Decorative drawing: a one-room schoolhouse with a bell cupola. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Ragersville School

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,155 words across 15 pages, filed in 1994. 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 94000777, 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.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

NPS Form 10-900 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Name of Property other names/site number _ 2. Location - not for publication city or town - - vicinity State. - code 3. State/Federal Agency Certification -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of meets does notmeet the National Register criteria.I recommend that thisproperty be considered significant Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification V entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) - Ragersville comments.) Date TUS-857-1 Register.
Ohio National Register Registration Form 10024-0018 National Register of Historic Places National Park Service JUN 2 3 1994 entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. historic name _ street & number - I hereby certify that the property is: code 157 - zip code 44681 Date of Action Ragersville School National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "xin the appropriate box or 8807 Tusc.Co. Rd. 52 SW Run Rd.) 5. Classification & building(s) - district - object Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use RECREATION & CULTURE/museum 7.
Description slate structures Narrative Description private Architectural Classification public-local other sites Current Functions Ragersville School Materials Number of Resources within Property Total County and State walls EDUCATION/school Greek Revival in the National Register roof Historic Functions Number of contributing resources previously listed wood Category of Property (Enter categories from instructions) Ownership of Property Noncontributing Name of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) (Check onty one box) foundation_stone Tuscarawas County, Ohio (Check as many boxes as apply) NPS Form 10-000-a United States Department of the Interior Tuscarawas Co., Ohio The Ragersville School is a simple, rectangular plan one- main intersection, of county roads 46 and 52, in the center of Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Ragersville School A tooled sandstone foundation supports the front-gable, National Park Service immediately east of the school.
hung wood sash with wood slip sills and simple surrounds. constructed just east of the school house after the lot was interior has been restored to match the original design, with south of the second church is located up the hill to school still survive. OMB Approvel Na. 1024-0018 Section number _ the village. The former Lutheran Church is located immediately Cornerboards, a 4-light transom over the 4-panel door, and a the school. The slate roof may be original, but the small, ceilina. a blackboard, and a Bellows Stove Company stove. Although located on its original site, a newer building was Page weatherboard-sided building. Windows are nine-over-six double- the north, and a newer house of undetermined age is situated room school built about l830.It is located by Ragersville's plain frieze with the Greek Revival design of 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

X A Property is associated with events that have made X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and ca. 1830 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. -A owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. -G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other -recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering 1871 Bibilography Architecture Education Register Unknown Criteria Considerations Significant Dates Period of Significance religious purposes. Architect/Builder Applicable National Register Criteria for National Register listing.) our history. (Enter categories from instructions) Significant Person individual distinction.
Cultural Affiliation Narrative Statement of Significance distinguishable entity whose components lack Areas of Significance a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Name of Property significant in our past. Property is: CFR 67) has been requested Primary location of additional data: B Property is associated with the lives of persons County and State Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/ A Record # (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Name of repository: (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Ragersville School Tuscarawas County, Ohio Tuscarawas County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data - See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title Jeffrey D. Brown/Regional Coordinator Feb. 2, 1994 city or town - Can ton .
state Ohio Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) street & number_ P.O. Box 6 - telephone a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).
instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect Zone Easting Additional Documentation Maps Photographs Northing Additional items Ragersville School organization Ohio Historic Preservation Office Boundary Justification Continuation Sheets Property Owner name Ragersville Historical Society Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Verbal Boundary Description County and State additional UTMreferences ona continuation sheet.) Name of Property (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) -telephone _216-438-0404 - zip code_44702 - zip code44681 of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O.Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Estimated Burden Statement:Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.
Acreage of Propertyless than one (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) NPS Form 10-000e OME Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Tuscarawas Co., Ohio Ragersville School is nominated under Criteria A and C, for attached to education by their inhabitants, despite often limited financial resources.
Ragersville School Continuation Sheet changing philosophies of education which favored closing the National Park Service Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Most of Auburn Township was originally part of Bucks subsequent development pressure, it is indeed rare for such small one-room schools in favor of larger consolidated schools, Ragersville and Auburn Township, and as an early and significant four school the Ragersville School in District most one-room schools in ohio had shut their doors by the end of most Ohio children received their education in one-room its association with the early development of education in acquired and restored by the current owners.
south of no records documenting it still National Register of Historic Places Ragersville in l87l longer standing),after which the one- to the village inl830,two years after Ragersville was laid out than 195,0o0 one-room schools,"with nearly half located in the example of the. one-room school building type. as a village by its first settler, Conrad Rager. established 19th-century rural townships and villages, became the "On the eve of World war I, the nation had more in the township was probably a log building located somewhere number 1. This was the first frame school in Ragersville, and it survive. single class. With improved roads and transportation, and rural settings have survived due to longer use and less room school.
were usually closed even earlier, as population growth forced the schoolhouses which combined all eight elementary grades in a more space led to the construction of a two-room school for focal point not only of educational but also social and political need for larger facilities; while a number of one-room schools in The need for This type was already standing when the owners of its lot sold the property room Ragersville School was used as a township hall until l963. of one of the first buildings erected in newly The Ragersville School is also significant asa building was used as a garage until it was Midwest-Ohio alone had more than l0,00o United States Department of the Interior Section number _8 Tuscarawas Co., Ohio converted to private homes with extensive alterations, and Continuation Sheet preservation.
Page National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Ragersville School quite rare to find such an early example in this state of only largely intact example remaining of the eight one-room "Throughout the typical one-roomer was a four, windows on each side," (Ibid.:34-35) and a door or two at it unusual for its location in a village setting, it is also the converted to farm outbuildings, Districts #5, 6, and 7 were behind the teacher's desk at the front of the room, several rows District #8 school is now a farm outbuilding. razed ca.1923,Districts #3 and 4 schools were moved and This school is (PS Fom 109000 NPS Form 10-000-e United States Department of the Interior Section number . Tuscarawas Co., Ohio "Education Provides Strong Link to Past" - Times-Reporter, Dover, Ohio, July 30, 1980. Association, privately published, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 1978.
Sept.-Oct. 1993. The Ohio Historical Society. Auburn Township, Ohio, 1830-1980: The Privately published by the committee, 1980. Anon. Page Bibliography Columbus. Continuation Sheet The National Register of Historic Places Ragersville School Compiled by the Tuscarawas County Retired Teachers National Park Service Sesquicentennial Story of a Community. History of Early Tuscarawas County Schools. OMB Approvel Na. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Section number _ 10 Tuscarawas Co., Ohio - 43, measuring 49.5 feet wide by 150 feet deep, and described links, thence north three chains, thence west seventy-five links, building.
Page Continuation Sheet Ragersville School Boundary Justification The nominated property occupies the southwest corner of lot containing thirty-six square perches more or less." Verbal Boundary Description National Park Service property that has historically been associated with the nominated The boundary includes the remaining legally described National Register of Historic Places thence south three chains to the place of the beginning, Township 8,Range 4,in the United States Military Land NPS Form10-900- OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 German Reformed Church lot. Thence running east seventy-five follows:"Being part of the northwest quarter section no.2l, (8-86) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.
/ CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR X/N MULTIPLE DATE DISCIPLINE RETURN REVIEWER 8/07/94 6/23/94 National Register NAME: OTHER: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 7/22/94 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF 45TH DAY: SLR DRAFT: N REJECT PROPERTY ACCEPT NATIONAL: Ragersville School REASONS FOR REVIEW: STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION -current _justification of exception GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _photographs _presentation FUNCTION SIGNIFICANCE DESCRIPTION CLASSIFICATION acreage BIBLIOGRAPHY count clarity other Period materials architectural classification historic Builder/Architect sketch maps completeness Date resource type ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION boundary justification verbal boundary description descriptive text summary paragraph Phone relationship of integrity to significance relating significance to the resource justification of areas checked applicable criteria Specific dates OTHER COMMENTS Signed Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of Significance one paragraph) USGS maps UTMS context Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Neg.
at OHPO. Negative at O.H.P.O. Neg at O.H.P.O 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BALTIC QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N4022 5W0137.5/7.5 UNITED STATE DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BALTIC, OHIO 2 240 000 FEET OHIO Sugar 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 P. O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION If you have questions or comments about these documents, contact this office. W.
Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer RECEIVED 413 JUN 2 3 1994 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION SOCIETY COUNTY 614/297-2470 Tuscarawas Wayne enclosures Auglaize Sincerely, Hamilton Franklin Stark HISTORICAL Science Hill School Butler Greenwood Cemetery Liggett-Freedlander House Uniopolis Town Hall Dear Ms. Shull: SINCE 1885 National Park Service Ragersville School Enclosed please find eight (8) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have Bradford Shoe Company Building James Baxter House John Miller House National Register of Historic Places OHIO