Nomination for Orton Memorial Laboratory

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United States Department of the Interior See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town 3. Classification - public _ occupied .commercial -park work in progress in process - yes: restricted x yes: unrestricted X industrial 4. Owner of Property Ohio 43201 5.

Location of Legal Description depository for survey records entertainment both transportation government museum Category Accessible date educational None code military site Columbus structure object other: agriculture federal historic district religious Ownership Status being considered Public Acquisition private residence title date entered Ohio scientific John and Linda Ridihalgh Inventory-Nomination Form Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service congressional district 12th 410 South High Street For HCRS use only Present Use Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Register of Historic Places Orton Memorial Laboratory vicinity of 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 2. Location state Ohio 1445 Summit Street has this property been determined elegible? X no - local courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Franklin County Administration Building 039 43215 county building(s) FHR-8-300 (11-78) X excellent X original site _ moved Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

mately fifty feet from Summit Street on the east, the building is located on a 1/2- acre lot bounded on the south by East Eighth Avenue, on the west by an alley and on roofed, rectangular brick building constructed in 1929; a two-story brick addition neo-claasical revival of the early twentieth century." However, the style bf the facade also owes a great deal to the desire to exhibit the decorative potential of the cornice. Above the portico, which contains a cornice like that above the en- trance, is a pair of terra cotta medallions bearing the profiles of Antony and third story with fretwork to either side' of the inscription "Orton Memorial Lab- the first and second story windows and brick quoins. Windows are metal casement with two by three lights. Condition fair unexposed empty. the north by residential properties.

The present building consists of three sections--the original three-story flat- stories contain terra cotta medallions and festoons.The frieze and cornices of for the ceramic industry,the interior contains little that is decorative.The Check one The three-bay main facade of the original building demonstrates the influence of the 7. Description Since the building was used to manufacture pyrometric cones and to conduct research the single leaf door.Above this band is a concrete frieze containing the inscrip- University that is composed primarily of houses which predate 1925.Set back approxi- the main elevation are extended along each side elevation.

is a cornice featuring a band of acanthus leaves as well as individual leaves atop frieze and molded cornice above the second story and a second cornice above the ofterra cotta patera frames the leaded glass transom and sidelights that surround wing added in 1962 to the east end of the north elevation. tion "Ex Argilla Ad Argillam";terra cotta lamps of wisdom flank the inscription The Orton Memorial Laboratory islocated northeast of downtown Columbusin what is built in 1956 at the west end of the north elevation; and a second two-story brick X_altered - unaltered ceramics. -The most obvious examples of both of these influences are found in the Cleopatra. Other classical elements of the main facade include a plain concrete exception is the small entrance hall with niches that were to contain busts to commemorate outstanding men of ceramic scientific attainments.

These are now date ruins deteriorated while terra cotta festoons are found along the top of the frieze.Above the frieze Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic _ conservation .agriculture - sculpture . social/ _ music .commerce .theater X 1900- - politics/government Specific dates 1929, 1956, 1962 Builder/Architect Howard Dwight Smith, Architect Statement of

Statement of significance

/Architect Howard Dwight Smith, Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Criteria B & C The Orton Memorial Laboratory is significant for its association with Edward Orton, Jr.'s Son of Dr. Edward Orton, first president of the Ohio State University and first state geologist, and Mary Jennings Orton, Edward Orton, Jr., was brought to Columbus by his father after his mo ther's death in 1873. After receiving his Engineer of Mines degree from OSU(then known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College) in 1884, OSU.

After collecting information from the best trained men in the industry, he dis- number of companies in the ceramic industry, Orton prepared a bill requiring the In 1896, during his tenure at OSU, Orton perfected the standard pyrometric cone, now to this breakthrough, there had been no effective way to measure the temperatures in In 1929 the Orton Memorial Laboratory was built at 1445 Summit Street to house the after his death, which occurred February 10, 1932, Orton's will created the Edward Orton, Jr. Foundation. The foundation had two purposes: to continue the manufacture and sale of pyrometric cones and to use the profits from those sales to provide a Telecom Systems, Inc. 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 1800-1899 1400-1499 philosophy invention economics education humanitarian communications exploration/settlement engineering Period industry science transportation law military 8.

Significance ceramic industry. literature of producing cones would fluorish.He established the Standard Pyrometric Cone Com- firm's various activities.In order to insure that these activities would continue side Europe to teach ceramics. Orton left the university to devote full time to his business interests. research organization to advance"the ceramic arts and industries". precedent in this country for such a course of study.Introduced in February 1894, The Orton Foundation continued to occupy the Summit Street site until November l,198l, when it moved to a new location in Westerville.The present occupant is Dynamic (See Continuation Sheet) Orton was employed in metallurgical industries and for six years worked in.various..

which opened in September 1895 with eleven out- Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University to establish a department of ceramics. pioneering work in the production of pyrometric cones and in research to benefit the X_architecture the bill was at first ridiculed but eventually passed on.April basis -art _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning _ landscape architecture. _ religion iron and coal mines, blast furnaces and steel works. In 1890, he became superintendent pany, for a while the sole producer of cones in the United States.

It supplied approximately ninety-five per cent of all cones used in this country and a large of strong support by the ceramic industry.Orton was named to head the department, He did this without any interest or assistance from the.university,.since there was no Orton began studying the reasons.Around 1892 0rton was employed to revise and en- ofa plant manufacturing paving bricks.When the plant continued to be unprofitable, 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Columbus Evening Dispatch, 29 February 1932. 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle scale 1:24 000 11. Form Prepared By organization City of Columbus Dept. of Development street & number 140 Marconi Blvd. Sixth Floor telephone (614)222-8632/ nIt: city or town 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification X local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservatión Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Northing county date Columbus Easting code Zone name/title Acreage of nominated property 2 acre national Quadrangle nameSouthwest Columbus Quadrangle Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Keeper of the National Register (See Continuation Sheet) UMT References List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries State Historic Preservation Officer signature I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Chief of Registration state Ohio building site.

the Lewis Pub1ishing Co.,1901. Entered in tho For HCRS use only Lots 16-20 of Anne E. Dennison's Eighth Avenue Subdivision. See area outlined in red on GPO 938 835 state Ohio 43215 Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County.Chicago: National Register [3|29|090 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use only , Orton Memorial Laboratory, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Item number Other classical elements include a two-story Corinthian portico, a frieze and projecting these latter features were of concrete, the building as a whole demonstrates the variety brick is used for facing material, quoins, spandrels and window surrounds. Dwight Smith.

Educated at the Ohio State University and Columbia University, Smith work in the Neo-Classical Revival, including the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Returning to Columbus, Smith joined the architectural firm of Miller and Reeves. High School, South High School and Indianola Junior High School, previously listed in Stadium, the first horseshoe shaped, double deck stadium erected in the United States. decision to retain Smith since Orton was a member of First Congregational. Smith liked influence of Pope can be seen in his recurring use of classical elements, not only in the Orton Laboratory but also in Ohio Stadium, the Faculty Club and several of his Page school designs.

National Register of Historic Places received date entered Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet industrial building integrated into a residential neighborhood as well as an example of The Orton Memorial Laboratory is architecturally significant as both an example of an of ways in which ceramic products can be integrated into a structure.For example, the work of Columbus architect Howard Dwight Smith. By Mr.Orton's building which was to house his company should be compatible Hall (a woman's dormitory in the Jacobethan Revival Style),the Faculty Club and the (3-82) decorative elements such as lamps, festoons, acanthus leaves, patera and medallions. As was mentioned previously, the building was designed by Columbus architect Howard later serve as university architect from 1956 to 1965) include St. John's Arena, Mack 1951 addition to the OSU Library.

Smith was also supervising architect for the First OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Orton Memorial Laboratory, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Item number Page 1 Continuation sheet General Orton Memorial. Columbus, Ohio: General Orton Chapter, Reserve Officers Association of the United States, 1932. State University, 1958. Ohio State University Press, 1920. date entered received Inventory-Nomination Form For NPS use only National Register of Historic Places (3-82) NPS Form 10-900-a Hunker, Henry L. 1445 Summit Street, Columbus, Ohio 8 TH+- - INDIANOLA 269 SUMMIT 161 HAMLET E.9TH Orton Memorial Laboratory 166.73' 261 APTS Franklin County DAVID E & GORA EIGHTH = 119.) 1514 Ohio Orton Memorial Laboratory, Columbus, Real Estate Atlas of Franklin Co. 1510 1"=40' 12-31-80 1512 + 12 2 VADA FLYNN Jo ANN L. JONeS KATHRIN A 3 KARER S.

INC 141L 1524 1442 824-79 TERRACE AVE. 2437 5732 151r 145 15.7 42-07 M7705 --327i WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Orton Memorial Laboratory Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government - owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal - sample J request - NR decision Reviewer's comments: _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: . technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7.

Description Check one -excellent -unaltered -original site - moved summary paragraph Accessible resubmission yes Condition alterations/integrity completeness Status Date Discipline REJECT Recom./Criteria deteriorated clarity Reviewer Ownership RETURN Action: OHIO Substantive Review: boundary selection Franklin County Working No. fair Present Use Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Category good OCT 27 1983 unexposed ruins 2/5/85 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph relating significance to the resource justification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Builder/Architect Date context Signed completeness Period title national state local Maps clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked UTM References relationship of integrity to significance Quadrangle name Specific dates OIH O - Phone: 1445 Summit Street DATE: February 1983 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev.

PHOTO: Kay Benton East elevation, facing west ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY 1 of 8 1445 EX ARGILLA AD ARGILLAN ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY 1445 Summit Street PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 2 of 8 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Main entrance in east elevation, facing west NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev. 1445 ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY 1445 Summit Street PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio East elevation, facing northwest NEG: City of Columbus, Dept of Dev. 3 of 8 ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY 1445 Summit Street PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 4 of 8 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio East and south elevations, facing northwest NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev. ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 5 of 8 1445 Summit Street, Columbus, Franklin South elevation, facing north County, Ohio NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev.

ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev. West elevation, facing southeast 1445 Summit Street 6 of 8 ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY 1445 Summit Street PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 7 of 8 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio East elevation, facing southwest NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev. ORTON MEMORIAL LABORATORY PHOTO: Kay Benton DATE: February 1983 8 of 8 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio NEG: City of Columbus, Dept. of Dev. North and east elevations, facing southwest 1445 Summit Street DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ORTON MEMORIAL ROAD CLASSIFICATION SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS, OHIO LABORATOR Columbus, FeANKuN Co., OHIC October 17, 1983 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 1100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Joyce, Jacob.

O, House Pataskala Presbyterian Church (Pataskala MRA) W. Ray Luce Enclosures Montgomery Franklin Resubmissions Hamilton Licking Columbiana Mahoning Ohio Historic Preservation Office Sincere Times-Star Building New Nominations Scioto State Historfc Preservation Officer National Park Service Orton Memorial Laboratory Salem China Company National Register of Historic Places County Normandy Farms Betts Longworth Historic District White Bridge Parsons Avenue Admendment questing an expeditious review of the nomination Second Street Historic District Enclosed are nine new National Register nominations and three resubmissions. Please call if you have any questions.

Department of the Interior Dear Carol: Near East Side Historic District-- All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new WRL/BAP:rs Elliot House (Pataskala MRA) Pythian Temple and James Pythian Theatre OCT 27 1983 Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Please note that the Times-Star Building, Cincinnati, Hamilton County includes letters from the property owner and the mayor of Cincinnati waiving their right to comment on the nomination. Therefore, we are re-