Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Mathews House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,536 words across 10 pages, filed in 1973. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 73001488, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR X State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) APR 2 3 1973 NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: NOV 20 1972 X Building I In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: Mathews, Mrs. Dean C.
LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: 47 North Park Place TITLE OF SURVEY: Ohio Historic Landmarks Survey , Phase I DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 1982 Velma Avenue 085 1967 039 Religious LOCATION CLASSIFICATION NATIONAL Entertainment Government Unoccupied REGISTER Restricted ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY Columbus Site OWNERSHIP Structure Museum Being Considered Yes: Private County Painesville STATUS Both Military CODE Educational Private Residence 309 West Washington Street Scientific Park Lake Public The Ohio Historical Society Industrial Mathews House Object Public Acquisition: COMMON: Ohio Agricultural Commercial TO THE PUBLIC Lake County Courthouse OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: Local NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS District (Check One) RECEIVED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT APR DATE Federal 7.
DESCRIPTION X Excellent - Good - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

1s flanked to either side by one-story wings, yielding a cruciform plan. doorway, located on the left side of the facade is unusual to the point between which hang swags of carved drapery" (Frary, PP. 33,35). This central block into three bays, punctuated by five shuttered windows; block. The interior detailing reflects Federal, almost Adamesque, preservation - NOV 20 1972 CONDITION NATIONAL Ruins REGISTER turned balusters.
the kitchen facilities.This addition resulted in the removal of the fireplace and chimney originally adjoining the south side of the main corbels carved with acanthus leaves.Above these are square rosettes Lake County is the Greek Revival style treated with more imagination and Horizontal tongue and groove siding on the facade gives the impression with Ionic capitals, and the transom is divided into three sections by main block.A wing to the rear is a convenience addition and contains Interior: The central block has a large room downstairs and an entasis--- they widen drastically from capitals to their bases.
Exterior:The Mathews House is among the most celebrated buildings the pilasters carry a shallow architrave and an entablature of carved Talbot Hamlin calls the structure the entry scrollwork decorates the side panels of the stairway with its lathe- (Check One) Fair X Moved doorway is flanked by Roman Doric pilasters, four of which divide the fireplaces display perfectly proportioned Ionic orders. Organic attributed to the architect-builder Jonathan Goldsmith. Nowhere in and along the facades of the flanking wings. The tryglyphs are reflected of stone so strived for by Greek Revival designers. Clapboard siding is lightness. At the entry doorway the door and sidelight framing is fluted throughout the house in moldings, pilasters and wainscots. The remaining finesse. accompanying hall and stairway.The flanking wings contain living of curiousity.
This design continues around the sides of the central block above by guttae and regulae in the soffits of the cornice and gable. wings.A notable feature of the facade pilasters is their mannered vertically with carved squares at the intersections. Similar work extends used on the sides and back.Chimneys adjoin the end walls of the flanking and sleeping quarters.Bedrooms also dominate the second floor of the "The door and sidelights are separated by reeded columns tryglyphs separated by plain metopes and linked by thin moldings top and bottom.T similar windows, side by side can be found in the wings.In turn, Good PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) X 19th Century - Education - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Literature - Military STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

This structure was built for Dr. John Henry Mathews, the first The architect, Jonathan Goldsmith, "was born in New Haven, (Connecticut), a shoemaker and carpenter, but later developed into a building NOV 20 1972 Commerce Conservation Communications SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Transportation Aboriginal NATIONAL Science Theater Music REGISTER Landscape Agriculture losophy Prehistoric Pre-Columbian Political Social/Human- Sculpture itarian Industry Invention Goldsmith's work in Lake County. new home designed and built by Goldsmith. Most of the interior wood carving was probably carried out personally by Goldsmith. Religion/Phi Martha Devotion Huntington, the daughter of one of Ohio's early RECEIVED Engineering physician to settle in Geauga County --- the county from which Lake County was largely formed at a later date.
designer of great skill and a draftsman ofno mean achievements" SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) in 1793 and came to Painesville, (Ohio), in 1811. He was originally (Hamlin, PP. 282-3). It is probably quite accurate to say that This building is considered by many to be the best example of Art the l9th century.After spending time in the army during the War family) was attended by Dr.Mathews.In 18l3 Mathews married Goldsmith was the most gifted architect to work in Lake County in of 1812,Goldsmith returned to Painesville where he a member of his

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Campen, Richard, Architecture of the Western Reserve: 1800-1900. Cleveland: The Press of Case-Western Reserve University, 1971, PP. 74-5. Frary, I.T. Early Homes of Ohio. New York: Dover Publications, 1970, Pp. 5 479220 1949. pp. 204-5. DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 1/2 acre Fazio, Michael W.
Landmark Survey Coordinator July 12,1972 Post Office Box 464 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- 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 Mentor Name COUNTY LATITUDE LONGITUDE ATTEST: ORGANIZATION Title DATE REGISTER STATE CORNER Local CODE NATIONAL 039 Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Old Mentor Foundation LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Lake County History.(Compiled by the Workers of the Writers Program of the 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION level of significance of this nomination is: National Register. STREET AND NUMBER: NOV 20 1972 NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: Pub1ications,1964,Pp.282-4.
11.FORM PREPARED BY 33, 95. Hamlin, Talbot. Greek Revival Architecture in America, New York: Dover GP O 931-894 Degrees Seconds Minutes Ohio RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY NUMBER 2 3 1973 6. Historic American Buildings Survey Telegraph, published in February-March, 1962. NOV 20 1972 1934 Washington STATE REGISTER COUNTY 011 APR DATE Federal NATIONAL Lake Ohio Mathews House Library of Congress District of Columbia (Number all entries) Hitchcock, Mrs. Peter S.Various newspaper articles in the Mentor Sheet) Form 10-300a GPO901.082 FOR NPS USE ONLY Lake EDITORIAL REVIEW National Register write-up _ ARCHITECT Acknowledge ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit KEEPER PROPERTY Send-back Register no.
BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW HISTORIAN 327-73 1122-72 F'ederal Register entry _6 -5->3 APR 2 3 1973 Maps Photos orking number Title: NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Lake County Historical Society Library, Lawnfield, Mentor, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. INT: 154-72 085 039 IDENTIFICATION Lake DATE COUNTY STATE Painesville NAME PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio Mathews House 7/4/72 CODE COMMON: Fazio, Michael W. NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 309 West Washington Street Facade from the northwest.
PHOTO CREDIT: (7/72) STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: APR_.2 3 1972 Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) NOV 20 1972 LOCATION STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. Mentor, Ohio Quadrangle 1963 Revised 1970 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. NAME Ohio 039 COUNTY STATE DATE Painesville EQUIREMENTS CODE REGISTER Lake Mathews House COMMON: SOURCE: SCALE: 309 West Washington Street AND/OR HISTORIC: 1"24000 MAP REFERENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY APR 2 3 1973 EN TRY NUMBER L41° 43'09% UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MENTOR, OHIO NOV 20 1972 Long.
81° 01" College Hall, Vllmington College Erwin Hall, Marietta College Bale (Jonathan) Homestead Morgan (John Ha) Surrender Site Muskingum County Hon. William B. SaxbeAlso Notified Eon. Robert Taft, Jr. State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. J. William Stanton Ion. John M. Ashbrook NRowland: 1mp 5-1-73 Director, Northeast Region Location STATE Director Name Aurora New Concord Portage County Date Entered Washington County Lake County The Ohio Historical Society ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Marietta Wilmington Clinton County Hon. Merrick Hall Sumit County Columbiana County Lutz'a Tavern Delaware APR 2 3 1973 Painesville Paul Hall, Muskingum College Mr.Daniel R.Porter Delaware County Elliott Hall, Sturgee Library and Kent House West Point Hathews House #g" Bridge II Ion. Walter E. Powell Hon, Samuel Lo Devine