National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Question 8b.
For the SUMMARY PARAGRAPH, we have to identified the following items:
- Specific associations or characteristics through which the property has acquired significance, including historic events, activities, persons, physical features, artistic qualities, architectural styles, and archeological evidence that represent the historic contexts within which the property is important to the history of the local community, the State, or the nation.
- Specific ways the property meets the qualifying criterion and has contributed to each area of significance entered on the form.
- Role of any important persons or cultural affiliations entered on the form.
- Ways the property meets the special standards for any criteria considerations marked on the form.
Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any applicable criteria considerations.)
This Ohio Post Office is of exceptional historic significance and meets National Register criteria A and B. The building itself, the architects and builders used, as well as the mural inside, were sponsored by the Federal government during 1940’s as a part of the Depression-era New Deal Programs. This property is significant under Criterion A for it’s historic association with the Federal government’s New Deal program as a whole but specifically to bring original works of art to the public and to provide relief to artists. In the same vein, the construction work itself was specifically designed to generate work for African American builders and architects. The Post Office is significant under Criterion B for it’s historic association with the African American Architects Samuel Plato and William Wilson Cooke.
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