{"nrhp_refnum":"70000492","name":"University, Hayes and Orton Halls","other_names":["See Also:University, Hayes and Orton Hall (Boundary Decrease"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"The Oval, Ohio State university","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.001406845000076,"lon":-83.01447045899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three of the original buildings on The Oval at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio: University Hall (1873), Hayes Hall (1893) and Orton Hall (1893).","why_significant":"The three buildings are presented as the surviving architectural and historical symbols of the state's land grant college, founded in 1870 under the Morrill Act. University Hall was the university's first permanent structure, Hayes Hall was the first Ohio college building designed for manual, domestic and technical instruction, and Orton Hall was the first Ohio building designed for museum and laboratory teaching.","narrative":"Three early buildings on The Oval at The Ohio State University in Columbus mark the beginnings of Ohio's land grant college, founded in 1870 under the Morrill Land Grant Act. University Hall, built in 1873 to designs by J. Snyder of Akron, was the first permanent university building. It was a four-story brick High Victorian structure with a Mansard roof and a bell tower, and it housed all administrative and instructional work until 1879. Hayes Hall, built in 1893 in French Romanesque Revival style by architects Yost and Packard, was the first Ohio college building designed exclusively for manual, domestic and technical instruction. Orton Hall, also built in 1893 by Yost and Packard, is a Richardsonian Romanesque Revival building that was the first fire-resistant structure on campus and the first in Ohio built mainly for museum and laboratory teaching. University Hall was slated for demolition at the time of listing and was later demolished in 1971.","period_of_significance":"1873-1893","architect_builder":"University Hall: J. Snyder of Akron, Ohio; Hayes Hall and Orton Hall: architects Yost and Packard","architectural_style":"University Hall: High Victorian with Mansard roof; Hayes Hall: French Romanesque Revival; Orton Hall: Richardsonian Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form describes condition as good. Hayes Hall is in excellent condition; University Hall was slated for demolition, with a rear auditorium addition described as unsafe. Notes added later record University Hall's demolition in October 1971.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.268327-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/70000492.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000492/28bf82e166-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000492/28bf82e166-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Analogue Kid","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OrtonHall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Analogue Kid</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OrtonHall.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988481","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University,_Hayes_and_Orton_Halls","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7894475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/university-hayes-and-orton-halls-70000492/"}