Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Columbian House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,240 words across 13 pages, filed in 1969. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 69000146, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: 3.
CLASSIFICATION (Check One) - In Process - Preservation work - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS DATE OF SURVEY: 2/13-3/3/34 - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 095 45840 Washington Findlay Site Religious Entertainment Commercial Military Waterville ACCESSIBLE Government STATUS LOCATION CATEGORY Private Agricultural OWNERSHIP DATE Being Considered Educational Museum Unoccupied Yes: Transportation Park Both Structure Private Residence Restricted District Public CODE Lucas Scientific COMMON: Library of Congress Ohio Industrial Object 405 West Sandusky Street NAME Columbian House OWNER OF PROPERTY ENTRY NUMBER Public Acquisition: STREET AND NUMBER: Mrs. Ethel N.
Arnold TO THE PUBLIC TITLE OF SURVEY: CITY OR TOWN: (July 1969) PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Historic American Buildings Survey, #22-17, 8 Sheets X] Federal 04.12:34.0026 Xl Fair - Deteriorated - Ruins X Unaltered - Moved DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

eaves and cornice soffit, as well as the dentil course, are in the classic pilasters, deep friezes, and projecting cornices are equally consistent with the style. Due to a fortunate lack of alterations, the structure John W. Keefe October 21, 1969 CONDITION DESCRIPTION Excellent The Columbian House represents an important late flowering pretation of the Georgian style in provincial America.It is one of the few such structures in this idiom remaining in Northwestern Ohio. retains its character intact and represents a particularly fine inter- retains the tall style of the late 1825's.The mutules in the pediment (Check One) Good Toledo Museum of Art - Unexposed tions, fenestration and sash schemes of the Georgian style, the structure PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | - 16th Century - Prehistoric STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

1828 by John Pray, who founded the town of Waterville in 1831. It-became The three-story structure was constructed with fourteen-inch timbers, all walnut doors have witch panels. added to the same power, a carding machine, a hemp machine, and a distillery. Architecture Engineering Commerce Conservation Art losophy Communications Theater Transportation Education Literature Landscape NATIONAL Music SIGNIFICANCE Agriculture Science Military Aboriginal The first floor was furnished with bar room and a great number of supplies Sculpture ing public.He and Mrs.Pray enjoyed sixty-three years together.He was with which the white man traded with the Indians.Sleeping quarters occu- hand hewn.The woodwork of the twenty-three rooms is black walnut.The Mr.Pray's educational advantages in early life did not enable him to take hundred Windsor chairs in bright yellow to place around the ball room.
ceiling and two wide fireplaces at either end. in Northern Ohio on Granger Island.Shortly after completion, there was Industry Mr.Pray brought his building traditions with him when he came from Rhode Urban Planning He reared eleven children and his house was always the home of the travel- was one of the Board of County commissioners from the organization of Wood pied the second floor and the third was a ball room with beautifully arched of the countryside revolved about it. The building was opened by a grand ball which was the affair of the Island in l8l7.He was his own architect and his own builder. After his death in 1872, the inn tried to keep pace with the times and Social/Human Upon Mr.Pray's arrival here, the nearest flouring mill was at Monroe, Political Religion/Phi. County in 1820,until the formation of Lucas in 1835.
Invention AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) pass, was a difficult one. In 1821 Mr. Pray built the first grist mill a man of influence, admired and loved by the people in his community. itarian Musicians came from Detroit for the occasion.Mr.Pray bought several tickets including the dance and supper costing ten dollars per couple. rank with distinguished legislators, nor did he aspire to eminence or dis- Michigan and the almost impassable country through which people had to The inn which stands at the corner of River Road and Route 64 was built in tinction.In his active life an early record of Wood County shows thathe

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ohio Historic Landmarks-Phase I of the Ohio Historic Survey, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus 1967. DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES State X FORM PREPARED BY Mrs. A. Lewis Bentley, Vice-President Oct. 22, 1969 STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: ATTEST Title Director, Ohio Historical Society Date 24 November 1969 DEC 5 43551 Perrysburg Degrees Seconds ORGANIZATION DATE LONGITUDE LATITUDE COUNTY Minutes CORNER Local Degrees Minutes Seconds CODE Maumee Valley Historical Society 715 Hickory Street City lots October 1872. Ohio National Register. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES National NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: Memorial of John Pray, Esq.,privately published at his death As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 10.
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: N4597550 E 273/80 Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Name Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER Entry 8 DEC 1 NATIONA STATE COUNTY Lucas serves luncheons and dinners by reservation. unforeseen business activity and the Columbian House lost some of its (Number all entries) importance in community life.It became headquarters for a dressmaker, Today the present owner is Mrs.George Arnold of Findlay, Ohio who milliner shop, drug store and at one time Waterville School was held here NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Continuation Sheet) Ohio Estella H. Wreede REGISI DATE 10912:34:0006 CONTROL SHEET Registry.
Clerk Acknowledgement Sent Date ENTRY Federal Register Entry Photo Description(s) Annual Edition Entry Yes Assign NPs No. FILE Architect Date of Entry Map Description(s) Acknowledged checked Editor :et. to lerk WORKIKG NO. 12.~.17=69 National Register Map(s) Data Page Coments Lucas Historian Chief Architect Conments CAHP COLUMBIAN HOUSE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ITPS Number 69.12-34.0006 Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. Geological Survey, Bowling Green, North Quad., Ohio SCALE: 1: 24,000 DATE TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.
095 LOCATION COUNTY Lucas STATE NAME CODE MAP REFERENCE COMMON: Waterville Ohio Columbian House SOURCE: REQUIREMENTS Corner River Road and Farnsworth Rd. PROPERTY MAP FORM ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CITY OR TOWN: BOWLING GREEN NORTH, OHIO BOWLING GREEN NORTH QUADRANGLE APERRYSBURG OWLING GREEN 1958 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEC 1 7 1969 Duplicate letteca sent to: T-Me. Butterfield Hon.Thomas Ludlow Aahley (Signed) RGamble mm DEC 17 1969