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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board will meet on Friday,
November 30, 2007, at 10 a.m. at the Ohio Historical Center, I-71 & 17th Ave., Columbus. At
the meeting, the board will review nine proposed Ohio nominations to the National Register of
Historic Places. They include:
Cambridge / Guernsey County
Colonel Joseph Taylor House
633 Upland Rd.
The Colonel Joseph Taylor House is proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic
Places for its association with Joseph Danner Taylor (1830-1899) and for its local architectural
significance. An influential 19th century educator, attorney, business leader, and politician,
Taylor had a major impact on the development of Cambridge and Guernsey County, and decisions made
during his tenure as state representative had national implications, as well. The house, designed
by leading late 19th century Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford and built in 1878, has features
typical of the Stick and Queen Anne styles popular in Ohio from the 1870s to 1890s.
Chardon / Geauga County
Chardon Post Office Building
121 South St.
Built by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and completed in 1940, Chardon’s former Post Office
is proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for its history as a
Depression-era public works project, and for its local architectural significance. It was designed
by Taylor-Davis of Philadelphia in a style described as “Colonial” at the time. Although the
overall effect is simpler and more modern, the raised site, symmetrical massing, and classical
details recall early buildings of the Western Reserve, complementing the 19th century buildings of
Chardon’s nearby public square.
Cincinnati / Hamilton County
German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery Chapel
3701 Vine St.
Completed in 1884, the German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery Chapel is proposed for nomination to
the National Register of Historic Places as an example of late 19th century funerary architecture
influenced by the round-arched Romanesque Revival style. The chapel is the work of German-American
architect-builders George and August Brink, and as such is also significant for its association
with Cincinnati’s large and influential 19th century German-American community.
Cleveland / Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Club
10660 Carnegie Ave.
The Cleveland Club building is proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
for its association with the growth of private social and recreational clubs in early 20th century
Cleveland, and for its local architectural significance as an example of the Tudor Revival style.
Completed in 1930, the building was designed by Cleveland architects Meade & Hamilton. Its
location about four miles from Public Square near University Circle reflects the early 20th
century growth of suburban East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and Shaker Heights.
Grafton / Lorain County
Grafton School
1111 Elm St.
Proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for its local historical and
architectural significance, Grafton School was completed in 1936, with an addition in 1959. The
building reflects the local response to early 20th century trends in education, such as
consolidation of rural schools, and creation of junior and senior high school curriculums in
science, the arts, vocational skills, and physical fitness. As one of 249 schools in Ohio built
by the Works Progress Administration, or WPA, the “Modernistic” Art Deco building is also
associated with the history of government-funded construction of public buildings as a way of
creating jobs for the unemployed during the Great Depression.
Ironton / Lawrence County
Brumberg Building
222 S. Third St.
Ironton’s Brumberg Building is proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places
for its significance in the history of industry and commerce in Ironton. The city’s first
five-story building, it was built in 1906 by local merchant and business leader A.J. Brumberg and
reflects Ironton’s early 20th century importance as a commercial and industrial center.
Ironton / Lawrence County
Marlow Theatre
S. Third and Park Sts.
The 1920 Marlow Theatre building is proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic
Places for its association with the history of commerce and entertainment in Ironton. It comprises
a four-story building that housed the C. F. Johnston & Co. department store on the first two
floors from 1920 to 1932, and the attached Marlow Theatre that operated from 1920 to 1952.
Designed in the early 20th century Neoclassical style, the building reflects the popularity of
Greek and Roman motifs in architecture at the time it was built.
Milford / Clermont County
Pleasant Hill
909 State Route 131
Pleasant Hill is proposed for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for its local
architectural significance and for its association with Enoch Gest Megrue (1820-1881), who owned
it from 1867 to 1881. Megrue was Cincinnati’s third fire chief, the first professional fire chief
in the U.S., and one of the nation’s first paid fire chiefs. The house is an example of the
Italianate style popular in Ohio from the 1850s to 1890s. The barn is an unusual type due to its
size, shape, and hipped roof, which is a rare feature of barns in Ohio, where gable or gambrel
roofs are more typical.
Preble County
Historic Associate Reformed Church and Cemetery (Hopewell Church)
Vicinity of Camden-College Corner and Junction Rds.
Founded on this site in 1808, the Historic Associate Reformed Church, commonly known as Hopewell
Church, was formed by the area’s first band of pioneer settlers, mainly of Scotch-Irish descent,
who left Kentucky and South Carolina because of their opposition to slavery and their desire to
start a new congregation and permanent community in southwestern Ohio. The present brick church
replaced the original log building in 1825. Hopewell is the parent church of four Presbyterian
congregations in Preble and Butler counties.
If the board finds that the proposed nominations appear to meet the criteria for listing on the
National Register it will recommend to State Historic Preservation Officer Rachel M. Tooker that
they be forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places for her consideration.
The 17-member board, chaired by Aaron Askew of Columbus, is appointed by the governor to advise the
Ohio Historical Society and the state on historic preservation matters. It includes professionals
in history, architecture, archaeology, and other historic preservation related disciplines as well
as citizen members. The board meets three times each year to consider proposed Ohio nominations to
the National Register of Historic Places and conduct other business.
About the National Register
The National Register lists places that should be preserved because of their significance in
American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. It includes buildings,
sites, structures, objects, and historic districts of national, state, and local importance.
To be eligible for listing on the National Register a property or district must:
- be associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our
history, or
- be associated with the lives of people significant in our past, or
- embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represent
the work of a master, or possess high artistic values, or represent a significant, distinguishable
entity whose components may lack individual distinction (e.g. a historic district), or
- have yielded, or be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
National Register listing often raises community awareness of a property. However, listing does not
obligate owners to repair or improve their properties and does not prevent them from remodeling,
altering, selling, or even demolishing them if they choose to do so.
Owners or long-term tenants who rehabilitate income-producing properties listed on the National
Register can qualify for a 20 percent federal income tax credit if the work they do follows the
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, guidelines used nationwide for repairs
and alterations to historic buildings.
In Ohio anyone may prepare a National Register nomination. Nominations are made through the Ohio
Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society. Proposed nominations are reviewed by
the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, a governor-appointed panel of citizens and
professionals in history, architecture, archaeology, and related fields. The board reviews each
nomination to see whether it appears to be eligible for listing on the National Register, then
makes a recommendation to the State Historic Preservation Officer. The final decision to add a
property to the register is made by the National Park Service, which administers the program
nationwide.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is Ohio’s official historic preservation agency. A part of
the Ohio Historical Society, it identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the
National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on historic,
architectural, and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults on the conservation of older
buildings and sites, and offers educational programs and publications.
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Contact Tom Wolf, Public Education Manager, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, (614) 298-2000, or
via e-mail: twolf@ohiohistory.org
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