{"nrhp_refnum":"83001995","name":"Pataskala Elementary School","other_names":["Pataskala High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"396 S. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pataskala","county":"Licking County","state":"OH","lat":40.00018965600003,"lon":-82.67811635099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick school building at 396 S. High Street in Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio, built in 1908 as a high school. The builder is recorded as C. W. Rickett.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant as the only building in Pataskala associated with education and as an example of small-town school design from the early twentieth century. It shows several Queen Anne features, including an ornate wood cupola, fish scale shingled dormers and red brick contrasted with stone trim.","narrative":"Built in 1908 at 396 S. High Street in Pataskala, this two-and-a-half-story brick building began as the town's high school and first housed all twelve grades. It replaced an earlier school that had stood on the site of the present Town Hall. The last high school seniors graduated in 1955, after which students were consolidated with other districts and the building held only elementary grades. The facade has a recessed central section with two stone-surrounded entrances, flanked by projecting wings with rectangular and segmented windows. Queen Anne features include an ornate wood cupola, fish scale shingled dormers, and the contrast of red brick with stone trim. The roof combines hip and mansard forms in slate, and a gym was added at the rear in 1931. The building sits on a large, well-treed lot in a residential area. It was recognized as the only building in the community tied to education and as a good example of early twentieth-century small-town school design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"C. W. Rickett (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (hybrid turn-of-the-century school style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a school (elementary) at the time of the inventory; condition listed as fair inside and out. A gym was added to the rear in 1931.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.163828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001995.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001995/62ef8c34a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001995/62ef8c34a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pataskala_Elementary_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pataskala_Elementary_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985670","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138468288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/licking-county/pataskala-elementary-school-83001995/"}