{"nrhp_refnum":"09000564","name":"Groveport School","other_names":["Groveport Elementary","Groveport Junior High"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"715 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Groveport","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.85022307250006,"lon":-82.88045060068924,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Groveport School is a three-story brick Jacobethan Revival school at 715 E. Main Street in Groveport, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1923-24, with a 1952 gymnasium annex and a 1956 addition in the International style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school reflects the early 20th-century consolidation of rural schools and the addition of vocational and physical education programs. It also presents the 1924 building as the best example of the Jacobethan style in the community, an unusual choice for a village school. The later additions show the school board's continued commitment to up-to-date facilities.","narrative":"Groveport School occupies a 19.16-acre campus on East Main Street, just east of Groveport's village center. The main building, finished in 1924, is a three-story Jacobethan Revival school of rough-cut brick with sandstone trim, a crenellated roofline, a Tudor-arched entrance and an oriel window flanked by gargoyles. Inside, glazed brick wainscoting, original classroom features, a gymnasium and an auditorium survive. A gymnasium annex with vocational classrooms was added in 1952, and a 1956 addition with a cafeteria linked the buildings by a concourse and a second-floor bridge. These later sections are International style, with Art Moderne influences inside. The grounds include a 1927 fountain and a 1946 World War II memorial boulder. The school is significant for its role in consolidated rural education, including vocational and physical education programs, and as the community's finest example of the Jacobethan style. Both parts remain in school use today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Jacobethan Revival; Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The 1924 building still serves as an elementary school and the 1950s additions serve as a junior high school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.232582-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/09000564.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000564/a51dc1b921-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000564/a51dc1b921-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groveport_School_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groveport_School_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988483","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groveport_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134608268"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/groveport-school-09000564/"}