Nomination for Lane-Hooven House

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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 ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/OR HISTORIC: Eighth, Walter E.

Powell (Check One) - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments X Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Courthouse Square, High Street REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: SEP 19 1972 Site ACCESSIBLE NAME BUTLER Commercial Government Educational STATE Private Both Restricted Religious DATE Entertainment District Agricultural CLASSIFICATION STATUS OWNERSHIP Structure CATEGORY LOCATION Museum Building Private Residence Unoccupied REGISTER Community Services CODE COUNTY: 039 Public Yes: Being Considered Local Park Hamilton Industrial Public Acquisition: Scientific COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Red Cross Building NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Object Butler County Court House Hamilton Community Foundation 017 TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: OHIO 323 North Third Street In Process OCT 25 1973 PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) OWNER OF PROPERTY NATIONAL Military OCT Lane-Hooven House Dhio DESCRIPTION - Excellent XI Good - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (If known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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structure on a raised foundation with stone water table in the Octagon the bargeboards terminate inan elaborate S curve. paired windows, and in the gable there is a semi-circular wrought iron CONDITION windows. carved open-work cornice above the entrance. Fair ing double doors. windows have stone label moulding. Above the entry is a wrought iron and wood balcony supported by carved are two rooms with fireplaces similar to the one in the dining room.

fluted pilasters and plain frieze.To the left of the entrance hall The eclectic detailing of the house is primarily Gothic Revival in char The parlor mantel is carved wood with a rectangular opening and finely north and south walls.To the southwest and northwest are two further boards.There is an eight-sided pendant at the peak of the gable and Mode.The roof is imbricated pattern slate with four gables at right elliptical window over the front gable and narrow 4/4 windows on alter- are paired 1/1 windows with a single stained glass transom over both Dn the rear facade, an elaborate two sectional one story ext- has a hipped slate roof with bracketed cornice.On the east wall there wall of this room to the one room addition which has a simple fireplace to the kitchen in the rear.To the right of the entrance is the parlor (Check One) On the south side there are also nating sides.

The tower has a flat roof with a bracketed cornice. The double door main entrance, above a short flight of steps, is recess- east facades of the first floor have a small foliated wrought iron and flat roofed octagonal extensions. The dining room has an elaborate fireplace with rectangular opening, carved doors and moulded jambs have a stained glass transom and side wooden brackets.There are flat arched four light double door entrance and wood balcony.The pointed arch glazed entrance door has Gothic detailed glazed tile surround.The carved wood overmantel has curved There is a small storage porch which wood balcony in front of the windows.

connects these two extensions.On the southwest side is a rear entran- lights.There are etched glass panels in the upper panels of the doors with corbeled caps, on the north and south sides.There is a small tracery and pointed arch stone label moulding.All the first floor with a stained glass transom.There is a hood roof on brackets with a There is a later one story addition to the house on the north side. - Pre-Columbian / - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) Landscape - Theater ber of the firm of Owens, Lane and Dyer Company, which in 1846 built important supplier to Union troops during the Civil lar. "anics Addition" and "The South Addition" which enlarged the city with Shortly after this his wife died and in 1874 he married Mrs. Mary C.

1863 Commerce Transportation Architecture Conservation Communications losophy Aboriginal Engineering Science itarian Art Literature

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SIGNIFICANCE Agriculture Music Education Religion/Phi Invention Sculpture ing machine and separator with horse power for threshing and cleaning Social/Human- Revenue Collector through an appointment by President Abraham Lincoln Military Company manufactured portable and Corliss style stationary machines in addition to threshers and sawmills. Kenia and began an agricultural implement business.In 1878 the com- Industry Political STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

iron work for the McGuire, Kline and Ervine Paper Mill and the Beckett Vermont of Scotch ancestry and came to Ohio in 1837.He was a trained engineer and came to Hamilton in 1846 to build several flour mills and Bank and served until 187o when he retired to a farm east of the city. in in 1880 the and the.city by Lane in 1867.and is still in use. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) The house was originally built for Clark Lane in 1863. He was a mem- In 1875 John L. Martin (1814-1882) bought the house. He was born in County, Ohio. In 1864 John P. and his sons moved to Hamilton from direct successor to the company originally founded by Clark Lane. The his residence, was also built in the Octagon mode. It was donated to of Public llorks from 1858 to 1862. Martin also served as Internal John P.

Hooven and Mary Baughman Hooven were originally from Pennsy1- business successes.They introduced to the Southern states the thresh- the iron and stone cells in the Butler County Jail.They also made the to supervise lock and dam construction.He served on the State Board Monarch and Eclipse Machine lorks) was formed.This company was the and Bigdon Mill.The Lane Company was prosperous and had many early grain in one operation.About 1856 they first manufactured for prac- pany became known as the John C.Hooven Company.The business was sold From 1911until 1948 the house was owned by the John C.Hooven family AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati, 1882.

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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 PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FORM PREPARED BY Gale Brooks, Environmental Preservationist June 7, 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: Mercantile Library aui1ding, 414 Walnut Street CITY OR TOWN: Ohio , B.F. 2.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 Associate Director, Professional OCT 2 5 1973 GP O 931-894 Degrees STATE LONGITUDE ATTEST: Cincinnati ORGANIZATION Seconds DATE LATITUDE COUNTY Name National CORNER Title Services Local CODE Minutes Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Ohio Arts Council level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- Less than one Ohio , B.F. Bowen and Co., 1905. forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended Hamilton and It's 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 2 5 1973 (Number all entries) 7. DESCRIPTION: Cont'd. 8. SIGNIFIRANCE: Cont'd. 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES: Cont'd Lane, Clark, "Reminiscential"., unpublished manuscript of autobiography, Recorder's Office, Butler County Courthouse. SEP 1 9 1973 GP O 921.724 COUNTY NATIONAL STATE DATE REGISTER RECEIVED RUTLER (Continuation Sheet) center of the basement below the central spiral staircase is another Hamilton which contains several other significant buildings including one which is being studied currently for preservation and protection by arch entry door and a foiled Gothic arch ceiling. serves as the foundation for the octagonal tower.

with a decorative iron light fixture.There is a second floor landing John C.Hooven was a respected member of the community.He married simple brackets, carved balusters, and an elaborate carved newel post the Renninghofen House which has already been nominated to the National Form 10-300a Leading from the kitchen is a steep wooden stair to the basement.In the steep wooden stair which leads to a circular domed sub-basement that architectural statement is one of the focal points of the neighborhood, Lane Public Library The Red Cross Building Register.The future of the building seems assured, but it will need the Hamilton Planning Commission. active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr.Hooven was a Mason.

In 1948 the Hooven family gave the house to the City of Hamilton for exterior repair and interior renovation in the future.This unique reaches from the first floor to the tower.The open string stairs have Chapter House for Butler County.It is located in the Near Northside of community purposes.At the present time it serves as the Red Cross The entrance hall leads to a centrally located spiral staircase which The family was OHIO Jennie Enyeart in 1867,and they had four children. STATE Ohia National Register write-up . Federal Register entry12 -4-23 Maps Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Send-back Re-submit KEEPER Photos ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN TECH REVIEW CONTROL REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF PROPERTY Led 9.19.73.3633 Butler 9-21- PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ) NATIONAL RED CROSS HAMILTON CHAPTER AMERICAN Loc.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER East facade PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number Loc. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. Title: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Asaigned by NPS) OCT 2 5 1973 2. LOCATION 3. MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: SEP 1 9 1973 1965 TOWN DATE STATE REGISTER NATIONAL Butler COMMON SOURCE Red Cross Building COUNTY Hamilton 1:24,000 SCALE Lane-Hooven House AND/OR HISTORIC STREET AND NUMBER RECEIVED PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Form 10-301 U.S.G.S.

Hamilton nuadrangle GP0932-010 319 North Third Street Ohio UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAMILTON QUADRANGLE HAMILTON, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OCT 2 5 1973 Director, Northeast Region Colunbus, Ohio 43211 PHR - M. Mott 11/7/73 Location STATE Name Also Notified Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lane-Hooven House Butler County State Historic Preservation Officer Mr.Daniel R. Porter The Ohio Historical Society Hon, Walter B. Powell Director Hon. William B. Saxbe Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Ohio