Nomination for Jenkins-Perry House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) OCT 2 9 1974 13th -- Charles A. Mosher - Unoccupied - In Process - Being Considered - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: - Federal DATE OF SURVEY: 039 Erie NAME 043 Commercial Religious Sandusky Site STATE Government Restricted ACCESSIBLE LOCATION Private Milan CLASSIFICATION Educational DATE STATUS Both District CATEGORY OWNERSHIP Entertainment Structure Military Museum Building Agricultural Ohio CODE Park Scientific Public Industrial REGISTER Private Residence Yes: Jenkins-Perry House Public Acquisition: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: OWNER OF PROPERTY Object 323 Columbus Ave.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Erie County Alberta L. Moore ENTRY DATE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 37 W. Front Street AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: TO THE PUBLIC (Check One) Local CITY OR TOWN: PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) FOR NPS USE ONLY Erie County Courthouse NATIONAL COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION L Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered @ Original Site larly spaced, a departure from the norm, and match the The distinctive doorway, set far right on the three-bay front, has an eight-paneled door flanked by fluted Ionic north side, nor on the rear ell, which has a more simple JUL 1 7 1974 CONDITION Moved REGISTER enclosed.

NATIONAL Excellent Ruins Casement and French windows are on the north and west horizontal sheathing both under the portico and on the pediment, giving the appearance of an overall flat surface. with porches on the east and west sides.The west porch is within the bricked support arches of the chimneys.The Fair both interior and exterior remain original. The pediment is penetrated by an elliptical fanlight. on both first and second floors on the west side.Otherwise original chimneys, though all but one fireplace have been There is a dentilled cornice on the east, south and west full entablature with blank frieze and dentilled cornice. The ell has been remodelled, its windows and doors changed. foundation and steps are of sandstone. single tree trunks faced with brick and then stucco.

sides of the building; the cornice is not continued on the The south facade the Jenkins-Perry House has The Jenkins-Perry House, built in l835-36,is a two-story (Check One) Good removed. In the basement, storage closets are contained Windows are six panes over six.The building retains its RECEIVED boxed cornice.The ell is one and one-half stories high, PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! ] 16th Century - Other (Specify) - Literature - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Fire Sufferers' Land Company. The present village was Nathan Jenkins came to Milan in 1821, opening a store lot. Jenkins' commercial interests and contracting so known as the Jenkins-Perry House as his residence, one Left Milan, selling the Front Street house to Dr. Perry, the town's most prominent doctor and druggist, in 1854. doubt considered a showpiece of the town when built, the SIGNIFICANCE Conservation Engineering losophy Architecture Military Commerce Aboriginal Theater Science Invention Communications Religion/Phi Prehistoric afire destroyed the Jenkins business buildings and Jenkins Education Music appearance and unusual details such as the irregularly-spaced Agriculture itarian Landscape Sculpture commercial center with the building of the Milan Canal. tree trunk columns, the Jenkins-Perry House is an important part of Milan's architectural heritage.

Social/Human- Political on the corner of the present Front and Main Streets. The Jenkins-Perry House remains as a symbol of the prosperity incorporated in 1824.Milan began its development asa area and sounded the death knell for the canal.

Urban Planning prospered that in 1835-36 he constructed the house now which came to Milan with the building of the canal.No Mansion on the front of the property at Front and Main Streets;he moved his earlier building to the rear of the prosperity lasted until 1850,when the railroad came to the Art The first permanent resident of Milan was Jared Ward, who settled there in1809,having received his land through the Surveyed in 1823,the canal was incorporated in 1827 and block west on Front Street from "The Mansion."In 1853 in the construction of the Milan Canal.In 1835 Jenkins completed in 1839.By 1840 Milan was the largest grain Industry AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1835-36 house remains so today.Because of its essentially unchanged shipping center in the United States.This period of During the period 1823-39 he was also a contractor engaged built a new two-story brick tavern and store known as "The 9.

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Cleveland, 1971. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POIN I OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES JUL 1 7 1974 FORM PREPARED BY Daniel H. Giffen; Jeffrey Darbee, Ohio Historical Society 4/74 Sept. 1, 1973 1230 Fairview Drive CITY OR TOWN: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Presetvation Act of 1966 (Public Law 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: * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l Local Degrees Seconds LONGITUDE COUNTY ORGANIZATION LATITUDE ATTEST: 039 Title Name Minutes DATE STATE REGISTER CORNER NATIONAL Ohio CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: T2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION Kent 10.24. Architecture of the Western Reserve, 1800-1900. Ryan, James A. White, Wallace B. forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Keeper of The National Register STATE Chin CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Send-back _ INT: 1538-73 Entered KEEPER Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST 7.17 MAPS National Register Write-up Federal Register entry BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF TECH REVIEW 2 91974 PHOTOS 874 Erie WORKING NUMBER 7.17, 74. 9180 ERIE COUNTY, ONIO Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 2 9 1974 LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. JUL 1 7 1974 * US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1973-729-152/1446 II - 1 043 039 DATE COUNTY Erie NAME STATE CODE IDENTIFICATION Milan COMMON: South facade. Ohio Eric Johannesen PHOTO CREDIT: Jenkins-Perry House Western Reserve Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) June 1974 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 37 W. Front Street STREET AND NUMBER: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONA FOR NPS USE ONLY (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: NATION JEM Form No. 10-301g UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LOCA TION JUL 1 7 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: 1230 Fairview Drive, Kent, Ohio 44240 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

Milan COUNTY 039 DATE NATIONAL REGISTE CODE Ohio NAME STATE PHOTO REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CITY OR TOWN: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY (7/72) VIEW ERIE 0C7 2 9 1974 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 876-167 Jenkins-Perry House COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: Form No. 10-301 Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY OCT 2 9 1974 STREET AND NUM BER: 37 W. Front Street CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. Series, Milan Quadrangle JUL 1T 1974 1: 24,000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

INT: 155-72 1969 039 Milan Erie NAME 043 COUNTY DATE COMMON: Ohio STATE REGISTER REQUIREMENTS Jenkins-Perry House CODE SOURCE: MAP REFERENCE SCALE: PROPERTY MAP FORM ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S.G.S. UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MILAN QUADRANGLE Latitude: 41" 17' 52" Longitude: 82° 36' 32ª DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STATE OF OHIO OCT 2 9 1974 Jenkins-Perry. House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Mr. Charles C. Pratt, Acting Director Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. J. William Stanton Hon. Thomas A. Luken Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. James V. Stanton Hon. William H. Harsha Hon. Charles A.

Mosher Regional Director, Midwest Region Youngstown Location Brightman House Neville vicinity Hamilton County Millersburg Mahoning County Milan Cuyahoga County Newton vicinity MMott/cha Mentor vicinity Cleveland STATE Lake County 11/4/74 Holmes County Clermont County Butler Institute of American Art Date Entered The Ohio Historical Society Name North Presbyterian Church Erie County Hahn Field Archaeological District Sawyer-wayside House Hon. Charles J. Carney State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Ferris Site Interstate #7lat 17th Avenue