{"nrhp_refnum":"83001998","name":"Pataskala Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"430 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pataskala","county":"Licking County","state":"OH","lat":39.99384107800006,"lon":-82.67479821299997,"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":"Two-story brick Georgian Revival town hall at 430 Main Street in Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio, built in 1916 and designed by architect Charles C. Rusk, with George Emswiler as builder.","why_significant":"The building is significant architecturally as an early 20th-century example of Georgian Revival and as one of the few high-style buildings in town designed by a professional architect. It is also significant historically as the community center of a small town, serving both social and governmental functions.","narrative":"Built in 1916 at 430 Main Street, this two-story brick building serves as the town hall of Pataskala, Ohio. Charles C. Rusk designed it and George Emswiler built it, on a raised concrete block foundation. Georgian Revival features include a symmetrical facade with bays divided by brick pilasters, a central entrance with a small pediment flanked by sandstone columns, round-arched second-floor windows, a full entablature and a decorated pediment. A one-room wooden schoolhouse once occupied the site. The building was designed for several uses. It stored fire department equipment in the 1930s and 1940s, housed the public library until 1969, and its second-floor theater hosted meetings, plays and movies. Town and township offices now occupy the first floor. It is recognized as a good example of early 20th-century Georgian Revival and as one of the few high-style buildings in the community designed by a professional architect, as well as for its long role as a social and governmental center.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Charles C. Rusk; Builder: George Emswiler","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as the town hall; town and township offices are on the first floor and a theater is on the second floor. Condition is listed as good on the exterior and fair on the interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.971416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001998.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001998/1f4d98a5f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001998/1f4d98a5f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pataskala_Town_Hall.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_Town_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985662","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138472652"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/licking-county/pataskala-town-hall-83001998/"}