Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been - previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National Register _ designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Primary Location of Additional Data: - State historic preservation office - Other state agency - Local government - University 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property: less than one The nominated property is a square parcel measuring 360 x 360 feet, whose requested. considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.
northwest corner is 2o feet directly northwest of the northwest foundation of the X Other -- Specify Repository: Peninsula Historical Society southwest foundation of the dining hall. dining hall and the southwest corner is 2o feet directly southwest of the X Federal agency _X_ See continuation sheet. 455670 4563180 . See continuation sheet. 11. Form Prepared By Great Trail Council, Inc. . Date: June 1995 Street & Number: 15610 Vaughn Road - Telephone: 216/526-5256 City or Town: Brecksville_ State:OH_ ZIP:44141 Boundary Justification: contributes to the property's historic significance. Organization: National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _7_ Page 6 Summit County, ohio windows. Concrete steps front these two entries. intersecting gables and the dining area's gable-on-hip roof.The hip portion of below the paired six-light casement windows.
is a concrete accessibility ramp. entry is located behind an exposed flight of stairs and runs parallel to the kitchen storage room, the gabled, central two-story section which contains the The structure's roof is covered with asbestos shingles.The roof profile combines second story apartment is cantilevered and supported by triangular knee braces.
under the gable apex and a continuous row of paired casement windows.Centrally The north elevation of the building consists of three sections:the eave-oriented windows.The hip-on-gable section contains two paired casement windows centered over three horizontal blind panels and are flanked by single six light casement National Park Service the gable-on-hip roof marks the location of the former screened-in porch, which Camp Manatoc Dining Hall United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a The west elevation of the building is dominated by the roof slope.The wall is now sided.Two small gables that pierce the west slope of the hip roof provide (8-86) facilities, upstairs cook's quarters, and a large open dining area. To the south a large open grassy meadow, which slopes down from the building.
stack and two pyramid-roofed louvered ventilator copulas pierce the roof ridges. Elements common to all the elevations include the vertical board and batten wormy chestnut siding covering the exterior walls. elevation consists of a continuous band of paired casement windows separated by dining area. The building consists of kitchen A low horizontal building with irregular massing, the Camp Manatoc Main Dining and east of the building is a wooded area.The north and west elevations front Hall is the largest building in the camp. Knee brace brackets are located OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 7.
Page Summit County, ohio ceiling is the central chandelier, made from lanterns suspended from notched round building included building a solid foundation wall under the building, instead of National Park Service Camp Manatoc Dining Hall kitchen section.The large square brick chimney stack pierces the roof slope of dominant characteristic of this space is the collection of totems from the various storage area and kitchen. rails are hooked to a wood strip that runs perpendicular to the rafters.A CONTINUATION SHEET contained in the scout, troop, and staff names listed on these colorful symbols. These vertical supports mark the former porch area, which is now completely open room with whitewashed woodwork.An interior stairway to the caretaker's apartment area/kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. logs.A row of bracketed square posts lines the south and west edges of the room.
United States Department of the Interior rafters and beams characterize the ceiling, and tie-rods bolted to corner plates The major alterations to the Dining Hall occurred in 1939. A winterization of the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The dish room is located north of the kitchen area and consists of a long narrow built-in shelves, the large chimney stack with adjacent stoves and a NPS Form 10-900-a open area. Interior spaces in the dining hall retain the rustic feel with exposed wood truss the kitchen area and kitchen storage area.
"Gizmo") and a tornado symbol with troop member names hangs from the ceilings and large open area.Rafters and beams define the open ceiling and vertical bead and having only the brick piers, and replacing the screened sides of the dining area Also suspended from the board siding with wainscoting characterizes the walls.other features include elevation mirrors the dining area's north elevation.Separate gable roofs cover centrally placed wood shelves for equipment and supplies.The kitchen is in a The main dining area occupies most of the space in the building.Exposed wood The storage area set back from the the kitchen area.
systems and wood paneling and floor boards.The storage room consists of rows of A cement loading dock is situated at the junction of the north and west walls of the dining hall.These windows flip up and their bottom The apartment consists of a small living (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 7. Page 8 Summit County, Ohio illustration) See CONTINUATION SHEET widening the employee restroom entrance and stall and laying vinyl flooring on the National Park Service Camp Manatoc Dining Hall NPS Form 10-900-a 1960s and in 1986 a concrete ramp was added to the south elevation landing.This United States Department of the Interior wood flooring in a section of the dish room. ramp did not meet 199o federal ADA standards and an additional wood ramp was added (8-86) The exterior stairway to the cook's apartment was added in the OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Section number _7_ Page Summit County, ohio Property location: Summit County, Ohio Photographer: Jeffrey Winstel Photographs 7-15, 8/94 East elevation, dining hall area, facing west South elevation, dining hall and cook's apartment, facing north South elevation, cook's apartment and kitchen storage area, facing north West elevation, kitchen and dining hall are, facing east North elevation, dining hall, facing south Kitchen Storage Room interior, facing west Kitchen interior, facing west 12. Dining area interior, facing north Dining area interior, north and east walls, facing, southwest 15. Dining area interior detail, east wall windows, facing northwest current conditions.
noted: CONTINUATION SHEET Photographs Camp Manatoc Dining Hall Great Trail Council Kitchen serving counter and overhead doors, facing east The following information is the same for all the photographs unless otherwise North elevation, dining hall and kitchen area, facing southwest Property Owner: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Negative location: Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area *Recent site inspection verifies that 1992 photographs continue to represent Boy Scouts of America NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a P.o. Box 68 Date of photographs: Photographs 1-6, 2/92* Akron, Ohio 44309 Dish room interior, facing east Kitchen ceiling, facing north NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9.
Page 10 Summit County, ohio architecture, which was a chief influence on the development of the Rustic style. Wagner, Executive Director of the Akron Metropolitan Park District. Over the next Reservation" (Akron, Ohio: Great Trails Council, BSA, 1966), 1. BSA, 1931) - Historical Development National Park Service principal structure from the original camp design.
the facilities of the National Camping Department were used extensively to truly the only remaining pivotal structure from the initial camp design.It has strong The Camp Manatoc Dining Hall is being nominated under Criteria A for significance include a two-story administration building, a central kitchen and divisional When Akron industrialist and Boston Township landowner Karl Butler died in 1926, Camp Manatoc Dining Hall represent the latest in camping trends.² four years, using their own time and money, they visited over 3o Boy Scout Camps NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior The 193l Good and Wagner architectural renderings of the proposed buildings 2"The Story of Camp Manatoc"(Akron, Ohio:Great Trail Council (8-86) architect A.H. Good, the dining hall's elements reference Swiss chalet members included Dr. H. I.
Cozad, president of the Akron Area Council, and H. S. except the Dining Hall, have been razed. BSA Council. His bequest was conditional in that the BSA had to raise $100,000 Manatoc association with the troop-oriented recommendations of the original camping he bequeathed his farm and the options on the land he acquired to the Akron Area Shortly thereafter,a camping committee was formed.The five committee Designed by prominent Akron The dining hall remains the only eligible under Criterion C for Architecture. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _9 Summit County, Ohio assure well cooked meals, the green stuff and dairy products always methods used to accomplish those goals include outdoor programs, learning Indian Camp Manatoc Dining Hall replacement of the screen sides with permanent wood and glass walls.
activities.3 Criterion A: Recreation and Social History National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a The 1934-35 Camp Manatoc Yearbook describes the dining hall as having modern and lost to the young man in an industrialized society.References to the lore of the lore includes the high ideals of Native American cultures),and association with adult role models. The dining hall is eligible under Criterion A for its association with significant A1932 promotional brochure describes the dining hall as housing the central trends in recreation and reflection of efforts to promote the welfare of society. 3"The New Camp Manatoc" (Akron, Ohio, Great Trails Council, and a porch on three sides,overlooking the Cuyahoga Valley.
The brochure describes the building as follows: remote troop units had the food transported to them.The 1931 "New Camp Manatoc" in 1939 with the addition of a wall foundation all around the building and the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1932). (8-86) This Central Dining Hall:A treat to see; A building with building and the porch was to accommodate 1oomembers of service clubs or visiting Page 11 groups - A trained dietitian and expert cook assure plenty of will give the Scouts more time for Scoutcraft The goals of the scouting program, since its inception, have been character wholesome food to meet the needs of the growing boy. The new dish Scouting was seen as a means of recapturing the adventure of pioneer life that was fresh.
Food for the entire camp was prepared in the central kitchen and the kitchen and a divisional dining unit.Two of the troop units were to eat in this The activities and NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number _9. Summit County, ohio "Red Men" ceremonial dances. troop camping by relieving the troops of this responsibility, allowing more time "Camp Manatoc Yearbook, 1934 - 1935 Season (Akron, Ohio: Great Trails Council BSA, 1934) . S"Summer Troop Camping Season" Camp Manatoc, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Historic Research Files, Camp Manatoc, Brecksville, Ohio. Ibid. wartime training. National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET feathers.
Related activities were making bows and learning archery, and the night those realized in the close association of the Scout and his Scout Promotional literature for the camp stresses the need for the camping experience to "enable parents to more readily appreciate the value of this type of camping experience."6 Camp Manatoc Dining Hall Facilities such as the centralized kitchen and dining hall helped the camp United States Department of the Interior transporting the food to remote troops, the camp committee hoped to encourage tobe spent on other activities. Troops typically consisted of 15-20 scouts.The camp actively encouraged Troop The design of Camp Manatoc and the central function of the dining hall supported Page 12 the idea of troop camping.
Promotional literature stated: The greatest values to be derived from a camping experience are maintain the type of decentralized operation that was necessary for troop camping. units.For example,"Indian Week" includes dressing up in breech clouts and to develop strength and self-reliance.Brochures for the camp that date from the (8-86) Leader.s pioneer and western frontier are found in the namesof summer troop season OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _9. Page 13 Summit County, Ohio style, but also shows a strong stylistic influence associated with the development construction, characterized by the board and batten siding, knee brace brackets, the new camp, the valleys and ravines of the Camp Manatoc area were full of the prominent structures, such as the Municipal Building, the Art Deco YMCA, and the structures.
Camp Manatoc Dining Hall and exposed rafters and beams, and the horizontal bands of casement windows. National Park Service as the foremost architectural firm in Akron during the 192os.They designed many The importance of Camp Manatoc to the Akron community is reflected by the amount The Akron Historic Landmark Survey describes the firm of E.D.Wagner and A.H.Good Criterion C: largest Wormy Chestnut buildings in the world. NPS Form 10-900-a main instigator behind the 1929 corporate fund drive for the camp. Architectural features associated with the style that are evidenced by the dining United States Department of the Interior American chestnut is known for resisting most forms of decay such as rot and NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES blight was killing the chestnut trees in the Midwest.
When construction began on example of the Rustic style that not only contains the dominant features of the Designed by prominent Akron area architect dining hall is reputed (8-86) horizontal silhouette. fungus, and for its workability. blighted chestnut trees, waiting to be sawn into lumber. The Wormy Chestnut used facility.Firestone Corporation even sponsored a scholarship program for scouts who couldn't afford to go to camp. Fraternal organizations also constructed camp This once abundant hardwood was wiped out by of rustic architecture. at Manatoc and the later ccc Happy Days Center, 1938, are reputed to be the two precursor to the Ccc structures at the Virginia Kendall State Park.
being the Happy Days Day Camp building, which was also designed by Good.The Other defining elements include the honestyof its facilities, such as the Legion and Kiwanis Lodges, and many help maintain camp to be one of the two largest wormy chestnut structures in the other OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 9_ Summit County, ohio to esteem A.H. ("Ab") Good, a versatile Akron architect - - - Mcclelland refers to the Camp Manatoc Dining Hall as Swiss chalet inspired.® The include the horizontal bands of small pane windows, the gable fronts, and the The Dining Hall retains a high degree of integrity of materials, design, and "Dr. Nick Scrattish, Historic Resource Study: Cuyahoga Valley NRA (Denver: Department of the Interior, NPS, 1985), 238. Linda Flint McClelland, Presenting Nature: The Historic Ibid., 55.
Valley: construction drawings.For some years, he had known and had come CONTINUATION SHEET Historic Integrity metropolitan park districts to qualify for ccc labor to build visitor centers, National Park Service use of Swiss chalet architectural elements were popularized by the Adirondack Rustic style.Dr. Nick Scrattish notes in his Historic Resource Study: Cuyahoga NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior cantilevered second story cook's apartment. NPS Form 10-900-a Director-Secretary Wagner of the AMPD was in a good position to The firm's designs for Manatoc resulted in A.H.Good being chosen to design the Historic Landscape Design of The National Park Service: 1916 to 1942 Linda Flint Camp Manatoc Dining Hall (8-86) (Washington D.c.:U.s. Department of the Interior, NPs,1993), 256.
Page 14 Good designed the Manatoc complex, located only several hundred An additional aspect of the building's design is its relationship to the of significance.The addition of accessibility ramps does not significantly Characteristics of the dining hall associated with this stylistic influence itself was built in 1931-32.All of its structures are rustic. take advantage of the Park Service's screening process for Landscape Design of The National Park Service: 1916 to 1942 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _9 Page 15 Summit County, ohio Camp Manatoc Dining Hall setting and location, and still functions as the main dining hall for the Boy National Park Service impact the massing and scale of the building.The building retains its original United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) Scout camp.
OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Page Summit County, Ohio Camp Manatoc Yearbook, 1934 - 1935 Season, Akron, Ohio: Great Trails Council, BSA, 1934) . McClelland, Linda Flint. Presenting Nature: The Historic Landscape Design of The Interior NPS, 1993. Scrattish, Nick. Historic Resource Study: Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior NPS, 1985. "Summer Troop Camping Season" Camp Manatoc, Historic Research Files, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Brecksville, Ohio. Bibliography Section number National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET NPS Form 10-900-a Camp Manatoc Dining Hall National Park Service: 1916 to 1942 Washington D.C.:U.S.Department of the United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (8-86) "The Story of Camp Manatoc" Trails Council BSA,1931.
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1930s SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Summit DATE OF PENDING LIST: 12/03/96 REFERENCE NUMBER: 96001511 NOMINATOR: FEDERAL N PDIL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 11/19/96 12/19/96 1/03/97 TELEPHONE REVIEWER DATE DISCIPLINE REJECT PERIOD: RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: MPS EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REASONS FOR REVIEW: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: Recreation and Conservation Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: ACCEPT MULTIPLE RETURN Camp Manatoc Dining Hall 1/15 DINING HALL Camp Manatoc Dining Hall DINING HALL Summit Co., Ohic Camp Manatoc Dining Hall MOT094 00101 Summit Co., Ohio NNN3A 4/15 Summit Co., Ohio 5/15 MOT094 00101 Camp Manatoc Dming Hall Summi+ C.,Ohio Camp Manatoc Dining Hall MOT094 00101 715 Camp Manatoc Dining Hal MOT094 00101 Summit Co., Ohio NNN4A 8/15 Camp Manatoc Dining Hall MOT094 00101 NNN5A Summit Co., Ohio MOT094 00101 NNN3A Camp Manatoc Dining Hal 1/15 * GIZMO STAPH 1989 12/15 MOT094 00401 Summit Co., Ohio Camp ManatocDinirg Hal NNN2A HARCHING ORENTL MOT094 00401 Camp Manatoc Dining Hall NNN2A 13/15 MOT094 00401 Camp Manatoc Dining Hall Summit Co., Ohio NNN2A 1515 MOT094 00401 Summit Co., Ohio NNN2A OHIO-SUMMIT CO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION PENINSULA QUADRANGLE CAMPMANATOC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES PENINSULA, OHIO REFERENCE No.: 96001511 Control No.: 961210/sbd PROPERTY NAME: Camp Manatoc Dining Hall STATE: OHIO Nomination/Determination Type: MULTIPLE RESOURCE Nominator: FEDERAL AGENCY NPS Park Name: Cuyahoga Valley Date: 11/19/96 Applicable Criteria: EVENT Significant Person's Name: NOT APPLICABLE Current BOUNDARY Historic ARCHITECTURE VICINITY Agency: Sites Federal MPS ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING DOMESTIC LOCAL ADDRESS/ Certification: Subfunctions Significance: Structures CAMP Nominator Name: Page: Criteria Considerations: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOT APPLICABLE SOCIAL HISTORY Restricted Location Information: OTHER NAME/ MULTIPLE NAME:Recreation and Conservation Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley Area of Significance: Buildings CITY: Peninsula NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY REPORT Objects Level of Truxell Rd.,SE of jct.with Peninsula Rd.,Camp Manatoc COUNTY: Summit Certification: DATE RECEIVED/PENDING NOMINATION SITE NO Good, A.
H. HABS No. N/A HAER No. N/A Other Materials: 1931 Northing Easting Zone 1925-1949 Significance UTM Designer: Architect/Builder/Engineer/ ASBESTOS Coordinates: Acreage: Styles: NONE LISTED NOT APPLICABLE Other Documentation: Cultural Affiliation: Wall Materials: Roof Materials: WOOD Describe Other Style: Rustic Periods of: Circa: Specific Sig. Years: Foundation Materials: CONCRETE 17/ /4 55 670/ /45 63 180
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