{"nrhp_refnum":"80003246","name":"College of Wooster","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"OH 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wooster","county":"Wayne County","state":"OH","lat":40.81146580150005,"lon":-81.9344329483713,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic college campus district in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, made up of Collegiate Gothic academic, residential and administrative buildings built for the College of Wooster between 1900 and 1933, on a ridge above the city.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the campus is significant for architecture and community planning because several architects produced a stylistically unified group of Collegiate Gothic buildings after trustees followed Daniel Burnham's advice following the 1901 fire. It is also significant in education and social/humanitarian terms, reflecting community fundraising to found the college and gifts from private benefactors.","narrative":"Collegiate Gothic buildings of gray vitrified brick and terra cotta trim occupy a ridge crest above Wooster, Ohio, forming the campus of the College of Wooster. After the main building burned in December 1901, trustees consulted Daniel Burnham and adopted a single architectural style for new construction. Lansing C. Holden designed Kauke, Scovel and Severance halls, and later Holden Hall, Kenarden Lodge and Severance Gymnasium. George C. Nimmons designed the neo-classical University Library and Taylor Hall, and Daniel Everett Waid designed Douglass Hall, Galpin Memorial Hall and the President's House in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The buildings are arranged around open spaces, including an oak grove and a wide lawn lined with dormitories. The campus is recognized for its coherent planning and architecture, and for its history of founding by community effort and private gifts from donors such as Henry Clay Frick and Louis H. Severance. Newer buildings are included but not considered significant.","period_of_significance":"1900-1933","architect_builder":"various individuals (Lansing C. Holden, George C. Nimmons, Daniel Everett Waid, Janssen & Cocken)","architectural_style":"Collegiate Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a private educational campus; condition marked good to excellent, with newer buildings added outside the significant period.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.77002-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003246/39c6b474be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003246/39c6b474be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"DavidJ710 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COWkaukehall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DavidJ710 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COWkaukehall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991976","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Wooster","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1109093"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wayne-county/college-of-wooster-80003246/"}