Anna Town Hall

Anna Town Hall
Front and side of the town hall
Location 209 W. Main St., Anna, Ohio[1]
Coordinates 40°23′41″N 84°10′33″W / 40.39472°N 84.17583°W / 40.39472; -84.17583Coordinates: 40°23′41″N 84°10′33″W / 40.39472°N 84.17583°W / 40.39472; -84.17583
Area less than one acre
Built 1880
Architect John W. Carey
NRHP Reference # 78002187[2]
Added to NRHP September 20, 1978

The Anna Town Hall is a historic brick town hall in Anna, Ohio, United States. Built in 1880,[2] it originally included space for the village offices, a jail, a fire station, and a community theater. The building's brick architecture presents a stark contrast to the majority of buildings in the village, which includes primarily frame structures.[3]

Although the first settlers in the vicinity of modern Anna arrived in 1833, the village was started a quarter century later; it was platted in 1858 by landowner John W. Carey and named for his daughter, Anna Carey. Shortly after the village incorporated in 1877, the need for a community government building became apparent, and the present structure was erected on the main road from the canal town of Minster to a rail line operated by a predecessor of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[3] In recognition of its place in local history and of its well-preserved historic architecture, the Anna Town Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Contact Us, Village of Anna. Accessed 2009-06-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1271.

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