{"nrhp_refnum":"79002775","name":"Laird Hall","other_names":["Science Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"70 Greenfield St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tiffin","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.11503057500005,"lon":-83.16618256499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Laird Hall (originally Science Hall) is a three-story brick building with stone facing on the Heidelberg College campus at 70 Greenfield Street, Tiffin, Ohio, built 1911-1913 and designed by Patton and Miller.","why_significant":"It is part of a thematic group of Heidelberg College buildings nominated for how they show the college's growth and development since its founding in 1850. Laird Hall represents the campus's early twentieth-century science facilities and is an example of Modern English Gothic design.","narrative":"Laird Hall is a three-story science building on the Heidelberg College campus in Tiffin, Ohio, built between 1911 and 1913 to designs by Patton and Miller. Built in the Modern English Gothic style, it has brick walls with stone facing, a tile roof, a rock-faced ashlar foundation and twin entrances with cut stone heads and quoins. Elliptical windows have radiating voussoirs, and twin gables mark the center section, where a stone panel reads \"Science Hall.\" Mrs. Della Shawhan Laird, widow of Tiffin businessman Rezin W. Shawhan, donated the building, which was first used for all the sciences. It now houses only the biological sciences, along with the Jones Mineral and Biology Museums. Later changes include a greenhouse on the west side, an enclosed walkway to Bareis Hall at the rear and a new basement entrance. Its place in a group of college buildings reflects the institution's growth since 1850.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Patton and Miller (architects)","architectural_style":"Modern English Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as the college's biological science hall and houses the Jones Mineral and Biology Museums; condition listed as very good inside and out.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.043625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002775.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002775/9b28640350-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002775/9b28640350-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laird_Hall,_Heidelberg_University.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laird_Hall,_Heidelberg_University.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986130","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138673355"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/laird-hall-79002775/"}