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Nine Ohio
recommendations to National Register of Historic Places
New Madison’s Knights of Pythias Hall / Fort Black Lodge #413 F &
A.M. Will Be Nominated
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Members of the Ohio Historic Site Preservation
Advisory Board voted on Fri., June 22, 2018, to recommend that
nominations for nine properties in Ohio be forwarded to the Keeper of
the National Register of Historic Places for her consideration. They
include:
New Madison / Darke County
Knights of Pythias Lodge Hall
118 E. Washington St.
Since 1936, local Masons have met in this two-story Classical-style
building of red brick with limestone detail. Built in 1904, it has
served as a local center of social activity and entertainment ever
since, first as an opera house and meeting hall for the local Knights
of Pythias and their auxiliary, the Pythian Sisters, then for Fort
Black Lodge # 413 Free and Accepted Masons, and Fort Black Chapter No.
336, Order of the Eastern Star.
What Happens Next?
The board made its recommendations on Friday, June 22, 2018, during a
meeting held at the Ohio History Center in Columbus. As a result,
nominations for each of the properties will be forwarded to the Keeper
of the National Register, who directs the program for the U.S.
Department of the Interior.
If the Keeper agrees that the properties meet the criteria for listing,
they will be added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Decisions from the Keeper on all nine nominations are expected in about
90 days.
About the National Register
The National Register lists places that should be preserved because of
their significance in American history, architecture, archaeology,
engineering and culture. It includes buildings, sites, structures,
objects and historic districts of national, state and local importance.
To be eligible for listing in the National Register a property or
district must:
- be associated with events that have made a significant contribution
to the broad patterns of our history, or
- be associated with the lives of people significant in our past, or
- embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of
construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high
artistic values or represent a significant, distinguishable entity
whose components may lack individual distinction (e.g. a historic
district), or
- have yielded, or be likely to yield, information important in
prehistory or history.
National Register listing often raises community awareness of a
property. However, listing does not obligate owners to repair or
improve their properties and does not prevent them from remodeling,
altering, selling or even demolishing them if they choose to do so.
Owners or long-term tenants who rehabilitate income-producing
properties listed in the National Register can qualify for a 20 percent
federal income tax credit if the work they do follows the Secretary of
the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, guidelines used nationwide
for repairs and alterations to historic buildings. A similar 25 percent
state income tax credit is also offered through the Ohio Development
Services Agency, with assistance provided by the Ohio History
Connection’s State Historic Preservation Office and the Ohio Department
of Taxation.
In Ohio, anyone may prepare a National Register nomination. Nominations
are made through the Ohio History Connection’s State Historic
Preservation Office. Proposed nominations are reviewed by the Ohio
Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, a governor-appointed panel
of citizens and professionals in history, architecture, archaeology and
related fields. The board reviews each nomination to see whether it
appears to be eligible for listing in the National Register, then makes
a recommendation to the State Historic Preservation Officer. The final
decision to add a property to the register is made by the National Park
Service, which administers the program nationwide.
The Ohio History Connection’s State Historic Preservation Office is
Ohio’s official historic preservation agency. It identifies historic
places in Ohio, nominates properties to the National Register of
Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on
historic, architectural and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults
on conservation of older buildings and sites and offers educational
programs and publications.
Ohio History Connection
The Ohio History Connection, formerly the Ohio Historical Society, is a
statewide history organization with the mission to spark discovery of
Ohio’s stories. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization chartered in
1885, the Ohio History Connection carries out history services for Ohio
and its citizens focused on preserving and sharing the state’s history.
This includes housing the state historic preservation office, the
official state archives, and the local history office. The Ohio History
Connection also manages more than 50 sites and museums across Ohio.
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