Roseville High School
Why it's listed
Roseville High School is an H-shaped brick school completed in 1914 at Stokeley and Perry Streets in Roseville, Ohio. Built of ironspot brick on a brick foundation with a beveled stone water table, it has a recessed center entrance bay, stone trim, and subdued decorative brick and stonework on the east and west bays. A truncated hip roof of locally produced red tile covers the building, with four pierced chimneys and the remaining frame of a bell tower. Inside, the plan is largely original, with four rooms per floor, oak flooring, and a basement gymnasium. Zanesville contractors built it during a period of growth in the village, when Roseville was known for art pottery, and it educated many pottery workers and their children. It later served as an elementary school until 1970. A non-profit group now seeks funding to convert it into a day care and community center.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents it as a typical example of early twentieth-century educational architecture with local decorative brick and stonework. It served the village's education needs for over fifty years, including the children of Roseville's art pottery workers. The form is rated as locally significant.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 78002157, listed March 30, 1978. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Stokeley and Perry Sts., Roseville |
|---|---|
| County | Muskingum County |
| Listed | March 30, 1978 |
| Reference number | 78002157 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1900- |
| Architect / builder | C.W. Taylor & Sons. |
| Areas of significance | Education, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Vacant since the school was abandoned in 1970 during district consolidation; described as in good repair, with owners planning adaptation as a day care and community center. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 39.80997, -82.07324 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 78002157.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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