Nomination for Shandy Hall

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: Harper, Robert, House 6333 South Ridge Road J. William Stanton 3. CLASSIFICATION (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC X Building - Unoccupied - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: JUN 2 7 1974 CITY OR TOWN: 5.

LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Ashtabula County Courthouse REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: O Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 1934 039 Washington Jefferson Ashtabula LOCATION Religious Military Commercial ACCESSIBLE REGISTER Government STATE OWNERSHIP Site Transportation Private Entertainment Both Restricted CATEGORY Agricultural NATIONAL District CODE DATE Educational 011 Structure STATUS Yes: Park Scientific Museum Ohio Public Unionville vicinity Private Residence Cleveland COMMON: Object CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Library of Congress Public Acquisition: Being Considered Western Reserve Historical Society Historic American Buildings Survey 007 10825 East Boulevard STREET AND NUMBER: Industrial Shandy Hall Other UN 2 8 1974 - Local Zn17 DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site was substantially enlarged with shed additions on the north, west During the nineteenth century, the original central chimney was removed and replaced by a single-flue chimney to serve stoves.

The fireplaces leading from the front door to the second floor was added in the place formerly occupied by chimney and fireplaces. The property has many old trees of considerable size, among them have been planted by either Alexander or Robert Harper. JUN 2 7 1974 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Ruins in the original house were removed at this time.A front stairway Fair kitchen and service rooms in the basement. (Check One) The original portion of Shandy Hall was built in 1815.0f wooden DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

construction, set on a stone foundation, it consisted of two ground floor rooms, two upstairs rooms and an open garret, all surrounding from the east ground floor room. Between 1818 and 1828 the house additions, as well as having various secondary rooms, included the turbed at this time. On the south (front) these additions end in its original French wallpaper.The house also retains its original a center chimney.The original stairs go up to the second floor

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1815 - 1828 - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Science STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

C. Harper, who was one of the first settlers in Ashtabula County. Alexander Harper was a founding member of the Old Harpersfield from Harpersfield, New York in 1798 and settled (new) Harpersfield Robert Harper was a lawyer, active in state and local politics The significance of the building is twofold: it is a very early and well-preserved Western Reserve area house; and the furnishings, decor and much of the landscaping are original, having once JUN 2 7 1574 Commerce Architecture Conservation Engineering Communications Transportation Military Aboriginal REGISTER NATIONAL Literature Music Theater Agriculture Landscape Political Sculpture Pre-Columbian public affairs. Invention Social/Human- Harper family maintained the house as a homestead until 1938.

"Shandy Hall" was begun in 1815 by Robert Harper, son of Alexander belonged to an important figure in early Western Reserve and Ohio and the first state representative from Ashtabula County.The The house and furnishings have been preserved by the family. Religion/Phi. Education Land Company which was organized to purchase land in the Connecticut Industry AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Western Reserve. Alexander Harper and twenty-five others came only 15 other families in the Reserve at that time. losophy itarian Art Cleveland, 1971. Fitch, Winchester. Western Reserve Historical Society), Unionville, 1912.

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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 POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 3 acres FORMPREPARED BY 1230 Fatiview Drive CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 National 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: Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 039 NATIONAL 1963.

Degrees Local Seconds DATE ORGANIZATION LATITUDE Name COUNTY LONGITUDE REGISTER ATTEST: Title 9/73 STATE Minutes CORNER CODE Kent Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Degrees Minutes Seconds Daniel H. Giffen STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Keeper of The National Register * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l RECEIVED STATE Ohio CONTROL REVIEW INT: 1538-73 Entered KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back MAPS Federal Register entry National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF TECH REVIEW 4.15 4.I1. 74. 575 JUN 2 8 1974 PROPERTY 2. Location. 3. Classification. 4. Owner of Property.. 5.. Location of Legal Description. - 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. _ 7. Description. Bibliography. _ 10. Geographical Data. 12. Certification.

Other - necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register Acreage. Name. Longitude and Latitude Coordinates. Form Prepared By. The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your criteria in full. NAME OF PROPERTY of our professional review. Clarification or correction of the above itens must be made prior to the initiati X Photographic Coverage. Map Coverage. - preferably an original USGS, which allows us to check latitude-longitude.

Correction of these technical errors does not SIGNED: Please use a map bearing anidentified system of coordinates, STATE NRU CONTROL REVIEW HISTOR IAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up - INT- 1538-73 Entered KEEPER PHOTOS Send-back Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST MAPS Federal Register entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW Ash tabula JUN 2 8 1974 Cok PRO-PERTY 6/28/74 Shet the write up, please indicate them below. Te SIGNIFICANCE (specify paragraph or line): SHEET PROPERTY: DESCRIPTION: LOCATION: NAME: COMMENTS: WRITE-UP COMMENT (leave attached to nomination) SURVEY RECORDS (is form correct?): PRESENT CONDITION (altered, covered, ruins, deteriorated-archeological): If there are STYLE OR CULTURE: 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) JUN 2 8 1974 LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: Siegfried F. Buerling DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: 001-g-7.1974 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. INT: 154-72 007 039 Ashtabula COUNTY DATE NAME CODE REGISTER STATE NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION Unionville vicinity PHOTO REFERENCE Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER 6333 South Ridge Road June 1974 PHOTO CREDIT: View from the south showing south facade. STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) COMMON: Shandy Hall Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) JUN 2 8 1974 NAME LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: 6333 South Ridge Road CITY OR TOWN: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. INT: 154-72 007 039 IDENTIFICATION Ashtabula COUNTY DATE CODE STATE REGISTE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE Western Reserve Historical Society Unionville vicinity ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM View from southeast showing east facade. PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COMMON: (7/72) Shandy Hall FOR NPS USE ONLY June 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NATIONAL Siegfried F. Buerling BACK NORTH UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) JUN 2 8 1974 LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. INT: 154-72 007 039 Ashtabula COUNTY DATE NATIONAL CODE NAME PHOTO REFERENCE STATE REGISTER Unionville vicinity Ohio IDENTIFICATION Western Reserve Historical Society COMMON: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER View from north showing north facade. 6333 South Ridge Road NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER (7/72) STREET AND NUMBER: Shandy Hall AND/OR HISTORIC: Harper, Robert, House June 1974 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME JUN 2 8 1974 Shandy Hall Harper, Robert, House 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT June, 1974 4.

IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Ashtabula TOWN Society DATE COUNTY COMMON STATE NATIONAL Unionville vicinity Ohio Interior view of dining room (Banquet Hall) with coved ceiling REGISTE RECEIVED Siegfried F. Buerling Western Reserve Historical NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC PHOTO CREDIT 6333 South Ridge Road (6/72) (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY JUN 2 8 1974 Harper, Robert, House STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. Geneva Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

INT: 155-72 007 1970 039 NAME REQUIREMENTS Ashtabula Unionville vicinity DATE COUNTY STATE CODE Ohio 1:24000 LOCATION MAP REFERENCE SCALE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SOURCE: AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) 6333 South Ridge Road PROPERTY MAP FORM COMMON: Shandy Hall Shandy Hall Longitude: 80° 58' 57' GENEVA, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO - ASHTABULA CO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE Latitude: 41° 46' 56" UNITED STATES GENEVA QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 501430 JUN 2 7 1974 Mrs. Marguerite Mott National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 18th and C Streets, N.W. Dear Mrs. Mott: and Ludwig, Isaac R., Historical Mill; Lucas County, which we inadver- tently failed to enclose with the returned nominations.

Please see that they are attached to the nominations. Architectural Historian and Administrator Historic Preservation Office JK: dal Sincerely, enclosure NATIONAL REGISTER Nomination and Registration the ohio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 4321l/telephone (614) 466-4668x Enclosed are your correction sheets for Shandy Hall;Ashtabula County, Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue Washington, D. C. ludith Kitchen 20240 Mx. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Robert Taft, JI. MMott/row Location Jefferson County STATE Name Date Entered 7/1/74 Director Ashtabula County Providence Also Notified Mount Pleasant Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Regional Director, Midwest Region ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Shandy Hall Unionville vicinity State Historic Preservation Officar The Ohio Historical Society Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. JUN 2 8 1974 Lucan County Eon. Wayue L. Haya