MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES apolis, 1924), 582. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JUL 1 7 1974 FORM PREPARED BY Eric Johannesen, Preservationist April 1974 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 Nationa 1 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: * U.S.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-1 039 Degrees Seconds Local Name DATE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Title Minutes STATE ATTEST: COUNTY ORGANIZATION Cleveland Ohio REGISTER CORNER CODE RECEIVED NATIONAL Western Reserve Historical Society Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Less than one NAME AND TITLE: ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Keeper of The National Register Moina W. Large, History of Ashtabula County, Ohio (Topeka/Indian- STREET AND NUMBER: PHO TOS CONTROL REVIEW Send-back _ Re-submit - SEP 9 INT: 1538-73 1974 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST MAPS National Register Write-up Ashtabula WORKING NUMBER TECH REVIEW Federal Register entry BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 7.17.74.1170 7. 18, 5. 6.74 Form No.
10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) SEP 9 AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: April 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC 1974 039 NAME IDENTIFICATION Conneaut COUNTY STATE DATE REGIS Western Reserve Historical Society Ashtabula Eric Johannesen CODE COMMON: (7/72) PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: Ohio PROPERTY OF THE MATIONAL REGISTER 3ol Liberty Street * US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III -| Cummins, David,Octagon House Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (7 /72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY SEP 9 AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER.
CITY OR TOWN: JUL 1 7 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. # US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 1974 Ashtabula COUNTY DATE Conneaut IDENTIFICATION PHOTO REFERENCE Cummins (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) Western Reserve Historical Society COMMON: STATE REGISTER CODE Ohio Northeast elevations of house, looking southwest. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER Eric Johannesen NATIONAL PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES April 1974 Cummins, Dauid, Oct NAME David, Octagon House 039 3oi Liberty Street UorTheast eleuatioy 80° 33' 25" GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONNEAUT QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Cummins, David, CONNEAUT, OHIO-PA.
41° 56* 28* 120-000FEE PA) OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Octagon House DEPARTMENT OF HICHWAYS SEP 9 Cunnins, David, Octagon House Regional Director, Midwest Region Location Name MMott/row STATE Ashtabula County Connenut 9/13/74 Director ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Also Notified Boston Township Ohio and Erie Canal Deeplock Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaun Suamit County The Ohio Historical Socdety Hon. John F. Seiberling Interstate 07l at 17th Ave. Coluabus, Ohio 43211 1974 Mr.Daniel R.Porter The Octagon Fad erty Street about 1863. It was in t first canned "Lake Shore Tomatoes." It is a two-story house with a l are covered with vertical boards and wide beveled wood strips over the jc about twenty degrees with an octagc In the southeastern part of the town of Berwick there is an oc- Orson Fowler.
He used two-inch thic of the other, alternately lapped at eac There is a two-story octagonal house now owned by Mrs. Wil- It is said that Silas Hicks bull 1860's. It is a two-story red brick s each of its eight sides. The wind heads ntade of a double row of brick h The cornice consists of a wood crow and small bed moulding. Immedi. dental course of brick headers and a south of Circleville, is two stories high, but the second floor oc- els in brick and two projecting brick tagon is about eight feet less in diameter than the first floor. The of about 35 degrees with a flat plat pitched roof deck over this space also projects about four feet be- -now owned by Mr. Wilfred Kaiser. on the second floor, is a small window with a forty-five degree An octagonal barn once stood on The roof has a pitch of about forty degrees and at the peak is on the west side of the city. It w an octagonal cupola.
Four high chimneys pierce the roof on four alternate roof panels. In the center of the first floor, at the intersection of the cross War I and demolished to make roor halls, there is a central stairway. The second floor has eight pie- shaped bedrooms. It is known as the Gregg farmhouse and was built in the middle On the farm of Lue Turner, e pied by a tenant farmer, early 1870's. The exterior Is face joints covered with wood battens. CUMMINS-ZEPPETELLA HOUSE lower level, and above is a large all the windows of the lower lev. 100 CONNEAUT BERWICK HICKS-KAISER BARN CIRCLEVILLE CHATHAM tagonal house. canopy encircling the house.It has the usual cupola. The builder used the board-wa tween the first and second floors there is a projecting roof-like during the fair days and later as a from Belglum. Dr.D.
Cummins built the frame octagonal house at 301 Lib- years later became the Cummins Ca 1850's.The eight-sider is now owned by a Mr. Crites and occu- large octagonal dairy barn. It is liam Ramsier in Chatham.The exterior walls are plastered.Be- mins Canning Company.It was a is now owned by Carmen Zeppetella forms a small sixty degree gable above each window. yond the brick wall of the first floor.In the center of each side, The octagonal brick and frame farm house on U.S.23,just Carl F. Schmidt pointed headjamb.The second floor cornice is very small and OHIO is now owned by Carmen Zeppetella. It is a two-story house with a bracketed cornice. The walls are covered with vertical boards and one and three-quarters inch about twenty degrees with an octagonal cupola. The builder used the "board-wall" method as suggested by - town of Berwick there is an oc- Orson Fowler.
He used two-inch thick boards lald flat, one on top of the other, alternately lapped at each angle, and nailed together. . house now owned by Mrs. Wil- xterior walls are plastered. Be- It is said that Silas Hicks built this house about the middle is there is a projecting roof-like 1860's. It is a two-story red brick structure, sixteen feet long on heads made of a double row of brick headers and a stone keystone. The cornice consists of a wood crown moulding, a facia, a soffit dental course of brick headers and a wide frieze of recessed pan- 5 high, but the second floor oc- els in brick and two projecting brick courses. The roof has a pitch lameter than the first floor. The of about 35 degrees with a flat platform at the top. The house is also projects about four feet be- -now owned by Mr. Wilfred Kaiser. loor.
In the center of each side, window with a forty-five degree floor cornice is very smatland above each window. An octagonal barn once stood on the old Conneaut fair grounds forty degrees and at the peak is himneys pierce the roof on four , at the intersection of the cross War I and demolished to make room for home sites. use and was built in the middle wned by a Mr. Crites and occu- On the farm of Lue Turner, east of Hatch's Corners, is a Joints covered with wood battens. The cattle were housed in the ETELLA HOUSE lower level, and above is a large hayloft. The original glass in me octagonal house at 301 Lib- 101 BARN EAUT HAM EVILLE HICKS-KAISER HOUSE ICK years later became the Cummins Canning Company.The house each of its eight sides.The windows have segmental arched from Belgium.
mins Canning Company.It was abandoned shortly after World and small bed moulding.Immediately under the cornice isa erty Street about 1863. It was in this house that Dr. Cummins during the fair days and later as a storage building for the Cum- on the west side of the city.It was used as an exhibit building early 1870's.The exterior is faced with vertical boards and the large octagonal dairy barn.It is said to have been built in the first canned"Lake Shore Tomatoes."This industry grew and some The second floor has eight pie- ne farm house on U.S.23,just as the usual cupola. wide beveled wood strips over the joints.The roof has a pitch of all the windows of the lower level was blue and was impcrted 110
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