Nomination for Willow Lane Farm

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Congressional District: 10 Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) OCT 2 6 1972 AND/ OR HISTORIC: JUL 13 1972 Wilson, Nathaniel, House 3. CLASSIFICATION (Check One) X Private - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Agricultural - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: R.R.

#6 (Cincinnati-Zanesville Road) LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: - Local 045 039 Lancaster DATE Commercial Fairfield Site NAME ACCESSIBLE District Both OWNERSHIP STATE Entertainment COUNT Government REGISTE Unoccupied STATUS Restricted CATEGORY Educational Transportation Federal Park Museum Yes: Scientific CODE Public Private Residence Structure Being Considered Lancaster vicinity Industrial Ohio COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER Fairfield County Courthouse Main and High Streets Object Military Public Acquisition: Willow Lane Farm NATIONAL NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Religious STREET AND NUMBER: Cincinnati-Zanesville Road Route #22 Dr. William Monger Clarence E.

Miller TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF SURVEY: In Process LOCATION Building DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site additions, one a garage, to the northeast of the main house. CONDITION house. NATIONA Moved REGISTE Ruins is a center dormer.There are six broad pilasters across the front Willow Lane is a beautifully proportioned two-story frame house,Greek supporting a deep entablature.There is a center doorway with a single- (Check One) is evident.The original barn stands about 250'northeast of the main X Good DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

revival in style, with hipped roof and a five-bay front facade. There JUL 13 Excellent The floor plan is the typical center-hall type.Some interior alteration Fair RECEIVED SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) - Prehistoric In 1817 Nathaniel Wilson III deeded a portion of his land to the President of the United States, then James Monroe, as a burial ground The cemetery, not a part of this National Register application, is Mr. Wilson and his son, Gustin, built a twelve-sided stone wall around the widely written about, both as a curiosity and as a well-planned burial Zanesville-Maysville Pike, Zane's Trace, now Route 22, 1.7 miles west center of fifty acres of farmland at the end of a long lane flanked on 1838 ground.

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SIGNIFICANCE Conservation losophy Commerce Engineering Communications Science Architecture Military Aboriginal Transportation Literature Theater itarian Sculpture Music Agriculture Industry Political Social/Human- Invention Landscape Pre-Columbian farmhouse, more sophisticated than ostentatious in its appearance. Urban Planning Education offered the land as a cemetery for future Presidents and their families. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

19th Century The Wilson-Monger house is a stately frame Greek revival style early Ohio Religion/Phi- for the President's family or for the chief executive himself.He also family to own and occupy the home. Other(Specify) located about 1,850'southeast of the Wilson House Lane Farm). In 1838 Nathaniel Wilson III built a frame house on the farm along the PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) plot in 1838 and 1839. It is known as Stonewall Cemetery and has been The Monger family is only the second Art of Lancaster.This residence still stands in excellent condition as each side by weeping willow trees.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FORM PREPARED BY May, 1972 1982 Velma Avenue T2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended 039 LONGITUDE Degrees Seconds LATITUDE Minutes Name DATE Local ORGANIZATION Title STATE COUNTY Ohio Degrees Minutes Seconds National Columbus CORNER CODE Judith Kitchen, Architectural Historian The Ohio Historical Society ATTEST: National Register. 8.5 acres NAME AND TITLE: level of significance of this nomination is: DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: in the National Register and certify that it has been OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES E 358940 Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Keeper of The National Register GP 0 901.087 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES STREET AND NUMBER: JUL 131972 EDITORIAL REVIEW Federal Register entry 12-5-7 2 Register no.OCT ° 6 1972 KEEPER Maps Acknowledge Re-submit BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN TECH REVIEW National Register write-up ARCHEOLOGIST Photos Send-back REGISTER Working number RECEIVED.

Tairfield PROPERTY T.13.72.1056 NATIC Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 2 6 1972 AND/OR HISTORIC: Wilson, Nathaniel. House STREET AND NUM BER: Lancaster vicinity JUL 13 1U72 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. S. Latitude and longitude reference.

045 1958 039 COUNTY DATE Fairfield STATE REQUIREMENTS NAME 1:24000 CODE COMMON: REGISTE MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: Ohio LOCATION SCALE: PROPERTY MAP FORM ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Willow Lane Farm Cincinnati-Zanesville Road (Ohio Route #22) CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AMANDA, OHIO UNITED STATES OHIO- FAIRFIRI.D CO ROAD CLASSIFICATION Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) July 10, 1972 Wiiliam J. Murtagh, Keeper submitted as EMERGENCIES . - approved the submission of these nominations upon the recommenda- oi their historical advisor, William G.

Keener, curator of history Lin of application forms submitted and reasons for their emergency IuLow Lane Farm, Concord Hall, and Chestnut Ridge Farm, all Lancaster ine structures or their immediate environs. bee Theater, Hamilton County--this building is threatened by demolition, unerabie and architecturally valuable public building of the state of Ohio. REGIST Society. NATIONAL this instance the mayor personally is spearheading the preservation to certify that the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory will also certify that owners of subject landmarks have been notified Sincerely caster, in which case the mayor of the city in question has been notifie Lonal Register tted herewith are six (6) compieted National Register application 5 ace as follows: State House, Franklin County--to call public attention to the most ualify a number of subject buildings for public preservation funds.

1972 tencion upon this valuable assemblage of buildings and to assist and vement of that community. ice of Archeology and Historic Preservation OCT 2 6 1972 Hamilton County Mx. Daniel R. Porter Director, Northeast Region NRowland :mm 10/25/72 Location STATE Name Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Cincinnati Cuvier Press Club Hon. William B. Saxbe Lancaster vicinity State Lialson Officer The Ohio Historleal Seclaty Bon. Donald D. Clancy Willow Lane Farm Fairfield County