Nomination for Lanning, T., & Co. Department Store

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places MAR 2 7 2000 Registration Form instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name T. Lanning & Co. Department Store other names/site number 2. Location street & number 226 - 228 Grant Street N/A L not for publication city or town N/A - - vicinity - code _157 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this 5d nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Ohio Historic Preservation Office - OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets -does not meet the National Register criteria. (D See continuation sheet for additional Signature of certifying official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification Sentered in the National Register. - See continuation street. -determined not eligible for the -removed from the National Dother, (explain:) 44621 Date Dennison comments.) Ohio state Register.

Lanning Building National Register applicable."For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the I hereby certify that the property is Date of Action Dept. Head RECEIVE Name of Property County and State T. Lanning & Co. Department Store, Dennison, Ohio Tuscarawas County, Ohio 5. Classification Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) X private X building(s) - public-local - public-State - public-Federal Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use Commerce / Business, Specialty, Trade, Vacant / Building is used for storage Mercantile Department Store 7. Description Early 20" Century / Classical Revival Wood and Metal Windows Wood columns / Floor joists See Section Number 7 Continuation Sheets.

Noncontributing other district Site Structure Architectural Classification walls Historic Functions Object Materials Plaster Narrative Description Current Functions Number of contributing resources previously listed Flat composite Brick exterior Category of Property Ownership of Property (Enter Categories from instructions) in the National Register (check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more Continuation sheets.) roof Total OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 T. Lanning & Co. Department Store United States Department of the Interior Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Park Service Section number 7 page 1 The T. Lanning and Co.

Department Store is a handsome, early 20" century commercial The rectangular building is strategically located on a corner lot for high Street (East/West) and parallels Third Street (North/South). Located across Third Street is the Village Hall, built circa 1922. Smaller scale commercial buildings are adjacent to the west. The building reflects an early 20th elevations, ornamentation integrated into the restrained parapet design. The ornamentation which opened in 1904 is linear and reinforces the orderly nature of Photo from the Tuscarawas Co. Historical Atlas Circa 1908 Construction of this mixed-use building began during 1903 and it was dedicated on March 1, 1904. The three-story building is 55' x 125' in size. The original department store is evident on the first and second floors with its various departments and the mezzanine level offices at the rear of the building.

On the second floor are three sets of offices, including the office of Dr. Roy A. Wilson. The third floor contains six apartments. A windowed corridor on the third floor is set back from the west party wall to admit natural light. The structure is built of multi-wythe brick bearing walls with wood floor joists supported by heavy hard-burned red clay brick masonry on the primary elevations. The masonry is in poor condition in a number of areas on the Third Street elevation due to moisture problems associated with damaged or The Grant Street elevation (Photo #1) consists of a glass storefront on the street level. Although the storefronts have been rebuilt, they retain the elements of the original - bulkhead, display window and "Lanning" (Photo #2). The storefront is topped by leaded Luxfer prism glass. A portion of the Luxfer necessary. building.

Description (8-86) Continuation Sheet century preference for straight-forward and the elevations. transom.The main entrance is recessed between two structural columns. Storefront glazing flanks double hung one-over-one windows and a National Register of Historic Places the entrance and the sides of the recess.In the entryway there is mosaic tile with the word missing downspouts.Masonry tuckpointing and some rebuilding of the masonry walls will be wood beams and substantial wood columns with cast iron caps.The face brick is smooth-faced T.Lanning and Co.department store on Grant Street NPS Form 10-800-4 wall surfaces, windows that are simple utilitarian design with its symmetrical prism transom glass has been removed above the main entrance (possibly for a sign), NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior T. Lanning & Co.

Department Store National Park Service Tuscarawas County, Ohio Section number 7 _page 2 and a large louver was installed on the west side of the main entry likely for an exhaust fan used by Windows under the storefront display area that provided natural light to the basement have been covered over with sheet metal. On the west side of the Grant Street elevation is a recessed modern the second floor and the apartments on the third floor. The stair has been removed from the first to the second floor, but still exists from the second to third floors (Photo #4, 5). The second and third floors are demarked by a metal band that divides the storefront from the floors above. Brick quoins are located on the corners and extend from the band above the first floor to the cornice at the parapet (Photo #6).

The cornice is constructed of painted galvanized metal in poor elevation, and is located in the parapet above the cornice band. A section of the parapet near the rear of the Third Street face was reportedly struck by lightning and is damaged and missing along with a portion of the cornice. Another section of the parapet on this elevation has collapsed. with a transom. The window fenestration on the second floor is an alternation between single window with transom and paired windows divided by a brick pier that results in an a, b, a, b, a rowlock forming a hood around the window that wraps the stone lintel. The windows on the third floor are arranged vertically above the second floor. The windows are similar to the second floor, except without transoms due to a lower ceiling height.

The center bay features a concentric raised brick rowlock pattern that suggests a window to maintain the fenestration rhythm. The condition of the windows throughout the building range from missing, replaced to poor. Exterior storm windows were added that are also in poor condition. Much of the window glazing has been broken over the elevation (Photo #7). The store window glass facing Third Street has been covered with plywood windows above. These windows admit natural light to the original department store. The windows are high above the first floor to preserve wall space for displaying merchandise and admit natural light deep into the showroom. The window fenestration on the second and third floor is similar to Grant Street. There is lettering on the office window of Dr. Roy A. Wilson that is still visible (Photo #8,9).

The third floor window fenestration is like the second floor without transoms over the windows. (8-86) past several years. aluminum entrance door to the restaurant. There is a projecting sign mounted above this entrance The storefront display window arrangement extends around the corner to the east (Third St.) (alteration date unknown).On the street level, there are three single entrance doors.Above the National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet rhythm.The windows have limestone lintels and sills and are accentuated by a projected brick the previous restaurant operation (Photo #3).The restaurant operated in the 1970s and 1980s.

condition.A large limestone panel with the word "Lanning"is centered on the Grant Street that reads, "Dennison Family Restaurant." The door originally led to a stairway for the offices on The second floor windows on Grant Street consist of large 1/1 double hung wood windows topped NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior T. Lanning & Co. Department Store National Park Service Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number 7 page 3 The south/alley and exposed portion of the west party walls are constructed of a common brick (appears to be the wrong mortar type) with the new mortar poorly matching the original mortar. The window fenestration is regular and utilitarian. The four levels at the rear of the building is reflective of the interior first floor mezzanine space.

A large sliding freight entry door located on this elevation provides access to the freight elevator. The condition of the windows on the south elevation range this elevation is in very poor condition. A brick parapet capped with stone copings conceals the flat roof. The roof slopes from west to east and has a parapet on the two street sides. The roof of the apartment level corridor and the lower second floor roof slopes to the west. The roofing membrane consists of a coated, three-ply smooth surfaced, built-up asphalt roof on wood sheathing. The interior shows evidence of deterioration, neglect and vandalism. The main floor was divided into two showrooms that extend unobstructed from front of the building to open staircases. Most of the walls are plaster over brick masonry in fair condition on the first and second floors, to very poor condition on the third floor (Photo #13).

The west portion of the building has inexpensive wood paneling and a suspended acoustic panel ceiling and was operated as a restaurant, and later a pool hall during the last decade. The pool hall in other areas. The store window display cases remain in the east showroom. A system of open stairs at the rear of the building remains, though most of the railing has been was located and the stairs lead customers to the second floor of the building. These stairs must have been quite impressive as originally built. The second mezzanine level was the "accounting room" where all purchases, receipts and change were verified. The second floor showroom is less ornate than the first floor, and was originally divided from 19). A hollow core wood door has been crudely installed to provide easy access for storage of odd lots of building materials between the second floor showroom and offices.

(8-86) from missing to poor. Continuation Sheet removed.These stairs connect the two department store levels with the two mezzanine levels(Photo #14,15).The staircases served the mezzanine level where the centralized Department store office The west wall consists of a partial wall since an adjacent building shares the party wall (Photo #12). professional offices that housed a doctor and dentist at the front of the building Photo #16,17,18, #10,1i). The fenestration pattern on these walls is unadorned punched openings with a The third floor corridor is daylighted through large industrial steel windows. The wood siding on operation has been suspended due to code violations and orders from the Village of Dennison.

Pressed metal ceilings remain in many areas, but large portions of these ceilings have been removed segmental arched window opening.This portion of the building was inappropriately tuckpointed NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 T. Lanning & Co. Department Store United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number 7 page These windows are in fair to poor condition. Much of the glazing of these windows has been broken out for a number of years, resulting in additional deterioration of the building interior. (Photo #20).

In the summer of 1967, T.Lanning and Co., the town's main department store, closed its doors for The store, one of the largest buildings in downtown Dennison, stood empty for several years until the Twin City Water Department moved into the Lanning Building in newly created offices for a few years, before moving to another building in the adjacent City of Uhrichsville. Continuation Sheet good.The old store was not able to compete with new shopping centers that offered ample parking. The third floor consists of six apartments. The plaster ceilings have fallen in numerous locations due with multiple units mulled together.Each window unit has an awning type ventilating sash area. to water damage from roof leaks.The windows along the corridor are industrial, steel type units (8-86) Name of Property T. Lanning & Co. Department Store, Dennison, Ohio Tuscarawas County, Ohio 8.

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(Mark 'X' in one or more boxes for Due criteria qualifying the property for Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack 1904 - 1950 Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all boxes that apply.) March 1, 1904 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) -A owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location.

- C a birthplace or grave D a cemetery - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. Architect: Unknown - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years Builder: P. A. Romig Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

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Major Bibliographical References See Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 -State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National XLocal government -University - designated a National Historic Landmark XOther - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Commerce Register Architecture Criteria Considerations Architect/Builder Cultural Affiliation Property is: Federal agency Period of Significance religious purposes, Applicable National Register Criteria individual distinction.

Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) National register listing.) County and State (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 T. Lanning & Co. Department Store United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 page 5 Statement of Significance The T. Lanning & Co. Department Store meets National Register Criterion C as an excellent, intact example of an early small-town department store and the commercial style popular in Ohio between centuries, buildings like this housed stores that were the mainstays of retail activity in their remains a monument to a centralized and locally patronized business district. T. Lanning & Co.

Department Store meets Criterion A for the important role it served in the commercial development of the Village of Dennison throughout the first half of the 20" Century as Dennison's premier retailer for a quarter of a century, Theodore Lanning & Company provided goods and services and drew customers from surrounding communities because of the Panhandle Line Pennsylvania Railroad & St. Louis railroad system. In the context of the business district, the Lanning Building represents a significant and largely intact commercial structure in Dennison. The building is one of the tallest in the central business district of Dennison. The building's size evokes an era of optimism and prosperity that began with turn-of-the-century service, and ended with the advent of shopping center efficiency and the wide-spread use of the automobile. The T. Lanning & Co.

Department Store was specifically designed as a mercantile building (building type) that include large storefront windows, high ceilings, a centralized accounting and business office on a mezzanine floor that allowed for good supervision and support of the clerks on the sales floor of the department store. Luxfer prism transom glass, windows beneath the display windows, building to illuminate the sales areas without impeding display of merchandise along the exterior walls. The building was designed with modest classical architecture influences that features molded brick window surrounds, brick quoins and dentils, mosaic tile floors, Luxfer prism glass transoms and pressed metal ceilings, typical of the period. The basement, first and second floors housed the T. Lanning & Company Department Store. merchandising.

Theodore Lanning, after a short teaching career and selling his interest in the family store in Gilmore, bought the Bell & Penn store in Dennison, Ohio in 1892. At the time, Dennison was a thriving railroad center. The business so increased that Lanning decided in 1902 to erect a maximize the number of railroad worker-passerbys. The Lanning Building was Tuscarawas County's 1968, and under-utilized since 1991, the building remains a dominant structure of the business district. (8-86) communities and the surrounding rural areas.Completed and dedicated in 1904,the T.Lanning& Co.Department Store was a symbol of retail optimism and civic pride of the times.

The building The T.Lanning & Co.Department Store was a model for merchandising establishments and 1890 and 1910.In smaller communities all across the nation, during the late 19 and early 20h and high windows on the east and west side of the building admit ample natural light deep into the premier department store from 1904 until 1968. Though utilized for a variety of purposes since included a centralized office for changing money.The Lanning family had a history of NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior T. Lanning & Co. Department Store Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number 8 page 6 Dennison, Ohio entered its golden age with the beginning of the new century.

Jobs were plentiful Dennison and its sister city of Uhrichsville were on the verge of becoming the "Clay Center of the World," which also provided economic benefit to Dennison. Dennison (named after William Dennison, Ohio's famous Civil War governor) at the turn-of-the- thoroughly appointed and ably conducted-if not most extensive-locomotive works in the country) in The town possessed great vibrancy that must have been envied by other communities. Hundreds of railroad workers would cross an overhead bridge from the railroad shops could take in a movie at one of the three "picture shows" in Dennison or they could The overhead bridge to the Pan Handle Shops around 1911. go dancing or swimming at Island Park. A Saturday night visit downtown wouldn't be complete without a stop at Augie Marfisi's fruit store to purchase some fresh, red-hot peanuts.

There were Chautauquas at the Rex Theater and street fairs on Grant Street in the summer. A shopper could find almost anything in the stores along Grant Street: shoes and men's clothing at Parr Brothers, fresh meat at Heywood Clark's meat market watches at John Gardner's jewelry store, or a complete line of groceries at Annie Sullivan's grocery The undisputed center of the shopping district, though, was T. Lanning and Co.'s Department store at the corner of Grant and Third streets. The store moved into its three-story red brick building in 1904.

sold in Gilmore just south of Dennison in 1848 and "sold a horse and buggy for $128.00 which was his home and store until 1860, when he put up a "commodious two story building on the adjoining (8-86) Continuation Sheet and optimism was unlimited.Dennison benefited greatly from the Pennsylvania Railroad;the store.s had many leisure time activities.They lot."4 National Park Service Cincinnati and St.Louis Railway Company at Dennison were among the most complete and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St.Louis Railway Company in 1864."The shops of the Pittsburgh, Victrolas and music boxes at Geo.

S.McCaw's Drug Store, fresh-baked goods at Fuhr's Bakery, railroad's shops provided good jobs for nearly 2,ooo men.The clay industry was in its infancy,but century was still growing rapidly from being made "the principal point" (a major rail repair and extensive in the country." The population in Dennison had grown to 3,763 in 1900. to the central business district. Residents his entire capital."* A one story building eighteen by thirty six feet with a partition in the center was NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior T. Lanning & Co.

Department Store National Park Service Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 page7 Philip Lanning's son Theodore, after teaching in Robinson, Kansas, returned to Ohio and in 1892 sold his interest in the Gilmore store to his father and brother and bought a half interest in the Bell 1902 to erect a building that would be a credit to the City of Dennison and one that would meet the demand of his rapidly increasing trade. After moving his stock to another building work began on the new building in March 1903. Within a year the building was completed by local contractor P.

A Built on the site of the former Bell and Penn store, the Lanning Building was dedicated on March 1, aisles during the day." "The interior was handsomely decorated and the large force of clerks attired in neat and becoming costumes," the Uhrichsville Chronicle reported. "Each person on entering was sprayed with perfume. A card of needles and a sample box was given each visiting lady...Miss domestics, the second held hosiery and notions, the third contained women's and children's underwear, the fourth was devoted to men's furnishing's, the fifth was given to men's, ladies and children's shoes and the sixth was a grocery. The first floor contained a ladies dressing room and the private office. The office balcony also lead to the second floor where the right was for lady's suits and coats and for lace curtains and upholstery. The left was the carpet and rug department.

The rear contained a second balcony for the display of children's clothing's, of hats and of men's working clothing. The front basement was for china, tin and granite ware and wall paper. The rear was for Also on the second floor were three sets of offfices, including the office of Dr. Roy A. Wilson. The third floor was arranged into six dwelling flats each fitted with gas, electric light, water and bathroom. A windowed corridor was set back from the west party wall to admit light.

The building Theodore Lanning was declared Dennison's leading citizen, in the reporting of his death, March 16, 1926, as President of the Dennison National Bank, The Citizens Savings and Loan Company, The Dennison and Uhrichsville Building and Loan Company, The Dennison Sewer Pipe Company, and vice president of the Bowling Coal and Mining Company, The Wolf-Lanning Clay Company and the sinking fund trustees of the Village of Dennison, serving as president of that body. floor. Romig. Snyder's orchestra, seated in the balcony, furnished delightful music."s Hazel Lanning and Pearl Welch served punch and lemonade during the afternoon and evening. was heated by steam. The first floor was divided into six departments.

The first department was for dress goods and and Penn store in Dennison.After buying the other half,"business so increased that he decided in in charge of the arrangements for the new addition to the hospital.He was also a member of the entrance to the ware room.The rear was finished with a balcony used for a counting room and 1904, in which "fully ten thousand people streamed in a constant procession through the spacious storage. Dishes and wallpaper were sold in the basement, and carpets and curtains on the second Dennison Water Supply Company. He was vice president of the Twin City hospital board and was (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service T. Lanning & Co. Department Store National Register of Historic Places Section number 8 page Uhrichsville's Building and Loan Association, and of the Citizens Building and Loan Company.

He was a stockholder in the Home Telephone Company. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a trustee at Dennison. Grant Street as it appeared in the 1920s. Grant Street 1999 The I. O. O. F. building (Geo. S. McCaw drugstore) above roof off damaging the adjacent Presbyterian church. It was Department Store, further evidence of the once prosperous times of Dennison. The large building in the right foreground in the right hand building across the street, originally a three story building has been truncated, possibly due to the tornado in 1954?. Grant Street in the photograph above. Grant Street as it appeared about the time of World War Il The Lanning Building served as Dennison's, as well as one of southern Tuscarawas County's, finest department stores and the cornerstone of a thriving local downtown economy.

(Note; there is a similar, larger department store building in the town of Strasburg, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, approximately sixteen miles north, northeast of Dennison. similarities including a "balcony" equivalent to the Lanning Building's mezzanine and a pneumatic tube cash and change carrier system). At the time of its construction, the Lanning Building offered the convenience of the salesman, the satisfaction of the customer, and the comfort of both while studied and answered in a manner that made this store a model for all general merchandising establishments. The abundance of light, the distribution of heat, and the requirements of ventilation have each and all had ample consideration. Devices for saving time were installed, and apparatus for arrangements of the store that answers expectations and made it needless for one to go searching for another store.

(8-86) Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-800-4 Tuscarawas County, Ohio quick and accurate records of transactions were in use. There was an impression of fitness in the engaged in the affairs of business necessary for all. The needs of a department store had been Mr.Lanning was also President of the Twin City Bank;Vice President of the Dennison and The Garver Brothers Store constructed in 1902,is listed on the National Register and has many The bay window(second building from the left) is still was damaged by a tornado in 1954. The tornado tore the evident in both photographs. Note, the street car tracks in GEO.S.M located directly across the street from the T.Lanning NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 T. Lanning & Co. Department Store United States Department of the Interior Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number 8 page landmark.

With 2,000 railroad workers employed in the Dennison railroad shops, the workers would have had a significant impact on the development of the Dennison business district and by extension The I. O. O. F. Building, built circa 1894, was one of the landmarks of downtown Dennison. The Building. The I. O. O. F. building housed the Geo. S. McCaw, proprietor of a drugstore. The original Railway Chapel, as it appeared in 1870. of other dilapidated railroad structures in the 1980s. The depot has been restored due to the efforts of Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Park Service prosperous past. The railroad depot is one of the few remaining railroad structures due to demolition structures in Dennison appear to have been demolished or substantially altered beyond recognition. The T.

Lanning & Co.Department Store was unique in the Dennison community and was a local structures.The Lanning Building takes on added importance in conveying the Community's once the T. Lanning Department Store.The store follows the design and stylistic conventions of the time building was located at the corner of Grant and Third Streets across Grant Street from the Lanning Most of the shops and rail-related structures no longer exist.The I. O.O.F.building was heavily damaged by a tornado in 1954,making the Lanning Building one of the best preserved, surviving example of an early 20" century period building when the town was at its peak of prosperity, is the many community leaders to preserve a symbol of Dennison's glorious railroad past.

only property listed on the National Register in the Village of Dennison.The other large commercial Located on the opposite corner from the Lanning Department Store at Grant Street and Third Avenue is the"Railroad NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior T. Lanning & Co. Department Store National Park Service Tuscarawas County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number 9 Page 10 9. Major Bibliographic References 1. Carole Rifkind, A Field Guide to American Architecture, New American Library, Inc., 1980. 2. Marcus Whiffen, American Architecture Since 1780 - A Guide to the Styles, MIT Press, 1969. 3. Earl Olmstead, Tuscarawas County Historical Society, C/o Kent State, P. O. Box 462, New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663, Ph. (330) 339-3938, (330) 339-3321 Fax. Historical Atlas, Tuscarawas County 1875 and 1908 p. 50 - 51. 1.

Romig, Gene, A Tale of twin Cities. Board of Trade of Uhrichsville and Chamber of Commerce of Dennison, 1921. Booklets Continuation Sheet (8-86) 5.Jon A.Baker,Dennison The Story of a Railroad Town,1999,p.7,20. Name of Property County and State T. Lanning & Co. Department Store, Dennison, Ohio Tuscarawas County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Michael J. Stacy, Architect organization _ Stacy & Asebrook, Ltd. September 21, 1999 street & number _ 454 E. Main Street, Suite 236 (614) 224-2300 city or town - state .

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Geographical Data Tuscarawas, and in the State of Ohio, Being lots numbered 10 and 11 in Block Number 3 of the Village of Dennison, (New Numbers 43 and 44) and known and designated as on the county plat of the County of Tuscarawas, parcel identification number 42-01268.000 226 - 228 Grant Street (At the corner of Grant and Third Boundary Justification: historically associated with the Lanning block. Dennison, Ohio Streets) GRANT (8-86) Continuation Sheet Tuscarawas County, Ohio Street Address: National Register of Historic Places The nominated property includes the entire parcel NPS Form 10-800-4 Verbal Boundary Description: MUNGIPAL Situated in the Village of Dennison in the County of DENHISON NPS Form 10-800-4 OMB Approval No. 1034-0078 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Jonathan M. Chamberlain Location of the Negatives: Stacy & Asebrook, Ltd., 454 E.

Main St., Suite 236 Columbus, Ohio 43215. Ph. (614) 224-2300 Date of Photos: September 1999 View northeast of storefront Detail of mosaic tile at storefront entrance View on south elevation of restaurant entrance Northwest view of storefront signage Detail of Southwest corner View of west elevation Exterior detail on west elevation of second floor window Interior detail of west elevation second floor window View of northwest elevation View of north elevation View of first floor store area looking north First floor view looking north at mezzanine area First floor view looking north at stairs to mezzanine View north of second floor open area View of second floor open area View of third floor apartment entrance View west from second floor of stairs to third floor View north of third floor hallway Photographer: Continuation Sheet (8-86) T. Lanning & Co.

Department Store County, State: National Register of Historic Places Property Name: Tuscarawas County, Ohio The following information applies to all photos: Section number Page 1of1 226 - 228 Grant Street, Dennison, Ohio Stacy & - Architecture Scale: 1/16" = l'-O" Asebrook, Ltd. 43215-6380 Basement Plan Lanning House 454East Maln Street Project No. Copyright Lanning House Limited Partnership Grandview, Ohlo .Facility Management - Intariors Columbus, Ohio Suite 236 Date Stacy & - Architecture SAL@StacyandAsebrook.com Scale: 1/16" = l'-O" 43215-5380 99066 Ltd.

Asebrook, First Floor Plan 226 - 228 Grant Street, Dennison, Ohio Grandview, Ohio Project No September 1999 Lanning House Interiors Copyright 1999 (614)224-2300 Facility Management 1207 Granview Avenue Lanning House Limited Partnership Sheet 226 - 228 Grant Street, Dennison, Ohio Lanning House Limited Partnership Stacy & - Architecture Scale: 1/16" = l'-0" Asebrook, Ltd. Copyright 1999 Mezzanine Plan Project No. Grandview, Ohlo Facility Management Intariors ( 454 Bast Main Street www.Stacyandisebrook.com 99066 Lanning House 43215-5380 Date Sheet 226 - 228 Grant Street, Dennison, Ohio Stacy & . Architecture - Interiors Scale: 1/16" = l'-O" Ltd. Asebrook, Lanning House Copyright 1999 Second Floor Plan Lanning House Limited Partnership Grandview, Ohio SAL@StacyandAsebrook.com September 1999 43215-5380 99066 Facility Management 1207 Granview Avenue Project No.

Columbus, Ohio 226 - 228 Grant Street, Dennison, Ohio Stacy & Scale: 1/16" = l'-O" Ltd. Asebrook, 99066 43215-5380 Lanning House Limited Partnership Copyright 1999 Project No.

Third Floor Plan - Architecture Interiors 454 Bast Main Street SAL@StacyandAsebrook.com Grandview, Ohio Lanning House Sheet Seplember 1999 .Facility Management NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE REJECT 5/11/00 DATE RETURN MULTIPLE 3/27/00 DISCIPLINE REVIEWER OTHER: ACCEPT NATIONAL: 4/23/00 National Register DATE RECEIVED: Entered in the RECOM./CRITERIA REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - LESS THAN 50 YEARS: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: , Tuscarawas Co., OH 1. View northeast of storefront Dennison ALARM SYSTE SENSORS HONEYWELL ELECTRONII LANNINGS 2. Detail of tile on storefront entrance 3.

View northwest of storefront Dennison 4. View on south façade of restaurant entrance Photo #4 Dennison DENNISON FAMILY RESTAURANT BBO RIBS & CHICKEN IS OUR SPECILTY 5. Northwest view of storefront signage 6. Detail of Southwest corner & Co. Department Store, 7. View of west facade Dennison DENTIST 8. Exterior detail on west facade of 2nd floor window Dennisow,Tuscarawas Co.,OH Interior detail of west facade 2nd floor window Tuscarawas Co., OH 10. View of northwest facade &Co. Department Stone 11. View of north facade T. Lanning Photo #12 12. View of east facade Photo #13 13. View of first floor store area looking north 14. First floor view looking north at mezzanine area Tuscarawas Co., OH Tuscarawas Co., OH 15. First floor view looking north at stairs to mezzanine 16. View north of second floor open area. 17. View of second floor open area 18. View of 3rd floor apartment entrance 19.

View west from second floor of stairs to third floor , Wsoarawas Co., OH 20. View north of third floor hallway Tuscarawas Co., DH UHRICHSVILLE, OH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UHRICHSVILLE QUADRANGLE UTM Reference: 1994 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/ 297-2470 Fax: 614/297-2496 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/ SINCE 1885 March 21, 2000 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register, History & Education Programs Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C. Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20240 Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for this new submission. NEW SUBMISSION If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. Amos J. Loveday, Jr.

State Historic Preservation Officer COUNTY Tuscarawas Sincerely, SOCIETY Morrow enclosures Cuyahoga HISTORICAL Henn Mansion Ohio Historic Preservation Office Dear Ms. Shull: Benedict House Lanning Department Store National Park Service Falls River Road OHIO