National Register of Historic Places - Ohio (OH), Delaware County

Delaware County Ohio (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Elliott Hall, Sturges Library, And Merrick Hall, Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II, Historic Northwest District, Ohio Wesleyan University Fraternity Hill Historic District and Sandusky Street Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Adena dating back to 999 BC.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Delaware County places including Hoke and Nickerson, Milosevich and Trautwein et al., Gibbs, D.W., et al., Jones, R.N., et al. and Dalton-Dalton Associates. Prominent architectural styles found in Delaware Country are Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival and Gothic Revival.

Elliott Hall, Sturges Library, And Merrick Hall (added 1973 - - #73001430)

Ohio Wesleyan University campus , Delaware

Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Hotel, Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II (added 1975 - - #75001375)

Also known as Mumma Mound (Mound I);Orchard Mound (Mound II)

Address Restricted , Powell

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Adena

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Historic Northwest District (added 1996 - - #96000225)

Also known as See Also:84003662;87002546;73001429;90001083;83001957

Roughly bounded by Pennsylvania Ave., N. Sandusky St., W. William St., Elizabeth St., W. Fountain St. and N. Franklin St, Delaware

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones, R.N., et al., Gibbs, D.W., et al.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Italianate, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Ohio Wesleyan University Fraternity Hill Historic District (added 2019 - - #100004312)

Also known as Fraternity Row, Williams Campus

4, 9, 10, 15, 19, 20, 23, 30, and 35 Williams Drive, Delaware

send us a photo to share

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dalton-Dalton Associates, Hoke and Nickerson, Milosevich and Trautwein et al., Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1954-1969 AD

Sandusky Street Historic District (added 1982 - - #82001373)

44 S. to 92 N. Sandusky, 46 E. to 31 W. Winter, and 9 E. to 17 W. William , Delaware

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

College, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

College

Warren Tavern Complex (added 1983 - - #83001958)

Also known as John McLure Snook Property

U.S. 36 , Delaware

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress