Nomination for Brown, Seth, House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE AND/ OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: 29 Brown Street CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 17 - John M. Ashbrook 3.

CLASSIFICATION (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC * Building - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Commercial DEe 19 1973 OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Huron County Courthouse East Main Street REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 039 Huron 077 1934 Washington Monroeville LOCATION Both Site Private NAME Restricted Religious Ohio REGISTER Government 011 ACCESSIBLE Unoccupied STATUS NATIONAL Military District Comments OWNERSHIP CATEGORY Structure Agricultural Educational Entertainment Norwalk Scientific Yes: CODE Industrial Historic American Buildings Survey Museum Public COMMON: Being Considered Private Residence Object Public Acquisition: COUNTY Library of Congress Mary F.

Schug CITY OR TOWN: Park (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) Seth Brown, Jr., House (?) Use OWNER OF PROPERTY X Federal DATE Schug, Mary, House 7. DESCRIPTION (Check One) Good - Fair - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved E Original Site This is a small temple-form house of frame construction, with in proportion, but the entablature is correct in proportion to and placed in the frieze for light and ventilation, are a rare survival, and provide the dominant feature of the design. The wooden siding is flush on the north facade under the portico, and lapped on the other elevations of the house. There are only three rooms on the main floor, plus a kitchen added The interior woodwork appears to be original. DEC 1 9 1973 CONDITION later. REGISTE NATIONAL Ruins uneven number which is very rare.

Excellent The columns are slender an "L" wing to the west of the house which has a veranda on Fair RECEIVED - Pre-Columbian! X 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Prehistoric - Engineering Other (Specify) - Industry - Invention - Landscape - Literature STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

temple-form house, although its odd number of columns is of Seth Brown, founder of Monroeville, or his son Seth Brown, until the mid-1820's, it seems certain that a date no earlier than tion of the tax valuation records, the house could have been Brown named it Monroe, after Monroe, Michigan, where he had been an Indian fighter in the War of 1812, and where he married. it in 1849 to Thomas Taylor for $800.00. DEC 1 9 1973 Commerce Conservation Architecture Transportation Communications Science REGISTER Aboriginal NATIONAL Political losophy SIGNIFICANCE itarian Agriculture Theater Music Social/Human- RECEIVED Sculpture Urban Planning Education Military 1845 to George Manahan, a builder, for $75.00.Manahan sold The significance of this small Greek Revival house is chiefly Religion/Phi. family.

Seth Brown arrived in Ridgefield Township in 18l6,where he PERIOD One or More as Appropriate) rare, and its ornament is unusual. It is traditionally the house 1830 could be ascribed to this house. Depending on the interpreta- built as late as 1845, after the property was sold by the Brown was laid out on this land in 1817. died in 1849. inasmuch as the temple-form house did not appear in the East Later the "ville" was added to distinguish the village from another Art The property was sold by the Brown family in W.W. Williams, History of the Firelands (Cleveland, 1879), 254, 259.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES DEC 1 9 1973 FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: 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 Láw 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa 1 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 GP0 931-894 039 Degrees Seconds NATIONAL STATE ORGANIZATION LATITUDE Cleveland Local Ohio REGISTER LONGITUDE COUNTY Sept. CODE CORNER Title ATTEST: Minutes Huron County Tax Records.

Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES less than one NAME AND TITLE: STREET.AND NUMBER: Date / 3 APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Eric Johannesen, Preservationist 10825 East Boulevard Date 13 Dre 1973 Name RECEIVED STATE Chi CONTROL REVIEW ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN June 4, 1974 MAY 3 KEEPER PROPERTY ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit PHOTOS MAPS Send-back WORKING NUMBER Wow. Entered Federal Register entry HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW INT: 1538-73 12.27 Col the write up, please indicate them below. SICNIFICANCE (specify paragraph or line): SHEET DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY: STYLE OR CULTURE LOCATION: SURVEY RECORDS form correct?): If there are coanents NAME: WRITE-UP COMMENT (leave attached to nomination) (Kegative or positive)which will affect FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAY 3 Seth Brown, Jr., House 2.

LOCATION DEe 1 9 1973 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Southeast corner of house, showing kitchen additon at left, looking northwest. Huron TOWN Society Monroeville COMMON DATE Eric Johannesen COUNTY Western Reserve Historical STATE Ohio PHOTO CREDIT Sept.1 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER REGISTE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC 29 Brown Street NEGATIVE FILED AT (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Schug, Mary, House (6/72) GPO 932.009 NATIONAL RECEIVED FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME Seth Brown, Jr., House 2. LOCATION : Monroeville 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT Sept. 1973 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. North facade, showing. "I" wing, looking south.

DEC 1 9 1973 Huron Society DATE TOWN COMMON COUNTY REGISTE NATIONAL STATE Ohio PHOTO CREDIT Eric Johannesen AND/OR HISTORIC Westemn Reserve Historical NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 29 Brown Street PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (6/72) STREET AND NUMBER PROPERTY OF TERE NATORAL REGISTER Shug, Mary, House NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by GPO 932-009 RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) MAY Schug, Mary, House Seth Brown, J., Housel? 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3.

MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: DEC 1 9 1973 GPO 932-010 1974 1960 Huron COUNTY DATE TOWN Monroeville COMMON SCALE REGISTER SOURCE 1:24,000 STATE NATIONAL Ohio 29 Brown Street (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Form 10-301 ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MONROEVILLE QUADRANGLE MONROEVILLE, OHIO UNITED STATE 41 14' 40" 1960 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Date Entered MAY 3 Cuyahoga County Otway vicinity Broun, Seth Schugs Mary, House Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hon. Robert Taft., Jr. Mr. Dantel R. Porter, Director Hon. Samuel L. Devina Hon. Delbert Le, Latta Mr.

Steven Ruttenbaun, GSA Location STATE Name MMott Seioto County Huron County Paulding County Hosford, John, House Paulding Paulding County Courthouse Otway Covered Bridge Canal Winchester vicinity Twinsburg Congregational Chureh Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Summit County Port Clinton Bergstresser Covered Bridge Ottawa County Courthoune Ottawa County State Historic Preservation Officer Monroevilla Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Janaa V. Staaton 1974 Cleveland MAY Twinsburg Franklin Ccunty Old Federal Building (and Post Office) /7/74