Nomination for Hale, Jonathan, Homestead

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) APP-2 3 1973 Hale, Jonathan, Homestead AND/ OR HISTORIC: (Check One X Building Ex] Preservation work - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) X Museum OWNER'S NAME: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Summit County Courthouse, Office of the County Recorder TITLE OF SURVEY: Historic American Buildings Survey (P.

299) DATE OF SURVEY: - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Moser 039 153 LOCATION Washington CLASSIFICATION NAME Bath 011 Commercial STATE Both Private Government OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE Summit Entertainment Restricted Religious District CATEGORY Site Akron COUNTY STATUS Char Unoccupied Educational Yes: Private Residence Structure Park Agricultural Being Considered CODE NATIONAL COMMON: Industrial Public Ohio Cleveland Western Reserve Historical Society Public Acquisition: Scientific RECEIVED OWNER OF PROPERTY REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Military NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Object ENTRY DATE 209 South High Street 10825 East Boulevard STREET AND NUMBER: TO THE PUBLIC In Process CITY OR TOWN: - Federal 1936 APR Library of Congress ENTRY NUMBER 1973 DESCRIPTION [X Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered Y Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known)PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

three-story block, built 1825, b) story and a half living room, built about 1830, to the rear of the main block, c) two wings, each one and a half stories to the west of the living room, built about 1840. south ends. The block is backed into a hill to the west, making the are wood. At the gable ends, the brick walls are continued above the front and rear walls there exists modillioned wood eave trim, Federal in has been largely replaced after 1938. Common bond with header courses floor it is believed there were several small bedrooms, the plan of the The first addition (1830) was the living room (21' x 21') built to the west of the main block, four steps lower than the main floor of the house. house two parallel rearmost wings. CONDITION Moved Ruins REGISTER running bond is used.Simple keystones exist over window openings.

every seventh course has been used throughout,except on the front wall temporarily used for administrative purposes. The main floor has a centrally-placed door with apparently original iron to the acquisition by the Western Reserve Historical Society.

The Jonathan Hale House now consists of four major parts:a) original The interior of the main block has undergone changes.The ground floor is walls and chimneys are brick; interior partitions and floor and roof front wall three stories high and the rear wall two stories high.Exterior are original.A root cellar to the west of this room now forms the base- previous porch built in the late 1840's.The original soft brick exterior latch.At this entrance an existing small wood one-story porch replaces a built in the 1840's was a wooden one-story with attic structure built to (Check One) feet north to south.The gable roof has a chimney at both north and is supported with exposed joists and beams.

The second addition (20'x 30") Good Main block: constructed mostly by the settler, Jonathan Hale, and his There are two rebuilt fireplaces at the or coal with a corn room over, was built to the north of this, roof surfaces, creating two step gables with brick copings. On both The main floor is divided into two rooms with an enclosed stair, rising exterior door; the south end was possibly a formal dining room. On the top Fair where Flemish bond with two belt courses formed by projecting bricks in now one large farm-type kitchen.T ment for the first addition. north and south ends, only the mantels are original.East and west doors style.There are five bays across the front; the windows are double hung. rebuilt after 1938.Most of the interior trim and woodwork is not original. floor below not being repeated originally.All of the fireplaces were TheYNATONAL

Statement of significance

The significance of the Jonathan Hale Homestead lies in the fact family whose accounts, letters, diaries and other papers are pre- seven buildings, moved to this site from various locations, are museum, the Jonathan Hale House (and its immediate surroundings) JAN 3 1973 Commerce Architecture Engineering losophy Aboriginal Communications Conservation Industry Landscape Transportation Theater itarian Science Music Literature Prehistoric Agriculture Political Social/Human- Military and artifacts spanning fifteen decades. Religion/Phi constituting a visual history of architecture, interior design, not being considered with this application. Invention Sculpture Education shelter many of the family's records and tangible belongings, Because the entire property remained in the hands of the same that it is a pioneer Western Reserve homestead which, with its served and available to the public.

unusual brick house, has survived in excellent condition with few major changes.It bespeaks the life and livlihood of a pioneer Urban Planning It is located in the Hale Farm and Village Museum in Bath, Ohio, family from its settlement in 18l0 until 1956 when it became a Other (Specify) settled 1810,built 1825 REGISTER Art NATIONAL a museum of The Western Reserve Historical Society.The other

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Campen, Richard N.,Architecture of the Western Reserve, 1800-1900, 1791 Press of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, P 164 Horton, John J., The Jonathan Hale Farm, A Chronicle of the Cuyahoga 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 1 and 1/2 acres JAN 3 FORM PREPARED BY Charles D.

Willits, Architecture STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 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 Nationa1 Register 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: GP 0 931-894 1973 Degrees LATITUDE DATE ORGANIZATION STATE Title Name LONGITUDE COUNTY 12/30/71 ATTEST: REGISTER CORNER CODE Ohio, Publication #116. Local Cleveland NATIONAL Degrees Minutes Seconds Valley, 1961, The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, 12.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: 10825 East Boulevard 039 Butler, Margaret Manor, A Pictorial History of the Western Reserve, 1796 to 1830, 1963, Library of Congress (63-19645) Western Reserve APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTX 8O forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Date 22 Decembu 1972 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY The Western Reserve Historical Society Seconds Minutes Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, WRHS Publication #117. K TECH REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register entry 6-5 -73 APR 2 3 1973 HISTORIAN Entered Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Re-submit WORKING NUMBER KEEPER Photos CONTROL REVIEW 1.3.73.2053 Summit ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register write-up BRANCH CHIEF 2-27.23 73000 258 STATE Willoughby Hills, O.

44094 ELROY SANFORD PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 2816 SOM Center Rd. FRONT ElEUAtiON Loc.Summit,ohio SuMmit, Obio. R. R. MCCREARY AKRON, OHIO 44321 PHOTOGRAPHER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 200 HARMONY HILLS DR Loc. R. R. MCCREARY 44321 PHOTOGRAPHER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER AKRON, OHIO 200 HARMONY HILLS DR. Loc. Summit,Obio.. R. R. MCCREARY PHOTOGRAPHER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. 200 HARMONY HILLS DR. Summit, Ohio AKRON, OHIO Title: NPS Numoer UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) ENTRY NUMBER NAME AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 1963 Summit 153 Bath REQUIREMENTS LOCATION Ohio COUNTY DATE STATE U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute quadrangle for Peninsula, Summit Co. Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER CODE SCALE: MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: Form 10-301 PROPERTY MAP FORM 1973 PENINSULA QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-SUMMIT CO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PENINSULA, OHIO STATE ORIO Hale (Jonathan) Homestead Morgan WJohn He) Surrender Site "g" Bridge II Muskingum County Paul Hall, Muskingum College Hon. William B. SaxbeAlso Notified Mr. Daniel R. Porter Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. John M. Ashbrook Eon. Samuel L.

Devine NRowLand:Imp 5-1-73 Director, Northeast Region Location Aurora Director Washington County Date Entered Name Marietta Portage County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER West Point The Ohio Historical Society Merrick Hall Bath Delaware County Painesville Columbiana County College Hall, Wilmington College Delaware State Hiatoric Preservation Officer Clinton County Wilmington New Concord Summit County Erwin Hall, Harietta College Luta'a Tavern Kent House Hon.J.william Stanton Lake County 2 3 1973 Eon. Robert Taft, Jr- Hon. Walter E. Powell Hon.Clarence E.Miller Elliott Hall, Sturges Library and Hathevs House MAY 7 1979 Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) Hale, Jonathan, House 5. Other Name(s) 28. No. of Stories 3 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Basement? Yes D 0.25 mile north of Ira Rd. 17. Date(s) or Period No D City or Town It Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31.

Wall Construction Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 21. Original Use, if apparent IRA RD. 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership Changes Private X Altered X in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference Exterior excellent 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure - Building XX Object D Endangered? Director, Hale Farm & Village By What? Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Historic Places (4-23-73) Hist. Dist.? No XI HABS, 1936 41. Distance from and 200° X 100° apboard, but were faced with brick c. 1950, at which time .terview with Siegfried F. Buerling, Director, Hale Farm and Village, Bath, Ohio, 23 March 1976. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) Society, 1961), esp. pp. 106-114. 1825-1827 stone 3/76 Coordinates Front Underway? dwelling Easting Register?

Federal Bath SUM-3-6 Summit County Long. museum Northing Ohio Historical Center Side gable/wood shingle Eligible? Frontage on Road Interior Lat. seum of early Western Reserve architecture and country life. Specific Location (Explain lemish bond with two belt courses is used on front wall. Sources of Information 30.Foundation Material 16. Thematic Category Cuyahoga Valley (Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Ohio Historic Preservation Office DHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Further Description of Important Features om addition and north and south wings 1 stories) brick/common bond* 10825 East Boulevard Description of Environment and Outbuildings ick veneer of main house was replaced with all new brick. On National The Hale House forms the nucleus of Hale Farm & Village Cleve1and,0hio 44106 Public Road? Jonathan Hale w/John Boswort 83. No. of Bays 35.

Plan Shape irregular Addition X Westeg Reserve Hist. Soc. May 1-Dec. 30 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Potent'!? Approx. Acreage: 3 le between 1825 and 1827. J. Horton, The Jonathan Hale Farm: A Chronicle of the No O nsisting of about 15 structures built prior to 1850, not all of which are Living ese) These were originally ral valley setting. Name of Established District stern Reserve Historical Society in 1957,and is open to the public as a k Hill Rd.and still dominates the rest of house. re added at rear in 19th century. Inventory - OTHER Re-submit Entered CONTROL HAER TECHNICAL Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST Review National Register Write-up HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry 7-3-79 JUN111979 Working Number 5, 2. )9. 96 5 Photos 20 KEEPER Maps Property BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 5.21.79 1. Jonathan Hale House Hale Homestead 1977 WRHS MAY 7 1979 Historic Resources-Bath Twp.

Bath Township Summit County 24-4 WRHS Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000608 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet