Nomination for Rawson House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) JUN 2 9 1973 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 3767 Clifton Avenue L061 (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - Structure - In Process - Unrestricted - Preservation work - Comments - Other (Specify) - Religious - Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Cincinnati LOCATION NAME Site CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY REGISTER Yes: STATUS NATIONAL Entertainment Military Government OWNERSHIP Unoccupied District CODE Private Both HAMILTON Park Educational Museum Being Considered Industrial Public Private Residence Hamilton County Courthouse COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Transportation Commercial Court & Main Streets Agricultural The Rawson House 039 Public Acquisition: STREET AND NUMBER: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES County CITY OR TOWN: OHIO Object PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Mr.

llarren R. Woodward, Jr. - Federal DATE Building ENTRY NUMBER Dhio DESCRIPTION (Check One) * Excellent - Fair Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed X Unaltered post and handrail, turned balusters and ornamental foliated scroll addition to the room, dated stylistically 1880-1900. Also to the left CONDITION fixture. brackets and paneled frieze. a cornice with paired barckets and paneled dentilated frieze. room across the west facade. carved wood panels below. floor level. colonettes, paneled spandrels and foliated cartouche in the center. and in the tower have segmental arches with a plain cartouche in the facade is a covered porch with paired columns, brackets and dentils. with windows in each side and windows on the north and south walls.

fireplaces of gray-white marble with round-arched opening, plain with paneled frieze.It also has a stone string course at the 2nd To the right of the stair hall is the living room with entrance doors The center tower rises a full story above the roof-line.It has a concave mansard slate roof.There are windows on all 4 sides of the The fireplace is carved oak with a tile surround.It is a later at the front and rear of the hall.Opposite these paneled doors are The house rises 2y stories with a 2 story extension 2 rooms deep in hasa 3 story open well 2 run stair to the second floor and a2 run DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

the rear. It has agabled roof with circular dormers above the bay? Exterior: plaster molding surrounding the original brass filigree gas light center of each window. tower and a circular dormer on each side of the tower roof.It has Fair The center entrance has a round arch double door entry.The interior feature of the room is the ceiling molding.It is carved plaster in The cornice of the mantelpiece has a triple bow.Another notable entry doors have round arch frosted and etched glass panels with The Rawson House is a classic example of the Italian Villa a door which leads to a rear porch that runs the width of the living All the windows on the first floor are round arched with a foliated 3-sided 2 story bay with its own roof and a complete bracketed cornice same period and in the same style as the fireplace in the library.

brackets on the stringers of each flight.At the rear of the hall is Above these is a full cornice with paired To the left of the stair hall is the library.It has a 3-sided bay Good

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! X] 19th Century - Urban Planning | Prehistoric - Other (Specify) X Social/Human- - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

descendent, 7th generation, of Edward Rawson, who was Secretary of Richards (died 1894) from West Roxbury, Massachusetts. They eight children: Mary, Warren, Martha, Hannah, Edward, Joseph, Charles Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867), the grandfather of President William Rhoda Rawson who was a direct descendent, 5th generation, of Edward Festival Chorus. They had eight children: Martha, Bessie Russell, Marjorie, Joseph, Lucy, Jeanette and Gwendolyn. Shortly after their Conservation Commerce Architecture Aboriginal losophy Engineering Military Agriculture Religion/Phi Literature Science itarian Landscape Music vice-president of the First National Bank of Cincinnati.Mrs.Rawson Education also traced her lineage to pre-Revolutionary New England settlers.

Political Invention company in Cincinnati in 1825.The business subsequently passed to The couple had met when they were members of the Cincinnati May Sculpture Communications When Joseph Rawson arrived in Cincinnati he began working for Industry The Joseph Rawson House originally belonged to Jacob Lloyd Wayne meat packing firm in 1856 due to the retirement of the owner.From Howard to Cincinnati.Peter Rawson Taft's mother was Massachusetts in 1636-37 from England. marriage they moved into the house at 3767 Clifton Avenue. Rawson & Sons. 1831.He was the son of Charles Wayne who had founded a hardware and Old Mens Home and a charter member of the Cincinnati's Women's who had married Eliza Chesebrough Palmer the son Jacob Lloyd layne.and remained in the family until 1878.

In 1876 Joseph Rawson married Lucy SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) Grindal, and Frances Helen.

that time, the firm, located on Sycamore Street, was known as Joseph was a member of Clavary Episcopal Church, the board of the llidows Fechheimer family on Garfield Place.Mr.Rawson became head of the Joseph Rawson worked for the family meat-packing company and was Joseph and Mary Rawson lived at 9th and Race Street near the the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1650.He had come to Newbury, In 1831 Joseph Rawson came from his birthplace, Mendon, and Mary Adams (died 1813).Joseph Rawson was a direct In 1841 a kinsman of Joseph Rawson, AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art published by the Family, Worcester, Mass.: Cincinnati, Ohio: LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY LOF LESS THAN IEN ACRES National O CITY OR TOWN: 12.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 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: GP0 931-894 DATE Cincinnati LATITUDE Degrees Local Name Seconds LONGITUDE COUNTY CODE REGISTER STATE ORGANIZATION Minutes Title ATTEST: CORNER Degrees Minutes Seconds

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES less than one acre National Register. Ohio Arts Council 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- FORM PREPARED BY The Mercantile Library Building 414 Walnut Street STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Hamlin, Charles Hughes, The 1958 Lineage Book, Cincinnati Chapter, Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution, Published by the APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Gale Brooks, Environmental Preservationist April 20, 1973 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 1870. 039 The Rawson Family:A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, 1875.

Cincinnati Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Crane, E.B., Ohio Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) 7. Description continued 8. Significance continued abroad. The last resident of the house, Gwendolyn Rawson, died in 9. Major Bibliographical References continued Nelson, S.B. & Runk, J.M., History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, GP 0 921-724 COUNTY DATE STATE REGISTER HAMILTON NATIONAL celebrations especially when their daughters returned from their schools heirs have reached a final decision regarding its disposition.

family grew they used the first floor living room as a playroom for the The Rawson House The heavy woodwork in this room and throughout the house is the original Club.Their large home was filled with activities of a large family four bedrooms with a three-light transom over each door. still contain the original dark green marble fireplaces which are NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (July 1969) (Number all entries) pale oak. Ohio, A. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, Cincinnati, Thio: 1894. Washburn, Mabel Thacher Rosemary, Ancestry of William Howard Taft, Frank JUN 2 9 1973 On the second floor are the bedrooms.The east and north-east bedrooms February,1973.The future of the house remains uncertain until the simpler duplicates of the living room fireplaces.

The third floor has OHIO The Rawson House ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit HISTORIAN Send-back Entered Maps KEEPER PROPERTY BRANCH CHIEF Photos REVIEW UNIT CHIEF TECH REVIEW National Register write-up CONTROL REVIEW Federal Register entry STATE Ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FORM 10-301 A (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) AND/OR HISTORIC JUN 2 9 1973 2. LOCATION Cincinnati, Chin STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT March 27, 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 COMMON TOWN DATE REGIST 45220 Hamilton STATE The Rawson House PHOTO CREDIT Susan Ross Kunz COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (6/72) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM View of the east facade from the east 94 Juergens 3767 Clifton Avenue NATIONA!

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC JUN 2 9 1973 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Susan Ross Kunz DATE TOWN STATE COMMON COUNTY NATIONA! Hamilton The Rawson House and molding on the north wall Interior view of living room showing the fireplace (6/72) PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach toor en close with photograph) 3767 Clifton Avenue March 27, 94 Juergens Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 45220 REGISTE 281- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2 4 1973 2.

LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT March 27, 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 TOWN COMMON DATE NAME The Rawson House STATE COUNTY Hamilton Interior view of the woodwork detail around the main entry PHOTO CREDIT Susan Ross Kunz 94 Juergens (6/72) 3767 Clifton Avenue NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Cincinnati,Ohio RECEIVED REGISTE Ohio UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) JUN 2 9 1973 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE March 27, 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Cincinnati COUNTY COMMON DATE STATE Hamilton TOWN NATIONA!

(Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) The Rawson House REGIST: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT 94 Juergens View of the southeast facade from the south (6/72) Susan Ross Kunz 3767 Clifton Avenue NEGATIVE FILED AT STREET AND NUMBER Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 RECEIVED Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) JUN 2 9 1973 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. MAP REFERENCE U.S.G.S.

Cincinnati West GPO 932.010 1961 Cincinnati DATE COUNTY Hamilton COMMON TOWN REGISTER SCALE SOURCE NATIONAL RECEIVED AND/OR HISTORIC The Rawson House 3767 Clifton Avenue 1:24, 0pP9,/ H0 REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: STATE CINCINNATI WEST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CINCINNATI WEST, OHIO 39 09!08" E1435 JUL 2 4 1973 Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Me, Denlel R, Porter, Director Hon, Donald Do Claney Columbus, Ohio 43213 Director, Northeast Region Location STATE Name Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Cineinnati Hamilton Coumty The Ohio Historieal Society Hon. Will1an B. Saxbe MMott:jal