{"nrhp_refnum":"80002960","name":"Main Building School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sugartree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"Clinton County","state":"OH","lat":39.443381602000045,"lon":-83.83429824599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Main Building is a three-story brick school on Sugartree Street in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, opened in 1869 and designed by W. M. Cleveland. It sits on a wooded lot of about 6 acres in a residential neighborhood near the central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues architectural significance as a fine example of High Victorian Italianate style, with varied window treatments, an elaborate cornice and frieze, and stone trim. It is described as the finest school of this style in Wilmington and one of the oldest standing schools in Clinton County.","narrative":"Main Building is a three-story brick school on Sugartree Street in Wilmington, Ohio, completed in 1869 to designs by W. M. Cleveland. It rises from a wooded lot of nearly six acres in a residential area close to downtown. The High Victorian Italianate design features seven bays on each side, brick pilaster strips, a projecting central section topped by a pedimented gable, and a low hip roof. Paired brackets support a boxed cornice, and the frieze has carved pendant-like projections. Windows have stone sills and lintels, with segmental hoodmoulds on the lower floors and round-arched ones above. The original belfry was removed in the early 1900s, and a one-story classroom addition was built around 1950 at the rear. The school operated continuously until May 1979. It was listed for its architecture: local comparisons show no other Wilmington building in this style with such elaborate stone trim and lively exterior, and it is among the oldest standing schools in the county.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"W. M. Cleveland","architectural_style":"High Victorian Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used continuously as a school from 1869 until it was vacated in May 1979; the Board of Education had planned to sell it but delayed at the request of a preservation group. The form also marks it as unoccupied.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.970872-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002960.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987172","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clinton-county/main-building-school-80002960/"}