{"nrhp_refnum":"11000366","name":"Huron School","other_names":["McCormick School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"325 Ohio St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huron","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.39525559800006,"lon":-82.55933120999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Huron School, later renamed McCormick School, is a two-story Art Moderne concrete school at 325 Ohio Street in Huron, Erie County, Ohio, completed in 1943, with a detached Annex added in 1952.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as a rare example of an Art Moderne school in Ohio, one of only 11 such schools found on the Ohio Historic Inventory. It was also the first architectural concrete school in Ohio, built with reinforced concrete barrel-shell roofs because wartime steel was unavailable.","narrative":"Completed in 1943, McCormick School, originally called Huron School, is a two-story concrete school building on Ohio Street in Huron, Ohio. It was designed by architect Harold Parker in the Art Moderne style, with smooth ivory walls, a flat roof, strong horizontal lines, curved corners and glass block windows. Because steel was scarce during World War II, the central gymnasium-auditorium roof uses six reinforced concrete barrel shells, making it the first architectural concrete school in Ohio. Few Ohio schools were built in this style; the nomination counts only 11 recorded examples. A matching Annex was added in 1952 to handle rising enrollment. The school has been in continuous educational use since opening, and it has hosted the Huron Playhouse summer theatre since 1949. Changes have been limited mainly to replacing windows and doors within the original openings, so the building keeps its original floor plan and much of its interior finish, including tile floors and plaster walls.","period_of_significance":"1943-1952","architect_builder":"Harold Parker & C. Edward Wolfe, Architects; R. C. Reese, Structural Engineer; Jurgens Company, Contractor","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Art Moderne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Both the main building and the Annex are in good condition. The main building is used for 7th and 8th grade students, and the Annex is leased to a Montessori academy. The building is also the summer home of the Huron Playhouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.238359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/11000366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000366/f214a8265a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000366/f214a8265a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huron_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:Huron_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988094","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137769007"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/huron-school-11000366/"}