Nomination for Carroll Township Hall

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 FEB 0 S 1990 RECEIVED JUL 3 1 1989 the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property Location street & number city, town [x] vicinity state Ohio 3. Classification Ownership of Property 1buildings _objects listed in the National Register _ As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Xentered in the National Register. J See continuation sheet.

|determined eligible for the National Jdetermined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Noncontributing structure public-Federal district public-State Total Registration Form Date National Register. Oak Harbor Carroll Township Hall National Park Service historic name not for publication Number of Resources within Property State/Federal Agency Certification Category of Property Signature of commenting or other official Number of contributing resources previously Date of Action Toussaint East Road and Behlman Road Signature of certifying official removed from the National Register. National Register of Historic Places other names/site number N/A This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.

See instructions in Guidelines State or Federal agency and bureau Xpublic-local Name of related multiple property listing: United States Department of the Interior zip code Entered in the private site for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering Register. See continuation sheet. X nomination National Registerof Historic Places and meets theprocedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. 123 county Ottawa Ohio 385 Signature of the Keeper Function or Use Government/ City Hall Social/ Meeting Hall 7. Description walls Weatherboard 40 feet northeast from the town hall. It was built in 1925 and is constructed of narrow have been erected on the town hall lot around 1920, but may have been first built off-site construction.

Asphalt roof foundation_Limestone The east and west sides of the building each display three 2/2 double hung windows.

Architectural Classification See continuation sheet arched entry with sliding pocket doors flanked by a pair of doorways with simple panelled the door identifies the building as the Carroll Township Hall while an incised pendant (enter categories from instructions) 2/2 light window, the only apparent alteration of the hall's exterior.(7-8) The approximately 20' x 30' one story hall is of wood frame construction finished building originally measured 20'x 14'but two later shed roofed additions have increased Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Other: Materials (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) The Carroll Township Hall is a simple functional rectangular building situated in area and immediately surrounded by well kept farm fields.(l-4)The hall is exceptional chairs, two clerk's cupboards, a lawyer bookcase, a desk and a meeting table, all of which Describe present and historic physical appearance.

The side windows are treated in similar manner to the front windows.(5-3) north of the first shed with both storage buildings being 40' to 45' west of the town hall. Work in progress Mid-19th Century in that both its interior and exterior show little sign of alteration from its 1880 ornament hangs from beneath the south gable. (9-10) (13) Additional interior furnishings include captain's Outbuildings include an outhouse, a wood sided storage building and a metal sided storage building. chimney highlights the gable roof. The three bay south face features a panelled double (11) and the smaller 10' x 20' Justice of the Peace room (12) feature wood plank doors. The small back room was apparently used as a voting precinct as three wood frame is a non-contributing resource. The 5' x 7'gable roofed outhouse is located approximately in 1905 and subsequently re-erected on the hall lot.

The gable roofed, vertical plank virtually the geographic center of Carroll Township in an undeveloped, decidedly rural Other: Vernacular Greek Revival The north end of the hall is solid sided with the exception of a long, narrow 2 part straight hoodmolds and set off by plain flush surrounds and lugsills.(5-8) A sign above voting booths are erected there. 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

1880 - 19401 Architect/Builder Enos E. Williams and James H. Flero its construction, the hall was used by local governmental agencies and officers such the township trustees, the township school board, the township board of health, the township clerk and the township justices of the peace. In addition, the hall served for building style of the Carroll Township Hall is fairly common, the Carroll Township Hall a large number of German immigrants began to settle in the township, clearing the forests Due perhaps to the township's rural nature and lack of meeting facilities, the township hall. From its construction in 1880 until a new hall was built in 1981, the X See continuation sheet residents. Architecture Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation Significant Person Carroll Township.

Social History Politics/ Government and raising livestock.Agriculture continues to be the primary industry in the township hall and acquired a significance within its community far greater than expected for a Period of Significance Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: State significance of property,and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Carroll Township was formed in 1836 and has always been a decidedly rural township Applicable National Register Criteria communities from the late 19th century to present day.

today and the township remains largely undeveloped with less than 30o0 year-round cost of approximately $880.o0.The construction contract was awarded to two local men, The Carroll Township Hall is eligible under criteria A because for over 100years The Carroll Township Hall was erected between June and September of 1880 at a X locally the hall served as the government and social center of the rural Carroll Township is quite unusual in that the building itself has remained virtually unaltered over the and turning their attention to agricultural pursuits such as growing wheat, corn and oats nationally groups.

township governments in serving the transportative and emergency service needs of rural statewide many years as one of the principal meeting places for the community's various social Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Carroll Township Hall served as the governmental, social service and social center for last lo9 years while the site and outbuildings reflect the ongoing role played by Enos E.Williams and James H.Floro.Around 1920 a storage shed was built on the hall 1954 a second shed was built to house the township snowplow. Section number _ Page In addition to the trustees, justices of the peace held court at the hall until the 1940's and 1950's.

-The functionally plain, gable-roofed, vernacular, 1 story, 3 x 3 bay building most area township halls were located in villages or towns, were typically two story remaining structures have beeen significantly altered and/or added to, the Carroll furnishings such as table, cabinet, bookcases and even voting booths still in place. Continuation Sheet typically were concerned with building and maintaining township roads and bridges, club called the Wednesday P.M.club used the hall for its meetings and parties during National Park Service National Register of Historic Places which facilitated settlement and transportation within the township and with maintaining technicians were held at the hall and the township ambulence and fire trucks were housed in the adjacent storage buildings.

functions, the Carroll Township Hall has always been used for township social and storage building was originally constructed to house a road roller and sprinkling during the 1930's.

while many of these remaining buildings were long ago adapted for other uses and Hall is fairly unique among area buildings of this type.First of all many of the old .completion of the new building,the old Carroll Township Hall served basically asa ceremonies over the same period.The township dartball team met at the hall for wagon used to maintain township roads while the newer shed was built to house the which replaced earlier wood shingle roofs and an early added back window are the only and monthly dances.A local 4-H club also used the hall for its meetings and In 1980 construction was begun on a new Carroll Township Hall.Following United States Department of the Interior during the late.19th century for public buildings such ashallsor district The Carroll Township Hall Oak Harbor, Ottawa County, Ohio governmental purposes.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, while most of these testimony to the on-going functional nature of the site. As noted above, the older The Carro11 Township trustees met regularly at the hall. Trustee meetings council met at the hall from around 1920 until 1965 for meetings, lessons, recreation currently being repaired and renovated with the idea of a township museum in mind. schoolhouses, and many of these buildings remain extant. However the Carroll Township area township halls have been torn down and replaced with newer structures. Secondly, brick buildings and were usually joint township and municipal village halls. Thirdly, much as it did in the late 1880's. A now comparatively old asphalt shingle roof, right down to its hardwood floors, with many late 19th and early 20th century services, township fire trucks and an ambulence were housed in these outbuildings.

trustees were also concerned with poor relief, purchasing and distributing groceries Township Hall has seen no major alterations or additions. when a new school building was built.The township Board of Health held its meetings ditches and culverts which provided drainage and irrigation of the.township fields.The The.Carroll Township Hall was also one of few available sites within the township practices and matches with area teams from around 1920 to 1938,and a local women's at the hall from 1893 to 1919.The hall also served as one of the townships voting 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Kahl Brothers, Inc. Toledo, Ohio 1987. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Ottawa County, Ohio. H.H. Hardesty, publ. Chicago, Illinois. 1874. Interview with Nelson Dornbusch, longtime township resident. Interview with George Applegate, longtime township resident. Interview with Arvilla Winter, longtime township resident. -preiiminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) X State historic preservation office -previously listed in the National Register Record # 10. Geographical Data 11.

Form Prepared By organization e date July 27, 1989 telephone (419) 734-2337 _ state Ohio _ zip code 43452 University Northing Other Local government Federal agency See continuation sheet has been requested Verbal Boundary Description Specify repository: Other State agency thence North along the.west line of said Section Nine rods thence East Nine rods thence UTM References South Nine rods thence West Nine rods to place of commencment containing one half acre of previously determined eligible by the National Register Ohio Historic Preservation Office land in Section Fifteen Town seven Range Fifteen.See continuation sheet recorded by Historic American Engineering Primary location of additional data: recorded by Historic American Buildings designated a National Historic Landmark And known as and being a parcel of land situated in the County of Ottawa in the State of Previous documentation on file (NPS): located on the lot.

Boundary Justification Zone Easting The verbal boundary description is from the 1880 deed conveying the town hall lot to the Survey # Acreage of property Less than l.acre street & number 229 Alice Street city or town Port Clinton Carroll Township trustees and includes the town hall itself and all the outbuildings Zone Minutes. Carroll Township Board of Trustees.

the South West corner of North West quarter of Section fifteen Town Seven Range fifteen Ohio and in the Township of Carroll and bounded and describedas follows:Commencing at 146103780 NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N DATE National Register 2/05/90 MULTIPLE 3/09/90 DATE REVIEWER 3/22/90 DISCIPLINE RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: NAME: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE RECEIVED: Entered in the ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N RETURN PROPERTY Carroll Township Hall REASONS FOR REVIEW: _count _Clarity _justification of exception _sketch maps current FUNCTION acreage DESCRIPTION materials BIBLIOGRAPHY context other Period historic SIGNIFICANCE completeness Builder/Architect descriptive text justification of areas checked architectural classification applicable criteria Date CLASSIFICATION Specific dates summary paragraph boundary justification Phone OTHER COMMENTS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION relationship of integrity to significance verbal boundary description relating significance to the resource resource type USGS maps GEOGRAPHICAL DATA STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION Signed Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of significance one paragraph) UTMS _presentation photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Carroll Township Hall K Johanmson Camera feingw K Jhannsen K Jhannsen May,1989 Carvoll Township Hall CARROLL TUP STOP may 1989 CARROLL TUP.

( K Johannsen Camera facing ne CARROLL TWP. K Tohannsen May Mat K Tchannsen K Thannser May CARROLL TWP. K Johannsen May 1a9 K Tohannsen May 1989 Carrall Township Hall May, 1989 K.Johawnsen facing ne - Oak Harbor, Ohio B.Gyde Oak Havkur, Ohes K. Jahannsen K Jahannson May 1989 OAK HARBOR QUADRANGLE VTM: 17- 322710-4603780 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) OAK HARBOR, OHIO UNITED STATES OAK HARBOR QUADRANGLE FEB 0 5 1990 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 January 25, 1990 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Station in Logan, Ohio, these photographs were taken in April of 1988. Hoadley, George, House McFar land, James, House W.

Ray Luce WRL/JW: dh Hocking SOCIETY Henry Enclosure 614/297-2470 County HISTORICAL Knox New Submissions Ladies Comfort Station Franklin nrohp/nat408.r Longnecker Office Building First Presbyterian Church Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Park Service Sincerely, North Main Street Historic District Department of the Interior State Historic Preservation Officer notification procedures have been followed for these.new submtssions. Dear Carol: Please contact me if you have any questions. Carroll Township Hall In regard to the use of labels on the photographs of the Ladies Comfort Ottawa Enclosed are seven new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate