Nomination for Porter-Aue House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NAT REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name Of Property historic name: Porter-Aue House other name/site number: Ohio Historic Inventory #SUM 1534-19 2. Location street & number: 2798 North Street not for publication: N/A city/town: Village of Clinton code: 153 zip code: 44216 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this _X _ nomination standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements does not meet the National Register Criteria. | .sheet.

Signature of certifying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau _ does not meet the National vicinity: meets RECEIVED Date See continuation Register criteria. National Park Service July 52002 United States Department of the Interior In my opinion, the property - XI state: OH county: Summit request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I, hereby certify that this property is: determined not eligible for the other (explain) : 5. Classification Ownership of Property: Private structures Total sites buildings objects Date Porter-Aue House Register: Number of Resources within Property: National Register See continuation sheet.

Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National entered in the National Register of Action removed from the National Register Category of Property: Building(s) Summit County, ohio Noncontributing Summit County, Ohio 6. Function or Use Sub: Single dwelling Current : Domestic 7. Description Other Description: New England One and a Half Materials: foundation Sandstone, clay tile roof: Asphalt Shingle 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria: C Significant Dates: Historic; 1846, ca. 1920 Architecture sheet. walls Wood Porter-Aue House other: Colonial Revival Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) : N/A Name of related multiple property listing: Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Historic: Domestic Areas of Significance: Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in Resources of the Village of Clinton/Warwick. relation to other properties: locally Summit County, Ohio Significant Person (s) :N/A Cultural Affiliation: N/A _X_ See continuation sheet.

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Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS) : _ previously listed in the National Register _ previously determined eligible by the National Register _ designated a National Historic Landmark _ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary Location of Additional Data: _ State historic preservation office X Federal agency _ Local government _ University 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property: 0.25 UTM References: Zone Easting Northing 1)17 447040 4530720 requested. Porter-Aue House State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria Zone Easting Northing Other state agency considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.

- preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been _ Other -- Specify Repository: 1)17 Summit County, Ohio Verbal Boundary Description: Boundary Justification: See continuation sheet. The nominated property 11. Form Prepared By Name/Title: Sam Tamburro, Historian for the Village of Clinton Street & Number: 15610 Vaughn Road Telephone: (330) 657-2096 Additional Documentation A USGS map indicating the property's location. Figure 2 Site and photo map. integrity. Photographs Porter-Aue House Continuation Sheets Figure 8 Tax Parcel Map Figure 1 1927 Sanborn Insurance map. Figure 4 First Floor Plan City or Town: Brecksville Figure 7 1900 Map of Clinton Figure 6 1856 Map of Clinton See continuation sheet. The nominated Organization: NPS/ Cuyahoga Valley Nº State: OH ZIP:44141 Date:3/2002 property is located in Summit County, Franklin Township, Pumroy Lot 38.

Figure 3 Basement Plan Figure 5 Second Floor Plan heritage of the village of clinton and continues to retain its historical contains the building that is historically associated with the canal era NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 7 Summit County, Ohio house is located one block north of Main Street and 350 feet Porter-Aue House date from the late nineteenth and early (photos 21-24) . area. The garage, south of the house, is considered non- contributing because its construction date, 1960, occurred Built in 1846, the house is a wood-frame, side-gabled, New England One-and-a-Half, Greek Revival (photo 1). The house has a elevation of the house (photo 6) - elevations contain a wide frieze panel and architrave, and the Description CONTINUATION SHEET on the south side of North Street.

Residential dwellings are Porter-Aue House outside the period of significance for the property. rectangular plan with a one-story, shed-roof rear addition along The house is the only contributing resource within the nominated National Park Service 2798 North Street on Lot 38.The nominated property is situated clapboard siding with corner boards and the roof is covered with United States Department of the Interior building.One exterior chimney is located along the south no visible chimney stacks in the original core section of the situated directly to the east and west of the Porter-Aue House. twentieth century and are similarly modest in size and scale asphalt tab shingles.The entablature along the eave oriented gable ends have broad cornice returns (photo 2).

The house's setback is approximately 2o feet from street.The the south/west section of the house (photo5 and 6).There are located in the center (photo 1).The house is clad with wood Village of Clinton east of the Ohio & Erie Canal.Many of the houses near the (10-90) Page 1 The Porter-Aue House is located in the Village of Clinton at The façade of the house has three bays with the main entry door NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 7 Page 2 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio The house contains a hipped-roof, wraparound porch along the part of a Colonial Revival update during the 1920s. There are two doors located on the west side of the house (photo 4).

Full size windows are one-over-one, double-hung sash and contain House also has a large, 9 light, picture window on the south one-story addition along the south side of the house. The addition's foundation is constructed of structural clay tile The basement floor is poured concrete. A basement bulkhead door is located in the southwest corner of the basement (photo 13). The exterior bulkhead door is concealed within the floor of the southwest end of the porch. molded lintels, baseboards, and sills. All of the wood trim is block. light fixed.

CONTINUATION SHEET National Park Service plain surrounds and wood shutters (photo 2).The Porter-Aue Porter-Aue House (10-90) plain-faced.All of the interior doors are two-paneled and basement(photo 12).Many of the other wood floor beams still north and west elevations(photos 1and 4).The porch is (photos 8and 9,figure 3).Acrawl space exists under the 1920s the center of the to the first floor. United States Department of the Interior supported by round and square columns and appears to have been (rear) elevation (photo 6). The basement windows are single The house has a rough-cut, sandstone rubble foundation and contains a full basement under the core section of the house A large, hand-hewn summer beam (9"x 11") spans the length of the retain tree bark (photos 10 and 11). A set of wooden stairs, in The interior of the house includes original wood trim with OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 3 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio (photos 17-19) . A steep set of stairs, located in the center of the plan, lead second floor are "board and batten" and contain box, or rim, locks with keeper latches (photos 14-16) . faces the rear alleyway and was built outside the house's period of significance.

Porter-Aue House National Park Service appear to date from the original construction of the house Description (continued) wood-frame garage is clad with wood novelty siding and the roof United States Department of the Interior is covered with asphalt tab shingles (photo 7).The building located on the southwest section of the lot.The gable-roofed, NPS Form 10-900-a A concrete walkway leads to a noncontributing garage that is (10-90) from the first to the second floor (photo 2o).Doors on the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 4 Porter-Aue House Village of Clinton Summit County, ohio Name of Property: Porter-Aue House County and State: Summit County, Ohio Date of Photograph: March, 1999 Location of Negatives: Cuyahoga Valley National Park 4.

House, southwest elevation, facing northeast. 5. House, south elevation, facing north. 7. Garage, south and east elevations, facing northwest. Date of Photograph: February 2002 8. House, basement wall, facing south. 9. House, basement wall, facing east. 12. House, basement summer beam. 14. House, interior door, second floor. 16. House, interior door hardware, second floor. Photographs Photographer: Sam Tamburro (10-90) The following information is the same for all photographs. 1. House, façade elevation, facing south. 2. House, west elevation, facing east. 11. House, basement floor joists. House, basement bulkhead door, facing west. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 5 Porter-Aue House Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio Name of Property: Porter-Aue House County and State: Summit County, Ohio Photographer: Sam Tamburro Date of Photograph: February 2002 Location of Negatives: Cuyahoga Valley National Park 17. House, interior two-paneled door, first floor. 19. House, first floor living room. House, center stairwell between the first and second floor. North Street, facing west, Porter-Aue House in the center Porter-Aue House, facing east. 23. North Street, facing west. Photographs National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES of the frame. North west (north side of the street). (10-90) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 6 Porter-Aue House Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio The Porter-Aue House meets the registration requirements for properties eligible under Criterion C: Architecture as specified in the Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Resources of MPD) . representing a building that embodies the distinctive characteristics of type, period, or method of construction. The house is a New England One-and-a-Half, a building type The Greek Revival style is indicative of the influence of the The New England One-and-a-Half in the Greek Revival style is strongly associated with the northeast Ohio building tradition.

These building styles were extended to the Clinton area, in There are only two New England One-and-a-Half, Greek Revivals in the Clinton MPD study area, and the other building, the Rhoads- Harter House, has experienced substantial alterations to its massing and fenestration patterns that have compromised its historic integrity. Within the Clinton area, the Porter-Aue and-a-Half. Statement of Significance National Park Service identified in the Clinton MPD as significant. The Porter-Aue House is significant under Criterion C for the construction of the Ohio & Erie Canal. (10-90) House represents the most intact example of a New England One- opening of the Ohio & Erie Canal on the growth of the community. OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 7 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio Moreover, the modest Colonial Revival porch is expressive of the the Clinton MPD notes, many of Clinton's Greek Revival style the Ohio & Erie Canal in 1832, the land directly east of the canal prism became a prime area of commercial development. 1835. The brothers named the area the Village of Pumroy, divided constructed a frame house on lot 38 in 1846. Stotler only 1 Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates, 1845. property. Historical Background houses received Colonial Revival updates, reflecting the Porter-Aue House increasing influence of industrial prosperity in the community. to William Porter. Canal and south of the Village of Orradeen, which was founded in Like all the land in Franklin Township (Summit County),the U.S.

impact of industrialization on the canal village of Clinton.As NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Government originally owned Pumroy Lot 22.The entire township retained ownership of the house for one year, selling it in 1847 was created out of the Congress Lands.With the completion of to the Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates, Stotler In 1837,William and Francis Pumroy purchaseda large parcel of United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a In 1845,William Pumroy sold lot 38 to James Patterson and the land in Section 35 of Franklin Township east of the Ohio & Erie (10-90) following year he sold the property to John Stotler.According Statement of Significance (continued) it into approximately 70 lots and quickly began to sell NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 8 Summit County, Ohio Porter, a day laborer in the Clinton area, owned the house for approximately 20 years. Circa 1870, William Aue purchased the However, the 1883-84 Akron City Directory notes that Aue was a boatman on the O&E Canal. years later, Jacob, his daughter Daisy, and two of her children Elizabeth and William, were killed in a fatal train accident." The Porter-Aue House also received a number of Colonial Revival updates during the Fyes' ownership. Between 1916 and 1927, a hipped roof porch was added along the The Fye Family has remained in the Clinton community since the * Dreurey, The Clinton Story, 121. Summit County Tax Auditor's Maps, 1920.

and eventually sold the property to Willis Fye circa 1920.5 The noncontributing garage situated at the southwest section of Porter-Aue House kitchen.Both of the alterations appear to have occurred prior rear wing was added to the building to serve as the new Historical Background early twentieth century.Willis C.Fye worked for Firestone Tire north and west elevations of the house and the one-story, shed- The house has remained in the Fye family ever since that period. By 191o,Jacob and Anne Burgy acquired the house from Aue.Two Village of clinton house.The 1850 Us Census,Schedule of Population lists Aue asa (10-90) boatman and in the 1860 Census he is listed as a day laborer. Anne would retain ownership of the house for a few more years to 1927 and each is represented on a 1927 Sanborn Insurance Map.6 US Census, Schedule of Population, 1850 and 1860.

Sanborn Insurance Map for the Village of Clinton,1927. Akron City Directory, (NH Burch & Company, 634. lot 38 is not represented on the 1927 Sanborn Map(Figure 1). OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 9 Summit County, Ohio currently owned by Lawrence Fye, Willis' son.

"Canal Era" as defined by the Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Even though the Porter-Aue House is a modest, New England One- and-a-Half, it retains significant architectural elements of the Greek Revival style, a building style directly associated has a blind half story under the eaves, which is a common National Park Service Historic Inventory, notes that the New England One-and-a-Half Criterion C: Architecture Resources of the Clinton/Warwick Multiple Property Documentation The Porter-Aue House is a significant example of distinctive Porter-Aue House treatment for a New England One-and-a-Half.

United States Department of the Interior construction practices associated with the Village of Clinton's by New Englanders.As settlers migrated to Northeastern Ohio Colonial Revival style, which is associated with the "Industrial building tradition.Steve Gordon's, How to Complete the Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a Boom Era." and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio and eventually served as Mayor cornice corner boards.The facade of the structure The New England One-and-a-Half isa building type strongly Form.The Porter-Aue House also contains elements of the Village of Clinton (10-90) of the Village of Clinton from 1942 to 1945.The house is with Clinton's "Canal Era." The house has wide entablatures, associated with Ohio's Western Reserve "New England Extended" building type is most commonly found in areas that were settled Historical Background (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 10 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio illustrates, a majority of the settlers in the Clinton area migrated from the Pennsylvania region and were native German/Pennsylvania Dutch. Additionally, the Clinton of Greek Revival canal era buildings demonstrates the the development of the Village of Clinton. Nearly all of the extant canal era structures are Greek Revival and were built after the opening of the O&E Canal in 1827. Moreover, the Porter-Aue House appears to be an example of canal listed as a day laborer on the O&E Canal. William Aue, a subsequent owner, also worked as a day laborer in Clinton. The on the canal." Because of the modest nature of the New-England- type served as housing for workers associated with the O&E Canal. and freight.

style to the Western Reserve.7 But, as the Clinton MPD Porter-Aue House National Park Service The built environment strongly suggests that the canal area was initially part of the Congress Lands.The predominance (10-90) One-and-a-Half it is reasonable to conclude that the building era worker housing in the Village of clinton.William Porter was American Life prior to the War between the States,(New York: transported ideas and building traditions, as well as passengers " Talbot Hamlin, Greek Revival Architecture in America: Being an Dover Publications, 1964), 280. Account of Important trends in American Architecture and significant impact the opening of the Ohio & Erie Canal had on NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 11 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio of design, still retaining its defining features, such as wide entablatures, cornice returns, end boards, and massing. Evidence wood stylistic elements, which also evidence a high degree of period of significance (1846-1927), experienced no significant setting, feeling, and association with Clinton's Canal Era.

Historical Integrity Porter-Aue House United States Department of the Interior workmanship.The house is in the same location it was during its NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES of integrity of materials includes the wood clapboard siding and alterations to its profile and its effect in communicating National Park Service surrounding the nominated property provides integrity of The historical integrity of the Porter-Aue House is well its historic function asa residence.The small town setting (10-90) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 2 Page 12 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio Akron City Directory 1883-84.NH Burch & Company. Dreurey, Sandra. The Clinton Story. Clinton, OH: Clinton Hamlin, Talbot. Greek Revival Architecture in America: Being an York: Dover Publications, 1964.

Shaw, Ronald E. Canals for a Nation: The Canal Era in the United States, 1790-1860. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1990. Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates, 1845. Summit County Tax Auditor's Maps, 1920. County, 1850, 1860. Major Bibliographic References Porter-Aue House NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Account of Important trends in American Architecture and American Life prior to the War between the States.New Sanborn Insurance Map for the Village of clinton,1927. (10-90) US Census, Schedule of Population. Franklin Township, Summit Historical Society. N. WATER FIGURE ONE SANBORN MAP, 1927 PORTER-AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO CLINTON VICINITY APRIL 2002 W.

NORTH FARM - Non-Contributing FIGURE TWO SITE & PHOTO MAP PORTER-AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO - Photo view & CLINTON VICINITY APRIL 2002 Photo Number House Water Street Alleyway NORTH North Street Garage BASEMENT PLAN FIGURE THREE PORTER-AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO CLINTON VICINITY NOT TO SCALE APRIL 2002 NORTH Photo Number Photo view & LIVING ROOM FIGURE FOUR FIRST FLOOR PLAN - Photo view & PORTER-AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO CLINTON VICINITY NOT TO SCALE BATH Photo Number NORTH KITCHEN BED ROOM APRIL 2002 BED ROOM FIGURE FIVE SECOND FLOOR PLAN Photo view & PORTER/AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO CLINTON VICINITY NOT TO SCALE APRIL 2002 NORTH Photo Number FIGURE 6 PORTER-AUE HOUSE VILLAGE OF CLINTON SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO Referenees Beni Hilhish - H Oster Gruriric 1856 PROPERTY ATLAS MAP (VILLAGE OF CLINTON) CLINTON VILLAGE FIGURE 7 1900 PROPERTY ATLAS MAP (VILLAGE OF CLINTON) PORTER-AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO VILLAGE OF CLINTON 576 PUMROY ADDN TO CLINTON.

FIGURE EIGHT TAX PARCEL MAP PORTER-AUE HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO CLINTON VICINITY NORTH ST APRIL 2002 150 42.75 ALL NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N N SLR DRAFT: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: TELEPHONE DATE RETURN REVIEWER REJECT 7/26/02 8/28/02 9/09/02 PROPERTY DISCIPLINE NATIONAL: RECOM./CRITERIA PERIOD: PDIL: SAMPLE: Porter-Aue House DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Resources of the Village of Clinton/Warwick, Ohio MPS STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Summit REFERENCE NUMBER: COMMENT WAIVER: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 02000947 MULTIPLE 8/12/02 APPEAL: OTHER: /ACCEPT DATE OF PENDING LIST: Porter-Aue SUMMITCo., Oh10 Porter.

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The Ohio Should you accept this nomination, Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Historian, Sam Tamburro, would like a copy of the signed certification page. Thank you for your consideration of this nomination. If there are questions regarding this package, please contact Mr. Tamburro at 330.657.2096. Jeff Winstel, Planner, CUVA David Humphrey, Supervisory Landscape Architect, CUVA Enclosures H32 John P. Debo, Jr. 24 July 2002 Superintendent Historic Preservation Office has signed the nomination and I am forwarding the form to you per Washington, DC 20002 Dear Ms. Shull, requirements outlined in 36 CFR Part 60,60.10, Concurrent State and Federal Nominations. Sincerely, Ms. Carol Shull, Keeper IN REPLY REFER TO: JUL 2 6 2002