Nomination for Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior JUL I 2 1985 date entered AUG 8 1985 1. Name Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot and or common street & number -not for publication city, town -vicinity of state Ohio code 039 code 013 _ district - unoccupied -agriculture X private _ commercial - work in progress X yes: restricted * being considered - yes: unrestricted .transportation X other: vacant 4. Owner of Property Chessie System Railroads, Attention: P.E. Van Cleve Operating Headquarters Building, P. O. Box 1800 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. St. Clairsville has this property been determined eligible?

_ yes x no - county Huntington Category museum Accessible Barnesville date government Ownership educational military both Columbus historic site industrial object received entertainment religious Main Street Status park building(s) Inventory-Nomination Form Public Acquisition Ohio local scientific private residence National Register of Historic Places For NPS use only Type all entries-complete applicable sections 3. Classification 300 E. Church Street 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Present Use Belmont County Courthouse Ohio Historic Inventory 2. Location (3-82) National Park Service in process public title See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms NPS Form 10-900 X_structure 9-81 by David L. Taylor (BEL-345-9) federal X state depository for survey records county Belmont Ohio Historical Center 7. Description _excellent X unaltered moved date X fair block.

Brick paving surrounds the depot. double hung sash, either 6/6 or 4/4. The hipped roof has a low flair shape wall provides access to one of the corner storage rooms. With the exception of several boarded up windows the depot remains largely as unexposed Condition ruins built. center of the city located just to the southwest (see Barnesville Historic Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Check one The Barnesville Depot is located in the northeastern quadrant of the city quatrefoil opening positioned in the center of each side wall. brick laid in flemish bond and has a stone water table about 4' above grade. Doors in the center of each wall enter a single large waiting room with Xoriginal site The depot is a single-story rectangular brick structure measuring 77' x 26 and projects about 5' over the wall where it is supported by distinctive The last 8' of each side elevation is stepped back slightly so that the . deteriorated District, NR, 7/14/84). In fact the railroad line passed beneath the main street though a stone tunnel now in the process of being enclosed by concrete built in 1916-17 by local contractor W. H. Patterson and Son.

It is a buff topography the depot is about 30' lower in elevation than the commercial design are brick Mission-shaped dormers with stone coping, ball finials and offices with bathrooms on one end wall.A third double door in the east end 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below community planning . landscape architecture X 1900 politics government - transportation other (specify) Builder/Architect W. H. Patterson and Son Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company desire to provide a uniform public The railroad was built through Barnesville in the mid-1850s, but passenger separate passenger facility warranted in the village, although a local general floor plan, sweeping-tile roof configuration, stone water table and The Barnesville depot however, was distinguished by its shaped dormer whose 0 (1910-1941). His concern for the corporate image of the B & 0 and the Idea and it was from this vantage point that immigrant, new resident, and 1700-1799 commerce communications 1400-1499 1500-1599 1800-1899 conservation humanitarian literature invention archeology-historic characteristics. engineering education industry Period theater science music prehistoric law social/ sculpture military communities where traffic warranted.

-economics service but build on local community pride through distinctive structural The Barnesville Railroad Depot is significant under criteria A and C.After Barnesville and the surrounding satellite communities as a "front door" from that the company should view itself as a public servant led directly toa -agriculture Cambridge,Mt.Vernon and Barnesville depots all built between 1907 and 1917. demolition of the freight station in 1962 no other railroad related structure of western Belmont County left on the trains from this point to serve in three The Barnesville depot was built during Daniel Willard's presidency of the B& ...archeology-prehistoric built by the B&O in the first decades of the 20th century.Specifically the ...religion - philosophy Identify their location and helped to create the impression that the village was getting "special" treatment by the rail company.

all B & 0 lines in the early years of the 20th century, in fact between 1907 visiting relative, viewed Barnesville for the first time. It was from this was Barnesville's primary communications and transportation link with the Architecturally the Barnesville depot seems to suggest the presence of some 1600-1699 1916-17 art exploration/settlement Xarchitecture outside world. Passenger service enabled individuals to travel throughout the nation and the telegraph service was a fundamental news source.Since the Specific dates because of their more substantial appearance) were therefore built in location that the activity for local industry and commerce generated.

service was provided in the corner of the freight house.Not until 1916 was a With the demolition of the adjacent freight station in 1962, the Barnesville 1917 and prior to the construction of the Interstate 70 in the 1960s the depot 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Barnesville Enterprise, Nov. S, 1916 and Feb. 1. 1962. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property less than one Quadrangle scale 1:24000 UT M References - state 11. Form Prepared By Off. street & number PO Box 305, & 1985 Velma Ave. telephone (614) 425-2183, (614) 466-1500 Barnesville & Columbus 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - local 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 U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 date code county Easting Zone Northing national Attest: name/title Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Quadrangle name Barnesville Chief of Registration city or town State Historic Preservation Officer signature area approximately 5' from the building foundation. For NPS use only SHP Grant, Roger and Charles W. Bohi. The Country Railroad Station in America. Boulder, Cola., 1978. according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Keeper of the National Register Shepherd, D.O. The Story of Barnesville. Columbus. O..1942. -state Ohio 43713 and 43211 414 2 163 10 10] NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.1024-0018 Exp.

10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Barnesville Depot, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio Item number 8 Page With the discontinuance of rail travel, the Chessie System utilized the County to Gibson Station in Guernsey County, including the rails that pass this station, the last extant passenger depot on the line between Wheel ing, West Virginia, and Cambridge, Ohio. Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet SIGNIFICANCE received National Register of Historic Places requested, and received, permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to vacate the tracks of the historic "eastern division from Lamira in Belmont date entered (3-82) For NPS use only building for offices and freight depot until 1983. At that time they + Brick Paving Brick : _ Paying, 18° Vit. P.

T.4095 A(2) |"= 100' No.20 -No.19 1454+11.0 C.C I= 31º15'30" Grass 108 1456+54.5 ALLEY 200 -14-84 SUGAR Compound ALNUT MAIN Curve No.18 CHURCH BARNESVILLE 1455+ 89.3 Walk 1456+49.1 No.14 ARCH 1456+65.4 P.S. N74°0230W No.21 49.5' 8 City Sewer/ No.23 -,ng 1459+77 East 97.5(Deed) 765 103 102 No.12 BEACH No.15 LNo.19 No.16 Portal 1458+12.5 Telltale 308' N15°5730"E Steps 62.8 193.8' J16.5 TWater- 212 vit P Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio STORAGEÒ Howard Lemaoters, 1984 Room. BAth DEPOT office Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio B. & O. Depot, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Pab. by R. J. Arnold & Co.

Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Barnesville, Be mont County, Ohio 190 7° WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ('R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot JUL 12 1985 Fed. Reg. Date: Federal Agency: _ -appeal L sample Lrequest Date Due: _ _ see continuation sheet 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 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7.

Description J excellent J unaltered - original site - moved yes resubmission Accessible Ownership Category Condition REJECT Status alterations/integrity Reviewer boundary selection Action: RETURN deteriorated clarity Substantive Review: summary paragraph Reviewer's comments: Working No. Present Use Public Acquisition Check one Recom./Criteria Belmont County owner objection Discipline. nomination by person or local government Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Has this property been determined eligible? completeness NR decision Entered in the ruins good Natienal Register ACCEPT unexposed 8. Significance J justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11.

Form Prepared By _national - Date - Comments for any item may be continued onan attached sheet Builder/Architect context completeness Signed Period title UTM References clarity Maps applicable criteria justification of areas checked Photographs State Historic Preservation Officer signature The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: relationship of integrity to significance 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Quadrangle name relating significance to the resource summary paragraph Verbal boundary description and justification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates _state _local - Phone: - Belmont Co., OH view: north elevation Photographer Railroad Depot Barnesville Railroad Depot, Barnesville North side of Barnesville Belmont Co., OH view: west elevation Photographer West side of Barnesville Barnesville Railroad Depot, Barnesville Railroal Depot Barnesville Railroad Depot, Barnesville, Negs: Photographer view: south elevation Railroad Depot Belmont Co., Ohio South side of Barnesville Belmont Co., Ohio view: east elevation Photographer Railroad Depot Barnesville Railroad Depot, Barnesville, East side of Barne sville Belmont Co., Ohio view: detail of eave and brackets Detail of brick with Photographer eaves and detail Barnesville Railroad Depot, Barnesville, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BARNESVILLE, OHIO Depot BARNESVILLE QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES 17/485200/4426300 = 81:07% Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus.

Ohio 43211 June 25, 1985 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Park Service 1100 L Street, NW Ral Iroad Depot Miller, Frederick, A., House Lunkenheimer, Frederick, House South Ridge School house 614/466-1500 SOCIETY County Champaign Cuyahoga HISTORICAL Enclosures Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area Fairfield Stockbridge Apartment Building State Historic Preservation Officer Dear Carol: Franklin Cleveland Worsted Mills Company Natlonal Register of Historic Places Enclosed are eight new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate everything possible to expedite these two nominations. Dilger Store Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio WRL:bp W.Ray Luce New Submissions Please contact me if you have any questions. Department of the Interior Be l mont Washington, D.C.

20240 comment have been received for both the Cleveland Worsted Mills Company and Lorain the Stockbridge Apartment Building,Cuyahoga County nominations.Please do from the property owners and elected public officials waiving their rights to Sincerely