Nomination for Hubbard, Col. William, House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR X State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 2 01973 Hubbard, Col. William, House AND/OR HISTORIC: "Great Emporium"; "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard" J. William Stanton X Building - In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments -.

Commercial OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Co lumbus 1890 007 039 Site LOCATION ACCESSIBLE Jefferson Religious Structure Private Military Entertainment Educational Government Unoccupied Ashtabula STATUS CATEGORY Restricted Both District NATIONAL MAR Museum Federal Agricultural Being Considered Private Residence REGISTER CODE CLASSIFICATION Scientific Public COMMON: Industrial OWNERSHIP Registrar of Deeds, Ashtabula County Courthouse City of Ashtabula Yes: pvt. Public Acquisition: RECEIVED The Ohio Historical Society OWNER OF PROPERTY (Check One) Object City Hall STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: TO THE PUBLIC Ohio PAR Other (Specify) N.W. Corner, Lake Ave. and Walnut Blvd. (Walnut Beach Park)) Railroad Sites -- Ohio 1982 Velma Ave.

PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Underground NAME DATE DESCRIPTION - Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered L Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Hubbard House as originally constructed by the owner, Col. William Hubbard, was a two-story, brick, five-bay, simple, country Greek Revival Walnut Blvd. was an unpaved country lane. At some point in the history of the house, two ells were added, then Throughout time, the interior has been altered considerably. Fireplaces have been blocked, partitioning altered, and other changes made for house was adapted to private club purposes, and still more recently, the overall present condition of the building is fair to good. accommodate escaping slaves. CONDITION residence. REGISTER Ruins NATIONAL Asphalt shingles have replaced the original wooden shakes.Fenestration Hubbard built his barn, long since demolished.Prior to the Civil War, city's Recreation Department has utilized the interior for offices.

A number of traditions have been repeated for generations about secret The exterior of the house today exhibits considerable alteration as well. (Check One) credence can be given to these features of the dwelling and there is It was built in 1834 near the Lake Erie shore on the outskirts of what provides a fairly compatible setting with respect to that of the original MAR 6 rooms and a tunnel from the basement of the house to the lake shore for RECEIVED - Good removed. Only the original, rectangular building remains today. are apparently original. The original four chimneys remain intact. The The present location of the house at the corner of Walnut Beach Park to have been located under the kitchen ell (now demolished). Little has been altered.The front porch was added at some time after the con- was then a small Lake Erie port town.Immediately south of the house,

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SIGNIFICANCE - Pre-Columbian | - 20th Century SPECIFIC (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Political - Urban Planning Other (Specify) - Science XI Social/Human- MAR 6 - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

the Civil War, slaves escaping from the south by way of the ohio River William Hubbard migrated from Holland Patent, New York, to Ashtabula 1787. Prior to his move to Ohio, Hubbard served in the War of 1812 as a captain in a New York Regiment, and was, after the war, a colonel of Hubbard joined the enterprise and became, very shortly, a substantial member of the community, earning the sobriquet "Deacon." He had married in the anti-slavery movement and made his home near the Lake Shore, a Some restoration work was performed in the late 1950's. In the 1834 Commerce militia. Architecture Conservation Communications Engineering REGISTER Religion/Phi Military Prehistoric Aboriginal Literature Music anti-slavery society. NATIONAL "conductors landed passengers in his (Hubbard's) cellar or hayloft... itarian Agriculture for Recreation Department offices until recent months.

Industry Landscape From this refuge, arrangements were made with co-operative ship captains Invention members of the family who owned and operated a lumber yard and warehouses, Hubbard occupied his home until his death in 1863.For many years second Education brick home upon his arrival.Having been preceded to the town by other to transport at night the escapees across the lake to Canada. Hubbard constructed his substantial and large (by early Ashtabula standards) losophy and Wheeling to the north prior to the transport of the slaves by boat Sculpture Wilbur H. Siebert wrote in his exhaustive study of the Underground, to Canada.

The old Western Reserve of Ohio was a hotbed of anti-slavery activity the former Catherine Hulbert in 18l0.Hubbard served his community in 1960's, it was transferred to the City of Ashtabula which used the house PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) about 1834. He was a native of Connecticut, where he was born May 6, The area produced such "Black" Republicans as owners of the house were members of the Starkey family. It was acquired in this century by the Township of Ashtabula which leased it to a private 1973 Art terminus of one underground railroad.Night after night,"Professor Joshua Giddings and Benjamin Wade.Hubbard was actively engaged locally The Hubbard House was a major terminus for one eastern Ohio/i before the Civil War. RECEIVE Siebert, Wilbur H., The Mysteries of Ohio's Underground Railroads, Co lumbus Hubbard, Harlan P., One Thousand Years of Hubbard History, N.Y., 1895.

Ashtabula, Ohio, 1959.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PrOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: % acre MAR 6 FORM PREPARED BY Daniel R. Porter Jan. 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 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 Nationa 1 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931.894 Local Degrees Seconds LATITUDE Preservation STATE ORGANIZATION NDARIES Minutes LONGITUDE COUNTY Name DATE REGISTER NATIONAL CODE CORNER Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ATTEST: Ohio Historical Society NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds 1982 Velma Ave. NAME AND TITLE: 0.39 "a leaflet issued by the North End Club, ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR "The Hubbard House..

Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Number all entries) Hubbard, Col. William, House The city is considering the demolition of the house, or its transfer to a private group for museum or other compatible purposes, an offer GPO 901.082 Ashtabula REGISTER NATIONAL COUNTY STATE DATE interpretation center. (Continuation Sheet) Ohio MAR 2 0 presently under consideration. The house was recently vandalized and at present is improperly maintained.

Its location within a MAR 6 municipal park and with a splendid view of Lake Erie make the Hubbard House a logical candidate for adaptive public purposes such as an ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register entry _ 5-/-13 Photos Entered Maps Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN KEEPER Send-back CONTROL REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF National Register write-up WORKING NUMBER TECH REVIEW 3.6.73.2484 Ashtabul a ACCEPT 3-723 STATE Chio MAR 2 0 1979 3/8/73 FRont FACADE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. Ashtabule, Ohio. 3/20/73 NPS Number Loc. _ashtabule ,Ohis PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER STREET AND NUM BER: N.W. Corner, Lake Ave. and Walnut Blvd. CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. Quad Map, Ashtabula North, Ohio Quad. 1960: photorevised, 1970 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1.

Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. INT: 155-72 039 REQUIREMENTS NAME DATE LOCATION COUNTY STATE CODE COMMON: 1:24,000 SCALE: Ashtabula SOURCE: MAP REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM Ohio (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL AND/OR HISTORIC: REGISTER 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ASHTABULA NORTH, OHIO ASHTABULA NORTH QUADRANGLE OHIO - ASHTABULA CO E 516190 latitude: 41° 531 591 DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO BAR 2 0 1973 Founders Fall, Heidelberg College Hon. William B.

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