{"nrhp_refnum":"94000241","name":"Ourant's School","other_names":["Ourant School","Has-302-10"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ourant Rd., W of Cadiz","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cadiz","county":"Harrison County","state":"OH","lat":40.287343476000046,"lon":-81.12652517699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rectangular one-room schoolhouse built in 1873 in rural Nottingham Township, near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, with three original outbuildings: a coal shed and separate boys' and girls' privies.","why_significant":"The school is tied to Hattonia, a vanished community of which it is the only remaining building. It is also the only intact survivor of Nottingham Township's seven one-room schools and the most distinctive example of the type in Harrison County. It retains a high level of exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Ourant's School is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1873 in rural Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio. It is a vernacular frame building with shiplap siding, a dressed stone foundation, 6/6 wood windows, a front-gable metal roof, and an original bell and wooden belfry. Inside, the wood floor, wainscoting, raised teacher's platform, blackboard, desks, Boomer stove and pressed metal ceiling remain. A coal shed and two privies also survive. The school served Hattonia, a hamlet that grew around a store and post office established in 1882 and faded after a planned railroad was never built. The post office closed in 1903, and the school is the only remaining building from the community. Classes ended in 1941. Of the seven one-room schools in the township, the others were demolished, burned, moved or altered, leaving Ourant's as the only intact example in the township and the county. It was listed for its role in local education and community life and as a well-preserved example of its building type.","period_of_significance":"1873-1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: One-room Schoolhouse (vernacular)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant/not in use; the school closed in 1941 and the interior is essentially unchanged from its school days.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.833349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/94000241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000241/0c895641fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000241/0c895641fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ourant_School_Harrison_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ourant_School_Harrison_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989316","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ourant%27s_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7111248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/harrison-county/ourants-school-94000241/"}