Warwick Interlocking Tower
Also known as: Ohio Historic Inventory SUM #3098-19; Pennsylvania Interlocking Tower
Why it's listed
Standing south of the CSX tracks in Warwick, in the Village of Clinton, this small brick tower once controlled rail traffic where the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads met. Measuring about 14 by 22 feet, it has two stories of wire-cut brick laid in running bond, with belt courses, glass-block windows on the first floor and one-over-one sash windows above that wrap around parts of the east and west sides so operators could watch trains. A metal stair on the south side reaches the upper door. The Pennsylvania Railroad replaced an earlier wooden tower with this one in 1930. The gable roof was added in the 1970s; a 1953 photograph shows it originally had a flat roof. Warwick once served over 100 trains a day and supplied coal, stone and sand to industry. After World War II, diesel engines and centralized traffic control reduced the need for the station. Most related buildings were razed by the late 1960s, leaving this tower as the last structure from Warwick's railroad era.
Significance in brief: The tower is significant under Criterion A (Transportation) for its link to the Warwick Junction, where the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads crossed and the tower directed traffic. It is the last existing building directly tied to Warwick's railroad heritage as a railroad hamlet. The nomination also finds a high degree of historic integrity.
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 02001516, listed December 12, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 2955 S 1st. St., Clinton |
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| County | Summit County |
| Listed | December 12, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02001516 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1930 |
| Architect / builder | Pennsylvania Railroad |
| Architectural style | Other: Interlocking Tower; Vernacular |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Vacant/not in use is listed as current use in the form, but the narrative says CSX owns it, uses the first floor to store crossing hardware and the second floor as office space. |
| Acreage | 0.3 |
| Coordinates | 40.92219, -81.64258 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 02001516.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138714864
- This listing as JSON
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