{"nrhp_refnum":"100006314","name":"Muskingum College Campus Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Muskingum University Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Stormont St. & College, Lakeside, and Stadium Drs.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Concord","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2021-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A college campus historic district in New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio, made up of the oldest and most important buildings of Muskingum College, built between 1873 and the late 1920s, plus the adjacent College Drive United Presbyterian Church and the lakeside Spoonholder gazebo.","why_significant":"The district contains the buildings that played central roles in the development of Muskingum College, founded in 1837, which has educated thousands of students and maintained close ties to the Presbyterian Church. The buildings show shifts in architectural taste for educational buildings over fifty years. The college also served as an art and cultural center for this part of Ohio.","narrative":"Muskingum College, founded in 1837 in New Concord, Ohio, is represented here by a district of its earliest and most influential buildings. Spread across rolling terrain north of the town center, the group includes Paul Hall (1873), Johnson Hall (1899), the Little Theatre (1900), Brown Chapel (1912), Montgomery Hall (1921), Patton Hall (1921) and Cambridge Hall (1927). Most are brick with limestone trim and red tile roofs. Columbus architect Frank Packard designed Brown Chapel and Montgomery Hall, while Canton architect J. Kerr Griffin designed Cambridge Hall. College Drive United Presbyterian Church is included because of the school's long ties to the Presbyterian Church. A small lakeside gazebo called the Spoonholder and a powerhouse built to match the campus design also contribute. The district was listed because these buildings shaped the growth of the college, which educated thousands of students and became an educational and cultural center for this part of Ohio. Its boundaries cover the campus built before 1930.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank Packard (Brown Chapel, Montgomery Hall); J. Kerr Griffin (Cambridge Hall); William C. Handschy (contractor, Brown Chapel); E. Mast (Cambridge Hall); Dunzweiler (Patton Hall)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival (Brown Chapel); Jacobethan Revival elements (Montgomery and Cambridge Halls); Colonial Revival elements (Patton Hall)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Campus buildings remain in use for classrooms, offices, theatre, worship and housing; Cambridge Hall was renovated in 1975 and Johnson Hall was undergoing renovation at the time of the original nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.715852-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001910.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990725","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/muskingum-college-campus-historic-district-boundary-increase-100006314/"}