Nomination for Mt. Healthy Public School

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 2 1985 MAY 2 1. Name GRARE E. HUNT PUBLIC SCHOOL and or common street & number city, town - vicinity of State X public X building(s) - private X unoccupied - work in progress in process X yes: restricted - scientific -- yes: unrestricted - other: vacant 4. Owner of Property MT. HEALTHY BOARD OF EDUCATION 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. date 1982-5 - federal - local both government Category transportation structure entertainment COLUMBUS museum Accessible commercial object religious educational historic military park CINCINNATI Public Acquisition agriculture Status district private residence industrial Ownership not for publication (3-82) being considered date entered Inventory-Nomination Form HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE 3. Classification HAMILTON COUNTY SURVEY Present Use OHIO 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys National Park Service Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Register of Historic Places OHIO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE MT HEALTHY For NPS use only MT. HEALTHY PUBLIC SCHOOL COURT & MAIN STREETS depository for survey records NORTHWEST CORNER OF COMPTON & HARRISON AVENUES 1743 Adams Road See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 title site code Ol1 -county - yes X no 2. Location code 061 date HAMILTON 039 has this property been determined eligible? received APR Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Mt. Healthy Public School, now known as the Grace E. Hunt School, is located which flank a longer, recessed section in the center. It has a reinforced concrete foundation with brick wall construction above, sheathed in a golden pressed brick The interior has a central hall plan, perpendicular to the front entrance, with rear are located on both sides of the main corridor. A large auditorium, which fea- the doors and are partially enclosed by small temporary wooden structures.The The three story,flat-roofed Second Renaissance Revival School is basically concrete bands intersecting at right angles to form a rectangle.Several narrow doublehung wood sash windows flank this entrance on the second and third stories. nice is located above this topmost band, surmounted by a parapet wall which is and white Rookwood tile fountain in the first floor hallway commemorates Grace E.

just west of the city's business district in an area that is predominantly residen- tures a stained-glass dome, is located on the first floor.The stairways have iron 7. Description isa round-arched 3-pane fanlight and an enriched archivolt.The Corinthian columns treatment with smooth cement trim.The central recessed section features a slightly levels, separates the school from the low-rise mid-twentieth century one just west. unaltered on both the exterior and interior. and the Mt.Healthy Public School.An open yard has single 4/4 windows with 3-paned transoms above.Fire escapes are located on the ends of this rear facade.

of the building are similar to the front there is no central Two brick school buildings,dating from 1928and 1954 are 1ocated to the north X unaltered & original site X good The plan of the building is basically square, with two large corner pavilions Hunt, a former principal. with large trees, is located just behind the school. An asphalt parking lot, at two projecting yellow brick frontispiece. Above the wooden double doors of this entrance Condition unexposed excellent The blank walls on the south facades of the corner pavilions are embellished with recessed section.The entrances on these two sides have triangular pediments above which flank the doorway support a segmental-arched pediment.

Banks of four 2/2 Check one bands of concrete ring the structure above the basement windows.A denticulated cor- stairways on the east and west ends.Large classrooms with narrow cloak rooms in the stepped in the center of the and west facades.The east and west sides -fair Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - archeology-historic X architecture X education X. 1900- other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The Mt. Healthy Public School, located at the top of a hill in the small commu- the first decade of the twentieth century, the construction of a new school was de- torn down in the 1970's, leaving the Grace E. Hunt School as the earliest representa- native who had worked in the offices of noted architects William LeBaron Jenney and Monastery and Church of the Holy Family in Cincinnati, St. Elizabeth School in Nor- wood and Roger Bacon High School in St. Bernard. 1600-1699 1400-1499 communications 1700-1799 1800-1899 1500-1599 transportation economics commerce offices. The Continued philosophy humanitarian engineering literature exploration/settlement Period prehistoric social/ music sculpture industry Healthy's public education system. law invention agriculture 8.

Significance School District, which included the neighboring communities of New Burlington and .conservation the town's recreational and community activities until a new high school was built Mt.Healthy Public School was certainly one of his earliest commissions as the plans bated and soon thereafter acted upon with the erection of the Mt.Healthy Public The building derives its historical importance as the earliest extant link to Mt. ago and has since remained vacant.A 1gth century school close to this school was The earliest school in this community dated back to the initial settlement of hilltop area.The large auditorium and gym in the school was the setting for many of preserve the school for possible re-use as a senior citizens' center and school board Catholic Churches and institutional St.Bonaventura's School and Holabird/Root.

Just prior to the establishment of his own office in Cincinnati in military built during the nineteenth century to serve the growing population in Specific dates known as Mt.Pleasant during that century.By 1860,the fifth school structure was tive of educational efforts in the city.This nomination is part of an effort to Criteria A and C The Second Renaissance Revival design of the Mt.Healthy Public School was the 1908,Sheblessy worked inLouisville in the office of the MacDonald Brothers.The were submitted to the school board in 19o9.Sheblessy was later noted for his Roman being erected on the present site of the Mt.Healthy Public School.In two- just to the north in 1928.

the 1ate 1950's and continued into the 1960's.The Mt.Healthy Public -politics/government _science - archeology-prehistoric community planning JOHN F- SHEBLESSY work of John Francis Sheblessy, an architect in Cincinnati. Sheblessy was a Chicago today as the Grace E. Hunt School, was used as a grade school until just a few years 1910 Builder/Architect landscape architecture example of the Second Renaissance Revival Style as applied to school architecture. An accelerated building program in the Mt.

Healthy School System was begun in art School in 1910.This new building accomodated all twelve grades in the Mt.Healthy school had several subsequent additions to it by this date.During nity of Mt.Healthy approximately 10 miles north of significant as an the area in the first decades of the 18oo's.A succession of school buildings were Springdale.In the first year of the school's high school course was extended to a four-year it the first four year high school in the year high school course was organized in Mt.Healthy and was housed in the 1860 . religion 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Once Upon A. Hilltop (1967) Mt. Healthy Sesqui-Centennial Association 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name - Quadrangle scale 1:24.000 Situated in Section 33, Town 2, Entire Range 1, Miami Purchase, City of Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio and being more particularly described as follows: - See Continuation Sheet #2 - State 11. Form Prepared By RITA WALSH & SUSAN ENZWEILER (513) 721-4506 street & number OHIO 45214 I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 Easting code 10/84 county Zone Cincinnati West date organization Northing Attest: national telephone name/title List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification Chief of Registration Minutes of the Mt. Healthy School Board Meetings. The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature MIAMI PURCHASE ASSOCIATION city or town 812 Dayton Street As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(Public Law89 Biographical Dictionary of American Architects & Elsie Withey 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated For NPs use only Xlocal Acreage of nominated property Less than one acre Keeper of the National Register Mt. Healthy Public School, Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Association.

Inventory-Nomination Form Page Continuation sheet Item number received feasibility study to determine the possible re-use of this school as a combination setting and the restrained classical elements of the building combine to give the Mt. National Register of Historic Places Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service date entered built ca.1915.Although the Mt.Healthy Public School cannot be viewed in the same The Mt.Healthy School board's desire for functionalism and durability isappa- litiesof the Mt.Healthy Public School compare favorably with others in the region United States Department of the Interior For HCRS use only rent in the plan, materials and exterior appearance of the building.

These practical built during the same time period, including Lockland's Collegiate Gothic high school context as Cincinnati's school buildings of a similar age, due to Cincinnati's larger school population and financial resources, the integrity of the virtually unaltered Healthy Public School a dignified and monumental appearance.The architectural qua- interior and exterior of the Mt.Healthy School is not diminished by comparison.A senior citizens center and school board offices was partially funded by a grant from concerns were translated into a handsome school structure which in many respects re- operating and rehabilitation funds is being conductedby the Miami Purchase FHR-8-300(11-78) the National Trust for Historic Preservation.This nomination and a grant search for For HCRS use only Mt. Healthy Public School, Mt.

Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio East, 195.00 feet to an iron pin in the said West line ôf Harrison Ave.; Inventory-Nomination Form received Continuation sheet Page Item number Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Beginning at a cross notch on the intersection of the North Line date entered United States Department of the Interior toan iron pin;thence departing the said North line of Compton 175.o0 feet to the point of beginning. thence along the said West line of Harrison Ave.,South 0° North 0°07'30" East,175.00 feet to an iron pin;thence South.88° 45 FHR-8-300 (11-78) the said North line of Compton Road, North 88° 45' West, 195.00 feet of Compton Road and the West line of Harrison Avenue.; thence along Mt. Healthy Public School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Photos 7-13 (interíor) Harrison Rd. High New School Grace E.

Hunt School Compton Rd. Mt. Healthy Public Building WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Mt. HealthyPublic School Date Due: - nomination by person or local government _ REJECT - owner objection Federal Agency: _ Wappeal -sample -request _ see continuation sheet _ 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 7. Description - excellent -unaltered J original site summary paragraph fair Accessible Category resubmission completeness Status Condition dates yes ruins Ownership moved Recom./Criteria Reviewer alterations/integrity Discipline Hamilton County deteriorated RETURN OHIO unexposed Action: 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Nomination returned for: Substantive Review: good Reviewer's comments: boundary selection Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance NR decision Present Use Working No. Has this property been determined eligible? Check one APR 21985 Entered in tha Fed. Reg. Date:2/ - 2-85 APR clarity 8. Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) summary paragraph relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: -national _state _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date .

J Photographs - Phone: - completeness context Builder/Architect title Signed Maps clarity UTM References Quadrangle name 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification applicable criteria Specific dates justification of areas checked Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Verbal boundary description and justification Comments for any item may be continued cn an attached sheet Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler Sept. 26, 1984 Photographer facing northeast Photo shows the front (south) facade Northwest corner Harrison & Compton Rds. Photo #| Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler Photo #2 Photographer facing the southeast Sept.26,1984 Northwest corner Harrison & Compton Rds.

Photo shows the west facade Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Photo #3 Photographer facing northwest Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Photo shows the east facade Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Sept. 26, 1984 Photo #4 Photographer facing southwest Northwest corner Harrison & Compton Susan M. Enzweiler (photographer) Photo shows the north facade Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Photographer facing northwest Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Photo shows surrounding area along Harrison Rd. ON RED MON.THRU FRI 7AM - 6PM SCHOOL DAYS NO TURN Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Susan M.

Enzweiler (Photographer) Photo #b Photographer facing west Photo shows the surrounding area along Compton Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Mt.Healthy Public School/Grace E.Hunt School Photo shows stairwell on east side of school Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Photo shows the Ist floor central hallway Photo # 8 Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Photographer facing west IN MEMORY OF GRA CE E HUNT OUR TENC HER, PRINCIPAL E FRIEND Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio central hall Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E.Hunt School Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Photo shows Rookwood tile water fountain in Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds.

Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Mt.Healthy Public School/Grace E.Hunt School Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Photo shows a lst floor classroom Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Photo shows lst floor classroom Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Photo shows auditorium on lst floor Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds. Mt. Healthy Public School/Grace E. Hunt School Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio Susan M. Enzweiler (Photographer) Photo #13 Photo shows the skylight in the auditorium Northwest corner of Harrison & Compton Rds.

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