Nomination for Canal Warehouse

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) COUNTY ROSS INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) APR2 4 1973 AND/ OR HISTORIC: - Canal Warehouse TO THE PUBLIC X Building 1 In Process ] Preservation work X Transportation - Comments X. Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: South Central Ohio Preservation Society, Inc.

DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 1973 039 141 Military LOCATION NAME Government Site CATEGORY Both ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION Entertainment District Yes: Private Restricted Structure Religious Being Considered Unoccupied OWNERSHIP Private Residence Corner Main and Mulberry Streets Scientific Public Park CODE Educational Chillicothe Industrial Museum Agricultural STATUS Veterans of Foreign Wars OHIO corner Paint and Main Street CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Ross County Court House Public Acquisition: Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library OWNER OF PROPERTY Veterans of Foreign Wars Building 136 South Paint Street NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUMBER: ENTRY DATE Sixth

William ROSS Local (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) APR COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER Object DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Robert Gaede, the noted architectural historian from Cleveland, classed known of the date of the warehouse, but it was built during the time three stories, with three gabled overhung dormers on each side of the these have small lights and are in excellent condition, as they have front, there are one hundred windows in the building in good condition.

for recent advertising, the building is in its original state as far CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL The outstanding features of the interior are the many l2-inch square beam$ Ruins Unaltered entries.Together with the six windows on the two upper stories in of the Ohio-Erie Canal, which suggests 1830 or thereabouts.It is 1973 connect with doors which in turn extend to the street.These doors supported by 12-inch square bracketed posts, these extend at intervals full basement.Aside from boardgon the windows and signs of paper entries, each recessed and approached by three stone slab steps; each (Check One) RECEIVED the entry;additional large display windows are on each side of these is bordered by two windows flush with the street and two sloping into roof.The windows of these dormers extend from the third storey and were used for loading merchandise from the upper storey into canal as can be determined.

APR 5 boats. on each side there are 14 windows on each of the three floors; - Moved for the depth of the building, which is half a city block. It has a Excellent been boarded up for many years to protect them. The front has double this as one of the finest examples of canal warehouses.Little is Good

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian : - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Invention STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

connection with the past, as it stands in the center of Chillicothe, in July 1973 of transportation, but there is great interest in Chillicothe for APR 1973 Conservation Architecture Commerce Military Engineering Transportation Communications losophy REGISTER Science Theater Industry Aboriginal Religion/Phi Landscape NATIONAL Prehistoric Music Literature Agriculture itarian Social/Human- Sculpture Political can receive matching funds for its repair and restoration;the Antique totally lost to the public eye.It could be a striking visual in the history of United States commerce and transportation now almost the automobile continues to obliterate past evidences of other forms Education This building is of historic value as it clearly reflects a period restoring evidence of the canal.

Car Association of Southern Ohio wants to use it as a museum if they AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) RECEIVED Ohio and would be appreciated by many travelers were it restored.The present owners plan to tear it down/to make a parking lot unless they can buy it and get matching funds. It appears that it may be lost as The Ohio-Erie Canal linked Lake Erie and the Ohio River in the 19th century

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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 IEN ACRES ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Mrs. Joseph Vanmeter, Coordinator South Central Ohio Preservation SOCIETY March 4, 1973 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 12. 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 National 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 level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931.894 039 1973 DATE Local Degrees Seconds ORGANIZATION Minutes LONGITUDE LATITUDE STATE COUNTY CORNER NATIONAL REGISTER Piketon ATTEST: CODE Ohio RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Box 6 58'39.5" MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: APR 5 forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Title Name Photos / See letter enclased.

National Register write-up Federal Register entry _ APR 2 4 1973 KEEPER HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Send-back Maps TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF Re-submit CONTROL REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER Ross 4-13- Conference 6-5-73 Cal 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) 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) APR 2 4 1973 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 1973 Warehouse GP0932-009 TOWN DATE COMMON View looking northeast.

STATE COUNTY Chillicothe NATIONAL Ohio Corner of Main and Mulberry PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (6/72) REGISTE Chillicothe's Old Canal Ross 'Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: U.S.G.S. map Photorevised, 1971 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 1961 COUNTY DATE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS Chillicothe NAME STATE Ohio CODE 1:24000 SCALE: COMMON: MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: Corner of Main and Mulberry City Engineer and County Engineer Ross ENTRY NUMBER CITY OR TOWN: UNITED STATES CHILLICOTHE EAST QUADRANGLE CHILLICOTHE EAST, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey N3915W8252.5/7.5 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Chi1licothe the ohio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432ll/telephone (614) 469-4663 April 3, 1973 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper APR 5 Building, Ross County.

Reason for the emergency is that the owner plans to raze the In the opinion of the undersigned, this spplication, like a few is too exacting, if you can believe this, with respect to form This form, therefore, is submitted with the above disclaimer. The Daniel R. Porter Sincerely, preparation. REGISTER Director DRP/mu NATIONAL Department of Interior William Harsha. state satisfactorily sufficient reason for inclusion of this National Register of Historic Places It is with reluctance that I submit this form. Dear Bill: building in the National Register.However, the form was prepared form and the building it nominates was also the subject ofa Historic Place application form for the Veterans of Foreign Wars building this year. others we have occasionally approved and submitted to your office, Encl.

recent exchange of correspondence between Mr.Utley and Congressman Iam submitting herewith as an EMERGENCY one National Register of This application has been approved by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board and the owner has been notified. RECEIVED Interstate 7l and I7th Avenue Washington, D.C. 20240 by the vice chairman of the Preservation Board which person, to- gether with others on the Board, ore of the opinion that this office National Park Service is not complete and properly prepared.It does not in my opinion 18th and C Streets, N.W. 2 4 1973 (Veterans of Foreign Were NRowland: pcl 4/25/73 Location STATE PHR Name Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ross County Director, Northeast Region Date Entered Mr. Daniel R. Porter Hon. William B. Saxbe Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Building) Chil1icothe Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director The Ohio Historical Society OHIO