Nomination for Jones Hall, Youngstown State University

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 National Park Service received SEP | 9 1984 date entered OCT | 8 1984 1. Name and or common 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county 3. Classification X public _unoccupied - agriculture X building(s) - private _ commercial X educational X yes: restricted . industrial - military 4. Owner of Property Ohio 44555 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Ohio 44501 - yes X no _ local ( Ohio 43211 099 museum government Category Youngstown transportation both other: entertainment Accessible structure code religious Columbus Ownership district park historic object site Status private residence March title Youngstown State University (3-82) Ohio Historic Inventory being considered Inventory-Nomination Form Jones Hall Xstate Mahoning County Courthouse Ohio Preservation Society Ohio Public Acquisition National Register of Historic Places in process See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections Office of the President Present Use 410 Wick Avenue For NPS use only 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has this property been determined eligible? United States Department of the Interior scientific work in progress NPS Form 10-900 _federal X- state 039 Mahoning 120 Market Street 7.

Description .deteriorated X original site X altered * moved date and a gabled, slated roof. The environment is landscaped and Jones Hall dominates the initial tact and unaltered. The facade is offset by two octagonal, battlemented towers, which have form, and each tower features four quatre-foil (four petalled ornament) design windows in A two-storied bay, which is the chief Gothic emblem of the whole structure, has twenty- of the fenestration was maintained when inside storm windows were installed in 1982.This side of the third story, above the bay, in windows placed behind the battlements.

Jones Hall measures 100 feet by 100 feet, extending both to the back and on the left 1972-73 of major significance, which enlarged the campus and landscaping, and which speci- fically for our purposes, demolished the interior of Jones Hall, to meet pressing functional inadequate electrically, mechanically and spatially. The complete exterior shell was left untouched, including the leaded windows, slated in 1982, for energy conservation. An adjacent building, Maag Library, although constructed in a modern, brutal style, of cement, has stone sills with over-hanging top floor and extended mullions featured to of the environment. finial. ruins fair unaltered Condition unexposed Tudor theme. *Interior only Check one installation was in the interests of energy conservation.

historic ivy, carried to the Youngstown area from Oxford University by enterprising Youngs- The building is constructed from Indiana limestone and the original exterior remains in- Two architectural renovations were carried out at Youngstown State University one in _excellent blend harmoniously with the earlier Jones Hall structure and to preserve the integrity the sides and at the top.The triangular and rectangular symbol of the Y.M.C.A.is placed In 1932,Youngstown College's aura of tradition was implemented by the addition of lar tracery.All of the windows in the building are leaded and the architectural integrity Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Situated between the second and third tiers of windows is arow of carved circles and included in the exposed back right side of the building to carry out the collegiate Gothic of the building. Jones Hall is collegiate Gothic Tudor in design and is after the eclectic manner, a school footage of the Youngstown State University campus area, which is eighty-five acres in total. atop the arch of the doorway to the main entrance, which has

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significance in that the Y.M.C.A. The quatre-foil motif is featured once again on either tour leaded windows which have curved, pointed arches, and the spandrels feature perpendicu- town College students. The ivy adorned the two Gothic, battlemented towers at the front needs.It was totally altered to the most modern specifications in the that functions were exposed octagonal panels below the top of each tower.Each tower is topped with an ornamental enhances the emblem on either side. _archeology-historic X. education . music X1900 other (specify) Specific dates 10/1/31 Dedicated Criteria A & C Jones Hall is significant because it is a fine example of collegiate Gothic Tudor and the only such example in Youngstown, Ohio. It is significant also for the role it played of growth and development of Youngstown State University.

Jones Hall, the original building of Youngstown State University campus, was con- was the son of Louis Boucherle, a leading local architect in the late Victorian-early the firm of Hanahan and Strollo, 127 Lincoln Ave., Youngstown, Ohio. Jones Hall is the singular example of collegiate Gothic Tudor in the Youngstown area. It is after the eclectic manner, a school which fluorished from 1900 until the early 1930's. Walter H. Damon, it is simply and beautifully executed, a twentieth-century simplification in 1908 in Youngstown, Ohio, and was the sixth largest college belonging to that national education in America in the early twentieth-century, and Youngstown was fortunate to have nonetheless, throughout the 1920's, the Y.M.C.A.

"made do" by the utilization of several donated private residences, but in the 1920's, the overcrowding had become so critical buildings and equipment, and on the night of the kickoff dinner, in the fall of 1929, it was announced that the million dollars had already been raised, by pledge, without year, most of the pledges were paid in full and in advance, evincing the eagerness of Wick, and that mansion had been donated in 1927 to the Y.M.C.A. that it might house some completed in the fall of 1931, and the dedication ceremonies were held on October 1, 1931.

Jones Hall embodies the distinct characteristics of the collegiate Gothic architecture communications 1400-1499 1800-1899 1500-1599 1700-1799 engineering commerce military industry Period philosophy theater conservation humanitarian agriculture transportation literature invention exploration/settlement science prehistoric sculpture social/ of Victorian English Gothic architecture. According to a recent architectural assessment made by a retired Youngstown area architect, The site chosen for the Youngstown College was on a corner lot at the intersection 8. Significance law the community to have their new college building.

certed efforts toward providing for its educational needs.by representing the initial phase -politics/government of its burgeoning student body.The Wick family was one of the earliest founding families Edwardian periods.Upon Paul Boucherle's retirement in 1976,his work was carried on by Wick Avenue to the budding institution of learning. story bay window with leaded pointed arch windows with tracery and overall use of stone, _economics of the early Western Reserve in Chio, and had donated three of their family mansions on Once the funds had been raised, the Wick mansion on the corner was razed to make way Areas of Significance-Check and justify below as the hallmark of the development of higher education in the industrial area of Youngs- crenallation, tracery and gables. The first year enrollment was l,132 students and a year's tuition at that time was $225.00.

Jones Hall is the first building tobe constructed for Youngstown State University, Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) been chosen as the site of one of the Y.M.C.A.'s colleges. -archeology-prehistoric community planning landscape architecture -X architecture The Y.M.C.A. was instrumental in the progress of for the new building of the college. As the depression advanced, so did the construction particularly through its twin crenellated spires flanking the round arched entrance, two Builder/Architect Paul Boucherle 1600-1699 religion art that the Y.M.C.A.launched a campaign in the hope of raising a million dollars for new formerly known as Youngstown College. Youngstown College had been founded by the Y.M.c.A. of Wick and Lincoln Avenues.The site was the location of the family mansion of John C. Illustrated Glossary of Architecture, Harris and Lever, 1966 University Downtown, Brenner, 1975 Pamphlet: A Brief History of Youngstown State, University Relations Dept., Y.S.U.

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Geographical Data UT M References Avenue; and on the west by a line 48 m from, and parallel to, Wick Avenue. _ state 11. Form Prepared By *- title March 17, 1983 telephone (216) 742-3000, Home 782-0800 The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation 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 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. * State Historic Preservation Officer signature I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register code Youngstown county date Zone Attest: Easting Northing local national Anthropology Depts.

List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Verbal boundary description and justification The property sits at the corner of Lincoln and 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 9. Major Bibliographical References Chief of Registration city or town For NPs use only the east by Wick Avenue; on the north by a line 57 m from, and parallel to, Lincoln street & number Ohio 44555 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 Quadrangle scale Specifically, the property is bounded on the south by Lincoln Aveue; on organization Youngstown State University - History/ date Wick Avenues. Keeper of the National Register 1:24,000 Carol Joanna Shaffer Mills/Allan Charles Mastran Acreage of nominated property 3/4 acre 410 Wick Avenue Steel Valley University:The Origins of Skardon,1983 SHPO NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior For NPS use only Jones Hall, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio Item number g Page 1 National Park Service received Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Jones Hall stands today, fifty-two years after its construction, as forward looking and full of promise for those seeking higher education as it did when it stood all alone date entered architectural and sentimental favorite of Y.S.U. Jones Hall is surrounded on the campus by twenty-three other buildings, but it is the (3-82) on the campus in 193l.In 1983,the Diamond Jubilee Year of Youngstown State University, WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Jones Hall, Youngstown State University Fed. Reg.

Date: Date Due: nomination by person or local government owner objection Lappeal J sample - NR decision Reviewer's comments: Reviewer - _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 7. Description -J excellent J unaltered - original site ruins yes Accessible resubmission Category moved Status request fair Ownership Recom./Criteria completeness alterations/integrity unexposed Date deteriorated Condition clarity RETURN SEP191984 boundary selection National Register Working No. Mahoning County summary paragraph Nomination returned for: Substantive Review: Federal Agency: Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Check one Discipline Present Use Has this property been determined eligible?

see continuation sheet REJECT ("R" June 1984) good 8. Significance summary paragraph J relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception - other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Phone: _ Date completeness clarity Signed Builder/Architect context state Maps national title Photographs UTM References local applicable criteria 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas checked Acreage of nominated property Verbal boundary description and justification Specific dates Quadrangle name Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet NAME: JONES HALL YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44555 PHOTOGRAPHER: CAROL J.S. MILLS DR. JOHN WHITE, ANTHROPOLOGY MENTED TOWER, W/ CREN- FOIL WINDOWS, STYLIZED LEAF CROCKETS, ORNA- # ONE OF SEVEN. 1983 ENTAL FINIAL. LEFT FRONT EMBATTLE- 410 WICKAVE. LOCATION OF NEGATIVES: ELATED SPIRE,QUATRE- NAME: JONES HALL YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44555 DR.

JOHN WHITE, ANTHROPOLOGY YSU, Yo., OHIO, 44555 ERY, BAS-RELIEF ORNA- MENTAL CARVING, TREES EMBATTLEMENTED TOWER FEATURED, W/ QUATRE FOIL WINDOWS, CRENALLATED SPIRE, ORNAMENTAL FINIAL, STYLIZED LEAF # TWO OF SEVEN UNIVERSITY CROCKETS. OF LEARNING FEATURED, EMBLEMATIC GOTHIC BAY LOCATION OF NEGATIVES: W/ PERPENDICULAR TREC DATE OF PHOTOS: FEBRUARY 28, 1983 NAME: JONES HALL YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO DATE OF PHOTOS: FEBRUARY 28, EMBLEMATIC GOTHIC BAY, 2 STORIES OF BUILDING, FACING TIER IN BAS RELIEF # THREE OF SEVEN. 1983 UNIVERSITY AVES. WICK AND LINCOLN SOUTHEAST CORNER INTERSECTION OF DR. JOHN WHITE, ANTHROPOLOGY LOCATIONS OF NEGATIVES: 410 WICK AVE. $4555 CAPTION: JONES HALL-FRONT NAME: JONES HALL UNIVERSITY, YO., O. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO PHOTOGRAPHER: CAROL J.S. MILLS DR. JOHN WHITE JONES HALL, YSU, # FOUR OF 44555 1983 SEVEN. DIRECTION. CAPTION: DOWN LINCOLN AVE. YOUNGSTOWN STATE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPT.

LOOKING AT FRONT IN A NORTH WEST LOCATION OF NEGATIVES: 10 WICK AVE. RIGHT TOWER AND RIGHT SIDE FOOTAGE NAME: JONES HALL YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO LOCATION OF NEGATIVES: DR. JOHN WHITE, ANTHROPOLOGY # FIVE OF SEVEN. 44555 1983 UNIVERSITY SIDES OF THE BUILDING. NORTHWEST AT INTERSEC- SOUTHEAST FRONTAGE OF TION OF WICK AND LIN- THE GOTHIC TOWERS AND THE FRONT AND RIGHT COLN AVES., AT ENTIRE NAME : DATE OF PHOTOS: 1 CAPTION: JONES HALL-VIEW LOOKING FEBRUARY 28, NAME: JONES HALL DR. JOHN WHITE, ANTHROPOLOGY COLN, LOOKING NORTH. FEATURED, ALSO DEDICA- OF INSTITUTION. TION ROCK WITH NAME BATTLEMENTED TOWER LOCATION OF NEGATIVES: GOTHIC BAY AND EM- ACCESS FROM SIDEWALK, CORNER OF WICK AND LIN- # SIX OF SEVEN. NAME : YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO DR. WHN WHITE, ANTHROPOLOGY YSU, YO., OHIO, 44555 SIDE FOOTAGE, SOUTH- ERN EXPOSURE, FACING LINCOLN AVENUE, LOOK- 44555 1983 JONES HALL UNIVERSITY THEME.

CAPTION: JONES HALL- RIGHT COLLEGIATE GOTHIC 410 WICK AVE. GABLED TO CARRY OUT LOCATION OF NEGATIVES: TIG IN A NORTH EAST # SEVEN OF SEVEN. BAY WITH DIRECTION FEBRUARY 28, DATE OF PHOTOS: 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) YOUNGSTOWN QUADRANGLE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO OHIO-MAHONING CO. UTM: 17 530300 4530100 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N4100W8037.5/7.5 648 Wick Avenue Youngstown, Ohio 44502 Telephone (216) 743-2589 March 16, 1983 Rebecca M. Rogers The Mahoning Valley Historical Society Sincerely yours, Assistant Director The Arms Museum The Mahoning Valley Historical Society enthusiastically endorses the local example of American collegiate Gothic architecture. nomination of Jones Hall of Youngstown State University to the National To Whom It May Concern: MAY 23 1984 THOMAS P.

GILMARTIN 825 SOUTH HAZELWOOD AVENUE Energy and Environment, Chairman YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44509 216) 799-032: 614) 466-802 Joint Committee on Agency 53rd House District Board on Unreclaimed Strip Mr. David A. Simmons Columbus, OH 43211 Dear Mr. Simmons: Not Printed at State Expense 43215 Youngstown Finance D-53 Rules COMMITTEES: Inventory and Registration at Youngstown State University. Columbus Sincerely, Rule Review Mahoning County assistance, please let me know. Mined Lands Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue I appreciate your notification, and if I can be of Thank you for your recent letter concerning Jones Hall