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Name of repository: (Enter categories from instructions) Sherman, William C., House (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) F/2 owned by a religious institution or used for (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 1 Sherman, William C. , House Montgomery County, Ohio The William C. Sherman House meets Criterion C and is significant in the area of architecture as one of the finest examples of the Tudor Revival style in metropolitan Dayton, Ohio.
It has been evaluated in the context of Tudor Revival architecture in Dayton c. 1910-1940. Built on a grand scale, the house represents the suburban estates built for wealthy entrepreneurs on the urban periphery between World Wars I and II. It retains many original features, including slate roofing, masonry work, interior paneling, mantelpieces, and contributing outbuildings. The house is also a significant example of the work of local architect Ellason Smith. The Sherman House has been little altered since its construction and enjoys a high degree of integrity under all its aspects. the Tudor or English Revival style achieved great popularity nationwide. After World War I, America was engaged in a burst of suburban building, as families in unprecedented numbers bought and built their own homes. With so many new builders interest among Americans in English and European buildings.
At the same time there was easier access to foreign ideas through books, travel, and even movies.... Of all the picturesque, informal styles that piqued American homebuilders' imaginations in the first "The Tudor style is loosely based on a variety of early English building traditions ranging from simple folk houses to late Medieval palaces. Most houses in this style emphasize high-pitched, gabled roofs and elaborated chimneys of Medieval origin, but decorative detailing may draw from Renaissance or even the modern Craftsman traditions" (McAlester, p. 356). Roofs and multiple stacks, were useful as well as picturesque, so almost every house had one, often on a (8-86) Tudor Revival dwellings are characterized by irregular or square plans; steeply-pitched rooflines, often with cross gables; monumental chimneys, and narrow casements with multi-pane glazing.
chimneys, especially on larger, more stylish examples like the Sherman House, were a focus of third of the 2o"h century, the most popular ones were those rooted in English traditions... to suggest thatching. Irregular, projecting chimneys of stone or brick, with chimney pots and During the first three decades of the 20h century, a time of prosperity and suburban expansion, Tudor Revival Architecture in Dayton, Ohio Their houses bespoke old-fashioned coziness (the cottage), dignified prosperity (the NPS Form 10-900-a manor house), or even ancient nobility (the castle),while keeping the solid comfort of decoration."Shingle, tile, or composition roofs were laid in irregular patterns and varying colors and buyers, some were bound to want something different.The war had sparked an 20th-century amenities. (James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell, House Styles in America [Penguin Studio, 1996], p.
219) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio cocheres were common features (McAlester, p. 358). Although some Tudor houses, especially smaller, simpler expressions of the style, were built with symmetrical facades, most, like the Sherman House, exhibited asymmetrical facade compositions. Long, sweeping rooflines were Featured on many Tudor houses, as were one-story side wings or sunporches "Gabled, one-roon wings were perfect for entrances or living rooms and lent a picturesque air to the facade, while the Queen Anne dwellings of an earlier era, Tudor Revival houses often combined materials, such as brick, stone, stucco or wood siding or shingles, for decorative effect.
The Sherman House, for example, features surface treatments of brick, wood and slate, with extensive stone Like all architectural styles, the Tudor Revival evolved over time. Some of the earliest examples, dating from the 1900s, are strongly reminiscent of the earlier Queen Anne style. Others, built in the 1910s and 20s, illustrate the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement, and some later examples, of the late 1930s and 40s, have a Colonial Revival flavor. Still others were influenced by other picturesque styles such as the French Eclectic or the Norman Revival modes. burgeoning new suburbs of the 1910s, 20s and 30s. "This dominant style of domestic building was used for a large proportion of early 20th-century suburban houses throughout the county.
It was particularly fashionable during the 1920s and '30s when only the Colonial Revival rivaled it leafy new suburbs, the Tudor Revival style, like the Colonial and Georgian Revival modes, conveyed a proper fashionable image while evoking a distant heritage and a sense of permanence and solidity. It satisfied "that need for roots which is endemic to all peoples and all societies at all (Alan Gowans, The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890-1930 [MIT Press, 1986], p. 189). Register nominations for several area communities provided a framework for the general development of the style in Dayton, and Ohio Historic Inventory forms provided information about specific examples.
Reconnaissance survey suggests that the Tudor style is relatively uncommon in most of Dayton because much of the city's development took place before the style came to prominence on the national scene. For this reason most Tudor Revival houses are (8-86) Page2 front wall"(Massey and Maxwell, pp. 222-223). Round-arched doorways, wing walls and porte- times, even one (or perhaps, especially one) as upwardly mobile as twentieth-century America" No comprehensive study of Dayton's Tudor Revival houses has taken place to date. National in popularity as a vernacular style" (McAlester, p. 358). To the upwardly mobile denizens of wood; and, sometimes, ornamental cast-plaster walls or parging"(Massey and Maxwell, p. 222).
brick with stone trim at doorways, window surrounds, and building corners; plaster (stucco) and trim."Visual interest came from textured surfaces and a mixture of several facing materials: side-swept catslide roofs over entries were nearly a cliche"(Massey and Maxwell, p. 222). Like The Tudor Revival style, as noted earlier, became one of the most popular styles of the OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 3 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio confined to neighborhoods developed for the most part in the early 20th century, as the city spread outward from the urban core in the first wave of suburbanization. This process of outmigration gained new impetus after the Great Miami River flood of 1913, which devastated low-lying areas of central Dayton.
New neighborhoods located on higher ground, in north Dayton and in the streetcar suburb of Oakwood just south of the city, then gained new attractiveness as places of residence for middle- and upper-class families. These included the aptly named Dayton View neighborhood, bounded roughly by Salem Avenue, Philadelphia Drive and Riverview, and the nearby Grafton Hill area (National Register, 1985), a smaller community located in the vicinity of Grand, Plymouth, Forest and Salem Avenues. In Oakwood, the Schantz Park neighborhood (National Register, 1992) developed as a planned community unique in Montgomery County. decades of the 20" century, including the Tudor Revival mode. Much of lower Dayton View is included in a historic district listed in the National Register in 1983.
The Tudor Revival houses of the Dayton View district (which are typical of those found in the neighborhood as a whole) are described thus: "Other twentieth century styles that abound are the English Cottage and Jacobethan style, excellent examples being 1062 Harvard and 1007 Amherst, with its 1 and ½ or 2 and ½ story heights, stucco, fieldstone and/or brick facades, steeply pitched tiled roofs, strapwork, and dormers" (Teresa Prosser, "Dayton View Historic Jacobethans are some of the most outstanding in the city. These large houses exhibit brick faces influence, in accord with the prevailing progressive architectural ethic of the neighborhood.
materials...are prominent characteristics of the district, and exposed rafters and heavy wooden beams and porch supports are common features" (Claudia Watson, "Schantz Park Historic have been the work of Louis Lott, a Dayton architect trained in Europe who designed the Craftsman and Tudor Revival style gateways gracing the entrances to the neighborhood. Lott was a prolific and celebrated architect of the early 20" century who designed many homes and gardens for leading Dayton residents.
Many of the Tudor Revival houses in north Dayton and Oakwood appear to be fairly (8-86) conventional, albeit well-executed, dwellings, most of which were likely designed by local dwellings in the Schantz Park Historic District, on the other hand, often exhibit a Craftsman "Craftsman elements are incorporated in many of the other house styles and types.*Natural' Homes in these three neighborhoods were built a variety of styles popular in the first three builders. These houses, sometimes labeled"stockbroker Tudor,""were built for middle- and District,"1983). The Tudor dwellings of Grafton Hill are described in similar terms:"...[T]he NPS Form 10-900-a red tile or slate shingles" (Teresa Prosser, "Grafton Hill Historic District," 1985). Tudor District,""1992).
Although the designers of most of these houses remain unknown, many may with large leaded glass windows, a multitude of strap work detailing and roofs sheathed in either OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio upper-class residents during the 1910s, 20s and 30s. They generally exhibit rectangular forms, Avenue and Cornell Avenue, and in the Grafton Hill area on Squirrel Road and Five Oaks Avenue.
Notable examples include 1147 Harvard Boulevard (DAY-1712-21), 1160 Harvard Township, a cluster of Tudor Revival dwellings, consistent in scale, materials and detailing, occupy wooded lots along winding Nottingham Road Given the picturesque, even playful nature of the Tudor Revival style, many individual variations-too numerous to describe-can be found. The house at 1140 Harvard Boulevard (DAY- 1600-21), for example, of more eclectic design, includes an arched entryway with Doric columns. Nearby, 1105 Amherst Place (DAY-1614-21), cubical in massing, features a high hipped roof. On Volusia Avenue in Schantz Park are several two-story, brick-faced, cross-gabled dwellings of overall Tudor Revival influence combined with some bungalow features. They feature front porches with stucco piers and half-timbering in the front gable end.
Several distinctive and sophisticated Tudor Revival dwellings in the Dayton area may have been designed with the aid of an architect. "The best American architects used the English styles as a large scale and complex roof form featuring a stone-faced entrance, carved porch beams, patterned brickwork and massive chimney pots with swirled caps. Several landmark Tudor Revival residences can be found in the Schantz Park district. The house at 422 Glendora Avenue, built ca. 1927, is an outstanding example of an English Cotswold Cottage and is particularly rich in artistic detail.
Its most prominent bay of the hipped mass and is a recessed doorway with richly carved wood panels (8-86) "skillful cross-axial planning, imaginative combinations of elements, and subtle proportions" English Cottage with steeply gabled polychromatic slate roof, recessed center entrance with The house at 451 East Schantz Avenue (c. 1928) is an"unusually fine^artistic' stucco-clad feature is its tall polychromatic slate hip and gable roof...The entry is located on the left above... A picturesque turret is on the left side of the gabled wing. (Watson, op. cit.) trolley and railroad suburbs"(Massey and Maxwell, p. 223). Such dwellings often featured (Gowans, p. 186).
These include 1620 Catalpa (DAY-1715-21) in Dayton View, a dwelling of NPS Form 10-900-a springboard to their own creative reinterpretations, to the enhancement of...early 2o'h-century Page 4 irregular outlines and tall, asymmetrical gables. Their exterior walls are most commonly faced indows. segmentally arched entrances and one or more wall dormers. Numerous good example can be found in Dayton View, particularly along Harvard Boulevard, Amherst Place, Dartmouth Boulevard (DAY-1613-21) and 1111 Amherst Place (DAY-1612-21). In nearby Harrison OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio round arched entry with stone surround" (Watson, op. cit.). Nearby, the residence at 224 East Schantz Avenue, designed by architect William T.
Schantz, Jr., is a "tall, steeply gabled, brick, two-story English Cottage with polychromatic slate roof, segmentally arched entry with brick and stone surround, brick tapestry in gable end.." (Watson, op. cit.). house's architect has not been identified The Sherman House, like that of his brother, reflect trends in grand suburban homes that came to with artfully designed landscapes. Low in form, they faced the road while set back far enough to ensure privacy. By the end of the century's first decade...a definite form had emerged for the suburban American home. In spite of the dozen or so historical styles which might be reflected in these homes, a common aim and a subtle likeness could be observed and were clearly expressed by contemporary writers.
The relationship between the house and its grounds the house be suggested rather than hidden, and that there be an honest expression of the interior plan and structure in the exterior design, which now tended toward a longer horizontal facade with a low hipped roof parallel to the street. Finally, there was a new variety of textured surfaces. (Eric Johannesen, Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976 [Western Reserve Historical Society, 1979], p. 107) The interior plan and of the house, with spacious entrance hall, open staircase, wide doorways, An impression of spaciousness was desired and was achieved by large openings between room was an attached enclosed piazza or sun porch. The entrance hall remained as an important circulation area from which the stairs were a strong visible feature, but it was no longer a main reception room.
Across the hall from the living room was the dining (8-86) rooms. The Victorian parlor was gone, replaced by a living room planned for the brother William C. Sherman. It is an imposing residence of rambling plan, faced with concrete "The Highlands," John Q. Sherman's residence, is more conventional in style than that of his great fireplaces, and sunporches, also reflected new trends in interior design. prominence during the early years of the 2o"h century. Houses were set amid expansive grounds, and garden was considered of great importance. It was also suggested that the 'bones'of comfortable grouping of people, with a fireplace as the focal point. Beyond the living stucco and half-timbering.It exhibits steep wall dormers and gables and an attached garage.Also Page 5 NPS Form 10-900-a on the property are a gatehouse and a caretaker's residence, consistent in style and materials.
The freedom and craftsmanship in the use of materials, and a new interest in the contrast and OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C. , House Montgomery County, Ohio room. These were the public rooms; somewhere there was another room-a study, den or library-serving the need for privacy.... (ibid.) While the Sherman House has much in common with other notable examples of the Tudor Revival style in Dayton in terms of form, materials and stylistic expression, its unique qualities form, and its whimsical, almost playful details. In sum, the Sherman House is important to detail, it conveys high artistic values. It ranks among the finest works of a talented local architect of the 20' century.
Well-preserved inside and out, it maintains a high degree of integrity under all The Sherman House was built in 1931 for William C. Sherman, a wealthy industrialist who was instrumental in the early development of the Standard Register Company of Dayton, a business Great Depression, Standard Register continued to be a very profitable enterprise; in fact, throughout the 1930s the company's production facilities could barely keep up with the growing therefore, remained prosperous despite the economic downturn. Standard was one of several some of these companies bolstered their sales by expansion into overseas markets (Brian Inderrieden, personal communication). In 1930 William C.
Sherman, reasoning that materials and labor would never again be available the 1930s housing starts in Dayton, as in many other cities across the nation, dropped dramatically but did not cease altogether; housing construction continued, albeit at a slower pace, and a few new subdivisions continued to be built. While a number of houses comparable in scale to the Sherman House were built in suburban Dayton during the 1910s and 20s, few, if any, appear to have been constructed during the 1930s (Claudia Watson, personal communication). No expense was spared in the Sherman House's construction; Sherman gave Smith a free rein in the house's design and its decoration and furnishing as well. The architect accompanied the family on buying trips to Chicago to shop for suitable furniture, paintings and decorative objects its aspects.
(8-86) at such low cost, hired Ellason Smith to design a suburban estate for him and his family. During (Joseph Hirsch, personal communication). William C. Sherman resided in the house until his Historical Development demand for its products ("History of Standard Register Company,"n.d.). The Sherman family, major corporations in Dayton that remained profitable through the difficult economic times; Dayton's architectural history as a distinguished example of the Tudor Revival style.Rich in forms and equipment manufacturer, and served as its vice-president for two decades.During the NPS Form 10-900-a Page 6 set it apart from other local examples. It is distinguished by its grand scale, its complexity of OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio death in the early 1940s; his son, William C. Sherman, Jr., resided there for several years afterward The next owner of the Sherman House was Helen Sherman Hook, sister of William C. Sherman, who moved into the house in the late 1930s. City directories describe her as the widow of James H. Hook, who is not listed in area directories prior to that date. For the first several years Helen Hook shared the house with other family members; by 1944 she lived there alone. During the 1960s and 70s the house was home to James Herbert Hook, Jr., the son of Helen Hook and the late James H. Hook, Sr.
City directories indicate that Hook worked for a time at Standard Register; he also donated his time free of charge at a local parochial high school. Neighbors remember him as a kindly man, a generous donor to charities and friendly toward neighborhood children. The last city directory entry for Hook is 1976; by 1978 the house was vacant. During the late 1970s and 80s the Sherman House was used as a children's home by Montgomery County Children's Services. The agency took over the house with the stipulation that they not alter it substantially. In the spring of 1995 it served as a decorator's show house for the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra; in the process much of the interior was painted and wallpapered but no structural changes were affected. For the next five years the house remained vacant and faced an uncertain future.
In 1997 it was acquired by the city of Dayton in the hope of restoring it as their personal residence. Although the house now lies within the corporate limits of Dayton, at the time of its construction For this reason, its environs are not included in most city maps of the 19 and early 20th was still rural in character. The road now known as Salem Avenue was already in place, as were present-day Hillcrest Avenue and Philadelphia Drive (the former was a section road) Siebenthaler Avenue, however, did not yet exist. The land that now comprises the Sherman and of several small tracts of land, ranging in size from four to 7.8 acres (New Atlas Map of estate comprised lot 8 of the Hempstead Gardens Subdivision; it extended 325.5 feet along Philadelphia Drive, running back 763.61 feet to form an almost-rectangular parcel (no acreage (8-86) John Q.
Sherman estates, located in the southeast quarter of Section 17, appears to be composed centuries. An 1895 county atlas indicates that during the waning years of the 19"h century the area it was still outside the city boundary, in an unincorporated area of southern Harrison Township. depicts an urbanized landscape, solidly platted with streets and subdivisions.The W.C. Sherman total is given). Other lots in the subdivision were much smaller, yet still generous in size, with Montgomery County, Ohio [Herman S. Fox, C.E.,1895], p. 17). By contrast, a 1931 city atlas finding a buyer.The present owners purchased the house in 2000 and are in the process of NPS Form 10-900-a Page 7 OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio frontage of 100 to 175 feet. (The subdivision, as depicted on the atlas, also included "paper" streets that were never built.) The adjacent John Q. Sherman estate fronted 774.5 feet along Siebenthaler Avenue and included 21.29 acres. On the opposite side of the road, the Miami Golf Club, a private country club, doubtless lent the area a desirable ambience (Atlas of the City of 1931]). (See map copy.) The Standard Register Company, the Sherman family business, was organized in 1912 by a was a manufacturer of business forms and autographic registers (devices for feeding printed paper forms). Once the company was established John Q.
Sherman relocated to the West Coast, leaving his brother behind to represent his business interests. In 1913 the Great Miami River flood severely impaired Standard Register's production capacity, pushing the young company into receivership. The firm was then reorganized with John Q. Sherman as president and William C. Sherman as vice-president, secretary and treasurer. Standard Register is first listed in the 1914-15 city directory; at the time they were located in the Callahan Power Building in downtown Dayton, which served as a business incubator for several notable Dayton firms including the National Cash Register Company. In 1917 Standard Register relocated to a new facility at Albany and Campbell Streets in southwest Dayton. City directories do not list John Q. Sherman among the officers of Standard Register after 1931, indicating that he may have retired from business by that time.
William C. Sherman, however, most notably the Registrator Platen, which "made it possible to feed marginally punched forms that year onward the elder Sherman is listed by name only, with no occupation given. By 1940 Both Sherman brothers died during the 1940s. Over time Standard Register's product line gradually expanded and changed to reflect technological innovations. According to the city 1930 directory, the company produced business machines." By the 1980s the company began producing document processing (8-86) group of investors including John Q. Sherman, brother of William C. Sherman. The company the younger Sherman became president of Standard Register, a position he occupied until 1944.
"autographic registers, supplies and printed forms." By 1968 the company described itself as a Dayton, Ohio, City of Oakwood and Adjoining Territory [Cellarius Map and Atlas Company, manufacturer of "form flow'registers, Carbomatic carbons,'Kant Slip'continuous forms for through typing machines with precision and minimum handling costs"("History of Standard 1939 city directory lists his son, William C. Sherman, Jr., as an employee of the company; from Register Company,"n.d.).By1938William C.Sherman is listed as vice-president only.The NPS Form 10-900-a continued to be involved with the company. Under his leadership new products were developed, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 9 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio equipment and software.
The company is still in operation in Dayton, on the site of its 1917 Ellason Smith, the architect of the Sherman House, was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1895, and studied at Cornell University. He came to Dayton in 1915 or 1916 and found work as a draftsman Ruth Miller Smith, are first listed in the 1916-17 Dayton city directory; at the time they resided at 18 West Helena Street in the Riverdale neighborhood. A year or two later they moved to 26 East Indianola Avenue in Riverdale, where they would live for the next four decades. During the early 1920s Smith formed a partnership with architect Joseph J. Chamberlain; this professional relationship would endure for the next 20 years. The firm occupied offices in a series of downtown buildings. During the early 1930s Smith also taught night classes in architectural rendering at the Dayton Art Institute.
By 1946 Smith returned to work for Schenck and Williams. He retired from practice in the 1950s and joined the City Planning Board, where he served for several years. Smith died in 1977. (See "Ellason Smith," clipping file, Dayton Art Institute Other than the bare outline of his life and career, relatively little of the work of Ellason Smith has yet been documented. A partial list of his commissions, on file at the Dayton Art Institute, was compiled by architect Joseph Hirsch, Smith's former son-in-law, who worked with him for several years.) These include the home of Harry F. Finke at 208 Squirrel Road in Grafton Hill (photo 27). The house consists of a main block of almost cubical form, under a steeply gabled tile open side porch with stout posts of almost sculptural form. Finke was the president and general manager of the Finke Engineering Company.
More conventional in form is the residence of W.L. Niswonger on Ravenswood Avenue in Dayton View, a Tudor Revival dwelling of generous scale and rambling plan, faced with brick and half-timbered stucco. By contrast, the residence of Lawrence H. Forster at 819 Otterbein Avenue in Dayton View is a two and a half story, hipped- roof dwelling of rather austere mien, with flat, planar surfaces enlivened by polychrome recessed entry recalls the Tudor Revival mode. The overall impression, however, is of a starkly lithographing concern. The Clarence Siebenthaler House at 2760 Catalpa in Dayton View is a Colonial Revival frame dwelling of simple design with gabled roof dormers; it has been somewhat altered. Siebenthaler was secretary of his family's nursery and landscape architecture Library.) (8-86) facility.
reveals that he designed residences for prominent Daytonians during the1930s and 40s.(This list modern dwelling.Forster was president of L.H. Forster and Associates, a printing and brickwork.Although the house does not evoke any particular style, the segmentally arched, roof. It features an asymmetrical entrance, large casement windows, emphatic wood trim, and an with Schenck and Williams, one of the largest architectural firms in the city. Smith and his wife, OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio business.
Smith may also have designed the residence home of William Patterson at 445 Fountain Avenue in Dayton View (1920s), a stylish, distinctive, stucco-clad Craftsman house of Craftsman dwelling of modest scale whose steeply gabled roof suggests the influence of the Tudor Revival. It features a raised seam metal roof with shed dormer, a bungalow porch with Smith is also credited with the Engineers Club on East Monument Avenue in downtown Dayton and Grace Methodist Church at Salem Avenue and Harvard Boulevard, both of which he designed while working for Schenck and Williams in the late 1910s. The Engineers Club is a restrained Renaissance Revival edifice that includes elements of other classical styles. It has seen some unsympathetic alteration.
The Engineers Club was founded in 1914 by inventors Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds of the Dayton Engineering Laboratory Company (better known by spot for Dayton's ambitious technical corps" (Mark Bernstein, Grand Eccentrics: Turning the Century: Dayton and the Inventing of America [Orange Frazier Press, 1996], p. 176). Grace Methodist Church (1917), a landmark of Dayton View, is a strikingly original composition that combines Gothic Revival and Tudor Revival elements (photo 26). The building's mass, the stolidity of its rather squat corner tower, and its great expanses of rubblestone, stand in marked contrast to the lightness and delicacy of its ornamentation. The complex includes a Tudor public art: a monumental stone bench in the Neoclassical Revival style entitled the Seven City Fathers Seat, honoring the founders of Dayton.
The sculpture was a bequest of Dayton industrialist and civic leader John Patterson, who set aside $3,000 in his will for this purpose. News, May 15, 1927). Other buildings believed to have been designed by Smith have not been located; their owners are not listed in city directories of the 1930s and 40s and may have resided outside the city. Still others have been demolished; these include the Moraine Park School (1910s), a private Wright, Charles Kettering and Edward Deeds (Charlotte Reeve Conover, ed., Dayton and Montgomery County: Resources and People, Vol. I. [Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., (8-86) institution in downtown Dayton founded by a group of Dayton inventors including Orville Page 10 Revival parish house and stone retaining wall. The building was labeled the"finest church broad arched spandrel, multi-pane casement windows and stucco-clad walls.
building in Methodism" by the 1948 Ohio Guide. During the 1920s Smith designed a work of large scale that includes Tudor Revival elements. The style is expressed through the house's The bench, placed in a downtown Dayton park, was dedicated May 24,1927 (Dayton Daily NPS Form 10-900-a overall form rather than a multiplicity of details. Patterson was secretary and treasurer of the its acronym Delco), who also paid the building's $350,000 price tag. The club "was a gathering Patterson Tool and Supply Company. Smith's personal residence, which he likely designed, is a OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio Given this limited number of buildings it is hard to characterize Smith's work except to say he was a talented and versatile designer proficient in the fashionable architectural styles of the first influence, although he seems to have been comfortable with other stylistic expressions as well, research may one day reveal more of his work. (8-86) including such disparate styles as the Neoclassical Revival and the Craftsman mode.Further Page 11 NPS Form 10-900-a four decades of the 20th century. Clearly he was a major practitioner of the Tudor Revival style in Dayton. Many of the residences he designed either exemplify the Tudor style or illustrate its NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio Buildings of Ellason Smith Harry F. Finke House, 208 Squirrel Road. Lawrence H. Forster House, 819 Otterbein Avenue. Ellason Smith House, 26 East Indianola Avenue. Engineers Club, Monument Avenue. Grace Methodist Church, Harvard Boulevard and Salem Avenue. W.L Niswonger Avenue, Ravenswood and Otterbein Avenues. Representative Tudor Revival Houses of the Dayton Area 1140, 1160, 1147 Harvard Boulevard, Dayton View. D. 1620 Catalpa Avenue, Dayton View. 422 Glendora, Oakwood 451 East Schantz Avenue, Oakwood. H. "Red Oak," Sherman House, Philadelphia Drive, Dayton. (8-86) Key to Map Nottingham Road, Harrison Township. "The Highlands," John Q. Sherman House, Philadelphia Drive, Dayton.
Page 12 1105, 1111 Amherst Place, Dayton View. OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 9 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio 9. Major bibliographic references Atlas of the City of Dayton, Ohio, City of Oakwood and Adjoining Territory. Dayton, Ohio: Cellarius Map and Atlas Company, 1931. Bernstein, Mark. Grand Eccentrics: Turning the Century: Dayton and the Inventing of America. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazier Press, 1996. Conover, Charlotte, ed. Dayton and Montgomery County: Resources and People, Vol. I.. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1932. Dayton Daily News, May 15, 1927. Gowans, Alan. The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890-1930. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1986. Inderrieden, Brian.
Dayton Historic Preservation Officer. Interview by Margo Warminski, March Johannesen, Eric. Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Massey, James C., and Shirley Maxwell. House Styles in America: The Old-House Journal Guide to the Architecture of American Homes. New York: Penguin Studio, 1996. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Pinkney, Helen L., librarian emeritus, Dayton Art Institute. Interview by Margo Warminski, January 27, 2000. 1997. (8-86) Society, 1979. 1,2000. "History of Standard Register Company,"n.d. Standard Register Company, Dayton. "Ellason Smith." Clipping file, Dayton Art Institute art library. Hirsch, Joseph. Interview by Margo Warminski, January 27, 2000. NPS Form 10-900-a Page 1 OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 9 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Columbus. Preservation Office, Columbus. Watson, Claudia. Montgomery County Historical Society. Interview by Margo Warminski, March 3, 2000 Whiffen, Marcus. American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1981. Williams' Dayton City Directories, various years. (8-86) "Grafton Hill Historic District, " National Register nomination. 1985. Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a Prosser, Teresa."Dayton View Historic District,"National Register nomination.1983. Ohio Page 2 Watson, Claudia. "Schantz Park," National Register nomination. 1992. Ohio Historic Montgomery Ca., Ohia County and State 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of Property 3.01 acres UTM References - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title Margo Warminski, historic preservation consultant - date_March 9, 2000 telephone 513-751-9629 city or town _ state Ohio - zip code 45229 Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Representative black and white photographs of the property. Property Owner The Duke.Family Trust, c/o H.
Michael and Beth Louise Duke street & number _ 298 Shadywood Drive - telephone - zip code 45415 Photographs Easting Maps Additional Documentation Northing Additional items Sherman, William C., House (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) (Place additional UTMreferences ona continuation sheet.) (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Name of Property A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
Dayton Cincinnati Zone street & number 1026 Lenox Place NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 10 Page 1 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio 13 of the partial re-plat of Section One of the Hempstead Gardens Subdivision, including 3.01 acres. (Please refer to plat.) The nominated property includes the bulk of the parcel of land visually and historically associated with the building. The remainder of the acreage originally associated with the house has been sold to a housing developer and has been platted for building lots. (8-86) 10. Geographical Data The Sherman House is located within the corporate limits of Dayton. Its property comprises Lot Verbal boundary justification Verbal boundary description NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio Name of property: Sherman House (same for all photographs Location: Montgomery County, Ohio (same for all photographs Photographer: Margo Warminski Date taken: January 2000 (same for all photographs) View: Contextual view of house and outbuildings from lawn, looking east. Photo 3 Bas relief, facade, looking east. Photo 4 Photo 5 Brickwork, north elevation, looking south. Photo 7 East elevation, looking northwest. Photo 8 (8-86) Photograph key Main entrance, looking east. North elevation, looking southeast. Photo 2 Facade view, looking northeast. Additional documentation South elevation, looking north. Porch, east elevation, looking southwest.
Location of negatives: (same for all photographs) Wall dormer with lacy "bargeboard"trim, facade, looking east. Photo 6 Photo 9 Photo 1 Section 12 Page 1 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 12 Page 2 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio Porte-cochere, south elevation, looking north. Photo 11 Photo 12 Gatehouse and wall, looking west. Photo 13 Photo 14 Main entrance hall and staircase, first floor. Photo 15 Photo 16 Photo 17 Leaded glass French door, office, first floor. Photo 18 Octagonal conservatory, first floor. Photo 19 Ornamental copper wall tracery, conservatory, first floor. Patterned brick floor, conservatory, first floor. Photo 21 Photo 22 Dining room, first floor. (8-86) Ponds, looking west. Office, first floor. Parlor, first floor.
Attached garage, looking west. Sitting room, second floor. Photo 23 Photo 20 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 12 Sherman, William C., House Montgomery County, Ohio Photo 24 Photo 25 Grace Methodist Church, Harvard Blvd. and Salem Avenue. Photo 26 Harry F. Finke House, 208 Squirrel Road. Photo 27 Bedroom, second floor. (8-86) Bathroom, second floor.
Page 3 ASSOCIA TES SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1/4" = 1'-O Sherman, WILLIAm, HOUSE Existing second floor plan MONTGOMERY CO, OHIO EXISTING HOOK ESTATE ARCHITREND Stainha// Bat 596J KENTSHRE DRIVE Bed room poom Sherman, WILLIAm, HOUSE MONTGOMERY CO., OHIO ASSOCIATES ARCHITREND Existing first floor plan Panlor coat Poom EXISTING Consenuatony Ponch ARIHITICTS Sherman, WILLIAM, HOUSE Planters House Ponds Garage Site plan (not to scale) MONTGOMERY Co., OHIO -HAMPSTEAD ROAD Sherman, WILLIAM, HOUsE Cellarius Map and Atlas Co., Atlas of the City of Dayton MONTGOMERy Co., OHIO 253 219 229 223 254 SIEBENTHALER 184 230 PHILADELPHIA DRIVE ROAD 224 445.50 183 252 VIEW 47179 227 GOLF 221 ARGONNE 47180 (1931) 182 222 226 4G122 220 175 L215 275 | 215 225 255 47177 46120 4G117 6019 46113 181 4G121 21354 47178 213.21 4G111 136 46067E NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Red Oak--Sherman, William C., House DATE OF 16TH DAY: REASONS FOR REVIEW: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : REJECT RETURN DATE TELEPHONE MULTIPLE 8/08/00 PROPERTY 9/06/00 9/22/00 REVIEWER DISCIPLINE PERIOD: RECOM./CRITERIA APPEAL: OTHER: SAMPLE: National Register DATE RECEIVED: Entered in the VACCEPT NAME : DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATA PROBLEM: N SLR DRAFT: N REFERENCE NUMBER: 00001064 NOMINATION 8/21/00 NATIONAL: REQUESTED ACTION: Puoto a Montsomeny Coy Ohio sherman- Hook Housl / pucto Moutsomeny Co., Ouio Mou+somery coy ohio DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 736860 DAYTON NORTH, OH / 4408 360 1996 USGS SCALE 1:24 000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MICHAEL R. TURNER CITY Of DAYTON, OHIO OFFICE OF THE CITY COMMISSION DAYTON, OHIO 45401 PHONE (513) 443-3636 State Historic Preservation Officer 597 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Re: National Register Nominations The City of Dayton is pleased to support the Webster Station Multiple Resource Nomination and the Sherman-Hook Estate Nomination. Also, we support the efforts of others in the nomination of the McCormick Building and the East Third Street area. redevelopment efforts within the City of Dayton. We believe these properties meet the architectural and historic National Register criteria. We ask for your favorable review and approval of these nominations. Mr. Meadows, Deputy Director Mr. Inderrieden, Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, Dear Mr.
Lovejoy: Mayor Amos J. Lovejoy, Jr. May 31, 2000 We have identified historic preservation as an important tool in our Ms.Lemmie, City Manager
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