Nomination for Republic Iron and Steel Office Building

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Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue < SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives YRF & OHPO 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 415 S. Market St. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder flat/built up 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, If apparent 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Private X Altered O 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved O if known 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Structure O No X Building X Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 14.

District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and Republic Steel Office Building features a base, shaft and upper 43. History and Significance 44. Description of Environment and Outbulldings 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Aley, Howard. A Heritage to Share, 1975 47. Organization B.D. Rickey & Co. Youngstowr: Chamber of Commerce, City of Progress, 1913 48. Date 49. Revision Date(a) 1910-11 Youngstown 614/466-1500 Front approx. concrete Exterior Zone Manufacturing/Industry Register? County Underway? Mahoning Side HISTORICAL SOCIETY Eligible? vacant 34.Wall Treatment Frontage on Road office building Potent'? Northing (Explain Easting Youngstown Revitalization Found.

steel/concrete frame Interior After its incorpora Judy Williams are grouped in threes and separated by brick pilasters, giving the Classical Revival Republic Steel Office Building Reuben MacMillan Library clipping files Republic Iron & Steel Office Building tion in 1899 and.its subsequent consolidation of mills in the midwest and south United OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY An eight-story office building in a Classical Revival style,the this building is a symbol of Youngstown's position as a major Butler, Jos. Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, 1921 42.Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) beginning in 1911, Public Road? Columbus Ohio 43211 OVER good 35. Plan Shape Addition X Site O building were completed in 1911, with the remaining two floors add rectangle floors differentiated by wide stone courses.

The numerous bays Adjacent to Market St.bridge on flats next to river. iron and steel producing center during the 19th and 2oth centuries. River Republic Steel Office Building, Youngstown MRA 50. House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed C. Smoke House, D Privy O Silo D Carriage House O Summer Kitchen D or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes D Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound O Cultural Materials Noted O 42. (Cont'd) 43 continued: and Brier Hill Steel Co. Republic was one of the largest, occupying 230 acres of land Other Type Name Roll No. Barn Type(s) Picture No(s). Spring House goes back to 1846 when the first finishing mill in Youngstown was built on this site. plant.In 1930,the Republic Steel Corporation was forme:d by merger that included Re- Code No.

It was purchased in 1854 by Brown-Bonnell Co.,which established a complete rolling mill OAI No. see attached continuation sheet States, Republic located its executive offices in New York City and its general office until other mergers forced their transfer to Cleveland. producing open hearth steel: Repbulic, U.S. Steel Corp., Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., in six plants and employing 8,000 men. The Brown-Bonnell Works in downtown Youngstown in Chicago. In 1905, the general offices were transferred to Pittsburgh, finally being was selected as the location for the general office building.The historybf thislocation plant for the manufacture of iron.After this highly successful plant was acquired by Republic in 1899,it was converted to a steel works withtthe installation of a Bessemer Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4.

Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives Republic Iron & Steel Co. offices 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 6. Specific Location Basement? Yes D 17. Date(s) or Period rear 415 S. Market St. 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 Republic Tron 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private I in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Structure O Object D 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? 11. On National NO X 27. Other Surveys in Which Included District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? Public Road? 41.

Distance from and approx This two-story brick addition to the main office building to its north features a simple 14-bay facade overlooking a courtyard which ade is otherwise unornamented. An earlier projection located at the 44. Description of Environment and Outbulldings to Market St. viaduct. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Butler, Jos. History of Youngstown & Mahoning Valley, 1921 J. Hodge/J Williams Aley, Howard. A Heritage to Share, 1975 47. Organization Reuben MacMillan Library clipping files 48. Date 49. Revision Date(e) 614/466-1500 Youngstown Front Register? manufacturing/industry Exterior offices Zone Mahoning Underway? concrete/brick SOCIETY good vacany HISTORICAL hip/asphalt Eligible? Easting Sanborn Insurance Maps Northing vacant (Explain Youngstown Revitalization Found.

Republic Steel Hospital OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Interior Jr League/BDR&C C.1916 42.Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) brick 35. Plan Shape rectangle Site C 13. Part of Estab. Yes O No O 15. Name of Established District 4th grouping of bays has been removed. tioned as a hospital to service the steelworkers at the plant. with stone lintels and sills, and are grouped in threes. 43. History and Significance Built between 1911 and 1921, this building was used as additional office space for the general offices headquarters building of Republic Iron & Steel Corp. Adjacent to Republic Steel office building, on flats of rivier. Rear courtyard adjacent Side Vernacular industrial concrete Hospita The fac- extends to the Market Street bridge.Bays are one over one sash Republic Iron and Steel Office Building and Hospital 415 Market Street in 1920.

The original sixth floor stone cornice with corbelled brick and topped by a parapet with corbelled brick. Original windows are in place and display two-over-two wood sash. The base of the building is accentuated by a raised basement with windows the building's south facade is a two-story hipped roof addition which forms the east wall of the courtyard. Built with 14 bays on both its east and west facades, this building features stone lintels and sills but is located at the fourth grouping of bays on the west facade has been removed. characterizes the period of its construction from 1910 to 1921.

This office building is important as an architectural symbol of the once vibrant iron and steel industry which contributed so greatly to existing mills in the South and Midwest, including the Brown-Bonnell Works construction of this building was the result of a decision in 1910 to move the iron and steel industry, second only to Pittsburgh by 1920, made this at that time, Republic Iron and Steel was the largest, occupying 230 acres Works of Republic Steel, which once occupied the entire site on the north bank of the Mahoning River from the Market Street bridge to the South Avenue bridge.

This site has been cleared, with the exception of one mill passageway from the millyard to the courtyard.An earlier projection Youngstown's growth and development.Built by Republic Iron and Steel The Republic Iron and Steel Office Building meets National Register of land in six plants and employing 8,000 men. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

: national headquarters office building for Republic Iron and Steel Co.from otherwise a utilitarian structures.The first bay on the north serves as a criteria A and C.The building is extremely significant for its role in Chicago,the company relocated them to Pittsburgh in1905.The the south in a small brick vestibule with corbelled cornice.Attached to 191l to approximately 1980,and for its architectural style which Architectural Description from OHI): fact that it is one of only two buildings remaining from the Brown-Bonnell pilasters and modillions was repeated on the eighth floor photo #12) outlined in stone.

The main building entry is located off a courtyard to the development of the iron and steel industry in Youngstown, as the Incorporated in 1899, Republic consolidated site in the heart of downtown Youngstown an ideal location for the new The significance of the Republic Iron and Steel building is enhanced by the building which remains along the banks of the Mahoning. The site itself is Company in 1911, the building is closely associated with the history of the company's national general offices to Youngstown. The city's place in significant as well as the location of the first finishing mill in this company in particular. Republic Steel Office Building and Hospital, Youngstown MRA Youngstown.

Built in 1846 by the Youngstown Iron Company, this early mill Architecturally, the building's design is representative of early 20th and a defined base, shaft and capital; and through the Classical Revíval Acreage: Less than one acre. hospital. century office building construction through its emphasis on verticality architectural treatment.The building's style and its location at the is considered a significant part of the building as well.It served as an southern entrance to downtown Youngstown makes it stand out as a visual was acquired by the Brown-Bonnell Co.in 1854 and became the nucleus of the plant that Republic Iron and Steel would purchase in 1899. employee clock house in the 1920s and later functioned as the steel mill landmark in the community.The two-story c.1916addition to the building NPS Form 10-000-d OMB No.

1024-0018 Item number Downtown Youngstown MRA Mahoning County, OH Nomination/Type of Review 11. Peggy Ann Building Office Building Company Strouss--Hirschberg Attest Date/Signature Keeper Name Welsh Congregational State Wells Building Church National Register of Historic Places nv ntory-Nomination Form YWCA Building Page Entered in the Continuation sheet National Register State Theater Thematic Group United States Department of the Interior N tional Park Service Multiple Resource Area Republic Iron & Steel :xp. 10-31-84 Haticnal Register 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: - nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - Lappeal - sample J request LJ NR decision Reviewer's comments: Discipline _ _ see continuation sheet _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 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? Check one J unaltered J original site - moved summary paragraph boundary selection 986 ruins resubmission yes Ownership excellent Status Category Accessible fair Reviewer Condition good Recom./Criteria deteriorated completeness RETURN clarity alterations/integrity Substantive Review: unexposed (Downtown Youngstown MRA) Mahoning County Working No. Nomination returned for: 7.

Description Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Republic Iron & Steel Office Building dates Intered 3n the - REJECT _ Action: 86001940 latlonal Register 7-23-86 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) - summary paragraph J applicable criteria -justification of areas checked _J relating significance to the resource J relationship of integrity to significance -justification of exception J other 9.

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Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Date context Period Builder/Architect title completeness clarity state Phone: Maps Photographs Verbal boundary description and justification UTM References Quadrangle name _national Downtown Youngstown MRA Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols. View of south facade, looking north fror Market St. bridge 4i5 Market Street Repwb lic Iron & Steel Office Bldg. Republic Iron & Steel Office Bldg' f'4 Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J.

williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols. hospital addition Downtown Youngstown MRA view looking north at main building and 415 Market Street Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols. Downtown Youngstown MRA northeast from below Market St. Bridge Republic Iron & Steel Office Bldg. 415 Market Street view of west and south facades, looking Photo #/2 Republic Steel Office Building #4 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio J. Williams photo, 10/85 Neg. © 391 Library Park South, Cols. Downtown Youngstown MRA Looking south at north facade 415 Market Street Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio J. williams photo, 10/85 Neg. @ 391 Library Park South, Cols. southwest corner Downtown Youngstown MRA view of upper story and cornice detail, 415 Market Street Republic Iron & Steel Office Bldg.

view of hospital addition and courtyard looking east and showing cleared area Downtown Youngstown MRA 415 Market Street Republic Iron & Steel Office Bldg. Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio Neg.@ 391 Library Park South, Cols. J. williams photo, 10/85 64000618 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet