{"nrhp_refnum":"75001343","name":"Myers Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wittenberg Ave. and Ward St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Clark County","state":"OH","lat":39.93474562200004,"lon":-83.81387714199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Myers Hall is a four-story brick college building on the Wittenberg University campus at Wittenberg Ave. and Ward Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Construction began in the 1840s and was completed around 1851-52, and the front portico was added in 1916.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is important because it was completed over about seventy years in a style different from the one in which it was conceived. It is the oldest building on the Wittenberg campus and represents the transition away from Greek Revival college architecture. It also housed generations of male students, including several notable alumni.","narrative":"Myers Hall is a four-story brick building on the Wittenberg University campus in Springfield, Ohio, and the oldest building there. Wittenberg's founder, Ezra Keller, marked out the ground in 1845. The east wing was finished by 1847, the main section's cornerstone was laid in 1849, and the west wing followed shortly after. The architect is unknown. Students, faculty and local artisans contributed labor, which allowed unusually rapid construction. The building was planned in a Late Greek Revival manner, but the open cupola was replaced in the late nineteenth century, and the present three-story Doric portico was added in 1916, funded by the Myers brothers of Ashland, for whom the hall was renamed. The interior became a modern men's dormitory in 1954, while the exterior keeps its 1916 appearance. The hall housed authors Sherwood Anderson and Lloyd C. Douglas, as well as publishers Isaac Funk and Adam Wagnalls, and trained soldiers in both world wars.","period_of_significance":"Specific dates 1847, 1851, 1916","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival (as originally conceived), later altered","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by Wittenberg University and occupied; used as a men's residence hall, with the interior renovated in 1954 and the exterior preserved as it appeared in 1916.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.395352-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001343/45e26886d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001343/45e26886d4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myers_Hall_at_Wittenberg,_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myers_Hall_at_Wittenberg,_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987082","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137607252"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clark-county/myers-hall-75001343/"}