{"nrhp_refnum":"74001406","name":"Carroll County Courthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carrollton","county":"Carroll County","state":"OH","lat":40.57225017400003,"lon":-81.08570783399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stone county courthouse with a raised basement on Courthouse Square in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, built 1884-1885 to designs by architect Frank O. Weary and constructed by J.S. Melbourne.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the courthouse as a good example of a late nineteenth century Ohio county courthouse. Its design is described as a reaction to the excesses of Second Empire and other High Victorian styles common for midwestern courthouses. It is also tied to the county's growth, as the first courthouse of about 1835 was outgrown by around 1880.","narrative":"Carroll County Courthouse is a two-story stone building with a raised basement on Courthouse Square in Carrollton, Ohio. Completed in 1885 at a cost of $109,900, it was designed by architect Frank O. Weary and built by J.S. Melbourne. The north front has three projecting bays, including a central entrance porch on stone columns and a round arched window under a cornice inscribed with the name Carroll and the date 1885. A square tower rises 40 feet above the slate roof and is topped with a dome and four clock faces; a statue of Justice originally crowned it. The county outgrew its first courthouse, a small brick building from about 1835, around 1880, and commissioners ordered a new one beside it. The older building was later auctioned. The nomination values the courthouse as a good example of a late nineteenth century Ohio county courthouse, whose eclectic design reacted against Second Empire and other High Victorian styles. Later changes include aluminum window sash and lowered interior ceilings.","period_of_significance":"1884-1885","architect_builder":"Frank O. Weary (architect); J.S. Melbourne (builder)","architectural_style":"Late nineteenth century eclectic Ohio county courthouse (reaction to Second Empire and High Victorian styles)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied, in government use; windows replaced with aluminum sash and interior ceilings lowered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.078579-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001406/7fca0cb919-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001406/7fca0cb919-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carroll_County_Courthouse,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carroll_County_Courthouse,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987003","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_County_Courthouse_(Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5046537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/carroll-county/carroll-county-courthouse-74001406/"}