{"nrhp_refnum":"96000933","name":"Blume High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405--409 S. Blackhoof St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wapakoneta","county":"Auglaize County","state":"OH","lat":40.566178938000064,"lon":-84.19714577499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Blume High School is a brick public high school at 405-409 S. Blackhoof Street in Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio, built in two phases: the original school in 1908 and a large addition in 1923-25.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it reflects broad trends in early 20th century public education in Ohio and Wapakoneta's local response to them (Criterion A). It also represents the urban public high school building type and includes an addition by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard, one of his last projects (Criterion C). Its transitional design and high integrity add to its significance.","narrative":"Blume High School is a brick school building in a residential area southwest of downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio. The original section, designed by local architect W.M. Runkle, opened in 1908 in a restrained Italian Renaissance Revival style with a raised basement, tall windows and a pressed metal cornice. It was the first Wapakoneta school designed as a high school. Overcrowding led voters to approve a bond issue in 1922, and Columbus architect Frank L. Packard designed an addition completed in 1923-25. It combined a YMCA and library wing in Georgian Revival style, a gymnasium with stage, and a plain classroom block. The interior was altered in 1938 to improve fire safety. The school served as the high school until 1959 and as a junior high until 1989, and has been vacant since. It was listed for reflecting Ohio's growth of public high schools and for its architecture, including work by Packard late in his career.","period_of_significance":"1908-1945","architect_builder":"W.M. Runkle, architect; Frank Packard, architect","architectural_style":"Mixed: Italian Renaissance; Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a high school until 1959 and a junior high school until 1989; vacant since then.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.78057-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/96000933.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000933/78629f7c9d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000933/78629f7c9d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blume_High_School,_southeastern_angle.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blume_High_School,_southeastern_angle.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986779","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blume_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4930726"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/auglaize-county/blume-high-school-96000933/"}