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(Rev. Aug. 2002) RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1. Name of Property historic name Tremont House, The 2. Location city or town Bellevue zip code 44811 3. State/Federal Agency Certification This State or Federal Agency or Tribal government In my opinion, the property State or Federal agency and bureau nomination districts. does meets vicinity Date Inventory& county Huron REGISTRATION FORM not for publication National Park Service NPS Form 10-900 See continuation sheet for additional comments.) state Ohio code OH street & number 101-103 East Main Street See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places 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 other names/site number Egle Building, The As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards gnature of certifying officialRegistration Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society does not meet the National Register criteria. (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. not meet the National Regifter Criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and Signature of commenting official/Title United States Department of the Interior Huron County, Ohio page 2 4. National Park Service Certification determined not eligible for the Signature of Keeper Date 5. Classification X private Total structure Noncontributing district public-local site public-Federal object public-State National Register See continuation sheet.

Number of Resources within Property property listing.) USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form removed from the National Register of Action entered in the National Register building(s) Tremont House, The Category of Property only one box) other ereby certify that this property is: Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) Date Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A"if property is not part of a multiple Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio page Cat: DOMESTIC Sub: hotel Cat: VACANT/NOT IN USE 7. Description MID-19TH CENTURY: GREEK REVIVAL 8. Statement of Significance

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Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in other wood SOCIAL COMMERCE/TRADE foundation limestone walls brick roof tin specialty store meeting hall prehistory or history. components lack individual distinction. our past. Applicable National Register Criteria(Mark "x"in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing) Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Materials categories from instructions) 6.

Function or Use Property is associated with events that have made a significant artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose more continuation sheets.) Sub: Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Narrative Description the historic and current condition of the property on one or Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio page 4 a birthplace or a grave. a reconstructed building, object, or structure.

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Major Bibliographical References Architecture Significant Dates 1846 continuation sheets.) Cultural Affiliation N/A Areas of Significance categories from instructions) Period of Significance 1846 a cemetery. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) removed from its original location. (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more Narrative Statement of Significance the significance of the property on one or more Criteria Considerations all the boxes that apply.) OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Tremont House, The before (#1,2,3)--was enclosed by the 1880s (#4, 7, 12, and 24). the 1870s.

The original fascia board and soffit were removed sometime in the approximately the same time, most of the building's corner chimneys were also The Tremont House originally featured a three-story recessed portico, but the The portico of the second and CONTINUATION SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES National Park Service name of property county and state Huron County, Ohio #9,10,11 [current]). Section 8 of nomination. These details were eliminated in were removed pilasters Page Setting NPS Form 10-900-a supported by simple posts--visible in illustrations dating from the 1870s and (8-86) The Tremont House located in the intersection of West surrounds and underpanels as well as their diamond corner blocks OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio county and state particle-board sheathed fascia and soffit (#26 and 27). "The three-story portico.creates a very large overhang on the south elevation the roof structure CONTINUATION SHEET difficult to ascertain.

NPS Form 10-900-a Rudy of the Timber Framers Guild and founding member of name of property NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES about the exterior of the Tremont House: The recent Historic American Buildings Survey of the Tremont House revealed The west elevation's 6/6 double-hung sash windows with brick relieving arches exposure presents a masonry wall several feet back from the eave line.This have been replaced by inoperable in the second half of the 20th century and 12).At approximately the same time as window intersect at 90 degrees.While Northwest Street is running nearly north and metal fire escape was added to this side of the building. The third story also elevation (#23). building, to support lath and stucco.

A small gap exists between the exterior distorting illustrations and photographs, a removal date for the stucco is None of the building's east elevation is visible. Because of additions to an given the design requirement to maintain the building elevation parallel to Section Page National Park Service (8-86) nailer boards are inset into the brick coursing on the south elevation of the The now-enclosed first floor of the south and west sides is composed ofa were also replaced by 1/1DHs in the 1910s or before;their original shutters OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio secondary spaces is more modest.

The plaster and wood floors on the second The second floor contains five small rooms, a hallway, and a curved alcove, The large room is distinguished by its coved, vaulted ceiling, unsupported by Christian comments on the third floor of the Tremont House, and how the framing techniques visible in the attic allowed the construction of this large, open space (#39-44) : The upper chords (blades) of the truss slope downward from the head of Section Page decorative tin ceiling from the late 1gth century, as well as cast iron Doric CONTINUATION SHEET name of property NPS Form 10-900-a county and state NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES side of the room. the location of the original stairway. staircase ascends ina curve to the third and 35).

The first floor retains a On the second and third floors, the door and window surrounds of the primary the turn of the twentieth century or before-extends along most of the east up at midspan by a wedged, half dovetail joint at the bottom of the king joists, both straight and built-up curved. . .support the lath and plaster of the dome below" (Christian, 2005). Interior "To accomplish such a complex construction challenge, the builder needed to of the igth century, the first floor housed two separate stores. This space and third stories are original. National Park Service the well-honed skills of a master carpenter" (Christian,2005). (8-86) This uppermost level contains a large meeting room and two smaller rooms. OMB No. 1024-0018 The Tremont House site originally included a barn, which burned in 1850. Interior's Standard for Rehabilitation.

Section Page National Park Service county and state CONTINUATION SHEET The Bellevue Historical Society and Heritage's Museums plans for the building name of property NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (8-86) United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a for an initial rehabilitation compliance with the Secretary of the Huron County, Ohio Tremont House, The and painting the columns. The City of Bellevue granted the historical Other society $10,ooo to contract with Poggemeyer and Associates, Bowling Green, OMB No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Tremont House, The county and state the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C, as an excellent early Ohio material culture. EARLY HISTORY OF BELLEVUE 800 residents as of the village's incorporation in 1851. Section Page station Bellevue. Southwest Streets.

name of property National Park Service United States Department of the Interior (8-86) to and from the Maumee River Toledo).Main Street at this intersection Huron County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900-a commercial expression of the style in Huron County, and retains a high degree Bellevue, and of the especially its In 1828 postal The Tremont House is located at the northeast corner of the aforementioned This fortuitous location spurred Bellevue's early growth, with approximately presently destroyed Within acre Connecticut Railway.

unknown, CONTINUATION SHEET Reserve and Maumee in 1823 as the first east-west route of the Western Reserve.The known as the Sufferers The company's chief "to perpetuate It is the most representative The Tremont House, Bellevue, Huron County, qualifies for inclusion in it was the first Amsden, who gave the 500,000 OMB No. 1024-0018 Tremont House, The county and state Sarah (b. 1835), and another son, S.B. (Samuel), and his wife, Mary Ann. was then valued at By 1845 Chandler owned the lot at the intersection of West and Main streets lag a year behind actual construction, the value of the property jumped to (weekly) Norwalk Examiner newspaper: AT BELLEVUE, OHIO L. & S.B.

Chandler Would respectfully announce to their friends and the traveling public, that they have opened their new and spacious house, where they will be happy to see, and wait upon all who may give them a call. Without the fear of subjecting themselves to the charge of egoism, they claim to have as good a building as can be found in Northern Ohio, with out houses complete, and they will spare no pains to render the internal regulations of the house as inviting to guests as its external appearance. Section Page personal property. CONTINUATION SHEET name of property NPS Form 10-900-a NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES whose value is given at $96;Loel declared no personal property.Also in 1837 Loel Chandler and his family had arrived in Huron County before 1840,when he Huron County, Ohio United States Department of the Interior upon which the Tremont would be built.

period of time, Loel Chandler annually declared between $380 and $740 in By 1839 the value of the future Tremont House site-still owned by Fitch--had National Park Service During the same Cognizant that tax auditor's records Lawrence is listed as owning real estate in the community. (8-86) Loel Chandler is first listed in county auditor's records in he As of July 14,1846,the following advertisement began running in the OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Tremont House, The Celebration booklet reports "the building was occupied as a hotel but a few years, when Mr. Chandler remodeled it into stores." catering to this clientele. property from the Leonard family in 2002. From the 1850s through the present, the property served numerous functions.

the 1880s until 1948), hardware store, pharmacy, army surplus store, and pet operation. The first floor housed a grocery store (operating under various names from store (its last use before the historical society purchased the building). NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) county and state name of property The earliest known illustration of the Tremont House appears as part of an Huron County, Ohio another advertisement for the hotel, proclaiming, unknown). The 1898 Souvenir of Bellevue underscores the hotel's utility for It should be noted that S.B. Chandler died changing nature of travel surely played a large role in any business the 1840s.

Even more significantly, the Toledo, Norwalk, & Cleveland Railroad now dawning in the history of the village." These railroads-two others furthering both the rapid decline of stage travel and the need for hotels Joseph Egle, whose family owned it until 1959, when it was sold to Esther The Bellevue Historical Society and Heritage Museum purchased the Deed records and tax records between 1850 and 1861 are inconsistent with onel Section Page in the age of 31.County probate records indicate the time Sandusky and Bellevue in 1838,with service extended as far as Cincinnati by OMB No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES name of property Huron County, Ohio Bellevue Cemetery places his death in 1895.

CONTINUATION SHEET National Park Service Chandler in either county and state same publication also includes an advertisement for in ("Nineteenth Century American Resorts and Hotels"). United States Department of the Interior (8-86) Tremont House, The with the Tremont House. Loel was one of the founding members of the Bellevue The Ohio State the building with a high degree of integrity. development, " a middle class" on the west side. During different periods of time, a cigar factory, real Italy were among the fraternal organizations that gathered in the third floor suburbanization In the same article Wilson further notes that"hotel and resort complexes Section Page The Architectural Significance meeting room.

Lyman does not appear in third story porticoes and the interior details of the upper stories provide NPS Form 10-900-a explains that the American development of hotels and resorts represents "the From the 1920s through the1950s the Popcorn House operated from the addition OMB No. 1024-0018 National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio wrought in architectural styles and technology. A most size of the structure, and the various conveniences all Section Ohio." Page name of property sophistication and development.

Tremont House's distincton: the history of hotels." The only extant commercial building in Bellevue contemporary in construction United States Department of the Interior is the c.1845 J.W.Goodson Building half a block west (OHI:SAN-386-12).This county and state NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (8-86) mind when they advertised "as good a building as can be found in Northern essential to any city that attempted to attract trade and business and they the original "set a heretofore unheard-of services which were provided, the Scholars of Rogers' work do not believe that the Bellevue building was designed by the architect, but, rather, was one of many attempts across the The country to capitalize on the well-known name as a symbol of hotel quality.

as initiating American leadership in this field." the traveling public, to say nothing of the domestic population, there is While the architecture of the Goodson Building reflects Bellevue's settlement NPS Form 10-900-a visible metamorphosis was in the design of the hotel. Tremont House to the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects, OMB No. 1024-0018 county and state Bellevue, they date from c.1880 or later. builder. Rudy Christian concludes his report: century" (Christian, 2005). Section Page CONTINUATION SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES name of property NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior Tremont House, The The American House the Sign of the Golden Globe (Monroeville).

Huron County, Ohio framing is unique both for its rhomboid shape and the fact that the system Both the American House and Sign of the Golden Globe were constructed c.1835 as examples of Federal style architecture, especially in their stepped, side- century, "There is no question the timber framing in the roof of the Tremont House integrated a major/major/minor timber frame roof structure with a king post (8-86) Only three hotels in Huron County date from before 1850:The Tremont House, found in to the high probability that it is the work of a Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio page 5 Previous documentation on file (NPS) Primary Location of Additional Data X State Historic Preservation Office 10. Geographical Data 17 345830 4570585 11.

Form Prepared By date May 27, 2005 street & number 401 West Auglaize Street city or town Wapakoneta state Ohio zip code 45895 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) University resources. organization requested. Photographs Maps Other Local government Federal agency Zone Easting Northing Continuation Sheets Name of repository: telephone 419/738-4924 previously listed in the National Register USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form See continuation sheet.

designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous previously determined eligible by the National Register Other State agency recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # (in process) Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been Acreage of Property less than one acre name/title Rachel Barber/consultant OMB No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Blumenson, John J,-G. Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide State's Office, 1997. 11 and 47. Historical Collections of Ohio. Cincinnati: J. Kreibiel & Co., 1904. 948-949.

Henry Whitestone." Victorian Resorts and Hotels: Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium, published as Nineteenth Century: Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2, Myers, Denys Peter. "Isaiah Rogers." Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Gazette, July 23, 2002. Schneider, S.B. 1815-1915 Premium List, Bellevue Centennial and Home-Coming: "Tremont House at Bellevue, Ohio" (advertisement). Norwalk Experiment, July Section Page CONTINUATION SHEET name of property NPS Form 10-900-a National Park Service to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945.New York:W.W.Norton & Company, Inc. county and state University Press, 1944. United States Department of the Interior Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio 14, 1846. Baughman, A.J. History of Huron County: Its Progress and Development. Heritage Museum, May 2005. Four pages. Indianapolis: self published, 1860. 32 and 845. October 12, 13, 14, '15.

(1974 reprint) Burke, Thomas Aquinas. Ohio Lands: A Short History. Columbus: Auditor of Jones, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick. "Hotel Design in the Work of Isaiah Rogers and "Present site of Tremont Block once purchased for cow." Bellevue: Bellevue (8-86) Howe, Henry. OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Tremont House, The county and state Wood, George E. Souvenir of Bellevue, Ohio. Toledo: The Toledo Critic, 1898. Unpaginated. (1972 reprint) Bellevue Cemetery Records and Site Visitation, May 6, 2005.

Huron County Auditor's Office Records, Norwalk, Ohio, May 6, 2005, and August 10, 2005 State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design, completed June 2005 Interviews with Bill Oddo, president of the Bellevue Historical Society, and Interviews and correspondence with Rebecca Stevens, AIA, and Tom Vitanza, AIA, consultants to the Tremont House project, May 2005. Historian and Firelands Historical Society archivist, August 10, 2005. Interviews and e-mail correspondence with Penny Jones (aka, Elizabeth life and work of Isaiah Rogers, May 2005.

Section Page Bellevue Historical Society Collections CONTINUATION SHEET Wilson, Richard Guy."Nineteenth Century American Resorts and Hotels." NPS Form 10-900-a name of property Interview and research conducted with Henry R.Timman, Huron County Williams,W.W.History of the Firelands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Fitzpatrick is currently co-authoring a new book about the Huron County Probate Court Records, August 10,2005 Huron County, Ohio Ohio. Cleveland: Leader Printing Company, 1879. 148 and 399. Symposium, published as Nineteenth Century: Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2, 1982. The Victorian Society in America, 1982. pp.11-19. Wright, Adeline. Life in Lyme: From Clouds of War to Dawn of a Century: Federal Census Records for Ohio. 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870.

Historic American Buildings Survey of the Tremont House, conducted by Kent Larry Claus, trustee, May through August 2005. 1860-1900. Historic Lyme Village Association: 1976 (no publishing location given) Philadelphia: National Park Service (8-86) OMB No. 1024-0018 Iremont House, The VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION historically and currently associated with this building. nomination.

Section Page CONTINUATION SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a county and state Huron County, Ohio United States Department of the Interior name of property (8-86) National Park Service The building associated with this nomination is located in Bellevue,Huron Property Owner name Bellevue Historical Society and Heritage Museum street & number Post Office Box 304 telephone 419/483-5727 (Mary Mitchell) city or town Bellevue_state Ohio zip code 44811 Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to (Complete this item at the request of the SHPo or FPo.) person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

amend existing listings.Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to Register of Historic OMB No. 1024-0018 Additional Documentation Tremont House, The Huron County, Ohio BY L. & S. B. CHANDLER. Source: Bellevue Historical Society Section Page CONTINUATION SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a name of property county and state (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service BELLEVUE,OHIO. 139/465 = Deed Volume & Page C or T-151. 60' R/W = County or 8 J.E. DELUCA OR 262/156 CITV OF BELLEVUE OH - 120 OR 114/18 282/425 f J.E, MII.LER ET A OR 152/321 SKY | TA. B D.C.

ROBERTSON 0.0095 ACRES 30 VDV 125 NORTH 347/293 290/209 129 424/929 BUTZ 397/922 122 Routing Number BANK STREE EAST GILDENMEISTER -SCH- = School District Boundary 01-0030-01-023-0000 Township Road No., R/w Width N01-0010-06-010-0000 CROGHAN COLONIAL BANK 99.343' CROGHAN COLONIAL 44.25' 0000 100.93' 01-0010-06-12-0099 119.18° HVYoncovnty TAX EXEMPT UNTIL .002I ACRES 3I WDV- OR 302/910 310/421l OR 42/913 STATE OF OH ODOT 6R 313/509 4.24 33.92° 353/939 294/621 2.98 0200 MERGER 73.90 168. /398 16A TELEPHONE CO. GENERAL -29-98 45.62 -0010-06- 9/715 FIRST BANCSHARES INC. 01-0010-0-015-0000 Avditor's map J.F.&LM.MORROW _51:17 Tnc snowing Lot 0n-001-00/0000 Tremont House Photograph Continuation Sheet Bellevue, Ohio Photo Thumbnail File Name Photographer Unknown Before 1870 Digital reproduction View towards north/northeast with west and south elevations of Tremont House shown.

Photo taken from an upper floor of a building across Main Street. View east from corner of Kilbourne and West Main Street to southwest corner Drawn and Engraved for Illustrated Digital reproduction of illustration Digital reproduction of panoramic View directly north up the centerline of the western boundary of the Firelands. Photo taken from the town square at the intersection of Southwest and Main Streets with Tremont House at right. View to north/northeast from the town square at the intersection of Southwest and Main Streets. Tremont House centered in photo. View to east from the town square at the Streets. Tremont House out of view, just to left edge of photo. Context of commercial street in which Tremont 1872 1880-1890 Champion postcard Caption Huron County OH_HuronCountyTremont 01 National Register Nomination House sets.

OH_HuronCounty Tremont 09 Atter 1900 Digital reproduction of a postcard. View east from the upper floor of a building across Main Street. Southwest corner of Tremont House on the left. March 2005 South and west façades of the building at the corner Main Street (U.S. Route 20) and Northwest Street. Camera located at the corner of Main Street and Southwest Street (State Route 269); view to northeast. Shows original porches, columns, railings, and roof cornice lines. The ground floor porch and basement entry enclosures, which started by 1870 are shown in their mid- 1970s - 2005 appearance. August 2005 Setting for Tremont House. View from east to west along commercial block of buildings along East Main Street. Tremont House at the corner in the Rachel Barber, photographer Downtown commercial setting for Tremont House.

View of north elevations of commercial block across Main Street (Route 20) to the southeast of the building. Camera placed in front of Tremont House looking east. South and west façades of building at the corner Main Street (U.S. Route 20) and Northwest Street. Camera located at the corner of Main Street and West elevation along Northwest Street and front of building that abutting the Tremont House. photographer distance. Rachel Barber Photographer Unknown Thomas A. Vitanza, AlA photographer March 2005 View to northeast from the intersection of Main and Southwest Streets to the third floor, southwest corner of the Tremont House pictured. August 2005 South elevation (Main Street side) of Tremont House. Brick building to the east (right in photo) of the Tremont House forms the east sidewall of porches and ground level enclosure. Camera placed east northeast of building looking to west.

View of south facades of the Tremont House and building to east of it. Photo taken from southeast across Main Street from the buildings. View looking up at second floor porch column. South elevation (Main Street side) of Tremont House. Rebecca L. Stevens AIA, photographer Fall 2001 All ten of the columns on the second and third floors appear to be original to the 1846 construction; this one is the east most column on the third floor. View to southeast from porch deck. Photographed on the third floor porch looking from the west to east. Porch has its original columns, railing, balustrade, door, window, and baseboard woodwork. Note the three horizontal nailing strips laid as a part of the brick work and the gaps between the brick surface and wood trim elements. These are the physical evidence of the south façade's stucco finish.

OH_HuronCountyTremont 13 Rachel Barber, photographer Rachel Barber, photographer August 2005 View looking down at second floor porch deck, wood baseboard trim, door opening trim, and window panels and Original exterior door trim typical around opening on the second and third floors. View is taken from the second floor porch deck looking up at the door and transom opening and wood trim. South façade (Main Street side) at ground level. Northeast sidewalk view of the building. Note the 1970s to 2005 ground floor enclosure is the latest in an evolution of enclosures around the original open ground level porch, which started by 1870. View to the northwest corner of the Tremont House and to the south down Southwest Street (State Route 269) from Northwest Street sidewalk north of the building.

The 1970s-2005 enclosure that covers the original basement the ground level (white sided area.) A popcorn business operated for many years out of the room created by the enclosure. trim. OH_HuronCountyTremont 20 areaway is apparent on the west side at OH_HuronCounty Tremont 25 March 2005 Close-up of the west brick wall on the ground level. Original hand-painted mortar joints remain on the unpainted bricks. The west ground floor exterior wall has been protected from weather since, at least, 1870, which is the reason a remnant of the original finish survives. Rachel Barber, photographer August 2005 View of south façade brick wall and window detailing at the third floor porch. Note the wood-nailing strip laid integral with the brick coursing and note the wide gap between the wood trim and brick surface.

Both are physical evidence of the stucco finish originally on the south North elevation of Tremont House (off- center and to the left in back ground of the image and beyond the buildings to the right and left in this middle ground of the photograph. View taken north of building looking south. View taken from the alley north of building looking up to south elevation of the Tremont House. Metal cladding covers a two-story addition to the Tremont House. Interior of first floor. View taken at the right (west) side of the space near centered front door. Note: press metal ceiling and original plastered walls. Door at back right of room exits into First floor cast iron column and pressed metal ceiling. Date from ground floor changes made in the third quarter of the 19" Century. vestibule addition and alley. facade.

OH_HuronCountyTremont 30 Rachel Barber, photographer August 2005 View towards the northwest corner of the southwest room on the second floor. Note: original 1846 wood trim, baseboard, and window panels, floors and plaster walls. Thomas A. Vitanza, AIA photographer December 2004 Original door and woodwork from the meeting room to northeast corner room. Woodwork typical on the second and third floors in the south and southwest Alcove space formed by curved lath and plaster wall, second floor hall. View from south looking north. The physical form, materials, and craftsmanship are evidence to support that the ceiling, walls, and floors are original to the date of the Tremont House's construction. Backside of alcove space. Convex shape of curved lath and plaster wall protrudes into west side rooms on second floor hall.

This view is to the north and west "corner of the from the door opening with the south outside wall to ones back. Rebecca L. Stevens, AIA photographer March 2005 Curved bottom treads of the stairs between the second and third floors. View looking north and west from hall just beyond the curved alcove. View down the stairwell between the second and third floors. Top stair landing is located on the north side of facing rooms. the building. OH_HuronCountyTremont 40 Thomas A. Vitanza AlA, photographer March 2005 Third floor meeting room looking west from east side of the room. Note coved vault ceiling that has a clear span of over 16 feet. from west side of the room. Note the coved vault ceiling with a clear span of Partial view of third floor meeting room looking north from south "porch side" of the room.

Hand-split lath and plaster ceiling and walls, woodwork at doors and baseboards, and wood floors are all appear to be from the time of the Attic timber framing. King post of the truss supporting the meeting room ceiling construction. All timbers for the roof, suspended ceiling support, north wall lateral bracing, and cantilevered/truss girder support for the porch roof are mortise and tendon. First growth wood is used throughout. Attic timber framing. Shown is one of the four dragon beams that support the four hip rafters. This photo shows the topside of the meeting room ceiling. Shown are the curved and segmented wood rafters that form the coved vaulted ceiling. building's construction. OH_HuronCountyTremont 43 Thomas A. Vitanza, AIA photographer March 2005 Attic timber framing.

Photo shows one of four hip beam, roof jacks running to the hip, one set of concentric perlins and the roof sheathing boards. The timber running diagonally from the lower right to middle left of the picture is a top chord of king post truss system from which the "ballroom" ceiling is supported. Attic timber framing. This picture shows the interlacing of three timber structural systems in the attic. 1. The hip beam and jacks (left side bottom to top of photo) that run diagonally to the four corners of the building and support the concentric rings of perlins which in turn support the rafters and roof sheathing. 2. Struts that along with the summer beam support the north wall from lateral loads. 3. The coved vault rafters (lower left side) that support the plaster ceiling over the meeting room on the third floor. Attic timber framing.

Shows the cantilevered struts and summer beam that provide lateral support to the north brick wall along the area that rises above the interior wall. Fall 2001 Cellar. View from south looking north. Note hand-hewn floor joists supporting the first floor (assisted by late 20" Century steel beam and post stabilization). Piers and foundation walls are constructed with locally quarried (one block away) limestone. Original basement entry from Northwest Street side of building. Photo view from inside basement looking towards west foundation/basement wall. Opening closed with miscellaneous building materials. Exterior west side areaway and cellar openings can be seen in historic images 01,02,and 03. photgrapher Rebecca L. Stevens AlA, photographer 01. SOUTH ELEVATION 02. WEST ELEVATION OS. SECTION 04. BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN 05. FIRST FLOOR PLAN 06.SECOND FLOOR PLAN O7. THIRD FLOOR PLAN 08.

ATTIC PLAN 09. WINDOWS AND DOORS 1. STRUCTURAL DETAIL KENT STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGI STUDENT TEAM PROFESSOR ELIZABETH CORBIN MURPHY, FAIA SUSAN BRUNS MATT BURDZINSKI AMANDA CARTER TAMISHA DAVIS TYLER GERBER PETER MARKS CITY MAP THE TREMONT HOUSE JARED REED MIKE CHRISTOFF MARI NICHOLAS MICHAEL HERPY DRAWING INDEX show ing photonum bers BELLEVUE AON OHIO MAP MONT 10. DETAIL SHEET BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO COUNTY MAP ERIN BARTHOLOMEW 101 EAST MAIN STREET HOUSE DAYTON ROOF ELEY. 45-8 Standing seam metal roofing system Brick face w/ running bond courses Aluminum paneled siding Aluminum storefront window system THE TREMONT HOUSE THIRD FL. ELEV. 21-5* 101 EAST MAIN STREET SECOND FL.

ELEY, 10-6° SOUTH ELEVATION 16,17 Stone base MATERIALS Wood rallings and faachia Stucco wood nailers, w/ original stucco now missing BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO FIRST FL TLEV. 0-01 8,14 THE TREMONT HOUSE WEST ELEVATION | 2 BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO THIRD FL. ELEV. 20-61/4° 101 EAST MAIN STREET EVE ELEV. 35'41/2 ROOF ELEV. 45-6 THE TREMONT HOUSE 101 BAST MAIR STREET SECTION CUT THIRD FL. ELEV. 20-6 45, 46.

39-44 THE TREMONT HOUSE BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO 101 LAST MAIN STREET Clay tile wall FIRST FLOOR RETAIL THE TREMONT HOUSE 14, FIRST FLOOR PLAN 101 EAST MAIN STREET BACK ROOM ENTRY TO E THE TREMONT HOUSE SECOND FLOOR PLAN BELLEYUR HURON COUNTY, OEIO 101 LAST MAIN STREE SCALE 8/8-1+0 BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO THE TREMONT HOUSE 101 EAST MAIN STREET THIRD FLOOR PLAN ROOM Notes Celling System ATTIC FRAMING PLAN Primary Structure Yragon Brace BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO THE TREMONT HOUSE Roof Structure 101 EAST MAIR STREET Reference Face SCALA 2/8-1-0 BELLRVUE.

HURON COUNTY, OHIO THE TREMONT HOUSE 101 FAST MAIN STREET WINDOW AND DOOR DETAILS Plan & Eleralion -Ard Floor North Window, Typical 29 1 CAPITAL 2 LOCK 3 BOILER BELLEVUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO 4 DOORKNOB 5 STAIR CONDITION DETAILS THE TREMONT HOUSE 101 EAST MAIN STREET SCALA VARIES Cross Brace Purlin Post King Post Truss Hewn Face Box Girt.. Misc.

Scrap Wood Floor Boards - Attic Support System King Post Wooden Pegy Hip Jack Basement Column King Post- King Truss Connection Cosmetic Shoulder Box Cirt 3" Jack Post STRUCTURAL DETAILS Hip Jack - Purlin Post Connection Lime Stones Girder Joist Blade Mortise Cheeks Rock Stucco Covering Structural Shoulder Blind Tenon Dragon Beam BELLEYUE, HURON COUNTY, OHIO THE TREMONT HOUSE 101 EAST MAIN STEFET Pelaware Limestone Column NATIONAL PARK SERVICE APPEAL: N OTHER : PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the DATE TELEPHONE 3/31/06 RETURN PROPERTY 2/15/06 REVIEWER MULTIPLE 3/17/06 ACCEPT PERIOD: Tremont House PDIL: NAME: COMMENT WAIVER:N DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Huron DATE OF PENDING LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: N SLR DRAFT: N 06000201 3/02/06 NATIONAL: nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPs.

LESS THAN 5O YEARS: OH_HuronCounty Tremont 01 OH_HuronCounty Tremont 02 OH_HuronCounty Tremont 03 BELLEVUE. O.

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