Nomination for Fort Hill

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [X State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) JUL 2 5 1974 AND/ OR HISTORIC: Little Cedar Point Fort E of North Olmstead off OH 252 On eastern tip of plateau, ele.

750°, Rocky River Reservation (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) | Transportation L Comments - Other FEB 98 1974 OWNER'S NAME: Cleveland Metropolitan Park District LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Recorder's Office Cuyahoga County Courthouse TITLE OF SURVEY: Index of Archaeological Sites DATE OF SURVEY: 1939 ff - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Division of Archaeology, The Ohio Historical Society 1982 Velma Avenue 035 LOCATION Restricted 039 Site Religious Cuyahoga Government Both Entertainment ACCESSIBLE Unoccupied REGISTER Private NAME Structure Commercial Educational Agricultural District CLASSIFICATION NATIONAL Columbus County Scientific OWNERSHIP CATEGORY CODE Public Ohio Park Museum STATUS Yes: Building Industrial Private Residence Fort Hill COMMON: Being Considered Public Acquisition: Standard Building REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Cleveland Military DATE Local OWNER OF PROPERTY William E.

Minshall STREET AND NUMBER: North Olmsted and Brook Park CITY OR TOWN: In Process Object ENTRY NUMBER CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 23rd DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated X Unaltered - Moved * Original Site In the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District owns a tract of woodland known as Rocky River Reservation. meander. On the eastern tip of this hill top, 1000 feet north of the The three parallel transverse walls have ditches adjacent to their west edges and were no doubt the result of constructing stockades Perhaps the whole 2-acre hilltop was occupied by a village site and the ditch to the top of the east wall, which was the highest, was only 4 feet.

The distance from the east wall to the tip of the point feet wide north and south at the west wall and only 75 feet wide at Other than the affects of erosion on the walls and edges of the bluff, FEB 2 8 1974 CONDITION NATIONAL Excellent REGISTER confluence of the two river branches, prehistoric Indians have con- the site is remarkably well preserved. There are no records of archaeological excavation at the site so that When Charles Whittlesey surveyed the site prior to 1888,the walls the only disturbance is the result of natural erosion. Fair (Check One) of vertical posts and heaping dirt along the bases of the walls. from west to east.It is another 100 feet to the tip of the point. X Good - Unexposed DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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were 15 feet wide and the ditches 11 feet wide. From the bottom of shaping actions of the river has left a plateau of land approximately the defensive eastern tip only used in the face of eminent danger. the east wall. The three walls and ditches total 100 feet in width RECEIVED Ruins Rocky River and an area north of their confluence.The topography- PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) X Pre-Columbian! - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Education - Political - Urban Planning *] Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Industry - Science - Sculpture - Social/Human- - Literature - Military - Theater - Music - Transportation metropolitan area of Cleveland can only be attributed to its location village location and its interpretive and educational significance are enhanced by its setting within a park. Fort Hill is, therefore, recommended for placement on the National Register of Historic Places so that it can continue to be enjoyed by the public. FEB 2 8 1974 Commerce Conservation Landscape Communications Engineering Architecture REGISTER NATIONAL losophy Aboriginal SIGNIFICANCE itarian Agriculture Invention within a park.Many sites in and around Cleveland have been destroyed discernible evidence of their existance.

preserving artifacts in a museum or reporting data in a publication. The present existance of such a well preserved site in the sprawling Religion/Phi- understanding of the prehistoric Erie Indians while sacrificing the STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Fort Hill is an excellent example of a prehistoric earthworks and The preservation of sites is no less important to archaeology than Art by"progress"and information from some of these locations has been MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1. Mills, w.C. Archaeological Atlas of Ohio, p. 18, plate 18 2. Western Reserve Historical Society Tract 41, vol. II, pp. 34-35. 3. Unpublished material in the county files of the Division of Archaeology, The Ohio Historical Society GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES ca, 2 acres.

ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY FEB 8 8 1974 Bert C. Drennen II, Field Archaeologist Jan, 14, 1974 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN: 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa l Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931-894 1914 1888 039 Degrees Minutes LATITUDE ORGANIZATION Seconds STATE DATE Title LONGITUDE REGISTER CORNER Columbus NATIONAL CODE Name COUNTY ATTEST: ARIES Ohio Historical Society Degrees Minutes Seconds 11.FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Local STREET AND NUMBER: STATE Ohia CONTROL REVIEW HISTOR IAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Sept.

3,1974 JUL 2 5 1974 INT: 1538 -73 KEEPER Entered Re-submit PHOTOS MAPS Send-back National Register Write-up Cuyahoga 2.28.74.35 Federal Register entry TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER 20 May 74 ARCHEOLOGIST DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHBOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION OTHER TECHNICAL KEEPER CONTROL DECREASE Maps INCREASE ADP DATE HISTORIAN MOVE Photos Federal Register Working Number Property BRANCH CHIEF Cole 7-28-77 BOUNDARY REVISION ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ATTEST: State Control Cards SHPO I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS BOUNDARY REVISION IS ACCEPTED State notified REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 8/231 11.23.77 9.19.77 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL RECISTER 257 ARCHEOLOGIST Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Cuyahoga y JUL 2 5 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: Little Cedar Point Fort LOCA TION FEB 281074 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

View of point above Rocky River, looking north. Walls at eastern INT: 154-72 DATE 12/9/73 COUNTY Ohio Fort Hill NAME STATE PHOTO REFERENCE CODE end of point. COMMON: IDENTIFICATION ENTRY NUMBER 035 between North Olmsted and Brook Park PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM REGISTE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Division of Archaeology,The Ohio Historical Society NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PHOTO CREDIT: STREET AND NUMBER: FOR NPS USE ONLY (7/72) Bert C.

Drennen III 039 RECEIVED NATIONAL NORTH OLMSTED QUADRANGLE NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Asaigned by NPS) JUL 2 5 1974 North Olmsted & Brook Park STREET AND NUMBER U.S.G.S. 72' FEB 2 8 1974 GPO 932-010 COUNTY TOWN REGISTER NATIONAL Cuyahoga Fort Hill Little Cedar Point Fort 1963JPhotorevised 1970 PROPERTY MAP FORM 1. NAME 2. LOCATION 3. MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: STATE COMMON SCALE Ohio RECEIVED (July 1968) Erie County North Olnsted vic. Mount Oval; Tolbert House Marion County Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hon. Charles A.

Mosher Regional Director, Midwest Region Location STATE Name MMott/row Cuyahoga County 7/29/74 Date Entered Marion County Courthouse Also Notified Pickaway County Octagon louse ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Cireleville vicinity Holnas County Courthouse and Jail Lake County Hon. John M. Ashbrool Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. Painesville Andrewa, Ebenezer, House Ion. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. J. Mllian Stanton Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Clarence J. Brom, Jr. JUL 2 5 1974 Mr.Daniel R.Porter Director Holnes County