West Salem City Hall

West Salem City Hall (HM22AS)

Location: West Salem, OH 44287 Wayne County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 58.303', W 82° 6.574'

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The West Salem City Hall reflects a late-1800s municipal trend to house many civic functions under one roof. The fire station, jail, and council chambers occupied the ground level, while the second floor hosted a public auditorium, or "opera house". Designed by native son William K. Shilling, later an internationally prominent architect, the Romanesque-style building was completed in 1899 at a cost of $9,077 and soon became the center of civic life in West Salem. Band concerts, vaudeville shows, town meetings, and graduation ceremonies were conducted in the opera house during its heyday before World War II. During the Cold War it was designated as a Civil Defense emergency field hospital. It remains a focal point of the West Salem community.
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HM NumberHM22AS
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Year Placed2001
Placed ByThe Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The West Salem Historical Society, The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at 10:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 406643 N 4536210
Decimal Degrees40.97171667, -82.10956667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 58.303', W 82° 6.574'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 58' 18.18" N, 82° 6' 34.44" W
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Area Code(s)419, 330, 567
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 27-39 OH-301, West Salem OH 44287, US
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