Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Picking, D., And Company

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,344 words across 10 pages, filed in 1974. 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 74001425, 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 - County INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) D. Picking and Company AND/ OR HISTORIC: 4th - Tennyson Guyer Ohio 44820 . A Restricted - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation Commercial X Industrial - Other (Spécify) - Military OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: Robert B.
Picking LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: DATE OF SURVEY: - Local 039 STATE DATE Religious Government Bucyrus JUL21974 LOCATION CATEGORY Private ACCESSIBLE REGISTER Museum CLASSIFICATION OWNERSHIP NATIONAL Both District Federal Educational Crawford STATUS Unoccupied CODE Private Residence Agricultural RECEIVE Structure Park Being Considered NAME Entertainment Public Site COMMON: Yes: Scientific CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Recorder's Office ENTRY NUMBER 122 West Rensselaer St 1l9 South Walnut St NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO THE PUBLIC Public Acquisition: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: TITLE OF SURVEY: STREET AND NUMBER: (Check One) In Process CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio Building JUL 1 1 1974 Gomments 033 Crawford County Courthouse Object DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed EX Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The present physical plant of D. Picking and Company 1s, buildings are joined and form one long, narrow, two-story a storage area for copper sheets and a work area for finished in 1874--and this indeed appears to be true: , RECEIVED JUL 2 CONDITION benches. NATIONAL REGISTER cutting patterns. Ruins The present owner's grandfather began making hammered The second fioor includes the original brick back of the store in which the floor of the frame section is for applying kettle ears, Even 19th century business began and the frame addition of1874. These heated throughout by coal stoves installed in 1874. copper kettles in the earlyl870'sasa side-line to his (Check One) - Moved * Original Site popular that the store was enlarged in 1874 to include a hammering and acid cleaning. engines. Mr. Picking claims that the interior has never shortly after 1900.
Electric motors are used to power structure. This work was conducted in the back hardware business. section was removed. section of the brick store.The kettles soon proved so The next room contains the brazing and One large room on the second Fair pictures remain beside some work was the installation of telephone and electric service. the same line shafts formerly powered by steam and gasoline right door the shipping room. been painted nor altered since the new building was Behind the shipping room is fact, exactly as it was when the business began in i874. The only major change apparently ever made to the factory "pin-up" PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian!
19th Century - SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) years old, but it is most unusual to find one in its pronounced when one visits the ficking Company, the last prices, however). manufactured through the jears, today the demand has been reduced to apole butter kettles, candy kettles, flat The latter products are well-known in the musical world JUL 2 losophy 1874 Commerce Architecture Engineering Communications Conservation Military Aboriginal Transportation

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE REGISTER Theater Science Religion/Phi Political Landscape itarian Literature Social/Human- NATIONAL Industry Invention Music Education Sculpture Agriculture Urban Planning market for copper. possibly the World. works every day managing the business. and are considered by several prominent musicians to be remaining hand-hammered copper kettle factory in the War II most of the copper cheese kettles in the United States were madeby the Picking Company; spun staihless The Picking Company deserves to be better known and Today it is not unusual to find a business one hundred The feeling of continuity with the l9th century is Though a wide variety.of hollow copper ware has been AREAs OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

owner, Mr. Robert B. Picking, was born in 1879 and still bottom kettles (buckets), and tympani (kettle drums). Io demonstrate this continuity, a 1905 1974 Art United States. the best kettles manufactured in the world. Until World steel kettles became popular after the war ending the catalog can still be used to choose products (but not

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1905 CATALOG, D. Picking and Company, Bucyrus, Ohio. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES 40 ° 48' 21 58' 29, APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: - 1 acre Donald A. Hutslar, Assc Curator 22 May 74 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: Ohio 43211 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby cerfify 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 criteria and procedures set Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: Keeper of The National Register GP0 931-89 4 DATE Seconds ORGANIZATION Degrees COUNTY STATE LONGITUDE Minutes LATITUDE Local ATTEST: CODE Name 039 CORNER Columbus National Velma Ave Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio Historical Society NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION T2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: FORM PREPARED BY 710-24 forth by the Nationa1 Park Service.
The recommended Title ( Ohio CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Re-submit _ JUL 1 1 1974 INT: 1538-73 Entered KEEPER Crawford Send-back MAPS Federal Register entry National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER TECH REVIEW HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Cole STATE Ohui PHOTOS 2 Min unal ARCHBOLOGIST TOHER 110/24 119 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) D. Picking and Co. JUL 1 1 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT April, 1974 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. JUL 2 1974 GPO 932-009 44820 TOWN DATE REGISTE COMMON COUNTY NATIONAL STATE Bucyrus Ohio Historical Society PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Ohio Donald A Hutslar NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC (6/72) East front of building.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 119 South Walnut St RAWFORD UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) D. PICKING AND CO JUL 1 1 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE April, 1974 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. First floor, brazing and forming room. JUL 2 GPO 932-009 Crawford DATE TOWN COUNTY COMMON NATIONAL STATE PHOTO CREDIT REGISTER Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio Historical Society NEGATIVE FILED AT Donald A Hutslar (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (6/72) STREET AND NUMBER 119 South Walnut St Bucyrus 44820 RECEIVED (Windows on north wall.) WINDON (July 1968) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) D. Picking and Co. JUL 1 1 1974 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3.
MAP REFERENCE USGS 7.5' REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: JUL 2 GPO 932-010 1960 STATE SCALE REGISTER Crawford Bucyrus 44820 SOURCE NATIONAL COMMON COUNTY TOWN Form 10-301 AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1"/2000 Bucyrus Ohio Quad (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ohio 1l9 South Walnut St DATE RECEIVED OHIO_CRAWFORD CO Longitude DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO BUCYRUS QUADRANGLE BUCYRUS, OHIO 40° 48- 21 * 82° 58' 29.0" UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC STATE ORLO JUL 1 1 1974 Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Me. Daniel R. Porter PR MMOTT: p1 7/10/74 Location Name Date Entered Crawford County Hon.
Tennyson Guyer Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Regional Director, Midwest Region Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Interstate #7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation Officer Bueyrus The Ohio Historical Society