Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Black River Viaduct, Baltimore And Ohio Railroad

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,362 words across 9 pages, filed in 1976. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 76001488, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OGT 31 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 6 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER - West Fork of Black River NOT FOR PUBLICATION . CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 16 - Ralph Regula - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT -WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 103 039 COUNTY CODE DATE Medina TITLE HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION STATE Cleveland ACCESSIBLE GOVERNMENT CATEGORY Ohio RECEIVED OWNERSHIP SCIENTIFIC Public Square Chessie System UNOCCUPIED PUBLIC MUSEUM MILITARY AGRICULTURE STATUS INDUSTRIAL NAME DATA SHEET Harrisville Township Terminal Tower OTHER: BUILDING(S) PARK Medina County Courthouse _EDUCATIONAL XTRANSPORTATION DATE ENTERED _ENTERTAINMENT XSTRUCTURE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad _COMMERCIAL -RELIGIOUS XNO _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY _BOTH Black River Viaduct, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad XPRIVATE - - FEDERAL STATE _COUNTY _LOCAL XORIGINAL SITE GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

the Black River near Lodi, Ohio. It consists of three great semi- to the design, with the exception of a slightly projecting sill CONDITION sandstone. UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED DESCRIPTION RUINS FAIR viaduct consists of regular horizontal courses of slightly rusticated in diameter.Their voussoirs are of uniform size and shape.There XEXCELLENT path along the bank.There is almost no architectural refinement The center arch stands on short vertical piers, while the two circular arches of true arch construction, approximately fifty feet XUNALTERED spans the stream, and each of the two end ones spans an unpaved CHECK ONE course at the upper edge. end ones spring from the banks of the stream.The center arch This isa large masonry arch bridge over the West Fork of DATE are no emphasized keystones.The masonry of the body of the AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Baltimore and Ohio viaduct over the Black River west of Lodi of the Baltimore and Ohio, Charles F. Mayer. In 1890 the road was section a part of the Baltimore and Ohio's direct route to Chicago, it Junction (Willard, Ohio). This Akron division was completed by 1893, at Wilmington, Delaware, completed after 1910. "It was constructed in a 1600-1699 1890-1892 ART EDUCATION PERIOD ARCHITECTURE PHILOSOPHY THEATER ECONOMICS RELIGION AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SIGNIFICANCE INDUSTRY BUILDER/ARCHITECT MILITARY SCULPTURE INVENTION MUSIC X1800-1899 XENGINEERING _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN generation when the parent Pennsylvania was still inclined to favor the Roman form and proportions have a timeless quality and testify to the terminal of the newly acquired Pittsburgh and Western.To make this well, even though it consists of three spans instead of seven.
city.The Valley Railroad ran south to Akron, which was the western These general conclusions apply to the Black River viaduct as The significance of the masonry structure used instead of fabricated -1500-1599 connecting Chicago with the East. The viaduct was built under the administration of the tenth president _PREHISTORIC _COMMUNICATIONS is a monumental masonry civil engineering work. Its grandly simple of bridge construction;of all time or place...
the Wilmington Bridge _COMMERCE -1400-1499 _1700-1799 stone arch, for use in permanent bridge structures;...the new Wilming- ton bridge became a stone-arch structure from end to end -- and one of was necessary to build a completely new stretch from Akron to Chicago all conditions of service." - LITERATURE the road is a vital link on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio - 1900- -LAW _COMMUNITY PLANNING entering Cleveland, which promised to become an important industrial steel is illuminated by the commentary on the similar Brandywine Viaduct ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC engineering skill of nineteenth century American builders.At this point passing through Lodi and over the West Fork of the Black River. the handsomest ever built in America...it typified the highest ideals 9

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Edward Hungerford, The Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (New York, 1928), II, 171-172, 273.
10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - UTM REFERENCES 14,514,21L,0,0 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Eric Johannesen, Preservationist STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), 1 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CODE 216-721-5722 COUNTY TELEPHONE NORTHING DATE ORGANIZATION EASTING ZONE Cleveland LOCAL SIGNATURE NATIONAL Ohio April 1975 Less than one 5East Boulevard hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the FOR NPS USE ONLY LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Western Reserve Historical Society Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory OTHER KEEPER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Re-submit Send-back TECHNICAL Maps HISTORIAN Review Property State Medina 4.23.76 Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Working Number /0.
31. 75. 193 2 -MAY 6 1976 IN T:2106-74 Entered 6-1-76 11.4.75 Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7÷) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO 1976 Medina Ohio LOCATION COUNTY IDENTIFICATION STATE NAME South side of viaduct, looking north. Eric Johannesen PHOTO CREDIT Western Reserve Historical Society West Fork of Black River SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS RECEIVED HISTORIC Black River Viaduct, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Date Entered PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER may 6,1974 Form No. 10-301 1 Rev.
10-74: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM MAY 6 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP HISTORIC Black River Viaduct, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad AND/OR COMMON *VICINITY OF COUNTY Medina U. S. G.S. Lodi Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.
UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 1973 Lodi LOCATION Harrisville Township Ohio DATE SCALE CITY.TOWN SOURCE REQUIREMENTS STATE 1:24,000 NAME MAP REFERENCE DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVE0CT 311975 OHIO-MEDINA CO T.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LODI QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES Black River Viaduct GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LODI, OHIO B & O Railroad - State Route DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RECEIVED 17 412/460 East 4542/100 North )date of entry -COUNTY GNPS REGION: OH Medina 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION 1 CONDITION O deteriorated 17) features: Oruins Omoved EO NOT INTACT-O - Unknown SO UNKNOWN-6 Dunexcavated O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 X No Access 19) ADAPTIVE USE @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 &OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric -2 - COMMERCE -6 - LAW- 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest'O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 C.ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 B TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: BRIDGE major alterations : 2 architectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: 1 interior decorator: Sartisan: @builder/contractor: STILL InUSE.
IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ETHNIC ASSOCIATION GROUP FEDERAL STATE EVENTS: PERSONAL: artist: ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: historic events: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ENGINEERING-11 engineer: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATOR: dates of initial construction: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET master builder: Xunaltered Dunexposed URBAN PLANNING-31 ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 Daltered CURRENTLY: DITTO Soriginal site Ofair VERNACVLAP 2 OTHER NAMES: I mis W.of Lodi off OH 421 Dreconstructed Dunknown NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 BNAMES give role & date Ireviowers initials. Geoff date 4-18-78 103 UNKNOWN-4 vicinity of BACCESS LOCAL Xexcellent SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes Ogood SAVED? DYES Lodic