Baldwin-Wallace College South Campus Historic District (Boundary Increase)
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Why it's listed
Baldwin-Wallace College's south campus in Berea, Ohio, occupies four blocks centered on Seminary Street, between School and Church streets and from Front to Beech streets. It grew from the former German Wallace College campus, which was laid out around the Lyceum Village Square of the late 1830s. The district holds 14 buildings and one structure, built from about 1858 to 1958. Most are of Berea sandstone or brick, in styles such as Gothic Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque and Colonial Revival. Examples include Marting Hall, the 1895-96 original classroom building; Lindsay-Crossman Chapel; Kohler Hall, which began as a German Methodist orphanage; Wallace House, built by college founder James Wallace; and a row of Beech Street dormitories. The campus was never formally master-planned. Donors who owned sandstone quarries paid for many buildings, giving the grounds a shared material rather than one style. Extending Seminary Street through the grounds tied the older and newer campuses together and helped form the square of buildings seen today.
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| Styles | Mid-19th Century; Late Victorian; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals (Gothic Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, High Victorian Gothic, Colonial Revival) |
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| Areas of significance | Education, Architecture |
| Acreage | 12.9 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Baldwin-Wallace College South Campus Historic District (Boundary Increase) (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.