Leipsic City Hall

Putnam County northwest of Leipsic. The contractors were Dudley and Leffler, also noteworthy buildings in Leipsic, such as the Lampe Block in 1894. It is not evident CONDITION UNALTERED GOOD DETERIORATED EXCELLENT and backgrounds of the architect and contractor who constructed a medieval fortress This massive building of eclectic style has two faces.Such massive proportions and whether either the architect or the contractors were known outside their own village. application of stucco attempted to cover the deteriorating brick. However, spalling elaborate detailing at the upper portions and cornice make one puzzle about the names of the building are more buttresses.

At the base of the tower is one with corbelling and discoloration is now creeping above the stucco and continues to be perplexing to Pennsylvania had been a carpenter, but the later Henrys were landowners and farmers in CHECK ONE altered and enlarged and the doors on the south have been boarded shut. flanked by.uncapped buttresses, set with an inscription stone and surmounted by a high run under and barely touch the dripstones at the windows on both floors.A recessed and crenelation and on the southwest corner only corbelling is evident.

No description of the building would be complete without remarking about the 4th efflorescence at the pediment, the base of the tower and at the ground level above the The cornice has tiers of detailing.A serated effect in brick is the base for square front door has a segmental arch, but the fire department door on the west side has been The TOWNSHIP HALL face has a different treatment with a central curvilinear gable functional and do not hint of the elaborate detailing that is on the outside. corbelled panels and a stone cap. -UNEXPOSED buttress has a brick corbelled top while the south buttress a stone cap.

in this sparsely populated rural area as the jail, fire house, office space for village used by the community, but now the building also serves as a branch library for its designed by Charles Henry & Sons as architects, and supervised by Dudley & Leffler, elaborateness for such a small village. of elm that could be harvested, leipsic and Van Buren Township were attractive to numerous citizens.

ENGINEERING ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE PERIOD EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCIENCE THEATER SCULPTURE SIGNIFICANCE XARCHITECTURE MILITARY _PHILOSOPHY provided access to the coal fields of Southern Ohio and West Virginia and to the lumber railroads that allowed rapid growth of population and accumulation of enormous wealth brickwork and sandstone which continues to deteriorate due to sandblasting that was done over ten years ago when the disastrous effects were yet unknown.

INDUSTRY It is architecturally significant as an example of an eclectic style with its LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORTATION interests transferred along the railroad lines and was known as Leipsic Station for a contractors, all long-term residents and landowners in the Leipsic area, it is atypical public building for continued use for the community.A major problem involves the exterior 1900- battlements, corbelling and square tower which create a picturesque design recalling However, the buildings constructed during the days of wealth remain as an indication of Chicago & St.Louis Plate)was routed through Leipsic.In 1895,the Lima Northern POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Putnam County was formed in 1834 with boundaries finalized in 1847,and is one of the the economic life decreased.Today Leipsic has a population of approximately 2000 people.