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(Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior NOV 2 5 2008 National Park Service NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1.

Name of Property Historic name Nurre-Royston House Other names/site number HAM-5175-45 street & number 4330 Errun Lane city or town X vicinity _ code 061 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant C nationally statewide X locally. (See continuation sheet for additional comments.

November 17, 2008 Signature of certifying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property - meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ([ See continuation sheet for additional Signature of commenting or other official 4. National Park Service Certification - determined not eligible for the V_entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. other (explain): Date zip code 45217 comments.) state Cincinnati Ohio National Register RECEIVED 2280 n/a not for publication 2. Location NPS Form 10-900 code OH county Hamilton Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering 1, hereby certify that this property is: removed from the National Register Date of Action 1295 Hamilton County, OH 5.

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Description OTHER: Double-Pile Center Hall House Type Stone: Limestone Asphalt shingle Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Noncontributing Wood roof none other Total walls Materials Foundation Brick Nurre-Royston House Architectural Classification ×building(s) private (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Hamilton County, OH side-gabled asphalt shingle roof and box gutters, with 2 brick chimneys located at the center of the roof; each chimney had three flues; one for each floor. The house features gable returns on the north and south gabled ends.

The house has a random-coursed rubblestone foundation and is constructed of unpainted brick laid in common bond, alternating between walls range from approximately 24 inches thick at the basement level to approximately 12 inches thick at the top of the wall (Nurre n.d). windows flank the front entry on the first story, while the second story displays 5 windows symmetrically placed above the first floor openings. At the basement level, there were originally small window openings aligned beneath the front windows; three were actually windows, while one was a coal chute to the basement. The stone headers are still visible here, but the windows and chute are gone. The front façade exhibits relatively little ornamentation, save for the decorative wooden entry porch, which was built to replicate a ca. 1922 after the original porch was demolished, is still visible.

The front door was replaced ca. 1920s and is a half-light paneled wooden door with leaded glass. Windows on the façade are rectangular in shape, with simple stone sills and lintels, and replacement six-over-six wood sash. The replacement sashes match the originals in size and general appearance, as evidenced by historic photographs. The house originally had shutters, as evidenced by Setting Exterior property originally included several outbuildings, but these have been demolished, save for the stone springhouse, located approximately 20 feet from the rear of the house. shutters were removed prior to 1982, when the home was purchased by the Royston family. porch shown in historic photographs. The ghosting from the second concrete porch, built in Nurre-Royston House rows of headers and stretchers (Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1989).

The load-bearing historic photographs, and the extant shutter hardware that flanks the window openings.The Section 7 Page 1_ The Nurre-Royston House, at 4330 Errun Lane, is a two-and-a-half story ca.1855 brick The Nurre-Royston House is a two-and-a-half story, single family brick farmhouse with a acre farm, with the current house sitting approximately in the middle of the farm. The The symmetrical, front facade (western facade) consists of five bays (Photo 1). Two United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 2 smaller in size, but also has a simple stone sill and lintel with a replacement six-over-six forms a side porch/patio with a treated wood balustrade at the perimeter. The garage was the site (Photo 3). The basement level/ foundation is composed of rubble stone, and displays the façade.

A staircase leads to the ground level from the first floor. The porch is accessed on full-width porch that was removed ca. 1982 due to deterioration. The existing porch echoes the gabled end is a square window with replacement six-over-six double-hung wood sash, also identical to the one on the north façade. The kitchen door leads out to the painted wood double-hung replacement wood sash. The two smaller windows are located at the top of the Hamilton County, OH porch is similar in design to the present entry porch. Basement-level windows are visible on wooden two-story porch, with rectangular wooden posts and railings extends the full width of front (west) facade, with the same simple stone sills and headers. The gable-end window is appearance from the painted wood and cantilevered appearance of the original porch. location.

Due to the sloping topography of the site, the garage is located at the basement level constructed ca. 2000, and replaced an earlier one-car garage built in the 1920s in the same both floors by central wood-paneled doors. The existing porch replaced an earlier two-story, that of the north facade. Windows are six-over-six replacement wood double-hung sash.In the same fenestration pattern as the upper two stories, with a central door flanked by 2 this facade. Two are smaller window openings, while the third opening, at the east end of the The rear (east) facade is 3 full stories in height, again, because of the sloping topography of facade, is the same size as the building's other principal windows; it is a six-over-six wood Nurre-Royston House of the house and is not readily visible from the front of the property. porch, which was added ca.

1930s when the kitchen was moved to this location. The side rectangular window openings with six-over-six wood double-hung replacement sash.A wall in the utility room. The south facade (Photo 4) is arranged in 4 bays and the fenestration pattern is identical to the form and size of the original porch; although the treated wood and posts differs in wood sash. Attached to this façade is a concrete-walled two-car garage, the roof of which end (Photo 2).

The principal window openings and sash are the same size as those on the The north side of the building has a four-bay symmetrical facade, 4 rectangular window United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section Page 3 Nurre-Royston House The interior plan consists of a double-pile center hall plan, with 2 equal-sized rooms flanking the living room, kitchen, and bathrooms. Original window trim is intact throughout the house and is also of pine. Baseboards are also the original pine, as are the doors, although these have been grained to look like oak. Original hardware is intact on the original doors throughout the house; these doors also retain their transoms above. There are a total of 39 large windows in the house. early twentieth century, closing off the opening between the front 2 rooms and the rear 2 rooms.

The closets were removed by the Roystons and the hallway returned to its original originals. The basement stairwell at the rear of the hall was enclosed with drywall in 1983, and a door at the rear of the hall leads out to the back porch. The stairway to the second floor The living room, located northwest of the central hall, was redone in ca. 1920, when an elaborate mural was constructed on the walls with wet, colored plaster, and textured (notes from James Royston). A beige-colored Rookwood tile fireplace surround and mantel was added on the east wall (Photo 5). The east, west, and south murals were based on historic photos present in the house, and represent the three views looking out from the house (Royston, 2008).

The north wall mural represents a Yosemite National Park scene, greatly It is a unique and one-of-a-kind feature of the house; special tools were used to spread the plaster and form shapes on the wall (Photos 6 and 7). The wood floor in this room is not railing. Interior approximately 7 feet in the attic. Floors are pine throughout, and most are original, save in In the first floor hallway, a pantry and linen closet were installed by the Nurre family in the is open and is an original feature of the house; featuring the original wooden treads and feature of the house. Floors are the original wide-planked red pine, and although the original baseboards in the hallway have been replaced, they replicate the style, size, and design of the Hamilton County, OH retained, and are original. painted and the fireplace installed.

The baseboards and wood trim around the windows were original; it was replaced with the existing floor in ca.1920, at the same time the mural was appearance. The lower half of the walls have imitation Lincrusta - this is not an original . central hallway on each floor (Photo 5). The interiors reflect the exterior of the house - original plan remains intact, with the exception of modern bathrooms added on the first and admired refined and simple in design, save for the living room, which is treated more elaborately.

The second floors.Ceiling heights in the house range from12 feet on the first floor to United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nurre-Royston House Hamilton County, OH Adjacent to the living room is the family room, where many of the same features, such as the original plaster walls and red pine floors (Photo 8). The west wall in this room, which divides Two built-in closets were added on the south wall of the room in ca. 1930s; the wood doors Across the hallway from the den is a modern bathroom, added ca. 1930s. The bathroom was remodeled in 2000. The window and replacement wood sash in the bathroom are the original size, and the wood trim around the window is original as well.

The bathroom has modern Next to the bathroom is the modern kitchen, which was moved from the basement to the first also was added when the kitchen was moved to this location in 1932, replacing a window opening. The door is similar in appearance to those found throughout the house, albeit dividing the kitchen and dining room, like the wall between the living room and den, is a new ceiling, composed of drywall. Like the hallway, reproduction Lincrusta covers the lower leads out to the porch. All of the bedroom doors, which are original, face into the hallway load-bearing, plaster-covered, solid brick wall. On the second floor, ceilings are approximately 11.5 feet in height. The second floor hallway baseboards, and wood trim around the windows (Photo 9). This room has plaster walls and a (not an original application) on the lower half of the walls.

A door at the rear of the hallway the living room and family room, is a load-bearing wall, 12 inches thick and plaster-covered. shorter in size. and have original transoms above (Photo 10). The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen, and features the original wood floors, wood half of the walls in here; it is not original to the room, but is a later application. shorter. Flooring in the kitchen is vinyl, laid over the original wood plank floor. The wall fixtures and a tile floor.

picture rail, wood baseboard, and wood trim are intact.The family room also retains its matches the others in the house.The door leading from the kitchen to the small side porch is similar to the first -it retains the original wood floors and also has reproduction Lincrusta the kitchen was moved to this location in 1932, but the Roystons restored the opening to its on the closets are similar in appearance to the doors found through-out the house, although and 2007 (Royston,2007) (Photo 9).The window on the rear (east) wall was shortened when floor in 1932 (Nurre n.d.). The kitchen was remodeled in 1987 and updated again in 2000 Section 7 Page 4 original size in 2000 (Royston, 2007).

A replacement six-over-six double-hung wood sash United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nurre-Royston House The 4 bedrooms located on the second floor are all of the same size and are located two on either side of the hallway, identical to the first floor plan. Three of the bedrooms are carpeted, while the other one retains the original hardwood flooring. Hardwood flooring is the den on the first floor (Photo 11). The rear, southeast bedroom serves as the Master bedroom and is the only room on the upper double closet, added ca. 1900, is located next to the fireplace in this room (Photo 12). The A modern bathroom is located at the western end of the hallway between the 2 front bedrooms. This bathroom was added in ca 1900, and was built on the door frames of the 2 adjacent bedrooms.

Wood beadboard makes up the outer walls of the bathroom, which was remodeled in 2000. The bathroom retains the original clawfoot tub that was installed in ca. An enclosed wooden staircase leads up to the third-floor attic, which is a large open room sloped walls covered in plaster. Hooks are located on either side of the ceiling, presumably to rear door in the hallway leads out to the backyard. Walls at the basement level are approximately 24 inches thick and 12 feet tall, with plaster covering the rubblestone 1900. Hamilton County, OH southwest bedrooms). The front, northwest bedroom has a picture rail similar to that found in and south ends of the room. floor that retains the original fireplace, wood mantel, surround, and brick hearth. A built-in rear northeast bedroom is similar to the others, with the exception of having painted and timber.

The basement is divided into 3 areas: a laundry room (formerly the kitchen), a foundation. The thickness of the walls is evidenced by the wide window sills. the picture rail. The southwest bedroom has its original woodwork and baseboards. with plaster walls and ceiling (Photo 16). The third floor attic has a 7-foot tall ceiling with beneath it. A window with replacement six-over-six double-hung sash is located at the north home. The floor is covered in linoleum, but the original wide-planked wood floor is present still present beneath the carpeting in the other three rooms (northeast, southeast and hang laundry or dry out other items; these were present when the Roystons purchased the The basement has concrete floors now (ca.1930s) (Nurre n.d.),but they were originally brick Access to the basement is by a wooden stairway with curved railing, original to the house.

den off of the small hallway, and a large storage room that spans the front of the house. The Section 7 woodwork. The southeast bedroom is similar in appearance to the northwest bedroom, minus United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 6 Nurre-Royston House The laundry room is located to the south, and is a large room with 3 windows. There is no evidence of the former kitchen in this room; the walls are plaster and the floor is concrete. A pipeline next to the modern-day laundry tubs leads underground to the spring house. The pitcher pump that was on this line supplied water to the house, and is now mounted on the spring house cover; it can still be used to pump water from the spring (Royston, 2008). where the modern furnaces were installed. This room has a concrete floor and stone and wall are visible.

Two windows on the west wall and one on the north wall are filled with stone and mortar; the garage is now located on the other side of the north wall (James Royston, 2008). The west wall of the utility room has a plastered, walk-in room, 7 feet x 10 storage, and canning (Royston, 2008). front porch is a ca. 2000 addition, replacing an earlier ca. 1920s stucco porch. The existing entry porch was built to resemble the original, based on historic photographs of the house Hamilton County, OH constructed in ca. 2000, replacing an earlier, ca. 1920s one-car garage in the same location. a modern door leads out to the garage; the door replaced a window that was here originally. Alterations added in the den, re-using a pantry door that was originally in the kitchen.

On the north wall, feet wide, and eight feet high, vented to the outdoors, and was originally used for food The den across from the kitchen was originally used as a dining room for the family and for concrete walls. The ceiling reveals floor joists and utilities. Two of the windows on the south replaced in ca. 2000 with six-over-six double-hung wood sash matching the originals. The The two-car garage, (four cars deep), attached on the north side of the house, was also those that worked on the property. A ca. 2000 wood-burning stove. The walls in this room are plaster; the lower half is now wood-trimmed painted panels. In ca.

1988, a closet was The front door is a ca.1920s replacement, and the windows throughout the house were The large room that spans the front of the house serves as the utility/ storage/workshop area, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET The two-story porch on the rear of the house resembles the original porch in form, albeit with The springhouse is located behind the house, and the stairway into the springhouse is enclosed by a chain-link fence (Photo 17). Stone steps lead down to the single stone-walled channel around the floor (James Royston, 2008). The barrel-vaulted stone ceiling has been next door neighbor's driveway, to the south, is located above the springhouse; it was covered shows the back of the property with a view of the springhouse above ground.

Nurre-Royston House Integrity The majority of the original materials remain and the original design and workmanship is St. Bernard's early development. Outbuildings Hamilton County, OH porch posts supporting it, and was re-built in ca. 1982 from treated lumber. The original building retains its integrity of feeling and association as a prominent home associated with kitchen was added in ca. 1932, along with a small side porch. Historic photographs indicate that the Nurre House retains a considerable degree of integrity. room, which is still fed by an active spring; water still flows through a 2- to 12-inch deep Only one remaining outbuilding, a stone springhouse, is still present on the property today. Nurre-Royston House evident. Although the original agricultural setting of the house no longer survives, the over in the 1940s when the adjacent houses were built.

A historic photo hanging in the house reinforced with concrete; the top of the springhouse is no longer visible above ground. The kitchen was moved from the basement to the first floor in 1932, and a side door out of the Section 7 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Second Floor Floor Plan of 4330 Errun Lane GRAYS PAPE, INC. Page Hamilton County, OH Bedroom Nurre-Royston House First Floor Balhroom Family Room 07-55401 Living Room United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section Z Site Plan of 4330 Errun Lane GRAYS PAPE, INC. Page Garage Nurre-Royston House Hamilton County, OH Not To Scale Errun Lane Springhouse House Nurre-Royston House Hamilton County, OH 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing) Community Planning & Development x A Property is associated with events that have made Social History a significant contribution to the broad patterns of x B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. - C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses Period of Significance high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. -D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

Criteria Considerations 1920, 1940 Significant Person A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Nurre, Joseph; Nurre, Henry A - B removed from its original location. Cultural Affiliation ] C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property. - G less than 50years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS) Primary location of additional data - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 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 J recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recordedby Historic American Engineering Record 1915 our history. 1859 1855-1940 Register Exploration/Settlement Bibliography religious purposes. Architect/Builder unknown 67) has been requested.

Significant Dates Property is: Other Name of repository: (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nurre-Royston House Statement of Significance (pre-1878) era(Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1989), and as a central location for many activities that took place in St. Bernard. The house is also eligible for listing under Criterion prominent early St. Bernard family, who helped establish and develop the village. This home is one of only 2 extant early houses in St. Bernard which date to the pre-1878 establishment of the village.

The Nurre family contributed significantly to the development of St. Bernard The subdivision of their land into Henry A. Nurre's 1s' Subdivision, as well as various other plots, provided St. Bernard's southern portion with much needed housing for workers active in the religious life of the Roman Catholic community of St. Clement, through their participation in the parish's annual Corpus Christi processions. St. Bernard Settlement & Industry settlers. St. Bernard's early history was dominated by agriculture. Early settlers took advantage of the area's ample land, low population density, and close proximity to the large regional market of Cincinnati. St. Bernard was formally established as a village in 1878, when John Schroeder's subdivision merged with Ludlow Grove to create the village of St. which was a medium sized farm for the area.

One of the area's first settlers was John Ludlow, who established Ludlow Grove in the mid- land was divided and sold to provide farmland for the growing number of families. B, for its associations with the Nurre family, specifically Joseph Nurre and Henry A. Nurre, a Hamilton County, OH St. Bernard, Ohio is an inner-ring suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. The land was originally their farmland to development, it helped transform St.Bernard into a residential/industrial 1790s along Carthage Pike (present Vine Street),near the Mill Creek, and built the first The Nurre-Royston House is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under less, to larger farms around 100 acres. The Nurre farm at its height had just over 54 acres, employed in St. Bernard's growing northern industrial area.When the Nurre family opened suburb, and provided its residents with a greater sense of community.

The Nurre's were Section 8 Page 1 Criterion A as one of the oldest surviving buildings from St. Bernard's pre-incorporation heavily forested, though these forests were gradually cut to provide farmland for the area Bernard. Early farmsteads in St. Bernard ranged in size from smaller farms of 20 acres or house in present day St. Bernard, which also operated as a grist mill. As pioneers arrived, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nurre-Royston House Hamilton County, OH Among the early settlers arriving by the 1840s were the families of John Bernard Schroeder, Nurre, and other families (City of St. Bernard Centennial Committee 1978:140). John Bernard Schroeder and Joseph Kleine of Cincinnati planned their subdivision as an plots fronting the Pike and adjacent to the Miami-Erie Canal.

The sites were sold at public auction on May 1, 1850. Schroeder held plots for himself on Carthage Pike, between Orchard and Bertus Streets, which extended back to Leonard Street, and built his estate on this attracted a large number of German immigrants. Also included in this early subdivision was a plot on Carthage Pike donated to the Catholic Church, where St. Clement Parish built its first wood-frame church (Moran 1951:15-19). The large concentration of German immigrants, as Bernard a German-Catholic character from its earliest establishment (Giglierano and for farming families to ship their goods to market in Cincinnati. As early as the 1860s, agriculture began to fade in significance in St. Bernard, as the economy became more industrialized. Access to the Miami-Erie Canal and, later, railroads, helped the small village and ease of access offered by the canal.

The Erkenbrecher Starch Works was built near the current streets of Vine and Bank, near the current industrial section of the city. Proctor & Gamble's Ivorydale complex, built to the northwest of the Starch Works, provided the majority of jobs to St. Bernard residents, as the largest employer in the area. The huge 200 convinced many other industries to move to the area through the early 1900s, including the generally considered the founder of St. Bernard, as well as the Ross, Kemper, Huffman, 1820s, the small village's population increased considerably. The canal provided easy access companies (Giglierano and Overmyer 1988:454). As new industries moved to the area, and property. Schroeder was a German immigrant and a devout Catholic, and his new subdivision Overmyer 1988:452). industries to settle in the St.

Bernard area, taking advantage of the open space, low tax rates, When the Miami-Erie Canal was cut through St. Bernard near the Mill Creek in the late Emery Candle Company, and other chemical, fertilizer, animal feed, and metal working early real estate development in 1850. Land was purchased in this "relatively uninhabited well as their institutions, such as St. Clement Parish and St. John's Cemetery, helped give St. grow and attract industry. country area"near St. John Cemetery on Carthage Pike (Vine Street),and divided into 122 The Erkenbrecher Starch Works (1866) and Proctor & Gamble (1885) were the first major Section 8 Page 2 to the village, which continued to prosper. Proctor & Gamble's success in the suburb acre complex (later expanded) housed all operations of Proctor & Gamble manufacturing.

The annexation of Proctor and Gamble's Ivorydale in 1893 added a powerful industrial base United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page 3 land. As employees of these companies sought nearby housing, they found an ample land market in the former orchards and fields of St. Bernard's early farming families ease of movement from downtown businesses to residential developments in St. Bernard restricting new industrial pursuits to the area north of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks, Bernard repeatedly resisted annexation attempts by the City of Cincinnati, resulting in the surrounded by the larger City of Cincinnati. Nurre Family Clement Parish was replaced by a stone church, the original building became the Parish monastery.

In the mid-1860s, Joseph Nurre, a devoted Catholic, donated a large sum of money for a new monastery built on the foundation of the old church (Moran 1951:26). Joseph Nurre also offered his home to serve as one of the 4 stops on the Parish's annual Corpus Christi procession, which began as early as 1852. The Nurre house served as the first of 3 public expositions of the Blessed Sacrament. Other popular altar spots throughout the the former Our Lady of Angels High School. Roger Bacon High School became an altar spot, Bacon High School remain today, though Roger Bacon High School has been heavily altered from its original appearance with multiple additions and interior renovations. The Nurre family played a significant role in St. Bernard's history, beginning with Joseph 1912, St. Bernard was granted city status.

The continuously increasing population led to the thus preserving southern St. Bernard for residential development (City of St. Bernard Hamilton County, OH In 1889, St. Bernard was connected to Cincinnati by an electric streetcar line, allowing for procession's history included the Schroeder home during the procession's early history, and further subdivision of many of the town's original farms into building lots.Industrial space Nurre-Royston House continued to be in such high demand that the city passed a zoning ordinance in 1920 the need for additional housing increased, local farmers began subdividing and selling their Nurre's arrival in the community in 1859. When the original frame building that served as St. beginning in the 1930s.

Of these stops on the procession, only the Nurre House and Roger industrial/residential suburb with a few remaining farms scattered throughout the city.By suburb retaining its independent status.St.Bernard is currently an autonomous city Centennial Committee 1978:163).By 1978,30 subdivisions existed in St. Bernard.St. (Westerman 1928:23).By the turn of the century, St.Bernard had become primarily an United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nurre-Royston House According to a 1940 article in the Cincinnati Times-Star, the procession drew 5,000 residents and was said to be one of the largest outdoor processions of its kind in the United States. The first stop along the procession was at the Nurre house, at Church Street and Greenlee Avenue, where a temporary altar was set up at the rear of the residence.

At each stop, a blessing with the sacred object was administered. Residents of homes along the route annually decorated their homes with Papal and American flags in observance of the feast sacred hymns. Following each benediction, 3bombs were fired and the marchers joined the choirs in singing of a laudation to the sacrament. The annual event became very famous and drew thousands of people from Cincinnati and associated with the procession; the Schroeder house was demolished to make way for new The Nurre's helped build a sense of community in St. Bernard. Perhaps their biggest contribution was to help spur the transformation of the community into a residential suburb Nurre property became home to hundreds of St. Bernard residents with the development of Herman Nurre's son, Henry, was one of the most well known residents of St. Bernard.

He is largely considered one of the "village dads" for his role on the St. Bernard City Council in for the Water Works, with its local landmark Water Tower, and St. Bernard's Electric Light were often treated to homemade ice cream (City of St. Bernard Centennial Committee during his tenure on city council and while the surrounding land was being subdivided housing. Nurre property. Hamilton County, OH Bernard residents were encouraged to come to the Nurre farm and bring a picnic lunch, and Henry A. Nurre's 1st Subdivision, as well as other housing developments built on former the late 1890s. While serving on council, Henry Nurre was instrumental in securing funding Parish, participated.During their devotions before the sacrament, marchers chanted various Plant (Westerman 1928:24-25). Before the St. Bernard park system was established in the day.

Pupils in the 2 nearby Catholic high schools, along with children attending St. Clement 1978:157).Henry Nurre resided in the family home throughout his entire life; he was there early to mid 1900s, the Nurre's opened their farmland to Independence Day celebrations. St. by subdividing their farmland for residential development.Portions of what was originally along the procession for over 50 years. It is the earliest remaining altar stop, and house, other outlying suburbs to take part in the service. The Nurre house continued as an altar stop adulations and recited the"Our Father"and"Hail Mary."Choirs of the church sang various Section 8 Page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Nurre-Royston House The Nurre family was very important to St. Bernard's early history.

From the beginning, Corpus Christi procession. The family welcomed the St. Bernard community by opening their land for Independence Day celebrations, and they were instrumental in development of for residential development. St. Bernard Development The first farmstead in St. Bernard subdivided to provide for residential development was the approximate 60-acre Kemper farm in the 1880s, northeast of the Nurre farmstead. This subdivision provided the current streets of Jackson, Washington, McClelland, Cleveland, and This subdivision eventually opened Greenlee Street, which cut through the Nurre Farm, and consisted of 19 lots. These were two of the earliest subdivisions of land in the city. After World War I, many other historic farms were subdivided as a building boom extended Greenlee to St.

Mary's Cemetery, and much of the rest was purchased and subdivided by the Schmitt Realty Company and Myers Cooper. In 1919 through the 1920s, 53 homes were built on the former pastureland and alfalfa fields, creating Rose Hill Avenue, Rose Hill Lane, and Scenic Avenue (City of St. Bernard Centennial Committee 1978:146). The land immediately surrounding the Nurre House was the last of the Nurre land to be subdivided. In 1940, Errun Lane was built and homes were built on small lots surrounding the historic The subdivision of farmland, such as the Nurre's, provided St. Bernard with a large Railroad tracks, including Procter & Gamble's Ivorydale plant, which expanded its Drawn by proximity to their employers, nearby churches and schools, and the availability of businesses. These workers were employed by the growing industries north of the B & O throughout the city.

During this period, Henry Nurre sold a portion of his property east of operations in 1911 with the opening of its 43 acre food plant, which made Crisco Shortening. residential base to house workers and their families, many of whom were employed at nearby Hamilton County, OH Beecher (Westerman 1928; 54). In 1908, Henry Nurre began subdividing his land north of St. Bernard by securing the Water Works and Electric Light Plant, and subdividing their land was one of the last remainingpieces of farmland tobe subdivided inSt.Bernard. Tower Street and by 1915, Henry A. Nurre's First Subdivision was platted and approved. Joseph Nurre contributed to St.

Clement Parish and allowed the family home as a stop on the home.Judging from Sanborn maps of the period, this final section of the Nurre farmstead Section 8 Page 5 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Hamilton County, OH housing, St. Bernard was an attractive and convenient place to live. These early residents The Nurre-Royston house is one of the oldest houses in St. Bernard. Built in the mid-1850s, sold to James Royston in 1982. Joseph Nurre sold the property to Herman Nurre in 1862. Herman Nurre operated the farm prior to the land's subdivision. The farm covered land now occupied by Church, Franklin, gate to the farm on Church Street at the current location of Burnet Avenue.

The gate was moved to Sullivan Avenue after Tower Avenue was opened on the western end of the summer months and hauled their produce to Cincinnati during the winter. As they returned | Centennial Committee, 1978: 156-157). Many roads were extended south to Mitchell Avenue prior to 1912, and the post-World Warl Around1908,heopened land in the northwestern section of the farm around Tower Avenue to development. Sullivan Avenue was built through the family orchard from Delmar Avenue to Franklin Street. Tower Avenue was later connected to Ross Avenue on the north side of St. Bernard. Kemper and Greenlee Streets were later built through the Nurre farm, facilitating development, followed by development of the land south of Franklin Avenue on the northern Nurre-Royston House the house was originally owned by J.B. Moorman and J.B. Stallo, attorneys from Cincinnati.

projects to use for new roads built through the St. Bernard farmland. This was the beginning with his sister and her family. The Nurre family continued to occupy the property until it was Moorman's death in 1859, the property was sold to Joseph Nurre, who lived in the house Sullivan, and Greenlee Streets, as well as much of Rose Hill Avenue. There was an entry They used the property as a farm and the house was occupied by tenant farmers. Upon building boom extended others. In the early 1900s, Herman Nurre's son, Henry A. Nurre from the city, they loaded their wagons with stone from Cincinnati's early urban renewal portion of the Nurre land (City of St.Bernard Centennial Committee1978:156).

property in the late 1800s.During this period, the family farmed their land during the of some of the area's earliest roads,many of which remain in use today(City of St.Bernard Section Page 6 were instrumental in giving the community the residential/industrial suburban status that it took over operation of the farm and slowly began to open the Nurre property to development. enjoys today. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 8 Page Nurre-Royston House Shortly thereafter, land east of Greenlee was sold to expand St.

Mary's Cemetery, and the remaining land to the east was sold to Schmitt Realty, which subdivided the land and built purchased a considerable amount of property further south along Greenlee Avenue and land immediately around the Nurre homestead remained in the family's possession (Sanborn Fire Insurance Company 1922). Errun Lane was opened in 1940, and was the last major Hamilton County, OH and improved Rose Hill Avenue, Rose Hill Lane, and Scenic Avenue. Myers Y. Cooper smaller residential houses typical of the 1940s -Tudor-style homes and Cape Cods. developed the land toward Mitchell Avenue(Westerman 1928: 51-55).

By 1922,only the development on Nurre's former land.The Nurre/Royston house today is surrounded by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 1 Nurre-Royston House Hamilton County, Ohio Cincinnati Times-Star City of St. Bernard Centennial Committee St. Bernard Centennial Book, 1878 - 1978. Cincinnati, Ohio. Gighierano, Geoffrey and Deborah Overmyer 1988 The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1869 Titus Atlas of Hamilton County, Ohio. C.O. Titus, Philadelphia, PA. Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1989 Ohio Historic Inventory Form for Nurre-Royston House (HAM-5175-45). Prepared for Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Copies available from Ohio Historic 2008 Personal communication. February 25, 2008.

Homeowner, 4330 Errun Lane. 1999 Ohio Historic Preservation Office - National Register of Historic Places Preliminary Questionnaire. Prepared for Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Copies available from Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Royston, James. family. Cincinnati, Ohio. Bibliography Preservation Office Nurre, Alvin H. Moran, Denis M., O.F.M. (compiler) Harrison, H. Robert. 1951St. Clement Church Centenary:A Survey ofa Century,1850-1950. n.d. "The Royston House."Unpublished document, in personal files of Royston 1940"Corpus Christi Celebration Draws 5,000 in St.Bernard."May 27,1940. Royston, Mary Jo. Section 9 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 2 Nurre-Royston House 2007 Personal communication. September 5, 2007. Homeowner, 4330 Errun Lane. 1922 Sanborn Maps. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

St. Clement Parish Westerman Print Cincinnati, Ohio. Royston, Mary Jo Hamilton County, Ohio 1928Fifty Years of Progress: St. Bernard, Ohio 1878-1928. Westerman Print, 1961 Program -Solemn Corpus Christi Procession.Thursday, June 1, 1961. Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Section Nurre-Royston House Hamilton County, OH 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property less than one UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 16 716500 4337700 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title organization Kate Carothers and Doug Owen, Gray & Pape, Inc. date 5-7-08 street & number 1318 Main St. telephone 513-287-7700 city or town Cincinnati .

state OH_ zip code 45202 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Mary Jo & James Royston street & number 4330 Errun Lane telephone 513-641-3710 _ state OH _ zip code 45217 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Maps Photographs Zone Easting Northing A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Representative black and white photographs of the property. 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 of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.0.Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a See continuation sheet.

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Page 1 Nurre-Royston House Verbal Boundary Description being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the West Line of Greenlee Avenue and the South line of Church Street; thence North eight-six (86) degrees, Fifty and 50/100 (50.5') West, along the South line of Church Street, one-hundred twenty-five and 31/100 (125.31) feet; thence west, one-hundred sixty-one and 65/100 (161.65') feet to the East line of a forty (40) foot street known as Errun Lane; thence North eight (8') degrees, thirty-five (35) and thirty (30) 3830, Page 775, Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder's Office.

The boundary for this nomination coincides with the legal boundary of the property, as Section_10 two-hundred thirty-six and 66/100 (236.66') feet to the place of beginning for this Lying and being in Section Ten (10), Town Three (3), Fractional Range Two (2), in Being the same premises conveyed to the grantor herein by deed recorded in Deed Book Hamilton County, OH leaving Church Street, South seven (7) degrees, fourteen and 50/100 (14.5') degrees west, described above, which is essential to the property's historic significance and integrity.

eighty-six (86') degrees, fifty and 50/100 (50.5') minutes East, one-hundred fifty-nine and conveyance; thence North seventy-seven (77) degrees, fourteen and 50/100 (14.5') minutes Verbal Boundary Justification 42/100 feet; thence South seven degrees (7') fourteen and 50/100 (14.5') minutes West, one- hundred six and 66/100(106.6)feet to the place of beginning. Millcreek Township in the City of St. Bernard, County of Hamilton and State of Ohio, and feet East, along the East line of Errun Lane, seventy-nine and 79/100 feet; thence South United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET September 10, 2007 1318 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 45202 1. Front (west) elevation, looking southeast. 3. Rear (east) elevation looking west. 4. South and partial west elevation, looking northeast. 5.

Central hallway, first floor, looking west 6. Living room, fireplace detail, looking east. 7. Living Room, looking north. 8. Living Room, looking west. 13. Northwest Bedroom, looking north. 15. Southwest Bedroom, looking south. Building: 16. Third floor, looking south. Photographer: Location of negatives: Page Date: List of Photographs 12. Detail of original door, second floor, looking east. Address: County/State: 17. Entrance to stone springhouse, looking south. 10. Kitchen, looking south. 11. Dining Room, looking north. Hamilton County, Ohio 14. Master Bedroom, detail of fireplace and closet, looking west. The following pertains to all photographs: 9. Family Room, looking east. Nurre-Royston House Section Photos 2. Front (west) and north elevations, looking southeast.

4330 Errun Lane, Cincinnati Kate Carothers CREEK CLIFTON TBERNARD Jna Sefnied Nurie-Rayston Heuce C.33 1.25 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: - PDIL: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM./ CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE MULTIPLE REVIEWER 1/08/09 PROPERTY RETURN DISCIPLINE The National Register 11/25/08 12/31/08 SAMPLE: Nurre-Royston House Historic Places NAME: DATE RECEIVED: Entered in /ACCEPT DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 1. % 09 DATE DATE OF PENDING LIST: REFERENCE NUMBER: REASONS FOR REVIEW: N PERIOD: nomination is no longer under consideration by the NPS.

08001295 12/16/08 OTHER: NATIONAL: SLR DRAFT:N Front (west) elevation September Zoo7, Facing Southeast Cincinnati Hamilton County, oN. September Zoo7, Facing Southeast Cincinnati, Hami /ton County,OA. September 2oo7, Facing Southwest /ton County,ON. Rear (east) elevation South and partial west (front) elevation September Zoo7, Facing west Cincinnati, Hamilton County, on. Central Nallway, first floor Living Room, Rookwood fireplace detail September 2007, Facing East Cincinnati, Hami /ton County, ON. Cincinnati, Namilton County, ON. ST ANDRENS Cincinnati, Hamilton County, ON. September 2007, Facing East Family Room/ Den September 2007, Facing South September 2007, Facing North Cincinnat, hami /ton County, ON. Dining Room September 2007, Facing East Cincinnat', Nami /ton Gounty, ON. Northwest Bedroom Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Oh.

September Zoo7, Facing North Photo 14:4330 Errun Lane / Nurre-Royston House Master Bedroom, detail of fireplace + closet September 2oo7, Facing west Cincinnati, Namilton County, OA. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, ON. Southwest Bedroom September 20o7, Facing South Cincinnati, Namilton County, ON. Third Floor September 2007, Facing South September 2007, Facing South (Nvrre-Royston) 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC CINCINNATI EAST, OHIO CINCINNATI EAST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-HAMILTON CO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NOV 25 2008 National Park Service 2280 November 20, 2008 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: NEW NOMINATION Hyde Park Methodist Episcopal Church Nurre-Royston House Downtown Ironton Historic District Julienne Girls Catholic High School Please note that the photographs for the Julienne Girls Catholic High School were created to negatives. The photo process for these prints has been reviewed and approved by Alexis 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 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Montgomery COUNTY Hamilton Stark Lawrence Enclosures Sincerely, Abernathy. www.ohiohistory.org HISTORY National Register procedures have been followed for these new submissions.

RECEIVED 2280 National Register standards, they are resin coated silver prints made from Black and White Dobkins, John and Syd, House Enclosed please find five (5) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 567 East Hudson Street. Columbus. Ohio 43211-1030 ph: 614.298.2000 fx: 614.298.2037