Nomination for Island House

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(Oct. 1990) MAY 21 2008 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property 2. Location N/A - not for publication street & number N/A - vicinity city or town - Dept. Head Signature ofcertifying official/Title Registration Signature of certifying official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification Date of Action - See continuation sheet. L removed from the National - other, (explain:) Island House comments.) state Date Registration Form entered in the National Register. Register. Ohio Port Clinton historic name National Register National Park Service RECEIVED 2280 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification 102 Madison Street National Register of Historic Places This form is for use in nominating orrequesting determinations for individual properties and districts.See instructions in How to Complete the United States Department of the Interior determined not eligible for the State or Federal agency and bureau NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional Island House Motor Inn/O.H.I. #0TT-232-10 I request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of - nationally - statewide XX locally.

(] See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society 1 hereby certify that the property is: code 123 zip code 43452 other names/site number In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.( See continuation sheet for additional National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or Xmeets does not meet the National Register criteria.I recommend that this property be considered significant by entering the information requested. lf an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable."For functions, Ottawa County, Ohio Name of Property 5. Classification - private & building(s) .sites L public-Federal _ structures .objects _ Total 6. Function or Use 7.

Description foundation - Noncontributing district Architectural Classification Italianate public-local brick Current Functions limestone Island House in the National Register roof Narrative Description Materials VACANT/NOT IN USE DOMESTIC/hotel Historic Functions other walls Category of Property Number of contributing resources previously listed public-State Ownership of Property Number of Resources within Property County and State Name of related multiple property listing (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) (Enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE/restaurant (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service Ottawa County, Ohio Narrative Description The Island House is a three story brick building, designed in a predominantly commercial Italianate architectural style, that was constructed as the village of Port Clinton's principal hotel. It is located on the southwest corner of Perry and Madison Street, the two primary commercial avenues in Port Clinton's downtown business district (photo #1). Built on a foundation of locally quarried limestone block with a smooth stone watertable, the Island House's red brick walls are laid in running bond pattern. Two additions to the rectangular building now give it a somewhat irregular plan (photo #2). The cutaway northeast corner (photo #3) originally held a doorway, now a window, with a brick planter (c. 1945?) obscuring most of a cornerstone.

A wide wrap-around canopy supported by large, scroll-cut brackets extends from the central, gabled entry portico on the east facade to the dining room entrance centrally placed in the north facade (photos #1, 4). Segmental arch window openings are enhanced by smooth stone lug sills and lintels of alternating red and tan bricks with stone keystones and carved corner blocks. Wood shutters were added ca. 1945 to the east and north facades' fenestration. Wrought iron balconies are attached below the second and third floor windows on the angled corner bay and the center bay of the east facade, which are both framed by narrow brick pilasters. The distinctive cornice incorporates corbeled brickwork and fine dentil and modillion courses in its design. A panel in the corner bay bears the date 1886 (photo #3).

Most of the few changes to the exterior date to 1940-1945, including the conversion of the corner entry to a window, installation of shutters, and the removal of a cupola over the angled corner. A small gable with ornamental carving, on the canopy over the corner entry, was (1940) embodies Colonial Revival elements and projecting first-floor window bays, but is sympathetic to the earlier design. A two-story brick addition on the south side, originally known as the "Annex" with a first floor retail store and no distinctive architectural style, was built circa 1945-47. The first floor is occupied by the lobby, dining room, and kitchen. Some first floor woodwork was replaced and the lobby plan slightly altered in 1986, but the dining room's ornate pressed metal ceiling is original (photo #60), as are the transomed doorways and crown date to ca. 1940-45.

Floor plans of the 39 guest rooms and two apartments in the upper Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Island House moldings on the upper floors (photo #9). The open staircase (photo #8) spindlework may also United States Department of the Interior Section number 7 NPS Form 10-900-a removed prior to 1945 (see postcard copy views). The two-story brick addition to the west Page National Park Service Section number _ / Page _ 2 Ottawa County, Ohio bathrooms and the 1940s tilework in them (photo #10) suggests that guest rooms were Continuation Sheet Narrative Description Island House portion of the hotel is not known, but was at least 25. Rooms are of various sizes, flanking updated at that time.

National Register of Historic Places both sides of the hallways around a narrow light well that opens to the west; the individual United States Department of the Interior stories are unchanged since the 1940s.The exact number of guest rooms in the original NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 The Island House Section number - Guest Room Floor Plans (provided by owners) < WINDOWS > Perry Street (St. Rt. 163) PARKING AREA Apt 205 147 202 220 210 143 FLOOR 214 123 127 215 140 132 Page 204 138 SECOND 145 AREA 129 THIRD 126 146 137 221 120 130 Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places (8-86) 131 125 121 National Park Service Ottawa County, Ohio 206 136 United States Department of the Interior Madison St.

134 141 122 209 217 HANDICAP 219 142 124 139 Stars Ottawa County, Ohio Name of Property LA Property is associated with events that have made B Property is associated with the lives of persons X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack 1886 - 1945/47 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) -A owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. L F a commemorative property. -G less than50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.

(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recordedby Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1940 1886 Bibilography Architecture Register Architect/Builder Criteria Considerations Unknown religious purposes. Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Person significant in our past. Significant Dates individual distinction. 9. Major Bibliographical References Property is: Narrative Statement of Significance

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Period of Significance Areas of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Enter categories from instructions) 8. Statement of Significance Cultural Affiliation Island House Previous documentation on file (NPS): our history. County and State for National Register listing.) CFR 67) has been requested Name of repository: Primary location of additional data: a significant contribution to the broad patterns of (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Ottawa County, Ohio 10.

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Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By December 21, 2007 _ telephone _ city or town - state Ohio - zip code 44702-1211 Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete thisitem at the request of SHPO or FPO.) First Properties Bellevue, Inc. street & number _ a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

330-451-7404 419-483-7340 Easting date Zone name Continuation Sheets Bellevue UTM References Northing Photographs organization Additional Documentation Additional items See continuation sheet Boundary Justification Stark County Regional Planning Commission County and State Property Owner Island House 120 North Street Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of HistoricPlaces to nominate Acreage of Property Name of Property less than one Verbal Boundary Description Representative black and white photographs of the property.

(Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) name/title - street & number 201 3rd Street NE Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) city or town Canton Maps Jeff Brown/Historic Preservation Administrator (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) NPS Form 10-900-a OME Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Ottawa County, Ohio Statement of Significance The Island House is nominated under Criterion C as a significant exemplar of Italianate commercial design in the city of Port Clinton.

It is perhaps the most prominent local landmark reflecting the 1875-1915 era of Port Clinton's greatest growth and economic development, which gave the downtown business district essentially the appearance that it Commercial buildings in the Italianate style are distinguished primarily by masonry construction, symmetrical rows of arched windows with decorative lintels or hoodmolds as the dominant design element in the facades, and ornate cornices. The Island House's massing; brick construction; facades dominated by symmetrical rows of closely spaced, double-hung, construction, High Victorian Italianate touches can be seen in the multicolored brick lintels and the corner cutaway bay. The early to mid-1940s renovations and additions to the hotel undoubtedly reflect the growing prosperity resulting from the shift to a wartime economy that ended the last vestiges of the Great Depression.

Nearby Camp Perry was used as a prisoner- of-war camp, and local industries such as Standard Products contributed significantly to the promotion of the Port Clinton and Lake Erie islands area as Ohio's "Vacationland." Port Clinton was platted in 1828 at the mouth of the Portage River, on the south shore of Lake Erie. The village never developed into a major lake port, and between 1846-1870 the Michigan Southern Railroad (part of the New York Central's main line between New York and Chicago) through the village in the early 1870s facilitated expansion of limestone quarrying, commercial fishing, and agriculture in Ottawa County. By 1900, 600,000-700,000 out annually, and the limestone plant at Marblehead was the largest in Ohio (Goodman). The resultant economic impact is still reflected in much of Port Clinton's appearance today.

A majority of Port Clinton's most distinctive buildings were erected in the 1875-1915 era, waterworks building, most of the city's churches, and nearly all of its remaining older commercial buildings. The village's population approached 4,000 by 1920, but growth slowed thereafter; status as a city with 5,000 people was only reached in 1950, and the population is little more than 6,000 today. (8-86) retains to this day.

Island House Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places segmental arch windows with stone sills and ornamental lintels; scroll-sawn canopy brackets; Section number 8 including the Island House, Ottawa County Courthouse (N.R.), old city hall (N.R.), and finely detailed cornice all exemplify late Italianate design.Befitting its date of war effort.Post-war prosperity and increased leisure time were also reflected in the Page _ 4 population grew from only 357 to 543 people. However, completion of the Lake Shore and bushels of peaches, 6-7 million pounds of grapes, and 500 freight cars of fish were shipped NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service Ottawa County, Ohio Statement of Significance The first Island House in Port Clinton was a two-story wood building, erected in 1840 at the northeast corner of Madison and Second Streets, which burned in 1882 and was succeeded best-known commercial landmark, enjoying a reputation for distinctive quality and service. It and still retains its original name. The Lake Hotel on East Perry Street, one of Port Clinton's earliest buildings, was demolished for a gas station in the 1960s. The former Clinton House (OTT-144-10), was originally a hotel, although smaller than the Island House, and its exterior Buildings (OTT-75-10, OTT-233-10), despite modern storefronts, are also noteworthy local that, like the Island House, continues in its original use; however, the building has suffered the loss of its cornice and other defining architectural elements.

Italianate and Queen Anne are the dominant styles in Port Clinton's downtown, and numerous other Italianate commercial from the mid-1870s to early 1890s, but most are smaller (many are "falsefronts") and all have The overall appearance of the Island House still retains high integrity, and conveys its significance as one of Port Clinton's best Italianate commercial buildings, reflecting the city's period of most rapid growth and development. Indeed, the building's distinctive design and location on the corner of Port Clinton's two main thoroughfares combine to make the Island Continuation Sheet the city. Island House multiple losses of integrity. National Register of Historic Places by the nominated building.

Since its opening in 1886,the Island House has been the city's United States Department of the Interior has been restored as one of Port Clinton's best Italianate buildings.The conjoined Madison House the largest and most prominent historic hotel and Italianate commercial landmark in examples of Italianate design.Green's Pharmacy (OTT-32-10) is an earlier Italianate building is the only historic hotel in the city that survived in its original use for more than 100 years buildings survive in the city inage Section number - Page NPS Form 10-900-a Ottawa County, Ohio Anonymous. Illustrated Port Clinton and Environs. B.B. Krammes, publisher, 1898. Bailey, Barbara J., ed. The Heritage of Port Clinton, Ohio. The Port Clinton Area Heritage Foundation and the Ottawa County Historical Museum, n.d. (ca. 1990). Goodman, H.S.

Illustrated Historical Atlas of Ottawa County, Ohio. Port Clinton, 1900, reprinted by the Ottawa County Historical Society, 1989. The boundary includes Lot numbers one, two, three, and four in Block number five of the original plat of the City of Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, EXCEPTING therefrom the south sixty (60) feet of the East one hundred thirty (130) feet of said lot numbers one, two and three and ALSO EXCEPTING therefrom the North twenty-five (25) feet of the South eighty-five (85) feet of the East ninety (90) feet of said lot numbers one and two, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. nominated building (Plat Book Vol. 1, page 69, of the deed records of Port Clinton, Ohio).

Bibliography Boundary Justification Boundary Description Continuation Sheet Island House National Register of Historic Places The boundary includes the legally recorded property historically associated with the United States Department of the Interior Section number 9, 10 Page National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Page 8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a National Park Service Ottawa County, Ohio The following information is the same for all photographs: 102 Madison Street, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio Name of Photographer: Bill Gordon, 502 Jefferson St., Port Clinton, Ohio Date of Photograph: December 2007 Description of Views: 1. East and north facades, looking southwest. 2. North and west elevations, looking northeast. 3. Detail view, cornice and balcony. 4. Detail view, canopy and brackets. 5. Interior view, bar and pressed metal ceiling in the dining room. 6.

Detail view, pressed metal ceiling in the dining room. 7. Interior view, lobby, looking w-sw from the entrance. 8. Interior view, staircase to upper floors. 9. Interior view, upper floor hallway. 10. Interior view, 1940s bathroom tilework. Page Photographs Address: Bill Gordon Property Name: Island House Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Section number United States Department of the Interior Location of Negatives: OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a PORT CLINTON, OHIO Page Continuation Sheet Historic Postcard Views Photographs Section number THE ISLAND HOTEL Island House Ottawa County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 Section number - THE ISLAND HOTEL, PORT CLINTON, OHIO Page Photographs Continuation Sheet THE ISLAND HOUSE National Register of Historic Places Historic Postcard Views National Park Service In Downtown Port Clinton, Ohio United States Department of the Interior Port Clinton, Ohio - Ottawa County (8-86) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE OF 45TH DAY: OTHER : COMMENT WAIVER: N Accept C ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM./CRITERIA TELEPHONE DATE REJECT RETURN MULTIPLE 6/24/08 7/04/08 REVIEWER DISCIPLINE 5/21/08 PERIOD: PDIL: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME DATE RECEIVED: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: If a nomination is returned to the nominating NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF PENDING LIST: REQUEST: Y SLR DRAFT: Y Historian UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Ottawa PROPERTY 6/09/08 SAMPLE: NATIONAL: Island House Restaur nt House COCKTAIL BAR END X1886X Photo#3of10 7040364-IslandHousel-1 (12/17/2007) 7040364-IslandHouse2-3 (12/17/2007) Photo # G o 10 7040364-IslandHouse3-4 (12/17/2007) Phot#10of10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PORT CLINTON, OHIO PORT CLINTON QUADRANGLE OHIO - OTTAWA CO.

STATE OF OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES RECEIVED 2280 MAY 21 2008 NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES National Park Service 2280 Ms. Jan Matthews, Associate Director and Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places 1201 "T" (Eye) Street, NW Washington DC 20005 Dear Ms. Matthews: forwarded to the National Park Service concurrent with this transmittal letter. NEW NOMINATION Ealy, George and Christina, House Medfair Heights Apartments Historic District South Main Street Historic District 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. Dr. William K. Laidlaw, Jr.

State Historic Preservation Officer 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037 COUNTY www.ohiohistory.org Ottawa Sincerely, Summit Medina Enclosures Franklin National Register OHIO OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Island House procedures have been followed for these new submissions.Please note that the Ohio State The Verona Apartments Historic Preservation Officer designation has changed.Notification of this change has been Enclosed please find five (5) new National Register nominations.All appropriate notification HISTORY Ohio Historic Preservation Office Hamilton