Nomination for Wells, Harvey, House

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(Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MAR 05 2009 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative 1. Name of Property Historic name Wells, Harvey, House 2. Location street & number 403 East A Street (Lots 441 & 442) - not for publication - vicinity state _ _ code_OH - county - _ code079 3.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 L 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 O does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally statewide x locally, (See gontinuation sheet for additional comments.) February 25, 2009 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 1, hereby certify that this property is: determined not eligible for the entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. removed from the National Register other (explain): Date of Action 45692 comments.) Date zip code Jackson Wellston National Register city or Town NPS Form 10-900 Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. Signature of Keeper 2009 Wells, Harvey, House Jackson County, OH 5.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) - private x building(s) x public-local - district - public-State - public-Federal Structure Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions DOMESTIC/Single dwelling VACANT/ Not in use 7. Description Late Victorian: Italianate Stone: Sandstone Metal: Aluminum Wood: Weatherboard Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) See attached continuation sheets.

other roof Foundation object Total site walls Materials Brick Noncontributing Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 1 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH The Harvey Wells house was built in 1883 for Wells and his family. It is an irregularly shaped Italianate two-storied frame building with a low pitched roof.

Although in some disrepair, many of the original decorative elements remain on the house, including the large decorative wooden lintels above all windows and doorways, the painted wooden The Harvey Wells house is located at 403 East A Street in the City of Wellston in Jackson County, Ohio. The City of Wellston is named for its founder, Harvey Wells. terrain which comprises the community and decided to build his home overlooking the city. Two blocks from the house is Ridgewood Cemetery, also on the hill, and where Harvey Wells is buried (B&W Photo 10). His house is sited at the highest point at the the property originally had several lots, presently only Lots 441 and 442 remain with the house.

The Sanborn Map indicates there was a one story shed on the adjoining lot which is gone, and also indicated there was a one story garage at the corner of the property which is also demolished with the exception of the rear wall which can be seen through the overgrown brush near the street. The brick in the back garage wall, barely visible street still exist, and one set of steep concrete steps lead from the lawn to the sidewalk at the corner of North New Jersey and East A Street. A low brick wall separates the lawn and there are several other deciduous trees behind the house which separate the Wells not in evidence on the Wells property. The house faces East A Street with one extending two storied bay offering views of both East A Street and North New Jersey Avenue today.

When the house was built, this When Wells decided to build a house, he chose the highest vantage point of the hilly master bedroom in the upstairs of the bay magnificent sweeping views down both hills through heavy foliage, is a yellow early 2o"h century variety, and not constructed the house from neighboring dwellings in this residential area.Historic garden plantings are same time as the house. The sloping lawn is kept mowed.Remnants of pathways to the quoins at most corners, and most of the original wooden lap siding at the exterior. extended bay must have allowed viewers in the parlor in the downstairs bay and the corner of North New Jersey and East A Street (Figure 3, 1921 Sanborn Map). Although from the city sidewalk. The steep steps are shaded by a couple of large deciduous trees, NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 2 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH The main entry for the house is located on the west side of the house facing North New Jersey. A large concrete pad marks the entry, but no porch survives. Figure 2 is a photo of the house from the 1970s and indicates the one storied porch with four columns and bracketed roof line, all except the awnings in the photo are likely the original panes of narrow beveled glass. The interior of the front doorway (B&W Photo 6) shows some of the carved wooden detail in the entry foyer. The east side of the house was altered with a one storied frame addition when the demolished, but a brick chimney and different siding has been added in its place.

The On the south side of the house a second story exterior enclosed landing and stairway to the ground has been removed. The interior floorplan of the house can be seen in Figure 1. As a person entered from the north side of the house, you entered the foyer and saw the main staircase leading to the second story in front of you (B&W Photo 8). The wooden stairs retain their original newel post, railing, and risers although the risers have been carpeted. If the person entering the house turned to the right, they would be looking into the parlor, and if one's eye were to wander upward they would see the decorative wooden trim above the parlor door (B&W Photo 7). Some of the parquet flooring remains in the parlor.

From court records after Harvey Wells' death (Inventory and Appraisal, Schedule D, Personal Goods and Chattels) it is known that he had a mantel mirror in the parlor, at least one brass lamp, and the parlor was carpeted. Facing the main door, the visitor would be treated to the carved elements of the entry foyer (B&W Photo 6). with the kitchen beyond at one time. There is evidence on the ceiling and the walls that have heavy wooden cornices, quoining, and brackets. configuration. The main wooden door is still intact; it has original sidelights of three kitchen was also added in the mid-twentieth century to the south east side of the house. To the left of the main entry is a large room with a fireplace at one end, probably shared into the City of Wellston(B&WPhotos 1, 3,4,12).All of the six windows on this bay property was used as a nursing home in the mid-twentieth century.

This has been NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 3 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH the set of pocket doors found stored elsewhere in the house probably divided this large room at one time. The newer brick fireplace is on the east wall. In this large room and the parlor, as well as the upstairs bedrooms, the windows are either boarded from the outside and intact inside, or in some cases the windows were put aside and preserved while the exterior was boarded up. The kitchen is beyond the large room at the rear of the house, and when the building was used as a nursing home it was extended and altered century, much of the original fabric of the Harvey Wells house is intact.

Much of the 4" lap siding on the exterior is in place, original window treatments and in most cases the original glass, details such as quoining and brackets, and the carved details, as well as much of the intricate interior details contribute to the retention of integrity of the Wells although he owned two iron furnaces in Wellston (both demolished), a nail works (also story structure from three stories, see B&W Photo 12), the Harvey Wells house is the most intact surviving building associated with Wells. gone),numerous mines(closed),and a hotel on Broadway in Wellston(reduced to a two Although in disrepair due to its use as a nursing home in the mid to late twentieth house. The Harvey Wells house is the best surviving representation of Wells, for Wells, Harvey, House Jackson County, OH 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (Mark "X in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) - A Property is associated with events that have made Social History a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. 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 Period of Significance represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield Significant Dates information important in prehistory or history.

Significant Person - A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Wells, Harvey - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or a grave - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. - G less than 50 years 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 (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS) - State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR - Federal agency 67) has been requested x Local government - previously listed in the National Register - University - previously determined eligible by the National X Other - designated a National Historic Landmark J recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey recorded by Historic American Engineering Record See Continuation Sheet Primary location of additional data Register 1883-1896 Bibliography Property is: Architect/Builder Name of repository: Criteria Considerations religious purposes.

Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria for National Register listing) (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 1 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH The Harvey Wells House is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion B because Harvey Wells was the founder of the City of Wellston, in Jackson County, Ohio. Through Well's collective business ventures and speculation the city developed, reflecting the growth of the coal and iron ore industries associated with southeastern Ohio counties. The period of significance is from 1883 when the house was built to 1896 when Harvey Wells died.

Only two other properties in the City of Wellston are on the National Register, the Morgan Mansion which is used as the city municipal building, and the Clutts House inventoried in Wellston in the late 1970s and the early 1980s which include commercial Harvey Wells House was not one of the properties previously inventoried Jackson County, Ohio, had its formation authorized by the State of Ohio on January 12, 1816. The county was named in honor of the hero of the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, a man who later became President of the United States. A large portion of the immigrants to the new county were Welsh from a town called Cardiganshire in Jackson and Gallia Counties was 3,000 to 6,000 (National Library of Wales, 2007).

Jackson County is located in southeastern Ohio approximately 75 miles southeast of Columbus in a largely rural area where less than two percent of the county's 420 square miles is considered urban. The City of Jackson is the county seat. According to the 2000 Census the number of residents in Jackson County was 32,641. Wellston is the second largest city in the county. Harvey Wells for whom the city of Wellston is named was born in Wilkesville, in neighboring Vinton County, Ohio, on May 29, 1846. Harvey Wells enlisted in the army at age 16 during the Civil War as a messenger, and later became a harness maker for the 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought in seventeen battles, including Appomattox.

After the Civil War, Wells returned to southeast Ohio and went to several schools, including high school in Gallia County, then he attended Ohio University in Athens for a brief time and Ohio Wesleyan where he studied math. He did not finish, but realized he had great talent at mathematics. In 1867 he published Wells' New System of Rapid Calculation which he sold and earned nearly $10,000. With this money Wells went to which is currently being utilized as law offices.Twenty-five buildings were previously buildings, churches, government buildings, residences and the Masonic Temple. The West Wales. By the end of the 19th century it is believed the Welsh population between NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 2 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH Jackson, county seat of Jackson County, where he planned to build a new hotel. He asked wealthy members of the community to join him, but they refused Wells had the foresight to know that the coal and iron ore under the earth in Jackson County would be very valuable. Wells next went to outlying areas and purchased an option on 1,000 acres of land from Hezekiah Sanford Bundy (1817-1895). Bundy, a lawyer by trade, served the State of Ohio first as a representative then in the senate intermittently from 1848 to 1895 and was well respected.. H. S. Bundy had four daughters; the youngest Eliza married Wellston founder Harvey Wells; another married Ohio Governor Joseph B. Foraker.

convince wealthy businessmen from Washington Courthouse, Fayette County, Ohio, to invest in his dream. Wells proceeded to stake off lots and began the Wellston Coal and Iron Company in 1873. The investors wanted Wells to name the new town, which all envisioned would be the "New Pittsburgh of the West" after himself which he did (www.wellstonforum.com). Wells was elected to represent the area at the Constitutional Convention of Ohio in 1873. He was slowed by the national financial panic of 1873 building of a large three-story hotel on one of the main streets, West Broadway, in Wellston which was never finished due to the financial difficulties of 1873. What remains Wells had coal mines in Wellston which he used to operate his iron furnaces. building lots or housing for the workers rather than putting the furnaces in a rural area as was the usual case.

Wells built Eliza Furnace in 1877 (or 1878 according to Wilbur Stout, 1933) on East 10th Street in Wellston which he named for his wife. Eliza was the a group of investors from Washington Court House, Ohio. These furnaces were out of (www.oldindustry.org).Wells also organized the Wellston Twin Furnaces in 1875 with John C. H. Cobb, a Wellston pioneer and Civil War hero; while a third daughter married is a two-storied building which has been greatly altered (Black &White photo11). Wells was planning to build a new town on the 1,oo0 acres he acquired from when he lost 200 town lots at a sheriffs sale to pay creditors. He had begun the Wells initiated a new concept, to build the furnaces in the town of Wellston, and offer youngest daughter of H.S.Bundy.Eliza Furnace was dismantledin1891 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 3 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH use by 1923 and demolished in 1929. Today the site of the Twin Furnaces is the Wellston City Park and railroad depot with no remains of the furnaces (www.oldindustry.org). Wells knew he needed rail transportation to ship products from Wellston. Harvey Wells and other Wellston businessmen managed to obtain Dayton interests to build the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad to Wellston mainly for the coal interests there. Originally a narrow gauge, it was changed to a standard gauge railroad and eventually acquired by the B&O (www.wellstonforum.com).

Another railroad was built with the help of Springfield businessmen, the Springfield, Jackson & Pomeroy Railroad which would go through Wellston and head south to Ironton and the Ohio River (www.wellstonforum.com). Although there were many railroad name changes, three railroads eventually served Wellston, including plans for a traction line to Jackson (nine miles). Still later the Hocking Valley Railroad built a fourth rail line into Wellston. Harvey Wells firmly believed that he had to keep industry coming in to maintain Wellston and have it grow. He often invested - and as often lost-his own money on his when a new product, a wire nail, was being manufactured making his cut nail mill obsolete. Wells did not have the funds to re-equip the nail mill.

Today the site of the Wells knew he needed to sell more lots to make the new town of Wellston worked, and soon an investment of $350,000 was headed to Wellston by way of Chicago. Wellston began to boom. Soon after the New York Evening Telegram of July 16, 1887, published an article Abundance - Immense Capital Behind the Deal. (www.wellstonforum.com) The article According to Wells' brother-in-law C.H. Cobb discussed Harvey Wells in glowing terms and his plans to make Wellston a large industrial city. Nearly 400 lots were sold after this another building. nail mill is occupied by the cement company who demolished the nail mill and built next Tuesday and give it all you got. My people are coming Tuesday, make it look busy.

successful.In 1886 Harvey Wells encouraged the people of Wellston to "Whoop'er up I've got a deal on, bigger than all the others put together"(Ervin, 2004).The plan continue to buy nails. His Wellston Nail Mill was in operation for only a few months titled: "Wellston Capital of Ohio's Great Iron CenterCoal, Iron and Limestone in NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 4 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH according to census figures at the wellston public library. Wells saw to it that the growing city had water and electric lights in the 1880s. He tried to keep the city alive despite several setbacks ranging from failed businesses, mines failing, and a major fire in the downtown area in 1888.

Even with these setbacks, of 8,045 people within the four wards of the city and an additional 2,304 in surrounding continued to decline. Harvey Wells was married twice in his life, his first wife being Eliza Bundy and they had one son, Harry Wells, before they divorced. Wells then married Eliza's niece, Laura, and they had two daughters, Hannah Anita and Laura Pearl. When wife Laura in real estate to the girls and requested that Harvey be named their guardian. The real estate may have included the house as it was solely in Laura's name. Harvey Wells died in 1896 when the girls were only eight and five. Wells was in debt when he died. Court records contain itemized lists of all the Personal Goods and Chattels) which amounted to $136.75. The sale only brought for it contained the most expensive furniture consisting of: dresser, $10.00, bedstead and cheaper wash stands and chamber sets.

Downstairs on the first floor, the parlor had a data.com/city/Wellston-Ohio.html).

died in 1893, court records indicate that she left $1,000 in personal property and $5,000 Glass"worth $3.50, mantel mirror at $5.00, a cherry stand worth $1.50, a marble stand article appeared.(wellstonforum.com)By 1880,Wellston had a population of 956people population, 6,687,had already begun to decline (Galbreath, History of Ohio).With the $2.50.Rooms No.2,3,4, and 5 upstairs had less expensive bedsteads and mattresses and rocker worth $4.00, four chairs at $2.00 each, and setee and sofa worth $3.50, a"Looking closing of the furnaces and the coal mines in the early 2oth century, Wellston's population mattress,$12.00;wash stand,$6.00;chamber set, $1.50;dish tray,$.75;and a carpet, furniture in his house and approximate worth (Inventory and Appraisal, Schedule D, In 2007, the population was 5,946 (www.city- $108.95 to pay off his debts."Room No.1"upstairs was probably the master bedroom worth $1.00, a brass parlor lamp valued at $5.00, and a carpet worth $4.00.

The "Lower Wellston continued to grow.By 1900, the population of Wellston had grown to a total NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 5 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH Hall" or entry hall contained a hat rack, secretary, and dresser valued at $10.00. The kitchen had a side board and "extension table" valued at $8.00. From this inventory it can be surmised that his large Italianate house where he lived with his wife and daughters was attractively furnished in period pieces.

Looking through the deed records indicates that the house was never in Harvey (of which Harvey was an owner) to Eliza Wells, Harvey's first wife; from Eliza to Mary after her death eventually the house was sold at Sheriff's sale in 1899 to Mary Potter protected Harvey Wells from some of his debtors. When Harvey Wells died in 1896, Judge J. W. Laird of Jackson delivered the eulogy in which he stated that "... the lovely town, the mines and furnaces and mills, the homes established for the happy families..." would be monuments to witness the love until the 1970s (The Wellston Sentinel, 1978). (Black & White photo 12) The Soldiers Monument in Wellston was constructed in 1904 and 1905 by the C. C. Bode Granite Company of Portsmouth, Ohio (see Black & White photo 11). The monument was erected on the main street in memory of all the soldiers and sailors of placed in a niche in the monument.

It was dedicated in the fall of 1905 with thirteen- the monument (Ervin 2004). characters ever produced in Southern Ohio, or anywhere else for that matter. In the first place he was a lightning calculator of almost marvelous powers, and that gave him his first claim to fame. Then, he took it into his head to build a city out of nothing, and in that he succeeded, Wellston stands today to testify. Harvey Wells had faith, oceans of it and followed up his faith with works and that combination seldom fails."(Ervin 2004) Wells died in great debt, and all his goods were sold to satisfy creditors including the house and all his furniture.

However, besides the modern cemetery marker, the very again.Having the deed to the large house in his wife's and sister's names may have year-old Laura Wells, the young daughter of Harvey Wells, pulled the cord that unveiled Wells had for his community(wellstonforum.com)In fact, his grave was poorly marked Wells' name.The first deed for the house is from the Wellston Coal and Iron Company A 1912 newspaper, the Sun Semi-Weekly of Jackson, quoted a Portsmouth, Ohio, Wellston and its founder, Harvey Wells.In April, 1905,a bronze bust of Wells was OMB No. 1024-0018 Potter (Wells' sister), then from Mary Potter to Laura Wells, Harvey's second wife, and paper in regards to Harvey Wells death: "Harvey Wells was one of the most picturesque NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 6 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH altered hotel, and the Soldiers Monument, the residence of Harvey Wells alone remains relatively intact to represent the life of the founder of the City of Wellston and the man who sacrificed personal fortune for the good of the people and to keep the city alive. If not for Harvey Wells, the City of Wellston would not exist.

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH Bundy, Hezekiah Sanford, (1817-1895) electronic document http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001059 accessed March 3, 2008 Callebs, Rick (editor) The City of Wellston, electronic document 2008 B&O Railroad Era, electronic document 2008 Historic Photos, electronic document http://wellstonforum.com/wellston/view/php?category=Historical, accessed Cobb, John C. H. Chelsea, Michigan Ervin, Robert 2004 Harvey Wells, Jackson Historical Society, October 5, 2004, unpublished Typescript, Wellston Historical Association, Wellston, Ohio http://wellstonforum.com/wellston/view/php?entry=67, accessed March 3, 2008 Ervin, Robert Edger Bibliographical Directory of the United States Congress OMB No. 1024-0018 Section number 9 Page 1 (Rev.

10-90 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET c. 2000 "How Wellston Was Started," The Wellston Telegram, August 30, 1973, (Note: article was first published in Wellston Telegram in 1957) NPS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9 Page 2 Wells, Harvey House Chicago and New York Goetzman, Bruce E. c. 2003 Architecture Study and Remodel Proposal, Preservation Architecture Historic Map Works c. 2000 Jackson County Atlas (Wellston and Winchester), Simmons and Titus, 1875, electronic document, Accessed March 13, 2008 and Appraisal, Schedule D, Personal Goods and Chattels) Jackson County Courthouse, Jackson, Ohio Lawrence Register c.

2000 Furnaces of the Hanging Rock Iron Region Ohio (Other Than Lawrence County), electronic document National Library of Wales http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/furnaces/index/indexotherfurnaces.htm Jackson County Deed and Jackson County Probate Records, (Including Inventory Services Team, Unpublished Typescript, Wellston, Ohio Galbreath, Charles B. http://www.historicmapworks.com/Sections/Maps/viewPlateUS-60204htm. 1925 History of Ohio, Volume 1, The American Historical Society, Inc., Jackson County Courthouse Wellston, Jackson County, OH OMB No. 1024-0018 http://ohio.llgc.org.uk/co-jacksongallia.php, accessed April 10, 2008 PS Form 10-90 OMB No. 1024-0018 Rev.

10-90 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9 Page 3 Wells, Harvey House Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1867-1970 Ohio Wellston, Ohio, electronic document accessed March 13, 2008 Stout, Wilbur 1933 "The Charcoal Iron Industry of the Hanging Rock Iron District - Its Influence on the Early Development of the Ohio Valley," Ohio History, Vol. 42 The Wellston Sentinel (Wellston, Ohio) Volume 8 no.

52, Wellston, Ohio 1979 article: "Harvey Wells," June, Wellston, Ohio www.city-data.com/city/Wellston-Ohio.html http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.crm?action=detail&page=0042137 www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohjackso/ed1900.htm http://dmc.ohiolink.edu.proxy.oplin.org/cgi/i/image-idx?sort= www.oldindustry.org/OHHTML/Ohiolron.html Wellston, Jackson County, OH 1978article:"Grave of Wellston's Founder is Poorly Marked,"3 July: Wells, Harvey, House Jackson County, OH 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of Property_Less than 1 UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 17 367719 4331485 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Lots Number Four Hundred Forty-one (441) and Four Hundred Forty-two (442), each lot being 120 feet by 120 feet as originally platted Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) The boundary includes two city lots as stated in the legal documentation for the site. The two lots included in the boundary are those remaining lots historically associated with the property. 11. Form Prepared By name/title organization Mary Anne Reeves, Steven Channell, Tony Cox, Roxy Stump, Quinn Millsop, Craig Schaefer, Max Ricketts, Chris Nelson, Kyle Swango, Natasha Nelson date Apr.

03, 2008 street & number 6898 South Blackburn Road telephone 740-592-1423 city or town- _ state _ zip code 45701 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) See attached Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name City of Wellston 203 East Broadway telephone 740-384-2720 _ zip code 45692 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing Wellston Photographs Zone Easting Northing See continuation sheet. 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 Representative black and white and color photographs of the property. Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. Athens NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Photographs Page 1 Wells, Harvey House Wells House, 403 East A Street City, County, State: Mary Anne Reeves 6898 South Blackburn Road Athens, Ohio 45701 August 14, 2008 Photo Log Numbers and Views Looking east at 403 East A St.

Looking east at house from corner of East A and New Jersey Ave. Looking south at house from East A Street 005. Looking east at detail of house Looking west in entry hall at woodwork above doors Looking south at monument erected to Harvey Wells on Broadway, Wellston Looking east at modern tombstone of Harvey Wells, Ridgewood Cemetery, N. Massachusetts Avenue, Wellston Looking north, VFW Hall, former Wells owned hotel, Broadway, Wellston, Ohio 012. Looking east, Wells house showing modern brick wall and sidewalk 007. 006. 002. 009. 010. 003. 004. 008. 011. Photographer: Location of Negatives: Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio Looking north in main entry hall (detail) The following information applies to all photos: Property Name: Looking north along New Jersey Ave. at 403 East A St. Looking south and up at central stairway Date of Photos: 005. NPS Form 10-900 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Photographs Page 2 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH 1. Floor plans, Harvey Wells House, Wellston, OH. 2. Harvey Wells House, ca. 1970, photo from Sylvester Memorial Library, Wellston, 3. Sanborn Insurance Map of Wellston, OH, showing Wells House, 1921 5. Milton Furnace, Wellston, OH, ca. 1880 6. Harvey Wells, ca. 1875, Sylvester Memorial Library, Wellston, OH. OMB No. 1024-0018 4. Regional Map, showing Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, and Vinton Counties, 1872 PS Form 10-90 OMB No. 1024-0018 Rev.

10-9 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Page 3 Wells, Harvey House Figure 1: Floor plans, Harvey Wells House, Wellston, OH. Drawn by Kyle Swango, Jan. 2008 Wellston, Jackson County, OH FIRST FLOOR NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Page 4 Wells, Harvey House Figure 2: Harvey Wells House, ca. 1970, photo from Sylvester Memorial Library, Wellston, OH. National Park Service Wellston, Jackson County, OH NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Page 5 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH N.NEW JERSEY Figure 3: Sanborn Insurance Map of Wellston, OH., showing Wells House, 1921 442 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Page 6 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH Figure 4: Regional Map, showing Gallia, Jackson, Lawence, Meigs, and Vinton Counties, 1872 NPS Form 10-900 LAWBENCR, MZIGS, NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Page Z Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH Figure 5: Milton Furnace, Wellston, OH., ca. 1880 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Additional Documentation Page 8 Wells, Harvey House Wellston, Jackson County, OH Figure 6: Harvey Wells, ca. 1875, Sylvester Memorial Library, Wellston, OH OMB No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a (Rev.

8/2002) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet County and State Name of multiple property listing (if applicable) SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD Date Listed: 4/14/2009 Property Name: Harvey Wells House State: OH This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached omination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendment notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included in the nomination Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Amended Items in Nomination: This SLR is issued to amend the Area of Significance for which the property is nominated.

The building is associated with Harvey Wells, the founder and developer of the town of Wellston, Planning and Development National Register property file Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) Page County: Jackson DISTRIBUTION: (Expires 1-31-2009) Multiple Name: Section number OH.The nomination lists "Social History" as the area of significance for the property, but documentation. Name of Property hange to the Area of Significance. Social History is deleted and replaced with Communit "Community Planning and Development" is more appropriate.

The OH SHPO agrees with this 2009 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF PENDING LIST: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N Accept B ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: If a nomination is returned to the nominating authority, the TELEPHONE DATE MULTIPLE RETURN REJECT PROPERTY REVIEWER 4/18/09 4/07/09 3/05/09 3/23/09 NAME: PDIL: PERIOD: OTHER: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE RECEIVED: Wells, Harvey, House DATE OF 16TH DAY: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: /2009 STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Jackson REQUEST: Y N SLR DRAFT: Y DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached/SLR /Y/N NOMINATION NATIONAL: RECOM./CRITERIA SAMPLE: 039 034 08/22/08 WELLS HOUSE Fairview Photo 2A1BB1NI JACKSONC+y,OH Fairview Photo JACK SON CTY OH DeLLSTON STOP WeLLs Hous E Fairview Photo Fairview Photo 2A1BB1NI WeLLSTON WEULSHorcE Fairview Photo 2A1CB1NI --- 039 024 08/22/08 JACKSONCTY, Fairview Photo Weus House 2A1CB1NI --- 039 019 08/22/08 JACKSON GY Fairview Photo 2A1CB1NI ---039 Fairview Photo JAexsoN GY HARVEY WELLS JACKSON CTY Fairview Photo 1846-1896 Weus House Fairview Photo VFW VFW POST 9092 2A1AB1NI --- Fairview Photo 007 08/22/08 WeusHouse Fairview Photo Weustouse 2A1BB1NI WELLSTON QUADRANGLE WELLSTON, OH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-JACKSON CO.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4331485 UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION 1736779 RECEIVED 2280 MAR 05 2009 AT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE National Park Service 2280 March 2, 2009 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: Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations for Ohio. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW NOMINATION Old Enon Road Stone Arch Culvert Inglewood Historic District Wells, Harvey, House The Railway Chapel I am requesting a substantive review of the Old Enon Road Stone Arch Culvert. The Ohio the work of a local nineteenth century stonemason.

We are seeking a substantive review to 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 Cuyahoga Tuscarawas COUNTY Enclosures Sincerely, Jackson Clark www.ohiohistory.org OHIO OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY National Register Ohio Historic Preservation Office Historic Preservation Office and the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Office concur that the nomination questions were raised regarding the impact of the changes to the approaches and the railing upon the overall integrity of the structure's significant features, namely the stone arch as reaffirm our assessment of the integrity of the nominated property.

property meets National Register Criteria and retains integrity. However, during the review of the