Nomination for Uniopolis Town Hall

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NPS Form 10,000 United States Department of the Interior JUN 2 3 1994 (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property other names/site number 2. Location street & number not for publication city, town State code OH zip code 45888 3. Classification Ownership of Property _ buildings Xpublic-local Structure listed in the National Register 0. 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designatedauthority under the National Historic Praservation Act of1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National Register of HistoricPlaces andmeets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. Signature of certitying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office =- OH SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5.

National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: determined not elible for the removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Mo Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Noncontributing Uniopolis private district National Register object public-State public-Federal Registration Form Date Uniopolis Town Hall Total National Register of Historic Places Ohio Entered in the Number of Resources within Property Number of contributing resources previously INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION county Auglaize The Divinity Church of the United Brethren in Christ historic name Category of Property See continuation sheet. National Park Service entered in the National Register. Name of related multiple property listing: site determined eligib for the National In my opinion, the property _meets Ldoes not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet.

vicinity Uniopolis Town Hall, Auglaize Co., OH 6. Function or Use Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Government/City Hall Work in Progress Social/Meeting Hall Recreation & Culture/Auditorium 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) foundation concrete walls - Describe present and historic physical appearance. A gable-fronted frame vestibule with panelled, double entrance doors Meeting the ceiling in a curve, the plaster walls are trimmed by a into the south end of the room. with a hip-roofed, one-story frame addition with vehicular entrance (for In 1919, however, Uniopolis officials became even more ambitious, deter- through the sale of bonds.

asphalt Architectural Classification weatherboard other See continuation sheet most addition bears no trace of the vehicular entrance, its proportions trative and photographic evidence suggests that the hall's bevelled this addition, which also features bevelled siding. Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) and other features match exactly. The 1919 project cost $2500, generated Mid-19th Century/Gothic Revival sidewalls;its windows and siding replicate the original building.A in 1910. siding has always been painted white.

A photograph from the 1917 Atlas of Auglaize County depicts the Town Hall The Uniopolis Town Hall is located on Ohio Street(State Route 67) near Lancet-shaped, 4/4 double-hung sash windows are symmetrically placed mining to make another addition,excavate a basement, and lay a new foun- The simple interior of the Town Hall retains a high degree of integrity. second rear addition features a hipped roof and narrower bevelled siding. Swinging double doors of pine separate the vestibule from the large main the"matching"extension addition inserted between it and roof NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use arly Page 2 The vestibule was added in the winter of 1953-54, replacing a central A drawing from the 1880 Atlas of Auglaize County depicts the building with a steeple, which by 1917, had been reduced to a square bell tower.

When the building was reroofed in 1953, the tower itself was removed, One other building is located to the rear of the property, the Uniopolis entrance with lancet-shaped doorway. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form date entered front of the building. Municipal Building. This rectangular, flat-roofed, concrete block equipment, among other functions. Uniopolis Town Hall, Auglaize Co., OH 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation iment of the village of Uniopolis, Auglaize County, Ohio. (No United Brethren Church ever seems to have been constructed in here, the village council has always made the building available to the entire community (for free, or for a rental fee as low as $2 or $5). Town * See continuation sheet 1901-1944 publication.

unknown denomination in the village of Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio." Significant Person For almost ninety-five years, the Uniopolis Town Hall has been immeasurably ship of said church."The request was granted with the stipulation that The Uniopolis Town Hall qualifies for inclusion on the National Register Architect/Builder Church for $85.By 1880,the congregation had built the steeple-capped of Historic Places under Criterion A.The building is the physical embod- Period of Significance had met on the second story of a local grocery for a year.

frame church depicted in the Auglaize County Atlas of that year.No erected thereon which will be more commodious and more useful for member- name only...and the object of making said sale is that another and of the United Brethren in Christ petitioned the Auglaize County Common of the Original Plat of Uniopolis to the Trustees of the United Brethren Hall was the site of christinas and other school programs as well as Social-History On December Hartung and his wife sold In-Lots 13and 14 In 1901 the trustees of what is then referred to as the Divinity Church other reference to the church is made in the in a similar 1898 Certifying official has consideredthe significance of this property in relation to other properties: X]locally The trustees therefore sold the church to the Village of Uniopolis for statewide nationally coincidence for the newly incorporated village of Uniopolis, whose council State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.

ers claimed that the congregation "is practically extinct and exists in Applicable National Register Criteria the proceeds be used to pay the costs of the that the NPS Form10.900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use anly Continuation sheet 1 Item number 8 Department sponsors an annual summer jamboree, for which the village hall The village of Uniopolis is located in Union Township in the eastern half However, according to Williamson's History of Western Ohio and Auglaize a hotel, blacksmith and wagon shops, a lumber yard/sawmill, elevator, and thevillage council granted the society a $1 per year, five-year lease on National Register of Historic Places room for concessions. township residents. the building.

Inventory-Nomination Form Page 2 community has reached out to all its members, providing them with govern- the county's establishment. Institutes" were also held here through the 1940s, providing educational has consistently served as the planning center, dance hall, and supply Uniopolis Town Hall,Uniopolis, Auglaize County, Ohio Hall, stating publicly that the building had outlived its usefulness. importance--and founded the Uniopolis Historical Society.In early 1994 the 2oth century, the number of village residents has hovered within fifty removed during a scrap drive, three jail cells in the rear of the building In 1993,the Uniopolis Village Council made plans to demolish the Town two general stores, two hardware stores, two restaurants, two physicians, Local citizens rallied around the building--a true testimony of its commencement exercises through the 1940s.

It has played host to county sessions and entertainment--seed corn contests, bake-offs, and talent shows--for area farmers. fire department meetings, and basketball practices. Weeklong "Farmers' school board meetings, farm bureau gatherings, church programs, traveling Therefore, the significance of the Uniopolis Town Hall does not rest with ment education.No other building embraces so man larger village of Waynesfield.It was platted in 1837,eleven years before medicine shows, square and round dances, wedding receptions, regional of this figure, with the township population varying from 1187 (1940) to tile factory.The population was then estimated at 400.

tion of the Ohio Southern Railroad" in 1892.By 1905,Uniopolis boasted By 1910,the population had fallen to 245.Throughout the remainder of of Auglaize between the county seat of Wapakoneta and the (3-82) 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Auglaize County Auditor's Records (Wapakoneta: Auylaize County Courthouse) Auglaize County Courthouse, July 13, 1901) Ohio: wm. Linn & Sons, 1905) Primary location of additional data: XX State historic preservation offica previously listed in the National Register Other State agency designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey * Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property - L See continuation sheet Lots 13 and 14, Original Plat of Uniopolis 11. Form Prepared By organization - - date - city or town- - state _ zip code 45895 Other Wapakoneta University Zone C.W.

Williamson, A History of Western Ohio and Auglaize County (Columbus, Local government Uniopolis Town Hall, Augliaze Co., OH Historical Publishing Company, 1923) Boundary Justification Specify repository: The Atlas of Auglaize County (Philadelphia: Robert Sutton, 1880) has been requested Zone Easting Federal agency associated with the property.

Verbal Boundary Description The Atlas of Auglaize Atlas Publishing Ohio 16th Federal Census: Statistics of Population (Columbus:1940) William J.McMurray, The History of Auglaize County, Ohio (Indianapolis: UTM Reterences March 10, 1994 Village of Uniopolis Council Records, courtesy of Herb Blank, former clerk Uniopolis Historical Society previously determined eligible by the National Register A 1,6 The boundary includes the village lots that have historically been 29 1/2 East Auglaize Street Auglaize County Recorder's Records (Wapakoneta: Auglaize County Courthouse) The Atlas and History of Auglaize County Magee Bros.Co.,1917) less than one acre Onio NPS Form 10.900-a Continuation sheet 1 Item number Photographs location of negatives: with Rachel Barber Photographer facing north. Interior shot. Taken 3/94.

Illustration fron the 1880 Atlas of Auglaize County with the building photographer: Page National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form this nomination: Photographer facing east; the building's west side.Window detail. in the background. National Park Service name of property: Rachel Barber Uniopolis Town Hall date entered Photographer facing southwest; the building's north (facade) and east sides. Taken 8/93. Photographer facing northwest;the building's south and east sides. Taken 8/93. United States Department of the Interior #12.Photograph from the 1917 Atlas of Auglaize County. For NPS usn cnly Uniopolis, Ohio Photographer facing south; the building's north side. Vestibule city and state: (Augliaze Co.) Photographer facing east; the building's west side.Taken 8/93.

The following information is the same for all photographs submitted with east sides.A winter (unshaded) alternative to #1.Taken 3/94. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: APPEAL: N N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.

/CRITERIA MULTIPLE RETURN REVIEWER DATE DISCIPLINE 8/07/94 NAME: 6/23/94 PERIOD: OTHER: PDIL: NATIONAL: Entered in the 7/22/94 PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: 7/06/94 ACCEPT DATA PROBLEM:N DATEational Register DATE OF PENDING LIST: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION FUNCTION DESCRIPTION CLASSIFICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY acreage SIGNIFICANCE current context count Period clarity materials completeness historic photographs Date architectural classification Builder/Architect justification of areas checked _presentation Signed summary paragraph relating significance to the resource sketch maps Phone boundary justification verbal boundary description Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to UTMS relationship of integrity to significance resource type OTHER COMMENTS applicable criteria justification of exception Specific dates Areas of Significance--Check and justify below USGS maps Statement of Significance one paragraph) other descriptive text untopolis Town Hall statc Kovte 67 phntograpnertacing sw novtncast sides pnotoorapn#1 Barber,@/a3 pnotoorapn#2 pnotrograpner facing se Mortnrestsiacs (avgjlaize co.) facing cast Uniopolis Town Hali Barber; 8/43 uniopolis town Hal #4/12 nortn siac Eacing south pnotogrupn#5 #512 unopolis town Hall (avo)aizc co.) vniopolis Town Hall ph.tacing cast window dctnil uniopolls Town Hail State Route61 uniopolis, onio Burber, 3/au pnotooraphtrtacing sw 7/12 Photograph#7 MUNICI AL UNIOPCIS nerth side (facade) of pnotoorapn#s uniopolis Tern Hall pnotograpn #a pn,facing southeast Barber; 3lau uniopelis Town Hall avolaizcco uniopolls Town Hall (avglaize co.) pn.facing north RES & STORE DF DANIEL FOCHT, UNIOPOLIS, AUGLAIZE CO pnotoeyapn#11 TOWN HALL, UNIOPOLIS pnotonraph #12 avglalzc county #12/12 AltAS Wniopolis town Hal photo crom ian county 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Uniopolis Town UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIOPOLIS QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO - AUGLAIZE CO.

STATE OF OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Town Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 June 16, 1994 Carol Shull, Chief of Registration SINCE 1885 National Register of Historic Places P. O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION James Baxter House John Miller House Liggett-Freedlander House If you have questions or comments about these documents, contact this office. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer JUN 2 3 1994 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION SOCIETY COUNTY 614/297-2470 Tuscarawas Hamilton Auglaize HISTORICAL enclosures Wayne Stark Sincerely, Butler Franklin Ragersville School RECEIVED 413 Greenwood Cemetery Science Hill School NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Bradford Shoe Company Building Dear Ms.

Shull: Uniopolis Town Hall Enclosed please find eight (8) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have OHIO