Nomination for Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum

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NPS Form 10-900 Exp. 10-31-84 1. Name 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of . county X public X occupied - agriculture X building(s) - private . educational _ entertainment - religious - in process yes: unrestricted State of Ohio, Department of Mental Health 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. State of Ohio Auditor's Office has this property been determined eligible? - - yes date August, 1975 _ local 049 039 both Franklin government Category commercial code museum structure Hospital transportation Accessible Status Public Acquisition Ownership Columbus industrial other: district site park scientific date entered private residence object Type all entries-complete applicable sections Inventory-Nomination Form Present Use 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys National Park Service (3-82) Ohio National Register of Historic Places OMB No.1024-0018 3. Classification being considered 1960 West Broad Street military work in progress 4. Owner of Property See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms United States Department of the Interior 30 East Broad Street For NPS use only Xstate . - yes _ federal X state depository for survey records historic Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum _excellent - original site X good grounds. While only the main building is being nominated, the area also contains a hospital for the mentally ill. Facing almost directly east, this stone trimmed brick foundation capped with a cut stone water table (window sill) course.

The brickwork, which is a running bond pattern, begins upon this stone, except at the two central section towers segmental-arched, but in the central section they have rusticated stone lintels. Windows are all double hung- building at the first and third floors, while in the central section this occurs at each floor windows are segmental-arched, the upper floor windows are round-arched and the roof stone hood molds that terminate into a continuous horizontal stone band, except the fourth Decorative corbelling, recessed brickwork, and arcaded corbel tables are in evidence further to form a porch that is three bays long, with a flight of stone steps leading up to it and an iron handrail along its edge. These square towers have large pointed-arches of alternating brick and stone voissoirs on the fifth floor. have sharply pointed gable roofs.

The interior of the building features two long stairways, one on each side of the central hall, that lead to the upper floors. The marble floors and decorative woodwork, including columns with Corinthian capitals, door trim, and handrails, remain in spite of Condition miles. 7. Description fair unaltered around the wings. subsequent remodeling. - moveddate Check one separating the double windows on the second and third floors and the triple windows on the bays and contains the central entrance -- a double door with a three paneled stained glass transom above and Corinthian stone columns and a stone hoodmold.It is terminated bya A continuous cut stone window sill course interrupts the brick around the entire Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

two square towers and the middle bay of the central section have small Corinthian columns - unexposed commercial neighborhood by West Broad 71,and the Scioto River.

of the late Victorian Gothic style as evidenced in institutional architecture in central floor windows.which.have pointed arches with alternating stone and brick voissoirs.The floor.Another cut stone course wraps the building below the second floor windows at Ohio.The building islocatedon a 247acre site consisting of trees and park-like A bracketed metal cornice decorates the entire building.The roofs are all gabled continuation sheet) 120o',the center depth is 8oo',and the distance around the foundation wall is about 1% X altered The Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, as the building was first known in 1870, is a The basement level is on grade and has a smooth dressed plain cut stone ashlar narrow arched double windows. There are ten octagonal-shaped four story towers located with the majority still having the original slate.

The towers which have not been shortened ruins deteriorated building is a four-and-a-half story center section for administrative functions flanked dormer windows are pointed-arched or round.All of the windows in the central section have approximately the floor level. This course is heavier than the sill courses. fourth floor.The first wing sections adjacent to the central section have tall and on either side by three story wards.The overall lineal frontage of this structure is The Main Building of the Central ohio Psychiatric Hospital is an excellent example - archeology-historic _ science - agriculture . sculpture _ military _ social/ - music - philosophy _ theater - politics/government .transportation - other (specify) The Main Administration Building and Wards of the Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital is in the Columbus and central Ohio area, if not the state.

One of the principal architects was Levi T. Scofield of Cleveland, who also designed the massive Ohio State Reformatory years, a number of notable buildings of this style located in the area have been lost including the Starling Medical College Building, University Hall on the Ohio State University campus, and the Ohio School for the Deaf. The continued survival of the While threatened with demolition by the state as a result of declining use, the building is eminently worthy of recognition and preservation. not within the focus of the nomination, were built after the "Cottage Plan" had come into The Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, as this building was first known when construction the country until the Pentagon was constructed in Washington, D.C.

There are approximately ten acres of floor area enclosed under more than four and one-half acres of slate and mile distance around the exterior wall, while nearly forty acres of plastering finish the memorial was adopted and sent to the legislature, then in session, for the erection of an asylum for the insane, adapted in all respects for the relief of mental derangement, directors of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, as it was called in 1835, examined the principal and the building was completed on November 10,1838. Subsequent additions built from 1843 to 1500-1599 1600-1699 1400-1499 interior.

1700-1799 communications commerce architecture conservation education invention humanitarian industry Period literature exploration/settlement 1870-1874 prehistoric massive central structure with offset wings extending on both sides and outbuildings law 1900- X_1800-1899 Specific dates one of the best surviving examples of late Victorian Gothic institutional architecture _engineering 8.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) architectural fabric of this building and its very good physical condition is remarkable. struction of asylums in the United States during the late nineteenth century. through the construction of smaller buildings around a main administrative complex. Areas of Significance-Check and justify below _economics (See continuation sheet) contains over 8oo rooms and was said to be one of the largest buildings under one roof in lunatic hospitals in the Atlantic States and decided to pattern their facility after the "Ata State Medical Convention that was held in Columbus on January _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning _landscape architecture _ _religion East Broad Street, roughly where Jefferson Avenue and the Innerbelt are now located. The The hospital was constructed according to the Kirkbride plan which featured a vogue after 1900.

This reflects a trend toward decentralization of patient treatment Builder/Architect Thomas Tinsley notable in that it effectively reflects changing patterns of psychiatric institution Central ohio Psychiatric Hospital.Theiinstitution was founded and a site selected on iron roofing.More than 35million bricks were used in completing the one and one-fourth The Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum is one of a very few institutions or county homes which are art 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property app. 6 Quadrangle scale 1:24000 State 11. Form Prepared By street & number 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification - local code date Northing Zone organization telephone Attest: name/title county See continuation sheet Chief of Registration List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Quadrangle name southwest Columbus Verbal boundary description and justification I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Keeper of the National Register State Historic Preservation Officer signature 10.

Geographical Data UTM References The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Zone Easting 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 city or town For NPs use only Lntered in the name/title See continuation sheet according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Natlonal Park Service. L4,412,413,0,9 national 3/19 Exp. 10-31-84 Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 7 and 8 Description: #7 1847 provided it with a front of 376 feet and a depth of 218 feet. stopped by the directors on April 18, 1870.

The hospital has seen continuous use since 1877, however, it is no longer Continuation sheet Page The old asylum grounds and their partially constructed buildings were date entered OMB No.1024-0018 original architecture of the Main Building. National Register of Historic Places National Park Service construction is on a small scale and does not detract significantly from the of Trustees was abolished and a Board of Commissioners was formed which appointed Thomas R. Tinsley as architect.The building was completed on July arched windows complement the main building.A Commissary/Dining Hall was Item number Several alterations have occurred to the building since its construction. Inventory-Nomination Form dispersed to other state facilities and on April 23,1869 legislation was 4,1877 and the first patient was admitted on August 23,of that year.

United States Department of the Interior before the building is slated for demolition. For NPS use only NPS Form 10-300-a construction began on October 24, 1869. Work proceeded smoothly until it was sold and a 300acre site was purchased from William S. Sullivant on West Broad (3-82) received Scofield adapted several revisions to increase the size and appearance of the central section were removed after the Second World War.A Club Room was A two-story portico over the front entrance and a cupola on the roof of the appropriate as a treatment facility.Discussions currently are underway to fire on November 18,1868 destroyed most of the structure. The inmates were find an adaptive reuse by either the State of Ohio or a private developer Governor Rutherford B.Hayes presiding over the ceremonies.In 1874 the Board built onto the west side in 1891.The simple design with corbelling and OMB No.

1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Description: #9 Places Nomination, March 1980. Rock, Lois J., Athens State Hospital, National Register of Historic Places Nomination, July, 1979. Samuelson, R.E. and Kitchen, J.L., Architecture: Columbus, Columbus, 1976, p. 256. Souvenir - Columbus State Hospital., Columbus: State of Ohio, 1900. Studer, J.H., Columbus, Ohio: Its History. Resources and Progress. Columbus: W. Riches, 1873, pp. 347-353. Williams, G.H., "Columbus State Hospital, Columbus, Ohio". Institutional date entered Page (3-82) received Inventory-Nomination Form National Park Service Continuation sheet National Register of Historic Places For NPS use only Item number United States Department of the Interior Various Annual Reports to the Governor of Ohio by the Trustees of the Asylum. Pp.194-228.

Care of the Insane in the U.s.and Canada.Baltimore:J.Hopkins Press,1916. NPS Form 10-300-a McQuillin, Steven, Ohio State Reformatory, National Register of Historic OMB No.1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio for 600' to the point of beginning. Nomination originally prepared on May 27, 1977 by: Gary R. Rutledge Columbus, OH 43228 Nomination revised on January 31, 1986 by: Edward R. Lentz, Executive Director Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 221-0227 Sandra Davies, Regional Coordinator been taken to provide additional views of the building. Page date entered (3-82) received National Park Service Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Item number Columbus Landmarks Foundation Continuation sheet Ohio State University Graduate School Central-South Central Ohio Historic Preservation 22 North Front St.

Please note that the general physical appearance of the building has not changed United States Department of the Interior Office Point Eat East Buckeye Street.Proceed south along the west curbof East Buckeye Street 1145 Arnelle Court Begin at Point A on the west curb of East Buckeye Drive which is l75'west of the main Section 11: For NPS use only NPS Form 10-300-a 10,11 West Buckeye Drive to Sycamore Street.Proceed southeast in a straight line for 670'to the Birch Street/West Buckeye Drive intersection.Continue north along the east curb of of Birch Street which is 3oo' east of the Birch Street/West Buckeye Drive intersection.

WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET MAR 27 1986 Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: - -appeal -sample - NR decision _ 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 J excellent - unaltered - original site J moved yes alterations/integrity ruins resubmission dates Category Status Condition request Ownership unexposed Discipline deteriorated REJECT Reviewer Franklin County RETURN Action: Substantive Review: 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Working No.

summary paragraph boundary selection Accessible see continuation sheet Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum Reviewer's comments: Nomination returned for: owner objection Public Acquisition Present Use Check one Recom./Criteria completeness Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance 86000851 clarity Fed. Reg. Date: ACCEPT fair 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below summary paragraph Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11.

Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - GPO 918-450 Comments for any item maybe continued on an attached sheet Builder/Architect context Signed national UTM References title Period Maps applicable criteria completeness state local justification of areas checked relationship of integrity to significance Quadrangle name Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Specific dates 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Verbal boundary description and justification Acreage of nominated property justification of exception relating significance to the resource Photographs clarity Phone: _ February, 1986 Columbus, Ohio Foundation Photographer: Edward Lentz Negative on file at Columbus Landmark; Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital Front Facade and Grounds 22 North Front Street Franklin County, ohio 1960 West Broad Street, Columbus January, 1986 Columbus, Ohio marks Foundation 1960 West Broad St. Columbus, Photographer: Edward Lentz Negative on file at Columbus Land- 22 North Front St.

Franklin County, Ohio Club Room Addition Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital 2 1960 West Broad Street, Columbus, February, 1986 Columbus, Ohio (1961), West side looking South Foundation Franklin County, Ohio Commissary/Dining Hall Addition Negative on file at Columbus Landmarks Central ohio Psychiatric Hospital 22 North Front St., Photographer: Edward Lentz 1960 West Broad Street, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio February, 1986 Columbus, Ohio Foundation Negative on file at Columbus Landmarks Grounds looking Northwest 22 North Front Street, Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital Photographer: Edward Lentz FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 1960 W. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Columbus CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM Ohio Historic Preservation Office West (rear) elevation 1-7l and 17th Ave. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 1-71 and 17th. Ave.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 May, 1977 Detail, projecting bay Ohio Historic Preservation Office CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM 1960 W. Broad St. Columbus ADMINTISTRATION BUILDING AND FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 1960 W. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43211 May, 1977 Detail, south elevation of centralsection Columbus CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1-71 and 17th Ave. FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Columbus, Ohio 43211 May, 1977 Detail, main entrance Ohio Historic Preservation Office CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS, 1-7l and 17th Ave. 1960 W. Broad St. Columbus FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 1960 W. Broad St. Columbus Columbus, Ohio 43211 May, 1977 Detail, facade Ohio Historic Preservation Office CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS, 1-7l and 17th Ave. FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 1960 W. Broad St.

Columbus Columbus, Ohio 43211 May, 1977 Detail, foundation Ohio Historic Preservation Office CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS, 1-7l and 17th Ave. FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Columbus, Ohio 43211 Detail, central pavilion Ohio Historic Preservationoffice CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS, 1-7l and 17th Ave. 1960 w. Broad St. Columbus May , 1977 FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO 1960 W. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Columbus Ohio Historic Preservation Office South elevation of central pavilion CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM 1-7l and 17th Ave. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARDS, Columbus, Ohio 43211 May, 1977 Detail, window CENTRAL OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM Ohio Historic Preservationoffice 1-7l and 17th Ave. OHIO- FRANKLIN CO.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS, OHIO SOUTHWEST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) COLUMBUS UTM: 17 325260 4424300 N3952.5W8300/7.5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - 6.010 STREETS & ROADS PROPERTY LINE Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 6.003 6.008 8.002 7.004 6.004 6.013 LEGEND RAILROADS SCALE 6.014 2.001 BROAD WEST NR boundaries STREET 6.012 8.003 6.007 6.009 7.003 7.002 HOSPITAL 1.00 Children & Youth Elections, Land Conveyance & 314 KING AVENUE Finance - Appropriations COLUMBUS, OHIO 43201 February 21, 1986 Mr. W. Ray Luce 1985 Velma Avenue Board will be most helpful to our efforts.

Ed Ientz, Columbus Landmarks Carole Olshavsky, Ohio State Architect NOT PRINTED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE 43215 466-5064 MS/mbj Townships Chairman COMMITTEES: Insurance State Representative Insurance Committee Human Services Subcommittee Ohio Historical Society MIKE STINZIANO I sincerely appreciate knowing of your interest and support for State Historic Preservation Officer Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital. Thanks again for sending me a copy of the Resolution. Ginger Cunningham, Greater Hilltop Area Commission Columbus Whenever I can be of assistance to you in any way, please don't hesitate to contact me. my efforts in saving the building at COPH, and am confident that Thank you for sending me a copy of the Resolution passed by the Dear hay, Ohio Department of Richard F. Celeste; Governor Pamela S. Hyde, Director 30 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 March 11, 1986 Mr. W.

Ray Luce Re.: Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital 1960 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio Dear Mr. Luce: to the National Register of Historic Places. First, we would like PSH : VLA :c JERRY L. RENNER MY COMMISSION EXPIRES DECEMBER 13, 1988 An Equal Opportunity Employer Director Dan Miller Representative Michael Stinziano Mental Health If you have any questions regarding our objection to the nomination, Director William Sykes to Director William Sykes regarding the nomination of the subject Director of this Department. Jane Silleck 1985 Velma Avenue hereby states its objection to the listing of the subject property State Historic Preservation Office on the National Register of Historic Places. Senator Eugene J. Watts property and per the provisions stated in your Department please contact Vance A11ton (Tel.

No.614/466-6740), Assistant Deputy We have received a copy of your letter dated February 1l,1986 Department of Mental with the Ohio Department of NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF OHIO to clarify that jurisdiction for this property lies with the Ohio SIGNED BEFORE ME THIS DAY Sineeredy, 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 March 21, 1986 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 MAR 27 1986 614/466-1500 County SOCIETY Sincerely HISTORICAL Enclosures National Register of Historic Places Dear Carol: State Historic Preservation Office Enclosed is one new National Register nomination.All of the appropriate Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Park Service W.Ray Luce New Submissions regarding the future of this building will be made in the next few months. Please do everything possible to expedite this nomination.

Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum WRL:bp Please contact me if you have any questions. Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 notification procedures have been followed for this new submission.Decisions