{"nrhp_refnum":"04000832","name":"Adams School","other_names":["Adams Elementary School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"826 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Findlay","county":"Hancock County","state":"OH","lat":41.042250582000065,"lon":-83.66243570299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Adams School is a 1½-story, T-shaped brick public school at 826 Washington Street in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, built in 1888 (the significance statement says 1889), with a one-story addition from 1957. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for education, as one of nine four-room \"Gas Boom\" schools built in Findlay in response to population growth from the natural gas boom. Only four of the nine remain, and Adams is the only one that keeps its original four-room plan and architectural integrity. Under Criterion C it is an example of late nineteenth-century school design that shifts from Italianate to Colonial Revival.","narrative":"Adams School is a 1½-story, T-shaped brick schoolhouse on Washington Street in Findlay, Ohio, west of downtown. Built in 1888, or 1889 by the nomination's later account, it has load-bearing brick walls, a steep slate roof, tall segmental-arched windows, and a limestone foundation. Its design combines Italianate and Colonial Revival influences. Inside, four classrooms open off a central hallway, with ancillary rooms below. A blonde-brick addition was built on the east side in 1957. The school was one of nine four-room schools put up in Findlay during the natural gas boom, when the student population grew sharply. It was named for James T. Adams, a local manufacturer, city councilman and school board member. Only four of the nine buildings survive, and Adams is the one that retains its original plan and character. It served as a school until 1981, then housed vocational training until 1996, and has been vacant since while remaining in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"1888-1954","architect_builder":"Architect: Unknown; Builders: Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant since 1996 and described as being in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.763675-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/04000832.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000832/267651973f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000832/267651973f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mfennema","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adams_School_from_SSW,_facing_NNE.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mfennema</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adams_School_from_SSW,_facing_NNE.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989281","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_School_(Findlay,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4680398"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hancock-county/adams-school-04000832/"}