{"nrhp_refnum":"74001529","name":"Holmes County Courthouse And Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millersburg","county":"Holmes County","state":"OH","lat":40.55395719300003,"lon":-81.91696663699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-07-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county courthouse and a jail on Courthouse Square in the center of Millersburg, the Holmes County seat in Ohio. The courthouse was built 1884-1886 and the jail around 1880.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the two buildings as good examples of surviving nineteenth century county buildings. The Second Empire courthouse and the Italianate-detailed jail form a fine pair in a public square setting. The courthouse was designed by architect J. W. Yost and built with locally quarried stone.","narrative":"Holmes County Courthouse and Jail sit together on the public square in the center of Millersburg. The courthouse, built between 1884 and 1886, is a two-story Second Empire building of rock-faced stone quarried within the county, with mansard-roofed corner towers, a slate hipped roof and a central clock tower. Inside, a rotunda with a stained glass center and gesso decoration survives, and the second-floor courtroom keeps its original fixtures. The brick jail, built about 1880, has Italianate detailing including ornate hood molds, bracketed entrance hoods and rusticated stone quoins. Architect J. W. Yost designed the courthouse, and Hibbert and Schaus of Newark, Ohio, constructed it. The buildings replaced earlier county structures, which dated from shortly after an 1834 fire that destroyed the first log courthouse and jail. They were listed as a fine pair of nineteenth century county buildings in a square setting.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (courthouse built 1884-6; jail built circa 1880)","architect_builder":"Architect J. W. Yost; construction by Hibbert and Schaus of Newark, Ohio","architectural_style":"Second Empire (courthouse); Italianate detailing (jail)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings are described as in good condition; the courthouse is county-owned, occupied and used for government.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.029495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001529.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001529/ac1fccd463-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001529/ac1fccd463-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Calvin Beale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes_County_Courthouse,_Millersburg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvin Beale</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes_County_Courthouse,_Millersburg.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003743","name":"Millersburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/millersburg-historic-district-84003743/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989397","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_County_Courthouse_(Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5883541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/holmes-county/holmes-county-courthouse-and-jail-74001529/"}