New Lyme Institute

Description of the property

istics. They are basically utilitarian twentieth century school buildings with plain rooms and corridors. The building is located on the wooded bank of Lebanon Creek nineteenth century feeling and association of the building, in spite of the alterations. CONDITION UNEXPOSED auditorium. RUINS UNALTERED DESCRIPTION and then a square stage. Above this was a belfry and a pyramidal FAIR has been enlarged into a large continuous three-part window. The traves.The entrance bay second-story window has a segmental arch.

XALTERED XGOOD This is a two-story rectangular brick building with elements of in an ideal wooded setting, which contributes greatly to the _DETERIORATED the Victorian Italianate style, and two modern dependent wings.There a similar belfry removed from the east end.The roof is hipped and iron cresting at the summit.The eaves have widely spaced wooden The window pattern of the rear (north) elevation has been altered. interior is largely unaltered, with high ceilings, original partitions, XORIGINAL SITE staircase and woodwork. On the second floor there is a large in 1957.

Neither of these has distinguishing architectural character- CHECK ONE brackets.The windows have straight stone lintels and dropped archi- corridor, there is a two-story brick wing with a hipped roof added roof which were removed in the early twentieth century.There was Four of the windows have been made into fire exit doors, and one _EXCELLENT isa square entrance bay projecting from the south facade.It stands built in 1878-1879.The entrance tower has a short mansard roof - MOVED to the west of the center, the second of five bays. There is a clearly marked vertical joint between the third and fourth bays, indicating that the building was expanded shortly after the original section was covered with tin batten roofing. There is handsome ornamental in 1938.

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Statement of significance

Although considerably altered, this building holds an important The institute was founded in 1878 under the name of Northern The first president was Jacob Tuckerman, a native of Connecticut who had come to Ohio in 1836, studied at Kingsville Academy and at Oberlin, and served as superintendant of the Ashtabula County the attendance reached 300 students, and the Institute flourished 1879-1923 COMMERCE 1400-1499 LAW SIGNIFICANCE 1500-1599 ENGINEERING PERIOD RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT ART EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 1700-1799 ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE MILITARY INVENTION LITERATURE MUSIC trustees as a community building.

PREHISTORIC XEDUCATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT 1900- _ECONOMICS for the Ohio State Normal College which was finally located at Kent, Deming saw the possibility of an institute supplying the great need Schools and principal of Orwell Academy.During his administration was called Deming School.It became a part ofa consolidated school _TRANSPORTATION under his presidency, which lasted until 1897. northeastern Ohio, and especially in the local history of the township. funds toward the building were donated by Judge William S.Deming, _COMMUNICATIONS several years.It is about to be acquired by the Lyme Township INDUSTRY lasted until 1923, when the building became a public school and The school was incorporated as the New Lyme Institute in 1883.

_CONSERVATION When the State Legislature was seeking a location in 1910 Ohio Collegiate and Business Institute.The land and $3,ooo in matching the New Lyme Institute was one of the candidates.The Institute - PHILOSOPHY -1600-1699 _THEATER _COMMUNITY PLANNING district in 1961. More recently the building has stood vacant for New Lyme's most important citizen at the time. Aged 65, Judge ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC for preparatory education. The building was first opened in 1879.