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OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder Charles Henderson/J.J. Mills No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private C Altered O 9. Coordinates in #42) Owner's Name & Address, Moved - if known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Site D Structure X Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41.
Distance from and 350' from Silver St. 42. Further Description of Important Features center and tallest arch is the main entrance and has large iron 43. History and Significance The Lebanon Cemetery entrance arch is important not only for its aesthetic value but be- John James Mills, both worked with cement block, constructing several cement block homes The cemetery is located on high ground overlooking the city. A cement block outbuilding is located directly east of the entrance arch. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Black oral histories - Warren County Historical Society 47. Organization 1909 County Easting Register? Front Zone Northing Manufacturing/Industry Exterior Side Long. Lat. WAR-741-6 Potent'? Fair Warren Lebanon Underway? Miami Purchase Association (Explain Interior Romanesque Revival Eligible? Lebanon Planning Dept.
Lebanon Cemetery Entrance Arch Ohio Historical Center Frontage on Road Entrance to Lebanon Cemetery entrance arch Miami Purchase Assoc. design.The flanking arched openings have smaller iron gates.An Limestone blocks Ohio Historic Preservation Office This structure consists of three arches connected by low walls.The Rita Walsh gates with the words"Lebanon"and Cemetery"incorporated into the Public Road? arch.The round arch openings have stone voussoirs and a large Cemetery on Hunter Street iron fence with an arrowhead design extends from both endsof the W.SIWER City or Town lf Rural, Township & Vicinity Building O keystone. The tops of the arches and the low walls connecting (over the city. Henderson also built the frame structure at the southwest corner of Pleasant (over Arch Entrance Street.The Queen Anne style superintendent's house is directly south of the entrance.
central entrance, having fallen from its niche in the inside wall of the 43. (continued)and East Streets, now called the Bessie Davis Community Center. to the cemetery, first established in 1850, around the turn of. the century: There is no legal description for the Lebanon Cemetery, and, therefore, the property included in this nomination is as follows: Located at the head of Hunter Street, approximately 350' north of the intersection of Hunter and Silver Streets, the structure being nominated includes the stone arch itself, which is approximately 79'5" long, and 74'7" on each side. The width of the arch is approximately 4' at the Legal Description onto the ground. by the Lebanon Gas and Electric Company.These two men are are representative which included a chapel/waiting room, superintendent's house and a fountain.
tury, as most of the black workers were either masons or contractors or were propped up by the central entrance of the arch. Many improvements were made the arch, plus the length of the fence on both sides, plus 10 feet) and widest section main entrance to the cemetery) and approximately 3' employed at the French-Bauer creamery in the northeast section of Lebanon. scribed with the names of the cemetery trustees of 1909 is propped up by the The construction of this archway was a noteworthy addition.
of the black population in Lebanon in the early decades of the twentieth cen- the width is 14'at the widest illustration below.) The 1909 construction of the archway is based on the date of the slate tablet the iron fence on both sides of the arch, which extends approximately the length of the property being nominated is 238'7" long the length of Mills was also an engineer by profession and was employed in that capacity and arch to be included as part of the property being nominated. wide at the side arches.A 5'area is being designated around the fence WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Lebanon Cemetery Entrance Arch Fed. Reg.
Date Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal I sample Lrequest Reviewer's comments: _ see continuation sheet technical corrections cited below _ substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 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 Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance