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Nomination for Barber, O. C., Piggery

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,441 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 73001540, 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 (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MAY 2 2 1973 NAME Barber, O. C., Piggery or "Pork Palace" AND/ OR HISTORIC: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 14 John F. Seiberling, Jr.

(Check One) TO THE PUBLIC In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 153 Barberton Military STATE Akron Religious Government LOCATION CLASSIFICATION Entertainment Yes: District Site Educational Summit CATEGORY STATUS ACCESSIBLE Being Considered Both Private Restricted OWNERSHIP DATE Museum NATIONAL Structure Private Residence Alexander Naumoff Unoccupied Park CODE Public Scientific Ohio Agricultural COMMON: Industrial Commercial NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 209 S.

High Street REGISTER Building STREET AND NUMBER: 248 Robinson Avenue RECEIVED Public Acquisition: Summit County Courthouse OWNER OF PROPERTY 519 Parkview Avenue REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Object OWNER'S NAME: County CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) JeoDE Federal DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved buildings that reverse the order, having brick on the first Ior the sties and 122 windows in the entire barn. had a cupola, while each of the sty roofs had five evenly These are the only major or west, the barn is almost perfectly symmetrical, as were roof. south axis. Ruins NATIONAL first floors and brick second floors trimmed with concrete the Piggery. The three main sections have concrete block pied by the swineherd and his family. sties in the Piggery are the only sections of any Barber vidual sties.

roof is covered with red tile and each of the three sections the pig sties. story with concrete blocks on the second. of the center section. The roof above the sties and the end sections is gabled, There are three large sets of doors on the Piggery for hay A large metal storage shed was added on the it is constructed of red brick and concrete block. along with the metal air vents from the roof of the north dental work overhanging is found under each section of the Even with these changes, when viewed from either the east while the main, center section has a hip and mansard roof The entire sty section. almost all of the Anna Dean Farm buildings. The cupola on the north section of the barn has been removed The building is two stories high and when viewed from a dis Original Site connected by long, recessed passageways; these contained The Piggery was altered in later years.

A concrete load- There were 48 doors on the ground floor leading to the indi the sty area. Like the rest of the Anna Dean Farm buildings There is a large chimney on the east side of the roof of the center section and concrete While the east side of the center Beside each door was a window, 48 windows (Check One) DESCRBE TRE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE in concrete block, and concrete block second floors. The loading, on the north and south ends and on the east side Excellent tance appears to be composed of three evenly spaced sections with four sides sloping up from all four walls. The sty sections have brick first floors, trimmed changes and both could be removed with minimal damage to ing dock was built on the northwest side of the barn next to southwest side, next to the sty.

PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 18th Century Pre-Columbian | SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1915 Ln 1915. - Prehistoric MAY I 5 1973 - Literature - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

John Robinson, George Crouse and Col. George Perkins as In 1905 he had Conservation Commerce SIGNIFICANCE Theater Architecture Communications Engineering Military losophy Agriculture Aboriginal Science Religion/Phi Landscape Music itarian Education NATIONAL REGISTER lified the American rags-to-riches dream. in 1920. Industry Invention Akron-based Diamond Match Co., with himself as president. Political Urban Planning was finished before the Piggery. Sculpture they subsequently sponsored many horse shows. The troop re- Mr.Barber had willed the farm to Western Reserve College, of his only daughter. and the college would not accept it. The Piggery was the last Anna Dean Farm building erected by He further over his father's small match factory he mechanized it so mained at the Piggery until deactivated in 1939.

Thereafter, Barber kept horses in the Piggery until he died characteristic modesty, Barber named it Barberton and moved (1916) the pigs were stricken with cholera and were slaughtered. Social/Human After he took that it could produce six billion matches a year. But the following year When the farm was opened to the public, the Piggery was dubbed The Piggery was the last of 23 farm buildings to be completed Even the 40-room mansion, ten years in the building, taxes, was sued by Akron for $163,992 in back taxes. Barber was born poor in Middlebury, Ohio, and his life exemp- the 1o7th U.S.Cavalry and headquartered at the Piggery,/where his Diamond Match enterprise there in 1894. Ohio Columbus Barber, the "Match King." (PLEASE SEE CONTINUATION SHEET) the "Pig Palace" by the people.

Cleveland, but because of his lifelong practice of never pay- With Art Out- southeast of Barberton; he named it Anna Dean Farm in honor In 1890 Barber, who because of Federal taxes ignored city ing bills until sued, there were several liens on the property backers,laid out a new city near New Portage, Ohio. N4539800 Davis, William, The Story of Barberton,

The rest of the file

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 MAY I 5 1973 FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: [T2.

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 The 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 Barberton Degrees LONGITUDE LATITUDE ORGANIZATION COUNTY Seconds Title DATE ATTEST: REGISTER CODE Minutes CORNER STATE Library, NATIONAL Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION RECEIVED 14/7/73 Onio 62 37th Street Chris Vorachek Arter, William, "Ohio Columbus Barber", Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 13, 1963. a City", Akron Beacon Journal, 1951.

APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 4 acres forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Freudenheim, Milt, "They Still Gasp Over O.C. Barber, the Man Who Started Name Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY MAY 1 5 1973 Significance (con't.) The Piggery was not only a part of the farm of Barberton's founder, but The Barber Mansion, two large barns, and seven other buildings of the Barn No.1, the last silo barn left, was recently placed on the National GP0 921-724 COUNTY Summit STATE DATE REGISTER NATIONAL Ohio (Continuation Sheet) in existence, the horse cavalry. ENTRY NUMBER Register of Historic Places.The Piggery is actually a refinement of RECEIVED (Number all entries) Barber architecture and was the last of his buildings to be built (l915).

(July 1969) Barber, O. C., Piggery or "Pork Palace" Anna Dean Farm have already been razed.Of the remaining buildings, STATE Chia Federal Register entry _ 2-3-23 MAY 2 2 1973 Maps Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Re-submit CONTROL REVIEW Send-back PROPERTY KEEPER BRANCH CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register write-up WORKING NUMBER 5-15- 73001540 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 515.732923 Photos 2 TECH REVIEW Sammit Barbertan, Ohio 44203 753-9418 NPS Number Bob Kamenar Photography By Title: C REGISTER STOP NPS Number Title: Loc. 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) AKRON WEST QUADRANGLE AKRON WEST, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Barber, O.

C., Creanery Longitude: 81° 35' 50' Revised in cooperation with State of Ohio Agencies ROAD CLASSIFICATION Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey UNITED STATES or "Pork Palace" Schweinfurth (Charles) House Cuyahoça County Suit County Mr Daniel R. Porter Hon, Samuel Lo Devine Hon. Louis Stokes Ion. Jolin F. Seiberling, Jr- Director, Northeast Region STATE Location PHR Name Director Barberton Delawere ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered 43211 The Ohio Historical Society Coshocton Delaware County Courthouse Cleveland Coshocton County Courthouse State Historic Preservation Office Coshocton County Barber (o.c.) Creamery Delavare County Soaerford vicinity Vilcon (Valentine) Eouse Columbus,Ohio MAY 2 2 1573 "Pork Palace! Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie NRowland:Imp 5-24-73 Hadicon County OHIO