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NPS Form 10-000 OMB No. 1024-0018 FEB 0 5 1990 and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets 1. Name of Property DR. LONGENECKER OFFICE BUILDING Location street & number city, town L vicinity Classification X private _ buildings - sites J public-Federal . structures listed in the National Register 0 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: J See continuation sheet. National Register other, (explain:) Noncontributing county 43085 Entered in the public-State public-local district state historic name Registration Form WORTHINGTON Number of Resources within Property removed from the National Register.
Category of Property Register. See continuation sheet. Number of contributing resources previously National Register of Historic Places object zip code State or Federal agency and bureau other names/site number Ownership of Property determined eligible for the National Date Signature of the Keeper determined not eligible for the National Park Service Signature of commenting or other official United States Department of the Interior not for publication This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines Name of related multiple property listing: entered in the National Register. (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
Worthington Multiple Resource Area Signature of centifying official Date of Action 633-5 HIGH STREET for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, XInomination Lrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the FRANKLIN 379 Total 049 OHIO 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE: business multiple dwelling 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation_stucco The Describe present and historic physical appearance. additions c. 1926.
It is brick-bearing wall construction on a limestone foundation with a The commercial window has a single sash in the bottom half topped with three!g-light sash. The north elevation has 1 8/1 light double-hung window and a single door entry with transom casement windows (with 2 side panels of 10 lights each and a center panel of 15 lights). the original building are a 6/1 light double hung window on the 2nd floor and the exterior single door basement entry (below grade) . northeast corner has a corbeled parapet. All entries on the east and north elevations forming a patio area to the east and its west elevation sits on the rear porperty line. Another 1-story office building was constructed later (c.1938) to the west with a zero lot line. The structure has its own side walls and is on a separate parcel with different owner ship, and is: therefore not included in this nomination.
Craftsman stucco asphalt wood DOMESTIC: Architectural Classification walls Colonial Revival The building has a frame,2-story hip roof addition on the west elevation which is have been restored. to match the originals. (enter categories from instructions) See continuation sheet hung windows and a single entry door on the lst floor.These windows are also replacements The west elevation has 2 additions which date to c.926.The visible c.1917 openings of built c. 1820 and extensively remodeled to its present appearance in 1917 with subsequent the west end of the main building. It is a 2-story, 3 X 3 bay rectangular structure elevation) gable end. The facade also has 3 6/1 light double-hung windows in the 2nd story (replacenent windows exactly matghing, the originals) and 2 single door entries with stuccoed and recessed off New England Avenue (built 1917-1918).
There are 2 6/1 light double hung windows on the 2nd floor of the north sade and a pair of 6/1 light double- A 1-story frame porch attached to the west of the above addition was then enclosed and expanded (1 story, part concrete block and part frame, flat roof) c. 1926. It has a single 1987-88 rehabilitation.| All windows have masonry lug sills coated with stucco. single dwelling HEALTH CARE: GOVERNMENT: The double hung windows are replacements exactly;matching the originals and the casements segmental arched transoms and wood bonnots astride a commercial window on the lst story. post office running perpendicular to High Street.One brick chimney with stucco sits on the ridge at roof NPS Form 10-000e OMB ApprovelNo 1024-0018 National Park Service imitative of the original 1917 commercial window in the original section of the building.
1st floor only have been milled new to match the originals. The 2nd støry casements wer e able to be restored/retained. A later commercial building sits adjacent, but not attached, to the south elevation of the Longenecker Building on a separate parcel. which went up through the center of the building where the 2nd floor bath is now located. Interior woodwork is painted and simple. The majority of it dates to the 1917 remodeling of alteration unknown). The upstairs and downstairs front offices were remodeled in the on the 2nd floor during the 1987-88 rehabilitation. The first floor plan of the building includes a large front office and back apartment (now office). The second floor plan includes a 2-room front office, a small bath, a enclosed in 1926. Other uses for it were a beauty shop and apartment.
The Longenecker Office Building is situated on a corner lot with the facade facing High abut the structure on the south and west sides, both on separate parcels of land with their majority of buildings in the commercial section are 2 stories tall and sit on large National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Description cont.: 1960's with paneling, partitions, and dropped ceilings. These alterations were reversed and includes baseboards, cornice molding, paneled doors, window and door trim and hard- original lots which have been sibdivided.Likewise the buildings are primarily of brick built as the residence of the building owner, and was converted to a dentist office 1-room office and a wating room (bathroom, pre-l926).
The 2-story addition was originally United States Department of the Interior ment for this building is common with the other corner"anchor"building to the north 1-story concrete block addition with corbeling and stucco on this elevation (c.1925). (Hotel Central),although the setback is irregular along the commercial area. stippled (c.1970's) and the walls wallpapered.The majority of hardware also dates to Page 2 Section number 7 Longenecker Office Building, Worthington, Ohio, Franklin County windows on the 2nd floor. .These have been replaced to match the originals. There is a window made up of 3 fixed 9-light sash over 1 large fixed single light sash, which is An atrium is formed between the south addition and the rear (west) addition. Wood Interior features include.a 1917 wood stair leading to 2nd flöor offices from the left wood floors.
The walls and ceilings are lathe and plaster and the ceilings have been the 1917 remodeling. There is a mantel with masonry infill in the former apartment (date (former kitchen), bath and office (list floor), and 2 offices on the 2nd floor. The rear west addition has been a single offiee since 1970. It was originally a porch which was Street, in the old two block commercial district south of the Worthington green. Buildings architecture is inter spersed among the better documented 19th c. fabric and later 20th c. multiple light casement windows encircle this atrium with the exception of metal from 1926 until 1938?.It later bacame an apartment.Now it consists of a waiting area west addjtion entry.Prior to the construction of this rear was a stair early 20th c.commercial:buiidings which are heretofore undocumented.This early20th c. o.
Statement of Signiticance Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance Significant Date: Cultural Affiliation Architect/Builder As discussed in the Multiple Resource Area nomination, Worthington is most often the predominance of both of these features, honest early 20th c. examples of architecture have gone undocumented and unrecognized. inclusion of the Colonial Revíval Presbyterian Church (1926-7). It mentions that there are a few late 19th c. and early 20th c. examples of historic architecture, but stops Office Building, as well as a few other early 20th c. buildings (including #677,691, The late 19th c. and early 20th c. was considered the "quiet era" of Worthington's Likewise, other towns were developing in the central Ohio area and competing for the growth that these early 20th c. buildings (mentioned above)represent, including the new Image of Dr.
Longenecker's Office Building. This 20th c. momentum then took a more visible turn, when in 1927 the above- J See continuation sheet 1917 Architecture unknown from Columbus. This provided stronger ties between the two communities, giving Worthington Significant Person Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) commercial architecture in Worthington.It is significant for its Craftsman/Colonial Revival architecture as one of the few examples of high-quality early 20th c.Craftsman/period revival After the introduction of electricity, the interurban cars began to run up High Street short of addressing any 2oth c. commercial structures. The M.R.A.
accurately states The Dr.Longenecker Building is significant under Criteria C in the area of that legitimate expression of the neo-classical style is rare and more often translated the original plat was being planned with early 20th c.housing.It is this phase of noted for its well-preserved Federal influenced early19th c.architecture and its 692,and 694)are exceptions and 11lustrate high quality period revival interpretations. a quiet stop on the Columbus-Sandusky Pike (now High Street) for the horse-drawn coaches. The period of significance of the M.R.A.spans.into the early 2oth c.with the Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) State significance of property, and justity criterla, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. into insensitive pseudo-colonial details and alterations. However, the Dr. Longenecker a "suburban" connection to Columbus.
Virtually unchanged since the Civil War, many of ntioned Presbyterian. Church and a new 1ibrary were built on the Green. Their construction seemed to begin a phase of new development of major public buildings in the Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: history. Its early settlers were dying and the younger generation was moving to Columbus. statewide nationally unfortunate pseudo-colonial alterations and interpretations of the 20th c.Because of the gaps in the commercial district were beginning to be filled in and the perimeter of influenced design which is a result.of its remodeling in 1917. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 "pseudo-colonial" buildings, both for which the community is noted. Then deteriorated, it was purchased by Dr. Claude Longenecker. He completely remodeled on the Ist floor (1917-1935).
His family's residence was in the first and second floor - New England Street, the rear Ist floor of the residence became Dr. Lon Scatterday's the flower box, the addition of a brick planter and stoop in føont of the building, the town (St. John's Parish house, 1927; Library additions, 1931; new Post Office, 1937; trim, cornice moulding and hardware, dating to the 1917 remodeling. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places trends,with its Craftsman influenced stucco treatment, multi-paned casement windows, and bowe Description cont.: Continuation Sheet known uses for the post office location are a dry cleaners, an Isaly's ice cream parlor Dr.
Longenecker Office Building, Worthington, Ohio, Franklin County United States Department of the Interior addition of muntins and mullions in the single light facade windows, and the remodeling Significant interior details include hardwood floors, paneled doors, door & window box was constructed, using historic photographs as a guide for the design, 1987-88. In 1980 the population was 16,611. since been converted to an office also. represents, along with about nine other commercial and public buildings, the early 2oth This building was originally constructed c.1820.At that time its appearance was The Longenecker Office Building reflects a blend of early 2oth century architectural of the front office interiors (only the 2nd floor was reversed,1987-88). A new flower 8. Statement of Significance