{"nrhp_refnum":"87000472","name":"Central Public School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Saint Clair Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mingo Junction","county":"Jefferson County","state":"OH","lat":40.31972676600003,"lon":-80.60809479199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick school building with an attached auditorium at 109 St. Clair Avenue in Mingo Junction, Jefferson County, Ohio, built in 1919-20 in the Jacobethan Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets Criterion C for its Jacobethan Revival architecture and the integrity of its setting. It stands on the site of the town's first school, Franklin School, built in 1873, and is one of the most architecturally significant buildings in Mingo Junction.","narrative":"Central Public School and its auditorium occupy a hillside site at 109 St. Clair Avenue in Mingo Junction, Ohio, overlooking the downtown, the steel mill and the Ohio River. Built in 1919-20, the three-story dark brick school has stone window and door surrounds, belt courses and pointed arch details in the Jacobethan Revival manner. A five-bay auditorium with three round-arched entrances faces Commercial Street and connects to the school by a stairway. The site has served local education since Franklin School opened in 1873, followed by a first Central School in 1906 that burned in 1917. The replacement was financed by two bond issues and included a 565-seat auditorium, gymnasium, locker rooms, assembly hall and classrooms. The upper grades used the top floor until Central High School opened in 1929. The building has since been vacated. It was listed for its architectural integrity and its setting on the town's earliest school site.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Jacobethan Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacated in recent years; the form notes the challenge of adapting it for reuse. Exterior condition is listed as good, though the window sashes have been altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.919026-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000472.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985527","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/jefferson-county/central-public-school-87000472/"}