Southington Township School (Boundary Increase)
Also known as: Chalker School
Approximate location: the National Park Service places this pin arbitrarily within the property, not at a surveyed point (stated accuracy ±12 m).
Why it's listed
Built in 1906-1907, this nine-bay brick elementary building in Southington Township, Ohio, sits beside Chalker High School and a Civil War monument on a slight rise near the township center. It has a hip roof, a central cupola, stone sills and lintels, and a projecting gabled entrance with a fanlight. Inside, two large classrooms flank a central stair and foyer on each floor, with cloakrooms and wooden floors still in place. It served as the township's only primary school until 1928 and was modernized with Public Works Administration funds in 1939. Later additions from the 1950s through the 1980s hid much of its character, but they were removed in 2011. The building represents the move from one-room sub-district schools to one centralized graded school, and it shows the plain design typical of early twentieth-century primary schools. Including it restores the original campus and supports a name change to Southington Township School.
Significance in brief: The building reflects the township's early twentieth-century shift from scattered one-room schoolhouses to a single centralized graded school, and it represents a modest, utilitarian primary school design. Its inclusion restores the original two-building school campus, and the listing name changes from Chalker High School to Southington Township School.
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 12000464, listed August 1, 2012. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 4432 OH 305, Southington |
|---|---|
| County | Trumbull County |
| Listed | August 1, 2012 |
| Reference number | 12000464 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1906-1960 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th century revivals/Colonial Revival |
| Criteria |
|
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Education |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Used for classrooms until a new school opened in 2012; later additions were demolished in October 2011, and the township trustees plan to reuse the building for storage and possibly offices. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 41.30860, -80.95743 (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.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 12000464.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5068827
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.