{"nrhp_refnum":"79002743","name":"Old Union School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off of OH 314","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chesterville","county":"Morrow County","state":"OH","lat":40.480933513000025,"lon":-82.68225005699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story wood-frame former schoolhouse in Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio, built about 1860 on a sandstone foundation, in Greek Revival form with Italianate detailing.","why_significant":"It served as Chesterville's union schoolhouse from about 1860 until a larger brick school replaced it in 1890. It has since been a residence. The nomination calls it one of Chesterville's more imposing landmarks and a good example of the town's Greek Revival structures.","narrative":"Built around 1860, this two-and-a-half-story wood-frame building in Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio, began as the town's union schoolhouse. It remained a school until 1890, when a larger brick structure took over, and it has been a residence ever since. The form is Greek Revival, while the window surrounds carry Italianate detailing. Clapboard siding covers the frame, which rests on a sandstone foundation, and the plan is T-shaped with a five-bay front. The main entrance sits off center beneath a small porch, with side and top lights around the door. A wing on the west side has a front porch decorated with scroll saw work. Inside, the rooms have been adapted for housing. The building occupies a heavily shaded lot at the crest of a small rise, with outbuildings and shrubbery around it, giving it a prominent setting. It was recognized as one of Chesterville's more imposing landmarks and as part of a good collection of Greek Revival structures.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival-Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a residence; interior described as good and exterior as very good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.207904-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002743.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002743/193c89035f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002743/193c89035f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Union_School,_Chesterville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Union_School,_Chesterville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985947","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Union_School_(Chesterville,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085355"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/morrow-county/old-union-school-79002743/"}