Built in 1888 in the Richardsonian Romanesque. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1974. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“The Paulding County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in downtown Paulding, Ohio, United States. A Richardsonian Romanesque building erected in 1886, it is the third courthouse to serve the residents of Paulding County.”
Wikipedia article Paulding County Courthouse (Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 3 National Register listings in Paulding County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · built in 1888, Richardsonian Romanesque, by Q5321640.
National Register reference number.74001589- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
J. D. Bailey is one of the thriving young agriculturists of Paulding township. He first saw the light in Preble county, Ohio, on the 21st of April, 1854, the son of John I. and Mary (Lehmer) Bailey, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The paternal grandparents were natives of Ireland and came to America during the Revolutionary war. The maternal ancestor was a farmer by occupation and one of the early settlers of Ohio. John I. Bailey came to Preble county in his boyhood and in early life worked at the carpenter's trade. He married Miss Fannie Harper, who died, leaving five children: Subsequently Miss Lehmer became his wife and they had ten children, nine of whom are living. Mr. Bailey 'was a self-made man and became a well-to-do farmer. He died in 1877, aged seventy-two years. Mrs. Bailey yet resides on the home farm, a 'venerable lady, beloved by all who know her. Three of her sons now reside in Paulding county, named: J. D., Oliver P. and S. M. Bailey. J. D. Bailey was married to Miss Josephine Bloom, of Preble county, on the 21st of December, 1876, and five children blessed this union, named: Rutherford H., Bertha M., Maud A., Grace A. and Chloe. Mr. Bailey came to Paulding county in May, 1885, locating on the farm where he now resides. He is one of the representative young men of the county, and as a politician, adheres to the principles of the republican party.
O. P. Bailey, farmer, was born in Preble county, Ohio, J anuary 15, 1861, the son of John I. Bailey. He was reared a farmer's boy, and received a common school education. He began life, first at saw-milling, in Darke county, Ohio; later engaged in farming, and in the fall of 1887 sold out and removed to Paulding county, purchasing his present farm of sixty-six acres, and where he has since resided. He is a progressive,
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,240 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Paulding County Courthouse between 1888 and
1973: 1,240 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Adler, K. K., C L CLARK FROM HOMER PRICE, CLARENCE CLARK and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Paulding County Courthouse: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Paulding, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 22 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
A narrow band of thunderstorms continuously regenerated over Paulding county during the morning with emergency reporting flash flooding continuing into the afternoon. Numerous roads were closed with some completely washed out. The most serious flooding was around Blue Creek where more than two dozen homes had water into the first floor and some were evacuated. Sandbagging was needed in and around Blue Creek.
Emergency management officials reported estimated winds of at least 70 mph in many parts of the county with trees and tree limbs down. A tree was reported down onto a garage in the Paulding area.
Residents of the town of Payne began experiencing flash flooding during the early afternoon hours of the 27th as Flat Rock Creek responded rapidly to upstream runoff in Indiana as well as several inches of rain over the area. The threat increased the remainder of the day and into much of the 28th as several additional rounds of rain occurred. Numerous evacuations were needed along the creek in Payne and eventually about 8 miles downstream in Paulding where southern portions of the town were impacted. Several state and county roads were closed in the area due to the high water. Water levels began to recede late on the 28th into early on the 29th.
Emergency management officials reported shingles and siding blown off a house on County Road 117, just north of Highway 111. A six inch diameter tree was snapped, with a maple tree with signs of rot being blown over.
A narrow band of thunderstorms continuously regenerated over Paulding county during the morning. Rainfall was estimated to be over 8 inches in a 3 hour period. Emergency management reported flash flooding with 8 inches of water flowing over Ohio Route 613 and CR 87.
No historic map-sheet match is published
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From the nomination file
1,459 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
Preservation work, started in the spring of 1973, is now almost be somewhat misguided, at least they are attempting to preserve their DEC 1 9 1973 CONDITION NATIONAL Moved REGISTER The two and one-half story with tower Paulding County Courthouse building for future use. in the late Romanesque Revival style and measures approximately The porches are set under large arches that contain recessed, tall sixty feet square. use of brick corbeling, especially on the projecting bays and cornice. windows.Other windows on the first and second floors are rectangular, all four sides in arched openings, hidden under triple arched porches. the original smooth surface of the brick has been destroyed, the with lantern.
built on a square base.There is a columned belfry and round dome flights is located in the center of the building. (Check One) double-hung sash.
Principal ornamentation is achieved through the The interior has not been greatly altered with the exception of the RECEIVED Good installation of modern flourescent lighting.A stairway with two rises about forty feet above the roof line.The tower is round, is built ona stone foundation.The brick building is constructed The roof is hipped and covered with modern asphalt shingles.The tower and dome are located in the center of the roof.This structure building has a "fresh"appearance.Painting of the window sash PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian / X) 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) built 1886-1888 STATEMENT OF
Statement of significance
The original county seat was at Charloe, laid out in 1840. Paulding, founded about seven years before Charloe, was becoming erected there was in the public square, site of the present The county commissioners decided to raze the old courthouse, and structure for Williams County, after finishing the Paulding Late Romanesque Revival style county courthouse in Ohio. The DEC 1 9 1973 Conservation Commerce Transportation Architecture Aboriginal Engineering losophy Theater Literature Landscape Communications Prehistoric NATIONAL REGISTER Science SIGNIFICANCE Education Religion/Phi itarian Music Agriculture RECEIVED Invention Industry Paulding County was formed from Indian Territory April 1,1820.
Social/Human- preservation should provide many years of additional service teenth century when Paulding County outgrew its small quarters. seat was moved to Paulding. Political Charloe never developed into much of a town, and the county Sculpture Company was the architectural firm selected by the county to completed and occupied in 1888. The courthouse was built at Urban Planning to construct a new one on the same site.E.o.Fallis and Paulding County Courthouse is an excellent example ofa brick good condition of the building and the county'sefforts at to county government. a cost of $40,000. Other (Specify) Art This building served the county well until later in the nine- Military building. It was a frame structure, and was built circa 1837.
building.Construction began in 1886 with Rudolph Ehrhart of American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Washington, D. C. State of Ohio, Ohio Centennial Edition, 1902.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 74001589, 11 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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