Nomination for Blakslee, Burritt, 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) DEC 4 1974 Blakslee, Burritt, House AND/OR HISTORIC: 13 - Charles E TO THE PUBLIC X Building In Process PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - JUL 2 1974 039 103 LOCATION Medina Religious Mosher Site Commercial ACCESSIBLE STATE DATE Government Restricted OWNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION Private Ohio Both NAME COUNTY CATEGORY Educational NATIONAL District Structure Courthouse Square Museum REGISTER Entertainment Unoccupied Scientific Agricultural Yes: Park STATUS Industrial Public Being Considered Federal CODE Thomas Krepp COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Preservation work Private Residence.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Public Acquisition: Military DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: STREET AND NUMBER: 3756 Fenn Road Object (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: Medina County Courthouse ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION X Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered K Original Site fully-developed Greek Revival style, and the doorway has the attached to. the east side of the house, but it was destroyed by fire in the 1930's. owner. The stair, a single flight along the east wall, has a hand- with enamel, and is now being finished naturally. There is a large west, now made into a bath.

The second floor bedrooms are relatively unaltered also, and some of the original timber structure JUL 2 CONDITION NATIONAL Moved REGISTER Ruins Originally the woodwork was artificially grained and later painted Fair The cornice return and raking cornice have the wide frieze of the been done, including a new exterior chimney. horizontal entablature. On the side elevations there are two small RECEIVED floor.These are in the process of being restored by the present may be seen in the attic space over the south wing.Inside the toa summer kitchen,complete modernization and alteration has The interior consists of three principal rooms on the main house projecting to the rear(south).Another wing was formerly frieze windows.There isa one-story wing the full width of the casings are walnut. The pattern is a simple rectangular one.

opening to the rear room room),and a small pantry on the (Check One) consists of 6"-7"planks of walnut.All of the door and window The gable end faces the road with the doorway at the left. Good DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

There are two windows on both the first and second floor front. south wing, originally the kitchen, woodshed, and an open passage This is a modest Greek Revival farmhouse of frame construc- some simple walnut rail and balusters.The floor of the parlor

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian: - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) | Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) - Science | Social/Human- - Literature itarian - - Military - Theater STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Blakslee's father, Gad Blakslee, came to Ohio from Plymouth, Connecticut, in 1817. The elder Blakslee's house still stands same site were destroyed by fire, and the present one is the third, built in 1854. The house of his brother Chauncey, no done, doors and woodwork being made by ghand. "Our house and one other, his brother's, are well finished the natural grain, a rather useless effort. .. 1854 Commerce builders. Communications Conservation losophy (continued) Aboriginal Engineering Religion/Phi Transportation Ohio: Landscape Art Architecture Education Industry Music Agriculture showed the influence of the Asher Benjamin designs.Blakslee longer standing, was a mirror image of this one. Both houses Practical House Carpenter (l830) was discovered in the house, providing additional proof of the use of handbooks by Ohio also had a sawmill and wool carding mill on the Rocky River.

Political The Burritt Blakslee sic7 house is very significant because it Invention is one of the few known houses built by a carpenter-builder for Sculpture are the only books we have of his, other than an old account book. his first home at the time of his marriage.Two houses on the He died in 1866. a quarter ofa mile from this house.Burritt Blakslee built He died at the age of 66." himself. In this connéction, a copy of Asher Benjamin's The careful and precise workman; hisnside fihishiag 1974 was most exactly "A book on fruit growing, and Benjamin's "Practical Carpenter house. He was much interested, cutting samples of wood to get 107-109, Plate 68. Combination Atlas Map of Medina County(Chicago, 1874), 53-54.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JUL 2 National O FORM PREPARED BY 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 Nationa1 Register. 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 COUNTY STATE 4557800 LONGITUDE Degrees ORGANIZATION DATE LATITUDE Name Minutes ATTEST: Cleveland CODE Ohio REGISTER Seconds CORNER Western Reserve Historical Society Local Degrees Minutes Seconds 10825 East Boulevard NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES March 1974 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: less than one STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: I. T. Frary, Early Homes of Ohio (Dover reprint, 1970), xv, DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES History of Medina County, Ohio (Chicago, 1881), 380.

Title RECEIVED 100 Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM Blakslee, Burritt, House a known carpenter-builder. NOV 2 2 1974 GP O 921-724 Medina REGISTER STATE COUNTY NATIONAL Ohio (Continuation Sheet) RECEIVED DEC Blakslee thus worked approximately forty years in the Medina ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY (Number all entries) architectural character than in the fact that it was the home of CONTROL REVIEW Send-back _ INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST MAPS WORKING NUMBER National Register Write-up Federal Register entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 7. 2. 74.1079 PHOTOS 10.4.74 - 1. Name. 2. Location. 4. Owner of Property. 5.. Location of Legal Description. 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. . - . Description. 10. Geographical Data.

te be off by about b. Acreage. 11. Form Prepared By. 12. Certification. criteria in full. Bibliography. Classification. SIGNED: DATE: Photographic Coverage. necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your Thank you for your attention to the above items checked. office for clarification of the information indicated below. Map Coverage. Please check. NAME OF PROPERTY STATE Qlu HISTOR IAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Send-back - Re-submit - DEC 4 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST National Register Write-up MAPS WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register entry BRANCH CHIEF CONTROL REVIEW TECH REVIEW PHOTOS ( ACCEPT Cole 1122 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) JUL 2 1974 Blakslee, Burritt, House 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4.

IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. North facade and west elevation, looking southeast GPO 932-009 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REG.CTER TOWN DATE Historical Society Medina COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTE COMMON PHOTO CREDIT STATE Medina Vicinity 3756 Fenn Road March 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Eric Johannesen AND/OR HISTORIC PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Ohio STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (6/72) (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) DEC 4 Western Reserve NEGATIVE FILEDAT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FORM 10-301 A 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC Blakslee, Burritt, House 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

East elevation and north facade, looking southwest JUL 2 GPO 932-009 Medina Historical Society Eric Johannesen TOWN DATE Vicinity NATIONAL STATE COMMON COUNTY Western Reserve PHOTO CREDIT March 1974 NUMERIC CODE REGISTER Ohio 3756 Fenn Road PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries-attach to or en close with photograph) 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 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY JUL 2 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. G.S. Medina Quadrangle 1:24, 000 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 103 1963 NAME Medina COUNTY DATE STATE REGISTER Ohio NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS COMMON: SCALE: CODE MAP REFERENCE SOURCE: PROPERTY MAP FORM 3756 Fenn Road CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Blakslee, Burritt, House UNITED STATES MEDINA QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEDINA, OHIO OHIO-MEDINA CC ROAD CLASSIFICATION 41 10' 13' DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OHIO 4 1974 Lockwood, J. C., House McKisson, Robert, House Sagamore Hills Township Blagkslee, Burritt, House Gilbert, Calvin, House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mr. Charles C. Pratt, Acting Director Hon. Charles A. Mosher Hon. Charles A.

Vanik Columbus, ohio 43211 Regional Director, Midwest Region Location Milan 12-11-74 Medina vicinity Solon The Ohio Historical Society Name Cuyahoga County MMott/cha Date Entered Erie County State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Summit County Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Interstate #7l at 17th Avenue Medina County