Nomination for Stringer Stone House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE JUL I 0 1974 NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: Bayless, John B., House 18th -- Wayne L.

Hays (Check One) X Building - Structure - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: - Federal JUL 2 039 Jefferson LOCATION Steubenville Religious REGISTER Commercial Site NATIONAL STATUS ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP Both Rayland CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION District Entertainment Educational Government Stringer Stone House Unoccupied COUNTY Being Considered CODE Yes: Private Agricultural Restricted Ohio Market Street Private Residence Park Public COMMON: 081 Museum CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Jefferson County Courthouse Scientific Industrial Estate of Edith Ewing Stringer Public Acquisition: 224 Warren Street STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY OR TOWN: TO THE PUBLIC Military Object DATE OF SURVEY: In Process (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: DATE 7.

DESCRIPTION - Unaltered - Moved * Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

150 through Rayland, and the front facade faces away from the high- way, looking over ruined outbuildings to the flats of a river about Main doors to the house are at the second floor level, both front There is no basement, and the ground floor is full-height, with addition there are off-center doors at the ground floor, in the At the rear, a centered three-bay wooden porch is at the second floor. While the front porch could be original, the rear is un- CONDITION main thoroughfare. no lintels. double-hung sash. over six pierce the l8-inch-thick walls on all four sides.In See continuation sheet. At either end, ground floor and gable windows have six lights over doubtedly later construction.Windows and doors are the same at Third floor windows are evenly spaced across the front and have nearby river would make the ground floor useless from time to time.

two bays by five and little changed since its construction in 1836. cornice which is supported by six square wooden columns.Two more It sits about four feet below the line of the others and provides with a light-colored mortar. 200 feet away.Apparently the house has always faced away from the The dark-grey cut sandstone walls are laid in regular ashlar bond the rear as at the front, except for the center third floor window. Flanking the doorway are four large windows with double-hung sash, The house is set back about loo yards from the present State Route There are two windows on each floor in and in the gable, and all are At the front, stone steps climb to a single-bay central wooden 12 lights over 8.All windows in the house have stone sills and second bay from the end, one each at front and rear. light for the stair landing inside.

12 lights over l2.The four windows at the second floor front and columns are reduced to pilasters at either side of the doorway. old but probably not original. six, second floor windows have 12 over l2,and third floor 12 over 8. X] Good - Fair - Deteriorated - Unexposed Excellent The Stringer Stone House is an imposing 3-story structure measuring Ruins about six feet headroom.Double-hung sash windows with six lights porch on the second floor.The porch has a flat roof and plain boxed four of the five on the third floor have wooden shutters; they are Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER JUL 1 0 1975 (Number all entries) 7. Continuation of Description.

at its midpoint, and rather than continuing to a ridge the roof Four dormers, one at the front and three at the rear, pierce the JUL 2 1974 GP0 921-724 Jefferson not original. COUNTY STATE REGISTER DATE NATIONAL Ohio roof.Each is gabled and has a six-over-six double-hung sash simply forms a flat area between the chimneys.Modern shingling (Continuation Sheet) Stringer Stone House The roof of the Stringer Stone House isa steeply-pitched gable. Bridged double inside end chimneys abruptly interrupt the gable covers the roof and is in good condition. the third, each measuring a spacious 19 by 19 feet.

window.The dormers are of frame construction and are undoubtedly RECEIVED halls are flanked by four rooms on the second floor and four on PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 20th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Engineering - Other (Specify) - Industry - Invention - Science - Landscape - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

parcel of 100 acres. The deed to the property, said to have been signed by President Monroe, passed to John B. Bayless through the local federal land agent, Kimberly. The house and land passed to the Stringer family in 1859 and has Unable to continue maintenance of the house, the family is offering unusually good condition for its age, its all-stone construction Though the house itself is not endangered, a proposed highway route will pass only a few yards in front of the house and poses a Conservation Commerce Communications losophy Architecture Aboriginal Literature Religion/Phi REGISTER SIGNIFICANCE 100-acre parcel of land, the property once boasted24 outbuildings, itarian Political Agriculture Social/Human- Sculpture NATIONAL Education Music Pre-Columbian National Register recognition. an inn.

serious threat to its environment.This makes National Register road, and its distinctive bridged chimneys and flattened ridge line are recognition doubly urgent. his massive stone house at Rayland, as evidenced by his name and but none remains. The ground on which the Stringer Stone House stands was once a The Stringer Stone House is one of the largest stone houses in Ohio. features which make the Stringer Stone House a fine candidate for Military from ground to chimney cap, the peculiar orientation away from the It may well be the finest example of its kind in the state.The JUL 21974 it for sale. Bayless had come to Ohio in 1829 from Maryland.He built his first the date cut into the store above the center third floor window.

AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) other purpose, though its size could lead one to think it was once SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1836 Art The house was built as a residence and was never used for any been owned by members of that family ever since.Along with the Personal interview with Miss Mary O'Brien, Stringer descendant.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES W 80° 41 - JUL 2 National O FORM PREPARED BY Jeffrey T. Darbee, Historian June 5, 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: 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 in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 ORGANIZATION LATITUDE COUNTY LONGITUDE DATE STATE REGISTER Columbus ATTEST: CORNER CODE Ohio Historical Society Degrees Minutes Seconds LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1982 Velma Avenue National Register. NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: Seconds Degrees Name Minutes Title Atlas of Jefferson County, Ohio.New York: F.W. Beers and Co.,187l.

Keeper of The National Register RECEIVE CONTROL REVIEW HISTOR IAN Send-back - INT: 1538-73 Entered KEEPER STATE ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit MAPS BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF TECH REVIEW JUL 1 0 1974 PHOTOS 74001538 Jefferson no baeehent Cols WRITE-UP COMMENT PRESENT CONDITION (altered, covered, ruins, deteriorated--archeological): SIGNIFICANCE (specify paragraph or line): COMMENTS: DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY: NAME: (leave attached to nomination) STYLE OR CULTURE: SURVEY RECORDS form correct?): the write up, please indicate them below. DATE AND INSTIGATOR (builder, architect, group, engineer, etc.): SHEET If there are comments (negative or positive) which will affect JEFFERSON COUNTY, ONIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) JUL 1 0 1974 Bayless, John B., House 2. LOCATION 3.

PHOTO REFERENCE Judith Kitchen, Ohio May, 1974 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. JUL 2 GPO 932.009 Jefferson TOWN DATE Rayland STATE REGISTE COUNTY NATIONAL COMMON Ohio Stringer Stone House PHOTO CREDIT Ohio Historical Society Looking southeast at north (front) and west sides of house. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 224 Warren Street NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC NEGATIVE FILED AT STREET AND NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (6/72) RECEIVED JEFFERSON COUNTY, ONIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME JUL 1 0 1974 Bayless, John B., House 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE Judith Kitchen, Ohio May, 1974 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

JUL 2 1974 Jefferson TOWN STATE Stringer Stone House DATE Rayland Ohio COMMON COUNTY REGISTE 224 Warren Street PHOTO CREDIT Ohio Historical Society Looking northeast at south (rear) and west sides of house. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC (Type all entries-attach to or en close with photograph) NEGATIVE FILED AT (6/72) NATIONAL STREET AND NUMBER GPO 932-009 NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) RECEIVED Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUL 1 0.1974 STREET AND NUM BER: USGS 7%' Series, Tiltonsville, Ohio-W. Va. Quadrangle 1: 24000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 1968 Jefferson LOCATION NAME COUNTY REQUIREMENTS Rayland DATE REGISTER 081 STATE Warren Street CODE Ohio NATIONAL SCALE: MAP REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER SOURCE: PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COMMON: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: COUNTY Jefferson JUL 2 1974 JUL Stringer Stone House GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) TILTONSVILLE QUADRANGLE TILTONSVILLE, OHIO-W. VA. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1968 UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA the ohio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432ll/ telephone (614) 466-4663 June 25, 1974 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper Department of the Interior 18th and C Streets, N.W. Neff, Conrad, House; Mahoning County. Blakslee, Burritt, House; Medina County. Burdick, Harold B., Residence; Cuyahoga County. Bay View Hospital; Cuyahoga County.

Hathaway, Lot, House; Geauga County. The Old Mill; Mahoning County Gilbert, Calvin, House; Cuyahoga County. Gwinn Estate; Cuyahoga County. North Presbyterian Church; Cuyahoga County. EMERGENCY NATIONAL REGISTER Included in this transmittal are the following categories of applications: National Register of Historic Places tendents and importance of building. NEW SUBMISSIONS Transmitted herewith are seventeen (l7) completed National Register forms. Weber House; Montgomery County.In danger of demolition by City of Miamis- Board and owners of subject properties have been informed of our intent Stringer Stone House;Jefferson County.May be affected by proposed highway. Dear Bill: and importance of building. D.Picking Co.;Crawford County.In danger due to age of owners-superin- burg for parking lot.Decision will be made in early July.

All have been approved by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory National Park Service Mad River Block; Erie County. Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue JUL page 2 Chagrin Falls Township Hall; Cuyahoga County. Mantua Station Brick Commercial District; Portage County. The Watkins House; Montgomery County. Daniel R. Porter, Director State Historic Preservation Officer enclosures Sincerely, DRP:da1 STATE OIO JUL 1 0 1974 Jefferson County Mr. Daniel R. Porter Hon. Robert Taft, JI. MMott/row. Location 7/10/74 Date Entered Director Name Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Regional Director, Midwest Region Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. Stringer Stone House State Historic Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Rayland Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Wayne L. Hays OHIO