{"nrhp_refnum":"82003538","name":"Lakefork School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Jeromesville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jeromesville","county":"Ashland County","state":"OH","lat":40.754868240000064,"lon":-82.14634779799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room Victorian Gothic brick schoolhouse built circa 1880 at the northeast corner of County Road 175 and Township Road 75, southeast of Jeromesville in Mohican Township, Ashland County, Ohio.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a fine example of Victorian Gothic architecture, with lancet windows, a bell tower and a massive pointed entrance arch. It is described as one of Ashland County's most substantial and best preserved one-room schools and the only one still standing in Mohican Township. It also reflects public education in the area for over fifty years, until schools were consolidated at Jeromesville during the Depression.","narrative":"Built around 1880, this one-room schoolhouse sits on a small lot southeast of Jeromesville in Mohican Township, Ashland County, Ohio, surrounded by farmland near the Lakefork Methodist Church and cemetery. The brick building rests on a rough-cut stone foundation, with stone quoins at the corners and five lancet windows along each side. A slate-roofed bell tower rises 60 feet above the ground at the gable end, and a large pointed arch of sandstone and rough-cut stone frames the double-door entrance. Inside, the single room measures 36 by 42 feet and has a raised teacher's platform. The school was listed for its Victorian Gothic design and for its role in local education. It served as a school for more than fifty years, until it closed in 1938 when schools consolidated at Jeromesville. It is described as the only one-room school still standing in Mohican Township and one of the county's best preserved. The interior is stripped, though it keeps its wainscoting and plaster walls.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date circa 1880)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and empty; closed permanently as a school in 1938. Condition checked as good and altered; interior stripped but retains wainscoting and plaster walls.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.070956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003538.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003538/6b425bf052-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003538/6b425bf052-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LAKEFORK_SCHOOL,_ASHLAND_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LAKEFORK_SCHOOL,_ASHLAND_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986631","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137593734"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashland-county/lakefork-school-82003538/"}