The Leipsic Village Hall was a historic village and township hall in the village of Leipsic in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Built in 1904,[1] the village hall was a large three-story brick building with a corner tower.[2] For a community as small as Leipsic (population 2,236 at the 2000 census[3]), it was a very elaborate building: the tower was crowned with battlements, and corbelling was used to support a significant portion of the roofline. At one time, the building served a wide range of municipal purposes: besides meeting rooms for elected village and township leaders, it contained space for a jail, the fire station, a community center, municipal offices, a library, and the mayor's courtroom.[4]
Leipsic City Hall | |
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| Location | Belmore St., Leipsic, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°5′52.4″N 83°59′6″W / 41.097889°N 83.98500°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architect | Charles Henry & Sons |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001928[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1979 |
In 1979, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Leipsic City Hall,"[1] even though Ohio law provides that communities with fewer than five thousand residents are villages.[5] Designation as a historic site on the federal level does not affect the rights of property owners, including their right to demolish the property;[6] therefore, the village of Leipsic has been able to destroy the building.[2] Although the site of the village hall is now occupied by a parking lot,[7] the building remains listed on the National Register.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Leipsic City Hall, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-08-11.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1181.
- ^ "Ohio Revised Code Section 703.01(A)". Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Fundamentals, National Park Service, n.d. Accessed 2010-08-11.
- ^ Photograph in infobox