Nomination for Sessions House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) AUG 1 4*1973 AND/OR HISTORIC: J.

William Stanton TO THE PUBLIC - In Process - Preservation work - Comments X Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Post Office Box 421 COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal JUN 2 9 1973 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 085 039 LOCATION Painesville Site Religious Commercial Military NATIONAL Entertainment Government ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION REGISTER CATEGORY Restricted Agricultural Educational Private Residence Yes: Museum OWNERSHIP STATUS CODE Private Being Considered Lake Transportation Both Park Ohio apartment house Lake County Courthouse Unoccupied Tuscan House Structure Industrial CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Scientific Public Acquisition: Public (Check One) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 157 Mentor Avenue LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS 47 North Park Place CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: County FOR NPS USE ONLY Object * Building in progresr PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) NAME DATE COMMON: Districf - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved 3 X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

by a semi-circular stone arch. Above this arch is a second arch, similarly shaped and engaged in the brick, with its moldings becoming horizontal at only a horizontal member, the vertical member being eliminated. Between the modeling in 1945 encased all of the original fireplaces which must be of JUN 2 9.1973 Interior Exterior CONDITION projections. NATIONAL REGISTER DESCRIPTION Ruins brackets and on the fascia are rectangular panels with chamfered corners. this resulting bay.

bay and symmetrical receding wings.The central bay shows the buildings individual apartments.The structure originally had twelve rooms arranged ingly diminutive for this enormous structure.This stair has lathe-turned are chamfered with windows in all sides.A brick chimney is located above of individual jig-sawn layers in five plies.Alternately, the brackets have to those at the facade continue around the structure on all sides.At the the stone sill is also typical throughout.At the springlineseof this arch The interior planning here has been modified considerably to accommodate window with a continuous stone sill and a continuous molded stone arch above; in double parlor fashion around a large first floor hallway and a smaller main entry at the first floor level.The doorway is splayed and surmounted of roof and fascia.Abracketed pediment surmounts the central bay.The The soffit of the overhanging roof is coffered.Dentils define the joint and continuing around the fascia of the second floor stair framing.Re- are similar in form but are single with two abreast in each floor.A con- throughout are deep and rely mainly upon concave shapes with shaped convex Fair At the second floor of the central block is a left side elevation the wing is rectangular;at the right side the corners (Check One) at the base of the hall at the second level.

The connecting stair is a straight run, surpris- balusters and newel with jig-sawn scrollwork at the side of the rising face Excellent Good RECEIVED tinuous bracketed cornice surrounds the building. The brackets are built up wood judging from a piece of mantel trim found in the attic. Moldings are consoles with rosettes and antefixae.The windows in the flanking bays This large brick structure has a"T"-shaped plan.The facade is located PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | 19th Century . Built c. 1870 - Urban Planning Indus try - Literature Little is known of the history of this structure first owned by Lucia woodwork, and coloristic motifs all abounded. All of these appear on the JUN 2 9 1973 Conservation

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SIGNIFICANCE Communications Engineering Commerce Transportation losophy Theater Architecture Science Aboriginal REGISTER Landscape NATIONAL Religion/Phi Prehistoric Music Agriculture Education Political itarian Social/Human- new vocabulary never imagined by the Italians -- cast iron, jig-sawn Sculpture Stylistically, the building is the most outstanding masonry example of house at 157 Mentor Avenue and make it one of Painesville's best testaments design which implies the hand of a talented and well-trained designer. Invention the concept of reviving the Italian style had given away to a completely the villas of the Italian Renaissance at a time when a romantic setting in America as being both picturesque and practical.By the late 1860's Other STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

supposition. The house does, iowever, display a skill and continuity of was desired, as opposed to the classic placidity of the Greek or Roman Military Art to the post-Civil War romantic movement in American architecture. building's designer although no concrete evidence exists to support this the late Italianate Style in Lake County.This style sought to imitate

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1969. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JUN. 2 9 1973 FORM PREPARED BY Post Office Box 464 2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa 1 Register.

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: GPO 931-894 039 Mentor Seconds Degrees 10-3-72 DATE Minutes LONGITUDE LATITUDE COUNTY Name ATTEST: STATE REGISTER CORNER NATIONAL CODE ORGANIZATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NOT APPLICABLE Old Mentor Foundation STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Keeper of The National Reg Title RECEIVED 6-29.73 3195 AUG 1 4 1973 Entered Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Maps KEEPER Send-back WORKING NUMBER PROPERTY BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Federal Register entry 2-6-74 National Register write-up Lake Photos 2 10-2-23 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUN 2 9 1973 CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Lake County Historical Society Library, Mentor, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Exterior view at the facade from the north. INT: 154-72 085 039 8/15/72 Ohio STATE NAME Lake REGIST DATE IDENTIFICATION Painesville CODE PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) 157 Mentor Avenue Michael Fazio ENTRY NUMBER Tuscan House PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) STREET AND NUMBER: ANG 1 4 1975 NATIONAL Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION 157 Mentor Avenue CITY OR TOWN: V085 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: INT: 154-72 039 8/15/72 Lake DATE IDENTIFICATION COUNTY Ohio NAME STATE Painesville REGISTE NATIONAL COMMON: CODE PHOTO REFERENCE JUN 2 9 1973 Michael Fazio Tuscan House Lake County Historical Society Library, Mentor, Ohio Exterior view from the northwest. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) PHOTO CREDIT: STREET AND NUMBER: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: Geological Survey JUN 29 1973 1: 24000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3.

Latitude and longitude reference. INT: 155-72 NAME LOCATION 039 COUNTY REQUIREMENTS Painesville NATION DATE STATE Lake COMMON: CODE MAP REFERENCE Ohio ENTRY NUMBER SCALE: SOURCE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM 157 Mentor Avenue AND/OR HISTORIC: 1960 Revised 1970 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) FOR NPS USE ONLY REGISTER Tuscan House RECEIVED L1085 PAINESVILLE QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Tus can House UNITED STATES STATE OHIO AUG 1 4 1973 Columbus, Ohto 43211 Director, Northeast Region PHR MMOTT: pc1 8/15/73 Location Name Director Also Notified Sessions House (Tuscan House) Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hon. John W.

Stanton State Historie Preservation Officer Lake County The Ohio Historieal Society Painesvllle OCT 9 1973 mental Poliey Act of1969, and Executive Order 11593 offer additional We appreciate your interest in historic preservation. Mx. Daniel R. Porter, Director, The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio 43211 w/cy inc Director, Northeast Region w/cy inc L PHR - w/cy inc property. National Register 10-5-73 Sincerely yours, The Tuscan House Enclosures H34-PHR Charles A. Herrington The Department of Transportation Aet of 1966,the National Environ- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966.Under Section 106 of this BASIC FILE RETAINED IN PHR Painesville,Ohio to comment before the Federal Government may fund, license,or As you know, The Tuscan House was entered in the National Register government is involved.

We are also including copies of these en- letter of September 21,1973,we are enclosing a copy of the Na- Chief, Review Unit of Historic Places on August 14, 1973.As you requested in your Dear Sirs: CShull:1mw P.O. Box 421 protection to historic properties from projects in which the Federal 10-9- Act, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation must be allowed Sept 21/23 THE TUSCAN HOUSE 1966 NOV 1 2 1975 Ms. R. Green Painesville, Ohio 44077 Dear Ms. Green: cc: Dr. Thomas H. Smith, SHPO Ohio w/cy inc bec: Regional Director, Midwest Region Director's Reading File/ DI / PR - w/cy inc FNP:WR Luce:1w 11-6-75 Enclosure Sincerely yours, 157 Mentor Avenue H34-PR BASIC FILE RETAINED IN PR The Sessions-Steele-Tuscan House any additional questions. Acting Keeper of the National Register Register policy on plaques.

w/cy inc As you note in your letter the Sessions House (Tuscan House added to the National Register between July 1,1971,and June 30,1973. Charles A. Herrington (Sgd.) 1973,it just missed that deadline.The property will, however, be included in the new edition of the book which will be published We officially list the house as the Sessions House House). early in 1976. House) in Painesville, Ohio. Historic Preservation Officer,Dr.Thomas H. Smith, Director, The P.0. Box 421 published in 1974. This was not, however, an oversight.

As nentiened Ln the introduction to that volune the book includes only those sites Any changes in that listing must be initiated by the Ohio State Ohio Historical Society, Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue,Columbus, not included in "The National Register of Historic Places, Supplenent" William J.Murtagh OCT 3 1 1975 INFORM TIVE MATERIAL SENT TELEPH.NE CALL (ATTACHED) DATE ACTION TAKEN INITIALS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE REC'D INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE (ATTACHED) 216-352-1667 DEAR AOMINBTRATIYE PERSON- THE SESSIONS-STEELE.TUSCAN HOusE 44077 As The Regecfaully,