Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS) : _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been _ 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 Other state agency X Federal agency _ Local government _ University - Other -- Specify Repository: 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property:.28 acres UTM References: Zone Easting Northing requested. Zone Easting Northing David Smith House Summit County, Ohio considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. 1) 17 447080 4530480 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 7 Page 1 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio Massillon Road and South Street in the village of Clinton (Photo 1 and Figure 1-3). The lot is landscaped with evergreen and rhododendron bushes and contains several mature trees. The the house, along the east side of Cleveland-Massillon Road. There are two contributing resources within the nominated area: south of the barn, is a twentieth-century addition to the was built outside the period of significance (1894) for the Built in 1894, the David Smith House is a wood-framed, gabled- stories with a one-and-a half-story addition on the west side of the house (Photos 6-7). The west wing addition is the former summer kitchen that was attached to the core section of the house during the twentieth century.
All faces of the house are covered with narrow wood weather board siding with end boards, and the roof is covered with of the core section's roof. An additional chimney is located at the west end of the addition. The windows are one-over-one, double-hung sash with detailed surrounds. The window surrounds contain saw-tooth lintels and quatrefoil corner blocks (Photo 8). The house's two exterior doors located along the house's east elevation contain large property. Description asphalt tab shingles.There is a chimney located in the center property and is considered a noncontributing resource because it David Smith House the house and barn.The Quonset directly The David Smith House is situated on the corner of Cleveland- (10-90) National Park Service ell Queen Anne style building (Photos 2-5).
The house is two United Methodist Church is located directly to the northeast of NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 7 Page 2 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio twentieth-century replacement (Figures 4-5). The door in the north elevation is also an early-twentieth-century replacement, (Photo 2) . The house has a full basement with a cut-sandstone block foundation and the floor is poured concrete (Photo 13). The house's interior includes original wood trim with molded lintels, baseboards, and sills. The interior door and window covered with standing seam metal roofing material. There are doors located on the east and south elevations of the building and there is one two-light window located along the east side (Photo 16).
A large overhead door and two second-story loft doors are located on the west side of the barn (Photo 17). The decoration. beams with hewn-and-pegged mortise and tenon joints (Photo 18).
CONTINUATION SHEET Built in 1894, the barn is a two-story, post-and-beam building The bottom panels contain intricate carved details and incised apexes contain one one-over-one, double-hung sash window block.The barn does not contain a basement.The building is clad with vertical wood siding with end boards.The roof is David Smith House 10-11).The house's gable apexes contain high-style gable braces Description with a concrete slab floor.The foundation is cut sandstone A screened-in, porch is located on the east and north sides of with wood shingle treatment 2).In of the (10-90) the building(photo1).The porch appears to be an early- The barn is situated to the west of the house (Photos 14-15).
surrounds have corner blocks with a circular flower motif (Photo interior contains both partially sawn log beams and rough-sawn National Park Service though the screen door may be nineteenth-century vintage (Photos OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 3 Summit County, Ohio Lumber. Quonset hut. The luonset hut is clad with wood siding and the has a central door flanked by two windows. David Smith House National Park Service NPS Form 10-900-a Village of clinton (10-90) The floor joists are constructed of full-dimensional, rough-sawn Directly south of the barn is a noncontributing wood-frame Description (continued) roof is covered with asphalt shingles (Photo 19).The structure OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 4 Summit County, Ohio The following information is the same for all of photographs. Name of the Property: David Smith House County and State: Summit County, Ohio Photographer: Sam Tamburro Date of Photograph: March, 1999, May 1999 Location of the Negatives: Cuyahoga Valley NP House, east elevation, facing west. House, south elevation, facing north. House, window in the north elevation, facing south. 11. House, north screen door, facing south. House, basement bulkhead stairs, facing west. 14. Barn, north elevation, facing south. 17. Barn, west elevation, facing east. 18. Barn, hewn-and-pegged mortise and tenon joint. House, east elevation door. Photographs House, west elevation, facing east. House, south and east sides, facing west.
(10-90) David Smith House NPS Form 10-900-a Village of clinton 12. House, east gable apex, facing west. Barn, east elevation, facing west. 19. Quonset Hut, east elevation, facing west. 10. House, north elevation door. National Park Service 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 9 Page 5 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio The David Smith House meets the registration requirements for Railroad, and Industrial Resources of Clinton/Warwick Multiple period, or method of construction. The Queen Anne style is significant to the development of Clinton as it represents the built environment from the railroad era and the prosperity it The lots that the David Smith House is situated on were originally owned by Alonzo Smith, a local farmer and large property owner.
According to the Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates, Alonzo Smith sold a small parcel of his land, In the following year, Smith constructed the house and barn on the corner of South Street and Cleveland-Massillon Road. The Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates indicate that a summer kitchen that now is attached to the west section of the similar wood weather board and window surrounds as the house and (figure one) . 1 1893 Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates. Historical Background David Smith House elements that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, approximately .28 acres, to David Smith in 1893.1 Statement of Significance house appears to be original.The summer kitchen contains National Park Service appears in a early twentieth-century photograph of the property The house is significant under Criterion C for containing brought to the community.
properties eligible under Criteria C as specified in the Canal, house and $150 barn were added to the property in 1894.² The (10-90) Property Documentation Form (Clinton MPD) . OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio guard lock on the O&E Canal. The 1890-91 Akron and Summit County W.H. Smith, Contractor and Builder, Planing and Saw Mill. Dealers in Rough and Dressed Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Shingles, etc., also agents for Gaar, Scott & CO's, Portable and Traction Engines, Saw Mills After a short ownership, David Smith sold his interests in the a mainstay of the commercial block throughout the twentieth David, with his wife Mary E. Huber, raised eight children in the house: Dora, Clarence, Thurman, Carrie, Ruth, Lewis, Miriam, and Dora Mclaughlin.
Company, 1891), 462. Historical Society, 1991), 157. century. 3 David Smith, with his brother William, purchased the lumber Page manner: Historical Background (continued) David Smith House and Threshers. Clinton, Ohio.4 lumbering operation in the Village of Clinton.3 The lumber mill (10-90) NPS Form 10-900-a building.The store was renamed c.c.Smith Hardware and remained N.H.Housman's Hardware Store located in the Limbach Block mill in 1889. David Smith was his brother William)of a large and yard were located on Orradeen Lots 12 near the National Park Service Directory describes Smith Brothers' lumber mill in the following 6 Dreurey, The Clinton Story, 157. 4 1890-91 Akron and Summit County Directory, (N.H. Birch & lumber mill to his brother William.5 In 1903,David purchased Amelia.David died in 1928,leaving the house to his daughter OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Summit County, ohio with his wife Minnie Ruth. Lewis took over the hardware store on Main Street and also served as the Executive Director for the Lewis was elected as the mayor of the village of Clinton and served from 1926 to 1928. The house has remained in the ownership of the Smith Family by Susan Elizabeth Smith, David Smith's granddaughter and Lewis Railroad Era in the Village of Clinton as defined in the Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Resource of Clinton/Warwick Multiple Property Documentation Form (Clinton MPD) . The David Smith House evidences features associated with the of one of the architectural styles in the Village of Clinton half I-house form attached to a perpendicular wing with gabled ends.
Page Lewis, David's youngest son, continued to reside in the house Criterion C: Architecture vernacular interpretation of the Queen Anne building tradition, Smith's daughter. The David Smith House contains significantly distinct characteristics of construction practices associated with David Smith House Historical Background Summit County Soldiers and Sailors Relief In addition, property in the mid 1970s.Since 1991,the house has been owned (10-90) NPS Form 10-900-a the property was owned by Frank bought the after the Civil War.Built in 1894,the house is a Village of clinton " Dreurey, The Clinton Story, 158. which is identified in the Clinton MPD as being representative National Park Service throughout the twentieth fora brief period when NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 8 Page 8 Village of Clinton Summit County, Ohio the house. In addition, the house's gable apexes contain a surrounds are detailed with saw-tooth lintels and quatrefoil corner blocks calling attention to the house's craftsmanship. elevation contain large glazed panels surrounded by smaller house's wood architectural details may reflect Smith's early occupation as a proprietor of a lumber mill. The decorative for the Smith Brothers' lumber milling operation, which sold machine-cut, dressed wood, doors, and wood shutters. emergence of railroads, popular architectural styles were being widely distributed in plan and pattern books as well as trade Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory, 91.
Virginia McAlester and Lee McAlester, A Field Guide to American CONTINUATION SHEET David Smith House certain level of success and prosperity. National Park Service journals.Houses built adhering to modern styles indicated a The architectural David Smith House also reflects the influence of the railroad in the village of clinton.With the national (10-90) details and incised decoration 11-12).Many of the The porch is one-story high and extends along the east side of shingle treatment with high-style gable braces. The window Moreover, the house's two exterior doors along the east glazed panes and bottom panels that contain intricate carved exterior and interior wood work almost serve as "advertisements" Houses, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), 88; Gordon, How to Criterion C: Architecture NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 8 Page 9 Summit County, Ohio and still retains its defining features such as wood-shingled treatment gable apexes. The house's massing and fenestration retain significant integrity of materials and workmanship. The buildings are in the same location they were during the period has remained relatively undisturbed. The small town setting setting, feeling, and association. Historical Integrity design integrity.The house maintains its original wood siding CONTINUATION SHEET The historical integrity of the David Smith House is well surrounding the nominated property provides integrity of David Smith House of even though the summer kitchen has (10-90) Village of clinton preserved.
All of the nominated buildings have a high degree of been attached to the core section of the roof profile OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9 Page 10 Summit County, Ohio Dreurey, Sandra Walsh. The Clinton Story. Clinton, OH: Clinton Gordon, Steve. How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory. Columbus, OH: Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 1992. McAlester, Virginia and McAlester, Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Summit County Tax Auditor's Duplicates, 1893, 1894. Major Bibliographic References National Park Service Historical Society, 1991. David Smith House Akron and Summit County Directory.N.H.Birch & Company,1891. Village of clinton NPS Form 10-900-a (10-90) Summit County, Ohio Verbal Boundary Description: See continuation sheet.
The nominated property 11. Form Prepared By Name/Title: Sam Tamburro, Historian for the Village of Clinton Organization: NPS/Cuyahoga Valley NP Street & Number: 15610 Vaughn Road City or Town: Brecksville Additional Documentation A USGS map indicating the property's location. Maps acres. integrity. Photographs Date:1/02 Continuation Sheets Boundary Justification: David Smith House Figure 4 Historic Photo. Figure 2 First Floor plan map. See continuation sheet. Summit County, Figure 3 Second Floor plan map. Figure 1 Site and photo map.
Telephone: (330) 657-2096 State: OH ZIP:44141 contains the building that is historically associated with the Railroad Era FIGURE FOUR HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1928 DAVID SMITH HOUSE FIGURE FIVE HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1910-1915 DAVID SMITH HOUSE 14 SouthStreet Quonset Hut O - Noncontributing SITE & PHOTO MAP DAVID SMITH HOUSE - Photo view SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO NOT TO SCALE JAN. 2002 Barn House NORTH Cleveland-Massillon Road FIGURE ONE CLINTON VICINITY FIGURE TWO FIRST FLOOR PLAN DAVID SMITH HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO NOT TO SCALE JAN. 2002 Dining Room Kitchen NORTH Family Room CLINTON VICINITY Bed Room SECOND FLOOR PLAN DAVID SMITH HOUSE SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO NOT TO SCALE JAN.
2002 NORTH Bed Room CLINTON VICINITY FIGURE THREE Bath Room UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Smith, David, House Canal, Railroad, and Industrial Resources of the Village of DATE OF 16TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N - SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM.
/CRITERIA 02001104 10/04/02 DATE TELEPHONE REJECT MULTIPLE PROPERTY 10/09/02 RETURN 8/20/02 REVIEWER DISCIPLINE ACCEPT NATIONAL: PERIOD: OTHER: SAMPLE: PDIL: DATE RECEIVED: NAME: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: Clinton/Warwick, Ohio MPS DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N APPEAL: 16:99 DAVID SmITh House SummITCo.JOhio DAVIDSMITh House Summ1TCo.)Ohio Z 0 F 19 DAVID SMITh House SummiT Co.y Ohio DAVID SmiTh House Summit co.) ohio summit co.y Ohio DAViD SmiTh House SummIT Co.j Ohio DAVID SMIth House 60F DAYID SMITh House Summit Co.,Ohio 7#0F19 DAVID SMITh House Summit co., Ohio David Smith House Su mmit Co., ohio Sum miTco.)ohio DAVIDSmith House SummITCo., Ohio DAvID SmiTh House DAVID SMITh House SummIT Co.j Ohio SummiTco.ohio DAYiDSmITh House Summitco., Ohio DAvID SmITh House DAVID SmITh House SummiT co.oh1o DAVID Smih House Summitcoj Ohio SummIT Co., Ohio DAviD Smith House DAVID SmITh House DAViD Sm ITh House SUmmIT Co.)ohio 17 497080 4530480 1994 DOYLESTOWN QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES ) NORTON 1$40º52'30 Unimproved road ROAD CLASSIFICATION DOYLESTOWN, OHIO OHIO SCALE 1:24000 UNDERGROUND May 24, 2002 Ms.
Barbara Powers Department Head Planning, Inventory and Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Humberger House, 7616 North 2nd Street Warwick Interlocking Tower, 2955 South 1" Street David Smith House, 7966 Cleveland Massillon Road Sorrick-Oster Store, 7846 Main Street Porter-Aue House, 2798 North Street Willaim Smith House, 7894 Main Street Dear Ms. Powers: Register of Historic Places nominations submitted for the above listed properties in the village. These nominations, along with the others that have been previously approved, make an important contribution to the recognition of Clinton's heritage as a canal hamlet.
As you know, the Village of Clinton is part of the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor, and the National Register documentation conducted by the National Park Service has assisted the I encourage the Ohio Historic Sites Preservation Advisory Board to give close consideration to all of the Clinton National Register nominations. Fax: 330-882-5220 Village of Clinton 7871 Main Street, Clinton, OH 44216 Sincerely yours, Phone: 330-882-4782 community in identifying and appreciating its cultural resources. On behalf of the Village of Clinton, I am writing to express strong support for the National May 24, 2002 SERVING SUMMIT COUNTY 975 TREATY LINE ROAD, AKRON, OHIO 44313-5898 PHONE: (330) 867-5511 FAX: (330) 867-4711 Ms. Barbara Powers Department Head Planning, Inventory and Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Dear Ms.
Powers: Metro Parks, Serving Summit County would like to endorse the Village of Clinton National Register of Historic Places nominations submitted for review at the Advisory Board meeting on June 7, 2002. Metro Parks maintains 2.3 miles of Tow Path Trail in the Clinton area that interprets the natural and cultural history of the village in the broader context of the Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor. The Clinton National Register nominations recognize the important characteristics of the built environment that add to the integrity of the village's cultural We applaud the research and documentation conducted by the National Park Service, and our interpretation of the village has benefited from their findings. I encourage the Ohio Historic Sites Preservation Advisory Board to give close consideration to all of the Clinton National Register nominations. Frances S.
Buchholzer Hoyt M. Wells Rainy G. Stitzlein landscape. Sincerely yours, Director-Secretary www.summitmetroparks.org Vice-Chairman KDS/dcw MetrOParks Keith D. Shy Monday, June 03, 2002 9:31 PM Dear Ms. Powers: Please be advised that as structures historian and Immediate Past President of the Clinton Historical Society, I approve of and lend my support to the six nominations for the National Register of Historic Places that will be considered Friday, June 7, 2002. The properties being considered are: Humberger House, Warwick Interlocking Tower, David Smith House, Sorrick-Oster Store, Porter-Aue hosue, and the William Smith House. As a homeowner whose property was considered in March and is now at the national level, I am extremely grateful for the work that has been put into these nominations by your staff and Jeff Winstel and Sam Tamburro. questions should they arise.
Beth Bailey Clinton Historical Society Immediate Past President Structures Historian Francis Becker House 3010 Hickory Street Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com Owner From: Cordially, Sent: bethclintonhs@popmail.com Clinton Canal Association Barb Powers Clinton Ohio I will be accompanying one of the homeowners to the meeting and will be available to answer any NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Cuyahoga Valley National Park 15610 Vaughn Road August 13, 2002 Ms. Carol Shull, Keeper National Register of Historic Places 800 North Capital Street NW Suite 400 Re: Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor National Register Nominations for Clinton, Ohio: David Smith House, Clinton, Summit County, Ohio Enclosed please find for your review and signature the David Smith House nomination.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office has signed the nomination and I am forwarding the form to you per requirements outlined in 36 CFR Part 60, 60.10, Concurrent State and Federal 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 Nominations. H32 Enclosures Sincerely, Superintendent Dear Ms. Shull, John P. Debo, Jr. United States Department of the Interior Washington, DC 20002 RECEIVED 2280 Brecksville. Ohio 44141 IN REPLY REFER TO: AUG 2 0 2002
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