{"nrhp_refnum":"82003572","name":"Ewington Academy","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ewington Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ewington","county":"Gallia County","state":"OH","lat":39.00997392800008,"lon":-82.35463597399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame academy building on Ewington Road in Ewington, Gallia County, Ohio, built in 1858-59 on a one-acre lot and designed and overseen by carpenter George Ewing.","why_significant":"It represents a small rural community's commitment to secondary education before area high schools existed. It is the oldest academy building in Gallia County and is virtually unaltered from its original form. Its classes were above the elementary level, making it a forerunner of the modern high school.","narrative":"Ewington Academy is a two-story frame schoolhouse in the small community of Ewington, Gallia County, Ohio. Built in 1858 and 1859, it measures 32 by 50 feet, with a stone foundation, clapboard siding, a gable end facing the street, a central double-door entrance with a gabled hood, and a semicircular vent in the gable. Windows have shaped Greek Revival type lintels, and the interior remains as originally built. The academy was chartered in 1857 by the trustees of the Ewington Citizens Literary Institute, who bought the land and paid for construction through popular subscription. George Ewing, a carpenter and grandson of the town's founder, designed and supervised the work. It was a private, nonsectarian school charging yearly tuition, teaching above the elementary level. It closed around 1912 as area high schools opened, then reopened as a public elementary school until just after World War II. It is the oldest academy building in Gallia County and now serves as a meeting hall.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"George Ewing","architectural_style":"Greek Revival type lintels noted on the windows; no overall style stated","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a meeting hall for a local American Legion post, cared for by members of the Ewington community. Second-story windows are boarded up until funds are available for repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.025831-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003572.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003572/b36cfdb377-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003572/b36cfdb377-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ewington_Academy.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ewington_Academy.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988656","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138339509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/gallia-county/ewington-academy-82003572/"}