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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior RECEIVED entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property other names/site number MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME/AREA OFFICE ON Location street & number city or town - county - zip code . 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this XX nomination J request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Dept.
Head State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional Signature of commenting official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification Date of Action entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet.
- determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) 095 43609 Date comments.) Toledo AGING Lucas Registration Form state Ohio National Register NAT.REGISTER historic name National Park Service 9-3-97 NAicinity National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO LUCAS COUNTY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME Signature of certifying official/Title code OH SEP 1 21997 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts./See instructions in How to Complete the architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional I hereby certify that the property is: RECD BY OMPO APR 2 8 1993 NAT. R National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A).
Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or 2155 Arlington Avenue (Nurse's Home) N/Aot for publication by entering the information requested.lf an item does not apply to the property being documented,enter"N/A"for"not applicable.For functions, Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property X private E building(s) x public-local - public-State Site U object 6. Function or Use 7.
Description walls - district structure Noncontributing roof Stone Rubber Narrative Description other Brick public-Federal Historic Functions Reinforced Concrete Materials Total Current Functions Architectural Classification Revivals: Colonial Revival Commerce/Trade: Organizational Number of contributing resources previously listed Domestic: Institutional Housing in the National Register Name of related multiple property listing (Georgian Revival) (Enter categories from instructions) Health Care: Hospital Number of Resources within Property County and State Lucas/Ohio Vacant (hospital) (Check as many boxes as apply) Two Two:determined eligible 11/13/84 Late 19th and 20th Century (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) (Tudor Revival) (Check only one box) foundation _ Concrete Maumee Valley Hospital & Nurse's Home (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO is flat, part of the Lake Plains topography that defines much of building, Plan); it railings shown in the vintage views (color photos) remain, and no was a large (8-86) spacious Continuation Sheet Tuberculosis Clinic for children. from Arlington Avenue across the facades of both buildings arcing National Park Service several storage structures; also an Administration Building,the National Register of Historic Places The Lucas County/Maumee Valley Hospital and Nurse's Home are set United States Department of the Interior Section number Page Northwest Ohio (Photo #s 1,8).
The entire site is circumscribed south sac/parking across a hospital's main entrance also appear in the 1929-31 site plan, but the current the completion of the hospital and Nurses's Home in 1931 the clustered within to the 1929-31 landscape design, but do not appear on the original site Home Site living Page chicken Infirmary. west Home and five The Lucas County/Maumee Valley cannot be The terrain Arlington Avenue.Newer parking lots now adjoin the rear of both LUCAS COUNTY/MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME nurse's This roadway alignment is a surviving remnant other landscape features are known to have existed on the site. the original Lucas County Poor Farm, followed by the Lucas County for public welfare since the mid-nineteenth century.
at the northern edge ofa large tract of land that has been used Hospital and Nurse's Some of the older spruce trees may date to the men's ward, 1,2,19,20). OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO The Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Administrative Services building, now Lucas County Senior Center end of the Roche Hospital. includes the former Administrative Services building # 8).
become known as the Medical College of Ohio's"east campus", Section number Page - NPS Form 10-900-a fifty years, the site changed the Lucas County/Maumee "L") and County in "E") as Map # 3, "Medical Nurses Home, County Home/Clinics (1938/ c.1955 - building "B" on 1980 map) and -building "D" Hospital (1935-37 - building "N" on 1980 map); and laboratory and At the present time, in addition to the Lucas County/Maumee facility known lie directly and grazing land altered. (8-86) Page demolished.In 1980,plans were announced to redevelop what had the others site that originally served as open cultivation Valley Hospital and series of "P"respectively ont Administrative Services buildings 1970 -buildings"o" and Nurse's Home and include Arlington by the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO building (Photo #6).
The hospital features a pavilion-like The raised which are painted stone as well (Photo #3). were double-hung, one over one sash, though many have been broken (8-86) configuration). dentiled cornice between the fourth and fifth floors.Rusticated Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Retardation; directly across the street to the west is the bus MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL United States Department of the Interior National Park Service stone balustrade #s 4,7).Second story facade windows are ground floor is faced with Indiana limestone #2),as is Section number Page- and known as the Northwest Ohio Developmental Center #8). - Page - of Mental The central entry, limestone soar between window bays, pilasterssoar section.
The The hospital Theentire elevated Windows originally "Lucas County Senior Complex," LUCAS COUNTY/MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME and aerial photograph for current The two remaining buildings that have bridged the gap between the Section number . immediately adjacent to the central pavilion, and four stories at either end. structure (Photo #s 2,4,5,6). A Building" plan. undertaken in 1960-62. 15,17,18). Terrazzo floors are visible throughout the structure National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Continuation Sheet LUCAS COUNTY/MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME offices, nursing stations, and medical areas; see "Second floor National Park Service photos).This wing is at the east end of the building. cornice that defines its roofline # 6).
TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO are boarded Stone cornices divide the first and second floors between constructed. A smaller, original three story wing that served as The one running laterally, serve Major renovations occurred throughout as principal features a one-story emergency vehicle porte cochere second and third floor wards were converted to private rooms. The recessed wings are five stories Long corridors, addition of an outpatient clinic in1958.In response toa successful levy campaign,an overall admitting and business areas, gift shop, dining room, and medical the emergency rooms and The rear elevation of the # 6) displays two four TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO brick walls, slate floors/treads, and metal railings (Photo #14). floor/wall surfaces. None of the original doors remain.
theater space remains, although partitions have been added in the intact original surfaces where possible, though as noted earlier, features splayed stone lintels with keystones (Photo #s 20,22). Continuation Sheet The renovation National Register of Historic Places from its origin. The three-story Nurse's Home is likewise an imposing brick-faced, All decoration was concentrated in the original lobby and board National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NURSE'S HOME After the hospital closed in 1980 the interior was vandalized and Section number 7 - Page - 5 There appears to have been little or no use of window, door, or intersection oi wall/window/doorand #s 9,12). Plaster medallions and some elements of actual operating floor. configuration in the observation area (Photo # 16). windows and failing roof surfaces (Photo #s 11,12,15-18).
openings in keystones, while the second and third floor facade fenestration The entire structure is flanked by limestone pilasters and wrap Avenues. The operating around/upthei county however recently has put an entire new rubberized roof on cannibalized, also remain concrete and steel structure with limestone details # 20). Photo #s 13,14).Stairwells are functional and feature glazed National Park Service TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO the central entrance, a balconied window also is surrounded by a limits of the facade (Photo # 20). The 1965 addition is sympathetic in size, scale, mass, materials, The interior features long centrally placed hallways leading to Continuation Sheet original fenestration. National Register of Historic Places element across the exterior elevations.
An above-ground suspended United States Department of the Interior completely lined with cherry paneling and is known as the Windsor Section number - Quoined corners delineate the at either end of the and, along with a centrally-places blind brick panel, are topped east elevation color, and workmanship to the original Nurse's Home, though it is International Style (Photo # 23). of red brick with stone The ceiling, plastered in ornamental relief of geometric patterns typical in Elizabethan Revival manor homes, is slightly The rear elevation is highlighted by a porch which extends from Style in flavor, being grouped in ribbon form separated by brick Page ground floor. Semi-circular stone stairs, A solid brick parapet defines the roof/wall intersection.
concealed LUCAS COUNTY/MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME As in the original Nurse's Home, limestone serves as a decorative stone cornice which is topped by a wrought iron balcony.Above at that time as has since been completely removed. iron railings.A pair of double door entries open onto the porch facing on the brick herringbone fire wall # 26)is surrounded by.heavily with the base of the first is surrounded by a paneled Section number / TOLEDO (LUCAS COUNTY) OHIO English geometric plan (Photo # lighting fixtures (Photo # 24). The remainder of the interior of the original section is fairly offering fully plastered covered with ceilingsand The Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places LUCAS COUNTY/MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSE'S HOME dramatic contrast to the ruinous condition of the hospital.
National Park Service United States Department of the Interior the former library. The vestibule also is richly appointed in paneled wood from floor to ceiling. The restrooms retain their ceilings (Photo # 29). The interior is in excellent condition, in Also paneled in cherry wood, the room wallsand MAUMEE VALLEY HOSPITAL & NURSE'S HOME LUCAS/ OHIO Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance