Uniopolis Town Hall

Uniopolis Town Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the town hall
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Location	Ohio St. (State Route 67) east of its junction with Main St., Uniopolis, Ohio
Coordinates	40°36′8″N 84°5′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1875
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	94000773[1]
Added to NRHP	July 22, 1994

View of eastern side

The Uniopolis Town Hall is a historic village hall and museum in Uniopolis, Ohio, United States. Built in 1875,^[2] this Gothic Revival structure was built as a church, the Divinity Church of the United Brethren in Christ.^[1] The building ceased to be used for this purpose in 1900, when it was purchased by the village of Uniopolis and converted into a village hall. After more than ninety years of service as a village hall, the building began a process of conversion into the museum of the Uniopolis Historical Society.^[2]

The Uniopolis Town Hall is a simple Carpenter Gothic structure with five lancet windows on each side. Its weatherboarded walls rest upon a foundation of concrete and are topped with a roof of asphalt. As the Uniopolis municipal building, it has served a range of non-governmental purposes, including use as a community meeting room and as an auditorium.^[3] In recognition of its importance to the community, the village hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1] Although it was built in 1875, its primary use as a community building means that its period of historic significance was deemed to have begun in 1900.^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. What to See, Auglaize County Historical Society, 2010. Accessed 2010-06-07.
3. Uniopolis Town Hall, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-06-07.

External links

Media related to Uniopolis Town Hall at Wikimedia Commons

• Auglaize and Mercer Counties Convention Visitors Bureau: Museums