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) - State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) - Federal agency has been requested. - Local government - previously listed in the National Register - University - previously determined eligible by the National Register - Other - designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Ohio Historic Preservation Office - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Primary location of additional data 1933 purposes. history. Bibliography architecture Property is: Architect/Builder Name of repository: important in prehistory or history.
Cultural Affiliation Aowned by a religious institution or used for religious National Register listing) (Mark *x* in all the boxes that apply.) (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8_ Page 1 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio 8. Statement of Significance Summary. The Gordon E. Pape House meets Criterion C in the Area of Architecture as a significant and locally uncommon example of the Norman Revival style, which was hipped roof, circular stair tower, and leaded windows are characteristic of the mode, which saw limited popularity for large, stylish houses and estate residences in high technology, the Pape House combines "accuracy of detail and total quality control with fantasy and dramatic flair" (ibid., p. 122).
The house has been evaluated in the context of "The Normandy Manor Style in Cincinnati, c. 1920-1935." The house is area includes eight support resources, seven of which contribute to the property's "The Norman Revival Style in Cincinnati, c. 1920-1935" Old World style, New World comfort: European-inspired house styles in post- time of prosperity and suburban expansion in America, the European Revival styles, particularly the Tudor and English revivals, Spanish Eclectic and Mediterranean Revival After World War I, America was engaged in a burst of suburban building, as families in unprecedented numbers bought and built their own homes. With so many new builders and buyers, some were bound to want something different. The war had sparked an interest among Americans in English and European buildings.
At the same time there was easier access to foreign ideas through To the upwardly mobile denizens of leafy new suburbs, these styles conveyed a proper (8-86) styles, achieved great popularity nationwide. landscaped grounds evoke the spaciousness of the original Pape estate. The nominated fashionable image while evoking a distant heritage and a sense of permanence and virtually unaltered on the exterior and retains many original interior features.Its ample, significance. The Pape House's period of significance is 1933, its date of construction. solidity. They satisfied "that need for roots which is endemic to all peoples and all Cincinnati's wealthy suburbs during the early-2o"h-century. Juxtaposing handcraft and World War I suburban America. During the first three decades of the 2o" -century, a books, travel, and even movies.... (Massey and Maxwell, p.
219) inspired by the late medieval farmhouses of the French province of Normandy.Its high- OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 2 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio societies at all times, even one (or perhaps, especially one) as upwardly mobile as twentieth-century America" (Gowans, p. 189). Hill, Cincinnati's most exclusive suburb. According to Walter E. Langsam, ...[MJost of the Indian Hill estates before World War II seem to have aspired to town architects were chosen to recreate their regional specialties. A rambling, irregularly layout seems to have been preferred (the stables were sometimes the most symmetrical features), with wings or stories constructed of different The French influence: the Norman Revival/Normandy Manor style. From c.
1915 to 1940, ...a romanticized, informal French style blossomed, based more on the farmhouse, especially those of Normandy, than of the mansion. It played a small but continued to be dominated by Georgian and Spanish traditions. After World War 1, buildings in the new French style could be found all across the continent.... heavily on the image of French farmhouses.... French houses are generally built of masonry with steep pyramidal or hipped roofs. Mansard roofs are also found, as (8-86) skills. (Langsam, op.cit., pp. 95-96) French-style houses were few, but they might turn up anywhere... materials, as if added on as needed. This calculatedly informal, picturesque There are two informal groups of French Revival houses: first, the Norman are, less frequently, high gable roofs.
Round or polygonal towers with curved Tudor manor, a Norman French farmhouse/chateau, or an American Colonial significant role in the history of 2oth-century Revival architecture, which quality was achieved, of course, at great expense and with sophisticated design farmhouse or small manor; the second, an American eclectic style that draws actually had) from older farmhouses, or else had grown gradually like an English Romantic and picturesque styles were much favored by the wealthy residents of Indian NPS Form 10-900-a an asymmetrical, more "organic" look, as if they had evolved (as some of them Philadelphia stone, to Southern brick plantation models. Several of the out-of- farm or village complex, ranging from New England 18th-century frame, through NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Pape. Gordon E., House World events also helped popularize both French Eclectic and Norman Revival architecture in the 1920s. "Many Americans served in France during World War I, and addition, a number of photographic studies of modest French houses were published in McAlester, p. 388). "Based on both French chateaux and Norman (northwestern France) ferme-manoirs or farmhouses, this eclectic, but identifiable, transitional combines both high-style, and vernacular elements, as well as both late Medieval and Renaissance expression with contemporary Tudor or English Revival dwellings, which were loosely based on English cottages of the Middle Ages rather than French farmhouses of the same period.
Both styles evolved from informal, rural prototypes, and favored mixed Brittany) shares much with Medieval English tradition. The use of half-timbering thatch, are common to both. As a result, French Eclectic houses often resemble the contemporaneous Tudor style based on related English precedent. French examples, however, normally lack the dominant front-facing cross-gables characteristic of the Tudor" (McAlester and McAlester, pp. 387-388) more exotic styles such as the Spanish and Mediterranean styles, and new house types suburban houses in the Norman Revival style were built in the city and its wealthy (8-86) 229) roofs were common, especially at the entrance... (Massey and Maxwell, pp. 228- Informal domestic building in northwestern France (particularly Normandy and and Maxwell, p. 229). such as the ranch. The Norman Revival style in Cincinnati.
Several high-style estate residences and large The Norman Revival style remained popular through the 1930s, then lost favor to other, suburbs in the 1920s and early1930s. These houses share many similarities of design and Norman Revival houses shared many similarities of form, materials and stylistic the 1920s, giving architected and builders many models to draw from" (McAlester and Hamilton County, Ohio Page 3_ references" (Cincinnati Preservation Association") their first-hand familiarity with the prototypes probably helped popularize the style. In materials. "Both'English'and "Norman'examples are really an American Romantic with a variety of different wall materials, as well as roofs of tile, slate, stone, or OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8_ Pape.
Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio city from c. 1910-1940. Favored materials include brick, split-face limestone, and rough stucco, often swirled with decorative designs, and softly hued "rustic" slate with ragged of steeply gabled roof dormers of various sizes. Chimneys are tall and ornate, of brick or stone, often with decorative chimney posts and multiple flues. A hallmark of the style is a circular or octagonal stair-tower, placed off-center, with a conical or candle-snuffer . "Although the craftsmanship throughout the house was carefully and deliberately irregular slate of which the dominating roof is laid: telltales features of the actual date in One of the most characteristic and best-preserved examples of the Norman Revival style in Cincinnati is the George and Helen Eustis House in Indian Hill, completed in 1928. The Eustis House was designed by architect Guy C.
Burroughs: the former partner of John Henri Deeken, architect of the Pape House. Built on a grand scale, the Eustis House is a lively asymmetrical composition of brick, stone and stucco, embellished with linear half-timbering. It is carefully composed as an asymmetrical but harmonious whole of vernacular stylistic elements - both Tudor and Norman - in several materials. The great Also located in Indian Hill is "Ambleside," the Leonard Stephens Smith residence, which was designed by Deeken on the eve of the Great Depression. Like the Pape House, it is a than the Pape House, with stone rather than brick wall treatment. Nonetheless, the two share some common details: Tudor-arched stone frontispieces, banks of leaded-glass ...[TJhe house is approached circuitously through magnificent landscaped The L-shaped garage wing to the left was treated like the courtyard of a Norman (8-86) edges.
Roofs are high-hipped, covered in durable slate or tile, and interrupted by an array the 1920s" (Langsam, p. 123). chimneys. To suggest an evolutionary process, the chimneys are stone below and layout with the closely related Tudor Revival style, which enjoyed great popularity in the windows, and an angled garage wing. brick above, as if they had been heightened at a later date! (ibid., pp. 122-123) length is charmingly enlivened by gables, bays, balconies, dormers, and Norman Revival design"combining rustic casualness with the elegance of a small chateau"(ibid., p. 123). The Smith House is larger, more elaborate and more theatrical NPS Form 10-900-a Page 4_ 'aged,'the edges tend to be sharp and precise, and most of the eaves consist only of the grounds which are entered past at a"Hansel and Gretel"gate-keeper's cottage... NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio tavern, with a bold point arch through which a fake "portcullis" grill is suspended entrance front seems almost "blind", except for an octagonal tower, the polygonal The Smith House received an honor award from the American Institute of Architects in Carefully composed, finely detailed and very well-preserved, the Eustis and Smith houses expressions of Norman Revival estate residences in Greater Cincinnati. One of Cincinnati's last great houses of the Roaring '20s is "Les Tours" ("The Towers"): the Otto and Catherine Luedeking House, built in 1929.
Nicknamed "The Castle," it is aid to have been inspired by three early Renaissance chateaux of King Francis I, built in style of this particular house is that of the first period of the French Renaissance a pivotal building in the East Walnut Hills Local Historic District, located on Cincinnati's Bloodgood Tuttle (1880-c. 1936) was a brilliant and imaginative Cleveland architect who including at least thirty-six houses in the "admirably planned and exclusive" suburb of The grandiose yet comfortable interiors were built of the best materials. "All these Like the French originals, the Luedeking House combines classical details with the great embellished by rich carving and fanciful metalwork. Clustered, elaborately carved (ibid., pp. 121). (8-86) East Side.
elements [were] mixed by Tuttle with poetic imagination, as well as a touch of wit" bay of the stair-landing, and an exquisite ogival arch around the front door.... 1929 (White, p. 63). stylistic devices, materials, and craftsmanship to an almost theatrical effect" (ibid., p. 96). round towers, vertical proportions and ogival arches of late medieval castles. The rough who worked in Indian Hill during the 1920s, Tuttle employed a"dazzling array of specialized in creating"glamorous but seemingly authentic"Period Revival mansions, characterized by the picturesque mixture of classic and gothic." The Luedeking House is Shaker Heights.Perhaps the most imaginative of all the local and out-of-town architects sandstone walls are laid in random courses with wide, irregular joints.
They are and heraldic arms were carved in low relief in the crow-stepped gable above.The Page 5_ are potentially eligible for National Register listing under Criterion C as significant the 15th century. In the words of Bloodgood Tuttle, the house's architect: "The general OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 6 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio chimneys and tall finials rise from the high-hipped roofs, which are covered with magnate William Albers. Alberly Manor "has such memorable features such as the Stone and wood carving, leaded and stained glass in associative designs, ironwork and of the few examples found to date is the Bailey House on Ambleside Avenue in Hyde Park, a prestigious neighborhood on the city's East Side. Built c.
1935, the house was evoke French country houses. Moreover, a Norman fieldstone tower, with conical roof and copper finial, can still be seen at the rear of the house, which may once have contained the front entrance. The Bailey House is part of a neighborhood that was within the apex. The school was designed by the architectural partnership of Edward H. Kruckemeyer and Charles R. Strong, who were proficient in both Modern and Traditional Washington School was recommended for National Register listing by a comprehensive survey of Cincinnati Public School buildings, conducted by the Cincinnati Preservation Association in 1996. New houses for a new century.
The siting and interior plan of the Pape House reflect trends in grand suburban homes that came to prominence during the early years of the (8-86) restyled in the Colonial Revival manner during the mid-2o"h century; its main facade and on a Y-shaped plan, with a two-story cylindrical tower forming the entry and hinge. While the Norman Revival style was primarily used for residences in Cincinnati, it was class suburban neighborhoods of Cincinnati that developed in the early-20"-century. One handmade red tiles. most of its interior appointments now reflect the Neo-Colonial style. Nonetheless, the symmetrical on-axis stable complex of startlingly abstract stucco and half-timbering... Tuttle's other major Cincinnati work was"Alberly," the Indian Hill estate of grocery building exhibits high-quality design and craftsmanship.
It is built of brick-faced concrete also used for at least one public building: the Mt. Washington Public School, built in 1933. One of the few public schools built in the city during the Great Depression, the plasterwork-all these skills were melded into an immense yet livable dwelling"(ibid., p. Occasional examples of the Norman Revival style can be found in middle- and upper- house's asymmetrical plan, L-shaped form, steep gables and "ragged" slate roof still proposed for historic designation in 2001 but has yet tobe listed. NPS Form 10-900-a styles.They designed a number of school buildings between World Wars I and II. Mt. OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Pape.
Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio By the end of the century's first decade...a definite form had emerged for the be reflected in these homes, a common aim and a subtle likeness could be between the house and its grounds and garden was considered of great importance. It was also suggested that the 'bones' of the house be suggested rather than hidden, and that there be an honest expression of the interior plan and structure in the exterior design, which now tended toward a longer horizontal freedom and craftsmanship in the use of materials, and a new interest in the Likewise, the interior plan of the house, with spacious entrance hall, open staircase, wide An impression of spaciousness was desired and was achieved by large openings entrance hall remained as an important circulation area from which the stairs were a strong visible feature, but it was no longer a main reception room.
Across the somewhere there was another room-a study, den or library-serving the need for privacy.... (ibid.) Many homes which were built in the 30's and 40's have been described as professional business classes for whom they were built. design. (8-86) Low in form, they faced the road, but were set back far enough to ensure privacy. observed and were clearly expressed by contemporary writers. The relationship for the comfortable grouping of people, with a fireplace as the focal point. archways, great fireplaces, and terraces and open porches, reflected new trends in interior houses," shared many common traits: many of which are evident in the Pape House. contrast and variety of textured surfaces. (Johannesen, p. 107) between rooms. The Victorian parlor was gone, replaced by a living room planned 20th century. Houses were set amid expansive grounds, with artfully designed landscapes.
Beyond the living room was an attached enclosed piazza or sun porch. The hall from the living room was the dining room. These were the public rooms; "formula"homes.The number and variety of rooms were determined by the facade with a low hipped roof parallel to the street. Finally, there was a new Page 7 NPS Form 10-900-a The plans for these fashionable suburban residences, sometimes nicknamed"formula suburban American home. In spite of the dozen or so historical styles which might NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 8 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio A proper house for a doctor or lawyer, should contain - on the first floor - a lavatory; a covered - often screened - porch; and frequently a terrace as well.
Two important requirements were that servants should be able to reach the front servants' staircase to the second floor. Upstairs... were a master bedroom with connecting bath; two further bedrooms, for children or guests, with shared bath; staffed by live-in servants; and they were designed by a fairly stately and air-conditioning to domestic use, houses were planned with an eye to cross- p. 211) arrangement of its first-floor rooms. A servant could easily pass from the service wing to west wing, and through the isolated service wing. The house's "formula" differed slightly, however, in its use of private rather than connecting baths. John Henri Deeken, architect. John Henri Deeken (1888-after 1948), architect of the Burroughs. Between 1918 and 1925, Burroughs and Deeken designed dozens of the finest Traditional houses in the area. Deeken then practiced on his own until the 1940s.
Both Burroughs and Deeken...combined accuracy in the use of historical sources, (8-86) the finest craftsmanship, functional planning, and up-to-date technology, with a guests. The second-floor bedrooms are easily accessible by a servant passing through the sense of fantasy without the wholesale importation of European spoils... ventilation and sited whenever possible to catch the prevailing breeze.... (White, directly from the kitchen and pantry into the dining room without disturbing living-room Two characteristics distinguish these"formula"houses...they were designed to be Pape House, was a gifted and prolific architect who practiced in Cincinnati in the early- and one or two servants' bedrooms and bath.... 20"-century.
Born and educated in Cincinnati, Deeken worked in different parts of the the front door without entering either the living or dining rooms, and could carry food segregated style of family living...[Djesigned before the general adaptation of door without passing through any major room, ...and that there should be a back United States until 1916,when he returned and joined forces with fellow architect Guy The"stately and segregated"Pape House clearly follows this prescribed"formula"in the room that could accommodate twelve in comfort; a pantry and kitchen in which one general servant or a "couple" could function efficiently; a downstairs living room, with fireplace; a study, or book room also with fireplace; a dining NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No.
1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8_ Page 9 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio Burroughs & Deeken, and each alone, managed to integrate an eclectic array of the cottage while emphasizing great scale through long sloping roofs of variegated slate, usually carefully graded to increase in size from the roof-ridge to uninterrupted roofs. Sometimes derogatorily called "Stock-Brokers Tudor," this Gordon E. Pape. Little has yet been learned of Gordon E. Pape (1906-?), the house's original owner. He was a wealthy entrepreneur with interests in aviation, theaters and patent medicine. The 14-year-old Pape was enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census along with his family.
Cincinnati City Directories of the 1920s reveal that the Papes lived on Harrison Avenue in Westwood, a middle-class Cincinnati neighborhood located on the far west side of the city. Harry Pape, the head of the household, was proprietor of the medicine firm of Pape, Thompson & Pape. No further information about Cincinnati City Directories of the 1930s through 1950s offer little additional information, except to say that he maintained an office in Cincinnati's Union Central Life Insurance for Pape could be found in local newspapers. Pape learned to fly in 1937 at Lunken Airport, the city's general aviation facility. With his brothers J. Wesley and James A. Pape, he was involved in the West Palm Beach Aero Group (Cincinnati Enquirer, March 7, 1942). In 1942, Pape secured a three-year lease on (8-86) (Langsam, pp.
97) quaintness was usually avoided by the contrast of large surfaces of bare walls and Deeken included here...embody these characteristics in a variety of ways. the company could be found in city directories or newspaper indices. clients by means of palatial and manorial associations. Somehow, they suggested Historical development. the eaves, especially on the conical and octagonal towers that are a signature of Gordon Pape could not be located in the 1930population census. Listings for Pape in "jazz Age" just before the Crash. The houses in Indian Hill by Burroughs and/or craftsmanship, imagination and brilliant embodiment of F. Scott Fitzgerald's phase of 1920s Traditional architecture is increasingly being recognized for its the style. An amazing range of textures and materials was employed, but mere building.Pape served as secretary of the Daily Vitamins Company in 1951.
No obituary OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio an airport in the north Cincinnati suburb of Sharonville, which he then sub-leased to the Tri-State Aviation Corporation (ibid.). During World War II, Pape served as treasurer and membership chairman of the local world of Hitlerism but also to give serious thought to the more exerting task of winning the peace that will follow the present conflict" (Cincinnati Enquirer, July 11, 1941). wounded (Cincinnati Post, December 22, 1956). Pape House. A detailed description of the Pape House, complete with rendering, was featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer prior to its construction.
The house is to be of an early French style of architecture with the exterior walls in an old whitewashed brick, while the roof will be covered in an interesting way with hand-made antique French tiles. There will be large porches and open terraces leading out onto the gardens on the living side of the building.... The interior of the house is also designed in the early French spirit and is so arranged to take advantage of the most interesting views and best exposures and should make a splendid home to entertain in with its great hall reaching from the front to the rear of the building, its large living room, dining room and very attractive library, all arranged in such a manner as to make Cincinnati Enquirer, October 26", Integrity. The Pape House retains a high degree of integrity under all its aspects. As masonry walls, windows, doors, chimneys and roof tiles.
No additions have been made (8-86) 1977. an attractive grouping for large social affairs. (*New House for Indian Hill," The house remained in the Pape family until it was purchased by the present owner in to the house, and no changes appear to have been made to its interior plan. The interior noted previously, the house is virtually unaltered on the exterior, retaining its original Page 10 named Susan Ave using his father's pistol.Mrs. Ave survived; Gordon M. was fatally Fight for Freedom Committee. In his words,"Our problem is not only to help rid the Tragedy struck the Pape household in 1956 when his son, Gordon M. Pape, shot a woman NPS Form 10-900-a NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Pape.
Gordon E., House barn, which has been demolished, most of the original landscape features appear to be intact. While the formal gardens have been simplified over the years, their original plan can still be discerned. The house's viewshed is preserved by the surrounding woods, which screen surrounding properties; no neighboring buildings are visible from the house, the lawn or the gardens. (8-86) Hamilton County, Ohio have been carefully preserved. finishes and appointments, including woodwork, flooring, mantelpieces and bathrooms, Apart from the former stable, which is now part of an adjacent property, and the former Page 11 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 9 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio 9.
Major Bibliographic References Cincinnati Enquirer, various issues. Cincinnati Preservation Association. "Cincinnati Public Schools Historic Architecture Gordon, Stephen C. How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory Form. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, 1992. Gowans, Alan. The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890- 1930. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986. Hamilton County deed records. Hamilton County Recorder's Office, Cincinnati. Johannesen, Eric. Cleveland Architecture 1876-1976. Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Langsam, Walter E. "A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Who Worked in the Greater Cincinnati Area Before World War II," 1996. On file at Cincinnati Preservation -. Great Houses of the Queen City: Two Hundred Years of Historic and Contemporary Architecture and Interiors In Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
Cincinnati, Ohio: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1997. McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Alfred A. United States Federal Population Census for Hamilton County, 1920. Microfilm, Public White, Virginia S. From Camargo to Indian Hill. Indian Hill, Ohio: Indian Hill Historical Museum Association, 1983. Williams' Cincinnati City Directories, various years. Knopf, 1997. (8-86) Association. Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Historical Society, 1979. Inventory (Excerpts)." May 1998. On file at Cincinnati Preservation Association. Page 1 'Sunny Knolls," Gordon E. Pape House 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 5.61 acres Madeira, OH, quadrangle UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 16 729025 4343877 - 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 Margaret Warminski, Preservation Director organization Cincinnati Preservation Association Date April 10, 2006 street & number 342 West Fourth Street _telephone 513-721-4506 city or town Cincinnati _state Ohio 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) Property Owner name Vernon E.
Smith, M.D.,and Johnson Trust Company, Trustees street & number_3777 West Fork Road Telephone_513-891-6655 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.
Photographs Zone Easting Northing Hamilton County,Ohio zip code 45202 (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) Additional items Estimated Burden Statement:Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0.Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Representative black and white photographs of the property. Maps NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 10 Page 1 Pape.
Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio Verbal Boundary Description: The Gordon E. Pape House is located within the corporate limits of the Village of Indian Hill. It includes, in its entirety, Parcel 619-0180-0036 of the Hamilton County Auditor's records. The nominated area comprises 5.731 acres. Please refer to map with boundary Verbal Boundary Justification: property' s acreage has been reduced over time, it retains enough land to evoke the ambience of the original estate and to provide visual buffers against neighboring Madeira, Ohio, quadrangle properties. line drawn. (8-86) 16/729025/4343877 This boundary contains all the property presently associated with the Gordon E. Pape House. It includes sufficient acreage to enclose the house, its gardens and outbuildings while excluding surrounding properties now under different ownership. While the 10.
Geographical Data UTM reference: NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 12 Pape. Gordon E., House Hamilton County, Ohio Photograph Index Date: September 2005 Location of negatives: Cincinnati Preservation Association (same for all photographs) Description, direction: General view of main (south) façade of house, looking north from Photo 2 Description, direction: East elevation of house, including chimney and open porch. Photo 3 Description, direction: Garage/service wing at west end of house. Looking northeast. Description, direction: Looking north toward house from sunken garden, which features lipped taxus shrubs and brick walls covered with euonymus Looking southeast (8-86) northwest. circular drive.
Description, direction: Circular tower and main entrance, main facade. Looking Photographer: Margaret Warminski (same for all photographs) Photo 4 Location: Indian Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio (same for all photographs) Name: Pape, Gordon E., House (same for all photographs) Description, direction: Arcaded, screened porch at rear (north) elevation of house. Photo 9 Photo 6 10 Page 1 Photo 1 Looking northwest. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 12_ Pape. Gordon E., House Description, direction: Entrance hall, looking west. Date: September 200 Photo 7 5 Photo 8 6 Description, direction:Master bedroom, located at east end of second floor. Looking east. Photo 11 Description, direction: Terrace, located behind house, with stone fountain at center.
Date: March Photo 12 Description, direction: Sunken garden, looking north from terrace. annuals. Poolhouse in background. Looking northwest. Photo 14 (8-86) from entrance hall. Description, direction: Former rose/peony garden, now planted in geometrical beds of Description, direction: Wrought-iron spiral staircase in circular tower. Looking south Looking east. Description, direction: Living room, with beamed ceiling and limestone mantelpiece. located at rear of property. Looking northwest. Hamilton County, Ohio Description, direction:In-ground pool and Sears & Roebuck mail-order poolhouse, Photo 13 Page 2_ Photo 10 8 8725 Bloom Rd .619 0180 0036 Gordon E. Pape House 8725 Blome Road Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio LEGAL DESC... - REAR BLOME RD 5.731 AC .SMITH E VERNON TR & JOHNSON TRUST COMPANY TR AUDITOR LANDUSE.
Printed 10/11/2005 ADDRESS OWNER BK-PG-PAR Vicinity Map for Site Plan DISCLAIMER: ! Children's bath Guest room and bath Master bath Master bedroom 8725 Blome Road Playroom First floor plan Dressing room Maid's quarters Gordon E. Pape House Children's room Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Stair tower 8725 Blome Road Library Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Garage Reception hall Kitchen Pantry Dining room Gordon E. Pape House Second floor plan Reference No. Resolution: Yes Multiple Name Documentation Issues-Discussion Sheet Database Change: SLR: Action:_SLR_Return_None Problem UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Sunny Knolls--Pape, Gordon E., House PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.
4/26/06 TELEPHONE DATE MULTIPLE RETURN PROPERTY REVIEWER 5/25/06 NAME: PDIL: OTHER: PERIOD: DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: IATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE IVALUATION/RETURN SHEE' APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION DATE OF PENDING LIST: 5/10/06 REFERENCE NUMBER: 06000484 REJECT 6/9/2006 6/09/06 Hawii Iton Co.,O Hl Humilron Co., Otl Hamilton car, oH Hauiilton Co, Ott oto1# E. 729025 MADEIRA, OH MADEIRA QUADRANGLE House U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pape, Cordon E., OHIO N. 4343877 "Sunny Knolls"; 1996 USGS U:S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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