Nomination for McFarland, Duncan, House

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RECEIVED 2280 - OCT 1 0 2001 1. Name of Property McFarland, Duncan House historic name = , other namesisite 2. Location street & number - not for publication city or town - U vicinity _ code . 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certity that this Xnomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of State of Federal agency and bureau 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:) 035 Bentleyville comments.) Register.

state Date National Register Registration Form National Register of Historic Places 35069 Cannon Road This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts.See instructions in How to Complete the United States Department of the Interior Ohio National Park Service Signature of certifying official/Title National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or architectural classification,materials,and areas of significanca, enter onty 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. X meets - does not meet the National Register criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant Date of Action 44022 county Cuyahoga Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion,the property NAT.REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register See continuation sheet for additional L building(s) - site - public-Federal - structure - object Name of related multiple property listing 6. or Use DOMESTIC/ single dwelling 7.

Description museum Historic Functions other ASPHALT BRICK roof Narrative Description private Architectural Classification public-local walls Materials public-State (Enter categories from instructions) Noncontributing Current Functions Greek Revival Number of Resources within Property Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Category-of Property Ownership of Property AGRICULTURE/ agricultural field (Check as many boxes as apply) WORK IN PROGRESS/ clubhouse (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) - Total - 5.

Classification - district foundation_SANDSTONE (ashlar) (Check only one bax) 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 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, (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. -G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance McFarland, Duncan Narrative Statement of Significance

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(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 Kx State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government U University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other L recorded by:Historic American Buildings Survey- - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1848 ARCHITECTURE Register Bibilography Criteria Considerations Significant Dates individual distinction. religious purposes. (Enter categories from instructions) Significant Person information important in prehistory or history.

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Major Bibliographical References significant in our past. Architect/Builder distinguishable entity whose components lack Name of repository: Primary location of additional data: for National Register listing.) Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance our history. a significant contribution to the broad patterns of CFR 67) has been requested Cultural Affiliation 8. Statement of Significance A Property is associated with events that have made Previous documentation on file (NPS): B Property is associated with the lives of persons within the past 50 years. Areas of Significance A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) Property is: (none apply) (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) UTM. References - See continuation sheet 11.

Form Prepared By street & number 3989 Beechmont Trail - telephone (216) 765-1032 city or town _Orange Village - state Ohio . zip code 44144 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 _ - telephone properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

Maps Additional Documentation Zone Additional items Boundary Justification the Duncan McFarland Homestead Property Owner Verbal Boundary Description Northing Representative black and white photographs of the property. Easting 10. Geographical Data 4101 Fulton Parkway (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) (Place additional UTMreferences ona continuation sheet) Continuation Sheets (Describe the boundariesof the property on a continuation sheet.) Acreage of Property - name/title - A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. . Photographs Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O.

Box37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of name Susan D. Schloss, Research Associate/Form Preparer January 2001 Estimated Burden Statement:Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours.per response inciuding time for reviewing Less than one acre story simple Greek Revival, common-bond brick structure. It listing for just over one-third of an acre, which Facing south, the house's principal elevation in the Upright cornice returns. (fig. 13) The off-center front entrance is door is the original hand blown-glass four pane narrow gablé end on the south facade is lighted by a pair of Duncan McFarland Homestead.

encompasses the architecturally significant resource of the The Duncan McFarland House is an Upright and Wing building On the type popularly called Western Reserve architecture.The The historic Duncan McFarland House is a one-and-one-half and the Wing was added shortly thereafter because the closely spaced double hung one over one windows which light and the surrounding 66.66 acre farm remained in the rests on a sandstone ashlar foundation.

was moved from the Bentley-Kent estate on Miles Road when Continuation Sheet present day.Consequently the house is now located in the walk to the privy and the original wellhead are still in transom lights which are topped by a sandstone lintel.The constructed of hand fired soft brick in the common bond marked by a plain four panel wooden door.On top of the non-contributing structure, converted into a garage, which National Park Servica National Register of Historic Places South Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks, stylistic details are the same. Built on a rectangular plan Solon, which later became Chagrin Falls Township.

The house pattern 13) made locally from orange clay.The house McFarland, Duncan, House Upright section of the home was constructed first Cuyahoga County, Ohio west side of the property is a barn (c.1920's),a features alow pitched gabled roof with a wide frieze and no measuring 46 feet 6 inches by 27 feet 6 inches, the house is Section number _ Page 1 shrubs, surrounds the house. This nomination proposes McFarland family until 1920. The Cleveland Metroparks became owners of the property in 1932 and own it to this the estate was demolished in c.1955. (photo 14) The.original was built in 1848 by Duncan McFarland on Cannon Road in McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Page - Iises from the west side of the gable. (photo 2) The elevation in the Wing part of the facade features three with a hand tooled lintel and sill, lights the dining room.

The chimney, interior central, is the original corbled is the small enclosed porch. (photo 2) hung window, lighting up the kitchen. (photo 3) Both In recent years, one exterior addition has been added to the brick. the front bedroom. Two closely spaced double hung one over the wing is under the eaves, perpendicular to the Upright. basement windows right below them. The windows feature windows have sandstone lintels and sills. lighting the kitchen.A.double hung one over one The north or rear elevation features a low pitched gable in gable with a centrally placed one over one double one half story of Upright, while two windows are located on hand-tooled sandstone lintels and sills.

A brick chimney the Upright with a wide frieze.One window is located in the The west elevation (endwall) features a centrally placed Continuation Sheet window, with a hand-tooled sandstone sill, which lights the (photo 4) The east elevation features a low pitched first floor to the west of the front door, as are the two roof supported by four plain wooden posts.One gable end of lintels.

The original bulkhead to the cellar remains in window, one over one and double hung, which lights up the one light the front also on the the first.floor, lighting the parlor.All windows are one s with a full width recessed front porch topped by a shed door is a pair.of long, narrow multi-paned casement windows, 11) of wood frame construction, added in the 1930's behind place.In the Wing there is a one over one double hung National Register of Historic Places Section number 7 Unitad Statee Department cf the interior bedroom (or possibly the sick, dying, or traveler's sleeping over one double hung with hand-tooled sandstone sills and house.This was the small clapboard enclosed porch

A two paneled door is centrally placed.To the east of the McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service National Register of Historic Places also an addition to the house, dating before the twentieth Italianate period, after the Civil War, from the original Chambers, Murphy & Burge, restoration architects (in their room and family room, bedroom (or for the sick or dying or full-height surround consisting of a molded base panel, side pilasters, and a flattend arch at the head. (photo 7). The second floor, there may have been two small bedrooms and one date (1930's). (fig. 12) The Wing, built second, features a relatively open plan, windows.

the walls of the present bathroom are original.The bedroom Continuation Sheet century.The windows have also been replaced during the directly to the two bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.It six over six windows to the present one over one double hung two windows in the front parlor have a more elaborate molded window surrounds,-paneled doors and some hardware, The interior of the Duncan McFarland house retains its the existing kitchen.

The side porch with its shed roof is as a traveler's sleeping room) and a hand carved stairway nearest the stairs was converted into.a bathroom at a later built first, as determined by the structural consultant to which includes a kitchen and dining consultant used by Chambers, Murphy & Burge indicates that original floor plan, poplar baseboards, wood Cuyahoga County, Ohio 6) leading from the transom entrance (photo 15) features 10"poplar baseboards to 1-1/2" thick Section number _ / Page _ 3 April 2001 evaluation) . It includes a side hallway, living wide flooring, and molded window surrounds (photo 8). The large bedroom loft.

Evidence obtained by the structural staircase to the second floor has hand-carved balusters and much of the original millwork.The Upright section was (photo 6) with a hand carved newel-post.(photo 12)On the United Statse Department cf the Interior MoFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio bottom portion may have been a solid door, instead of Elwin C. Robison, PE for the Restoration Architectural Firm words, there is a slight gap of about 1/16th inch of the addition to a depth of about 1/4 inch. The around the windows. dining room retains the original chair rail and ten inch Continuation Sheet The determination of what part of the home was built first is a built-in china cabinet with vertical upper glass The main block of the home was constructed first, with tooled surface matching that on the rest of the home.

mortar visible in this small gap has a consistent at the junction between the main home and side wing However, it is physically impossible to insert a tool view the brick work of the main home behind the brick originally consisted of.smaller panes of glass, and the doors and two lower drawers.The small china cupboard is shows that the mortar joints of the main home are On the east wall of the dining room area and to the right was determined in the Structural by Dr.

drawers.(photo 9) The original wood molding is present between the walls of the main home and wing.One can tooled behind the brick of the side wing.In other to surface the mortar-therefore the main home of the entrance door is.a built-in vertical china National Register of Historic Places for the Friends of the Duncan McFarland House in April 2o01, cupboard/pass-through the kitchen), which is a later that (p.8 of the Preliminary Draft) that: National Park Service early 1900's.(photo 10) On the west wall opposite to this Section number _ United States Department of the interior probably and original feature to the house, although it has construction must have been first.Despite that face Dr.Robison states after his inspection of the property The glass door would have been altered over time.

Page- McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places two parts due to the material and stylistic unity to the house is now off Metro Park Drive, on Arbor Drive, in a non-contributing structure, was formerly a barn moved from in 1955. The historic Bentley-Kent house, c.1832, was Bentleyville. (photo 14) and after the Metroparks took over ownership of it in 1932. obtained by the structural consultant to Chambers, Murphy & original. (fig. 12) have originally featured a front hall containing the INTEGRITY CONSIDERATIONS embankment for a new bridge across the Chagrin River in between them.

is very little time separating the construction of the demolished in the name of progress to make room for an Originally having faced Cannon Road, the relocated driveway that the main home construction was built first, there Continuation Sheet As determined by Chambers, Murphy & Burge the home would The primary change in the second floor was the installation of a bathroom in one of the front facing bedrooms.Evidence Burge indicates that the walls of the present bathroom are the property is now part of the Cleveland Metroparks System. altered somewhat over its 150 year history. All of the historic materials have been retained.The materials and design of the house.

The floor plan of the Duncan McFarland House has been This property is situated on rolling farmland in the Village the Bentley-Kent estate on Miles Road, which was demolished of Bentleyville.Located on the north side of Cannon Road, staircase.There is evidence of a wall patch at about 42" the South Chagrin Reservation.A garage next to the house, United Statee Department cf the Interior Section number - following details the most prominent changes to the historic Page MoFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service National Register of Historic Places - Page - present family room was originally two small rooms, probably Upright and Wing form, the common bond brick pattern, window sills and headers, wide frieze and roof shape. The House's interior than exterior. The exterior materials, materials and design.

sufficient integrity.A house must possess the feeling of the one over one windows is not keeping with the house's Integrity of design is defined by retention of its original replaced the original six over six windows during the where there was previously a Franklin stove. Continuation Sheet In evaluating the integrity of this house, an integrity of from the front door; this wall would have terminated at materials.More change has occurred on the Duncan McFarland Italianate period, after the Civil War. The casement window feeling is the most important of the seven factors defining Likewise, the house retains sufficient integrity of approximately the middle of the present arched opening. However, the replacement of the six over six windows with evaluated to have integrity of design.

the early 20th century.Water and electricity were added There would have been a door to both the front parlor and during the 1930's.The double hung one over one windows certainly marks a change in the 1848's design, though it in the Wing was added during the 30's.In the Wing, on the east wall of the dining area, the wall has been bricked over used as bedrooms.The side porch is a later addition to the small addition to the rear of the kitchen probably dates to Section number 7 Cuyahoga County, Ohio home, possibly constructed in the late 19th century..The the original kitchen from this hall. The small room off the change to the kitchen by the addition of the small shed, changed. The stone lintels and sills are keeping it within its design period during the Greek Revival era quite well.

though brick being unusual for an Upright and Wing, have not MoFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service . Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Given these considerations, the Duncan McFarland House can example of the Upright and Wing House, a form popular during Reserve Style." Ihna T. Frary, the dean of Ohio Homes of Ohio" (p. 25) when describing the historic construction. cornice moldings return upon themselves. mid-nineteenth-century styling.

The original wood shingle criterion C, and is architecturally significant within the integrity of feeling to the era of its conception and bathroom in the second floor does not change the Continuation Sheet be said to retain the two important integrity factors, built throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts, simple relationship between rooms in the second floor, nor does arrangement of rooms, which is integral to recognizing the generally associated with the New England-Great Lakes Interior changes in materials have not obscured the original roof has been replaced by an asphalt roof.

integrity of materials and design, which allow it to retain building tradition and is popularly recognized as a "Western architecture of the Western Reserve: it confuse the reading of the space from first to second at the corners with flat pilasters, crudely adapted from the ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: CRITERIA C the Greek Revival period and common in rural areas of architectural historians, said in 1936 in his book "Early [We] find the old houses to be largely of the sort that were frame buildings, the walls clapboarded, and often accented Section number classic orders. The roofs are low in pitch, and the gable floor.

Page The historic Duncan McFarland House meets National Register northeastern Ohio.As a house type, the Upright and Wing is McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places defines the Western Reserve style, however, is still not 178-195) depict that several Greek Revival modes, by the HISTORIC CONTEXT: design took on a different form in rural areas. Page brick in the common bond pattern, which drew upon the Irish aesthetic accomplishment,even oddness or uniqueness.The subject of this nomination will be evaluated as an unusual several perspectives, such as technological innovation, into rural areas and take up their own form.

clear today.And how does the Duncan McFarland Homestead the house's low pitch gable front form and ornament gives vividly conveys the mental picture many still hold of what start first in densely populated urban centers and then move The evaluation of the architectural value of an Upright and way in which it reveals that the Greek Revival period of Basis for Evaluation and Research Design: Continuation Sheet The McFarland Homestead is unusual in that it was built from representative of the Upright and Wing style in northeast The popular understanding (eg. McAlester and McAlester: The description Frary penned nearly 60 years ago still Wing House in northeastern Ohio can occur according to fit in with this definition and how is it different? is commonly called the "Western Reserve Style." Exactly what immigrant Duncan McFarland's expertise as'a mason.

However, beginning of the second quarter of the 19th century, were Ohio. Section number support for a hypothesis: that popular architectural ideas The given form and quickly became popular.The way in which the McFarland house is evaluated here will give emphasis to the United Statee Department ct the Interior McFarland, Duncan, House. National Park Service . Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number . context, however, came from State Historic Preservation those forms included OEI#, Name Field(s), Address, City, rural) . Summit County: (Prefix SUM) Bath (Iwship of) : 003906.. 007806. 004106 050004 152919 176717 Akron: Barberton: Continuation Sheet Reserve area. PREVIOUS RESEARCH patterns would emerge according to location (urban vs. properties used in constructing this context are cited below in the Domestic Architecture of Ohio's Western Reserve.

The bulk of the comparative data used to construct this and how the McFarland House differs and to see where strong Register of Historic Places. The information taken from 134 properties within Cuyahoga, Summit and Geauga Counties Wing residences with Greek Revival stylistic elements, and typical version of this house type documented in the area Sources were researched in the study of the Greek Revival Wall Description. These variables were compiled to see the 1820-1860 provided an overview of buildings in the Western criteria: Upright and Wing with Greek Revival stylistic Clinton: all within Cuyahoga, Summit or Geauga Counties. The Dominant, Element Present, Transitional) and the External The SHPo's survey contains a strong sample of Upright and FINDINGS FROM THE SHPO'S SURVEY AND NATIONAL REGISTER DATA by city, Township and OHI number.

within the OHI (Ohio Historic Inventory) matching the Boston (Twnshp of): 42116. 14512 National Register #(if listed), Style Classification (High, Page style in the Western Reserve.One doctoral study surfaced. Office's survey and National Register files in Columbus. elements.Nine of the properties are listed to the.National Nancy Jean Brcak's The Evolution of the Greek Revival Style McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number 6 061708. 076708. 058208. 061408. 071408.077008. 064908. 062708 141205. 111205. 125805. 129405.134405.140105. 140805. 111005. 143905. 140105. 092505. 116305. 107405 107405. 083905. 084205. 085605. 095405. 096305. 096405. 097605. 100505. 101505. 102005. 103005. 104505 Northampton (Twnshp of) : 049007 Richfield (Twshp of) : 179103. 181003. 185903. 181403. 180703. 180303. 180203.180803 176409. 159409. 158309.

156409. Geauga County: (Prefix GEA) 002901.066401. 019601. 008001. 008401. 009601.008701.011401 Munson (Township of) : Russell (Iwshp of) : 043703. 044203. 043203. Cuyahoga County: (Prefix CUY) 218220. 217620. 051903 037106 007103 045703 005702 171515 186804 02861 000906 119308 168816 195926.171515 Huntsburg: Page Parkman: Chardon: Burton: Brecksville: Cuyahoga Falls: Peninsula: Claiborne: Chesterland: Continuation Sheet Cleveland: Berea: Bentleyville: McFarlands Corners: Chester Center: Hudson Village: National Park Servica Chagrin Falls: Broadview Heights: Stow: Auburn (Township of): Hudson (Twnshp of) : 022003. 020603. 021403. 021803. 077006. 078906 155220. 154820. 212120. McFarland, Duncan, House National Register of Historic Places 187313. 167218. 167718. 167618. 167318. 425314. 425614. 429214. 417314. 420814. 197827. 195827. 197027. 196927 172616. 172316. 172216. 181516. 168416.

ashlar, eleven are asbestos/asphalt siding, fourteen are aluminum or vinyl siding, one is insulbrick (composition), Andrew Russell/James Zerman House: c.1840 brick house with 6 bay front, random.ashlar foundation, 6/6 windows 186023 196025 283713 188118 202926 202126 210319 168316 269414 423114 203426 Page include: Strongsville: with stone lintels. Westlake: Hunting Valley: Shaker Heights: other eight just listed as brick for external material.

Pepper Pike: Highland Heights: Gates Mills: Solon: and four are recent/altered.The remaining twelve houses or North Royalton: Continuation Sheet North Olmstead: Moreland Hills: National Park Service Olmstead Falls: ten are wood shingles, five are wood, one is rock faced Of the SHPo's Upright and Wing residences with Greek Revival 9%of the study are composed of brick with one being Valley View: elements, sixty-nine or 5i% are clapboard or weatherboard, Cuyahoga County, Ohio United States Department of the Interior Section number 8 378325. 371825. 201725. 201825. 001125 These fit the profile for comparison purpose.

Those stretcher bond being Common or American bond sided brick(all are located in Cuyahoga County) and the McFarland, Duncan, House Asahel Kilbourne House: c.1831 with 6 bay front, Alanson Pomeroy House: 1848 common bond brick house Revival elements, all are rural except for one that is Revival style and material compostion. (See above analysis): Element Present. Thus, most of the Upright and Wing Greek stone lintels and sills. stretcher bond brick house with sandstone foundation, National Park Service stone lintels. with plain stone lintels. coursed ashlar foundation, double hung windows with windows with stone lintels. coursed ashlar foundation, windows with stone lintels. ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS: front, random ashlar foundation. with 6 bay front, windows with sandstone lintels.

buildings that survive are marked by a variety of Greek listed in the city of Cleveland.56 are located in Summit Continuation Sheet Sardis Edgerton House: c.1850 common bond brick house foundation, windows with stone lintels and sills. Jared Clark House/Temple of Freedom House: 1853 Bradley House:1832 brick house with 6 bay front, stone John Cook House:c.1850 house with 6 bay front, masonry foundation, 6/6 windows with stone lintels. E.Bundy House:C.1850 brick house with 6 bay front. Robert (Actually John) McFarland House: c.1850 common National Register of Historic Places with 7 bay front, stone foundation,6/6 windows with are Dominant Style,5 are Transitional Style, and 46 have an A.B. Gardner House:c.1853 house with 5 bay front, D.R.

Watson House:c.1840 brick house with 5 bay Of the SHPO's 134 Upright and Wing residences with Greek Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number - Page 12 bond brick house with 6 bay front, random ashlar 26 are High Style, 53 sandstone foundation, single pane double hung windows Of the buildings used for comparison, County,53 in Cuyahoga County and 25 in Geauga County.The L.W. Edgar House:c.1840 brick house with 6 bay front, United Statas Department of the Interior McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio Section number _8 Page 13 Revival Houses were not located in the city, but in rural Style, but had several Greek Revival Elements present. The great majority of the Houses were sided, but other buildings, with only three of those composed of common or the "Williams and Ellsworth" tract, it comprised the named after Mr.

Bull's second son, Lorenzo Solon Bull, who later became the postmaster at Solon Center. Although church (Presbyterian) was formed. In-1834 the first Area History: settlers petitioned the county commissioners to set Milan American bond brick, making these houses very rare. on what had been an important mail and supply route from become impassable. Thus the entire township was unoccupied southern portion of township six, range ten.

It was situated a subdivision of the Western Reserve.By 1825 the first materials were also used.Brick was used in twelve of the to settle on land still unoccupied in the township of Milan, areas and the great majority of the houses were not High Jason Robins came from Connecticut in 1820 with the purpose Pittsburgh to Cleveland during the war of 1812,but which in Continuation Sheet Solon started out as the survey township of Milan in the 1820 had been abandoned in favor of the road through the Connecticut Western Reserve. Located in the west part of National Register of Historic Places Solon came to be populated by settlers from the eastern more settled regions of Independence, Hudson, etc., and had United States Department of the Interior emigration started off slowly, by 1832 the tide of physician, Dr. Alpheus Morrill, settled in Solon.

In 1840 off into a separate township.Thus the new township was and drained, corn and wheat became the staple crops. and ripe for settlement.Its current size is 22 square problems confronted the pioneers.Once the land was cleared emigration had risen rapidly. Swampland and drainage miles and experienced a population of 21,000 in 1995. In 1822 the first school.opened..In 1834 or '35 the first McFarland, Duncan, House. . Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number _& were four general stores, one drug store, one tin shop, one hotel, two blacksmith shops, one shoe shop and one steam residents, opposed to the annexation, wanted to separate and Bentleyville, a separate incorporated village. Bentleyville approximately 540 acres.

lot ten where the McFarland property was later located and Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks occupies in the northeast corner of Solon Township, which included Commercially now the town had moved ahead swiftly..There Cleveland-Youngstown section of the Cleveland & Mahoning Continuation Sheet creating a profitable dairy business. railroad was completed from Chagrin Falls to Solon. documented, it is believed that residents petitioned for a township to unify the area. established by Captain Archibald Robbins, the son of Captain the first store opened in the center of Solon.It was circulated petitions, voted to secede, and created In 1928 various proposals were suggested by Chagrin Falls Commissioners of Cuyahoga County, on receipt of a petition Railroads contributed to Solon's growth.

In 1857 the Village to annex all of Chagrin Falls Township.Some Soon after 1840,the township became to take on the of the town had grown to 1034. appearance of a town.A.small village slowly grew up at was built at the center of the town.By 1850 the population National Park Servica Page -14 is a 2.75 square mile village. sawmill. In addition five cheese factories were built, join Moreland Hills.

However, another group of citizens The South Chagrin lots in the southeast part of Orange Township.Although not from the inhabitantsof the area.It was formed from lots Railroad opened through the village.In 1878 a narrow gauge In 1845 Chagrin Falls Township was created by the Board of Solon Center, where before the War of 186l a steam sawmill McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Griffithsburg, located next to the McFarland property in homes, a cotton factory, and a stone quarry which was Pennsylvania, Maryland, and even lower New England headed to settle in the Western Reserve--the 'New Connecticut.' One predominantly German and Irish immigrants.

serviced by the narrow gauge railroad which carried the Continuation Sheet Ohio Canal was being built from Akron where it linked the Griffith and ten investors from Aurora bought one hundred Griffithsburg was where Captain Robbins retired from the sea Settlers from the eastern part of the United States--mainly Solon Center several years later.

of the favorite western routes stretched straight west from was called Griffithsburg.It was a small town with twenty reaching its peak.At the same time the Pennsylvania and the Ohio-Erie Canal was being built between the Cleveland trading store in the Township, before he built the one in acres of land on the Aurora branch of the Chagrin River At the same time that all of these new communities were for the construction and Maintenance of the canals was build a home for his family, and built the first general being established, canals were being built in the new State stone from Solon to the Erie 4) in that same year, purchased land from General Griffith to the Berkshires.

This route crossed the Hudson, where the new O & E Canal in the west, with the Pennsylvania Canal and the Ohio River at Portsmouth, canal construction was formed in the early 1800's.In 1836 General James A. Section number _ OVERVIEW: where Solon and Liberty Roads joined.Honoring Griffith it was a northeastern Ohio hamlet System to the connecting to it near New Page McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio beliefs, carried their architectural ways and forms, as well opened early, and, as slowly the country filled after the Upright. According to Lewis: Richard Pillsbury and Andrew Kardos, in their book "A Field house?" solid foothold. and used them an modified them in new and experimental ways.

Revolution, churches and houses of characteristic type were areas where the Greek Revival style had already achieved a Englanders, who along with their religious and educational stream of emigrants from New England met and joined another end of the wing is under the eaves and perpendicular to the "if a Connecticut Yankee moved to New York and built a fashionable than to attach a Greek Revival temple to one's geographer Pierce Lewis, the Upright and Wing House Valley--along the lake shore by the tip of Pennsylvania at In Western New York there was a form of the Greek Revival Continuation Sheet York was an area of experiment and took the new Greek forms Guide to the Folk Architecture of the Northeastern United Erie, and into Ohio.This was the usual route of New identified as the Upright and Wing house type by cultural traditional New England 1-1/2,and then grew affluent during the early Greek Revival period, what would be more no other part of the northern United States were these such National Register of Historic Places one that developed from the combination of the gable front coming up the river from the south-west along the Mohawk a common addition to even the simplest houses.First Their description of the lazy T or Western Reserve house is upright and a shorter wing of.1 or 1-1/2 stories.One gable States differentiate this style as the "lazy T."(p.29) United States Depertment of the intarior scattered along its length.

These new settlers came from house that was brought to the Western Reserve.Western New as their architectural books and tastes.It was a route Most notably was the prevalent use of porches or piazzas;in has two basic units:a taller 1-1/2 or 2 story gable-fronted McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Section number _ T. However, in Ohio farmers seemed to have preferred a Thus, emigration, immigration, and the building of the Ohio New Castle, Pennsylvania after crossing the Ohio River. counterparts. Midwest, most of them less ornamented than their Eastern numerous form in the western domain through western New York single form. modified T-shaped plan, with a recessed porch in the wing. Page Continuation Sheet interior while allowing for the maximum of through and two-room cottage.

However, the lazy T had evolved as a Canal system set the stage for the construction of this two-room cottage were common frontier houses but neither For this reason, in the states bordering Lake Erie there are The purpose of this was to make possible a more flexible simplified Greek Revival houses were built throughout the and the northern Mid-West. By 1840 it was being built as a for a larger rural house after the New England large began Duncan found work on the Ohio-Erie Canal between Cleveland Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal was being built from Akron where and the Ohio River at Portsmouth.At the same time the distinct form on the New York frontier because of the need to lose its popularity..Both the gable front and the Pennsylvania Canal System to the.east, connecting to it near worker was earning $16 a month, up from $5 a month in 1825.

cottage wing at the side of a gable front, or vice versa, to it linked the new O & E Canal.in the the United States Department of the Interior ventilation. Not surprisingly, between 1820 and 1860 many satisfied the needs and desires of the post-frontier people.

houses in the Greek Revival style from the New England lazy order to earn the substantial wages offered to those who Thus the initial houses were expanded by addition ofa form a T-shaped house.The resulting lazy T is the most worked on the building of the Ohio Canals.By 1829 a canal McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service National Register of Historic Places In 1843, after the P & O Canal was completed, Duncan been deeded this Reserve land in 1829 from Joseph Howland, a deeded in 1837 to Simon Perkins, the founder of the city of was willed to his son Joseph, a Congressman and founder of Ireland, built a house on 66:66 acres of the property. (fig. settlers, was suitable for the McFarland's rural unusual brick Upright and Wing style, these houses of the the Western Reserve Historical Society.

homes across from Duncan's acreage on Cannon Road in McFarland returned to Ireland and brought the rest of his property, supplied the sandstone ashlar for the foundation the McFarland family established themselves in Solon. Page Akron and one of the promoters of the construction of the as the Duncan McFarland House. brick from clay molds that were on the property.The Section number In 1848 Duncan, a brickmaker and stonemason by trade from family back with him to Ohio.With their return to Ohio, Continuation Sheet acre parcel of property, located in Solon Township, which its way to the Western Reserve with the eastern quarries in the hamlet of Griffithsburg, east of Duncan's 3) Two of his other and John,built their life style and their large growing families.

Being the same Joseph Perkins,1o5 acres of the newly established Chagrin National Register of Historic Places for the same reasons McFarland brothers could also.be considered listing in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio The popular Upright and Wing had made then returned to Solon in 1847, where they purchased, from belonged to Gardner Green, a lawyer from Boston. quarrier.) After Mr. Perkins' death in 1844, the property 1849.

(figures 5 & 6) All of their homes were built out of Green had in the copper mines where there were higher wages.They New York shipper unable to make payment on it.It was then during his canal workdays as a stonemason and stone O&E Canal and the P&O probably met him McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number _6 house, in the Eastern United States, designed to fit on - eastern United States, their fellow travelers had come from CONCLUSION: Cleveland Metroparks. Duncan McFarland Homestead. As the settlers moved into the Western Reserve from the had evolved.

ashlar sandstone foundation transported from the adjacent brick making and stone quarrying skills he had learned in the evolution of an architectural type came together in the northeast Ohio, with heavy concentrations in the Firelands his brother Robert, who had the property in his possession western New York and Massachusetts, where this house type When we look at the evolution of the Upright and Wing his native Ireland. On land Duncan purchased in Chagrin the larger lots available and the needs of growing families.

into this formation was Duncan McFarland, who possessed Cuyahoga County, Ohio where the addition of the wing in rural areas fit in with Continuation Sheet until 1892,when it was passed on to Robert's son Frederick After Duncan McFarland moved to South Euclid in 1866,where 1920 until 1932,the year that it was taken over by the narrow city lots, matured into an Upright and Wing type, Page building type, it is no surprise that it was found in Thus, the new settlers in the Western Reserve were he founded the Bluestone quarries, " the property was ownedby Thus, emigration, imnigration and and the Western Reserve.

fashioned from clay on his property.This house topped an McFarland.J.I.Wilber was the owner of the property from town of Griffithsburg.T What started out as a front gabled United Statse Department ct the Interior MoFarland, Duncan, House National Park Service Cuyahoga County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Verbal Boundary Description McFarland Homestead. Originally the property consisted of Road.

resource, the brick house and the non-contributing garage trees and shrubs that were originally part of the Duncan and the acreage immediately surrounding it, which contains been relocated from Cannon Road to Arbor Drive.To the west Continuation Sheet The area proposed for listing contains the significant of Cuyahoga and is now in the South Chagrin Reservation of Verbal Boundary Justification Preservation of the Cleveland Metroparks and also house the the new driveway called Arbor Drive, which is located 32 66.66 acres, which are now part of the South Chagrin service department of the Village of Bentleyville.

of the house is the Metro Drive, where coming off from is Village of Bentleyville, in the State of Ohio and the County feet north of the house.To the south of the house is Cannon The property is located in Tract 1 Lot 11,in the Section number _10 - Page _ 20 the Cleveland Metroparks.The driveway to the house has United States Department of the Interior McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES : Blakesly, C.T. History of Chagrin Falls and Vicinity, 1874. Friends of the Chagrin Falls Library. 1969. Brcak, Nancy Jean. The Evolution of the Greek Revival Style 1820-1860. (Volumes I and II). The University of Iowa. Flaningan, John S. Forgotten Bluestone-Cleveland's Ghost Suburb. Cleveland Plain Dealer Magazine Section. 30 New York. 1970. Gieck, Jack. A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913. The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio. 1988. Akron, Ohio.

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House." Chagrin Falls Preservation Quarterly Newsletter. Folk Architecture of the Northeastern United States. American life prior to the War between the States. Dover, Blom Inc.,New York.1972.[reprint of 1928 issue published an account of important trends in American architecture and National Park Service (Private Journal) 1906. Settlement Landscape. Volume 1: Houses. The University of Rausche, Yolita."The Lost Greek Revival Temple of the Continuation Sheet United States Department of the Interior Section number 9 Johnson, Crisfield. History of Cuyahoga County. D.W. Ensign Mapes, Anna McFarland. History of the McFarland Family. Revival Treasure in the Metroparks of the Western Reserve." McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio Page 23 Press. Athens, Ohio. 1969. Boom Town. The Sun. 6 December 1979. Cranbury, New Jersey. 1962 Continuation Sheet National Park Service Wilbourn, Karen.

City's Rock Bottom 50 years Ago Was Quarry Williams, Henry Lionel and Ottalie K.A Guide to Old National Register of Historic Places Government and the Economy, 1820-1861. The Ohio University Scheiber, Harry N. Ohio Canal Era: A Case Study of Section number 9 United States Department ot the Interior American Rouses 1700-1900. A.S. Barnes and Company, National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Duncan MoFarland House, 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville Cuyahoga County, Ohio 5. 3989 Beechmont Trail, Cleveland, Ohio View of S (main) facade, facing Nw 7. 1 of 15 6. View of E elevation, facing W. 7. 2 of 15. 7. 3 of 15. 7. 4 of 15. 7. 5 of 15. 6. Interior, stairway with hand-carved balusters and hand- 7. 6 of 15. 7 of 15. 7. -8 of 15. remaining photographs. Continuation Sheet Susan Schloss facing S. View of building in surrounding environment, facing NE.

INVENTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHS Interior, window surround in rear parlor, facing N. hewn newel post. Items 2-16 are the same as for Photograph No.1 for the Interior, knee window in front parlor of upright, October 2000 Section number Photos Page 24 United Statse Department cf the Intarlor National Park Service McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio 7. 9 of 15 7. 10 of 15 6. Interior, wide baseboards in front parlor 7. 11 of 15 7. 12 of 15 7. 13 of 15 6. View of garage, non-contributing structure moved from the Bentley-Kent estate, facing SE 7. 14 of 15 6. Interior, paneled entrance door with transom lights 7.

15 of 15 Continuation Sheet Interior, hand-carved newel post of stairway View of exterior, common brick pattern of house Interior, vertical slat cabinet in east wall of dining National Register of Historic Places Section number Photos Page _25 Interior, glass faced cabinet in west wall of dining United States Department of the Intaricr McFarland, Duncan, House National Park Servica Continuation Sheet Figure 3. 1858 Cuyahoga County Atlas Figure 4. Original Map of Griffithsburg House c. 1930's before addition Figure West Elevation PICTURES South Elevation Existing First Floor Plan Site Plan Existing Second Floor Plan Historic Second Floor Plan enclosed porch addition Historic First Floor Plan Figure 1. The Connecticut Western Reserve Figure 6. Robert McFarland House MAPS INVENTORY OF ILLUSTRATIONS National Register of Historic Places Figure 7.

Rear View (North Elevation) of D.McFarland Figure 5. John McFarland House Cuyahoga County, Ohio Figure 2. Ohio County Organizational Maps FLOOR PLANS Figure 8. East Elevation of House c.1930's after Section number Photos Page _26 United Statas Department ct the Interior Range numbers in Roman thus VI Township numbers in Arabic thus 6 Present County boundaries -._ Present County Seats -® N.

BASS Subdivided into 5 mile Townships 1786 Ashtabula Cleveland District boundaries thus satse MIDDLE BASS 5 Chardón AKE Lorain Fig.1 The Connecticut Western Reserve McFarland, Duncan, House, Cuyahoga County, Ohio EN EC A Medina CRAWFORD Ober Surveyed EAST Conneaut SUBDIVIDED INTO - oungstown Cuyahoga County, Ohio J MEDINA VAN WERT NOBLE | County CUNTON ( OHIO RIVER YEAR COUNTY ESTABLISHED YEAR COUNTY ORGANIZED 1834 1837 1851 1800 BROWN 1788 1815 1820 1819 1845 1810 HURON 1822 1850 1804 1812 PICKAWAY 1809 HANCOCK 1833 1808 1813 1806 1803 LOGAN 1848 ALLEN HARRISON 1816 1817 HARDIN PAULDING JACKSON LORAIN BUTLER MARION 1805 WASHINGTON CHAMPAIGN AUGLAIZE 1811 DARKE 1826 UNION COLUMBIANA SANDUSKY MORGAN SENECA ADAMS 1824 MERCER 1838 1828 PERRY KNOX GUERNSEY 1840 CUYAHOGA 1818 HENRY WARREN MORROW LAWRENCE GREENE FAYETTE WAYNE 1846 CRAWFORD UCKING MEIGS GEAUGA CARROLL SHELBY SCIOTO 1831 SUMMIT HIGHLAND WOOD ASHTABULA PIKE DEFIANCE FRANKUN PORTAGE LUCAS 1835 FAIRFIELD ERIE TRUMBULL WILLIAMS MIAMI BELMONT PUTNAM MUSKINGUM LAKB TUSCARANAS McFarland, Duncan, House 1839 1797 1825 1801 DELAWARE MAHONING CLERMONT ROSS MADISON PREBLE ATHENS HAMILTON 1807 STARK HOLMES HOCKING MONIGOMERY FULTON MONBOE McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio Fig.

3 1858 CUYAHOGA COUNTY ATLAS 1858 203 SOLON 3DTrobridge Fig. 4 Original Map of Griffithsburg McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio McFarland, Duncan, House Robert McFarland House Cuyahoga County, Ohio John McFarland House Figure 5 35036 Cannon Rd. Figure 6 Fig. 7 Rear View (North Elevation) of D. McFarland Cuyahoga County, Ohio Fig. 8 East Elevation of House c. 1930's after McFarland, Duncan, House Cuyahoga County, Ohio W. R. Wallacesmoved to their 100-year-old home in South Chagrin Reservatior enclosed porch addition Metropolitan Park Board.for less than the cost of owning a home. 28years ago. They rent the house and as much land as they can use, from the FAMILY ROOM BED ROOM Fig. 9 Historic First Floor Plan Elwin C. Robison, P.E. Engineet/Architectural Historian 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio 7358 Sylvan Dr. Job No. 00-08 43 E.

Market Street Suite 201 Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Prepared for: The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Fax: (330) 434-9331 KITCHEN The Duncan McFarland Homestead Sheet Number: DINING ROOM BOOKCASE HISTORIC SECOND FLOOR PLAN Elwin C. Robison, P.E 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio 7358 Sylvan Dr. Job No. 00-08 Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Prepared for: The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Fax: (330) 434-9331 BEDROOM CLOSET The Duncan McFarland Homestead Engineer/Architectural Historian Sheet Number: 43 E. Market Street Suite 201 House Fig. Ohio DOUN ENCLOSED PORCH FAMILY ROOM DINING ROOM EX. RADIATOR Existing First Floor Plan Elwin C. Robison, P.E Engineer/ Architectural Historian 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio Job No. 00-08 43 E.

Market Street Suite 201 7358 Sylvan Dr. Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Prepared for: The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Fax: (330) 434-9331 Fig KITCHEN PORCH The Duncan McFarland Homestead Sheet Number: BED ROOM House McFarland, Duncan, Ohio ACCEB6 HATCH ABOVE Existing Second Floor Plan Elwin C. Robison, P.E. 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio Job No. 00-08 43 E. Market Street Suite 201 7358 Sylvan Dr. Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Fax: (330) 434-9331 203 BEDROOM CLOSET 204 205 BATHROOM HALL The Duncan McFarland Homestead 202 Sheet Number: Engineer/Architectural Historian Prepared for:The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House 201 206 Fig. EX RADIATOR Cuyahoga County, Ohio 208 GENERAL NOTES: WD=WATER DAMAGE 2.

Soil is raised above the level of foundation causing severe moisture problems through the brick. 3. Masonry has been painted previously. IN=INFILL MATERIAL 4. Many lintels have been infilled at sides with inappropriate mortar. OJ=OPEN JOINT RD=RISING DAMP -gutter missing SOUTH ELEVATION Elwin C. Robison, P.E. 7358 Sylvan Dr. 43 E. Market Street Suite 201 Kent, OH 44240 Akron, Ohio 44038 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Phone: 330.678.9441 Prepared for: The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Date: 05-08-01 Job No. 00-08 F=FAILURE CR=CRACK SP=SPALLED B=BOWED WD/F 1. Numerous occurance of repointing using portland cement which is too hard for historic masonry.

D=DISCOLORED The Duncan McFarland Homestead S=SOIL M=MOISTURE Sheet Number: Engineer/Architectural Historian 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio missing trim MO=MOSS MI=MISSING Fax: (330) 434-9331 F @windowwell Cuyahoga County, Ohio Fig McFarland, South Elevation WD=WATER DAMAGE IN=INFILL MATERIAL OJ=OPEN JOINT RD=RISING DAMP carpenter wasp cement mortar North Elevation Elwin C. Robison, P.E. Engineer/ Architectural Historian 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio Job No. 00-08 43 E. Market Street Suite 201 7358 Sylvan Dr.

Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Prepared for: The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Fax: (330) 434-9331 CR=CRACK B=BOWED D=DISCOLORED F=FAILURE SP=SPALLED S=SOIL M=MOISTURE MI=MISSING Sheet Number: MO=MOSS The Duncan McFarland Homestead holes in soffit gutter connection misaligned portland Cuyahoga County, Ohio McFarland, Fig. WD=WATER DAMAGE IN=INFILL MATERIAL OJ=OPEN JOINT RD=RISING DAMP downspout missing West Elevation Elwin C. Robison, P.E. 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio Job No. 00-08 7358 Sylvan Dr. 43 E.

Market Street Suite 201 Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Fax: (330) 434-9331 SP/RD F=FAILURE D=DISCOLORED SP=SPALLED B=BOWED M=MOISTURE S=SOIL CR=CRACK Sheet Number: The Duncan McFarland Homestead MI=MISSING MO=MOSS Prepared for:The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Engineer/Architectural Historian WD=WATER DAMAGE IN=INFILL MATERIAL OJ=OPEN JOINT East Elevation RD=RISING DAMP Elwin C. Robison, P.E 35069 Cannon Road, Bentleyville, Ohio Job No. 00-08 43 E. Market Street Suite 201 7358 Sylvan Dr.

Akron, Ohio 44038 Kent, OH 44240 Phone: (330) 434-9300 Phone: 330.678.9441 Date: 05-08-01 Prepared for: The Friends of the Duncan McFarland House Fax: (330) 434-9331 F=FAILURE SP=SPALLED D=DISCOLORED B=BOWED M=MOISTURE CR=CRACK MI=MISSING S=SOIL The Duncan McFarland Homestead Engineer/Architectural Historian MO=MOSS Sheet Number: Cuyahoga County, Ohio Fig RANGER STATION SOM CENTER ROAD ARBOR DRIVEL NOT TO SCALE GARAGE Cuyahoga County, OHio METROPARKS CLEVELAND METRO DRIVE MCFARLAND HOUSE BENTLEY BENTEYUILLE.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: OTHER : N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: Entéred in the TELEPHONE RETURN DATE REJECT MULTIPLE 11/21/01 10/10/01 11/25/01 REVIEWER DISCIPLINE RECOM./CRITERIA NAME: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 45TH DAY: APPEAL: N REQUEST: N SLR DRAFT: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Cuyahoga ACCEPT SAMPLE: NATIONAL: REASONS FOR REVIEW: National Regleter 1. MEFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO 1. MEFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO I. MEFARLAND, DUNGAN, HOUSE 001014 1, MCFARLAND, DUNCAN,HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHO I. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHLO 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO 3.

6 OF 15 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOOSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHO 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHO I. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHO 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYMHOGA COUNTY, OHO 3. 10 OF 15 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOOSE 2. CUYAHOÇA COUNTY, OHIO 10 14 I. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHLO 1. MCFARLAND, DUNCAN, HOUSE. 2. CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHO I.MCFARLAND, DONCAN, HOUSE 2. CUYA HOGR COUNTY, OHLO 3. 15 oF 15 41081 04.TF-024 UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) CHAGRIN FALLS QUADRANGLE CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 461625 158405 ROAD CLASSIFICATION SCALE 124, 00-0