Nomination for Garfield, James A., House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM JAN 8 0 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Garfield, James A., House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE - WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE - ENTERTAINMENT _IN PROCESS YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 133 Hiram COUNTY BOTH DATE HISTORIC LOCATION EDUCATIONAL Portage TITLE CODE Ravenna STATE AGRICULTURE DISTRICT SITE GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION Ohio CLASSIFICATION PARK MILITARY CATEGORY MUSEUM Hinsdale Street INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP Portage County Courthouse STATUS NAME PUBLIC DATA SHEET Main Street BEING CONSIDERED XBUILDING(S) _COMMERCIAL OTHER: DATE ENTERED _RELIGIOUS _UNOCCUPIED FOR NPS USE ONLY -OBJECT Mrs. John P. (Phoebe) Zimmerman FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL 000098 T3BH2 ATAO 7 DESCRIPTION *ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

of the typical so-called "Western Reserve" type, i. e., the front is on the left side. The plain frieze, end cornice returns, clapboard of 1850. UNEXPOSED CONDITION DETERIORATED UNALTERED RUINS FAIR Victorian age.The front windows were enlarged to floor-length "eared" architrave pattern. In the twentieth century the partition On the interior the stairhall was originally on the west side This is a medium-size Greek Revival house which was enlarged 1900),plus a small stoop with square posts on the east elevation. the gable end facing the road.The three-bay facade has an entrance XEXCELLENT enlarged (1960). siding and rear kitchen wing are typical of a Greek Revival farmhouse of the house but with the addition became a center hall.

The door CHECK ONE center of the west wall.Also in recent years, a porch on the across the front was added at that time(with a railing added around A fireplace and classic revival mantelpiece were added in the smaller wing to the rear was a shed which has also been In 1863 the wing on the west side of the house was added.It east side of the rear kitchen wing has been screened in.A second -GOOD consisted of two rooms providing the front and back parlors of the size, and the new wing has a projecting bay window. The porch between the two parlors was removed, making one large west room. XALTERED and window casings of the new wing are of an ample Greek Revival DATE. AREAS OF

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-- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW * -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE RELIGION CONSERVATION SCIENCE ECONOMICS -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART PHILOSOPHY INDUSTRY. -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1852; 1863 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Garfield was commissioned in the Infantry in 1861, and Lucretia rented this house in 1862. The Garfields purchased the house in 1863, and Mrs. 1700-1799 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC COMMERCE INVENTION ENGINEERING THEATER PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION LAW PREHISTORIC TRANSPORTATION SIGNIFICANCE AGRICULTURE MILITARY X1800-1899 SCULPTURE LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE serve "the double purpose of window and ventillator." MUSIC XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMUNICATIONS the home of the Garfields for ten years following his principalship of The original Western Reserve style farmhouse was built around 1852 This Greek Revival house modified by Mrs.James A.Garfield was After the war, Garfield's career as a member of Congress took the house and include suggestions.

One interesting detail is his sugges- the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now Hiram College.It is docum- Garfield married Lucretia Rudolph in 1858,but it was not until later he was elected President of the United States, and after only after the beginning of the Civil War that they established their own home. a few months in office he was assassinated.Today, the house has been ented by an interesting correspondence from Garfield to his wife. appointed head of the school. Eclectic Institute opened in 185l.James A.Garfield was a student there experienced carpenter.Garfield's letters home show the progress of by Orrin or Horace Brown.It faces the square where the Western Reserve in the same family since 1882. -1400-1499 him to Washington, and they finally sold the house in l874.

Six years -_1500-1599 -1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING Garfield made plans for enlarging it, with the advice of her father, an ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC tion and explanation concerning the use of transoms between rooms to from 185l to 1854. He returned to teach in 1856, and the next year was 9

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES F. M. Green, Hiram College and Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (Cleveland, 1901). Garfield letters (Phebe Zimmerman, Hiram).

10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Eric Johannesen, Preservationist STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the E SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY 216-721-5722 ZONE DATE ORGANIZATION CODE NORTHING COUNTY TELEPHONE EASTING Cleveland Ohio STATE April 1975 1451731290 criteria and procedures set forth by the Mational Park Service. TITLE SHPO KEEPER OFTHE NATIONAL REGISTE Phebe R.

Zimmerman, "Former Home of President James A. Western Reserve Historical Society ATTEST: 10825 East Boulevard Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER TECHNICAL CONTROL HAER Re-submit Maps Send-back Review HISTORIAN Photos Portage National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 INT:2106- 74 State 3-2-26 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7%) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED NOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Garfield, James A., House AND/OR COMMON -VICINITY OF COUNTY Portage STATE Ohio DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT.

GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO South and east elevations, looking northwest. Eric Johannesen HISTORIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION PHOTO CREDIT Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE NAME April 1975 FOR NPS USE ONLY JAN 3 0 1976 Hiram NPS Number Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7%) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED NOV 11 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM JAN 3 0 1978 Garfield, James A., House AND/OR COMMON COUNTY Portagee STATE Ohio CITY. TOWN Hiram _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET East and north elevations, looking southwest. IDENTIFICATION LOCATION HISTORIC NAME PHOTO NO.

DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT Western Reserve Historical Society April 1975 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - : RECEIVEDVOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM JAN 8 0 1978 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP Garfield, James A., House AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN _VICINITY OF STATE Ohio U. S. G. S. Mantua Quadrangle 1:24, 000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 1970 Hiram Portage COUNTY HISTORIC LOCATION DATE SOURCE SCALE REQUIREMENTS NAME MAP REFERENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MANTUA QUADRANGLE Garfield, James A., NOV 11 1975 1959 ROAD CLASSIFICATION 4573/290 North DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 17 487/810 East Butler County Garfleld, James A., House - Portage County Miller, Lewis, Residence Wallace, Charlton, House Hamilton County Dz. Thomas H. Smith Hon. J. William Stanton Hon. Willis D. Gradizon, JI. Regional Director, Midwest Region INT: 2950-75 Location STATE Name MMott/je Also Notified Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER College Corner vicinity Overfield Tavern Cuyahoga County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Cleveland Troy Akron Hon.Louis Stokes Cincinnati St.

Elizabeth's Magyar Roman Catholic Howe Tavern Director, The Chio Historical Society Hiran State Bistoric Preservation Officer Haynez, Mary Jane, Bouse Miami County Church Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Columbus, Ohio 73211 Hon. Tennyson Guyer Hon. John F. Seiberling OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 4 county code: city / town OHY PORTAGE (12)SOURCE Of NOMINATION D deteriorated Omoved O C NOT INTACT - O - Unknown Ounexcavated IS PROPERTY A 'HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes Zno E AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY - historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 CEXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O -AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 -O MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 C TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions @dates of initial construction: 1852 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: HOUSE major alterations : @master builder: 3 interior decorator: ) artist: ~builder/contractor: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 133 CONDITION ASSOCIATION ETHNIC GROUP ENTERTAINMENT-26 historic events: INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: STATE SHPO PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ARCHITECTURE-4 vicinity of ENGINEERING-11 EVENTS: FEDERAL URBAN PLANWING-31 COMMERCE-6 Xexcellent NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 Dgood architectural style(s): Dunexposed Zoriginal site ADMINISTRATOR: CURRENTLY: DITTO MIDWEST Oruins Mfeatures: SAVED?

YES GNPS REGION: Ofair 1.30.76 Oreconstrueted ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) @artisan: rive role d date 7 OWNER 9 EXISTING Who prepared form? * No Access @architeet: NAMES reviewers initials LOCAL Xaltered Cunaltered BACCESS LESS P825HINSDaLEST