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Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) Criteria A,B, &C 5. Other Name(s) Port. Co. Historical Society 28. No. of Stories 16. Thematic Category Yes X 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer . Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material flat, composition 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 36. Changes Addition O 23. Ownership Private Si (Explain altered Altered Ct . Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Building X Object O Endangered? 26. Local Contact Person or Organization By What? 1. On National 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 40. Visible from 3. Part of Estab. Yes District Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 5.
Name of Established District Riddle Commercial Bldgs. of Ravenn 12. Further Description of Important Features The building is made of hard yellow brick laid up with thin butter 43. History and Significance For a time, it was thought that the entire downtown would be 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 46. Prepared by 45. Sources of Information Riddle Commercial Buildings of Ravenna National Register nomination 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 2-84 masonry Neoclassical 1911 County Side four Easting Directly Exterior Front Ravenna Northing unknown Register? Long. good same Structure Site commercial/offices/apartments Underway? Chestnut streets brick Portage Lat. MAIN Eligible? floor is office space and the third and fourth floors are apartments.
Ohio Historical Center Location of Negatives National Register nomination Steven McQuillin Riddle Properties Ravenna Heritage Association Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ravenna Heritage Assn. Frontage on Road Riddle Block #9 Interior Public Road? Northwest corner of Main and buildings on this site. forms pilasters between bays which correspond to the storefronts OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY 209 S. Chestnut St. joints and with a minimal amount of terra cotta trim.The brick A disasterous fire on March 5,l9ll destroyed the pre-Civil War wood frame commercial This-is one of the largest and finest commercial buildings in Ravenna Lot 82 If Rural,Township & Vicinity .one City or Town 191l Sanborn map of Ravenna 12. Is It across the street is a small city park and further back, the county courthouse. 35.
Plan Shape rectangle No D The ground floor is commercial space, the second BLOCK RIDDLE street is Riddle Block #l, another large and impressive commercial structure. eighty foot frontage terra cotta trim destroyed.Riddle built this block soon thereafter partially to house the Italian immigrant (over) below.The building is crowned by a massive brick cornice with small A_two-story central light well,accented by balustrades,is on top. Potent'i? period: commercial storefronts on the ground level, offices on the second floor, Classical influenced detailing, best seen in the brick pilasters separating, the bays an entire block of downtown buildings.
and apartments on the third and fourth floors served by open stairways and large 43.This substantial building isa representative example of early twentieth century commercial architecture.It represents a type of mixed use not uncommon in this NPS Form 10-000-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Portage County, OHIO Nomination/Type of Review 1, Etna House 2. Phoenix Block 3.
Riddle Block #5 (already listed 3/17/76) Attest Keeper Continuation sheet Page National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form Date/Signature State Item number Thematic Group United States Department of the Interior Ravenna Commercial Center Multiple Resource Area Muitiple Resource Area National Park Service Iational Begister Eatered in tha dnr-11 Mational Regintor Matlaual Begieter WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Fed. Reg. Date: o Date Due: 3/ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -sample J request -appeal J NR decision Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5.
Location of Legal Description Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description -excellent J unaltered - original site -J moved summary paragraph Category completeness resubmission yes Condition Ownership Date Accessible alterations/integrity REJECT Discipline Reviewer Status ruins deteriorated Recom./Criteria clarity RETURN Portage County Action: unexposed FEB/61985 Substantive Review: Center MRA) 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Public Acquisition see continuation sheet Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Reviewer's comments: boundary selection Present Use Check one Working No. Entered in the Riddle Block #9 (Ravenna Commercial fair Tational Register FEB / 6 ACCEPT Areas of Significance-Check and justify below J relating significance to the resource J relationship of integrity to significance Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.
Geographical Data Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - Signed Builder/Architect context completeness clarity Period Specific dates UTM References applicable criteria Quadrangle name Maps 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Photographs summary paragraph justification of areas checked Acreage of nominated property justification of exception Statement of Significance