Major Bibliographical References Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form (X see continuation sheets) Previous documentation on file (NPS) . preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested. previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Primary Location of Additional Data X State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency X Other 10.
Geographical Data Acreage of Property 1.1 acres UTM Reference: Verbal Boundary Description / Boundary Justification (_X see continuation sheet) Easting Northing 4355661 Zone 327755 University Federal agency previously listed in the National Register Local government None Apply USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 22 August 2006 - Page 8 Walke House 11. Form Prepared By Name/title_ Kevin B. Coleman (and Hayley R. Mosteller) Date 22 August 2006 Street & Number 500 Infirmary Lane Telephone 740/ 775-4036 State Ohio Zip code 45601 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets X A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. X Representative black and white photographs of the property. X Photo List for photographs of the property.
X Samples of historical and aerial photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) Name Neil and Pat Coleman Telephone 740/ 773-2661 Photographs Maps Property Owner Chillicothe, Ohio City or Town _ Chillicothe OorganizationINTREPID HISTORICAL SERVICES City or town USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 20 September 2006 THE WALKE HOUSE CONTINUATION SHEET Section NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT The property is located in a fairly level urban area, on the upper terrace of a large river at the base of a bedrock hillside. It is surrounded by a late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century urban environment of homes, residential yards, streets, and alleys. The property is on the north side of U.S.
Route 50, a highway that is a two-lane arterial street at this location (also named Western Avenue). The house faces east, towards the original core of the town of Chillicothe; the south side faces Western Avenue and the hillside. An 1893 subdivision surrounds the property on three sides, with a residential street running past the The neighborhood is a linear grid leading away from Western Avenue, populated by cottages dating from 1893 to the but none as grand as the Walke House.
The level, lower area to the north and east of the house was originally a wetland, drained by "Honey Creek," as and flowed past the house to its north, then continued along the hillside and through the west side of Chillicothe to the Walke House, and the wetland has been long since drained and urbanized The wooded bedrock hillside is directly south of Western Avenue, and except for a few houses built on it, has much the west bedrock wall of the Scioto Valley. A small gorge is cut into the hillside beside the Walke House and a small drainage would have flowed out of it to where the Walke House stands, though it is now undoubtedly piped underground.
The slight knoll, or "the slight rise on which the house stood"2 is clearly built up from outwash from The small gully extending into the hillside is also where barn(s) visible in the Henry Walke painting were located.3 It represents high-style architecture of the Settlement period and Development period, which respectively in south- 1830 at the coming of the canal system. and earlier, as the downtown is neared. A few early nineteenth century houses are present among the neighborhoods, 1930s. Later houses are peppered along the opposite side of Western Avenue, and late twentieth-century central Ohio spans from the opening of settlement in 1795, separated by the War of 1812 (1812-1814), to about Ross County, Ohio commercial buildings are just west along the street.
Half a block west is the corner of a small shopping mall area The Walke House is a modified central-passage Four-Over-Four type house, with Early Classical Revival styling. Although having received additions and modifications - mainly in the early twentieth century - much of its design, styling, and materials remain intact or easily restorable because of intentional conservative treatment of the building.4 visible in the c1830 Henry Walke painting[Historic Image 1].1 Th:s stream originally began about 6,000 feet west the gully.This outwash would be gravelly and shaly, but relatively dry compared to the marsh along Honey Creek. Page _1 rear, and an alley along the north (see Map). ("Central Center") begun in the1960s.In the opposite direction is a series of old neighborhoods dating to the1930s, Paint Creek.
Beginning about 1900 most of it was routed underground in a storm sewer, including the part nearest the same appearance as in the painting of the Walke House about 175 years ago [Historic Image 1]. The hillside is USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section Page 2 HOUSE TYPE The building is styled as a one-story house on a raised basement (or "English Basement") [Photo No. 1,2]. Thus. following European terminology, the lower story (first floor) is termed the "Ground Floor," and the upper story (second story) is the "Main Floor." The raised basement is also reminiscent of pre-Victorian American South architecture (which is English in origin).
Another way to view this primary floor arrangement is as an example of the The floorplan of four roughly equivalent-sized rooms on the main floor, with a hall/passage separating them styled as a one-story house, the raised basement constitutes the first of two stories. The main conceptual modification is that the central passage is divided in half crossways at the middle into a two-cell passage, with an entry hall formed in the formal front half and stair hall in the less-formal rear half. Another secondary modification is that finished space is developed in the attic in the form of a single large central loft room.
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE The Walke House was built during the popularity of the Federal style in southern Ohio, and it has many elements of in the "Early Classical Revival" style (or Jeffersonian Classicism, or Roman Revival), which is interrelated with the Architectural elements that could be interpreted as remnants of the Georgian style, or "Georgian Survival,"5 that occur on the Walke House include: - Venetian (Palladian) windows6 - Center front pavilion? (though integrated into the attached Classical Revival portico) - Projecting stone molding atop foundation/ground floor walls - Massive, squarish chimneys - Moderately pitched (instead of Federal-style low-pitched) roof Some architectural elements of the Georgian style frequently occur in local, vernacular, examples of what are usually interpreted as Federal style.
Those that occur on the Walke House include: - Flemish bond brick masonry - Splayed stone lintel Elements of the Federal style8 that occur on the Walke House include: - Semi-oval or semi-elliptical transom (over front door) - Two-leaf doors (front and rear) - Hipped roof - Jigsaw-cut floral-ornamented stringer brackets on stairway 22 August 2006 .Enriched Doric entablature (though folkish in proportions and construction, and only on portico) . Relatively plain stairway, including unornamented balusters and newel posts . Near-octagonal room (entry hall) Federal Style. Renaissance Italian"piano nobile"design(which is probably the origin of the"English Basement"design) symmetrically into pairs, constitutes a Central Passage "Four-Over-Four" floorplan (see Floorplan). Though this is the style, including a few from the earlier Georgian style.
The form of the house and the portico indicate the house is USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 22 August 2006 Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET doorway, Venetian windows) - Oval oculi in gablets - Small, simple cornice under eaves - Interior window and doorway casings with relatively narrow molding applied to outer edge - Thin "Cross-and-Bible" pattern six-panel doors, and matching paneled doorways - Neoclassical-styled fireplace surrounds, variously with pilasters and center panels Elements of the Early Classical Revival style9 that occur on the Walke House include: - Center front portico, with Tuscan columns - Raised / "English Basement" - Overall grand but understated appearance - Stairway not located in public hallway CHRONOLOGY OF BUILDING Analysis of materials, styling, and documentation allows various parts of the Walke House to be classified by age.
Associated outbuildings probably built (not extant) - Landscaping and driveway probably installed Original elements include: "Random width" 5 1/2 to 7 in. flooring with visible L-head c1812-20 Federal styled woodwork - Federal styled doors - Venetian and 12/12 windows - Split lath and plaster - Some fireplaces updated (cast-iron Renaissance Revival Moderate renovation : Possibly rear aditions (removed 2004) Some fireplaces updated (cast-iron Italianate styled) Minor renovation - Gas piping probably added Probably date of moderate Current lantern probably added alterations to house when land was - Associated outbuildings probably removed within 10 platted for development c1893 c1882 nails styled) c1850s . Oval, elliptical, and curved lines among elements (e.g.
portico stairway, vaulted portico foundation, front Federal styled stairway Ross County, Ohio Some flooring replaced (4 3/4 in.width with hidden nails) Construction of house Page 3 Section 7 Federal styled mantles USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Boiler Room addition built and steam heating system added (recently removed) Addition to depth and width of rear addition (removed Major alterations and addition for Standing-seam steel roofing added Some floors replaced (2 3/4 in.
width) Possibly small open porch on southeast corner added as an afterthought (removed 2004) Windows and doors on west center bay altered, some filled with tile blocks and new ones created; concrete added along lower part of west ground floor wall - Two-story flat-roofed addition on north side enveloping Boiler Room addition (removed 2004) - Probably interior renovation, including added bathrooms and lowered ceilings - Small bathroom window cut into wall just to north of northern east ground floor window - Converted to office use with added wiring, cabling; fireplace and closet sealed off; added interior walls : Most additions removed 2004-2006 Renovation and restoration - Plans made for sensitive addition - History researched and building analyzed for NRHP CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN Structure & Materials The ground floor (first story) is built of rough-cut local Waverly sandstone (a southern part of the Berea Sandstone).
a stone commonly used through the early twentieth century in this area. It was used as the primary masonry for many earlier upper-class homes in the area, such as the Adena Mansion, Paint Hill, and Fruit Hill [see Comparison 1935 nomination 1922-1923 c1970s 2004) Major addition Most interior 20th century additions (e.g. walls) and Images 1-4]), as the foundation material for most buildings in the nineteenth century, and as architectural trim. The Minor alterations 22 August 2006 Electricity probably added at this time Ground Floor South side two-story sun porch added Ross County, Ohio coverings (e.g.
flooring) removed use as orphanage portico, and small square vent cut into wall beside Page 4 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio Section 7 CONTINUATION SHEET Waverly bedrock caps the flat-topped hills in the area and is easily located, easily quarried, is durable, and is easily shaped when fresh. It is iron-rich and weathers to a pleasant rusty-tan color. The stone walls appear to be of typical double-wall construction, where stone blocks were laid to form the inner and outer surfaces, and smaller stone and rubble was used to fill the space between. This reduced the ability of the wall to conduct moisture, heat, and cold since it was not solid masonry but was interrupted by many mortared seams. stone. The sills are hidden by concrete facing. Where it survives, thin Federal-styled molding is mounted at the edge of the timber framing.
Beneath the ground floor is a moderately deep crawlspace under the floors. Poured concrete appears to have replaced some timbers and stone secondary foundation walls. Steam pipes for the added radiator heat were routed Main Floor The main or upper floor (second story) is built of Flemish bond brick. This brick has several characteristics shared with a few other early houses in the areal !: it is thinner than typical nineteenth century brick (about 2 inches thick particular brick manufacturer or builder in the early-nineteenth-century Chillicothe area, or possibly a brick-making tradition brought in by settlers that was later eclipsed.) Saw-cut Waverly sandstone trim is around only the two front Venetian windows. Much of this trim is shaped and Oddly, the front doorway (like all other original main floor windows) is framed and trimmed with wood.
The windows have lug sills, and lintels with flared ends and no keystone, both of sawn Waverly sandstone. The moderately pitched hipped roof has a wooden cornice under shallow eaves, which is an extension of the lines fillet, ovulo, and another fillet as a bed molding for the corona. The corona (or eave) has a shallow, plain underside and plain face, and a small cyma recta bed mold for the cymatium. The cymatium is a large cyma recta molding directly under the edge of the roofing. wood shingle roofing, visible in pre-1922 images, remains under it [Historic Image 2, 3]. The roof framing and ceiling framing visible in the unfinished areas of the loft is of hewn timbers and early nineteenth rebuilt above the roofline or have been faced with new wire-cut brick of the same color, probably in 1922-1924, and thus the chimneys are slightly larger than original.
The original sawn Waverly sandstone coping remains atop, and with the slightly larger shafts, now lacks its slight corbeling visible in pre-1922 photos. (The alteration is barely the Entry Hall fireplace. through this area. Standing-seam steel roofing was apparently added during the renovations/additions of 1922-1924. The previous Windows and doors on this level have wood timber framing, and long plain stone lintels that blend into the wall Two massive internal chimneys rise through the loft and roof.
They are in their original location, but have been articulated as if it were wood, right down to channels chiseled into stone jambs for the double-hung window sashes.12 visible from the The north chimney is slightly larger than the south, probably because of an extra flue from 22 August 2006 versus typical 21/2 inches); is a darker red color; and is heavier and more compact.(This may be a mark of a Page 5 Roof and Eaves molded on the porch (q.v. below). As defined in classical vocabulary, moving upward, the cornice is comprised of a century up-and-down saw-cut lumber. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section An original skylight in the deck may have lit the loft room, but if so, its original size and design is unclear.
A small harmonize with the styling of the house, and its ambiguous construction lends credence to the theory that the house was built and finished by owners previous to the Walkes (see Context, Section 8). Removal of unrepairable original ceiling plaster in the Ground Floor revealed the substructure of the Main Floor brick front hearths. They are supported by a shallow brick trimmer arch parallel to the fireplace, resting on wood plinths above the trimmer arch. Each original fireplace and mantle is unique, with a variety of architrave, pilaster, frieze, and mantleshelf designs. The replacement fireplaces, from c1850 and c1882, are also individual. Exterior Elevations All four elevations were originally symmetrical and relatively simple. One addition remains which also follows that precedent. Details are described in later sections. Front Façade / East Elevation [Photo No.
1-2] from the lawn [Photo No. 8.1-8.2], four columns (and two half-columns), and pedimented gable roof. It shelters a [Photo No. 6.1]. The center hall matches the porch in width. On either side of the porch, centered on their respective rooms, are two Venetian (Palladian) windows [Photo No. 6.2, 7]. The center unit of each Venetian window is a regular six-over-six double-hung sash, and the sidelights are into the stone. arched center header with carved keystone. The mullions or inner posts, between the sidelights and center window unit, are recessed Aligned below them on the ground floor are tripartite windows that match the width and three-part pattern of the Venetian windows, but lack the height and center arched window [Photo No. 6.2, 8]. Like the main doorway, and unlike the Venetian windows, these are framed with wood timbers, instead of stone.
A wood pin is visible at each of Details The stone trim/framing consists of a projecting sill, less-projecting outer posts, and sidelight headers and semicircular cubic lantern was added, or replaced a skylight, probably in 1893. The size and proportions of the lantern do not three-over-three double-hung sash. The window openings are framed in stone, and the sashes travel in channels cut nailed inside the front hearth floor joist framing. Presumably, the hearth stones are set on mortar filling the space suggestion of a lantern or railing are visible in the Walke painting [Historic Image 1] or other historical images. The The centered entry portico [Photo No. 3, 4, 4.2] dominates this three-bay elevation with its depth, grand stairway 22 August 2006 A nearly flat deck-like area is between the two original chimneys.
This is described as originally being an Original plaster is on split lath tacked on with cut nails. curb or edge of the roof deck is painted white or a light color in historical images until about 1900. "abbreviated captain'swalk,13implying that it wasa short(not the full width of the roof),unsheltered deck.No Page 6 two-leaf doorway with sidelights and semi-elliptical fanlight [Photo No. 6]. Above that is an elliptical loft window USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Three shutter hooks or pintles (pins on which the shutter hinges were set) are mounted on each outer post of the Main Floor windows. Historical illustrations show the double-hinged shutters, or rather blinds (with louvered panels), on the tripartite front windows [Historic Image 2, 3].
They could fold to cover only the sidelights or unfold plain chimneys that align with the windows [Photo No. 1, 2]. South Elevation This two-bay elevation originally had windows centered on equal-sized bays (and rooms) on the Main Floor, and two doors aligned beneath, with no other features. The Sun Porch addition was built onto this elevation in 1922-24 [Photo No. 9], its ends inset slightly from the corners of the original building, and mimicking the symmetry and articulation of the façade. Brick piers (possibly with tile block cores) enframe triple windows and support a tall wooden entablature under a hipped roof, complete with centered gablet with oval molding mimicking the front pediment. Doors were cut through the original walls next to the Main Floor windows to access the upper level from the sun porch.
West (Rear) Elevation Like the front, this is a three-bay elevation, but is plainer and has suffered major alterations and additions. Current renovation/restoration has removed most of those and has returned it to a condition similar to its original state [Photo It has original openings centered on three bays (and rooms) on each floor, of the same height on each floor and vertically aligned between floors. The center bay is narrower (matching the hall behind it) and was topped with a gablet or extended gablet. The center ground floor bay probably had a two-leaf door (which doors were probably reused in another doorway, now demolished, and have been retained). The upper windows are 12/ 12 double-hung- sash, the lower 8 / 8, both a few panes larger than typical windows of the time. unclear whether the extension was original and of what height.
An 1893 plat map indicates a rear extension uninterrupted from the core of the house, of a size equivalent to the front portico (about 11 x 15 ft.). Since the wooden portico is indicated on the map with a seam between it and the core, this implies that the rear extension was On the west (rear) elevation, a straight seam is on the south side of the center bay of the core, with original thinner continues down through the stone wall of the ground floor. This indicates that the space may have been originally construction. The lack of a matching seam on the other side, and apparently original window opening in the center of the bay, makes interpretation difficult. Additionally, on the ground floor is an arch of white paint, implying that a Page framing. 22 August 2006 the mortised corners.
Narrow Federal-styled moulding remains in some places on the outer edge of the timber Historic mapping indicates an extension of the center rear bay, but the mapping and currently visible material is Section brick and of the same height as the core, so that to the mapmaker it appeared to be contiguous with the core.14 No. 10]. The modest cornice and moderately pitched hipped roof caps the elevation, with a flat deck between the massive, to cover the entire window. These apparently disappeared at the time of the 1922-24 renovations. brick on the outer (south) side of the seam and possibly later, normal-thickness brick on the inner side.
The seam intended tobe a recessed porch, or that a rear integral wing was planned,but plans were changed during or soon after USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET vaulted foundation (like that under the Portico, q.v.) was present under this main floor extension. There are no historical images that show the rear elevation. The 1922-24 renovation additions/alterations reworked the west elevation. If earlier additions were still there by that time, it appears that the two additions were removed, and the remaining extension received two-story additions to its the new roofline, and the side additions remained slightly lower with hipped roofs. This care to conserve the Splayed lintels possibly from removed parts of the west extension/addition may have been used over doors to the sun porch added at the same time, cut into the south main floor wall.
In 2004 all west additions were demolished, re-exposing the north elevation with all of its alterations. The extension, with its alteration by the 1922-24 additions, was unfeasible to renovate. North Elevation the Main Floor, and two doors aligned beneath, with no other features [Photo No. 4.1, 11]. A 1.5 story Boiler Room addition was added to the center of this side probably in 1893, with the boiler located in a new basement. Extended eaves front and back formed porches supported with large brackets on its west and east sides, the boiler chimney rose along the original north wall through the eave, and a basement coal bin extended into the alley to facilitate dumping coal. This addition probably did not necessitate closing up old or opening new doorways or windows.
However, probably during the 1922-23 renovations, a step-up double closet doorway was cut beside the eastern window in the northeast main floor room to access closet space created within the roof of the Boiler Room addition. A 1935 two-story flat-roofed addition enveloped the Boiler Room addition and covered the east side of the north elevation. The addition was anchored to the original wall only at its corners, with staggered quoin-like anchors set into the wall. The original cornice and eave was left intact. The original eastern north side door was used to access its ground floor, while a new door was cut beside the eastern window in the northeast main floor room to access its upper floor. The original window, now flanked by two openings, was bricked in. In 2004 both north side additions were demolished, re-exposing the original north elevation.
Interior Plan (See Floorplan pages 1-2) Main Floor The main entrance is on the center east elevation of the main floor (second story), one story above ground level. It is sheltered by a gabled one-story portico, which is approached by a large stone exterior stairway [Photo No. 3, 8.1]. This is probably the grandest early-nineteenth-century entrance surviving in Chilllicothe and south-central Ohio. Entry Porch Section appearance of the extension indicates it was regarded as an original part of or early addition to the house. sides and west elevations.
The roofline of the extension was preserved by simply extending its gable westward into Like the identical south, this two-bay elevation originally had windows centered on equal-sized bays (and rooms) on 22 August 2006 Page 8 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Page The porch is in the form of a tetrastyle portico, with classical columns and a pedimented gabled roof attached to a center shallow pavilion of the house [Photo No. 3, 4, 4.3]. Its base is built of random, squared, blocks of Waverly sandstone. Stilted semicircular arcades on the north and south closed up with stuccoed brick. Cut Waverly sandstone steps rise from the former driveway in the lawn, to the porch floor. Their foundation is saw- cut stone. The lowest is a curtail step with a volute at both ends [Photo No. 8.2].
The projecting outer edge of the steps and their foundation both curve inward as they progress upward, forming a trapezoid in plan with concave sides [Photo No. 8.1]. The added or replacement plain steel pipe railing probably dates to the 1922-24 renovations. (If a handrail were original to the steps, it would have been wrought iron.) The porch floor is paved with rectangular flagstones, with a stone edging. Plain cubic stone plinths support Tuscan fillets on their flat undersides for receiving the tops of balusters. Peaked square mortises carved into the stone plinths mark where the bottom railings were, which were removed probably in the 1930s. These have been replaced to match the design apparent in historic photos and physical evidence. on each side of the front. Single half-columns are applied to the back wall, aligned with the architrave.
Their shafts and capitals are typical of the Tuscan order, rising from a torus at the base, with an astragal below the plain echinus and abacus at the top. The entasis may be somewhat exaggerated towards the top. However, above each capital is an awkward interruption to the order: a short plain impost block, then a molded square impost block, and a taller plain block above [Photo No. 5] (see Continuation Sheet: Portico Detail). This non- sequitur appears to comprise the architrave and frieze of a Corinthian order, with its architrave of three bands separated by moldings, crowned by another molding, and with a large plain frieze. Its inclusion and disruption of the design is a mystery; perhaps the columns ended up being too short, and inclusions were added to make up for the Atop those is a short frieze, with only a thin recessed lower edge implying an architrave [Photo No. 4.3, 5].
The design, since trigylphs are proper to the Doric order, not Tuscan. Further, the chisel ornament is a folkish imitation of proper classical ornament. Atop the frieze is a fillet, ovulo, and another fillet as a bed molding for the cornice [Photo No. 5]. The corona has a The raking entablature of the pediment is identical to the eave entablature, from the frieze to the cymatium. In the Historic images indicate it was originally glazed with a window identical to the one that survives above the doorway cyma recta molding. lack of height. 22 August 2006 frieze has chisel ornament implying trigylphs and rosettes in a regular pattern.This is another non-sequitur of the columns and half-columns.
Original three-quarter-round hand railings mortised into the columns have wide sunken (with some creative carpentry to avoid moving the plinths), and plain rectangular balusters have been added in 2004 The solid wooden Tuscan columns are arranged tetrastyle (four across) in eustyle pairs (spaced two diameters apart) under the porch ceiling. Section 7 plain tympanum is a single elliptical opening, filled with a vent pierced with a circle of vent holes [Photo No. 4.3, 5]. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page cornice also continues the lines of that on the porch, but shallower. "folding door" or double-leaf doors, sidelights, and semi-elliptical transom [Photo No. 6]. The doorway frame is wood, with pegs evident at the junctions of posts and beams.
A carved wooden keystone ornaments the top of the frame, molded like a classical console. The sidelight kick panels are simple, recessed from the framing and with a ledge at the base of the sidelights, with a single flush panel edged with a quirked molding slightly taller than the lowest panel of the doors. The double-leaf doors have four flush panels, the largest at face-height, the smallest above and below those, and a doors had ben replaced with glass, probably 1922-24. Probably at the same time, to seal the quirked seams from the weather, small half-round trim strips had been applied on the outside to the seams around the panels, covering the seams, the half-round moldings were replaced. Since the doors had been altered to swing out for fire safety regulations, they were reworked to swing inward as they would have originally.
On the inside face of the doors the panels are recessed, with molding [Photo No. 13]. The location of the original large lockbox on the south door is indicated by a square projection from the corner of a stile into one of the panels The sidelights are five-pane hinged casement sashes which appear to have their original hinges. A small window air conditioner had been installed in the bottom of the south sidelight, requiring the timber frame to be cut away slightly, probably in the 1970s. This has been repaired and the sash found and reinstalled The semi-elliptical fanlighted transom appears to be a slightly awkward half ellipse, as though the carpenter or mason almost matching the alignment of the doorposts.
The rectangular Entry Hall or Front Hall has large chamfered corners, creating a space that is almost octagonal [Photo southwest back corner is filled with an original built-in corner cabinet whose original doors have replacement glass and its chimney breast [Photo No. 15]. (Its flue appears to feed into the slightly larger north chimney.) Entryway hangs on a chain from the center, and is probably a 1922-24 replacement or addition. panes.The northwest back corner is occupied by a c1850 Renaissance Revival style cast-iron replacement fireplace The pavillioned porch wall projects forward slightly, by one foot [Photo No. 4]. The entry doorway has its original did not get the gradual elliptical curve just right [Photo No.6.1]. (The curves in the oculus above are more The elliptical loft window is the same width as the paired doors, and has a simple molding.
quirk-like seam.In 2004-2005 the doors were inspected, removed, stripped, patched, and painted an approximate Entry Hall No.14]. The front (east) corners are solid masonry, corresponding to the depth of the projecting pavilion.The period color.The glass panels were replaced with solid panels.Because of damage around some of the quirked 22 August 2006 The fillet, ovulo, and another fillet as a bed molding for the cornice continues under the cornice of the house.The middle-size at the bottom. On the exterior are quirked seams around the panels. The two upper panels of both The portico ceiling is a simple semicircular plastered vault, with no ornament. [Photo No.
6, 6.1] A hexagonal lantern successful.) The glazing has eight radiating muntins, with two concentric elliptical muntins in the lower half, and no USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 The 43/4 in. flooring indicates mid-nineteenth century replacement, probably concurrent with the fireplace. Doors are centered on each of the four walls. Formal /East Rooms rooms. Doorways from the Entry Hall are centered on the inner wall of each room, and doorways to the rear rooms are on the right (north) side of each fireplace. Large fireplaces in these rooms lack adjacent closets and are centered front (east) wall [Photo No. 18]. A single 12-over-12 window was originally centered on the outer (south or north) wall of each room [Photo No. 19].
As stated before, the center unit of each Venetian window is a regular six-over-six double-hung sash, and the sidelights are three-over-three double-hung sash. The window opening are framed in stone, and the sashes travel in channels cut into the stone. A carved keystone on the interior matches one on the exterior. Panning covers the outside of the semicircular header, which was partly obscured by a lower ceiling added probably in 1935. South Formal / Southeast Room (possibly Parlor) Since this front room retains its original Federal styled fireplace and flooring, that conservatism may indicate that it though one edge has been trimmed to allow it to be reinstalled on the other side of the doorway. The Venetian window is centered on the front (east) wall. firebox is surrounded with shiner-laid bricks.
The wood-burning firebox has a c1850 Renaissance Revival styled cast- iron fireback with convex side panels and wide framing with raised floral ornament. The original Federal styled On the right (north) side of the fireplace is a doorway to the rear room. south Sun Porch Addition (q.v.) encloses that opening. A door was cut though the rear (west) end of that wall to the porch. An original splayed lintel possibly from removed parts of the west extension/addition was reused over the North Formal / Northeast Room (possibly Dining Room) Since this front room has an updated c1850 fireplace and flooring, that early renovation may indicate that it is the hidden nails. The doorway to the Entry Hall centered on the inner (south) wall retains its original Federal styled door. The Venetian window is centered on the front (east) wall.
A bathroom had been added in the southeast corner of this room, with a small steel casement window cut into the front wall and with plumbing holes cut into the floor. This window has been removed and the wall repaired. mantleshelf. formal dining room, updated for making an impressive presentation to guests. The flooring is 4 3/4 in. width with 22 August 2006 mantle has a narrow architrave, side pilasters, frieze above with pilasters and center panel, and three-pavillioned was the formal parlor [Photo No. 16]. The original "random width" 5 1/2 to 7 in. flooring with visible L-head nails is opening.The door dates to the time of alterations,1922-24.
on the back (west)wall,opposite the windows on the front (east) walls.Venetian(Palladian)windows are on the Ross County, Ohio Page _11 To the left and right of the Entry Hall, in the east side of the house, are what appear to be the formal / entertaining intact. The doorway to the Entry Hall centered on the inner (north) wall retains its original Federal styled door, On the back (west) wall, the fireplace is large [Photo No. 20]. The hearth is a solid flagstone, and the modified The outer (south) wall has its original centered 12-over-12 double-hung sash window [Photo No. 17]. The 1922-24 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Page On the back (west) wall, the original fireplace was replaced with a c1850 Renaissance Revival styled cast-iron fireplace [Photo No. 21].
The flagstone hearth is too narrow for the replacement mantle and clearly is original to the arched with floral designs in the upper corners. The cast-iron mantle has wide, plain pilasters, an architrave with modified trefoil ornament, and plain mantleshelf with short peaked pediment. The original window centered on the outer (north) wall has been removed and bricked in (as exposed by demolition of the north addition) though the original sawn splayed lintel remains intact on the exterior. A low double doorway was cut though the wall just to the left (west) of the former window to a large closet developed c1922-24 within the original gable of the c1893 Boiler Addition (q.v.). When the 1935 North Addition (q.v.) was built over the Boiler Addition, another doorway was cut on the right (east) side of the former window to access that addition.
(Both additions were removed in 2004.) Family / West Rooms Less-formal rooms are in this back (west) part of the house, probably family rooms. Windows are 12-over-12, larger and wider than typical windows of the time. Stair Hall "random width" 5 1/2 to 7 in. flooring with visible L-head nails is intact. Centered on the front (east) wall is the door to the Entry Hall, adjacent to the doorway to the Ground Floor Stairway. Centered on the south wall is a doorway with its original door to the south family room. The rear (west) wall originally had a center window (or possibly door) which had been partly bricked in and converted into a door to a closet in the West Addition. A window has been restored to that space. At the west end of the north wall is the door to the northwest room. Rising eastward from that is the loft stairway [Photo No. 22].
It is an open half-turn stairway with its original balustrade and railing, rising through a large rectangular well that opens the room upward into the loft [Photo No. 23-27]. The baluster retains its severely plain step; where they were removed for enclosing walls along the upper run, they have been replaced with plywood plain paneling. The door to the lower stairway has been removed. North Informal / Northwest Room The north room has a c1882 Italianate styled cast-iron fireplace and mantle, probably a standard stock item [Photo No. 28]. The original flagstone hearth remains. The arched firebox architrave has its cast-iron screen. The cast-iron mantle has triangular panels in the spandrels. The mantleshelf has a curvilinear edge and no pediment. The mantle was apparently being stripped of paint when the process was halted, and it and the adjacent closet were encased behind a wall c1975.
copies. Section7 previous mantle. The coal-burning firebox is brick, and is missing its basket and grate. Its cast-iron architrave is This rear part of the central passage has stairways up and down, and doors into each adjacent room. The original 22 August 2006 square newel post and unadorned rectangular spindles.Typical Federal-styled stringer brackets are at the end of each On the right (north) side of the fireplace is a doorway to the rear room. Underneath the stairway is its enclosed counterpart stairway descending to the ground floor. The enclosing wall has USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 13 (east) room. Centered on the north wall is a 12-over-12 double-hung sash window. Centered on the west wall is a door modified from an original window, which opens onto a fire escape, probably dating to 1922-24.
South Informal / Southwest Room The south room retains a Federal styled mantel and fireplace [Photo No. 29]. The hearth is a solid flagstone. The with floral designs in the upper corners. The coal-burning firebox may date to c1850. The original Federal styled mantle has an architrave, no side pilasters, tall frieze above with pilasters and no center ornament, and two- pavillioned mantleshelf. The original centered window on the outer (south) wall has been replaced with a smaller door to the 1922-24 Sun Porch Addition. An original splayed lintel possibly from removed parts of the west extension/addition was reused over the new opening. Ground Floor A single-run stair with its original baluster descends from the Stair Hall under the Loft stairway to the ground floor, which has an almost identical floorplan to the Main Floor.
Original Federal mantels and fireplaces remain in the two south rooms. In the southeast room, the hearth is a solid flagstone [Photo No. 30]. The firebox has been reduced and filled with a coal-burning firebox with brick lining, which is missing its basket. Its cast-iron architrave is arched with floral designs in the upper corners. The coal-burning firebox may date to c1850. The original Federal styled mantle has an architrave, no side pilasters, tall frieze above with reeded pilasters and no center ornament, and simple mantleshelt. with a coal-burning firebox with brick lining, which has a wheeled cast-iron basket. Its cast-iron architrave is arched The front (east) windows are tripartite, matching the divisions of the Venetian windows above [Photo No. 32]. The center window is six-over-six double-hung sash, and the sidelights are two-over-two double-hung sash.
West windows are eight-over-eight double-hung sash [Photo No. 33]. The central passage is divided in half by a timber frame wall into a Stair Hall and Back Hall. The rear (west) Back Hall part of the central passage has a high doorway into a cellar enclosed under the front porch. The cellar is formed within the three-groined brick vault under the porch floor. Rising eastward and then southward from the Stair Hall (q.v.) on the Main Floor is the loft stairway whose southward-rising flight rises through a large rectangular well that opens the Hall upward into the loft [Photo No. 27]. Loft Floor The baluster retains its severely plain square newel post and unadorned rectangular spindles, which continue around 22 August 2006 On the south side of the fireplace is a closet, whose door is missing.
On the north side is the doorway to the front firebox has been reduced and filled with a coal-burning firebox with brick lining, which is missing its basket. A floral Ross County, Ohio cast-iron grate rests inside the firebox (though it may not belong to this fireplace).Its cast-iron architrave is arched In the southwest room, the hearth is also solid flagstone [Photo No. 31]. The firebox has been reduced and filled mantle has a narrow architrave, side pilasters, tall frieze above with pilasters and reeded center pavilion, and three- USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 14 remaining part of the well, all of which has been removed and repaired. Some spindles had apparently never been installed in the loft railing; new ones were installed in 2004. open to the main floor.
An original skylight in the deck may have lit the loft room, but if so, its original size and design is unclear. A small cubic lantern was added, or replaced a skylight, probably in 1893. The wide board sheathing and cut nails of the square opening that the lantern spans indicate that the opening may be original, though the lantern is not. A ladder that bridged from the loft floor to the roof deck within the lantern was removed during minor renovations in 2004. Although its cut nails and mortised steps indicated that it was nineteenth century, if not original, it was poorly placed and interrupted the stairwell railing, and crowded into the headroom for the top flight of steps.
The undersized opening (compared to the graceful size of the stairwell) and the ambiguous built-in ladder indicate that those details may have been last-minute changes in the design, or the work of a different work crew, which lends credence to the theory that the house was built and finished by owners previous to the Walkes (see Context: Property History, section 8). The semi-finished loft room is off-center to the north within the roof, but centered over the stairwell. Its walls and flooring with visible L-head nails is intact. A center south door opens into unfinished space over the south end of the house, including the chimney shaft. Small square doors lead east and west into the eave closets and gablet lofts. Four wood posts, two adjacent to the stairwell railing and two adjacent to the north chimney shaft, rise in the north part of the room.
LANDSCAPING, OUTBUILDINGS & STRUCTURES, TERRAIN near the side alley and almost across from the alley between Locust and Elm streets. A graveled parking area is on the west side of the garage. Historic illustrations indicate a few historic outbuildings, none of which survive. An employee at the Children's Home mentioned to new owner Neil Coleman that at one time, the area on the far (east) side of the garage was plowed so the children could grow a garden [Photo No. 12]. He commented that many been a prehistoric habitation site, and that further artifacts may be present. The location on and at the base of a dry campsite. Conversely, if the garden location is simply a lower area of the fill that was used to raise the land above the water table, the artifacts may be from another location where the fill was dug up.
floods after heavy rains, though probably because all the surrounding area has been raised with fill and has diked it in. knoll, adjacent to a wetland (possibly a wet prairie), near an intermittent stream would be a prime location for a 22 August 2006 In the center of the roof is currently a c1893 lantern. Originally, it was probably a skylight, since the stairwell is the stairwell in the loft. The upper flight had been enclosed c1975 with walls along the upper run and a ceiling in the The Walke house currently has one outbuilding, a non-contributing c1980 modern two-bay garage, located in the yard ceiling are sheathed with flush matchboard with a bead on the lower edge. The original "random width" 5 1/2 to 7 in. The area east of the garage appears to be the last remaining part of the wetland along Honey Creek.
The area still flint points ("arrowheads")were exposed with the plowing.This indicates that the Walke House location may have USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 15 END NOTES 17 x 15.5 ft.). It could have been two stories, since the 1) Henry Walke, c1830-1840. upper floor window on the core in the location was altered Chillicothe News Advertiser 1923. arlier is unclear). However, there are no visible marks the map to indicate any connection to either the ground floor or main floor of the core. As requested by Richard Enderlin of owner Ross County Job and Family Services; mentioned by Neil Coleman, verbal communication 2004 5) As described by several sources, especially Lancaster 6) Walter Langsom (Cincinnati architectural historian), verbal communication on the Walke House, 31 July 2004. 7) Lancaster 1991: 127 c2t.
119, Whiffen 1969: 31, and Blumenson 1981: 23. The 1893 map shows an outbuilding in the newly platted Locust Street, beside a 10 foot strip of land labled "reserved for 10 years." 11) I have also observed this on: - the c1812 or earlier Colonel James Dunlap House at 496 Infirmary Lane, about five miles north of Chillicothe off SR 104 - the old rear part of a building at 284 South Paint Street that was demolished in 2004 High Street, demolished in 2004. - probable remains of the first, 1820, Ross County Poorhouse on Fairgrounds Road Chillicothe, the Brown/Latham House at 46 West Fourth Street; this has stone panels and trim that mimic wood, "The Walkes," Barbara Kalfs' 107th "Scioto Saga" column for the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974. Also, two other additions are indicated, presumably wood frame; both could have been one or two stories.
One extended out from the rear extension about 20 feet, and Presumably this was two stories, like the presumed extension. It extended into the right-of-way of Locust Street, probably to the current outer edge of the sidewalk Another addition was in the northwest angle between the rear extension and the core, and was nearly square (about 22 August 2006 but otherwise is a much different house. 1991:119 and Whiffen 1969: 23. This trait has also been observed on another early house in 1991:118-119, 120 and Blumenson 1981: 19. Ross County, Ohio .as brick nogging in a half-timbered house at 427N. into a door at some time(whether it was in1922-24 or was the same width as the extension (about 15 ft.).
USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Walke House is a building locally significant for the period of c1812-1924, and which retains its integrity of house designed in the rare "Early Classical Revival" style, the Walke House is locally significant in architecture under architecture in the Virginia Military District settlement area of Ohio. The raised basement, hipped roof, four- columned portico form along with classical details including the Venetian windows, fanlight, fireplace mantles, etc can be associated with forms and house types from the same time period within the Virginia Military District, and areas of Virginia connected to people associated with this property. Walke family and others, and ends when it was renovated for use as an orphanage and public assistance center.
This setting is greatly reduced but a small sample remains, with the house located on one acre of open lawn with some yard, greatly reduced but a small sample remaining, especially contrasting with the surrounding historical BRIEF LOCAL HISTORY & CONTEXT Frontier Period - 1774-1795 In the late eighteenth century, the wilderness of what was to become Ohio was gradually divided into different areas Military District (VMD). This land was surveyed into irregularly shaped tracts as payment to Virginia veterans of The Virginia influence was notable even as late as the 1850 census, which was the first to ask for state or nation of Chillicothe INTRODUCTION materials is evident in all but roofing remaining original (and that is historic material).
The workmanship is evident in The property is a very important reflection of early nineteenth century Classical Revival style residential the Revolutionary War. Speculators amassed large tracts in the Scioto Valley by buying land claims from veterans. with the period in which it was probably built, encompasses the time it served as a residence for the significant origin. Virginia ranked first in origins for Ross County, with almost eleven percent of the population. No other Criterion C as a representative example of a building type and architectural period. The Walke House, or more accurately the Wallace-James-Walke House, was built as a mansion on the outskirts of Ross County, Ohio the growing young town of Chillicothe, Ohio.
The c1812-1924 period of significance for the Walke House begins 22 August 2006 of public land.The area west of the Scioto River, encompassing the area under discussion, became the Virginia specimen trees and shrubs surrounding it as similar plantings did during the period of significance.Its integrity of is evident in its unaltered floorplan, and the expression of form and function for most of the rooms.Its integrity of The Walke House retains integrity of location by remaining on its original site.The integrity of design of the house development.The integrity of association is in its use that preserves its design as a house. Page 1 location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Because it is a large, early, almost intact its original materials, and high-style ornament, design, forms, and details.
The integrity of feeling is in its surrounding spans more than a century of great change in settlement, technology, and events. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe Section 8 CONTINUATION SHEET origin rose above six percent, and most were under two percent. In Scioto Township, which included Chillicothe, Virginians were almost seventeen percent of the population in 1850.! Settlement Period - 1795-1814 Soon after the Treaty of Greenville permitted peaceful settlement in the area in 1795, the land began to be settled. "Chillicothe" (chil-li-caw'- thee) was established in 1795 and settled in 1796 by Revolutionary War veteran and Virginia land surveyor Nathaniel Massie, naming it after the capital of the Shawnee Indians, who had been recently dispossessed of this part of Ohio.
The town was platted in the virgin forest at a meander of the Scioto River on an out-lot to the first 100 permanent settlers, and offered low prices for the rest. Being a part of Virginia's land claim in Ohio, many of the first settlers were from the commonwealth, including middle-class and upper-class men who had a comfortable life in the settled east but foresaw greater fortune in the newly opened west. Those included Thomas Worthington and Edward Tiffin in 1797, "bringing with them their families, their freed slaves, and their political ambitions."2 Their liberal Jeffersonian Republican views conflicted with the conservative Federalist politics of territorial governor Arthur St. Clair and his administration in Cincinnati, and led to much political strife centered in Chillicothe.
By 1798 the population increase warranted the formation of the new county of Ross, with Chillicothe as the county became the capital of the new east part of the Northwest Territory in 1800, was incorporated as a self-governing town in 1802, and became the capital of Ohio in 1803. The capital was lost to Zanesville in 1810 because of reaction nonstyled, but styled buildings quickly became possible and practical. Several stone and brick buildings survive from the first decade of the nineteenth century, and more from the 1810s. Most of these survivors are well built and moderately styled, which led to their survival. The Federal style was almost exclusively the style applied, identified by its vernacular hallmark of keystone lintels. One famous example of buildings from that time is the second Ross County Courthouse, better known as the first state capitol [Illus. 5].
renowned architect Benjamin Latrobe. Neighbor Duncan McArthur built his stone home by 1804 (destroyed by fire c1900) [Illus. 3]. George Renick built the formal front part of his stone home southwest of Chillicothe in 1804 [Illus. 1]. A few miles west of Chillicothe, Nathaniel Reeves built his stone house also in 1804 [Illus. 2]. The 1808 Adams More modest houses of the time tended to be of the central-passage I-House type, which can be attributed largely to popular. log cabins. With permanent settlement came permanent architecture. The first buildings were by necessity simple and Ross County, Ohio The upper-class Virginia settlers acquired large landholdings and built large homes. Thomas Worthington's 1807 feet, and 169 four-acre out-lots surrounding them.
Wanting to encourage settlement, Massie offered a free in-lot and The little architecture built in the Frontier Period was almost entirely temporary and nonstyled, such as lean-tos and 1812 until the new and permanent capital of Columbus was ready in 1816. Virginia and mid-Atlantic immigrants. A smaller, one-story version sometimes called a "Virginia Cottage"was also house was built of brick just north of town [Illus. 13]. seat.With the success of the Jeffersonian Republicans in pushing hard for the process of statehood, the village to the arrogance of the"Chillicothe Junta"(as the local political movement was called), and temporarily returned in 22 August 2006 Page 2 upper terrace and beside a bedrock hill. The original plat included 287 in-lots in the center, each measuring 99 by 198 "Adena" (NRHP 1970) [Illus.
4] is the best known, a large stone mansion on a nearby hilltop designed by nationally USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 3 The War of 1812 (1812-1814) added to Chillicothe's prominence in Ohio, since it was a significant town near the frontier of central and northern Ohio and located on major roads that led into the area. For three years it was an army town, with an infantry division stationed there, armies marching through it, and later in the war, a prisoner-of-war camp built near it.3 Establishment Period - 1814-1831 In the peace after the War of 1812, settlement in the area undoubtedly increased, and so did Chillicothe's size and potency as a town located on major shipping routes on land and river.
In spite of the removal of the capital, the old town continued to flourish; its merchants increased their business; keel-boats, laden with the produce of the rich valley.4 cotton factory in Chillicothe. The second and third banks in Chillicothe opened in 1815 and 1817. Transportation north of town improved in 1817 with a massive bridge over the Scioto River, modeled after one in Philadelphia. In 1819 Rapid Forge opened west of Chillicothe, producing local wrought iron far cheaper than it had been available before. The 1820s appear to have been a calmer time when many social institutions were established, including churches, schools, and assistance organizations.5 1814 Grove House [Illus. 6], 1817-1818 Waddle Block [Illus. 7], and 1827-1828 Braden Building [Illus. 8].
The homes that feature a Federal styled elliptical transom, as well as the 1820 front of the Willis-James-Cook House preserved behind a later addition [Illus. 20-22]. Though "Mount Oval," the 1832 William Renick Home, was built in Canal Period - 1831-1852 The late 1820s were occupied with the promotion and construction of the Ohio & Erie Canal, which became swelling the small town of Chillicothe and enabling farmers and merchants to more easily gain profit from their With the canal came a new popular architectural style, the Greek Revival, which quickly and thoroughly eclipsed the 1848 Bartlet House and 1847 Atwood House [Illus. 16], and the 1838 frontispiece of the Willis-James-Cook House The Chillicothe Hydraulic Canal, a secondary canal for water power, was formed in 1835 and led to the establishment of industries in the south part of Chillicothe.?
Chillicothe was incorporated as a city in 1838, with four wards.8 produce. 22 August 2006 Competing Gothic Revival and Italianate styles also appeared in this period, as seen in the c1840 Dun Glen[Illus. Federal style. Stylish homes of the time include the c1830s Brown House[llus. 14], 1841 Foulke House[llus. 15], the Canal Period, its original styling places it in this one [Illus.9-12]. Industrial expansion included a paper mill built north of Chillicothe in1813, and in 1816 a steam flour mill and a [Illus. 21].The rare monitor-type house made an appearance in the 1830Kendrick-Barrett House [Illus. 17-18].
operational in Chillicothe in1831.6The canal contributed massively to the local economy and settlement pattern, trains of pack horses jingled over the trails and rough roads leading across the mountains; the Scioto was full of Architecture of this period continued the trends begun in the previous. Larger buildings from this period include the 1823 Wood-Mason-Thurman House [Illus. 23, 24], and the 1826-1827 Eichelburner-Wood House [Illus. 25, 26] are USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 4 ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT Early Classical Revival Style The Early Classical Revival style is contemporary to the more common Federal Style. It is an uncommon style generally considered to run from about 1790 to about 1830. The first landmark example is considered to be the Virginia State Capitol, completed in 1792.
The style is considered to be supplanted by the Greek Revival style, which rapidly rose to popularity about 1830, but some examples of the Early Classical Revival style may date to as The primary diagnostic element is a portico. Examples of the style also often have a raised basement (ground floor) with only a single story (piano nobile) above. The ornament is generally the same as the Federal style. Ohio Examples There appear to be few examples of the style in Ohio. The example nearest and most similar to the Walke House in windows; attic half-story with elliptical windows; arrangement of columns in the portico; and wood frame construction. However, on the Taft Museum the portico may be an early addition, and the fanlighted doorway is an undocumented twentieth century restoration,? which may reduce the similarities.
The 1840 "Spread Eagle Tavern" in Butler County (NRHP 2003) shares the one-story plan but verges closer to the Greek Revival with its portico-in-antis, wider entablature, and overall lower profile [Illus. 29]. Kentucky Examples "Farmington" in Louisville is probably the Kentucky house most similar to the Walke House [Illus. 30]. Built c1809-1810, it shares the three-bay façade, brick construction, tall internal chimneys, high basement, fanlighted doorway, portico column spacing, and narrow portico steps. However, the front door is in antis, and the plan is different [Illus. 31]. It was built probably between 1817-1820.! The William Morton House in Lexington also shares the three-bay façade with Venetian windows, but the 1810 house is more grand with hyphens and dependencies [Illus. 32].12 Virginia and Maryland Examples The origin of Chillicothe's settlers is primarily Virginia.
Precedents for the Walke House may be found in Virginia deeper with polygonal rooms.10 stone construction. "Mount Airy"of Woodford County shares the three-bay facade with Venetian windows, but all other features are Virginians settled in Kentucky, as well as Ohio, bringing their architectural preferences with them. appearance with the Walke House are its five bays instead of three; simple double-hung windows instead of Venetian and Maryland near where the probable builder, Thomas James, grew up (see "Walke House Families,""below). Near his birthplace and father's employment in Baltimore County, Maryland, is the 1801 "Homewood House,"a grand 22 August 2006 Ohio is the c1820Taft Museum in Cincinnati (NRHP 1973)[Illus.27].The major differences in its current Ross County, Ohio (NRHP 1993) [Illus. 28].
Its major differences are in its five-bay main block, stepped parapeted gabled roof, and late as about 1850. In National Register listings, another Ohio example of the style is the 1817 or 1834 "Stoneridge" in Portage County USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page example [Illus. 33]. Its major differences are in its five-bay main block, paneled attic story, dormers, hyphens and dependencies, and wide front portico stairs. Venetian windows on the hyphens echo the same windows on the Walke house's façade. But, the most likely prototype is "Belle Grove" in Middletown, Virginia, about 30-40 miles away from James' homes in and near the West Virginia panhandle where he grew up [Illus. 34-35]. Belle Grove was finished in the year the James family left for Ohio in 1797, and may have been prominent in the local news.
Differences with the Walke House include a seven-bay façade, limestone construction, and wider portico. But, the similarities with the Walke House outweigh the differences: In my opinion, [the Walke House is] an interpretation of Belle Grove...its form is solidly Belle Grove--and Federal. 13 County [Illus. 37]. Chillicothe (and Vicinity) Comparisons The Walke House is unique in southern Ohio, with no house to compare directly with its style and form. One comes though in a different arrangement. Another close contender was the 1830 Kendrick-Barrett House (NRHP 1973) [Illus. 17-18], which stood near the Greek Revival and with a monitor-type loft. Another similar house in Chillicothe is the 1848 Bartlett House, which like the Walke House, hides a semi-finished basement [Illus. 15].
form that the Walke House has with its wide-rectangular, hipped roof form, but Adena has a two story block with a different floorplan. PROPERTY HISTORY The research for this nomination revealed unanswered questions and gaps in the recorded history of the home. After thorough research in such sideline data as deeds, tax records, and grave marker inscriptions, the below more complete history of the home has been reconstructed. While history states that the Walke House of Chillicothe was built "about 1820" for Anthony Walke, it seems that history has forgotten two other families involved in the creation and completion of the home. 22 August 2006 Walke House until demolished about 1979. It also shares the single-story plan and front porch, though styled in attic story in a one-story appearance [Illus. 16].
The 1841 Foulke House shared the piano nobile form with a raised The 1808 Adams House was a spreading, large, early house that may have compared to the Walke House, but no William Renick Home, in southern Pickaway County [Illus. 9-12]. It shares the single-story plan and front porch. Other similar examples include"Folly"in Augusta County[llus.
36], and the c1796"Edgemont""in Albemarle close, sharing the Early Classical Revival style, though with a different form.This is "Mount Oval,"the 1832 image survives of its front facade[Illus.13].The central block of the1807-1808Adena(NRHP)[llus.4] shares the detailing, fanlight, chimney height, portico, dramatic front stairs, and the unusual interpretation of the Adam- USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Judging by these numbers, the 1820 sales figure indicates that the house was already on the site when Walke bought the land Other sales figures imply when the house was built. In 1808 Henry Massie paid $5 an acre for 476 acres that included the future site of the Walke House.
In 1812 Thomas James bought 223 of those acres for $15 an acre, a price increase that can be attributed to clearing of the land and its increasing value near the growing town of Chillicothe. But in 1819, Cadwallader Wallace bought 43 of those acres for $110 an acre, a jump of 733 percent. This indicates that the house had been built during the ownership of Thomas James. In 1820 when Anthony Walke bought the same 43 acres, he paid $223 an acre, 200 percent of the previous price. Other than land speculation, this (along with some architectural details) implies that the house had been finished, and under different direction. The "Walke House" is now given a initial construction date of sometime between 1812 and 1815, with completion by 1820.
James bought the land on which it stands 1 February 1812, but then bought another house and added to it Walke House was probably begun sometime after he bought the land, but before 1815-1816 when construction may have been suspended. The start of construction was probably close to 1815, as indicated by the styling and the amount of time most of construction would have taken. James probably did not live in the house. Wallace may have begun renting or received undocumented ownership of the house sometime between 1815 and 1819. The unfinished house may have been completed at that time or during the 15 April 1819 to 30 September 1820 documented ownership of Wallace. Alterations and additions to the house occurred c1850s, c1880s, c1893, 1922-24, and 1935, and are described in a "WALKE HOUSE" FAMILIES Thomas James - acquired site 1812 and probably began construction Thomas James, Jr.
[Historic Image 5] grew up in the eastern panhandlel6 of West Virginia and adjacent Maryland. areas which could include possible sources for the rare styling of the "Walke House." where his father Thomas James, Sr. made shot and shells for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. After his father died, he lived with grandmother Mrs. Giles Cooke of Charles Town, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia. His mother Esther Cooke James married Captain John Ritchie, who was manager of the Antietam Iron After spending about a year in Marietta, Ohio, Thomas James moved to Chillicothe in 1797. He brought the first load of bar iron into the town, and was one of the first ten white men to settle there.
He arrived with his business keelboat of salted pork down the Scioto River to markets on the Mississippi.19 James was the first president of the Works in Washington County, Maryland, where James learned the ironworking trade.17 Bank of Chillicothe in 1808,20 and was one of the"leading business and professional men in Chillicothe"who table under"Chronology of Building"in section 7.A table listing ownership is in Additional Documentation:Table records do not detail buildings until 1826,when Walke's 43 acres were valued at $756 and the house at $3,000.15 In 1820Anthony Walke paid $9,600 for 43 acres including the site of the Walke House.14 Ohio and Ross County tax partner John McCoy and became a"pioneer"storekeeper with a general store on Water Street.18 They sent the first James'parents were from Berkeley County, (West)Virginia.He was born in 1776 in Baltimore County, Maryland (see below) in 1815,and then lost his wife and delved into building an iron works in 1816(see below).
Thus the of Deeds. 22 August 2006 Page 6 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 22 August 2006 Walke House, Chillicothe Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 volunteered for the first fire company after 1809.21 He supported major capital improvements, including turnpikes, In 1806 James married Charlotte Massie, sister of Nathaniel Massie who founded Chillicothe. Charlotte gave him six 58 West Fifth Street in Chillicothe [IIlus. 21]. James acquired that Fifth Street house in 181525 from Walke, adding a Federal-styled frontispiece in 1815.26 He was a member of the group that organized the Chillicothe Episcopal Church in 1817.27 After wife Charlotte died 17 February 1816,28James married again in 1819.29 He again added to the Fifth Street house in 1820 (later adding a final Greek Revival-styled front part in 183830), living there until his death.
James and McCoy had dissolved their partnership in 1803, and James continued with other partners until about 1816, when he returned to the ironworking trade31 and earned his title as the "Father of the Western Iron the Buckhorn Furnace, all early industries in Ohio, and in the 1826 Maramec Iron Works in Missouri.33 The Rapid Forge Iron Works About 1816 Thomas James began planning to create an iron industry to harness the water power of the rapids of Paint Creek in Paxton and Paint townships in what is now the southeast corner of Ross County. Upstream of dropping a few feet further over the "Falls of Paint Creek" closer to Bainbridge.
At least two grist mills and one iron James partnered with local businessmen and investors John Woodbridge (who also owned land on the west side of four trip-hammers.35 The dam was 40 feet tall and spanned 200 feet, built 1817-1818.36 The iron works came into full operation in the summer of 1819.37 At that time "Thomas James & Co." sold items from the iron works at their two-story wood frame store at 71 North Paint Street, Chillicothe.38 resulting iron was hauled to Rapid Forge to be refined. There it was and melted and recast, or wrought and milled, in wrought iron was then hauled 22 miles to Chillicothe and sold. Rapid Forge had the benefit of being about equidistant from the furnaces and from Chillicothe.
However, the Adams County furnaces closed after richer iron ore deposits were found elsewhere in 1826.39 A nail works was added in was closed, and the iron works was offered for sale but found no buyers.40 A flood in 1852 severely damaged the missing out on new canal and railroad transportation elsewhere.41 No evidence is now left of the industry and dependent village of 300 after a century and a half.
Page the canal, and the first railroad.22 He was elected mayor of Chillicothe in 1824 but almost immediately resigned.23 children.24 James lived at the same house that Anthony Walke had bought in 1812, the Willis-James-Cooke House at Iron was not manufactured at Rapid Forge, but made at early furnaces in Adams County to the southwest, and the Chillicothe) and William Keyes Bond (and, undoubtedly with adjacent landowner, developer, and brother-in-law the forges heated by charcoal from surrounding forested land and mills powered by water.The resulting cast and works already harnessed the water power of Paint Creek in those townships, but not along the rapids.34 in Paxton and Paint townships.James bought a sawmill and gristmill near the site to cut lumber for construction.In 1817 the forge was completed in its large building"furnished with the best available machinery at the time,"including 1830,and a grist mill in1840.The"Thomas James&Co."partnership was dissolved in1839,the Chillicothe store Nathaniel Massie) to build the Rapid Forge Iron Works.
In November of 1816 he acquired 910 acres along the rapids Industry."32 He was involved in the Rapid Forge Iron Works, the Brush Creek Furnace, the Marble Iron Works, and USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 8 Moving On summer,42 Thomas James transferred the "Walke House" tract to Cadwallader Wallace. Perhaps James was seeking funding for his iron works and so liquidated some of his Chillicothe assets, including the possibly unfinished "Walke House" that was possibly intended for his late first wife.
The next year he built an addition to his home on West Fifth Street and remained there until his death.43 After learning of iron ore in Missouri from Shawnee Indians who camped on his land just outside of Chillicothe ("Belle Vue Hill," encompassing current University Drive44), in 1826 James founded the Maramec Iron Works in Thomas James died in 1856, a few years after the first steam locomotive to enter Chillicothe was named after him.46 Cadwallader Wallace - acquired site 1819 or earlier and probably finished construction Cadwallader Wallace [Historic Image 6] was born in Madison County in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia in 1790, and came to Chillicothe in 1807 or 1808, becoming land-rich as a surveyor.47 He added to his wealth by constantly dealing in real estate in Chillicothe.
He was also eccentric, giving his homes and children unusual names.48 Cadwallader Wallace owned at least two other houses in Chillicothe around the time the "Walke House" was built, but it is unclear if he lived in them. He built a house at 62 North Paint Street in 1813; it was being used for a business by 1829 when he sold it. He had bought a lot at 61 South Paint Street in 1816, and had built a house there by 1821 when he sold it.49 Wallace married Ruth Bateman on 27 September 1817 in Chillicothe.
By 4 July 1818 Wallace was living at his family estate "half a mile west of Chillicothe," as the first child of Cadwallader Wallace and Ruth Bateman Wallace of the Walke House.51 However, Wallace apparently did not own the land yet, because in April of 1819 Thomas James sold that 43 acre tract to Cadwallader Wallace for $4,730 52 - though the deed may have been recorded as a formality after Wallace had already taken possession or finished payments. In March of 1820, twin children named Sciota and Sandusky were born to the Wallaces53 only a few months before the property was sold to Anthony Walke in September. The Walke Family Powhattan and Pocahontas.
(Because of the number of Anthony Walkes in the family, they are given numbers; the resident of Chillicothe is Anthony Walke IV.) The family had arrived in the New World in the early seventeenth century when a Thomas Walke settled in Barbados.
In 1661 Thomas Walke left for Virginia,54 acquiring a patent for 300 acres the next year.55 "He Missouri, and later left the Rapid Forge in the hands of his partners.45 The estate, named "Zigzag" after the meandering Honey Creek flowing through it [Historic Image 1], included the site Ross County, Ohio The Walkes were an American aristocracy in Virginia, including the likes of commanders of merchant ships, soldiers, conducted his business interests so profitably that each of his numerous direct descendants inherited plantations."56 was born there, named "Craudtwha" by alternately combining letters of both parents' names.50 22 August 2006 In 1819, the same year he remarried, and just as the Rapid Forge Iron Works was coming to full operation in the USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 22 August 2006 Walke House, Chillicothe Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 9 Walke House in form, though.) Three of interest are included [Historic Images 9-11].
The main family estate was the "Ferry" plantation near Norfolk, Virginia, which was established about 1730 and was Anthony Walke [Historic Image 7-8], the fourth American Walke of that name, was born in the family estate named "The Ferry" in Princess Anne County, Virginia, near Norfolk, September 13, 1783.59 In 1794 or 1795 his future wife, Susan H. Carmichael60 was born.61 Between about 1800 and 1804, Anthony Walke attended Yale College in Connecticut.62 About 1804 he was elected to the Virginia legislature when only age 21.63 About 1807 Walke was selected by president Jefferson to deliver the U.S. but his ship was forced by a storm to land in France, where he was imprisoned for a month under suspicion of being a British spy. The U.S.
ambassador won his release and Walke then toured France, witnessing Napoleon Bonaparte's preparations for invading England.65 child, son Henry Walke, was born there in 1808.67 Son John (and later Anthony) were also born there.68 (Another son, William, may have been born about 1805 in Virginia, but he is poorly documented; see below.69) Anthony had acquired much Ohio land and so he moved there in 1811. He bought land on the slopes of the largest the Scioto River and overlooking Chillicothe, became known as "Walke's Hill" until the 1840s when it was renamed In 1812 Anthony bought a four-acre out-lot on the edge of Chillicothe where the Willis-James-Cooke House [Illus.
20-22] at 58 West Fifth Street now stands,71 whose oldest rear portions were built in 1805 and 1810.72 His son Henry recalled playing ball on the grounds and leaping over Honey Creek which ran nearby through the lot.73 But Anthony visited Virginia often because of his continual ill health. He served for Virginia in the War of 1812 When his home town of Norfolk was threatened by an English squadron, Walke was attached to a mounted patrol organized to detect and resist movements of the British.
On one occasion he helped capture officers and sailors who had come ashore on a foraging expedition.74 In 1814 son Thomas Williamson Walke was born in the Chillicothe house,75 so it appears that his family remained in Ohio, probably until 1815 when the Fifth Street home was sold to a Chillicothe merchant, Thomas James.76 The family moved back east to improve Anthony's health and in 1816 son Anthony (V) was born in Norfolk, Virginia.77 Anthony became part owner of a steam gristmill and sawmill built in 1818 or 1819 in Norfolk, Virginia,78 and thereby became familiar with several noted commodores (who may have influenced the career of son Henry).
He lived on the main street near the mill, in the house [Historic Image 10] built of imported brick where he was born.79 residences of various Walkes (including three Anthony Walkes) in Virginia and Ohio.57 (None resemble Chillicothe's owned by the Walke family until after the Civil War. Other Walke residences and properties were nearby.58 hill near Chillicothe and cleared land for farming and built a house. The hill [Historic Image 11], on the east side of In 1808 Anthony Walke and Susan Carmichael were married in the Walke family estate, "The Ferry."66 Their first last tribute paid to the Barbary pirates by the U.S.
Government.64 After being threatened by a mob, he left for the "Mount Logan."70 (The hill had already became part of the image in the "Great Seal of the State of Ohio"in 1803.) A collection of eight illustrations (possibly by son Henry Walke) show various large, ancient, or high-style Anthony and Susan Walke - acquired "Walke House" 1820 Anthony Walke IV appears to have developed a 'dual citizenship' between Virginia and Ohio.
By the early 1800s, USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 A few years later, apparently recovered, he returned to Ohio and became a permanent resident of Chillicothe.80 On September 30, 1820 he paid $9,600 for 43 acres including the site of the Walke House.81 Ross County tax records do not detail buildings until 1826, when Walke's 43 acres were valued at $756 and the house at $3,000.82 public improvements." He was elected as a Whig to serve in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1828 to 1830, and in the senate from 1832 to 1835. Walke was one of the original commissioners for Ross County for the Chillicothe Academy, an early private school (and adjacent to his West Fifth Street home), sending his sons to be educated there.
Walke was a 50-year member of the Chillicothe Presbyterian Church, serving many years as an Elder then followed it with a full editorial tribute on April 11.84 The Ohio State Journal commented that Anthony Walke demise we are reminded of the absence of a Swearingen, a Bond, a Brush, a Creighton, a Douglas, a Woodbridge, Anthony's wife Susan died at age 89 in 1884. Both are buried with most of their family in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe87 (NRHP 1978). Of the six or seven children of Anthony and Susan Walke, one in particular stands out, Rear Admiral Henry Walke. moved to Chillicothe with his family in 1811, and was educated in the renowned Chillicothe Academy next to the is said to have seen more naval activity during the Civil War than any other officer in the Navy.89 Henry Walke was commissioned a commodore in 1866, and promoted to rear-admiral in 1870.
He voluntarily retired from active duty Henry Walke was a renowned artist and is particularly well known for his naval scenes. His work as an amateur has making two identical copies [Historic Image 1]. He was the author of Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of The Civil War in the United States which he also illustrated.91 While on shore duty, he lived in New York City and Brooklyn. He was widowed twice, marrying three times and stately homeplace...is an oft-overlooked reminder of Chillicothe's first families."93 OTHER RESIDENTS & OWNERS (see also Additional Documentation: Table of Deeds) was their ashes!86 whether regarded as a public man, a private citizen, or a Christian85...A true gentleman of the old school. By his in 1871.90 having five children.
Henry Walke died March 8, 1896, in Brooklyn where he lived after retirement.92 family's Fifth Street home.88 Anthony Walke died in Chillicothe at age 82 on March 19, 1865. The local newspaper printed a brief notice, and been much admired, especially his naval and battle pictures.He painted the Walke House about 1830, apparently "From their earliest days in the Scioto Valley, the Walkes made their mark on local, state and national life. The Portsmouth-Columbus Turnpike (now U.S. Route 23), incorporated in 1831. He was a staunch supporter of the a Reeves,and others-lately conspicuous of the same community[Chillicothe]-gone to their reward.Peace to ...polite and respectful to all, and maintaining through life a character for the faithful discharge of all his duties, Henry joined the U.S. Navy in 1827 at age 19, and became noted for his bravery.
He served in the Mexican War, and After returning to Ohio and Chillicothe, Anthony Walke"actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, politics, and 22 August 2006 Ross County, Ohio of the congregation.83 Page 10 He was born in the "Ferry" family estate, near Norfolk, Virginia, the day before Christmas 1808. At age three he USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section8 James and Virginia Walke Dun: Anthony and Susan Walke's daughter Virginia married James Dun, and although there, probably after the rest of the Walke children moved out and their aging parents moved on to more suitable John L.
Taylor owned the Walke House for more than 15 years after the Walke family sold it, from 1843 to 1858, and presumably lived there; at least in 1858 he was recorded as living 1/4 mile west of town on the Milford Pike (now Western Avenue), which matches the location of the Walke House.95 The house was on a 20 acre parcel when He was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1805. He opened his law practice in Chillicothe in 1829, was briefly a partner in the local newspaper in 1833, and was actively involved in politics and the Whig party. He was the Major General of the 16th Division of the Ohio Militia at Chillicothe, and mustered them in 1846 to serve in the Mexican Thomas E.
Massie owned the Walke House less than eight years, from 1858 until his death sometime before June Thomas Massie was probably related to the founder of Chillicothe, Nathaniel Massie, and Nathaniel's grandson, David Meade Massie who owned a large old house near the Walke house on Chillicothe's west side. David and Helen Smart owned and lived in the Walke House for more than 16 years, from 1866 to 1882. David was a partner in the firm of Smart & Kilvert. "wholesale grocers and commission merchants," who wrote a promissory note for one of the deeds.99 Smart was the mayor of Chillicothe from 1879 to 1889.100 Richard G. Lewis and wife N.A.J. Lewis owned the Walke House nine years, from 1882 to 1893. They may not have lived there. 101 Lewis platted the 7.3 acres into 41 lots, and shortly sold them off, including several lots encompassing the Walke House.
Lewis owned the local newspaper, the Scioto Gazette, from 1886 to 1892.102 including the Walke House. M.J. Curry acquired the Walke House and adjacent lots in 1893. John A. Aid and wife Caroline Barlch Wurster, the widow of John Wurster, was living in the Walke House when she was photographed Col. Richard Enderlin bought the 1.1 acre tract of the Walke House in 1922, renovated it with his own money, and promoted to private. Rescuing a comrade from no-man's-land in the battle, he earned promotion to sergeant, and a Congressional Medal of Honor in 1897. accommodations.94 then gave it to an institution he formed, to operate it mainly as an orphanage for Ross County. they did not hold official title to the property, apparently the James and Virginia Dun family acquired it and lived Richard Enderlin was born in Germany in 1843 and his family emigrated to Ross County.
At the start of the Civil have died or moved out shortly afterward since the house appears to be vacant in a c1903 photo.106 1866, shortly after which his widow Mary and children sold the property. He presumably lived there.98 property until 1922.103 War, he joined the Ohio infantry as a drummer boy. The day before the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, he was Tangled Ownership: At this point the property enters a tangle of short-term owners of various lots near and War. Taylor served in Congress from 1847 to 1855.
He moved back to Virginia in 1860 and died there in 1870.97 Ross County, Ohio in front of it in 1898,104 and appears to have been renting it from the Aid family through at least 1900.105 She may he bought it, but he sold it with only 7.3 acres, probably having sold the rest for development.96 Dorothy L.Aid had acquired it by 1903,when they sold it to John J., Stacy, and Suzanna Bivens.Bivens held the 22 August 2006 Page 11 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 22 August 2006 Walke House, Chillicothe Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 12 After the war his natural talent for business compensated for his lack of education and experience, and he profited by concerned about widows and orphans of soldiers.
In 1914 Enderlin chartered and endowed an organization to offer regardless of age, race, color or religion for charitable purposes." That same year Enderlin donated a building which he had improved with his own money at 121 West Main Street for its headquarters, and which was shared with other assistance groups. 107 This is now the Red Cross offices at 115 West Main Street.
Walke House was acquired to serve as the orphanage and "children's receiving home" for Ross County, which it did from 1924 until it was remodeledc1975 as offices for Ross County Job and Family Services, which vacated it about successfully founding and managing several businesses in Chillicothe.He was also a humanitarian, especially emergency services for the needy, the "Enderlin Welfare House," as "an institution open and free to all persons, The "Welfare House" charter originally excluded caring for children, but that appears to have changed when the 2003. The"Enderlin Welfare House"continues in operation elsewhere, and is now the "Assistance House." USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 13 22) Medert 2004: 190. 1) Wilhelm 1982. 2) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 14. 24) Scott and Ogden c1940: 5.
25) Barrington 1978; Biggs 1989. 4) Chillicothe Gazette 1947: 3 5) Chillicothe Gazette 1947: 3; Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995:311; Kalfs and Rigney 1976. 6) Grabb 1985: 7. 28) Ross County Genealogical Society 1999:21. 7) Kalfs and Rigney 1976; Grabb 1985: 1. 9) Walter Langsom (Cincinnati architectural historian), verbal 17) Medert 2004: 189. communication on the Walke House, 31 July 2004. 10) Lancaster 1991: 158-160. 11) Lancaster 1991: 160-161. 34) Scott and Ogden c1940: 3, 4. 35) Scott and Ogden c1940: 5, quoting from Williams Brothers 13) Marc C. Wagner (State and National Registers Manager, Virginia Department of Historic Resources), 3 February 2006, 14) Ross County Deed Records, volume 16 page 505 (originally 38) Medert 2003: 23.
15) Ross County tax records, Auditor's duplicate for 1826, page were elsewhere in Ohio (specifically, the Hanging Rock Iron 16) West Virginia, of course, was separated from Virginia during Region) or out of state (specifically, James' Maramec iron in the Civil War. The eastern panhandle was actually very pro- Confederate and would have remained with the commonwealth except that it included the main rail lines and other significant 40) Medert 2003: 23, 189. transportation routes into West Virginia, and so the new state fought to incorporate the area. A few battles and other military actions were fought to maintain West Virginia (and thus Union) control of the panhandle. (Information recalled 42) Medert 2003: 189. from a website I forgot to note.) 44) Grabb, John, verbal conversation, 29 April 2005.
18) Scott and Ogden c 1940: 5; Medert 2004: 189; Chillicothe 45) Medert 2003: 189; Scott and Ogden c1940: 8. Bicentennial Commission 1995: 293. 46) Medert 2003: 190; Ross County Genealogical Society 19) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 229. 47) Medert 2004 p.209; Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 20) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 311. 1999:21. email. Missouri). 154. page 462). END NOTES 1995: 302. Ross County, Ohio 43) Biggs 1989. 32) Barrington 1978. 1880: quoted and paraphrased in Baum 1994: 47. 12) Lancaster 1991: 144-145. 22 August 2006 39)Scott and Ogden c1940:11.It is unclear if these deposits 30) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 365.
USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 22 August 2006 Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 48) In addition to the oddities documented below, his later Walke 1887, under "Children Of William(4) And Mary namesake son Cadwallader Jr. murdered his own bachelor Thoroughgood (Calvert) Walke" friend over a comment about a young woman of dubious reputation in 1859, hid from the law by scurrying through a 63) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995 p.397. tunnel between the home of his parents and brother Neacma, and eventually left town dressed as a woman. Wallace's 64) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995 p. 397; "1807": execution would have been the fourth in Chillicothe history. "Terrorism In Early America - The U.S.
Wages War Against (Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 175-176) The Barbary States To End International Blackmail and Terrorism" by Thomas Jewett 49) Medert 2004 p.19, 133. terrorism.htm>. 03/14/05. Captain William Bainbridge 50) "Cadwallader Wallace Family Bible Notations" p.1 (Ross delivered the last official bribe in 1800, but another payment County Historical Society c1945). was made after fall of 1807 during an unstable peace. No source states the date of Walke's delivery. 65) Walke 1887 (unpaged hypertext version): under "Children Of William(4) And Mary Thoroughgood (Calvert) Walke": I 52) Card with notes on chain of deeds, in the "Henry Walke Album" (Ross County Historical Society, c1945-1955). Napoleon assembled a fleet presumably to invade England in bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:813320&id=I100>, 12/06/04.
Walkes," Barbara Kalfs' 107th "Scioto Saga" column for the Date and location from Walke 1887 (unpaged hypertext Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974. version): in section "NORFOLK IN BY-GONE DAYS Bv the Rev. W. H. T. Squires, D.D.: REAR ADMIRAL HENRY 55) Tazewell 1982, 1988: 7+ (in "Thoroughgood" family notes WALKE," from The [Norfolk?] Ledger-Dispatch, Feb. 25 section of "Walke Family Scrapbook (Draft)" ; quoted source 1937. Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995 p.399-400. stated to be not known.
Exact date: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division, Washington: "USS Walke II (DD-416)" "Scioto Saga" column for the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, <http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD 57) Untitled and undated pages, in the "Henry Walke Album" Kalfs 1974: "The Walkes" (107th "Scioto Saga" column for (Ross County Historical Society, c1945-1955). only briefly, and without birth information; conflicting information about whether William or Henry were the eldest 59) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995 p.397; "Anthony son and common lack of mention of Willaim may imply that IV" from "The Walkes," Barbara Kalfs' 107th "Scioto Saga" he was not born from the marriage of Anthony and Susan.
column for the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974; Source: Walke 1887 (unpaged hypertext version): under "Children Of William(4) And Mary Thoroughgood (Calvert) bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=moseley1&id=17667> 12/06/04 et Walke": I. "Anthony(5)". 60) Name from<http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi- et al. The year 1787 (less plausible) is also given by Barbara Kalfs' 107th "Scioto Saga" column for the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974; and by 72) Barrington 1978. 61) Calculated from age 89 at death in 1884, from "Anthony IV" column for the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974. Surname misspelled "Cardinal". 1803-05. 1974. Page14 <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi- <http://earlyamerica.com/review/2002_winter_spring dd416.html> 11/22/04. Ross County, Ohio And Family Connections." 69)Only one reliable source mentions him(Walke 1887),and "Anthony(5)".
Though a cursory check of history shows that 54) Walke 1887 (no page numbers); "Anthony IV" from "The 56) "Anthony IV" from "The Walkes," Barbara Kalfs' 107th 58) Walke 1887 (unpaged hypertext version), in section "Relations USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House, Chillicothe CONTINUATION SHEET Page "Anthony(5)". Kalfs 1974: "The Walkes" (107th "Scioto Saga" column for the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974). 95) Chillicothe directory, 1858. 75) Kalfs 1974: "The Walkes" (107th "Scioto Saga" column for 96) Ross County deed records, 1843, 1858. the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974. 97) Evans 1917:360, 190; Medert 2003: 225. 76) Barrington 1978; Biggs 1989.
98) Ross County deed records, 1843, 1858; Chillicothe News Advertiser 1923 The only Chillicothe directory available during his tenure, 85) Walke 1887 (unpaged hypertext version), in section quoting was living in the Walke House he may have been considered letter from Anthony(5) Walke to Henry Walke. living outside of the scope of the city directory, and if he had 99) Ross County deed records, 1866, 1882; Chillicothe News Advertiser 1923; Chillicothe directory, 1869, 1876. 100) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 25clm. 81) Ross County Deed Records, volume 16 page 505 (originally 101) Ross County deed records, 1882, 1893. The Chillicothe directory of 1887 lists Lewis' residence at 38 W. 4th St. 82) Ross County tax records, Auditor's duplicate for 1826, page 103) Ross County deed records 1893, 1903, 1904, 1922. 104) Ross County Historical Society photograph collection, accession no.
1988.90.738. 83) "The Walkes," Barbara Kalfs' 107th "Scioto Saga" column for obituaries of Anthony Walke. accession no. 2000.204.12. 107) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 410-411; Kiger & Kiger, letter to James K. Cutright, 1 April 2004, regarding title to the Walke House; Evans 1917: 348-349. 88) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 399-400; Squires 90) Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 399-400. 92) Squires 1937; Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: the Chillicothe Gazette, July 6, 1974; Chillicothe News 399-400. 1937. Section8 105) Chillicothe directory, 1900. Ross County, Ohio page 462). retired by that time he would not be listed as a businessman. 22 August 2006 102) Evans 1917: 362. 1858,does not list him personally or professionally.If he 154. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Section Barrington, Deborah Preservation Office, Columbus, Ohio.
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Chillicothe News Advertiser "The Story of an Old Residence." Chillicothe, Ohio. January 3, 1923 newspaper article. Straus, Roger Thomas Jefferson, Architect: the Built Legacy of our Third President / text by Hugh Howard; photographs by Roger Straus III. New York : Rizzoli, 2003. Scott, Franklin Goddard "Early Architecture of Chillicothe, Ohio. A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Bachelor of Architecture by George Hils Ferrenz, and for the Degree of Bachelor of Architectural Engineering by Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 1994 1989 1947 1978 2003 1977 1926 1995 1923 Biggs, W.S. Page Howard, Hugh BIBLIOGRAPHY Blumenson, John J.-G. 22 August 2006 Ross County, Ohio Ferrenz, George Hils Baum, Nancy "Tida Biggs House,"Ohio Historic Inventory form ROS-211-7. On file at the Ohio Historic Franklin Goddard Scott." USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Frary, I. T.
(Ihna Thayer) Thomas Jefferson, architect and builder, by I.T. Frary; with an introduction by Fiske Kimball. Richmond, Garrett and Massie, 1931 Galbraith, J.H Newspaper source unrecorded; probably syndicated column for Ohio newspapers. Clipping in Ross County Historical Society c1945-1955 "Henry Walke Album." The Canal--Its Rise and Fall in Ross County. Seventy-five years of canal transportation in Southern Ohio and its effect on the economy. Chillicothe, Ohio: Ross County Historical Society. Chillicothe-Ross County Bicentennial Commision Chronology Guide of Ross County History. Chillicothe, Ohio : Chillicothe-Ross County Bicentennial Lancaster, Clay Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. Lay, K. Edward The Architecture of Jefferson Country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia / K.
Edward Lay; color photographs by Bill Sublette. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. Lounsbury, Carl L., ed. An Illustrated Glossary of Early Southern Architecture and Landscape. Oxford University Press, Medert, Patricia F. Stories from Chillicothe's Past. -. Paint Street - Chillicothe, Ohio - Its Buildings and People. Chillicothe: privately published. Tombstone inscriptions of Grandview Cemetery: including the Chillicothe Mausoleum. Chillicothe, OH : Ross County Genealogical Society. Ross County Historical Society "Cadwallader Wallace Family Bible Notations." Manuscript held in Archives Room of Ross County Historical Society, Chillicothe, Ohio, USA. 1994 1976 1999 1985 1998 2004 2000 1924 1931 Commision. c1945 BIBLIOGRAPHY Ross County, Ohio Section Grabb, John R. "Short Stories of the Buckeye State." Kalfs, Barbara Bolmer and Rigney, Eugene D.
Ross County Genealogical Society 22 August 2006 Page 2 New York. 1991 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio Section Ross County Historical Society c1945-1955 "Henry Walke Album." Two binder volumes held in Archives Room of Ross County Historical Society, Chillicothe, Ohio, USA. Scott, Miss Lena Paint townships, Ross County. Ross County Historical Society accession no. 1967.58. Tazewell, Calvert Walke, Jr. (ed.) <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7933/walke-sb.html> December 1982; Revised October 1988 (as of Walke, Henry, 1808-1896 Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of The Civil War in the United States: on the Southern and Western waters during the years 1861, 1862 and 1863; with the history of that period/ compared and corrected from authentic sources by H. Walke. New York, F. R. Reed & co., 1877. Walke, Henry, Rear Admiral U. S.
N "Private Record of Walke Family in the United States. Brief Records and Recollections. By Henry Walke, Rear Admiral U.S.N. 1887." Hypertext verion at <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7933/adm-walk.html> (as of 03/12/05) Whitfen, Marcus American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles / Marcus Whiffen. Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, 1979, c1969. Williams Brothers History of Ross and Highland counties, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Cleveland. 1969 1937 1877 1887 Ohio. 1880 03/12/05). Ogden, Mrs. Dispatch BIBLIOGRAPHY Squires, Rev. W.H.T.
22 August 2006 Unpublished, untitled script for speech on the mills and industries along Paint Creek in Paxton and "Rear Admiral Henry Walke." In series"Norfolk in By-Gone Days."The [Norfolk?] Ledger- Page 3 c1940 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION The area enclosed by the nomination is the portion of the Walke estate remaining around the Walke House, bounded as follows (points indicated on plan map): 1) Beginning at the southwest corner of the tract, at the southern angled corner of the chain-link fence, near the intersection of Western Avenue and Locust Street. Following the angle northwest to another corner along Locust at the intersection of Locust Street and an alley. 3) East 299 feet along the alley right-of-way to the northeast corner of the tract.
4) South 157.5 feet to the southeast corner of the tract, along Western Avenue. 5) West about 285 feet along a chain-link fence and the right-of-way of Western Avenue to the beginning at the southern angled corner of the chain-link fence, near the intersection of Western Avenue and Locust Street. This 1.1 acre tract encloses the house and yard, being lots 3 to 8 of the 1893 plat. Section10 Street. 22 August 2006 Page 1 2) North about 125 feet along the Locust Street right-of-way and former chain-link fenceline to the northwest corner USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 20 September 2006 Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation: Table of Deeds Year of Enderlin Welfare House $62.87 2004 $165.98 1903 1893 1922 1820 1819 1858 1808 1812 1866 1882 Taylor 1843 plat Smart Bivens Massie (Thomas) Coleman Enderlin Curry Lewis $1,324.67 James $5 / ac.
Wallace $4,785.11 Transfer Creel (mortgage?) $110 / ac. Owner Aid, Myers Deed Acres $2,685.46 Walke 476 ac. (2 x previous) Massie (Henry) Massie (Nathaniel) ...1904... VMD land 43 ac. $223 / ac. S per acre $250 / ac. 7.3 ac.
USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: 100 feet Garage alley Locust Street Western Avenue 0 10 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: 10 feet Floorplan, Page 1 Porch Cellar Southeast Room Back Hall Sun Porch Northeast Room Stair Hall (Addition) GROUND (FIRST) FLOOR USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: 10 feet Entry Hall MAIN (SECOND) FLOOR Stair Hall Northeast Room Floorplan, Page 2 (Addition) Sun Porch Southeast Room USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET: Portico Detail Tuscan Doric Corinthian Cornice Column & Capital Walke House Portico Mismatched Classical Elements Architrave & Frieze Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Additional Documentation: Frieze & 'Folk' Frieze & Cornice USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio ca.
1830. One of two identical paintings. (Source: Ross County Historical Society) Walke House Historic John Bennett pen & ink sketch of the Walke House, 5 June 1896 (Source: Ross County Historical Society) Image 2. CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Historic Images Walke House Historic Image 1. Henry Walke painting, view of the east and north elevations of Walke House and vicinity, Page 1 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Historic Images Walke House Historic Image 3. Photo, view of the south and east elevations of Walke House and vicinity, ca. 1903. (Source: Ross County Historical Society) elevations, c 1925. after Children's Receiving Home. (Source: Ross County Historical Society) Image 4.
renovations as Walke House Historic additions and Photo of south and east Page 2 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Walke House Historic Image 6. Source: Paint Street. Chilicothe, Ohio. Its Building and Its People. Patricia Fife Medert, Walke House Historic Image 5. Thomas James (right) with his second wife Jane Claypoole James, and probably a grandson. Source: Paint Street. Chilicothe, Ohio. Its Building and Its People. Patricia Fife Medert, 2004. Anthony Walke and (Source: Ross County wife Susan H. Walke. 2004. Historical Society) Cadwallader Wallace. Image 7. Image 8. CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Historic Images Page 3 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Family: Early Walke Homeplaces From a six-lithograph series possibly illustrating the Private Record of the Walke Family (Walke 1887).
in Greenwich, Virginia, and early home of Anthony Walke IV Walke House Historic "Norfolk Va. Native Anthony Walke IV Norfolk, Virginia town home of when he lived there between residencies in Chillicothe. Note the Venetian (Palladian) window which may be echoed Image 11. "Mount Logan" First homesite of Anthony Walke (IV) in Ohio. A wonderful, moody of the Ohio wilderness. chiaroscuro suggestion Residence of in Chillicothe's Image 10. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Grandeur: "Settlement Era" Precedents A precedent was set early on for understated but elegant Federal styling and large mansions in and The oversized scaleofthese are not clearly apparent at first glance. showing 1804 frontispiece addition. (2000 photo.) House, built in 1804 out in the Paint Valley near 1852 photo.
"Fruit Hill," completed Courthouse, the 1804-1805 (with c 1880- "Old Stone 1900 porch and roof Courthouse" or additions), burned c1920. (c1917 photo: Chillicothe demolished 1853. reproduction of an Commission 1995: 15; Medert 2004: 92-94 Photo: Ross County "Mount Prospect Hill" mansion, or "Adena" mansion, designed 1806- 1807 by Latrobe, built 1807-1808. (Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995 401. Photo: 2000.) County Woodcut Bainbridge. Reeves Bicentennial future (Chillicothe 409) Historical Society Second Ross around Chillicothe. built 1801-1803, 2003) Walke House Bicentennial Commission 1995: Thomas Worthington House, Illustration 1.
(c1988 Duncan McArthur House, "First Statehouse CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos Page USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Grand architecture continued in Chillicothe, sometimes well-styled, sometime The "Grove House," built 1814 as a cotton factory and also used as a meeting place. Located on northeast corner of North Hickory and East Main streets. Demolished 1920s. (Peck 1972:13) John Waddle Building or John Woodbridge Building, built 1817- at southwest corner of Paint Street 2004: 83-84) Braden Building, built 1827-1828 from reused materials of the demolished Ross County jail. Photo at the time of "Dague's Collegiate Institute" in 1870s. First floor since greatly altered. Located at 33l High Street, northeast corner of Arch Street.
(Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: 54-55) Grandeur: Commercial Buildings "Establishment Era" utilitarian. Illustration 6. CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos 1818, demolished 1882. Located and Second. 1880 photo. (Medert Page 2 Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Grandeur: "Canal Era" Scioto Valley Uniqueness "Mount Oval", 1832 William Renick Home, US 23, Circleville vicinity, Pickaway County, Ohio. Grand, single-story form and refined Federal styled ornament indicate this is an Early Classical Revival styled house, albeit an unusual one. Its singular styling is parallel to the styling of the Walke House in the county to its south. 2000 photos.
ABOVE: Contemporary painting of house, showing originally taller entablatures and stronger Federal styling in elliptical BELOW: Current façade after an early Greek Revival- influenced minor remodelling RIGHT: One of three recessed porches, showing scale and spiral curve of porch cieling LEFT: Detail of window showing five-part carved lintel. A prosperous cattle farmer just north of Ross County sported a"spreading one-story"rural manse Wallke House USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Illustration 1l. CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos Page 3 USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Grandeur: "Establishment Era" & Canal Era Homes The precedent for elegant and large homes continued from the Federal style into the Greek Revival Adams House / Clinton Farm / Phillips Farmhouse / Camp Sherman Headquarters, built 1808 (or c1820).
Faced east towards road, but road switched to west side after canal built about 1830; no surviving images of original front. Large U-shaped plan shown on 1827 canal survey map. Demolished c1920. Located east of State Route 104 at current Gateway Industrial Drive. (Peck 1967, 1972 [20]: Chillicothe Bicentennial Commission 1995: Peter Brown House or Allan Latham House, 46 West Fourth Street. Side wing built probably first in 1827; frontispiece added probably 1830s, possibly as a placement at sidewalk. (Coleman 2004) Foulke House, 80 South Paint Street. Built 1841, demolished 1907. Note raised basement and grand single-story form. (Medert 2004: 150-151) Two Greek Revival townhouse mansions: Bartlet House, 134 South Paint Street, and Atwood House, 122 South Paint Street.
Bartlet House built 1848; note grand single- story appearance of 13/4-story (Medert 2004: 170, 172) 124) Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Illustration 15. tavern. Note raised basement, and house. Atwood House built 1847. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos continued in especially on Western Avenue Illustration 18 Judge Green / Kendrick-Barrett House, 475 Western A venue, Chillicothe. One of series of mansions and homes on Western built 1830, demolished 1977 September 1971 photos. Note grand single-story form of two- story house. (Kalfs 1974; NRHP nomination form, 1972) "Dun Glen," home of Dun Family. Built c 1840 on Western Avene on northwest corner of Chillicothe. Demolished c1950-60. Note classical, U-shaped plan. Photo c1950-1954.
(Ross County Historical Society, and John Grabb, 2004, personal Homes Grand architecture Page Chillicothe, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio communication) nineteenth-century suburban Woodbridge Ave, "Canal Era" Avenue. Rare monitor-form house USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Echoes: Ellipses Over Doorways An aspect of the grand architecture in Chillicothe and an element of the Federal Style, a few surviving buildings have doorways similar to Willis-James-Cook or "Blair House," 58 West Fifth Street, Chillicothe. Begun in 1805 and finished in 1838 and 1881, part of this house was built by Thomas James in 1820. The stone elliptically arched double-wide doorway is the original front door to that 1820 part. The stone has been painted Illustration 20. Walke House and varnished to look like wood. Photos 2005.
(Biggs 1989) USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Wood-Mason-Thurman House, 144 W. 5th St., Chillicothe. Built probably 1823, with side addition 1838. Stone arched framing of front double doorway and side-passage plan may be identical to 1830 James House one block east. 2005 photos. (John Grabb, 2003, personal communication) Eichelburner-Wood House / "Carson 1826-27 but interior unfinished until 1835. Stone arched framing around front doorway. 2005 Illustration 23. CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos Page 7 Apartments," 95 W. 4th St., Chillicothe.
Begun USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio Page 8 CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos "Stoneridge" (1817 or 1834), Portage County, Ohio Taft Museum (c1820), "Spread Eagle Cincinnati, Ohio Tavern" (1840), Butler County, Ohio "Farmington" (c1809- 1810), Louisville, "Mount Airy" (1817-1820), Woodford County, Kentucky William Morton House (1810), Lexington, Kentucky Kentucky Comparisons in Ohio Comparisons in Kentucky Walke House Illustration 28. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos (1801), Baltmore "Belle Grove" (1794-1797), Middletown, Virginia Comparisons in Maryland Virginia and County, Maryland Illustration 33.
Page 9 "Homewood House" USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Walke House Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET: Additional Documentation: Comparison Photos "Edgemont" (c1796), Albemarle County, "Folly," Augusta County, Page 10 Virginia Illustration 37. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 06 September 2006 Walke House CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation: Photo List Photos were taken 25 April 2005 and 9 February 2006. View WNW of east (front) elevation, telephoto lens. View southwest of east (front) and north elevations. View southwest of portico. View WSW of portico gablet. View west of main (Main Floor east) door and oculus. View southwest of southeast Venetian window. View northwest of Ground floor east (front) window. View northeast of south Sun Porch addition and west (rear) elevation. Entry Hall fireplace, view northwest.
Southeast Room / Main Floor, view northwest, of west and north walls showing fireplace and doorways to Southwest Room and Entry Hall. 01-06 02-16 03-04 12.1 03-01 01-07 03-05 03-06 01-10 02-04 03-10 03-03 03-12 03-02 02-20 02-17 01-23 02-13 03-08 03-13 02-15 02-11 03-14 Description 02-14 Negative No. View northeast from portico of portico steps. View west of east (front) elevation. View southeast of garage. View southeast of north and west (rear) elevation. View southwest of portico steps detail. Inside of front (main floor, east) door, view east. View west of portico. View west of main floor and ground floor front windows. View southwest of portico column capitals and entablature. View east of west (rear) elevation. doorway to Stair Hall. Ross County, Ohio View west of main door transom, oculus, and portico ceiling. View north of portico side. 03-09 View WNW of house and yard.
Page 1 West side of Entry Hall, view west, of built-in cabinet and fireplace, and USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form 06 September 2006 Walke House Ross County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation: Photo List Southeast Room / Main Floor, view southeast, of east and south walls showing Southeast Room / Main Floor, view east, of east (front) Venetian window. Southeast Room / Main Floor, view west, of fireplace. Stair Hall / Main Floor, two-photo view northeast of stairway: lower part. Stair Hall / Main Floor-Loft, view northeast of stairway into loft with skylight/lantern, lit from above. skylight/lantern, lit from flash. Stair Hall / Main Floor-Loft, view east of stairway into loft, and doorway to Northwest Room / Main Floor, view east, of fireplace. Southeast Room / Ground Floor, view west, of fireplace. Southwest Room / Ground Floor, view east, of fireplace.
Southeast Room / Ground Floor, view east, of east (front) window. Southwest Room / Ground Floor, view west, of west (rear) window. 01-09 01-03 01-20 01-08 01-01 01-05 01-00 01-12 01-21 01-22 01-17 01-15 01-18 01-19 01-16 windows. 01-24 01-11 Southeast Room / Main Floor, view south, of south (side) window. loft space. Entry Hall.
Stair Hall / Loft, view north of stairway down into hall, loft railing, posts, and Page 2 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: 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 REJECT RETURN DATE TELEPHONE 2/13/07 MULTIPLE 1/08/07 DISCIPLINE REVIEWER RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: VACCEPT DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 2-21.07DATE Walke, Anthony, and Susan Cardinal, House REQUEST: N - SAMPLE: STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Ross nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS. 1/29/07 PROPERTY DATE OF PENDING LIST: photo # 1 Chillicothe, onio Ross Lo.
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Walke House Chillicothe, ohio Chillicothe, ohio Walke House Chillicothe, ohio Ross lo Walke House Photo #29 Walketouse Walke House Chillicotle, ohio Ross Uu. Photo # 32 Chillicotle,ohio Walke House OHIO- ROCS CO. TRAIL D DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CHILLICOTHE EAST QUADRANGLE CHILLICOTHE EAST, OH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO Ross County, OH SCIOTO SCALE 1:24 000 39082 C8 TF-024 FOREST Produced by the U. S. Geological Survey National Park Service 2280 January 4, 2007 Ms. Jan Matthews, Associate Director and Keeper of the National Register National Register of Historic Places 1201 I (Eye) Street, NW Dear Ms. Matthews: Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.
NEW SUBMISSION Baker Motor Vehicle Company Building Cleveland Warehouse Historic District (Boundary Increase and Amendment) Superior Avenue Historic District Walke, Anthony and Susan Cardinal, House If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact the National Register staff in the Ohio Historic Preservation Office at (614) 298-2000. or Rachel Tooker State Historic Preservation Officer OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 COUNTY Cuyahoga Enclosures Sincerely, HISTORY Ross www.ohiohistory.org Washington DC 20005 RECEIVED 2280 AT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE OHIO
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