Nomination for City Hall Annex

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Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No 4. Present Name(s) -- City Hall Annex 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives Federal Post Office -- YRF & OHPO 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Basement? 9 W. Front St. 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, If apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Private O Altered O Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, If known 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference City of Youngstown 25. Open to Structure O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13.

Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and approx. 6' Federal Post story, round-arched windows in pair of entry pavillions, and clas- story windows feature projecting hoodmolds of stone, while other building in downtown Youngstown for over 40 years, for its association with the local 44. Description of Environment and Outbulldings 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Judy Williams 47. Organization B.D. Rickey & Co. staff of Youngstown Public Library, 1924. 614/466-1500 1932 Youngstown Underway? Eligible? Register? Easting Mahoning SOCIETY Exterior Side Politics/Reform/Welfare in downtown Youngstown. HISTORICAL Preservation Youngstown Revitalization Found.

Frontage on Road (Explain OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Located adjacent to Mahoning Co.Courthouse and directly north of the Market St.Bridge Interior Post office of the Renaissance Revival style include the rusticated ground Northing good Public Road? flat/built up Yes A 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 35. Plan Shape rectangular Addition O in #42) 15. Name of Established District 43. History and Significance The Post Office building is significant for its role as a federal off 49. Revision Brook & Dyer, Cook & Canfield No O rectangular building with its main facade on Front St. Elements sical cornice and parapet with balustraded openings. The second Aley, Howard C., A Heritage to Share, 1975. Site Annex City sandstone block Potent'?

Hall 9/85 Name(s) steel frame service in this region was established in 1801 with an 86mile route covering Beaver, (OVER) 4549500 Federal Post Office, Downtown Youngstown MRA 50. House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed C Smoke House, O Privy O Silo O Carriage House O Summer Kitchen O or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound O Cultural Materials Noted O OAI No. 42. (Cont'd) Market Street Bridge), this Post Office/Federal Building was built in 1933 for $585,000. It served. this function for 42 years until it was purchased by the city for use as an *annex in 1975. Type Other Name Spring House Barn Type(s) Code No. 43 continued: Picture No(s). in Central Square where the Soldiers & Sailors monument now stands.After several other Roll No.

residence or office of the postmaster at that time.The first building was built in 1861 mail arrived by stage coach.Until 1861 the Post Office was usually located in the Old Post Office 9 West Front Street flanked by a pair of fluted attached columns. Interior features of the building are intact, and include the original post office lobby on the first floor and office partitions on the second and building and features marble walls, terrazzo floors, and decorative cornice wrought iron balustrade. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

for its association with the local postal service, and for its as Youngstown's third Post Office, replacing an earlier building at this become outdated and much too small to adequately serve the city of additional story of office space. style of the neighboring Courthouse. Although a more restrained Classical Revival, the Post Office features a massing and scale of similar facility is also representative of the type of classical Post Office architecture being encouraged during the 1930s throughout the United The Old Post Office Building was used for its original purpose until 1975, when a modern post office was constructed in the city's urban renewal area east of Market Street.

The building retains its governmental use, however, classically-inspired architectural style.The building was built in 1932 the exception of the multi-paned round-arched windows in the two entry is significant for its role as a federal office building for over 40 years, design was heavily influenced by the classical Second Rennaissance Revival county.When the new Federal Post Office was built 20 years later, its building, this structure was built on a much larger scale and with an Youngstown as a location of governmental buildings serving the city and the The Old Post Office Building meets National Register Criteria A and C.It a site adjacent to the post office established this area of downtown Architectural Description from 170,000.Although constructed on approximately the same site as the 1898 Youngstown.The construction of a new building in 1932 is evidence of the when the population stood at 45,000,to 1930,when the population numbered The construction of the Mahoning County Courthouse(N.R.,1974) in 1910 on pavillions, which are original.

These windows are set in a recess and proportion, the use of stone as a wall material, rustication on the ground grille-work is found in the doorway transom and flanking both sides of the entry. Windows in the building have been replaced for the most part, with and ceiling cross beams. The pair of entry stairs feature a decorative tremendous growth which Youngstown experienced during the period from 1900, floor, and a classical stone cornice and balustrade.The Youngstown classical entablature with medallions in the door surround.Ornamental 0ld Post Office, Downtown Youngstown MRA Acreage: Less than one acre. remain intact and the building represents one remains one of the most as the Annex for Youngstown City Hall. Exterior and interior features significant early 20th century governmental buildings in Youngstown. NPS Form 10-900-8 Mahoning County, OH Date Signature / Keeper 3.

Erie Terminal Building-- 4. Federal Post Office- 9. McKelvey--Higbee Company Building Commerce Plaza Building Attest Name 5. Helen Chapel National Register of Historic Places Thematic Group 6. Jay's Lunch Inventory-Nomination Form 2. Youngstown Vindicator State Continuation sheet dnr-11 Page 8. McCrory Building Item number National Register Multiple Resource Area Downtown Youngstown MRA National Park Service Nomination/Type of Review City Hall Annex Entered in the United States Department of the Interior 10. Ohio One--Ohio Edison (3-82) OMB NO. 1024-0018 7. Kress Building Iegister 10-31-87 Expires WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Federal Post Office+City Hall Annex Fed. Reg.

Date: Date Due: - ACCEPT nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - LJappeal -sample Jrequest L NR decision Reviewer _ Discipline _ _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: - _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 2. Location 3. Classification Present Use Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? - excellent D unaltered -original site -moved ruins Ownership dates deteriorated Category Status clarity fair completeness Accessible 86001918 Condition 7. Description Recom./Criteria alterations/integrity yes REJECT resubmission Action: good Working No.

boundary selection summary paragraph Mahoning County Reviewer's comments: Substantive Review: Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Check one (Downtown Youngstown MRA) 1. Name "R" June 1984) 7-23-56 8. Significance Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J justification of areas checked J relating significance to the resource _J relationship of integrity to significance - justification of exception - other 9.

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Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature . Phone: - GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet context Date Signed Builder/Architect title state clarity Maps local completeness Verbal boundary description and justification _national applicable criteria Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Photographs summary paragraph Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols.

1ooking west at Front and Market St., facades Downtown Youngstown MRA 9 West Front Street uld Post Office Photo #22 - Downtown Youngstown MRA Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Photo # 23 streetscape view of Market St., showing post office and county courthous 9 West Front Street uld Post Office Neg. @ 391 Library Park South, Cols. Old Post Office Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols. Photo # 24 view of eastern entry bay, Front St. facade Downtown Youngstown MRA 9 West Front Street Old Post Office Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Weg. C 391 Library Park South, Cols. Photo # 25 floor Downtown Youngstown MRA view of interior staircase from first 9 West Front Street Old Post Office Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols.

view of main lobby, first floor, south Downtown Youngstown MRA wall 9 West Front Street 64000618 Please refer to the map in the for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: