{"nrhp_refnum":"10000083","name":"Harvey One-Room School","other_names":["Bucyrus Townshup District No. 8 School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1120 Caldwell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bucyrus","county":"Crawford County","state":"OH","lat":40.74676330700004,"lon":-83.05871587899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick one-room schoolhouse at 1120 Caldwell Road near Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, built in 1876 on the site of an earlier log school. It was also known as the Bucyrus Township District No. 8 School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criteria A and C for the school's role in educating children in Bucyrus Township District No. 8 from 1876 to 1918. It also shows the characteristics of the one-room schoolhouse type and reflects local community support for nineteenth-century rural schools. It is notable for remaining on its original site, unlike other brick schoolhouses in the county that were moved.","narrative":"Built in 1876 on Caldwell Road near Bucyrus, this red brick schoolhouse served Bucyrus Township District No. 8 until consolidation closed it in 1918. It replaced an earlier log school on the same spot, which makes it unusual among Crawford County's brick schools, many of which were moved as roads and railroads developed. The building has a stone foundation, a slate gable roof, three four-over-four windows on each side with round-arched corbelled heads, and a single entrance on the gable end. After falling into serious disrepair, it was donated to a community foundation and restored between 2003 and 2007. Much of the original wainscoting survives, along with parts of the slate blackboards. Today it holds period desks, a pot-bellied stove and a teacher's desk, and it hosts tours and classroom re-enactments. It is recognized for its role in rural education and as a well-preserved example of the one-room school type, once among 113 in the county.","period_of_significance":"1876-1918","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored 2003-2007; now a museum open for group tours and classroom re-enactment activities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.05725-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000083/abc57bf619-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000083/abc57bf619-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvey_One-Room_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harvey_One-Room_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987327","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137625434"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/crawford-county/harvey-one-room-school-10000083/"}