{"nrhp_refnum":"86001569","name":"Independent School District No. 2 Building","other_names":["Pleasant Hill School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"64520 OH 213","address_restricted":false,"city":"Steubenville","county":"Jefferson County","state":"OH","lat":40.41817176700005,"lon":-80.65691361999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick one-room schoolhouse, also called Pleasant Hill School, on S.R. 213 in Island Creek Township near Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. It dates to about 1865, with an 1880 date outlined in its slate roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is likely the oldest surviving school building in Jefferson County and one of only two intact one-room schoolhouses there. It is a rare brick example, since most such schools were frame, and shows modest Greek Revival styling. It represents the role of rural country schools in local education and youth development.","narrative":"Pleasant Hill School is a one-story, one-room brick schoolhouse beside State Route 213 in Island Creek Township, near Steubenville. Built around 1865, it rests on a sandstone foundation with a cut stone water table and common bond brick walls. Its gable roof has small cornice returns, and slate on the roof outlines the date 1880, when a school district bought the land. Six-over-six double-hung windows, a simple Greek Revival manner and an interior with original wainscoting and a pressed metal ceiling remain. The bell tower has been removed and one window was converted to a doorway early on. A schoolhouse is first mentioned here in 1866, when a Presbyterian congregation met in it. The school served until 1950. It is believed to be the oldest surviving school building in Jefferson County and one of only two intact one-room schoolhouses there. Its brick construction is uncommon, because most rural schools of the era were frame.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific date ca. 1865)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modest Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Sold to a private firm in 1950, which has maintained its structural condition. The form lists its status as unoccupied with work in progress, and its condition as good and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.877731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001569.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001569/b54e5a4b73-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001569/b54e5a4b73-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Roseohioresident","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Independent_School_District_No._2_Building_2012-07-13.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Roseohioresident</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:Independent_School_District_No._2_Building_2012-07-13.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989478","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138379007"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/jefferson-county/independent-school-district-no-2-building-86001569/"}