{"nrhp_refnum":"10001214","name":"Southington Township School","other_names":["Chalker High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4432 OH 305","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southington","county":"Trumbull County","state":"OH","lat":41.31062073000004,"lon":-80.95898060499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Neo-Classical Revival brick high school building at 4432 State Route 305 in Southington, Trumbull County, Ohio, built in 1906, together with a 1910 Civil War Monument on the adjoining lawn.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as an outstanding example of Neo-Classical design in a rural school campus, funded and shaped by benefactor Newton Chalker. It was praised in 1907 and 1921 as one of the finest rural high schools in Ohio. It also served as the township's main civic and social gathering place, and it retains much original interior detail.","narrative":"Chalker High School is a two-story, buff brick Neo-Classical Revival school at 4432 State Route 305 in Southington, Trumbull County, Ohio. Completed in 1906 to designs by architect Alfred A. Dole and built by Shoof & Hawley of Youngstown, it has a pedimented portico with four fluted Ionic columns, stone lions at the entry steps and a porte cochere on the east side. Inside, a mosaic tile foyer floor depicts Longfellow's poem Excelsior, and marble baseboards, chestnut trim and hardwood floors remain. A 1910 granite Civil War Monument stands beside it on the lawn. Newton Chalker funded the school and deeded it to the township board of education in 1907. Newspapers of the time called it one of the finest rural high schools in Ohio. Its auditorium made it the community's main gathering place, and it still serves as part of the township's school campus today, with classrooms and offices in daily use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Alfred A. Dole; contractor and builder Shoof & Hawley of Youngstown","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals/Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still houses classrooms and administrative offices for Southington's school system; windows and roofing replaced but original profiles retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.577573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10001214.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001214/048ccc1e00-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001214/048ccc1e00-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Randall Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southington_Township_School_Southington_OH_Feb_2012.jPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Randall Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southington_Township_School_Southington_OH_Feb_2012.jPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991725","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalker_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5068827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/trumbull-county/southington-township-school-10001214/"}