Nomination for Monteith Hall

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: 13 - Charles E. Mosher (Check One) * Building - In Process - Preservation work - Comments LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Lorain County.

Courthouse TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: 093 039 Lorain Elyria Commercial NAME CLASSIFICATION Religious Government Site REGISTER CATEGORY STATE ACCESSIBLE NATIONAL Military Agricultural Both Club District Structure LOCATION Transportation Ohio Unoccupied Yes: Museum STATUS OWNERSHIP Private Residence COUNT Scientific Entertainment Restricted Educational Park Industrial CODE Private Federal CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: East Avenue Public Object Being Considered Public Acquisition: Monteith Hall REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OWNER OF PROPERTY ENTRY DATE DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Elyria Woman's Club TO THE PUBLIC STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER'S NAME: CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) 218 / 308 2nd Street DATE Monteith-Gates Residence RECEIVED 1974 OCT DESCRIPTION X Excellent - Good - Fair - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

On the interior, the central hall, which transverses the entire north, is in the Neo-Classical style. Also in 1897 the third floor finished by the Gates family, and modernized as a kitchen in 1954. MAY 1 3 1974 CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL Ruins Ionic portico was added, with pilasters at the corners of the house. the south end. The general character of the exterior and interior today is the house was remodeled in its present form.Extended by ten feet on each end, the facade now has seven bays. A two-story, four-column At that time two second floor bedrooms were made into one large one-story, two-column stoop at the front entrance.

In the second considerable grandeur, and embodies to a large degree the character In spite of the many alterations, the house has an air of columned inglenook in the style of the 1890's.This parlor was also To the rear of the house a garden porch was enlarged, and in columns.The south parlor extension holds a great fireplace and woodwork has simple fluting with rosette corner blocks.In the north is of the Neo-Classic Revival.Originally the house was constructed porch across the length of the facade, and a polygonal bay added at half of the nineteenth century the stoop was replaced by an Italianate width of the house, retains the original Greek Revival style.

The parlor the 1897 extension is.clearly visible as an alcove framed by that of the Neo-Classic Revival of the late 1890's.Beginning in 1897 1913 it was enclosed to make a sun porch, and the third floor dormers room by the removal of a partition. were added.A rear wing originally a woodshed was enclosed and the house does not constitute part ofa historic district. This isa large three-story frame house whose present style (Check One) of its last important occupant, William N. Gates. Flanked by a attic was finished and divided into bedrooms. high-rise building on the south and a nondescript house on the north, enlarged to the entire width of the house by removing a partition PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pro-Columbian!. - 16th Century - Urban Planning - Prehistoric Other (Specify) - Literature STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

University of Michigan, abolitionist, preacher, missionary and teacher, and later the home of Nahum B. Gates, manufacturer, county sheriff and Mayor of Elyria, and William N. Gates, founder In 1848 the house was sold to Monteith's son-in-law Nahum B. to William N. Gates, who remodeled the house beginning in 1897. important Cleveland architect Frank B. Meade, who was later Military Communications Commerce losophy SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal Conservation Transportation Landscape Architecture Theater Science itarian Music Engineering later.After teaching in New York and Pennsylvania and becoming Education Social/Human- Agriculture Industry Sculpture Governor Lewis Cass, Monteith organized the University of Mich- as a Greek Revival house enlarged and modified into an excellent anti-slavery speaker and antagonized much of the community.

The involved with William Lloyd Garrison's Anti-Slavery Society, of the present form of the house. Architecturally it is unusual John Monteith was born in Pennsylvania in 1788.Ordained Political of the second oldest advertising agency in the nation and author Cleveland's noted mall plan. to minister to settlers in Detroit and Monroe.With the help of house was used to shelter fugitive slaves en route to Lake Erie. sity was founded in Detroit and moved to Ann Arbor twenty years Monteith Hall has a two-fold significance. Historically it example of the Neo-Classic Revival. conducted his own girls' school there. Monteith became an eloquent (1903) chairman of the Group Plan committee responsible for The house was acquired by the Elyria Woman's Club in 1954.

in the Presbyterian Church in 18l7,he was called to Michigan igan in August,18l7,and became its first president.The univer- The additions made by William Gates were planned by the Gates, also an ardent opponent of slavery. In 1893 it was willed Monteith arrived in Elyria in 1832 to become the first school Mrs.Gates made the additional alterations after his death in 1913. .Religion/Phi Invention AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1835; 1897 Art was built by John Monteith, founder and first president of the

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: MAY 1 3 1974 NAME AND TITLE: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 Nationa 1 Register.

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: , Keeper of The National Register GPO 931-894 039 Ohio Cleveland DATE Degrees LONGITUDE Seconds LATITUDE Local Name ORGANIZATION COUNTY Minutes REGISTER NATIONAL ATTEST: STATE CORNER Western Reserve Historical Society CODE Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION less than one 10825 East Boulevard GEOGRAPHICAL DATA History of Lorain County (Philadelphia, 1879), 108, l18. March 1974 FORM PREPARED BY 1950), ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARLES forth by the Nationa1 Park Service. The recommended Title Lorain County Historical Society, Mss. Gates family.

407680 PHOTOS 3 Send-back _ INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST MAPS Federal Register entry TECH REVIEW National Register Write-up 5.17. BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER CONTROL REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Lorain OCT9 STATE DA 10-7.74 HISTORIAN 5. 13. 74. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: MAY 1 3 1974 PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT: * US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/ 1446 - 1 093 039 Lorain NAME DATE COUNTY Elyria STATE NATIONAL Monteith Hall IDENTIFICATION Western Reserve Historical Society Eric Johannesen CODE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 218 East Avenue ENTRY NUMBER and stairway, looking east.

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT: (7/72) STREET AND NUMBER: Central hall March 197l DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC RECEIVE COMMON: DEAD END Form No. 10-301a Lorain MAY 1 31974 PHOT O REFERENCE DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. West facade and north elevation, looking southeast. * US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - | 039 093 Lorain COUNTY DATE Elyria OCT STATE Ohio REGIST ENTRY NUMBER Eric Johannesen COMMON: CODE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO CREDIT: Monteith Hall (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (7/72) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAI IDENTIFICATION DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: March 1974 LOCA TION NEGATIVE FILED AT: Western Reserve Historical Society AND/OR HISTORIC: Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South elevation, looking northwest. MAY 1 3 1974 093 Lorain 039 COUNTY DATE Elyria Western Reserve Historical Society IDENTIFICATION STATE ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL CODE Monteith Hall REGISTE: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOCATION COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: Eric Johannesen PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE AND/OR HISTORIC: 218 East Avenue STREET AND NUMBER: NEGATIVE FILED AT: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: March 197l * US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE! 1973- Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. G. S.

Grafton Quadrangle 1:24, 000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. # U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-1 093 039 1963 NAME Lorain Ohio Elyria DATE REQUIREMENTS COUNTY STATE NATIONAL REGISTER Monteith Hall MAP REFERENCE CODE COMMON: SCALE: LOCATION SOURCE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM CITY OR TOWN: 2l8 East Avenue 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GRAFTON QUADRANGLE 41 21' 56' 82° 06' 13" ROAD CLASSIFICATION Monteith Hall GRAFTON, OHIO 1963 Mr.

Daniel R, Porter Hon, Charles A, Vanik Columbus, Ohio 43211 Regional Director, Midwest Region Location STATE Cuyahoga County 10/11/74 MMott/row Name 1974 Date Entered Cleveland Monteith Hall Chagrin Falls West Side District Chagrin Falls Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. Lorain County Ohio City Presbyterian Distriet ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Also Notified Franklin County Hon. James V. Stanton The Ohio Historical Society Columbus vieinity Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Charles E, Mosher Director OHIO State Historie Preservation Officer Bon. Samuel L. Devine Washington, D.C. 20005 September 20, 1978 Elyria, Ohio 44035 report on the East River Parkway Project, Elyria, Ohio, an undertaking Office of Review and Director Enclosure Compliance Assistant Director Sincerely yours, property which is included in the National Register of Historic Places.

We appreciate your cooperation. Historic Preservation Community Development Department Advisory Council on Myra/F.Harrison Mr. Norman Failing City of Elyria The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation would appreciate a status October 15,1966 to advise the President and Congress in the field of Historic Preservation. The Council is an independent unit of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government charged by the Act of (copy enclosed). Dear Mr. Failing: 1522 K Street N.W. 110 Middle Avenue Elyria Ohio Our last correspondence to you on this matter was dated November 22, 1977 OMB Approval No. 29-R0218 BER TYPE - PREAPPLICATION (Mark ap- REPORT OF FEDERAL ACTION 5. FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO. 4. LEGAL APPLICANT/RECIPIENT a. Applicant Name : State of Ohio c. Street/P.O. Box : 1982 Velma Avenue b. TITLE d. City : Columbus h. Contect Person (Name Thomas H.

Smith, SHPO, 614-466- 1500 & telephone No.) 7. TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT B-Interstate I- Higher Educational Institution J- Indian Tribe Elyria, Ohio residence built by John Monteith, founder and first president of Univ. of Michigan. 9. TYPE OF ASSISTANCE Frank B. Meade, chairman in 1903 of Cleveland 11. ESTIMATED NUM- 12. TYPE OF APPLICATION States, etc.) 14. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF: 17. PROJECT E-Cancellation PROJECT START d. LOCAL ESTIMATED DATE TO 19. EXISTING FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER $ 8,340 21. REMARKS ADDED with the attached assurances if the assist- b. SIGNATURE . TYPED NAME AND TITLE 24. AGENCY NAME 27. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 28. FEDERAL APPLICATION 26. ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT Grants Adm. Div. 29. ADDRESS 31. ACTION TAKEN 33. ACTION DATE - ) 8. AWARDED b: REJECTED . RETURNED FOR C. STATE Stephen D. Newman D - WITHDRAWN b.

FEDERAL AGENCY A-95 OFFICIAL STANDARD FORM 424 PAGE 1 (10-75) 02-006-0046 day 424-101 31-4389673W Year FOR CATION Federal DATE ASSIGNED ENDING CONTACT APPLICATION RECEIVED E-Augmentation CERTIFIES GRAM BENEFITING HCRS IDENTIFICATION Dept FIER C-Revision OTHER Blank PROPOSED FUNDING D-County 50,000 STARTING FUNDING A-New Dept.of Interior SENTATIVE District CERTIFYING remodeling under William Gates were to design of C-Substate F-School District 4,840 Historic Preservation H-Community Action Agency FEDERAL AGENCY C-Loan D-Decrease Duration IDENTI- Wash., D.C. Ohio FEDERAL ASSISTANCE Enter appropriate letter CANT'S C-increase Duration C.DATE SIGNED 202 523-5472 APPLI. Ohio State Clearinghouse G-Special Purpose SHPO and 3,500 Year month BE SUBMITTED TO D-insurance A-Basic Grant Year month day Same as #35 REPRE. NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (Opt) the applicant and the applicant will comply PRO.

data in this preapplication/application ere priate letter(s) (Name and telephoxe no.) 15.TYPE OF CHANGE 12cor 12e) it hss been or is being made. F-Other 1978 m 30 b. Organization Unit : Ohio Historical Society -. County : Franklin 8. TYPE OF APPLICANT/RECIPIENT Group Plan committee. To continue in present 10. AREA OF PROJECT IMPACT (Names of cities, counties, 20. FEDERAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE REQUEST (Nazse, City, State, ZIP code) - Yes Kk No If required by OMB Circular A-95 this application was submitted, pursuant to in. No re- Thomas H. Smith, Director APPLICA. Yeer month day TION (Name and telephone number) Monteith Hall Development (preservation), Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. 1835 and 1897 1897 TOTAL D-Continuation ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT Leave A-State Catalog) d. DEFERRED B-Decrcasa Doliars Enter appro- A-95 ACTION ance is approved.

use as privatewoman's club (From B-Supplemental Grant E-Other E-City duly suthorized by the governing body of attacied Yeor Yes ANC7 1918