{"nrhp_refnum":"82003649","name":"Old McKinley High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"800 N. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.80357347900008,"lon":-81.36970907099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Old McKinley High School is a large Neo-Classical public high school building at 800 North Market Street in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, built 1916-1921 and designed by architect George F. Hammond.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building embodies the architect's ideas about linking form and use and was designed for the most advanced educational ideas of its day. Its size and comprehensive plan reflect a broad curriculum, and it was once called the most commodious high school building in the world. It was the flagship of Canton's school building boom of 1900-1920.","narrative":"Old McKinley High School is a massive Neo-Classical building in Canton, Ohio, completed in 1921 to designs by architect George F. Hammond. Built of buff unglazed brick and stone, it holds about 271,540 square feet, with an auditorium seating 1,812, two gymnasiums, a swimming pool and roughly 175 additional rooms. A six-column portico marks the main entrance, and the auditorium entry has arcading. It was designed for 4,000 students and had 150 classrooms, and at construction it had the largest single heating and ventilating system in the United States. It was named for Anna McKinley, the president's sister and a longtime Canton teacher. Canton's population nearly tripled between 1900 and 1920, and the school was meant as the flagship of many new schools. Its curriculum ranged from traditional subjects to printing, salesmanship and teacher training. It is valued for its architecture and its role in the city's educational history.","period_of_significance":"1916-1921","architect_builder":"George F. Hammond (1855-1938)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, unaltered, on its original site, with work in progress; plans called for adaptive reuse as an extended care and residential complex for the elderly. Some original windows have been replaced or infilled.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.606999-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003649.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003649/d78ac09744-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003649/d78ac09744-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Welsey Wilson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_McKinley_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Welsey Wilson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_McKinley_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991406","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_McKinley_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20709509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/old-mckinley-high-school-82003649/"}