Nomination for Fox Hollow

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service REGISTRATION FORM 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 1. Name of Property Fox Hollow Other names/site number Frederick Smith House (MOT 597-03, MOT 599-03) (2. Location street & number 6320 Mad River Road [ not for publication city or town state OH county Montgomery zip code 45459 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the Signature of certifying official 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 Signature of commenting or other official 4. National Park Service Certification eby certify that this property is: other (explain): _ - See continuation sheet.

determined not eligible for the Signature of Keeper Date of Action code comments.) Date National Register Washington Township Historic name removed from the National Register entered in the National Register 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 D vicinity National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my significant L nationally statewide X locally. (LSee continuation sheet for additional comments.) IR 26 2006 all items. Fox Hollow, Montgomery County, OH 5.

Classification Ownership of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) XX private XX building(s) - district - public-State - public-Federal - structure Number of contributing resources previously 6. Function or Use 7. Description Late 19 and 20" C.

Revivals/Colonial Revival (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) roof site Noncontributing Foundation Total other stone Architectural Classification Historic Functions object Materials asphalt shingles Narrative Description Current Functions weatherboard walls Domestic/single dwelling Agricultural outbuilding/barn Name of related multiple property listing (Enter categories from instructions) Category of Property See continuation sheets listed in the National Register (Check as many boxes as apply) Number of Resources within Property (Check only one box) - public-local (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) 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 Fox Hollow, Washington Twp.

Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number Z Page 1 Fox Hollow is a historic property located at 6320 Mad River Road, in Washington Township, bank barn, located on 7.9 acres. There is also a historic outbuilding. The property has an irregular shape with frontage along Mad River Road and two sides of the property bounded by Holes Creek. The wooded ravine area along the creek and the mature trees along Mad River Road screen the view of surrounding lawn area, pasture, and a curvilinear driveway that circles the house and has a turn-around at the rear of the house, between the house and the barn. The residence was built over a period of time - with its appearance today reflecting that of an early 20th century country home. The building began as a simple I-house in the early 19th century (c. 1815) and was expanded in 1926 to create a "country home" for its owners who lived in downtown Dayton.

The expansion resulted in the reorientation of the building away from busy Mad River Road to face south toward the wooded ravine of Holes Creek. The original house became one side of the final U-shape of the house. A new wing was constructed of the same scale with the connecting two-story wing forming the entrance hall of the newly-enlarged home. A two-story portico also dates from this period. A stone-paved courtyard was created in the area formed by the U of the two-wings. The building reflects the transition from early vernacular residence to a Colonial Revival county home. Although it is a large house in terms of square footage, it retains a scale and character that are compatible with the original modest vernacular The original portion of the house is located fairly close to the historic two-lane road.

The form of the original house is a vernacular I-house, typical of those found in many areas of Ohio during this period. - This part of the residence measures four by two bays with the horizontal side of the house facing Mad originally double-hung, six-over-six sash and all of them remain except those on the first floor of the south elevation, which were replaced with a projecting bay when the house underwent expansion in the early 20th century. The original portion of the house maintains its original wood siding and simple cornice returns in the gable ends, fluted corner pilasters were added to tie into the 1920s remodeling and expansion of the house. A screened porch was added across the front, probably when the house was converted to use as a county home in the early 20th century. A stairwell addition was constructed on the north side of the house at that time, as well.

The interior of this portion of the house consists of two major rooms. One is now used as the dining room and the other was made into a kitchen. The kitchen was updated in the late 1950s, although the size of the room was not changed at that time. Interior finishes on the first floor include five-panel wood doors, Montgomery County,Ohio.The nomination includes two primary historic buildingsa residence and River Road.The building features a gabled roofline with a central masonry chimney.The windows were residence.The exterior of the home has not been changed since it was enlarged in the1920s. properties and provide a rural country setting for the nominated property. Fox Hollow includes gardens, NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp.

Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number Z Page 2 simple door and window trim, and random-width wood flooring. The dining room has a working fireplace with a wooden mantel. The second floor contains a bedroom at the southern end and a laundry room and bathroom at the northern end. century, possibly as early as the 1840s. This wing was constructed at the southeast corner of the house. It, too has double-hung six-over-six windows and wood siding. The original probably consisted of one room on both the first and second floors. Now, this connecting wing contains the central entrance hall for the house, which can be entered from both the front and back. The main staircase is located along the north wall. The staircase features painted wood balusters, and stained wood handrail and newel post. A segmental-arched five-panel wood door is located beneath the stairs.

A hallway and bedroom are located on the second floor in this wing. The house received a major addition in 1926, which nearly doubled the size of the house and created the present U-shaped form it has today. The addition was designed in the Colonial Revival style to be compatible with the original historic building. It maintains the scale of the rooms; continues the use of double-hung, six-over-six windows; wood siding; gable roofline; and interior trim details from the through the 19th century wing. A large two-story portico was added to the south side of the house at that outs were added throughout. The 1926 wing contains the formal living room, with projecting bay windows (to match the one located in the dining room) and a fireplace along the east wall. Built-in niches designed with curved shell motifs, flank the doorway from the entrance hall.

The living room retains the intimate scale and floor-to-ceiling height of the early 19th century portion of the house. A hallway is located in the northeast corner of the living room which leads to a bookcase-lined library, small office and lavatory. On the second floor, the master bedroom is located above the living room. A bathroom and another bedroom area also located on the second floor of this wing. There is a partially-finished third floor with a fifth bedroom, located above the central wing. Colonial Revival characteristics include the symmetrical form, use of double-hung six- over-six windows, two-story portico and projecting bay windows. A stone-paved courtyard is located inside the L-shaped north elevation of the house. It is enclosed by the house on three sides with a wrought iron fence enclosing the fourth side.

The courtyard is landscaped and creates an attractive entrance to the house from the parking area at the rear. The historic bank barn is located across the circular drive north of the house. Its limestone foundation, interior wood structure and vertical board and batten siding are intact. The second floor of the barn was converted to use as a community theater space and some evidence of that use is still visible today with the It appears that the house had a two-story wing (to create an L-shaped house) added during the 19th United States Department of the Interior time and this elevation became the main façade. Twentieth century style wood shutters with pine tree cut- original building.The early 2o" century addition is parallel to the original house and connected to it Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number Z Page 3 Washington Township has developed extensively in the last several decades and has become part of suburban Dayton, however, Fox Hollow's 7.9 acres of property provide a visual buffer from more recent early 20th century country home, also retains integrity of design, materials, and craftsmanship. large round-arched window added to the west elevation and the round wagon-wheel light fixtures hanging National Park Service southeast corner of the barn.A small frame chicken coop is also located on the property.

from the rafters.A small glass greenhouse addition was added by the current owner and is located at the development.As a result, the property retains its historic rural setting and its integrity of location, setting and association. The property, which represents the modification of an early vernacular residence into an Fox Hollow, Montgomery County, OH 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the XX A Property is associated with events that have - B Property is associated with the lives of persons - C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or Period of Significance represents a significant and distinguishable c. 1815, 1926 entity whose components lack individual -D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property. significance within the past 50 years.

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) - recorded by Historic American Engineering - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested X State Historic Preservation Office - previously determined eligible by the National - Other State agency - Federal agency - designated a National Historic Landmark - Local government - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - University - Other Name of repository: OHI Record distinction. Register Bibliography religious purposes. Criteria Considerations Significant Dates Architect/Builder (Enter categories from instructions) Applicable National Register Criteria patterns of our history.

previously listed in the National Register Social History Primary location of additional data made a significant contribution to the broad significant in our past. property for National Register listing) Cultural Affiliation Property is: Aowned by a religious institution or used for G less than50 years of age or achieved Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number & Page 4 Fox Hollow is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its historic the early 20th century, with emphasis upon the later period that is now best represented by the present appearance of the property.

Specifically, it is representative of the transition from early Mad River Road was the earliest transportation route between Cincinnati and Dayton. It passes through originally located along West Whipp Road, just north of the subject property. "The first complete land survey of ranges 5 and 6 (Washington Township) was undertaken by the firm of Whipple and Barber in 1802. On their map, Mad River Road is shown as one of the two roads connecting Dayton to Cincinnati. It is noteworthy that it is designated as the "Road to Dayton" indicating the importance it had assumed at that time..." (Gannon, p.3) purchased 1440 acres in the township and was credited with the development of several mills along what became known as Hole's Creek. Hole's Creek forms part of the boundary of the nominated property. The original building at 6320 Mad River Road was built during the early 19th century.

Research undertaken by local historians indicates a date of approximately 1815. A sawmill (later converted to a gristmill) was located along Hole's Creek on the property. The property had a number of owners during the 19th century, including Dr. John Hole (1796-1815); Levin Hatfield (1815-1825) and later his son, Thomas Hatfield (1825-1836); and three members of the Bellman family (1836-1895). During this period, Mad River Road served a rural area with farms and the small settlement of Woodbourne. A mill operated on this site (with other mills along Hole's Creek) for most of the 19th century. According to county property records, the original acreage of 74 acres was reduced to approximately 58 acres in the early 20th century and to it present 7.9 acres when it was sold to the present owner in 1959. The property began as a c.

1815 vernacular I-house with a four-bay façade, gabled roofline, simple entrance and double-hung six-over-six windows - all typical of rural Ohio architecture of the period. A Sense of Place, an architectural history of Washington Township, describes its early architecture as " basic, straight-forward architecture constructed by people who were well-trained in the building trades - brick and stone masonry, carpentry and cabinet-making. This is architecture that is evident, not in its ornamentation, but in its structural details, such as the rubbed brick flat arches of the windows, the tooling of the stone facades and the joinery of the double-hung wood window sash. This is architecture which History and Context CONTINUATION SHEET industrial leaders in the early 2ot century.

associations with changing growth and development patterns witnessed in the area from the 19th to evolution as a suburban setting for "country homes"for a number of Dayton's business and 19t century development in the Mad River Road area of Washington Township to the area's later the northwestern corner of Washington Township and close to the early settlement of Woodbourne, Dr. John Hole, a physician from New Jersey and Cincinnati (the first physician in Montgomery County) (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number & Page 5 exhibits a high degree of sophistication, and it must be viewed very closely and very carefully to be fully understood and appreciated." (Sense of Place, p.

15) The book further states "The 'golden age' of early building in Centerville and Washington Township ended about 1850. As a consequence, there are very few buildings here which can be classified as Victorian, either early or late (high) Victorian." (p. 15) Although Fox Hollow has been significantly both the exterior main elevation and the interior floor plan and details. The property was purchased by Robert Russell Dickey, III and his wife Lelia Gordon Dickey in 1921. According to county tax duplicates, the valuation of the property increased substantially - from $4,650 in According to her obituary in the Dayton Daily News on May 29, 1939, Mrs. Robert Russell Dickey, was a a member of the Dayton Country Club, the Dayton Womens' Club and the Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club. She was also considered an authority on antiques. The primary residence for Robert Russell Dickey, Jr.

and Myrtle Thacker Dickey was 223 West First Street in Dayton. This is the address that was given as early as 1919 and where she lived at the time of her city of Dayton. An announcement of her son's second marriage in 1934 to socialite Mrs. Evelyn Huffman Patterson, stated "Mr. Dickey (the groom) is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickey of West First Street A 1922 program for the Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club list Robert R. Dickey (son) as the Master of the Hounds and his father on the Trapshooting Committee. Other prominent members of Dayton's business and industrial community were also members including the Talbotts and the Meads. The family's interest in fox hunting further reinforces the appropriateness of the Fox Hollow name they chose for the property. fitting its use as a comfortable country residence.

and "Fox Hollow."(Dayton Daily News, July 29, 1934) date is consistent with the development of other country homes in the area.Myrtle Thacker Dickey is 1926 to$18,940in1927,indicating 1926as the likely date for the expansionof the house.The expansion the following year.It was during Mrs.Dickey's ownership that the property was transformed from an Myrtle Thacker Dickey's ownership that the property also acquired the name "Fox Hollow" -a name death.During her entire ownership of the house on Mad River Road, she had her primary residence in the member of one of Dayton's oldestfamilies and a woman prominent in social and cultural circles.She was listed as the owner until the property was sold at a sheriffs sale in 1938.It was during the period of They left the area and property ownership was transferred to Mr.

Dickey's mother Myrtle Thacker Dickey early 19th century vernacular residence to an early 20th century Colonial Revival country home. expanded since its original construction, the original early 19th century I-house is still clearly visible on 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 Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number 8 Page 6 Both Robert Russell Dickey, Jr. and Myrtle Thacker Dickey were from prominent Dayton families. According to Memoirs of Miami Valley, published in 1919 "For more than twenty years Robert R. Dickey has been prominently identified with the commercial and material progress and financial interests of Dayton, and in no less a degree has he been an influencing facto in the social life and civic circles of the city." (p.

166-167) Dickey served as president and treasurer of the Dayton Globe Iron Works, positions his father once held with the company. He also served as president of the Acme Sign Printing Company, was secretary/treasurer of the American Board and Box Company, and a director of Winters National the daughter of Newton Thacker, who was listed in the Social Register of Cincinnati and Dayton. Mrs. Thacker's obituary in the Dayton Daily News on May 29, 1939 called her "a member of one of Dayton's and talented young women Dayton has known in its social history. Through the years she maintained a very deep interest in all civic affairs and was a loyal and active in any movement that was toward the betterment and development of Dayton. She was a force in the community for all cultural things...." The Dickey's had one child - Robert Russell Dickey III.

During the 1920s, Washington Township, became a destination for country homes and estates for Dayton's wealthy. According to the National Register nomination for Skywood farms (732 W. Alexandersville-Bellebrook Road) "In 1904, Edwin married Florence Stoddard, a member of one of Dayton's most socially prominent families. They made their home in Dayton View, a wealthy suburb which was the favored location of the city's upper class. As the automobile made commuting a viable alternative to older, less flexible means of transportation, Dayton's wealthiest citizens began to look far beyond the corporate limits in their search for new homesites. In 1916, Florence Reynolds purchased a tract of land in then rural Washington Township in the southern part of the county. There on the banks of Hole's Creek, she and Edwin built a summer cabin to escape from the discomforts of summer in the city.

Florence then convinced Edwin to build a large country estate, which they occupied in July, 1924. Mr. Reynolds had little enthusiasm for the project and, in fact, disliked the idea. Former neighbors have stated that Mrs. Reynolds was socially conscious, however, and that a home in the county was considered the Soon after, friends of the Reynolds, Richard H. Grant (vice-president of sales for General Motors) and his wife Laura purchased a 780-acre tract nearby in 1929 and proceeded to build Normandy Farms (NR 1983), modeled after an English manor house with a working farm for Jersey and Hereford cattle. The estate, which included multiple buildings and a 38-room house was sold in 1955, with the house and its current 12 acres being sold to the Evangelical United Brethren Church (which later merged with the United Methodist Church.).

Today, the property is owned and used as a church by the Normandy United Methodist Church. height of fashion." (Claudia Watson, Fred Mitchell, 1995) oldest families and a woman prominent in social and cultural circles...She was one of the most beautiful 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 Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number 8 Page 7 Shadowbrook Farm, was located 1440 Haven Hill Road, across Mad River Road from Fox Hollow. It was built by Edgar M. Thacker, Jr., a Dayton businessman, and a relative of Myrtle Thacker Dickey. The home. In all, approximately a dozen homes of Dayton industrialists built in the 1920s are clustered along West Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road, in the vicinity of Fox Hollow (see attached map).

The expansion of the house at 6320 Mad River Road took place during this same period. It does appear to have been designed as a county home. While it is a generous size, it is modest in its scale and detailing, which is in keeping with the original house. Extensive research has not yielded the name of the architect or contractor for this expansion project. The historic late 19*h century barn was retained and converted to use as a theater by Myrtle Dickey. According to an interview with Caroline Young Kiefaber (whose barn. The stage was decorated with gold Italian wallpaper and the woodwork around the stage was colored glass on either side of the stage. A glass door at the back of the stage led to a balcony (later removed)." (phone interview December 12, 2005) The Junior League of Dayton began its Children's Theater group in 1927 but had to suspend it during the Depression.

It started again after World War II and the barn on this property was used for rehearsals from 1948 until at least the mid-1960s. It is possible that the barn was also used by the same group in the 1920s, as Myrtle's second daughter-in-law was one of the original founding members of the Junior League of Dayton. Mrs. Kiefaber also remembered that during Mrs. Dickey's ownership of Fox Hollow, she kept four pianos in the barn. The trend of movement of people from cities to rural areas, for primary and second homes, was not unique to Dayton during this period. The James Baxter House in Amberly Village (Hamilton County, Ohio), which is similar to Fox Hollow in that it, too, is an early 19th century house expanded and converted to an early 20th century Colonial Revival residence, was listed in the National Register in 1994.

The statement of significance noted "The peaceful atmosphere and undeveloped rolling farmland was attractive to a number of individuals, who moved here from Cincinnati during the 1920s and 1930s.

Several built large Colonial Revival country houses or added substantial wings and other modifications to existing farmhouses." (Walsh) Recent studies by architectural historians have noted the trend to take older houses and turn them into Reviving as Colonial," author Betsy Hunter Bradley noted "Remodeling, the restyling and reconfiguring of a house links two aspects of the Colonial Revival: reviving Colonial houses for reuse, and remodeling included 6-1/2 baths and a six-car garage - modern conveniences at the time; and a three-bedroom guest Thacker property was constructed in 1927 on the site of Dr.John Hole's residence.The, new house painted yellow.Red velvet curtains on a wire closed off the stage area.Mrs.Dickey installed windows of Colonial Revival houses during the early 2o" century.In an article entitled"Reviving Colonials and family purchased the house at auction in 1938),Mrs.Dickey built the theater over the grain bin in the Form 10-900 OMB No.

1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Section number 8 Page 8 'reviving' captures well the intent of the projects. As houses were remodeled into Colonials, the Colonial served the public good.... Around the turn of the twentieth century the project of redeeming or reclaiming ordinary old dwellings became a more visible aspect of the housing market in the United States. Interest in older houses expanded as urban dwellers sought weekend, summer, or full-time residences outside the city, and as automobiles made these houses more accessible. Prospective was categorized firmly as one worthy of reconsumption." Fox Hollow fits this description of reviving Colonials very well - an early 19th century vernacular residence converted to a gracious, but Frederick Smith, CEO of the Huffy Corporation (bicycles) purchased the home in 1959.

The house has not been substantially changed during the Smith's ownership, nor has the historic barn. The complex retains a high-degree of integrity of location, setting, design, materials and craftsmanship and clearly cultural authority of the Colonial Revival style distinguished which old houses were worthy of reviving. unpretentious country home. conveys the character of an early 2oth century country house.

United States Department of the Interior Since the work undertaken on these houses is not comparable to preservation and restoration, the term Montgomery Co., Ohio strange partners.But I have found them to be deeply intertwined during the early twentieth century.The NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES houses into Colonials -'reviving as Colonial.'Remodeling and the Colonial Revival might seem to be Revival style legitimized such work and certified it as a demonstration of modernity and good taste that Georgian and Federal, but also to vernacular and Greek Revival houses ... Designated Colonial, a house Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Section number g Page 9 Books, Reports, Newspapers Bradley, Betsy Hunter.

"Reviving Colonials and Reviving as Colonial." Recreating the American Past, Essays on the Colonial Revival. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006 Clouse, Gloria. National Register Nomination for Normandy Farms, Washington Township, Montgomery, County, Ohio. 1982 Dayton City Directories Dayton Daily News, July 29, 1934. Drury, Rev. A.W. History of Dayton and Montgomery County - Vol. 11. Chicago/Dayton: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909. prepared for the Committee of Environmental Protection and Safety of Mad River Road, no date. Houser, Howard, editor. A Sense of Place in Centerville and Washington Township. Centerville Historical Society, 1977. Journal-Herald Biographical File in the Dayton Daily News Reference and Research Library. Minutes of the Junior League of Dayton, Ohio. 1926-1949. New York Times obituary, February 28, 1969. Walsh, Rita.

National Register Nomination for James Baxter House, Amberley Village, Hamilton County, Ohio. 1994. Watson, Claudia and Mitchell, Fred. National Register Nomination for Skywood Farms, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, 1995. Bibliography Montgomery Co., Ohio National Park Service Newspaper clippings provided by Martha Boice, local historian. United States Department of the Interior Hover,John C.Memoirs of the Miami Valley.Chicago:Robert O.Law Co.,1919. Gannon, Loren, Jr. "A Report on the Historical and Architectural Significance of Mad River Road" Paper Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Fox Hollow, Washington Twp.

Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number 9 Page 10 Auditor's Office (tax duplicates), Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Records, Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio Recorder's Office (property transfers), Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio. Everts. L.H. Combination Atlas Map of Montgomery County, Ohio. Everts, 1875. Heins, Gustavus. Washington Township map, 1851. New Atlas Map of Montgomery County, Ohio. Herman S. Fox, 1895; reprint Knightstown, Indiana: The Bookmark, 1996, sponsored by the Brookville Historical Society. Titus, C.O. Montgomery County 1869 Wall Map. Titus, 1869; reprint Knightstown, Indiana: The Brief History of the Junior League of Dayton. 1992 Letter from Joey Thiele regarding Junior League Childrens' Theater practice in the barn 1948-1960s. Miami Valley Hunt and Polo Club, Committee assignments, 1922.

Interviews by Martha Boice with Caroline Young Keifaber, December 1, 2005; and Theodore Young, December 12, 2005. Maps Public Records CONTINUATION SHEET Other Sources National Park Service Bureau of Vital Statistics (marriage, birth and death certificates), Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio Fox Hollow, Montgomery County, OH 10. Geographical Data (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 17 740979 4393150 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title organization Nancy Recchie/Consultant/Benjamin D. Rickey & Co.

street & number 593 South Fifth Street telephone 614-221-0358 city or town Columbus _ state OH zip code 43206 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) name Frederick C. Smith street & number 6320 Mad River Road _ telephone 937-228-7998 city or town Dayton Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.

Direct comments regarding this burden estimate and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. date11/05 Maps Photographs Continuation Sheets Zone Easting Northing Property Owner See continuation sheet Additional Documentation Additional items UTM References Boundary Justification Acreage of Property 7.91 (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) state OH _zip code 45459 obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimatedto average 18.1 hours per response including the time for or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. office of the Montgomery County Auditor, Dayton, Ohio. The boundaries of the nominated property include all of the land that has been part of the parcel containing the house, barn and outbuilding since 1959. The original 77 acres was subdivided and sold in creek and an appropriate rural setting for the house, barn and chicken coop. Boundary Justification The nominated property includes all 7.91 acres of parcel number 067-036-02-0020 as recoded in the Montgomery Co., Ohio Verbal Boundary Description Section number 10 Page 11 Form 10-900 the 1950s. This site is large enough to include lawn, open field, planted garden, wooded ravine along the OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. St Whit D.T hgtcher 32. J.L Holes Jann Bailey Garrisson Centreville Montgomery Co., Ohio SEwing Detail from 1851 map, nominated property is located in red at upper left. National Park Service Section number Historic Maps Page 12 Frmetherd J.Leach -E Stansiefe Hsenderland R.MEW Mil Form 10-900 J*Jwhitle - A. Sherman J. Milford J Hosket S Thompion R.o MC Ewen -Mitler D.Eagle JEwing J.Arnold Anderson HE Kill Kelsey (scr Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior Fox Hollow, Washington Twp.

Detail of 1869 map, nominated property marked in red at upper left Montgomery Co., Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET National Park Service Section number Historic Maps Page 13 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 104 1 119 Thatcher CENTRE B.Dari Res 594 128 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Montgomery Co., Ohio Section number Historic Maps Page 14 Detail of 1896 map, nominated property marked in red at upper left. CONTINUATION SHEET Form 10-900 Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) OMB No. 1024-0018 National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOTE: THE 234 PG. 22- 64 A. Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Current tax map, nominated property outlined in yellow.

CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Historic Maps Page 15 United States Department of the Interior Montgomery Co., Ohio OWNER OF 1.676A DMILL ESTATES P8. 156PG.E2 Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Section number historic photo Page 16 Photo of Fox Hollow, looking north, taken in 1939. National Park Service Montgomery Co., Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Fox Hollow, Washington Twp. Photographer: Jeffrey Darbee Benjamin D. Rickey & Co. 593 South Fifth Street Columbus, Ohio 43206 December 2005 1. View of south elevation from the entrance drive at Mad River Road 20th century addition (right gabled wing). 5.

View of north elevation with the courtyard enclosed by the east and west wings of the house. 7. Window detail on 1926 portion of house. 8. View of central entrance hall looking toward main entrance, which is located in the center of the 9. View of staircase and back door in central entrance hall, looking from front door. entrance on west elevation. 13. View of living room from central entrance hall. 15. View of hallway between living room and den. 16. View of den in northeast corner of first floor. 17. View of master bedroom, above living room. 18. View of bedroom above dining room. 19. View of south and east elevations of bank barn. 20. View of north and east elevations of bank barn. 21. View of interior of second floor of bank barn. 22. View of chicken coop. Negatives: Photos south elevation. View of south and east elevations, showing early 2o century portions of the house.

View of north elevation of house looking from northwest corner of the building. Location of National Park Service 10. View of dining room in original early 19th century portion of house, looking toward original front Revival addition (right). Same as above 14.View of living room looking toward central entrance hall. Montgomery Co., Ohio United States Department of the Interior 12. View of kitchen located at north end of original early 19ih century building.

Section number photos Page 17 View of the south elevation which incorporates the original house (left gabled wing) and the early Date of MAIN ENTRANCE (MAY OATE FROM ORIBINAL I-HOUSE Fox HOLLOW NoT TO LAUATOR OFFICE PORTICO PAUED DEN SCALE COURTYARD Room BARN 1926 ENLARGEMENT CIRCULAR DRIVE Fox Hollow Location: 6320 MAD RIVER RD Parcel Number: 067-036-02-0020 Owner Name: FREDERICK SMITH Class: R/13 Recorder's Fiche: 04-53375-#00 NOTE: THE REC. PB. 156 PG. 5. 234 PG. 22 7.664 A. Name/Account Number 9374274070 105 Public 108 Montgomery County OWNER OF 1.676A. Karl L. Keith, Auditor NOT SIGN PLAT 104 SUBD. PEC. BK. 1.585 A. Jan13200510:51AM ROBERTS ABSTRACTING WOODBOURNE ITHIS AREA SEC.I (1.980A.) 0.188A 5.566R. 1920s Houses in Washington Township 1. 450 W. Alex-Bellbrook Rd. Richard Grant Home, now Normandy Church. Built between 1927 and 1930, it contains 38 rooms.

west side of the house. A 1929 addition was made to the east, Tudor in style. The Belongs to Michael Bradshaw, 438-0560 4. 1575 West Alex-Bellbrook Rd. The gatehouse for the house at 1549 W. Alex- Bellbrook Rd., built in 1919. Owner: Alison Wentz, 434-3756. Monsanto. House built in 1937, a little late for this effort, but the pattern of wealthy industrials moving to the area is the same. Bo and Mary Gunlock, .820 George Wythe Commons, Toulmin House. The center house of brick is the home of the Toulmin Family, number 820- but it is not marked by a number. The Toulmins wanted a circular driveway, unlike their neighbors the Durbans. The James Apesos, present owner. 7. 1440 Haven Hill Drive. Edgar M. Thacker, Jr. House, built in 1927. Thacker was 8.1550 Haven Hill Drive, a Tudor house at the end of Haven Hill. Ask Fred Smith Bradshaw thought that the Blaylocks live there now.

He thinks they are away for 9. 1035 Hidden Ridge Lane, off McEwen Road and at the end of the Lane. Mcintyre door. Owners: Jennifer and James Decaestecker, 435-4735. Both are physicians. 10. 6469 Kings Grant Passage, at the end of Palace Green Parkway. The Durban House, built in 1928. The Durban family may have been associated with General Jim Powell of Liberty Bank is current owner. Reeder, owner. Owners. the winter. driveway was created in 1928.Mr. Toulmin was a wealthy patent attorney. Dr. about it. Someone told me he lived there before moving to present home. Mick and Sue Ellen Brown. 2.723 W. Alex-Bellbrook Rd. The Reynolds Home, "Skywood." Residents: Bob an insurance broker in Dayton and president of Fire Cry Corp. Dr. Christopher same workmen who did the Richard Grant House may have worked on this home.

HISTORIAN (Alphabetical by road names) Motors.The Durbans made a straight driveway off Durban Road to their home. 5.5101 Garden Spring Ct.Dr. Carroll Hockwald House, sold chemical business to 3.1549 W.Alex Bellbrook Rd.An early house with bark-covered joists is on the house built in 1922.The stained glass family crest is in the window of the front MARTHA BOCE LOCAC PREPARED Br: Fox tbllow, Mentgomery lo. this house in 1927. In the 1930s a partner of Carroll Hockwald, Dr. Charles Allen Thomas, purchased the house. They sold their chemical company to Monsanto in 12. West Rahn Road, house built for the Charles Kettering family, but they did not sharp curve to the left. Just before you get to a stop sign, you'll see the house on owners this fall. 11.

6088 Mad River Road, at the end of a private lane going east from Mad River Probably built around the early 1920s.He was a home builder in the area.New 1936. Connie and Jim Ryan, Owners since 1988. 13.456 W.Whipp Road.Built by Mr.Wildasein after his service in France during the left-a gray stuccoed Italianate house. World War I.He tried to create a home like the castles he had seen in France. Road.Wind around to the very end of the lane.Additions may have been made to live in it. Go north on Mad River Road, turn left on W.Rahn Road.

Go past the Fox Hollow, Muntgomery co, OH WASHINGTON TOW MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO Township MARTHA BOICE, LOCAL HISTORIAN KETTERING UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NAME : OTHER : COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE 4/26/06 5/25/06 RETURN MULTIPLE PERIOD: PDIL: DATE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: Ge/9/2006 APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N RECOM. /CRITERIA STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Montgomery DISCIPLINE Historian 6/09/06 5/10/06 ACCEPT REVIEWER DATE OF PENDING LIST: WASHINGTON TWP., MONTGOMERY CO, OH FOX HOLLOW WASHINGTON TWP, MONTGOMERY CO, OH Fox HocLoW Fox HOLLOW Fox HOLLoW Fox HoLLOW WASHIN6TON TWP.

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