Nomination for Hamilton Catholic High School

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date entered 7-24-86 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and or common 2. Location street & number -not for publication city, town - vicinity of _ state / 3. Classification - public . unoccupied - agriculture x private -park . structure - work in progress - in process *yes: restricted . government - scientific yes: unrestricted 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys has this property been determined eligible? - yes _ federal- 039 45011 Category 1983-1984 017 date both code commercial Hamilton site entertainment county Ownership Hamilton/Columbus Butler Accessible Status religious educational district military industrial object historic Inventory-Nomination Form being considered Butler County Administration Building National Register of Historic Places 130 High Street private residence title 533 Dayton Street 136 North Third Street Ohio (3-82) transportation depository for survey records Public Acquisition Type all entries-complete applicable sections City of Hamilton Planning Dept/Ohio Historic Preservation Office City of Hamilton Survey The Hamilton Catholic High School National Park Service 1. Name Present Use For NPS use only United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 4.

Owner of Property Xbuilding(s) OMB No. 1024-0018 - yes X no museum 7. Description Ãexcellent _ deteriorated X original site - good X altered . fair southwest corner, designed by the original architect, which completed the plan The interior has recently been rehabilitated, with the original side stairways retained but with a more open floor plan. The structure is located at the se: cu western border of the Dayton-Campbell Historic District,an area character izedct fenestration on the second floor consists of three banks of windows, with a of the building originally ended at the central entrance.

A line is clearly Condition unexposed unaltered same as the original.The east and west elevations are distinguished by the Check one primarily Second Renaissance Revival in appearance, exhibiting Northern pavilions is marked by a rectangle outlined in raised brick with a low-relief on this facade has a graceful arcade in front with groin vaults in the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Hamilton Catholic School is a two-story masonry structure which is first and second floors.Like the front facade, the first story windows are the city's central business district. lonic column.A small iron balcony is also located above the entrance. -moveddate the design and materials of this southwest corner addition are virtually the visible above the entrance between the original portion and the 1930 addition; by late nineteenth and early twentieth century residences inhabited originally projections has a simple cement surround with a quoin motif.-Above the is capped by a hipped roof with a central tower.The square 1957 addition has the school is a double set of railroad tracks with define the eastern edge of side of the entrances is a bank of five windows with 6/6 sash on both the openings are outlined by a line of raised brick on the top and sides. The - ruins flat roof.

The earlier section of the building has concrete beam floors and The east and west sides of the building are identical, although the west side entrance are two narrow, round-arched openings supported by a single Roman side. and concrete slabs.All portions of the building are sheathed in tan brick. Italian influences and some elements of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. 1-1/2 story gabled projections which contain a double door entrance.

by both the industrialists and working class of Hamilton.Just to the west of of new wood and glass doors which lead into a vestibule.The entrance is The front facade has projecting corner pavilions with a long central flanked on both sides by a bank of four windows with 6/6 sash..These two identical east and west elevations.The earlier H section of the building of the building into an elongated "H" configuration and a 1957 addition,the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Hami Iton, Butler county, Unio filled in by the addition of 1957. This addition, which is seven bays wide, octagonal tower with a low-pitched, conical roof is set upon a square brick The brick base is edged with cement quions and contains a small quartrefoil window in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in the center.

Above section of the first floor, leading to the original stairways at the east and with a central core formed by rectangular partitions. building. A former mansion, now converted to offices, lies to the west with a blocks. Page National Park Service (3-82) the twentieth century. brick columns joined by round arches executed in cement to resemble stone Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places wide eaves of this roof are decorated with simple modillions.A central wall are identical to the front corner pavilions.The large rectangular United States Department of the Interior located at the east and west ends of this additions.

The interior plan of the building is quite open as a result of the recent originally covered in tile, but now covered with red asphalt shingles.The church with its 1950's administration building lies to the south of the parking lot to the front and rear of it also.A late nineteenth century stone Parking lots are located to the front of the Continuation sheet Hamilton catholic High School Item number The rear (south) facade originally had a central courtyard, a space which was received building.A large brick senior citizens'housing complex with a wide lawn concrete decks with a flat overhang supported by a narrow metal pole are lies to the east.To the north are residences dating from the first half of Crowning the earlier section of the building is a cross-hipped roof, extends one bay out from the original rear wall.The two corners of the rear date entered Areas of Significance - Check and justify below -_ archeology-historic _ conservation - agriculture - economics _ literature X architecture X education - engineering - music .

exploration/settlement -- philosophy -. 1900- - industry -- politics/government - invention other (specify) 1923, 1930 Catholic high school in the region. Additionally, the building is a fine architect, Frederick G. Mueller. The present building is the successor to a former nineteenth century mansion elementary schools were common by the late nineteenth century, a Catholic In the first decade of the twentieth century, Hamilton, a prosperous a private girls' school, Notre Dame Academy, which had been in existence since There was no Catholic secondary school for boys in the city until the establishment of the Hamilton Catholic School in 1909; this central school provided a secondary education for all Catholic boys, supported by all of the Brothers of Mary at the special request of Henry Moeller, Archbishop of §2t in 1923, the same year the new Hamilton Catholic School was constructed.

this time, with the erection of hew bulidings"and additions to existing institution, it was not until 1928 that the Archdiocese of Cincinnati had southwest corner of the building, matching the original exactly, proved that school for the Corpus Christi Catholic Church of New Burlington, Ohio. This 1600-1699 1800-1899 1400-1499 1500-1599 1700-1799 theater transportation Cincinnati. humanitarian commerce Period Specific dates military sculpture social/ for this company.

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Significance Insurance Company.The building was just recently rehabilitated into offices predictions concerning rapidly increasing enrollments were correct.After the Catholic education system in southwestern Ohio as it was the earliest central secondary education could only be obtained from private schools and academies. Hamilton Catholic School was the second structure to represent this innovative The Hamilton Catholic School is important for its association with the Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) industrial city, had several ethnic parishes with their own grade schools and example of the early-twentieth-century eclectic designsof the prominent local The entire Archdiocese of Cincinnati was involved in a construction boom at close of the high school in 1966,the school building was occupied as a grade school was one of the first of its kind in the country; according to some structures totalling over one million dollars in 1923.Although the new formal system of centralized high schools.In 1930,an addition to the children from several parishes to one central high school was unique in the Increasing enrolments in the early 1920's produced ...what may be determined Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the state of Ohio.The establishment of this as the biggest year in the history of the parochial schools in Hamilton ...

.communications -science - - prehistoric .law -_archeology-prehistoric - community planning art parishes in Hamilton. The school was operated throughout its history by the beautiful and restful surroundings ..."s1t At the time, the concept of sending The Catholic Telegraph, Cincinnati, Ohio (1923) Files at Mt. St. Mary Academy Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio The Church of Cincinnati 1821-1971, Alfred G. Stritch, editor 10.

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Geographical Data Hamilton, Ohio UT M References - state 11. Form Prepared By Rita Walsh, Preservation Consultant street & number Ohio 45223 _ national I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register code county Cincinnati date Easting Northing Zone local organization Quadrangle name State Historic Preservation Officer signature August 1985 Verbal boundary description and justification 9. Major Bibliographical References 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 4238 Brookside Avenue city or town The parcel of land which contains the school building is described as Parcel 2 in the deed Chief of Registration 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 name/title For NPs use only Hamilton Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio Attest: Keeper of the National Register Acreage of nominated property Less than one acre National Register according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Natlonal Park Service. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Hamilton, Buthler County, Ohio Frederick G.

Mueller, Hamilton's leading architect in the early twentieth of Chicago and Frank Packard of Columbus, Ohio. In 1928 Mueller formed a partnership with Walter R.

Hair, who had been a draftsman in his office since Page National Park Service Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet Hamilton Catholic High Schoqtem number Mueller was practicing in the Tudor Revival and Neo-Classical Revival styles, elements from the Romanesque and Renaissance periods of Italian architecture (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places studied at Chicago's Armour Institute and then worked with William K.Fellows The design of the new Hamilton Catholic High School Building was the work of date entered 1912.Completed in December of 1923,the Hamilton Catholic School is Street;the William Shuler House,712 Dayton Street;and St Joseph's School, Hamilton by Mueller from this period include the Temple Bene Israel,914 High century.Mueller (1873-1947),a native and life-long resident of the city, representative of Mueller's eclectic designs of this period, which combined with other styles popular in the early twentieth century.Other buildings in the design of the 1935 Art Deco style Municipal Building in Hamilton.

as well as other European revival styles.The firm was later responsible for NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Hamilton, Ohio 1 Hami ton Journal News, November 10, 1923 2 Ihe Catholic Telegraph, September 13, 1923 (3-82) Page Continuation sheet Hamilton Catholic High Schoolitem number Inventory-Nomination Form National Park Service National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Statement of Significance HAMILTON CATHOLIC SCHOOL,533 Dayton Street date entered OMB No.

1024-0018 Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Continuation sheet Hamilton Catholic High Schoolltem number 10 Yerbal Boundary Description HAMILTON CATHOLIC SCHOOL, 533 Dayton Street designated upon the plat of the town (now city) of Hamilton, Butler southwardly at right angles thirty (30) feet, thence westwardly at right Page Inventory-Nomination Form eastwardly along the south side of Dayton Street one hundred and National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a County,Ohio,bounded and described as follows:Commencing ata point in Only this parcel is included in the nomination as it is the one which United States Department of the Interior National Park Service contains the building.The other parcel included in this deed isa much right angles to Sixth Street one hundred and twenty feet, thence seventy-three (173) feet and nine to the west side of Sixth The east half of out lot number twenty (20)as the same is numbered and (243-13/100) feet more or less to the south side of Dayton Street; thence less to the place of beginning.

Hami1ton,Ohio date entereo angles fifty-three (53) feet, and nine (9) inches, thence northwardly at (3-82) northwardly from the north side of Butler Street, thence westwardly at Street and thence southwardly along the west side of Sixth Street two the west side of Sixth Street one hundred and ninety feet ADD. : HAMILTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 533 Dayton Street Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Numbers in circles refer to photographs 1957 DAYTON ST. N. SIXTH ST. 1930: ADO. 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: Date Due: _ National Register nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: - Jappeal 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 7. Description J excellent - unaltered J original site - moved boundary selection Category resubmission fair dates completeness sample ruins Status REJECT RETURN Reviewer Recom./Criteria request alterations/integrity Discipline Substantive Review: clarity owner objection Public Acquisition Working No. Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance summary paragraph 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 86001917 deteriorated see continuation sheet Reviewer's comments: Entered in thAction: Present Use NR decision Condition Check one Has this property been determined eligible? Accessible Catholic High Schoo! Ownership yes OHIO unexposed Butler County Hauilton 8.

Significance - summary paragraph - completeness J applicable criteria Jjustification of areas checked J relating significance to the resource - justification of exception - other 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Date Builder/Architect context state title UTM References clarity Maps Verbal boundary description and justification 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Specific dates Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) relationship of integrity to significance 9.

Major Bibliographical References Photographs Quadrangle name national The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Signed _local Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period Bob McMacken, photographer April 1985 Hamilton, Ohio 45025 Phetographer Bob,McMa.ken Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Hamilton Catholic High School Photographer facing south Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Photograph shows front (north) facade of building Negative No. OC 967-4A EMPLOYEES ONLY KEEP OUT OHIO CASUALTY Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio April 1985 east building Bob McMacken, photographer Photograph shows front (north) facade of Hamilton Catholic High School Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Hamilton, Ohio 45025 Ohio Casualty Insurance Group.

Photographer.Bob.McMaken PHOTO #Z Photographer facing south and slightly Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Rita Walsh, photographer August 1985 Photographer facing southeast Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Photograph shows west and part of front Hamilton Catholic High School (north) facades PHOTO #3 KEEP OUT EMPLOVEES ONIY Hamilton, Ohio 45025 Negative No. OC 967- 10A Photographer Bob Mottaken building Photographer facing northwest Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Photo graph shows rear (south) facade -on Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Bob McMacken, photographer Hamilton Catholic High School left- and east facade- on right- of the April 1985 Ohio Casualty Insurance Groupi Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Rita Walsh, photographer August 1985 Photographer facing southwest Hamilton Catholic High School Street buildings to west Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts.

Photograph shows school on left with Dayton KEEP OUT Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Rita Walsh, photographer August 1985 Photographer facing southeast Dayton Street buildings to east Hamilton Catholic High School Photograph shows school on right with Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Bob McMacken, photographer Ohis Cos-alty Insurance Group. Hamilton, Ohio 45025 Negative No. 0C959-35 space Photographer facing south Photograph shows west side of second floor Hamilton Catholic High School April 1985 Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Photograph shows hallway in; font section Bob McMacken, photographer Photographer. Bob,McMaken Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Photographer facing east Ohio Casualty Insurance Group of first floor Hamilton Catholic High School April 1985 Hamilton, Ohio 45025 Negative No.

CC 966-Z Hamilton, Butler County, Ohic Bob McMacken, photographer April 1985 Hamilien, Ohio 45025 Photographer] Bob:McMaken floor space Hamilton Catholic High School Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Photographer facing south Photograph shows east side of second Bob McMacken, photographer April 1985 Ohio Casualty Insurance Group Hamilton, Ohio 45025 second floor Southwest corner of Sixth and Dayton Sts. Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio Photograph shows front section of Photographer.Bob MeMaken Hamilton Catholic High School Photo grapher facing west HAMILTON, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 16/710500/4363830 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HAMILTON QUADRANGLE UIM Reference: 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 June 18, 1986 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 1100 L Street, N.W.

Dear Carol : The interior of the Hamilton Catholic High School, Butler County was rehabed St. Joseph's Catholic Church JUN 2 5 1986 SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Resubmission County HISTORICAL Enclosures Butler Perry Summit New Submissions Akron Jewish Center Since Ohio Historic Preservation Office State Historic Preservation Office Enclosed are two new National Register nominations and one resubmission.All National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior Hamilton Catholic High School in accordance with an approved Part ll historic certification. WRL:bp Please contact me if you have any questions. W.Ray Luce