Pantall Elementary School
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RECEIVED 228 United States Department of the Interior MAY 2 9 2015 National Park Service Nat. ReQister of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places Registration Form National Park Service This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: Pantall Elementary School Other names/site number: Stevens Elementary School: 5LO.902 Name of related multiple property listing: N/A (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing 2. Location Street & number: 1215 N. 5th Street City or town: Sterling State: -=Ccc::O:;.._ _____ County: =L-=-oq..._a=n'-'------- Not For Publication: ~ Vicinity: a 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this .:!.._ nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _:[__ meets _ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: _national statewide _:[_local Applicable National Register Criteria: _:!_A _B _:!_C _D I Signature of certifying officialfTitle: Deputy State Historic Pr7 rvati t:_~l-O{k-npO 61JPO. In my opinion, the property _meets_ does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title: State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 Pantall Elementary School Logan County, CO Name of Property County and State 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: K entered in the National Register _ determined eligible for the National Register _ determined not eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register _ other (explain:) Date of Action 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: 0 Public - Local D Public - State D Public - Federal D Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) 0 District □ Site □ Structure □ Object □ Section 7 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Pantall Elementary School Logan County, CO Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ______1______ ______1______ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects _______1_____ _______1 _____ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) Education / School ___ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) Vacant / Not in Use___ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) Modern Movement / International Style Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Brick, Glass, Metal_______________________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) Section 7 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Pantall Elementary School Logan County, CO Name of Property County and State Summary Paragraph The Pantall Elementary School is located in a residential neighborhood in Sterling, north of downtown and southwest of the Northeastern Junior College campus. Designed by architects Eugene D. Sternberg and Robert J. Murrin, the school building is an irregularly-shaped, one- story building which displays modernist elements of the International Style of architecture. The architects designed the building in the summer of 1952. Construction began in October of that year and it was completed in August of 1953 with the Craftsmen Construction Company as the general contractor. Comprising some 30,200 square feet of space, the building consists of the following basic elements: an east (front-center) administration wing; a tall north wing, consisting primarily of the gymnasium/cafeteria a music room, and a boiler room; two classroom wings (identified as the southeast classroom wing and the southwest classroom wing); and a south- center wing, consisting of the kindergarten room, a short north-south oriented hallway, a life skills room, and a meeting room. The building’s plan forms a small courtyard between the tall north wing, the administration wing, and the southeast classroom wing. Within the building, the north wall of the administration wing intersects with the east end of the south wall of the gymnasium/cafeteria wing. The south end of the administration wing flows into the east-west oriented hallway of the southeast classroom wing. At the west end of this east- west oriented hallway, the southeast classroom wing intersects with the north end of the short north-south oriented hallway of the south-center wing. The east end of the east-west oriented hallway of the southwest classroom wing intersects with the short north-south oriented hallway of the south-center wing. The east (front-center) administration wing contains the entry corridor, offices, staff restrooms, and a kitchen. The north wing primarily consists of a large, tall, room which functioned as the school’s gymnasium, cafeteria, assembly room, and performance hall with a stage at the west end. The west end of the north wing is a 1977 addition which consists of a music room and a boiler room. The southeast classroom wing contains eight classrooms (one of which was converted to a boiler room), a center hallway, and boys’ and girls’ restrooms. The southwest classroom wing contains six classrooms, and a center hallway. The south-center wing contains the kindergarten room and a short hallway, as well as two additional rooms which comprise a 1977 modest infill addition. In addition to the school, a noncontributing secondary building is also located on the property. Measuring 24’ N-S x 36’ E-W, the wood frame secondary building was primarily used to store audio visual and computer equipment. The school property is sited on a flat parcel of land bordered by North 5th Street on the east, Pantall Street on the north, and North 6th Street on the west. The property comprises 4.65 acres (202,554 square feet) of land which takes up nearly sixty percent of an oversized city block. A grass lawn and concrete sidewalk are located between the school and North 5th Street to the east. Two deciduous trees and a metal flagpole are in this area east of, or in front of, the building. Grass athletic fields, historically including two baseball diamonds, and a playground, are located north and northwest of the school. Asphalt-paved basketball courts are located west of the school. A grass lawn, kindergarten playground, asphalt-paved playground, and asphalt- paved parking lot, are located south of the building. Portions of the property are enclosed by Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Pantall Elementary School Logan County, CO Name of Property County and State chain link fence. Residential lots, fronting onto Cleveland Street and North 6th Street are located south and west of the school property. ____________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description School Building, (1952-1953, 1977 addition); photos 1-26, 31-37 General Characteristics1 The school is supported by a cast-in-place reinforced concrete foundation with the top of the perimeter walls minimally exposed above grade. The floor is a concrete slab on grade with no basement.2 The exterior walls are made of brick including areas laid in running bond, common bond, and stack bond.3 Roof forms include a flat roof over the administration wing and kindergarten wing, a very low-pitched gable roof over the gymnasium/cafeteria wing, and low- pitched monitor roofs with bands of clerestory windows over the classroom wings. The entire roof was originally covered with built-up gravel and tar composition roofing material; however, most of the roof surface has been re-roofed with a synthetic membrane material. The roof is supported by wood or steel