.

recessed panels shaft floors are recessed; top two floor spandrels have Gothic Revival Ohio Historical Center (Explain little construction has occured since then. Eligible? Thematic Category side has been redeveloped. Geo. Siekkinen *main entrance, round arched opening with decorative voissoirs; belt Richland Trust Building Frontage on Road 20. Contractor or Builder course at third floor level defines base of building; spandrels of with new finishes enclosure with several rows of interest from the late I9th and early 2oth century; the east motifs; low gable roofed penthouse on top 22. Present Use OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Interior downtown during the building boom of the I92o's; other than the city hall and the courthouse, PARK AVE. W. 30. Foundation Material Exterior good Public Road? if known 35. Plan Shape rectangle The Bank Ohio Historic Presarvation Office By What?

Building St., Nw corner at OSU/Mansfield RPO in #42) Sit Plas Yes D steel, terra cotta, brick 33. No. of Bayg 372 045 Object O Jones Moved CENTRAL Specific Location *street level windows altered, interior of main banking hall altered Altered this bank merged with the Bank of Mansfield in I929 to form the Richland Trust Co. of Mansfield had opened in I893. This is one of several major buildings constructed in the Phot OSU7Mans. -3 North Main Lot I29 Yesx HISTORIC RESOURCES OF PARK AVENUE WEST Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Richland Trust Building, 3 Park Avenue West 42. Further Description of Important Features exterior. It has a two-story base that features a two-story round penthouse, which gives the top a stepped appearance. 43. History and Significance Ave. West) were both built at the culmination of Mansfield's early 20th Century downtown building boom.

Both are multi-story skyscrapers built in the last years of the third decade, designed by the same firm, and both feature smooth-finished exterior skins and terra-cotta decoration on the stepped upper floors. As such they represent the styling typical for commercial architecture at the time. Together, they are Mansfield's brought on by the strength of its industrial base at the time. they reflect the shift in the city orientation from the northern portion of the commercial center to the westward portion along Park Avenue. Historically, both buildings represent the consolidation of smaller financial institutions fostered by the economic prosperity of the era. arched arcade.The base is separated from the shaft by a pseudo-balustrade This is an eight-story steel frame skyscraper with a terra-cotta The Richland Trust Building and Farmers Savings G Trust Co.(28 Park beltcoarse.

The top floor features Neo-gothic terra-cotta decorations only modernistic skyscrapers and represent the city's downtown rebuilding United States Department of the Interior - REJECT photos - Reviewer Im - see continuation sheet . technical corrections cited below X substantive reasons discussed below 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property /5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys - original site summary paragraph resubmission Description dates completeness maps Location clarity owner objection Action: ruins boundary selection alterations/integrity Federal Agency: nomination by person or local government NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES unaltered Date Due: Fed. Reg. Date: National Park Service Check one State, County: Recom. /Criteria Hekutn V. Name - moved appeal Property: comments: Nomination returned for: Substantive Review: deteriorated Working No.

3. 31. 82 . 104/l Btatus Ownership Public Acqulaitien X 8. Significance VA justification of exception V11. Form Prepared By _ netional - Date - context completeness Maps clarity checked Photographs applicable criteria Other the resource Signed relating significance to justification of areas 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification X summary paragraph Quedrangle name - UMT References relationship of integrity Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) I. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Basement? Yes D 30. Foundation Material 31. Wall Construction Site O 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36.

Changes Addition O Private E - Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 451 2865 Jones 25. Open to Preservation Structure - Building IX Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? 1. On National No X 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 3. Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 5. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 2. Further Description of Important Features 46. Prepared by g. 30, 1970, p. 5-D. 47. Organization News Journal, Jul, I3, I958, P. I2-E Date 49. Revision Date(s) concrete Register? Front Easting Long. 12-77 Underway? Park Avenue West Lat. Northing Richland Trust Building Frontage on Road Exterior good Ohio Historical Center little construction has occured since then.

with new finishes Ohio Historic Preservation Office Richland Bank enclosure with several rows of interest from the late I9th and early 2oth century; the east downtown during the building boom of the I920's; other than the city hall and the courthouse, *main entrance, round arched opening with decorative voissoirs; belt shaft floors are recessed; top two floor spandrels have Gothic Revival course at third floor level defines base of building; spandrels of Interior 35. Pian Shape rectangle The Bank Geo. Siekkinen I-3 North Main side has been redeveloped. St., NW corner at PARK AVE. W. if known OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY motifs; low gable roofed penthouse on top OSU/Mansfield RPO Public Road? Side IO in Plap Moved 1 Date(s) or Period with North- "°Afthouse and Tones 3. History and Significance Eligible?

CENTRAL *street level windows altered, interior of main banking hall altered Phot 1929 372045 lot I29 Mans field, Ohio 42. Further Description of Important Features have been modernized, but do not detract seriously from the 43. History and Significance Odd Fellows Hall. Richland Trust Company Building -- O.H.I. Continuation Sheet architecture and is the largest terra cotta-clad structure in Historically, this building is significant as the home to one smaller in area. window spandrels and other areas decorated in gothic motifs.

The building is sheatheed in decorative terra cotta with the West at this time from residential at its eastern end to commercial This building is significant as an outstanding example of played an important role in the transformation of Park Avenue HISTORIC RESOURCES OF PARK AVENUE WEST a large three-story brick commercial building stood here, the The top of the building has a slightly pitched roof, forming distinctive profile. At ten stories, this is the second tallest Acreage of Nominated Property: less than one town. floor is visually separated from the rest of the building and is building are grouped togather to form a base, while the top It was the second tallest building erected in the l920's and Neoclassic commercial architecture to Section 8,item I-F). building in the city.The street level areas on the exterior NPS Form 10-900-a Page 4 a26 31. Mansfield Womenls Club 34.

Ohio Theatre 35. Old Carriage Barn 36. Pacific Curios Antiques 37. Park Avenue Baptist Church 40. Robinson, E. Gilbert, House Company Keeper Attest Date/Signature Name Ohio State received 33. Mengert, Louis C., House National Park Service Thematic Group Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet 39. Richland Trust Building National Register of Historic Places Multiple Resource Area "32. Mechanics Building and Loan date entered Nomination/Type of Review Item number Park Avenue West Multiple Resource Area United States Department of the Interior (7-81) For NPS use only Substantive Review OMB NO.1U24-UU10 38. Preston, Burton, House Substantive Review Keeper Fed. Reg. Date: - RETURN Recom. / Criteria - - technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location 4. Owner of Property 7.

Description REJECT resubmission summary paragraph completeness clarity dates alterations/integrity OHIO Substantive Review Working No. nomination by person or local government Action: Richland County 3. Classification 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Richland Trust Building (Park Avenue West MRA) _substantive reasons discussad below owner objection Federal Agency: .Nomination returned for: 183 5. Location of Legal Description Discipline Date Due: 3.31.82-1046 Substantive SHEET see continuation sheet EYALUATION/ RETURN SHEE comments: National Park Service ruins justification of exception UMT Reterences - netional - state Signed . Phone: 202 272-3504 context completeness checked 8.

Significance clarity Photographs Date Maps Other summary paragraph applicable criteria Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet the resource 10. Geographical Data 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By - oca relating significance to relationship of integrity justification of areas Mansfield, Ohio Historic Resources of Park Avenue West Steven McQuillin PAW-1 Richland Trust Bldg, looking northwest Ohio State University Mansfield Campus Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000641 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property