Nomination for Miller-Leuser Log House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (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) AUG 3 O 1974 AND/ OR HISTORIC: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT William J.

Keating TO THE PUBLIC M Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation L Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) X Museum OWNER'S NAME: Post Office Box 30174 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: MAY 1 31974 45230 039 LOCATION 061 Hamilton Cincinnati Government STATE Site Religious REGISTER ACCESSIBLE DATE CATEGORY NATIONAL Private District STATUS Unoccupied CODE Agricultural OWNERSHIP Structure Federal NAME Entertainment CLASSIFICATION Miller--Leuser Log House Both COMMON: Being Considered Yes: COUNTY: Industrial Military Private Residence Scientific Park Anderson Township Historical Society, Inc.

Ohio Public Educational Public Acquisition: ENTRY NUMBER Court and Main Streets OWNER OF PROPERTY Restricted STREET AND NUMBER: In Process Object CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) lst COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Hamilton County Court House - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unaltered E Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known)PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Miller--Leuser house, a one and & half story structure, Despite the rather rough exterior appearance of the logs, the Ior the plaster lath is made of split saplings fastened by determined, in the way of dating, by the method of construction certainly suggest an early building date, also. MAY 1 3 1974 CONDITION Excellent REGISTER corners. NATIONAL DESCRIPTION interior of the house remains in fairly sound condition. Moved wrought nails.

except to say that the use of the steeple-notch on houses had corner ladder-staircase beside the fireplace leads from the possible there was an interior wood partition wall downstairs, The southwest front facade of the house has an the log house terminating at the main fireplace hearth.A chimney,the cellar,and the lean-to and porch--the basic log large fireplace/chimmey and the unusually large floorboards Stylistically, the log house is typical of the earliest there was a bake oven to the right of the offset fireplace. there is no evidence that this house was ever sided.The is built ofhewed and round logs steeple-notched at the (Check One) Good There is a very small window on each side of the the northeast back of the house, connected by the original A large porch is 5' 4" x 3' 10" and a rear window, but this cannot be determined without structures built in southwestern Unio.

X) Fair - Unexposed house. contains a second fireplace/chimney. connected to the lean-to. back door. This porch is now enclosed and serves as a kitchen. Most of the northwest side is The fireplace opening is quite large, The floors in the Little can be configuration of the chimney appears tobe original to the There is a cellar under a portion of side of the house has no openings in the log pen, one small first floor to the half story.This upper floor is divided This lean-to was probably added as a kitchen; it become rare byca 1825 unless the house was to be sided--and 12 to 20 inches wide. chimney in the gable. A large framed lean-to is attached to window in the framed gable. RECEIVED covered by a very large stone chimney topped by brick; the OF

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian/ - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1796 ? - Urban Planning - Prehistoric STATEMENT. OF SIGNIFICANCE It was at the confluence of these two rivers that one the Columbia settlement. Nathaniel Massie, a prominent land 1796, having already sold most of the tract to Ichabod Miller By proviso, Miller was allowed to occupy present house, to another party. Conservation Communications Commerce Aboriginal losophy Architecture Engineering itarian Literature Music Education Columbia settlement. Science Transportation Invention Landscape Theater Agriculture Sculpture Political serves the double function of museum and society headquarters. Social/Human- has assigned the tentative date of Military The Miller--Leuser house has achieved strong local importance the month before.

Religion/Phi.O area approximately one-half mile wide and several miles long. Because of the foregoing facts, the Anderson Township Ohio River on the south and the Little Miami River on the since its acquisition by the society in March,197l.It possible is implied in the wording of the deed. The land on which the Miller--Leuser log house stands was It is opened periodically to the public and often during the Anderson Township is bordered by the Miller sold l5 acres of his original tract, containing the Industry 1796 to the log house. Other (Specify) Art By 1796 "Columbia" this early. Beginning house is certainly early and does have significance in that construction of the house to indicate that it could not be implied an Miller's intent to reside on the land as soon as of the earliest settlements in Ohio was located.

first surveyed in June of 1793as Tract 2276of the Virginia AREAs OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Hami1ton County Court House.) Stephen B. Smalley.

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: MAY 1 3 1974 National - FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Ohio 43211 As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the 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 level of significance of this nomination is: Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation* Wakeeper of The National Register GPO 931-894 039 Degrees Seconds LONGITUDE DATE LATITUDE ORGANIZATION ATTEST: REGISTER STATE Minutes Name CORNER Columbus CODE Local Degrees Minutes Seconds COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Donald A Hutslar, Assc Curator STREET AND NUMBER: Ohio Historical Society less than one GEOGRAPHICAL DATA CITY OR TOWN: National Register.

12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 2Velma Ave tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES Cincinnati: Roxy "Cincinnati Enquirer," 15 October 1972. "Cincinnati Magazine," Vol. 6, No. 5, February 1973. "Mt. Washington Press," April 1972. The recommended forth by the National Park Service. Title Ohio Roxy Press,1969. 8.30.79 E727550 CONTROL REVIEW HISTOR IAN Jan. RETURN Send-back _ Re-submit _ AUG 3 O 1974 INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST MAPS National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER TECH REVIEW Federal Register entry BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 5.13. 74.764 last PHOTOS 5.16 The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your 2. Location. 3. Classification. - 4. Owner of Property. 5. Location of Legal Description. - 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. 7. Description. 9. Bibliography. _10. Geographical Data.

11. Form Prepared By. - 12. Certification. Other. . Thank you for your attention to the above items checked. Name. SIGNED: DATE: criteria in full. Photographic Coverage. necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register Clarification or correction of the above items must be made prior to the initiation Longitude and Latitude Coordinates. Acreage. office for clarification of the information indicated below. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE PROPERTY IS RESUBMITTED. Statement of Significance

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preferably an original USGS, which allows us to check latitude-longitude. of our professional review. Correction of these technical errors does not Map Coverage. Please use a map bearing an identified system of coordinates, NAME OF PROPERTY 390 061 45:" WITHANSVILLE, OHIO-KY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WITHAMSVILLE QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 8415 UNITED STATES Kentucky area mapped in cooperation with the OHIO-KENTUCKY Longitude ': 0 res UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME AUG 3 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER Corner of Clough Pike and Newtown Road, Anderson Iwp 3.

MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: MAY 1 3 1974 GPO 932-010 1961 Hamilton STATE Log House COUNTY Cincinnati vicinity TOWN Miller--Leuser DATE SOURCE REGISTER COMMON NATIONAL SCALE Form 10-301 RECEIVED AND/OR HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio Quad PROPERTY MAP FORM 1"/2000 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) USGS 7.5' NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) AUG 3 0 1974 Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Mr. Daniel R, Porter Regional Director, Midwest Region Location STATE MMott/row 8/30/74 Name Director Cincinnati vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. Miller-Leuser Log House Hon, Robert Taft, Jz. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Also Notified Hamilton County The Ohio Historical Soeiety