{"nrhp_refnum":"07000027","name":"Marion Township Sub-District #8 School","other_names":["Linn School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2473 OH 4 N","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marion","county":"Marion County","state":"OH","lat":40.63526176400006,"lon":-83.12734210399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, rectangular brick one-room schoolhouse built in 1897 on State Route 4 North (Marion Bucyrus Road) in Marion Township, Marion County, Ohio, also known as Linn School. It sits on a 1-acre site with three non-contributing reproduction outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a typical, well-preserved example of a 19th-century rural brick one-room school in Marion County, with a rectangular plan, gable roof, sandstone lintels and a bell tower or cupola. It is described as the only restored one-room schoolhouse in the county, and it reflects the rural education system of Ohio's sub-district schools.","narrative":"Linn School, officially Marion Township Sub-District #8 School, is a one-room brick schoolhouse built in 1897 along State Route 4 North in rural Marion County, Ohio. It rests on a local limestone foundation, with soft clay brick walls, sandstone sills and lintels, wood windows and a slate roof topped by a bell tower. The school once served students up to the eighth grade and was later used as a corncrib. Two brothers who had attended the school bought it in 2002 and donated it to the Marion County Historical Society, which carried out a restoration finished in 2003. The interior now resembles an 1897-era classroom, with period desks and a potbelly stove. Three reproduction outbuildings and a picnic area were added. The nomination cites it as an example of the more than 130 sub-district schools once found in the county, and as the only restored one in Marion County. It is now a museum used for educational tours.","period_of_significance":"1897-1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored in 2003 and now used as a museum; the site has a picnic area and parking lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.849216-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/07000027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000027/f96df9b3ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000027/f96df9b3ba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marion_Township_Sub-District_No._8_School_from_southeast.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marion_Township_Sub-District_No._8_School_from_southeast.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990173","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138569094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/marion-county/marion-township-sub-district-8-school-07000027/"}