103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association Barracks

The 103rd O. V. I. Association Barracks building is a two story wood frame structure features of this building are the two porches that run along both long sides of this rectangular An exterior stairway on the north side of the building leads to the upper porch on the east side floor, then branched off to lead to both second floor porches. bays wide. Eachunir, which has a door and a double hung window next to each other, represents Restroom facilities are not provided in each of the rooms, but two small rooms, built at The 103rd O. V.I.

Memorial Foundation has begun a fund raising drive to rehabilitate alteration-to adapt it to its new use as a museum, but the simple character of the interior will terior repairs will also be necessary to halt the deterioration which has arisen because of the CONDITION DATE MOVED DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED XALTERED hall. These porches are two stories tall and serve as the means of access for the sleeping UNALTERED GOOD building's present disuse. the restoration of the original wooden porch columns on the first floor. The interior will need rooms. The porches are accented by baluster turned columns and wooden railings that have diagonal braces. On the first floor, steel pipes have replaced the original wooden columns.

that rests on a concrete block foundation.lt is covered by narrow clapboard siding and features simple wood trim around the windows and doors and at the cornice. The prominent The plan of this building is reflected in its exterior appearance. It is four vnirs long and two faced with vertical wood siding. The rooms on the second floor have had some of the walls re- remain and at least one room will be preserved as a barracks room. A moderate amount of ex- this building.

The One Hundred and Third Ohio Regiment was organized in August 1862 in Cleveland and Kentucky in 1863, under the leadership of Brigadier-general Q. A. Gilmore. Involved in a army and followed it though Georgia. After sustaining fairly heavy casualties, this regiment The 103rd O. V. I. Association was formed in 1866 to perpetrate the memory of the company. In 1888, a sons and daughters association and a ladies association were formed, which helped to in by members and used for social purposes. The 103rd O. V. I. association is unique in America as the sole surviving regiment association ship is open to descendants and their spouses.

The society currently has several 'hundred dctive" The barracks is one of the earliest buildings erected on this site, and while it is not particually distinguished architecturally, it is typical of resort buildings constructed around the turn of the century. It has had few alterations, where as many of the other old O. V. I. buildings have been modern conveniences of nearby motels. A new association, the 103rd O. V. I.

Memorial Foundation, has been chartered as a seperate nonprofit corporation whose main purpose is to house, preserve and display the Civil War relies move its museum to the barracks building, which will be rehabilitated and adapted to this new focal point for the association as the visitors center and museum, will be open to tour: and 1400-1499 1700-1799 1910 COMMERCE SIGNIFICANCE members. RELIGION ART ARCHITECTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT LAW PERIOD sustain this society beyond the lives of the original participants. In 1907, the association pur- ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EDUCATION SCULPTURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC INVENTION TRANSPORTATION THEATER AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY use. A fund raising drive is currently underway to accomplish this.

The barracks will become a chased lakefront property in Sheffield Lake for use as a meeting ground, and headquarters.