{"nrhp_refnum":"79002778","name":"College Hall","other_names":["University Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 E. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tiffin","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.116353942000046,"lon":-83.16765533399996,"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":"College Hall is a three-story Victorian Gothic brick building on the Heidelberg College campus at 310 East Market Street, Tiffin, Ohio, built 1884-1886 to designs by Peters and Burns.","why_significant":"It was the third college building and the second used for classes, built with money raised by the Reformed Church and the citizens of Tiffin. It was nominated as part of a thematic group of Heidelberg College buildings showing the institution's growth and its architectural development through a variety of styles.","narrative":"College Hall is a three-story Victorian Gothic building on the Heidelberg College campus in Tiffin, Ohio, constructed between 1884 and 1886. Designed by Peters and Burns and built by Chamberlin and King, it has brick bearing walls on a rock-faced ashlar foundation and a slate mansard roof. A central tower with gable dormers, finials and an arched main entrance marks the front facade. Inside are a well with skylight, Rickly Chapel, and a triple stained-glass window honoring three ministers of the Winters family. The cornerstone reads \"Heidelberg College, Founded 1850, Rebuilt 1885.\" It was the college's third building and the second used for classes, paid for by the Reformed Church and Tiffin citizens. A bell in the tower came from the second Seneca County Court House, which stood from 1841 to 1884. The building still houses offices, classrooms, society halls and the chapel, and it was listed as part of a group showing the campus's growth.","period_of_significance":"1884-1886","architect_builder":"Architect: Peters and Burns; builder: Chamberlin and King","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use for administration offices, classrooms, men's society halls and Rickly Chapel; condition listed as fair inside and deteriorating outside.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.654715-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002778.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002778/591912699b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002778/591912699b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_Hall,_Heidelberg_University.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_Hall,_Heidelberg_University.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986134","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138673387"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/college-hall-79002778/"}