Nomination for Probasco, Henry, House

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Congressional District: 1 Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MON AND/ OR HISTORIC: MAY 31 1972 (Check One) - In Process - Structure - Being Considered X Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: * Local 039 Hamilton Cincinnati Religious LOCATION ACCESSIBLE COUNTY Site OWNERSHIP Entertainment NAME DATE Commercial STATUS 061 Restricted CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION STATE Private Educational CODE Yes: Government Unoccupied Both NATIONAL Museum Private Residence Industrial Scientific Ohio REGISTER Park Cincinnati City Hall Hamilton County Court House Public Acquisition: Court and Main Streets RECEIVED REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS STREET AND NUMBER: William J.

Keating TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: Agricultural Object 430 West Cliff Lane 80l Plum Street Other (Specify) ENTRY NUM X Building DATE OF SURVEY: 1972 Military District RECORDS: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY Public Carol S. Nagel - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

building, essentially I-shape in plan and Romanesque in height, and it is topped by an octagonal cupola. case, carved of rare woods, leads to a second floor hallway.

on the feont and there is a gable over the portico and a MAY 31 i972 CONDITION Ruins DESCRIPTION Moved NATIONAL REGISTER Fair The bedrooms are situated off this hallway, and each has a carved marble fireplace.A stairway from the second floor dormer over the drawing room bay.The roof on the remainder This is a two and a half story limestone and sandstone The formal dining room and a study with an intricately carved pine and oak.To the right of the great hall is the drawing wainscot of cedar and white pine, and a ceiling of white hallway behind the drawing room connects the great hall with of the house is double sloping with a gabled end facing the (Check One) point of an elaborately landscaped estate on the edge of the library with its red cedar paneling and fresoed ceiling X Excellent the carriage porch on the east side of the building. The front west of the tower.

Originally the home was the focal character. It is built around a round, central tower which leads up into the tower. The roof on the house is hipped The is situated off the same hallway opposite the drawing room. RECEIVED The front portion of the house has a round arched contains the main staircase.The tower is four stories in door are located on the ground floor also.The main stair- hill overlooking the Mill Creek Valley.Today it is sur- portico which gives access to a great hall that has a X 19th Century - Education ] Engineering Indus try ] Invention X Architecture - Landscape - Literature - Conservation - Music - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

Communications SIGNIFICANCE Commerce Science Aboriginal Agriculture losophy master craftsman Benn Pitman of the Cincinnati Art Academy. itarian Political Military Theater position in the Clifton community, it is a visable land- Prehistoric Social/Human- Pre-Columbian cinnati to work for Tyler Davidson, married Davidson's William Tinsley, who also was the architect for the orig- his collection of rare books, incunabula and manuscripts Art Sculpture Urban Planning done by Francis Pedretti, and the wood carving was done by that was employed in other homes of distinction for the inal Fountain Square. Square, purchased the 30-acre site in 1858 for $25,000. home established an architectural vocabulary in Cincinnati mark from the surrounding hills as well. later donated the Tyler Davidson Fountain on Fountain to the Newberry Library in Chicago.

Not only does this building enjoy a prominent Religion/Phi- remainder of the nineteenth century Henry Probasco, who sister in 1840,and became an active partner in his brother until the end of the l9th century at which time he sold Construction was begun ca.1859 and completed ca.1866 at a Built for one of the seven Barons of Clifton, this Born in Connecticut in 1820,Probasco came to Cin- Other (Specify) PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) in-law's hardware business. Probasco lived in the house 1859-1866 The frescoes in the house are believed to have been

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES FORM PREPARED BY December, 1971 STREET AND NUMBER: [T2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 039 Cincinnati DATE Minutes Local Seconds Degrees LONGITUDE ATTEST: LATITUDE COUNTY CORNER ORGANIZATION STATE CODE Miami Purchase Association 1-1/2 National Ohio Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION National Register.

State of Ohio,Cincinnati, A Guide to the Queen City and 8l2 Dayton Street NAME AND TITLE: in the National Register and certify that it has been level of significance of this nomination is: John C. Garner, Jr., Executive Director CITY OR TOWN: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Name .087 NOV 9 1972 Card 5.31. 72 ASST. KEEPER DIRECTOR, OAHP EDITORIAL PROCESSING, EDITOR Federal Registry Entry_|2-5-12 RESUBMIT ARCHITECT REVIEW Logged ACKNOWLEDGE ARCHEOLOGIST NUMBER YES WRITER/EDITOR MAP Annual Edition Entry DATA PAGE DATE OF RECEIPT PHOTO DESCRIPTION (S) MAP DESCRIPTION (S) 10-18-72 PHOTO (S) Wm. J.

Keatirg Great place COMMENTS: REGISTER: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Itamilton PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number Loc. NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: Loc. NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. HAmilton, Ohio County, State Reference Number Probasco, Henry, House Nomination Form _ USGS Map 72001022 Hamilton, OH Photographs The following Core Documentation is missing from this entry: Property Name Missing Core Documentation 'Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: MAY 31 1972 STREET AND NUM BER: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 1972 Hamilton Cincinnati DATE LOCATION COUNTY STATE NAME COMMON: CODE REGISTER NATIONAL MAP REFERENCE SCALE: 1:2400 REQUIREMENTS SOURCE: ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 430 West Cliff Lane PROPERTY MAP FORM Edition of 1959 Ohio CITY OR TOWN: 061 NOV CITY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY SHEET NO 326 PRONASCO, HENRY, HOUSE METROPOLITAN AREA HAMILTON COUNTY Scale 1:2400 Lat.390929" METROPOLITAN TOBOGRAPHIC SURVEY ONE THOUSAND FOOT GRID LINES ARE LAMBERT PROJECTION FOR OHIO SOUTH ZONE CINCINNATI STATE OBTO Date Entered NOV 9 State Liaison Officer Hon. William B. Saxbe Mx. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Robert Taft, Jx. Hon. William J. Keating Hon. William H.

Harsha Director, Northeast Region NRowland : mm 1972 Location PHR Name Also Notified Ross County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Chillicothe vicinity Hamilton County Cincinnati The Ohio Historical Society Stitt (David) Mound VProbasco (Henry) House 11/13/72