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OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1.

Name of Property other names/site number_N/A 2. Location - not for publication city or town FINDLAY - vicinity state _ code _ county _ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this XX nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the propertyl meets - does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant nationally statewideXX locally.

(- See Inventory & Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property - meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of commenting or other official 4. National Park Service Certification entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register Date of Action Date zip code_45840 HANCOCK National Register other (explain): Signature of certifying official NPS Form 10-900 RECEIVED 2280 1 5 2006 NAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES street & number_2816 N. MAIN STREET historic name:_ BIGELOW, CHARLES H. HOUSE 200L 5.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Check as many boxes as apply (Check only one box) X private X building(s) - public-local - district -public-State - site - public-Federal - structure Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions Enter categories from instructions Domestic/Single dwelling 7.

Description Queen Anne Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) See continuation pages Foundation roof Limestone other object Total Slate Wood Materials Brick Stick/Eastlake Shingle Architectural Classification walls Bigelow, Charles H., House, Hancock County, OH (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) (Enter "N/A* if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH acres in 1888, when the surrounding land was sold and subdivided as the Brown Addition and construction of the Bigelow home was begun. The grounds at one time included an orchard, rose garden, and lily pond, but those features have been removed.

picturesque asymmetrical silhouette that is further embellished by the use of cutaways on the main bays and multiple corbelled and is a non-contributing element. this front wall has a stone balconet.The entry is covered bya cross-gabled porch that is supported by turned wood posts and sits on a concrete base; originally wood on stone piers, the porch floor was replaced in the early 1980s and set on a rusticated applied within gable ends and pediments. enclosed sun porch with modest half-timbered details in the gable end. These details are repeated on the adjoining wall surface, which also features imbricated shingle siding. The shingled wall detail is mirrored on the north side of the house, as well. The porte-cochere is attached to a side porch that bears the same elaborate wood details that appear on the front porch.

An attached garage/utility room is located on the rear (west) elevation. This one-story wing was added ca. 1940 and sits on a wing addition is wood frame, with plain lap siding and small double-hung windows on the side and rear walls. angled or curved- and many are enframed within carved stone arches or decorative wood trim. Cut glass panels accent the (Photo 4). The porch and dormers are distinguished by scroll-sawn railings and brackets, with sunburst and dogtooth ornament Physical Description NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) Section number _ 7 Page The Charles H. Bigelow house is located at the north end of Findlay, and sits on one of the highest points within the corporate limits. The house faces east onto Main Street, the city's principal north-south thoroughfare (Photo 1).

The property was Since it passed from family hands in 1947, the core property has been reduced to the current 1.33 acres. keystones, lintels and sills, and elaborate saw-cut trim, and Eastlake-inspired carpentry details are liberally applied to porches, The façade is asymmetrical and is essentially defined as two bays: a front-gabled wing, and a complex recessed entry bay with cutaway corner. The gable end features three distinctive segmental- and flat-arched tripartite windows. The attic window on The corner bay is anchored on the rear by a square tower that serves as a bridge to the porte-cochere on the side (south) concrete slab (Photo 6). It has a low-pitched hipped roof with asphalt shingles, and three paneled wood doors (hinged). The type is one-over-one light, double-hung sash.

These are grouped in twos and threes on the primary elevations - some of them The Bigelow house is a two-and-a-half story brick structure, with a maximum dimensional footprint measuring 55 feet deep chimneys on exterior walls and gable ends (Photo 3). Robust masonry accents appear in carved and bracketed window dormers and gable ends. The whole sits on a coursed ashlar limestone foundation with water table. The steeply pitched hipped roof with lower cross gables is sheathed with hexagonal slate shingles. A detached garage with composite siding, side-gablec block foundation. An integral second-floor porch is located directly above the entry porch, and is crowned by a conical dormer elevation. The tower is four-sided, with pedimented paired windows on each side flanked by incised square columns. A large original stone foundation was reconstructed in 2002 with rough-faced block (Photo 6).

Above the porte-cochere is a small roof, and paneled overhead door is located behind the house (Photo 7). Built in 1965, the garage is not visible from street view OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH Original brass hardware and cast iron radiators with intricate scroll and floral designs have been retained, and nearly each room Except for the addition of a second-floor bathroom, the interior floor plan is essentially unchanged. Downstairs, the home is room has original wrought iron hardware, and a wood mantel with carved ellipse and fan details (Photo 10). with oriental dragon motif. The deep baseboards and cove moldings here are cherry. To the rear (west) of the parlor is the library, which is also accessed through double pocket doors.

The decorative treatment in the library is much heavier than elsewhere in the home. Butternut and ash are liberally used for baseboards, wainscoting, built- an ornamental metal firebox, fretted ceramic tile hearth, and an overmantel mirror and shelf. dining room features a stained glass window, which is located above a tile fireplace with elaborate oak mantle. The window incorporates the recurring dragon motif, and the firewall is embossed with figures of Neptune and Poseidon. The ceiling is defined by boxed oak beams, and the floor carries on the theme of opulence in its hardwood parquet composition. A heavy Lincrusta dado encircles the room. More functional areas of the house occur at the back end of the building, which is accessed from outside through a porch entrance beneath the porte-cochere.

The kitchen retains beadboard wall panels and what appear to be original floor-to-ceiling cupboards. Most fixtures and appliances have been replaced. Next to the kitchen is a pantry and half-bath (date of installation unknown). Also in this area are a massive integral safe - which still functions - and a service stair to the second floor. that overlooks the front yard. Also on this level are a sunroom and full bath (added in 1936). The three bedrooms at the front of the house have glazed tile fireplaces, the detailing on each slightly different (Photo 13). Mantels are butternut or ash, and are (Rev. 10-90) corbeled semicircular landing(Photo9).A large window overlooking the landing hasstained glass sidelights and transom.At NPS Form 10-900 elaborate mixture of textures and finishes bearing mythological, classical and oriental themes. Throughout the home, ornate house).

The window and door casings retain original patina, emphasizing the fluted moldings and bulls-eye corner blocks. the base of the stair is a pedimented newel post with raised panels and applied rosettes. Atop the newel post is a brass light the shelf features an egg-and-dart molding that is repeated around the overmantel mirror. Cast iron firewalls are embossed with To the rear of the living hall - through a single paneled pocket door - is the dining room, the largest space in the home. The the dining room, and the second-floor bedroom above it.

The side (north) and rear elevations feature a more functional, but still Inside, the Bigelow house presents a virtually intact example of late nineteenth-century Victorian design, expressed here as an wood trim and flooring is comprised of oak, cherry, mahogany, butternut, ash or yellow pine (in the less public areas of the is served by a fireplace (no longer operable) with a glazed tile facing and hearth, ornamental metal firebox, and overmantel. typically opened into the living hall, which often contained a fireplace and picturesque furnishings. In this case, the focal point of the living hall is a sweeping staircase (Photo 8). The stair has oak beading and panels on the face string, a paneled soffit, and tile fireplace that is framed within a delicate cherry mantel with bracketed shelf.

The mantel surround is carved and incised, and in bookcases, cove moldings, and elaborate corbelled headers above door and window openings (Photo 12). The library also has a mixed hardwood parquet floor and an original pewter ceiling fixture. Its most endearing feature is a fireplace with three tile insets of a central phoenix flanked by a classical muse and a lute player (Photo 11). The fireplace has fluted/incised colonettes, There are four bedrooms on the second floor, and a large sitting room at the top of the stair with access to a small, open porch NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Sigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH embellished with turned or cabled ornamentation. All upstairs floors are oak, and woodwork is yellow pine.

The attic and turret Page space are unfinished. Bigelow, Charles H., House, Hancock County, OH 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for (Enter categories from instructions) A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, ormethod of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high Period of Significance artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

Significant Dates Criteria Considerations - A owned by a religious institution or used for religious (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - B removed from its original location. Cultural Affiliation - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. # F a commemorative property. Wurmser, Henry Oswald - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR Primary location of additional data 67) has been requested. - State Historic Preservation Office - previously listed in the National Register - Other State agency L previously determined eligible by the National Register - Federal agency - designated a National Historic Landmark - Local government - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - University - Other: - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record 1888-1889 purposes. history. Bibliography Architecture Architect/Builder Property is: Significant Person National Register listing) Ca birthplace ora grave. (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Statement of Significance Charles Bigelow built on his father's achievements to become a successful farmer, stock breeder, and businessman. He was one of many Findlay residents whose fortunes and social status grew in tandem with the booming regional economy of the late Early settlement in Hancock County the first documented settlement occurring around 1815. Under the terms of the 1817 Maumee Rapids Treaty, the Wyandot, government.

During the 1820s and 1830s, settlers trickled into the area and small settlements were established along the rivers Hancock County was surveyed into townships and sections as early as 1820.It was initially attached to Wood County but achieved Main Street, while en route northward to join Hull's forces at Detroit. eighteen countiesin the Maumee River watershed. Before it was cleared,"most of the surface of the county was submerged by water at least one-half the year," which greatly inhibited settlement of the region. In the late 1800s, over 1,000 miles of ditches early as 1849. However, the local economy was not really catalyzed until the Lake Erie & Western Railroad reached Findlay in 1860, providing a through line from Sandusky, Ohio, to Bloomington, Indiana.

Infrastructure improvements such as public gas resources,technology and market forces joined in to fuel a gas and oil boom that transformed Findlay and Hancock County. 'H.H Hardesty, Illustrated History of Hancock County, Ohio (Chicago: H.H. Hardesty, 1875), p. 22. construction. 2 The artificial gas generated at this plant was extracted from coal. History of Findlay Hancock County, OH (Rev. 10-90) growth in Findlay that was precipitated by the discovery of gas fields nearby. The son of an early settler and community leader, Ottawa, Shawnee, and other tribes ceded all remaining lands they claimed in Ohio (except for specified reservations) to the U.S. County.

The township was named for Colonel James Findlay, who built Fort Findlay during the War of 1812 on what is now South were excavated under an aggressive public works program that drained the swamp, creating rich farmland and a prosperous in 1845. The population grew as the city was linked to external markets. The first public roads connected Findlay with settlements at Vanlue, Ft. Meigs, Marion, and Port Clinton around 1830, and the first railroads tied the town into the regional commerce grid as Until that time other urban amenities had been slow to develop, but in the last twenty years of the nineteenth century, natural nineteenth century. The Bigelow house is nominated to the National Register under Criterion C for its architectural significance, as its present form in 1845.

Findlay Township was organized in 1823 and designated in 1824 as the seat of justice for Hancock agricultural economy that characterized the region into the twentieth century. For many years, wheat was one of the primary grain crops in Hancock County, along with corn, which helped support the area's livestock industry. While livestock has since Company constructed a gas works plant and began public distribution in 1874? with NPS Form 10-900 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH Against the advice of the state geologist, who was convinced that Ohio had insufficient natural gas to justify excavation, Dr.

Charles infamous Karg Well was so intense that it was visible and audible over a five-mile radius and could not be capped for several months after its discovery, allowing an estimated 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas to escape. discovery of oil in 1885 fueled a secondary growth spurt up into the first quarter of the twentieth century. The prosperity derived Bigelow Family History father, Charles Bigelow became a prominent civic and business leader in the community, and achieved local renown as a Vance, a member of a prominent Findlay family. Nearly twenty years after her death he married Marian Stephenson in 1918. A.Spaythe, History of Hancock County, Ohio (Toledo: B.F. Wade Printing Co., 1903), p.189; Warner Beers, History of Hancock The Hancock County Bank was organized in 1847 but failed shortly thereafter. 5 Beers, p. 575. Spaythe, p. 95. 6 Ibid.

Section number _ The Karg Well strike brought world-wide attention to Findlay and a wave of growth and development.The city's population grew Cheap gas attracted many industries to the area, illuminated street in Ohio ... [and] the town is also the best heated." The same source also observed that the city's "private residences are generally neat and substantial, a few of them bearing a favorable comparison with the better class of homes to be River Railroad, the first railroad into Findlay, and was a stockholder in one of the first banks in the village, the Hancock County 1851. He was also a founding member of the Maple Grove Association, which established Findlay's first cemetery, Maple Grove Cemetery, in 1854.

He served on the Board of Appraisement in 1859-60 and later became a member of the State Board of successful farmer and stock raiser on his substantial holdings just outside the city limits. In 1879, Charles married Flora May Osterlin began prospecting on the east side of Findlay. Incorporated as the Findlay Natural Gas Company, Dr. Osterlin discovered the first gas field in the region in 1884. With this discovery, more new wells were drilled, and speculators poured into the county The Bigelow family traces its roots in Hancock County from the arrival of Phillip D. Bigelow in Findlay in 1841. Father of Charles and Frank Bigelow, Phillip emigrated from Vermont to enter the merchant trade. He maintained agricultural roots - eventually accruing a 400-acre farmstead - but was also involved in Findlay's early commercial enterprises.

He was a paymaster for the Mad receive a black colt with a white face and approximately 81 acres of land with frontage on both sides of North Main Street.Like his 3R.L. Heminger, Across the Years in Findlay and Hancock County (Findlay: Republican-Courier Press, 1965), p. 23; Jacob Çounty, Ohio (Chicago and New York: John Morris & Co., 1886), p. 344. from3,315 in1870;4,633in1880;10,221in1887;and 18,553in1890. Page 2 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH when he established with his in-laws the Vance-Bigelow Planing Mill and the Findlay Toothpick & Basket Company circa 1888.

ontinued.In 1907 he became Vice-President of the Adams Brothers Company, Secretary Treasurer of the Commercial Bank property passed from their hands and assumed its current size. Eden and Nellie Bricker purchased the home at that time and lived The Charles H. Bigelow House documents as the Bigelow Reserve - that became the site of the existing home. The Bigelow family hadpreviously donated public rights-of-way for streets in this area, and the reserved parcel sat at the northwest corner of West Bigelow Street.® Charles Bigelow's house shares affinities with other large Queen Anne style homes that were a product of Findlay's gas boom manufacturing techniques, plentiful raw materials, widespread access to trade catalogs and pattern books, and the general state personal and national confidence, as well as material prosperity.

By the turn of the century, more restrained natural styles The Bigelow house was designed by Henry Oswald Wurmser of the architectural firm of Kramer & Wurmser. William Kramer founded the firm in 1870, and was joined by Wurmser in 1884.1°The son of a building contractor and a Findlay native (whose 12 Sheets, p. 2; Wright, p. 667. The business was located at Factory and Lima streets in Findlay (Rev. 10-90) NPS Form 10-900 Although his primary interestslay inagricultural pursuits associated with his estate, Charles contributed to the gas boom economy city's economy. Charles Bigelow died in 1927, but the Bigelow family continued to occupy the mansion until 1947, when the Queen Anne derived from the style developed by British architect Richard Norman Shaw. It combined irregularity in form, plan, tall and massive chimneys, balconies, and encircling verandas.

The Queen Anne style was a tangible expression ofboth gained favor over the extravagant Queen Anne style, which had then come to be associated with the excesses of capitalism. erecting many of Findlay's most beautiful and imposing structures of the early days."11' While in Findlay, he was commissioned system's exclusive architect for over a decade at the turn of the century. The firm of Kramer & Wurmser designed over 1,200 and Ottawa, schools in Findlay, Conneaut, Mansfield, and New Philadelphia, the Methodist Church in Elyria, and commissions in there until 1988, when it was sold to the current owners, Edward and Janice Sartore. Construction of the home began in 1888, and the September 17,1889 edition of the Findlay Daily Courier observed that "Charley by Charles Bigelow to design his home on North Main Street. The firm expanded in 1893 and established a northeast office in "G.

Frederick Wright, A Standard History of Lorain County (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1916), p. 666. Page 3 Section number 8 IPS Form 10-90 OMB No. 1024-0018 Rev. 10-90 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH While many Queen Anne homes in Findlay are executed in frame construction, there are several brick examples that resemble 1916. 15 Omoto, p. 36. Section number _ "mostly public" buildings out of the firm's Lorain office in 1905 alone.' His partnership with Kramer was apparently ended by elements so prevalent in the Bigelow mansion. Like the Bigelow house, it is not a faithful reproduction of the designs offered in structure that transcends utility for poetry, and favors sentiment above practical considerations.

14 This neighborhood is part of the Findlay Downtown Historic District (NRHP 1985). Page 4 IPS Form 10-90 Rev. 10-90 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH Major Bibliographical References Beardsley, D.B. History of Hancock County. Springfield, Ohio: Republic Printing Co., 1881. Beers, Warner.History of Hancock County, Ohio. Chicago and New York: John Morris & Co., 1886. Courier (Findlay), The Courier Electronic Edition Opinion: Historical Highlights (articles on Findlay area history adapted from a series written by R.L. Heminger), 1974. Cowles & Titus. Map of Hancock County, Ohio. Philadelphia: Cowles & Titus, 1863. "Death Summons Chas. H. Bigelow." Findlay Morning Republican. 31 October 1927, p. 5. Emerine, Andrew.

Highlights of Some of the Occurrences in Fostoria over the Last 120 Years, Commemorating the Fostoria Hardesty, H.H. Illustrated Atlas of Hancock County, Ohio. Chicago: H.H. Hardesty, 1875. Heminger, R.L. Across the Years in Findlay and Hancock County. Findlay: Republican-Courier Press, 1965. Findlay, Ohio: By the Author, 1940. Monroe, O.H. Lorain County, Ohio - Picturesque and Industrial Features. Cleveland: Thomas & Mattill Printers, 1906. Sheets, Henry E. The Lorain Evening Herald Industrial Edition, Illustrated. Cleveland: Thomas & Mattill Printers, 1895. "W.O. Wurmser (sic) Well Known Northern Ohio Architect." Ohio Architect and Builder. April 1903, pp. 19-20. OMB No. 1024-0018 newspapers, 1959. 1963, pp. 29-37. Humphrey, William D. A Brief History of Gas and Oil in Findlay, Together With an Account of the Celebration of June, 1937. Omoto, Sadayoshi.

"The Queen Anne Style and Architectural Criticism." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March Downes, Randolph C. Industrial Beginnings. Toledo: Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio, 1954. Centennial Celebration, July 11-17, 1954. Fostoria, Ohio: Gray Printing Co., 1954. Findlay Morning Republican. "Toothpick Factory Burned." 22 June 1895. The Findlay Republican Map of Hancock County. Findlay: Republican Co. Publishers, 1902. Kimmell, J.A. 20th Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio. Chicago: Richard-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910. Spaythe, Jacob A. History of Hancock County, Ohio. Toledo: B.F. Wade Publishing Co., 1903. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _ 9 Bigelow, Charles H.

House Hancock County, OH Work Projects Administration (WPA). The Ohio Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. Wright, G. Frederick, ed. A Standard History of Lorain County. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916. Page 2 Bigelow, Charles H., House, Hancock County, OH 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property_1.33 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 2 11 277312 4550208 - See continuation sheet. Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title William E. Rutter and Maura Johnson organization_The Mannik & Smith group, Inc.

date_May 4, 2005 street & number_1800 Indian Wood Circle _telephone419-891-2222 city or town Maumee _ state_OH Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets 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 the SHPO or FPO.) name Janice and Edward Sartore street & number_2816 N. Main Street city or town Findlay Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for 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 of this Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. Maps Photographs telephone_419-423-8487 Additional items Property Owner Zone Easting Northing _ zip code43537 Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Boundary Justification The nominated property consists of the remaining portion of the Bigelow Reserve, located between now subdivided portions of the Hancock County Recorders Office).

The residence occupies the center of the lot, which was reduced to 1.33 acres when sold out of the Bigelow family in 1947. Verbal Boundary Description South 88 degrees 32 minutes West, 212 feet on a line parallel to the south line of the northeast quarter of said Section 1 to an iron to a stake in the southeast corner of said Woods tract and in the west line of North Main Street; thence south 197.60 feet along the including dwelling, of the original 10-acre Bigelow Reserve. Hancock County, OH Bigelow, Charles H. House The boundary is the legal description: "Part of the ten (10) acre Bigelow Reserve, which was part of the Southeast quarter of the feet to a stake; thence N89 degrees 27 minutes east, along the south line of lands owned by Willis B. and Elsie P.

Woods 285 feet west line of said street to the place of beginning, totaling 1.33 acres, more or less..." This parcel is the remaining core holding, an iron pipe in the west line of North Main Street, north 303.65 feet and 45 feet west of the quarter post of said Section 1; thence pin; thence south 13.5 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 32 minutes West, 73 feet to an iron pipe; thence north 215.60 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Bigelow, Charles H. House Hancock County, OH Name: Charles H. Bigelow House Location of property: 2816 N.

Main Street, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio Photographer: Maura Johnson Date: April 10, 2005 Location of negatives: Edward and Janice Sartore (owners) View: Exterior view of primary (east) elevation, showing complex roof plan and general massing. addition on rear wall. 7. View: Detached garage behind the house, built in 1965 (non-contributing). semicircular landing, and stained glass window. fixture, and pocket door. View: Front upstairs bedroom, showing typical fireplace and wood trim details. Photo Captions gable ends. only once. The name and location of the property, name of the photographer, and date of photographs is the same and is therefore listed 4. View: Corner (southeast) elevation, showing front porch entry. Note scroll-sawn details on the porch spandrels and railings, brass finials and cresting, hexagonal slate roofing, and brick walls with contrasting stone trim. 8.

View: Interior view of front living hall (foyer), showing paneled newel post with dragon light fixture, oak staircase with 10. View: Glazed tile fireplace in living hall (foyer) with ornamental wrought iron firebox and carved wood mantel. View: Library fireplace and wall/window finishes. Note pewter ceiling fixture glazed tile fireplace with insets (phoenix, View: Rear corner (southwest) elevation, showing complex roof plan and massing. Note three-bay garage/utility room muse and musician), paneled wainscoting, and heavy wood cove molding and window trim. View: Looking from library to front parlor, showing door/wall trim, parquet flooring, paneled wainscoting, pewter ceiling OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET 2ND FLOOR 1ST FLOOR Photo Key PORCH NPS Form 10-900 (Rev.

10-90) igelow, Charles H. Hous lancock County, OI PS Form 10-90 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET N. MAIN STREET Photo Key PORCH Rev. 10.90 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Bigelow, Charles H., House NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: N PERIOD PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N N SIR DRAFT:N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM.

/CRITERIA - DISCIPLINE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE RETURN TELEPHONE REVIEWER REJECT 3/31/06 MULTIPLE PROPERTY 2/15/06 3/17/06 06000200 NATIONAL: APPEAL: SAMPLE: VACCEPT DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Hancock 3/02/06 OTHER: PDIL: Entered in tho DATE OF PENDING LIST: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: Vational Begistes Photo z Photo 3 Bigelow, chariec H. houce Bigelow, chonles H. hovse Photo 5 Photo 7 Bigelow, CharlesH.hovce Bigeiow, charlek H. houçe Findlay. Hancock Co , or Bigelow, Charles H. houçe FINDLAY, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINDLAY QUADRANGLE OHIO-HANCOCK CO. 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPCGRAPHIC) 1960 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO