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

Nomination for Stowe, Harriet Beecher, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,259 words across 17 pages, filed in 1970. 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 70000497, 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 X State NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, House (State Memorial) 2i| AND/ OR HISTORIC: 2950 Gilbert Avenue, @ Foraker Avenue ] In Process - Being Considered - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: 039 Cincinnati LOCATION Commercial Local Religious Site District Private Columbus CLASSIFICATION Government Military NAME Restricted CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE Federal Private Residence Structure Agricultural NATIONAL Both Educational OWNERSHIP Entertainment Unoccupied Museum Scientific Ohio The Ohio Historical Society Hamilton Public REGISTER STATUS 061 Industrial Yes: COMMON: CODE Public Acquisition: Park NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES "Ohio Historic Landmarks REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS ENTRY NUMBER Ohio Historic Survey, Phase I: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: Building OWNER OF PROPERTY TITLE OF SURVEY: TO THE PUBLIC (Check One) 1982 Velma Avenue State of Ohio (July 1969) RECEIVED DATE OF SURVEY: February, 1967 DATE Object 70.11390039 APR 18 DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The house is a simple 2-story brick structure with gabled roof, single A bay window has been added to one side, a late Classic Revival porch Harriet Beecher Stowe and of the role of the Negro in American history. and Cincinnati, and the others to the contributions of the Negro to American life, the African background of the Negro and the life of the Negro in America both before and after the Civil War. CONDITION APR Excellent Ruins The appearance of the house has been altered considerably over the years. The Cincinnati organizations and individuals interested in the preservation first floor presently contains seven major rooms.
The structure was strengthened and repaired by The Ohio Historical Society, was a 2-story veranda at the rear.The interior arrangement consisted has been built at the front and a large wing erected at the rear.The of the home as a museum and The Ohio Historical Society were responsible chimney at either end anda 3-part front facade.Originally there of a central hall with one room to each side. (Check One) - Moved and the building is now open to the public as a museum of the work of Good Fair Original Site PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian | X 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) early 1830's AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Biblical authority, came from the East to head Lane Seminary in Cincinnati. the seminary president's house on Gilbert Ave. Harriet, at the suggestion 1835 when Harriet became engaged to Calvin Stowe. years after her marriage to Stowe, professor of Biblical literature at ship at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. she helped a servant-girl escape, visited the Ripley, Ohio home of the abolitionist Rev. John Rankin, observed mass hysteria in the riots against weekly from Washington, D.C. It was her friend Bailey who was to present 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in book form and sold 50,000 copies in two months. The book brought Harriet fame and fortune, and her influence both in the literary and political fields was great. She died in 1896 at 85.
one of the noted leaders of the antislavery movement within the Presbyterian Memorial Association, which gave the property in 1945 to the State of Ohio. Communications Commerce Engineering losophy Science Architecture SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal Transportation Theater Landscape Political itarian Music NATIONAL Invention REGISTER Industry Conservation father's residence as president of Lane Seminary.After Rev.Beecher left Magazine in April,1834.Her literary production was curtailed for several Seminary at the corner of Fourth and Sycamore Streets.They gave it up in Religion/Phi.
The house in which Harriet spent much of her years in Cincinnati was her In Cincinnati Harriet received her education in the evils of Negro slavery: Kentucky where she saw first-hand the workings of the plantation system and James G.Birney and his antislavery Philanthropist in 1836and journeyed to Uncle Tom's Cabin to the world in 1851-52.Harriet wrote her famous novel In 1832 Dr. Lyman Beecher, Presbyterian minister and the country's leading His daughters, Catherine and Harriet, made the trip also. They occupied of her sister, was working on a Geography for Children when she came to author, early in 1833. In 2-1/2 years the book had sold 100,000 copies. Lane Seminary in January, 1836. The Stowes lived in a home near the seminary paper until 1847, when he became editor of National Era, a new antislavery o f National Era, she produced instead 40 installments of the book.
Early in it in 1850 to return East, it became the home of the Rev. Joseph G. Monfort, RECEIVE Art Military while living in Brunswick.Intending to write sketches for 3 or 4 issues to help Birney inpublishing Philanthropist.After the riots Bailey ran the in Walnut Hills and left Cincinnati in 1850 when Calvin accepted a professor- J. B. Lippincott Co, 1941.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES N 39° 7' W 84 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation GP 0 901 .087 039 Society. Local LONGITUDE Seconds LATITUDE DATE COUNTY Name 3/15/71 Columbus ORGANIZATION STATE National Degrees Minutes Seconds ATTEST: CODE CORNER Published by The Ohio Historical Society.
"Stowe House" State Memorial pamphlet, published by The Ohio Historical The Ohio Historical Society Judith Kitchen MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ohio evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: FORM PREPARED BY STREET AND NUMBER: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- National Register. I hereby certify that this property is included in the in the National Register and certify that it has been 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN: less than 1 (city lot) Degrees Title Minutes 4334 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Rodabaugh, James H. Article in "Museum Echoes" Magazine, January,1956. CHIEF, OAHP APR 13 1971 REGISTER NATIONAL 70000497 KEENER 70:1139.
0039 10/70 HOUSE A-44 Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNITED STATES CINCINNATI EAST, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION CINCINNATI EAST QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE B. HARTZOG, JR. LL: Mr. Melvin 10/27/70 United States Senate NOV 1 0 1970 Washington.D.C. SMarusininaf BASIC FILE Hashingtoa, b. C. United Sraces Sanato Dazke Coanty, Ohio Frankii County, osio Echoenlrunn site Mr. Daniel R. Porter Columbas, Ohio 43211 appropriate Representatives have also bean notifled. A leaflet owner. Please withhold any publicity on this until you have received Chief, office of Archeology 10/27/70 SMarusin:naf and Historic Preservation Batered in the National Register NOV 1 0 1970 Sincerely yours BASIC FILE RETAINED IN HR Ernest Allon Connally a carbon copy of the Congressional correspondence.
The ohio Historical Society Wa are pleased to inform you that the historic properties listed on Enclosures Dear Nr. Porter: the enclosure have been placed on the lational Register of Historic explaining the National Registar is enclosed for the property Ohio Historical Center Director Ross County, Ohio Morgan County, Ohio Ohio Co. Land Office Darke County, Ohio Fort St. Clair Site Warren County, Ohio William Mckinley Tomb Stark County, Ohio Gallia County, Ohio W. P. Snyder, Jr.
Steamboat Falrfield County, Ohio Buffington Island Buckeye Furnace Glendower Our House Adena Rankin House Indian Mill Leo Petroglyph Stowe House Miamisburg Mound Flint Ridge Campbell Mound Big Bottom Properties added to the National Register of Historic Places Tarlton Cross Mound Fort Jefferson Site Seip Mound Fort Hill Wyandot County, Ohio Fort Recovery Site Schoenbrunn site Washington County, Ohio Hanby House Meigs County, Ohio Putnam House Fort Laurens Site William H. Harrison Tomb McCook House Licking County, Ohio Mercer County, Ohio Montgomery County, Ohio Fort Ananda Site Friends (Quaker) Meeting House Highland County, Ohio Hamilton County, Ohio Brown County, Ohio Jackson County, Ohio Jefferson County, Ohio Auglaize County,Ohio Franklin County, Ohio Carroll County, Ohio Preble County, Ohio Gnadenhuttcn Massacre Sita Tusoarawas County. Ohio NOV 1 0 1970 Sincarely yours, GEORGE B.
HARTZOG, JR. Mr. Melvin cc: Mr. Daniel R. Porter, Director, The Ohio Historical Society, Ohlo Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hnalosure Dear Mr. Taft: ge are ploasad to infoza you that uouse of Bepresentativea 11-10 APR 18 1971 801 - 19th Street, N.W. Daniel R. Porter LHarrison, William H., Tomb Neo Petroglyph Ohio Company Land Office McKinley, William, Tomb /Fort Jefferson site Fort laurens site VW. P. Snyder, JI., steamboat Fort St.
Clair site DRP/eg Buckeye Furnace Buffington Island Sincerely, Director National Register Fort Recovery site Big Bottom Putnam House Flint Ridge Miamisburg Mound Historical Society-owned prehistoric and historic landmarks, which State Seip Mound Stowe House Completed National Register Forms for the following State Memorials: Campbell Mound Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation VAdena UFriends (Quaker) Meeting House Fort Hill YMcCook House IGnadenhutten Massacre site Washington, D.C. 20006 UGlendower Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue Our House Schoenbrunn site Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper Indian Mill LRankin House Dear Dr. Bill: LTarlton Cross Mound Fort Amanda site Memorials were provisionally added to the National Register November 10, 1970 Hanby House National Register of Historic Places forms and attachments for 31 state/ohio RECEIVED GEORGE B. HARTZOG, JR. LL: Mr.
Melvin Mashington, D. C. United States Senate NOV 1 0 1970 Deat Senator Young Enclosaren Hon, Stephea M. Young SMarusin: naf 10/27/70 Duplicate letter sent to: Ohio Historical Center,Columbus,Ohio 4321l Hon.william B.Saxbe Morgan County, Ohio Jackson County, Ohio Meigs County, Ohia Franklin County, Ohio Washington County, Ohio Ohio Co. Land Office Licking County, Ohio Auglaize County, Ohio Highland County, Ohio Darke County, Ohio Mercer County, Ohio Fort St.
Clair Site Preble County, Ohio Jefferson County, Ohio Warren County, Ohio Hamilton County, Ohio Carroll County, Ohio William Mckinley Tomb Stark County, Ohio Montgomery County, Ohio Gallia County, Ohio Brown County, Ohio Stove louse Fairfield County, Ohio Rankin House Buckeye Furnace Buffington Island Glendower Flint Ridge Fort Amanda Site Big Bottom Indian Mill Tarlton Cross Mound Leo Petroglyph Properties added to the National Register of Historic Places McCook House Fort Laurens Site William H. Harrison Tomb Fort Recovery Site Miamisbuxg Mound Putnam House Schoenbrunn Site Seip Mound Adena Hanby House Campbell Mound Gnadenhutten Massacre site Tuscarawas County, Ohio Wyandot County,Ohio Fort Jefferson site Ross County, Ohio Friends (Quaker) Meeting House w. P. Snyder, JX. Steamboat OHIO Fort Hill Oux House NOV 2 7 1970 Hashington, D. C. GEORGE B. HARTZOG, JR. Mr.
Melvin Director ce: Mr. Daniel R. Porter, Director, The Ohio Historical Society, Ohjo Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43211 sincerely yours; Bouse of Representatives Hon.Robert Taft, Jr. Enelosure Dear Preservation Progran ia Ohlo and have been entered into the OMB Approval No. 29-RO218 BER - APPLICATION SECTION 1 TYPE 19 77 Bropriate 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. 8. Applicant Name : State of Ohio b. Organization Unit : Ohio Historical Society c. Street/P.O. Box : 1982 Velma Avenue PRO d. City : Columbus b. TITLE f. State h. Contact Person (Name Thomas H. Smith, SHPO, 614-466-1500 & telephone No.) 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT B-Interstate J-Indian Tribe (rehabilitation), Cincinnati, Hamilton County. -.
County : Interior and exterior rehabilitation of this historically significant early 1830's home of Enter appropriate letter A 9. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE 12. TYPE OF APPLICATION States, etc.) 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: 17. PROJECT PROJECT START LOCAL 19 78 8 15 ESTIMATED DATE TO 19. EXISTING FEDERAL. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 21. REMARKS ADDED No re- Ohio State Clearinghouse SHPO and b. SIGNATURE Thomas H. Smith, Director 24. AGENCY NAME Dept. of Interior 26. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT 27. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 23. FEDERAL APPLICATION Grants Adm. Div. 29. ADDRESS 31. ACTION TAKEN 33. ACTION DATE - Stephen D. Newman B. WITHDRAWN D. FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL It has boen or is being made.
STANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) AUG 22 1978 ial 02-006-0046 day 31-4389673W FUNDING BENEFITING TOTAL 424-101 CONTACT multi-state DATE ASSIGNED THE 63.000 GRAM HCRS Leave IDENTIFICATION SENTATIVE ENDING RECEIVED Wash REJECTED STATE PREAPPLICATION FOR PROPOSED FUNDING CERTIFYING 6,500,000 STARTING Ohio Federal C-Revision 10,000 District C-Substate A-State D-Decrease Duraticn FEDERAL ASSISTANCE CANT'S FEDERAL AGENCY D-Insurance F-School District Historic Preservation APPLI. A-Basic Grant B-Decrease Dollars IDENTI.
C-Loan H-Community Action Agency 53.000 202 523-5472 Enter appro- A-New E-Augmentation REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTION C.STATE BE SUBMITTED TO (Name and telephone no.) C-Increaso Duration Year month with the attsched assurances if the essist- data in this prospplication/application are REPRE- Same as #35 Year NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (Opt.) IUMBER K-Other (Specify): priate letter(e) C.DATE SIGNED 15.TYPE OF CHANGE .To the best of my knowledgo and beliar, [ Yes SNo (Mark ap- 8. TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT I- Higher Educational Institution 10. AREA OF PROJECT IMPACT (Names of cities, counties, ESTIMATED NUM- DATE Year monil day 8/31/7gfonthe 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE REQUEST (Nema, City, State, ZIP code) 8. TYPED NAME AND TITLE FOR ADDITIONAL TION (Nome and telephone wumber) C. RETURNED FOR d.
DEFERRED Harriet Beecher Stowe House Development used as a year-round museum and community center. the applicant and the applicant will comply A-95 ACTION 39-8B26 CERTIFIES D-Continuation AMENDMENT Blank E-Cancellation ance is approved. FEDERAL GRANT Catalog) Yecr month day A-lacreese Dollars duly autherizod by the governing body of .AWARDED B-Supplemental Grant E-Other