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1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) - Coded 3. Location of Negatives 5. Historic or Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Association(s) 28. No. of Stories 4 29. Basement? N/A yes 17. Date(s) or Period 17b. Alteration Date(s) 6a. Lot, Section or VMD Number 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design L High Style 7. City or Village If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 18a. Style of Addition or Element(s) 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 32. Roof Type & Material 19. Architect or Engineer 33. No. of Bays 19a. Design Sources 34. Exterior Wall Material(s) 20. Contractor or Builder smootlu ashlar 21. Building Type or Plan 36. Changes 22. Original Use, if apparent in #42) 9. U.T.M. Reference 37. Window Type(s) Quadrangle Name 23. Present Use - 6 over 6 - 2 over 2 24. Ownership Private - 39. Endangered? 25. Owner's Name & Address, if known By What? 11.
On National 12. N.R. 40. Chimney Placement 13. Part of Estab. 14. District Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 15. Name of Established District (N.R. or Local) 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 1 city block 42. Further Description of Important Interior and Exterior Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) 43. History and Significance (Continue on reverse if necessary) 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings (See #52) 46. Prepared by N. Recchie 47. Organization 48. Date Recorded in Field 45. Sources of Information 49. Revised by 50a. Date Revised 50b. Reviewed by 1923 Side PHOTO acre Site Moved County Architecture Northing Courthouse Register? 614/297-2470 multi Portsmouth Front OHS Stone SOCIETY town. Building paned Easting Scioto Structure Potential?
Flat/Built Concrete/Stone HISTORICAL 4/76 John Adkins unknown Object Altered Courthouse Square Scioto County Commissioners Good example of Second Renaissance Revival Architecture in Portsmouth See separate sheet Frontage on Road Scioto County Courthouse Picture No.(s) Situated in a landscaped square in central business district of Criterion C Public nice and flat roofline emphasize horizontality of design. OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Addition (Explain It replaces the Courthouse of 1837and its addition of 1882. Roll No. Ohio Historic Preservation Office Seventh s+. SCi-6 6. Specific Address or Location Less Lots 369, 370, 379, 35. Plan Shape 4 over 4 17 326140 38. Building Dimensions Casement with rectangular openings elsewhere. A beltcourse, denticular cor- B1dg.
#10 Other Rectangular Second Renaissance Rey Elements less than Boneyfiddle MRA, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio contains inscriptions on all four elevations. The fourth floor, rising wood ceilings. Windows of the building are steel frame, as originally 1923-24 as Scioto County's third courthouse, the building is expressive in experiencing rapid growth and prosperity, and the building reflected local Designed in a Second Renaissance Revival style, the courthouse was the work designed. ornamentation. restrained exterior. Architectural Description: governmental function.
History and Significance: Renaissance Revival style.The building is constructed of brick covered The massive and austere appearance of the courthouse from the exterior is example of the monumental scale which was common for major public buildings classical balustrade is used in the balcony running between the main Sixth and Court Streets of the building expresses the solid foundation and structure of the Scioto County Courthouse The Scioto County Courthouse meets National Register criterion C.Built in The Scioto County Courthouse was designed in a monumental Second Ionic columns which support a projecting classical entablature.The cornice above the entablature runs the perimeter of the building and is of the period.The interior of the building also displays a skillful design which provides a contrast in its color and open space to the more rotunda is very open and topped by a dome with colored glass radiating from the center.The area is further accented by the murals found on the its size and style of the past and future goals of the county and its above the cornice, was built to house the county jail and has little arches in the rotunda.The entrance hall and court rooms have coffered space with a two-story rotunda and murals adding interest and color.The with a veneer of thin gray marble blocks, giving the structure a solid, squinches of the dome and the walls in the entrance hall.
Marble is found not matched by its interior. optimism. At the same time, the austere, classical and monumental presence of John Scudder Adkins, a Cincinnati architect. The building is a good supported by simple pilasters on the other three sides.The frieze in the free-standing columns and in the in-laid floor of the rotunda.A openings on the front and rear facades.T The interior presents a light and voluminous courthouse are tied together on the main facade by the use of 10 collossal The second and third floors of the people.The Courthouse was built at a time when the Portsmouth area was Boneyfiddle MRA, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio Scioto County Courthouse, page 2 the county led to the decision to build a larger facility. Henry Brush, a lawyer from Chillicothe, donated lot no.
380 as a site for construction of downtown Portsmouth, has been used as the location for the Scioto County Contributing buildings: 1 Non-contributing buildings: 0 Alexandria was abandoned in favor of Portsmouth and the first county it was torn down to make way for the existing building in 1923.The site, although located in a residential neighborhood and outside the heart of the new courthouse.This building was completed in 1837 and was used until courthouse was built at Second and Market Streets in 18l6.The growth of Scioto County was established in l803 with a county seat at Alexandria on Courthouse for l50 years. the west bank of the Scioto River.Because of flooding problems, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Scioto County, OHIO I1. Newman, William, House 12. Odd Fellows Hall No. 1 14. Portsmouth Foundry and 15. Purdum--Tracy House 19.
Steindam House Attest Name State District Date/Signature Page Machine Works Nomination/Type of Review Continuation Sheet Section number Thematic Group National Register of Historic Places Multiple Resource Area 18. Sixth Street Historic National Register Boneyfiddle MRA 20. Streich Apartments National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Keeper Reeper 16. Reed, Joseph G., Company 17. Scioto County Courthouse Batered in WASO Form - 177 EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET OCT 26 1987 Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - Lappeal Lsample J request _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 J unaltered J original site J moved summary paragraph resubmission Category Date completeness alterations/integrity yes Ownership REJECT fair Status Condition Accessible Discipline Reviewer unexposed Recom./Criteria clarity deteriorated boundary selection Nomination returned for: Working No. RETURN 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Scioto County Substantive Review: see continuation sheet NR decision Present Use Reviewer's comments: Scioto County Courthouse (Boneyfiddle MRA) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Has this property been determined eligible? UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Public Acquisition NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Check one ("R" June 1984) Date Due:11/26/82-/2/10/82 ruins OHIO Action: 8.
Significance - completeness J applicable criteria - relating significance to the resource - justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name - 11. Form Prepared By _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Phone: - GPO 918-450 Builder/Architect Date Signed title state context justification of areas checked clarity UTM References Photographs _national Maps 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Verbal boundary description and justification Specific dates The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: summary paragraph Statement of Significance