Nomination for Arlington Avenue District

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ohio gs! INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: 3.

CLASSIFICATION (Check One) In Process X Restricted - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Agricultural - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: - Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: MAY 1 3 1974 099 039 Youngstown LOCATION Mahoning Site DATE Commercial ACCESSIBLE Government Both OWNERSHIP Private NATIONAL Educational CATEGORY REGISTER Yes: District Public Building Unoccupied Structure Park Private Residence Arlington Avenue District Entertainment Museum Industrial COUNTY: STATUS Being Considered CODE Scientific Object Market Street Religious Public Acquisition: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Multiple private ownership OWNER OF PROPERTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Military ENTRY DATE STREET AND NUMBER: TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF SURVEY: 304-373 Arlington Avenue COMMON: DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

spindles, cylindrical and polygonal towers, and various types of ted as double houses, the remainder being single. Some of the MAY 1 3 1974 CONDITION REGISTER RECEIVED Moved double houses have separate porches, some a common veranda. planning of the total clearance type. two are exactly identical.The most characteristic features are facade, giving the house the appearance of being octagonal, although Many of the houses have been poorly maintained and infrequently all are representative of the Queen Anne-related styles common in arched.The use of classical ornamental detail characteristic of the includes twenty-nine dwellings. All are of frame construction, and this is not the case.Nine of the houses were designed and construc- painted, but few have been seriously altered in external structure. Fair The general condition of the district is from good to fair.

the intervals of the arcade are variously pointed, round and flat- The most unusual veranda design is at No.312.It fronts a double the 1880's and 1890's.There is great variety in the design and no (Check One) X Good which has square bays placed on the diagonal at the corners of the Queen Anne style is well-handled and in good scale with the build- The neighborhood is presently occupied by working people of low economic status. The area is tentatively threatened by urban renewal Excellent NATIONAL large projecting gables, porches and verandas with turned posts and This is a district comprising one block of Arlington Avenue, and house of unequal parts.To fit the irregular spacing of the posts, exterior siding. The most unusual house is the one at No.

359, - Pre-Columbian: - 18th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Theater STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

not especially notable or associated with significant events, the century of growth following the Civil War, during which Youngstown's had seen the introduction of electric street lights, electric street MAY 1 3 1974 1890-1900 SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Commerce Conservation Engineering Military losophy Science Transportation decade. Aboriginal REGISTER distinction. Communications NATIONAL Education Landscape Agriculture Literature itarian Music RECEIVED Political Industry Sculpture Invention Arlington Avenue would not be unusual or rare.On the near west Social/Human- results in great visual interest, and creates a homogeneous and Religion/Phi- chief industry was iron manufacture.The population had grown from houses embody the distinctive characteristics of a midwestem and larger centers.

In the context of a larger metropolitan area, prosperity, and preceded a severe panic and depression in the years and Arlington Avenue, subdivided in 1890,was built up during this ing survivals of its period.The variety of designs on the street Arlington Avenue is primarily significant asa representative dis- It was to be expected that the general trend of architectural side of Youngstown, however, this street is one of the best remain- cars and paved streets.The years before 1892 were ones of relative style showed somewhat of a time lag in a midwestern steel town. trict ofa certain architectural type.Although the inhabitants were The development of such a street was the product of a quarter street of middle class homes of good design in the 1890's.

The Queen Anne style reached its height in the 1880's in the East around 8,000 in 1870 to over 33,000 in 1890.The decade of the1880s PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art to supplant iron production in 1892) gave work to hundreds of men, 1892-1895.In spite of this, the new steel plant(steel had just begun

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (Chicago, 1921), I, 212-223. N4550568 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POIN I OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 4 Acres ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES MAY 1 3 1974 FORM PREPARED BY CITY OR TOWN: 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 National 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 Degrees LATITUDE Seconds COUNTY DATE LONGITUDE ORGANIZATION Name Local ATTEST: CORNER STATE Cleveland Minutes Western Reserve Historical Society CODE REGISTER Ohio NATIONAL Degrees Minutes Seconds RECEIVED Mahoning County Property Tax Records. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION January 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: Joseph G. Butler, History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NAME AND TITLE: T2.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION Title Eric Johannesen, Preservationist 10825 East Boulevard UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER Proceed northeast along the property line, continuing across Arling- Arlington to Fifth Avenue, then southwest along Fifth Avenue to the MAY 1 3 1974 GP 0 921.724 Mahoning COUNTY STATE Ohio DATE REGISTER NATIONAL Arlington Avenue District (Continuation Sheet) (Number all entries) feet north of Arlington.Proceed southeast on a line parallel to Fifth Avenue and Arlington Avenue, and proceeds northwest along RECEIVED ton to the north property line of the lot at #368 Arlington, then point of origin.

Form 10-300a (July 1969) east along the property line (diagonal to Arlington) to a point 100 the south side of Arlington to the east property line of the lot at #317 Arlington. Proceed southwest along the property line to a point 100 feet south of Arlington, then northwest on a line parallel to Arlington to the west property line of the lot at #373 Arlington. PHOTOS 5 CONTROL REVIEW 5. 16. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN AUE 1 3 1974 INT: 1538-73 ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Re-submit Send-back MAPS 74001565 HISTORIAN Federal Register entry National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF WORKING NUMBER Mahoni ng 5,13.74.763 Cole KEEPER PROPERTY the write up, please indicate them below.

SHEET COMMENTS: PROPERTY: DESCRIPTION: NAME: WRITE-UP COMMENT (leave attached to nomination) STYLE OR CULTURE: SIGNIFICANCE (specify paragraph or line): PRESENT CONDITION (altered, covered, ruins, deteriorated--archeological): If there are comments (negative or positive) which will affect SURVEY RECORDS (is form correct?): UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME AND/OR HISTORIC 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE E. Johannesen 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Mahoning Youngstown Arlington Avenue District TOWN REGIST DATE Historical Society COMMON COUNTY PHOTO CREDIT STATE NATIONA! Ohio Western Reserve NEGATIVE FILED AT 304-373 Arlington Avenue Looking north, left to right: #308 and #304.

January, 1974 (6/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) STREET AND NUMBER $ 1974 NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NAME AND/OR HISTORIC AUG 1 3 1974 2. LOCATION MAY 1 3 1974 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT E. Johannesen 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 308; 304.

GPO 932-009 Youngstown Mahoning TOWN DATE Historical Society COUNTY STATE Western Reserve PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Arlington Avenue District Ohio PHOTO CREDIT (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAI (6/72) 304-373 Arlington Avenue STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NUMERIC CODE (Aselpned by NPS) January, 1974 EGISTE North side of Arlington Ave.,looking northeast.Left to right: #3l2; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME AND/OR HISTORIC [NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION | Youngstown STREET AND NUMBER MAY 1 3 1974 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 north.

Historical Society DATE Mahoning TOWN COUNTY COMMON STATE NATIONAL Western Reserve REGISTE Arlington Avenue District PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 304-373 Arlington Avenue E. Johannesen (6/72) Ohio (Type all entries-attach to or en close with photograph) NEGATIVE FILED AT January, AUG 18 1974 RECEIVED . PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION , Youngstown STREET AND NUMBER MAY 1 3 1974 3. PHOTO REFERENCE E. Johannesen 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. #351-353, looking south.

GPO 932-009 Historical Society DATE TOWN Mahoning COUNTY STATE PHOTO CREDIT Western Reserve 304-373 Arlington Avenue Ohio NEGATIVE FILED AT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (6/72) NATIONAL AUG 1 3 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC Arrington Avenue District UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) AUG 1 3 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE E. Johannesen 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. MAY 1 3 1974 GPO 932-009 Youngstown Historical Society Mahoning DATE #359 Arlington Avenue, looking south.

NATIONAL TOWN REGISTE COUNTY January, 1974 PHOTO CREDIT STATE Arlington Avenue District Ohio Western Reserve 304-373 Arlington Avenue (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NEGATIVE FILED AT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER STREET AND NUMBER (6/72) RECEIVED Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U. S. G. S. Youngstown Quadrangle 1:24, 000 MAY 1 3 1974 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

099 1970 Youngstown Mahoning COUNTY STATE DATE REGISTER Ohio NATIONAL CODE MAP REFERENCE LOCATION COMMON: REQUIREMENTS SCALE: SOURCE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 304-373 Arlington Avenue ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries-attach toor enclose with map) NAME TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS Arlington Avenue District AUG DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) YOUNGSTOWN QUADRANGLE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 80° 39! 111 UNITED STATES Arlington Avenue District N4100w8037.5/7.5 Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) AUG 1 3 1574 LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE = 100' REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: MAY 1 3 1974 GPO 932-010 1974 Youngstown hand-drawn Mahoning DATE TOWN STATE COUNTY SCALE Arlington Avenue District REGISTER COMMON NATIONAL Ohio SOURCE RECEIVED 304-373 Arlington Avenue NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Approx. 4 Acres Scale: 1" = 100' Arrow Houses North demolished Fifth Avenue Arlington Avenue #373 ARLINGTON AVENUE DISTRICT Ford Ave. #368 MAY 1 3 1974 REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED AUG 1 a 1974 Perrey, Aaron, House Beimfield Township (Kent vicinity) Kuenzer, Joseph II, Residence Perkins, Colonel Simon, Mansion Howard, C.B., louse Hon. Charles A. Vanik The Ohio Historical Society Hon.

Will1an Minshall Columbus, Ohio 43211 Regional Director, Midwest Region Location Aurora STATE Independence Cuyahoga County Akron MMott/row Name 8/16/74 Mahoning County Date Entered Portage County Director Claridon ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Geauga County Mr.Daniel R.Porter State Historic Preservation Officer Claridon Congregational Church Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Also Notified Mahoning County Courthouse Northfiela Center Arlington Avenue Diatrict The Palner House Youngstown Hon. Charles J. Carney Summait County Interstate #7l at 17th Ave. Hon. John F. Seiberling Hon. J. Will1at Stanton Hon. Robert Taft,Jr.