{"nrhp_refnum":"05000030","name":"Scioto Grange No. 1234","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"255 Cove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jackson","county":"Jackson County","state":"OH","lat":39.01361050500003,"lon":-82.74762188799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, gable-front wooden Grange hall built in 1897 at 255 Cove Road in the crossroads community of Cove, rural Jackson County, Ohio. Joe Davis, a Grange member, is named as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hall represents the agrarian social movement of the Grange in Scioto Township and Jackson County. It reflects the educational and social emphasis of granges around 1900, hosting Farmers Institute meetings, a school, a community store and many local events. It is described as the only historic Grange building still in use in the county.","narrative":"Built in 1897 beside the railroad stop in the rural community of Cove, this Grange hall in Jackson County, Ohio, is a plain, rectangular, gable-front building measuring twenty-six by forty feet. It sits on a raised stone foundation and keeps its original clapboard siding, standing seam metal roof, paneled doors and two-over-two wood windows. Inside is a single open room with a wood floor, a raised stage and a wood stove. The Scioto Grange was incorporated in 1897 for Farmers Institute meetings and as a township hall. Over the years the building also served as an elementary and high school from 1917 to 1935 and housed a community store from 1907 to 1937. Members held 4-H meetings, dinners, square dances and quilting, and cooked apple butter to raise money for local families. The hall was listed for its link to the agrarian social movement in the county, and it is still used for Grange business and community gatherings.","period_of_significance":"1897-1954","architect_builder":"Builder: Joe Davis-Grange member","architectural_style":"No Academic Style (vernacular)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, well maintained by Grange members, and still used for Grange meetings and community events.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.177022-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05000030.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000030/289a9440da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000030/289a9440da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Don O'Brien","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scioto_Grange_No._1234_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Don O'Brien</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scioto_Grange_No._1234_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989439","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scioto_Grange_No._1234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7433998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/jackson-county/scioto-grange-no-1234-05000030/"}