Nomination for McCormick Manufacturing Company Building

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NPS Form 10-900 RECIOMB N8290024-0018 (Oct. 1990) - United States Department of the Interior JAN - 3 by entering the information requested. If an 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. 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 other names/site number 2. Location 434-438 East First Street - - not for publication street & number U vicinity city or town . code 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this Ex nomination 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. ([ See continuation sheet for additional Signature of certifying official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification M entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) comments.) Dayton Register.

Registration Form National Register Date state McCormick Manufacturing Company Building National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Ohio McCormick Building -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 I hereby certify that the property is: Date of Action This form is for use innominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the Name of Property 5.

Classification Ownership of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Xxprivate XX building(s) - public-State _ sites - public-Federal Structure _ objects Name of related multiple property listing Wehster Station Area, Dayton, Ohio 6. Function or Use 7.

Description Late 19th and Early 20th Century foundation district public-local Noncontributing Concrete Industry/Processing/Extraction Total other Style walls Vacant roof Brick Materials Composition built up Narrative Description Architectural Classification Number of contributing resources previously listed Historic Functions manufacturing facility County and State Current Functions McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Category of Property (Check only one box) (Enter categories from instructions) Historic and Architectural Resources of the Number of Resources within Property in the National Register (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Check as many boxes as apply) Montgomery Co., ohio NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio of predominantly industrial land use. The area, known today as the Webster Station area, is the Webster Station area, refer to Historic and Architectural Resources of the Webster Station developed as a residential neighborhood, but changed to industrial activities with the construction demolition of numerous residential buildings. Demolition of industrial buildings, during the later part of the 20th century, left some vacant lots and some industrial buildings standing in isolation. The McCormick Manufacturing Company Building, because of its scale, materials of construction, period of construction, and location contributed to the physical development of the industrial transformation of the area.

Within the nearby location of this building, a cohesive historical and architectural resources of the Webster Station area. This is a four story, brick, Commercial style building constructed in 1913. It is approximately (8-86) potential National Register district exists in close proximity on East Third Street and a small diverse new construction that includes a new minor league baseball stadium.For a discussion of Continuation Sheet and near East First Street. The remaining industrial buildings are scattered throughout the area of several railroads that provided access into the area.Industrial land uses accelerated in National Park Service 7. Description main north and south facades exhibits six bays.

The bay configuration of the east side has twelve presently undergoing a transition from a neglected industrial built environment that experienced extensive demolitions into an area composed of adaptive reuse of older industrial buildings and The McCormick Manufacturing Company Building is located at the southwest corner of East First Street and Sears Street, just east of Dayton's central business district.It is found in an area construction during the late 19th and early 2oth century.Industrial construction required the all four sides exhibit similar overall fenestration and wall details. The wall configuration of the Area, Multiple Property Documentation Form. The building is in an area that originally 56feet wide and extends back for 110 feet.

Overall it contains approximately 24,640 gross square feet with 6,160 gross square eet at each floor.It was built as a free standing building and with many of them potentially eligible for National Register consideration by contributing to the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section _7 Page 2 Montgomery County, Ohio "7 Grouping of Buildings Eligible for Listing É as Cohesive District Dayton, Ohio Area Location of Company Building McCormick Manufacturing Under Multiple Property Approach (8-86) Webster Station Multiple Property Documentation Individual Building Eligible for Listing National Park Service Mad NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 7.

Description (continues) flanked by sidelights and surmounted with a lighted transom, is blocked up with plywood. Below floor is separated from the fourth floor by the use of a plain brick belt course that extends across corner is found a brick exterior freight elevator addition constructed in ca. 1936. It is compatible (8-86) In front of the raised entry is a double sided stair which does not appear to be original to the date, the core located at the first floor was modified to incorporate a concrete walled vault. and terra cotta coping. A flat membrane roof completes the roof treatment. The main north and Continuation Sheet first floor interior does exhibit several surviving wall partitions to suggest the location of office rectangular core. This core contains a staircase, freight elevator, and toilets. At an unknown floor joists from the floor above.

Very plain window and door surrounds adds architectural with piers and recessed spandrels at the exterior facades.Window bays are located above each Numerous square wood columns rise from wood floors to support a larger wood beam and wood all facades.The fourth floor terminates with a brick cornice above which is located a low parapet raised decorative limestone frontispiece that enframes the large glass main entry door. The door, south facades are capped by a low plain pediment that accentuates the parapet. At the northwest National Park Service the simple pedimented lintel is found a nameplate with the name "McCORMICK" incised into it.

recessed spandrel Windows are mostly 6/6 wooden sash.The main north facade exhibits a National Register of Historic Places The interior detail is functional in character with open floor space either side of a central interest: otherwise, there is very limited detail of any significance at the interior floors. Interior bays while the west facade has eleven. The building rests atop a raised poured concrete building. At the back two bays of the first floor east side facade, several docks are incorporated due to neglect and water infiltration. in its brick construction with the main building. into the building.A dock is also incorporated into the rear bay of the west side facade.The third walls are mainly painted brick.The industrial volumetric sense ismaintained at each floor.The Section Page 3 foundation pierced by small rectangular window openings.

Wall construction is bearing brick use at the front portion. Some interior decay has been experienced to wooden structural members NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 7. Description (continues) stylistic details. The particular variant applied to this building does not incorporate the characteristic three part horizontal division to its main facades. Instead, the lower floors of the buildings facades are similar in detailing and the top fourth floor is separated by the use of an division to its facades instead of the more common three part division.

(8-86) Continuation Sheet This industrial building incorporates a variation of the Commercial style to articulate its interior brick belt course that extends across all four facades.Thus, this building has a two part National Park Service Section 7 Page 4 Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property x A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of significant in our past. X C 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 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) - 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. within the past 50 years.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) -x preliminary determination of individual listing (36 Q State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency L previously listed inthe National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey -recordedby Historic American Engineering Industry Bibilography Architecture Register Architect/Builder Commerce Significant Dates Significant Person 1913-1950 Criteria Considerations religious purposes. Narrative Statement of Significance Name of repository: Primary location of additional data: Cultural Affiliation individual distinction.

Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance Previous documentation on file (NPS): our history. (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing.) McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Property is: (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance County and State A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Record # B Property is associated with the lives of persons Montgomery Co., Ohio NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 8.

Statement of significance Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its contribution to the broad pattern of industrial features illustrate aspects of architecture and building construction that contributed to the stylistic industrial development of the Webster Station area. based upon the results of a comprehensive historic and architectural history survey that was completed for the Webster Station area in 1999. Judging the historic, architectural, contextual, the basis for evaluation. also operated the Dayton Supply Company that was located across the street from this building at In 1917, the McCormick Laboratories and McCormick Manufacturing Company moved into (8-86) several blocks to the east on First Street.

The company used this building as a location to buildings constructed from 1864 to1948 that illustrate an association with the industrial older method utilizing brick bearing walls to support upper floor construction. These two development within the city of Dayton, Ohio. It is one of a surviving number of industrial Continuation Sheet The McCormick Manufacturing Company was founded in 1910 by Francis J. McCormick who development of the Webster Station area.It was designed specifically to house the McCormick plumbing supply business did not survive past Mr. McCormick's death in 1917. Thus, the use of manufacture a variety of plumbing supplies that included water heaters and water sprayers.

The Commercial style and as one of the last examples of industrial construction that incorporated the 439 E.First Street.The original location for the plumbing supply business was approximately The McCormick Manufacturing Company Building is eligible for listing in the National and integrity significance of each building was determined using the National Register criteria as The identification of the significance for the McCormick Manufacturing Company Building is plumbing supplies.It is also significant under Criterion C for its specific use ofa variation of the this building for plumbing related activities lasted only four years. Manufacturing Company, a firm involved in the manufacture of water heaters, water sprayers and OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page East Third Street Historic District Montgomery County, Ohio View of PIPE SHEO CITY FORGE 87 RON WORKS DRYTON & TROY ELECTRIC RY Ur FREIGHT STATION ENG (8-86) McCormick Manufacturing Company Building within Historic Surroundings PLUMBERS SUPPLIES FIRST /McCormick Manufacturing Co. Building PIDE National Park Service (1898 corrected to 1911) Source: Sanborn Insurance Map for Dayton, Ohio WARE HO. 4.36 SEARS NPS Form 10-900-a SWAN STORAGE MACHINE WORK 29 7 ALLEY FITTINGS OFFICE WHOLESALE COFFEE& SPICES GARAGE 12.5 872 NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 8. Statement of significance (continues) family members.

During the early part of the 20th century, the city of Dayton became the location automobile related components, and associated automotive research. This was an early 20th research and automotive accessories manufacturing. Overall, automotive related research, development, and component production was advanced the invention of the electronic starter and anti-knock gasoline. With the growth of Delco, firms which included the two McCormick companies, were created to supplement and contribute to the automobile related activities. In addition, the city's automobile related industrial development the Schwind Building located downtown on Ludlow Street in 1918. In that same year, the Gem Company Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 1984.

(8-86) Continuation Sheet 1 For a discussion of early automobile production on Dayton, refer to Dayton Motor Car development on automotive related systems.The McCormick Manufacturing Company was two companies contributed to the development in Dayton of a variety of automobile related luxury touring car and the Maxwell established to produce automotive accessories for electrical and engine systems.In part, these the building.These businesses were established by several of Francis J.McCormick's surviving century growth industry for Dayton.The increase of automotive related activities resulted in the establishment of the McCormick Laboratories.This company undertook a variety of research and for numerous companies that were associated with the direct manufacture of automobiles, National Register of Historic Places The two McCormick related companies did not occupy the building very long and moved into witnessed the production of several different short lived automobiles such as the Stoddard-Dayton manufacturing facility one block to the west in 1915.

Research conducted by Delco resulted in Section 8 Page by the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) which had constructed a research and NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 8. Statement of significance (continues) City Machine Company occupied a portion of the building. They manufactured tool and die machines, punches, and jigs. They also designed various machine tools. The other occupant was the Acme Carburetor Company, a firm that made carburetors for various automobiles. Over time, the building evolved into one within which numerous small businesses rented space. For example, in 1928, the Darn E-Z Laboratories, Dayton Insulating Molding, and the W. H. tenants, both short and long term utilized space.

At the present, it is vacant. Characteristically, the style incorporated a base at the first floor, a common motif at the interior Commercial style can be found along the south side of East Third Street, east of Wayne Avenue where storefronts are incorporated into the base of some buildings. Another variant would The McCormick Building is a third variant of the Commercial style. It incorporated only two its top most floor by interior brick belt course and top cornice motifs. Additionally, its construction used bearing wall to support the upper floors. This is an important contribution to the architectural theme. Its use, on this 1913 constructed building, was one of the last examples of industrial architecture in the Webster Station area to use bearing walls technology for industrial buildings.

Originally, many industrial buildings were constructed with (8-86) Continuation Sheet different architectural motifs: a common lower story detail capped by the separate delineation of Jones Transfer Company occupied the building. Over the course of its history, various industrial incorporate a common architectural treatment at the base and interior floors and different top bearing walls.As building technology evolved, the use of steel girders and reinforced concrete National Park Service on buildings over three floorsin height.It helped to illustrate an evolution in construction The building is an excellent representative example of a variation of the Commercial style floor. In some situations, larger windows at the first floor would be built instead of a storefront.

floors, and a third architectural variation at the top one or two floors.Examples of this type of For example, the Philip Haas Building(123 Webster Street) is one such example of this variant. Section 8 Page 4 NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 8. Statement of significance (continues) replaced with reinforced concrete construction. The historical context within which the McCormick Manufacturing Company Building developed, and made a contribution to, began with the canal era industrial buildings and continued the transformation of an existing and developing residential neighborhood into the most significant reinforced concrete building techniques.

building is located is affirmed by the evolution of industrial activities that occurred within this building. Originally constructed for a specific industrial use, it has housed a variety of other numerous industrial buildings with diverse industrial land use.. As such, its 1913 construction and Historic and Architectural Resources of the Webster Station Area, National Register of Historic (8-86) Continuation Sheet subsequent viable use contributed to the then evolving industrial nature of the area.This building Historical Context applied to industrial buildings constructed at different periods of time using bearing wall and contains numerous examples of industrial land use and an evolution of architectural development helps to illustrate the use of this type of wall construction at a time when this technique was being and with the construction of several railroad spur lines.

The period from 1864 to 1950 witnessed contributes to the historical and architectural significance of the Webster Station area.Refer to industrial activities over the years.The building contributed to the industrial development of the walls replaced brick bearing walls.This building is a late example of bearing wall construction.It The historical theme of industrial land use development for the immediate area in which this into the early part of the twentieth century. New industrial development into the Webster Station area in the city of Dayton for diverse industrial development.The resulting built form is one that area by sustaining itself as the location for various industrial activities in an area composed of area resulted from desirable locations next to the northern extension of the Miami and Erie Canal Section 8 Page NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 8. Statement of significance (continues) Other industrial areas developed within the city of Dayton, however, none to the extent of the The architectural treatment of this building, with its Commercial style variation, is supported history of the Webster Station area developed, the Commercial style was used on the to articulate a variant of the Commercial style. As such, it is an important example in industrial building design that contributed to the development of the Commercial style motifs in the city of Other significant early twentieth century Commercial styled buildings exist within the city of style architectural development in the city of Dayton, especially when its variant motif and method (8-86) Dayton.

Continuation Sheet isolated example of the style.It does exist as a good representative example of the Commercial industrial buildings. The McCormick Building exhibits a modification in its architectural detailing McCormick Manufacturing Company Building was a building constructed when the Commercial National Register of Historic Places resources.What distinguishes this building even further is its contribution to the most important by the industrial architectural development of its surrounding neighborhood.As the architectural retail and office land uses. Others used the style as applied to industrial land use. The Places Multiple Property Documentation Form for a discussion of the development and historic majority of the industrial buildings.

This was the most popular style at that time applied to new Manufacturing Company Building contributes to a limited number of older historic industrial exist individual and several small clusters of significant buildings. Overall, the McCormick Dayton.Many of these buildings use the Commercial style to articulate buildings the housed architecture of this part of Dayton's late 19th and early 2oth century industrial character. historic industrial area within the city of Dayton. A review of the existing older industrial buildings within the city has established that there does style was important to the architectural development of the city of Dayton.It does not exist as an Section 8 Page 6 Webster Station area. Many developed with either single industrial buildings or as a small group. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Montgomery County, Ohio Appendix A Evaluation of the Construction Techniques . 1915, 1929, 1938 J. T. Barlow Co. Weakley E Worman 1903 1911 1918 1912 1928 1922 1870 1865 1913 1910 1914 1893 1874 1921 1904 1901 Reinforced Construction Bearing Number Nixon Warehouse Date Delco (8-86) Concrete American Cigar Lincoln Storage Building Source: for Significant Buildings Miller Brothers Barney Bldg Philip Haas Bldg Greater Webster Station Multiple Resource Area Beaver Power #2 Weber Bldg Frigidaire McCormick Bldg Property Documentation Area map. Haas Tobacco Bldg Haas & Mitchell McCormick Manufacturing Co.Bldg. Sanborn Insurance Maps (various) Page7 Located within the Dayton Fan @ Motor Keogh @ Rike Lotz Paper Co.

Over Three Floors in Height National Park Service For location of buildings, refer to Webster Station Multiple Montgomery County Auditor's Office Lowe Brothers #1 Personal Observation of Fred Mitchell Seitz & George Canby, Ach @ Canby J. K. McIntire 1929 Lorenz Publishing Wall Cinti Cordage NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section 8, g Page 8 McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 8) Statement of significance (continues) Contextual Assessment of Building Construction Techniques in the Webster Station Area with Specific Reference to the McCormick Building Webster Station area, an assessment was made with respect to significant surviving industrial construction.

Appendix A illustrates the distribution of bearing wall and reinforced concrete wall construction for significant buildings over three stories in height located within the Webster Station area. The years 1912 and 1913 appears to be a demarcation between those buildings constructed with bearing walls and those with reinforced concrete. As a generalization, most constructed after 1913 exhibiting reinforced concrete walls. Thus, the data for surviving Building was the last to use the older bearing wall construction technique. 9. Major bibliographical references Beringer, Sara M. (1955) History of Dayton's Industries, Unpublished manuscript at Wright State University (8-86) Archives. of construction are examined.

significant building wall construction ilustrates that the McCormick Manufacturing Company significant buildings constructed before that date exhibited bearing wall construction with those In an effort to better understand the distribution of bearing wall construction within the Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 9) Major bibliographic references (continues) Index to Buildings in Dayton Ohio Before 1930, Unpublished manuscript at Wright State University Archives. History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Volume No. 1, S.J. Clark Publishing Company Titus Map of Montgomery County, Ohio, C. O. Titus Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mitchell, Fred and Margo Warminski (2000) Historic and Architectural Resources of the Webster Station Area, National Register of Mitchell, Fred (1999) An Architectural and Historical Investigation of the Greater Webster Station National Register Multiple Property Area, Dayton, Ohio. Prepared for Department of City Planning, (8-86) Dayton, Ohio. Drury, A. W. (1909) Various sources. Continuation Sheet Copies of historic photographs. Dalton, Curt (no date) Title search. Montgomery County Historical Society Montgomery County Recorder's Office Everts, L. H. (1875) City of Dayton Planning Department Combination Atlas Map of Montgomery County, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pa. Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form Higgins, R. T. and J. J. Higgins (1869) Section 9 Page Name of Property 10.

Geographical Data (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By March 8, 2000 street & number _ 1026 Lenox Place - telephone state Ohio Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) street & number 8 North Main Street - zip code45402 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.

Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service,P.O. Box 37127,Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (10240018), Washington, DC 20503. 513-751-9629 Easting organization Northing Photographs Zone Maps Cincinnati Historic Preservation Associates date Additional Documentation name/title Additional items County and State UTM References Continuation Sheets Verbal Boundary Description Property Owner McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Acreage of Property Fred Mitchell Less than an acre. Representative black and white photographs of the property. city or town Montgomery Co., ohio A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. name Mr.

Buddy LaChance, CityWide Development Corporation Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). (Explain why the boundaries were selected ona continuation sheet.) 4405|080 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section 9, 10 Page 2 12 Page 1 Name: McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 9.

Major bibliographic references (continues) Sanborn Insurance Maps of Dayton Ohio (various years) Weyland, Bill (1984) Dayton Motor Car Company Historic District, National Register of Historic Places William's Dayton City Directory Situated in the City of Dayton, County of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, and being Lots Numbered 764 and 765 of the consecutive numbered lots on the revised Plat of said City of 12) Additional documentation The following identifies the photographs submitted with this National Register nomination. Location: Montgomery County, Ohio (8-86) Dayton, Ohio. Photograph key Boundary Justification Continuation Sheet 10. Geographical data Various years Inventory-Nomination Form The verbal boundary description contains all property associated with the McCormick Verbal boundary description Manufacturing Company Building during its period of significance.

Sanborn Insurance Map Company NPS Form 10-00-a NPS Form 10-00-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places McCormick Manufacturing Company Building Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Name of Photographer: Fred Mitchell Date of Photographs: March 14, 2000 12) Additional documentation (continues) Location of Negatives: Historic Preservation Associates 1026 Lenox Place Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 View of main north and east side facades. View of west and south side facades. View of first floor interior looking towards main facade. View of second floor interior looking towards rear. Detail is typical of that found throughout the floors. View of third floor core area. View of third floor wooden column and beam assembly. wood framing throughout each floor of the building.

(8-86) Description of View Continuation Sheet Steel collar holds framing together. This is typical of the National Park Service View of main north facade. View of main entry frontispiece and stairs. View of north and west side facades. Photo # Section Page Historic view, 1913. TON Supp R' Co. McCormick Manufacturing Co.Bldg. Montgomery Co., ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.

/ CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR I/N TELEPHONE DATE DISCIPLINE RETURN 2/02/01 1/03/01 REJECT 2/18/01 REVIEWER PERIOD: PDIL: NATIONAL: OTHER: Entered in the REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N ACCEPT National Register SPACE FOR LEASE FOR LEASE Photo OUTLIT Dayta DAYTON NORTH, OH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE USGS SCALE 1:24 000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 16/741260i MICHAEL R.

TURNER CITY HALL 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 efforts of others in the nomination of the McCormick Building and the East Third We have identified historic preservation as an important tool in our meet the architectural and historic National Register criteria. We ask for your favorable review and approval of these nominations. c. Ms. Lemmie, City Manager Mr. Meadows, Deputy Director Mr. Inderrieden, Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, Mayor Amos J. Lovejoy, Jr. May 31, 2000 redevelopment efforts within the City of Dayton. We believe these properties Dear Mr. Lovejoy: Street area. Nomination and the Sherman-Hook Estate Nomination.

Also, we support the PHONE (S13) 443-3636 CITY of DAYTON, OHIO OFFICE OF THE CITY COMMISSION 101 W. THIRD STREET DAY OHIO June 2, 2000 Steve Gordon, Survey and National Register Manager Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson St. Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 CityWide Development Corporation is a 50% owner of the McCormick building located at 434- on the National Register of Historic Place. CityWide has a long history of supporting historic preservation in Dayton neighborhoods and downtown. We have been involved with projects ranging from the Dayton Arcade to the renovation of over 20 houses in three historic districts through the award winning Rehabarama project. We take our role as stewards of our community's assets very seriously.

McCormick building on the National Register of Historic Places will assist in giving this While I understand that listing the property on the National Register in no way assures the McCormick Building's renovation, it does provide it with a recognition for its historic significance that will help retain the character of the area in the near and distant future. Emile A. LaChance, J Neighborhood Development Director 8 N. Main St. Dayton, OH 45402-1916 (937) 226-0457 Fax (937) 222-7035 area. Sincerely, hope as well as a threat to the surrounding historically significant buildings.The listing of the 438 East First St in Dayton Ohio.CityWide approves and supports the listing of this property Dear Mr.

Gordon: DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION The development of a minor league ballpark in the eastern area of downtown Dayton brings property an opportunity to be preserved, renovated and a contributing part of the Downtown