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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century hotel with a deep verandah across its front. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Hotel Courtland

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,072 words across 9 pages, filed in 1987. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 87001195, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

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

1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) Criterion C 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories Basement? Yes k 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town Ilf Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 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 Public Road? 36. Changes Addition O Private - in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference Board of stark Co. Commissione s 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure O Building *l 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 Design is based on 16th century Roman palaces, with stone facing on the first two floors, round arches above the 3 central ranks of windows, and a classical cornice at the roofline. .recessed 2nd story balconey above, the main entrance has paired hung, except on the 6th floor, where windows are arched. The (over) revival styles, and is certainly the best surviving example of a Tilden commercial bldg. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings In the central business district adjacent to the courthouse, on the main east-west 46. Prepared by 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1905 614/466-1500 demolition SOCIETY Canton Easting Zone Hotel commerce unknown Register? 9/86 Underway? Front Exterior street. flat fair County Northing Stark Eligible?

Renaissance Revival HISTORICAL Interior (Explain Guy Tilden Canton Preservation Society County Administration Bldg. Office building steel frame/brick OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Jeff Brown Hotel Courtland Stark County Office Building best reflects Tilden's successful turn away from medieval designs to more modern classica The Stark County Historical Society. bond brick Legacy of Guy Tilden of Canton. 209 w. Tuscarawas Ave. Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio History 82(3-4):124-141. 45|1|6|300 5. Other Name(s) 35. Plan Shape rectangular Altered f No O 15. Nar7A of Established District Ionic columns & decorative balustrade. Windows are 1/1 double Along with the former Canton Public Library, this buildin 45. Sources of Information Johannesen, Eric 1973 "The Architectural 5. Other Name(s) Historic Name Ave poor Side Frontage on Road Potent'?

Tilden's new classic designs." 42.Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) running bond brick Became the St.Francis ca.1948,Stark Co.0ffices in 1965-66.Reputedly the Tuscaraw 50. House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan Code No. Name 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed C Smoke House, O Silo D Carriage House B Summer Kitchen O or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Groand Earthworks or Mound D Cultural Materials Noted D OAI No. 42. (Cont'd) the main entrance, but the exterior is otherwise intact. The first 2 floor interiors have been extensively altered, but still retain marble stairways & wainscoting, and brass building and lack of maintenance, although it still seems to be structurally sound. Verbal Boundary Description- Less than one acre.

Canton City Lot 2 Type Other Spring House Roll No. motif.Interior condition of the building is poor, due to inappropriate use as an office although the Tilden coat-of-arms is incorporated into the stair railings as a decorative unverified.Hotel was the social center of Canton until the construction of the Barn Type(s) roof line balustrade was removed many years ago and a metal canopy added over Picture No(s). Onesto Hotel in 1930. one of the organizational meetings of the NFL in l920,although this is Noxx Name NPS Form 10-900-a JUN I O 1987 Stark County, OHIO 2. Case Mansion 3. Fife, Harry E.,House 4. Harvard Company-Weber 5.

Hotel Courtland Company Cover State Name Attest Date/Signature Keeper Continuation Sheet Dental Manufacturing Page Belmont Buffet National Register of Historic Places Thematic Group Section number Nomination/Type of Review Multiple Resource Area National Park Service National Register United States Department of the Interior Ratered in the OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 1.Bender's Restaurant--tored in the WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Hotel Courtland (Architecture of Guy Tilden in JUN 10 1987 Canton: 1885-1905 TR) Fed. Reg. Date: 72/82 nomination by person or local government - REJECT - owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal Asample Jrequest - NR decision _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3.

Classification Present Use 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description J excellent -unaltered - original site - moved Category Accessible dates ruins Ownership Condition deteriorated Status completeness unexposed Stark County Substantive Review: RETURN clarity 6. Representation in Existing Surveys summary paragraph alterations/integrity good fair Public Acquisition Working No. boundary selection Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance resubmission Reviewer's comments: Check one NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Date Due: yes Discipline Action: 87001195 8. Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J completeness relating significance to the resource J justification of exception 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: - local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Signed - Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Builder/Architect Date context clarity applicable criteria Maps Photographs title Specific dates UTM References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas checked Verbal boundary description and justification _state summary paragraph Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to relationship of integrity to significance _national Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Quadrangle name Other Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period THE COURTLAND HOTEL Canton. 1986 Photo 3 Hotel Courtland, Guy Tilden Thematic Resource Dick Duaan nhoto, nea. at Lee Studios, N. View: south facade, east elevation 203 W.

Tuscarawas Ave., Canton, Stark Cn., OH MERGUS THE COURTLAND HOTEL Canton. 1986 Photo 3a Dick Duaan nhoto, nea. at Lee Studios, N. Hotel Courtland, Guv Tilden Thematic Resources View: east elevation 2n9 '. Tuscarawas Ave., Canton, Stark Co., n! Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000606 Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property