Major Bibliographical References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification name/title less than one acre List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 1:24,000 391 Library Park South Keeper of the National Register 10. Geographical Data Verbal boundary description and justification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: city or town State Historic Preservation Officer signature Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1887-1929. Acreage of nominated property UTM References 11.
Form Prepared By Attest: Quadrangle name Mansfield, North 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated For NPs use only As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 local according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. 131721120 WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET SEP 1 6 1986 Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: - Jappeal - NR decision _see continuation sheet _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 Jexcellent -unaltered - original site - moved resubmission Accessible dates Category request completeness Status Date Ownership fair REJECT alterations/integrity Discipline sample Reviewer Recom./Criteria ruins unexposed OHIO yes Action: Substantive Review: clarity Condition Richland County Working No. RETURN deteriorated boundary selection owner objection Public Acquisition summary paragraph Nomination returned for: Present Use Reviewer's comments: Hancock and Dow Building Check one Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Has this property been determined eligible? 8. Significance relating significance to the resource Other 9. Major Bibliographical References /10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11.
Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _state _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Date clarity Builder/Architect completeness context Phone Signed UTM References national Maps 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Photographs justification of exception title summary paragraph justification of areas checked relationship of integrity to significance Quadrangle name Verbal boundary description and justification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) applicable criteria Specific dates 10-20-86 Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 1. Name street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of .county - 3.
Classification _ district - public . unoccupied - agriculture "_ building(s) - private - commercial - structure - work in progress - private residence . religious .object - in process X yes: restricted _ scientific . other: 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 1976 transportation Category museum government both 10-31-87 Expires date 039 code Richland site entertainment Ownership Mansfield industrial historic Accessible educational Public Acquisition Status local park Ohio Historic Inventory Ohio date entered military Inventory-Nomination Form being considered Harold Roth Richland County Courthouse Present Use Park Avenue East For NPS use only 6. Representation in Existing Surveys See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 2.
Location Hancock and Dow Building Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historic Preservation Office 4. Owner of Property United States Department of the Interior depository for survey records title (3-82) 21 East Fourth Street and or common X_state has this property been determined eligible? - - yes X no - federal X state 7. Description - original site . deteriorated _ unaltered eclectic Romanesque Revival style, the facade is elaborately detailed in of architectural elements - including segmented arches, voussoirs, belt division and individual windows set in the second and fifth bays. Variety voussoirs, creating additional interest in the third floor fenestration. with the lower stories. The words "Hancock and Dow, 1887" are carved into a stone plate at this location.
To either side of the gable, the placement Condition six structural bays contain windows grouped in threes within each vertical The Hancock and Dow Building on East Fourth Street in Mansfield is a three The third floor and cornice create the greatest visual interest in the of rounded vertical stone elements between stone courses creates the Check one central two bays which display a segmentally arched window treatment. courses, scrolls and brackets -- work together to produce the highly Smooth sandstone lintel courses along the entire second floor end in tiny scrolls set into the segmental arches.Vertical divisons between windows but windows also display decorative transoms with colored glass borders.
The stone work on this building is its most outstanding feature.A variety piers which correspond with the four storefronts on the ground story.The The upper facade has four vertical divisions created by slightly projecting gabled parapet and completes the upper facade treatment. contained within a dominant raised gable which extends its apex above the Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance -unexposed and fifth bays at this level exhibit a round-arched window with stone The second floor exhibits the least detail, with the exception of the the Romanesque Revival style in the use of three broad segmental arches of is created by an enlarged central window within each grouping of three. Window groupings are unified by smooth stone lintels and sills, and have smooth sandstone caps.
Above the third floor, the builder has created a pattern reminiscient of consisting of stone cornice and end piers, is also intact. -fair X altered - moved date ruins rough-faced stone on the upper stories.The first floor framing, story brick building with elaborate sandstone facade.Designed in an decorative and artistic facade crafted by the contractors Hancock and Dow. appearance of a balustraded parapet.This feature balances the central building.The fenestration pattern here is identical to the second story, stone which encompass the fenestration below.The central arch is NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.
1024-0018 Expires 10-31-87 Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Description, continued: the interior of the building have intact wood molding, and many doors have Page Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet located between storefronts and at entrances to the upper story located in remains the same,with recessed entries and large display windows.The and retain their balustrades and newel posts.Windows and doors throughout The ground floor of the Hancock and Dow Building retains its original The interior of the building consists of a number of small rooms located Staircases leading from the ground floor to the third floor are also wide wood boarding. intact but in need of rehabilitation.
United States Department of the Interior including intact fireplace mantels of slate and delicate wood screens at piers remain exposed at the sides of the building, where the cornice wraps National Park Service storefront cornice extending the width of the building and the piers of transoms.The front rooms of the building display the greatest off of two wide hallways located in the central areas of the building. (3-82) storefront transoms also appear tobe intact,but have been obscured by date entered unornamented frieze. Piers of rough-faced sandstone were originally around to encompass a single bay. The configuration of the storefronts Item number Hancock and Dow Building until recently and have since been covered with stucco.The original stone -.. archeology-prehistoric - community planning - archeology-historic _ conservation - agriculture _ economics . literature X.
architecture . musIc exploration/settlement _ . theater .. 1900- - communications - politics/government .transportation _ invention _ other (specify) Criterion C Undoubtedly, Hancock and Dow's most important career contract was for the buildings over the next 35 years, as well as numerous other structures in 1700-1799 1600-1699 1500-1599 commerce 1400-1499 education Period humanitarian industry science X_1800-1899 Specific dates sculpture distinctive sandstone facades in the commercial center of Mansfield. The Hancock and Dow Building is significant for its architectural quality Scotland.The two probably met while working on the construction of the Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) 8. Significance quarried locally.
it is an important representation of the craftsmanship which this company Mansfield Savings Bank at the northwest corner of Main and Fourth Streets artistry which characterized the many local and regional works of its Hancock and Dow.Built in 1887,the building displays the stone cutting a contract to build Mansfield's Congregational Church in April of l87o.In complex of massive sandstone buildings completed in 1896.The construction -prehistoric Robert G. Hancock and William Dow are considered by many to be Mansfield's standing. Among the structures which the firm built which have been construction of the Mansfield State Reformatory (N.R.),an outstanding in 1873.
Only a few of the Mansfield buildings credited to Hancock and Dow remain and for its close association with the premier local building firm of of late 19th century commercial architecture which features one of the most started a contracting business shortly after and Co.) and obtained social/ .engineering Areas of Significance-Check and justify below demolished are the Congregational Church and Co.,1870),Mansfield The history of the Hancock and Dow partnership can be traced to 1870,when 1873,Dow joined him asa partner and the company name was changed to from 1873 through 1908, the firm was best known for its work with stone. military law -_ art . landscape architecture.__. religion - philosophy Robert G. Hancock and William Dow leading builders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In partnership Builder/Architect of Mansfield.
were built during a period of increased construction activity in the city North Central Ohio.The first contract of the partnership was to build the of the Hancock and Dow Building was undertaken at approximately the same both men arrived in Mansfield from their respective homes of England and Acreage of nominated property - UT M References Lot #13, east half (60' x 132') _ state Judith B. Williams Benjamin D. Rickey & Co. July 28, 1986 street & number _ national . local I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Chief of Registration code Easting date county Columbus Northing organization Zone 1:24,000 Ohio Quadrangle scale name/title Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification 10. Geographical Data State Historic Preservation Officer signature 11. Form Prepared By Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1887-1929. 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 9. Major Bibliographical References The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: less than one acre Mansfield Public Library, Newspaper clipping files Mansfield City Directories List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 391 Library Park South Quadrangle name Mansfield, North As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(Public Law 89- city or town according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. For NPS use only Graham, A. A. *Luz 1317,211,201 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Keeper of the National Register OMB No.
1024-0018 Richland County Children's Home, First Presbyterian Church, and United building at 36-38 West Fourth Street (1906). Of these, the Reformatory is Hancock and Dow's reputation extended beyond Mansfield, and the firm goods store which maintained the individual storefronts but cut arched Inventory-Nomination Form Page (3-82) Presbyterian Church.Hancock and Dow buildings which still stand in National Park Service openings through the walls.It appears that the upper floors were Mansfield represent the firms's later work and include the Bissman Building Although the firm placed its name on this building, Hancock and Dow were converted to a residential hotel use at that time as well.
National Register of Historic Places listed on the National Register and the Bissman Building is currently being United States Department of the Interior Queen Anne structure built in 1896 which still stands at 564 Park Avenue Continuation sheet Mansfield Reformatory an early 20th century commercial Hancock and Dow Building By 1914, the the entire first floor of the building was.occupied by a dry freight house of the C.C.&I.Railroad in Columbus Savings Bank County Jail and Sheriff's (1875),a passenger depot in Berea Marysville High School; on North Main Street Hancock and Dow Building and the Marion County Jail NPS Form 10-900-a Marysville City Masonic Hall in Marion (1877), West (N.R.).
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio constructed a number of important buildings throughout the north-central nominated.The Hancock family home was a major stone residence located on commercial storefronts on the ground floor and was apparently used never known to have occupied the structure.The building was used as Item number floor.Upon the death of Robert Hancock in 1909,the building was sold. originally as offices on the second floor and an Elks Hall on the third 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 _ REJECT Federal Agency: _ Lappeal Lsample _see continuation sheet _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 -unaltered -J original site - moved yes ruins dates Accessible Category completeness deteriorated Condition alterations/integrity fair Ownership unexposed RETURN Reviewer Discipline Action: Recom./Criteria clarity Status resubmission excellent Substantive Review: Hancock and Dow Building boundary selection Has this property been determined eligible? summary paragraph Richland County Public Acquisition Nomination returned for: owner objection Reviewer's comments: good NR decision Present Use Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Check one Working No. ACCEPT2-26-87 request 8. Significance - completeness relating significance to the resource Jjustification of exception - other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11.
Form Prepared By GPO 918-450 Date Builder/Architect Signed state context national title UTM References local applicable criteria clarity Quadrangle name summary paragraph Verbal boundary description and justification Specific dates Maps Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to State Historic Preservation Officer signature justification of areas checked Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification relationship of integrity to significance The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - Phone: Period View looking northeast at J. Williams, photo 5/86 35 East Fourth Street main elevation Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Neg. @ 391 Library Pk. S., Cols.
Hancock & Dow Building SEP161986 HES ONDS- W DODGE RAM JAY' J. Williams, photo 5/86 Photo # 2 35 East Fourth Street Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Street, looking east Streetscape view of E. Fourth Neg. @ 391 Library Pk. S., Cols. Hancock & Dow Building OLE SILVER J. Williams, photo 5/86 Neg. @ 391 Library Pk. S., Cols. 35 East Fourth Street main entrance View looking northwest at Hancock & Dow Building Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio J. Williams, photo 5/86 SEP 1 6 1985 elevation Upper facade detail, main 35 East Fourth Street Hancock & Dow Building Neg. @ 391 Library Pk. S., Cols. J. Williams, photo 5/86 corner 35 East Fourth Street Building detail, southwest Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Neg. @ 391 Library Pk. S., Cols. Hancock & Dow Building Photo # J.
Williams, photo 5/86 Building detail, southwest corner Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio 35 East Fourth Street Hancock & Dow Building Neg. @ 391 Library Pk. S., Cols. - Neg. @ 391 Library Pk., S., Cols. Photo # 7 Hancock and Dow Building J. Williams photo, 7/86 Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio Rear view 21-35 East Fourth St. Photo # Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio Hancock and Dow Building Second floor detail, front rooms J. Williams photo, 7/86 21-35 East Fourth St. Neg. @ 391 Library Pk., S., Cols SEP 1 6 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MANSFIELD NORTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MANSFIELD NORTH, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION STATE OF OHIO City of Mansfield, Ohio August 8, 1986 RECEIVED AUG 1 1 10C6 Mr. David Simmons Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Mr. Simmons: I, along with property owners and the Mansfield Savings Bank, 4 E. 4th Street May Building, 22-32 S.
Park Street Bissman Block, 193 N. Main Street City Mills Building, 160 N. Main Street Hancock & Dow Building, 21 E. 4th Street ETM : dw I. Wagner 30 North Diamond Street - Mansfield, Ohio 44902 - 419/ 526-2600 Mayor File properties to the National Park Service for their Property Owners community, heartily support the listing of these listings would be greatly appreciated. Any assistance you can give to expediate these 1985 Velma Avenue Ohio Historic Preservation Office Edward T. Meehan . Mayor review and approval: Cordially \ELD RECEIVED AUG 1 3 1986 Buckeye Bakery, Inc. 21 East Fourth Street Mansfield, Ohio 44902 August 11, 1986 Mr. David Simmons Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 RE: Hancock and Dow Building 21 East Fourth Street, Mansfield, Ohio Dear Mr.
Simmons: As the owner of the Hancock and Dow Building in Mansfield, Ohio, National Register of Historic Places. : ckp 419/522-2341 Sincerely, President Iwana Wagner accelerate the nomination process. Dan Seckel Mayor Meehan Iam requesting that your office waive the comment period and Thank you for considering my building worthy of this honor. I am aware of and support the nomination of my building to the Harold Roth 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 September 9, 1986 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief .1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 nominations for Gatewood, Gallia County; Bissman Building, Hancock and Dow Building, Mansfleld Savings Bank and May Realty Company all in Richland New Submiss ions Bell House Hancock and Dow Building W.
Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Office 614/466-1500 SOCIETY Licking Cuyahoga Enclosures HISTORICAL Gatewood Richland County Gallia appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new Ohio Historic Preservation Office Dear Carol: Sincerely, Evans-Holton-Owens House National Park Service WRL:bp Bissman Block May Realty Building National Register of Historic Places Mansfield Savings Bank Department of the Interior Please contact me if you have any questions. Enclosed are seven new National Register nominations.All of the
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