{"nrhp_refnum":"79002805","name":"Bath Township Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1241 N. Cleveland-Massilon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath Center","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.16904578500004,"lon":-81.63640194399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame township hall at 1241 North Cleveland-Massillon Road in Bath Center, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1905 in the Georgian Revival style.","why_significant":"The building was erected in 1905, probably on the site of an 1870 township hall mentioned in Perrin's county history. It reflects how Bath's township government parallels others in Summit County, with three trustees regulated by state statute. It continues to serve as the community's meeting place.","narrative":"Bath Township Hall, at 1241 North Cleveland-Massillon Road in Bath Center, is a large wood frame building completed in 1905 in the Georgian Revival style. It has a two-story front section with a large meeting hall behind, clapboard walls, a gable roof with shingles, and modillioned cornices throughout. A large gable on the facade is flanked by two perpendicular gables holding pointed-arch windows, and a hip-roofed porch shelters the central entrance. The hall sits above the central intersection of the township, with a concrete retaining wall in front, a cemetery to one side and outbuildings to the rear. It was probably built on the site of an 1870 township hall noted in Perrin's county history. The building has housed Bath's government continuously, which is run by three trustees under state statutes and operates by resolution. Meetings are open to the community and are held three times a month, and the hall remains in use for that purpose.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as the township hall; exterior and interior condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.294225-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002805.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002805/29c8f17c68-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002805/29c8f17c68-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bath_Township_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bath_Township_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986294","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138697798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/bath-township-hall-79002805/"}