Nomination for Watkins House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE E County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) DEC 24 AND/ OR HISTORIC: (Check One) - Preservation work - Comments Commercial OWNER'S NAME: JUL 2 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Third and St.

Mary Streets TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Both LOCATION 113 Site ACCESSIBLE STATE CATEGORY Transportation Religious REGISTER Government District DATE CLASSIFICATION NATIONAL Structure Private Entertainment MONTGOMERY Building NAME Unoccupied STATUS OWNERSHIP Scientific Restricted Educational Yes: Museum Dayton Public CODE Being Considered Industrial Agricultural Private Residence Landmarks Committee Report COMMON: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Centerville Vicinity Caroline Watkins Burnet Park Military Public Acquisition: 15 North Main Street Montgomery County Recorder's Office Object REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: In Process Ohio 331 Nutt Road The Watkins House CITY OR TOWN: 039 "Ye Old Stone" June Spring Valley, Ohio R.R.

1 PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Montgomery County Historical Society 9950 Lebanon Pike Route 48) - Excellent - Deteriorated - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

as a filler between the stones, and it still remains in some places JUL 2 CONDITION NATIONAL DESCRIPTION REGISTER addition on the south side was removed and replaced with a two story with the present floor new stairway was installed on the frames remain except for a door on the west side which was replaced a new plaster wall installed.The original door jambs and window early building. fastened together but wedged against each other. doors, one on the north and one the south side, and a fireplace on (Check One) however, most of the interior stone walls are in tact. Central addition, made in 1812, on the west side had eighteen inch thick stone This is a two and a half story stone and wood frame house with gable About 1940 the house was remodeled on the interior and a frame shed X Good The original portion was a one room stone cabin. It had two frame addition.

basic integrity because the additions have been sympathetic to the Unexposed Ruins RECEIVED south side of the 1812 addition.There were a few minor changes, There were subsequent additions to the west and south. heating was installed at this time.The house still maintains its the east side.The basement of this portion has a limestone floor. the cupboard next to the fireplace on the north wall.Mud was used bay has a 6/6 double hung sash window on both the first and second The first walls.It is two stories and the main west facade has 3 bays.Each The fireplace in the 1812 addition was removed and level.This addition had one room on each level and a stairway in

Statement of significance

This house is built of native limestone, known locally as "Dayton The house was probably begun in the autumn of 1804 when Jonathan presently owned by one of their decendents, Caroline Watkins Burnet. Architecture Commerce Conservation Communications Transportation losophy REGISTER Engineering Music NATIONAL Social/Human- itarian Aboriginal Education JUL2 Pre-Columbian Art Sculpture Political Invention Industry in danger, but it faces a main road which is becoming more heavily Agriculture Religion/Phi. from Mason County, Kentucky.Jonathan Watkins was accompanied by 19th Century stone farmhouses.It is typical of the development of were members of the Hopewell Methodist Church which was the houses from a one or two room cabin with subsequent additions and Clarissa Watkins and their infant daughter arrived in the Center- the house to view the passing troops on Shakertown Road.

and this house is one of the few remaining examples of these early his brothers George and Jeremiah Allen and Owen Hatfield. When the addition to the original one-room cabin was being made in Military Other SPECIFIC DATE|S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) their produce, butter and eggs in Centerville and the nearby indus- 1812 in stone and wood to an irregular form.The house is not presently houses in and near Centerville were built from stone quarried on the Henry Harrison was passing and the owner and workers left off the land.Mrs. Watkins told her grandchildren she did not see founded about 1815 to serve the needs of many of the pioneer families used as the once rural farmland is being subdivided for housing. or taste wheat bread during their first year in Ohio.The Watkins

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Family Bible of J. C. Watkins. Times, Sept. 6, 1968. Records, U. S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE JUL 2 FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: Gale Brooks, Project Director March 8, 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: T2. 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 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: DEC 2 4 1974 GPO 931.894 Degrees DATE Cincinnati ORGANIZATION Seconds COUNTY LATITUDE Minutes Title NATIONAL STATE LONGITUDE CODE ATTEST: REGISTER CORNER Environmental Preservation 039 4386900 Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION ---Dayton Journal, January, 1884. Pikora, Al, "Township Man Recalls Toll, Gravel, on Rt. 48", K.D. RECEIVER Mercantile Library Building - 414 Walnut Street Name Local Funeral oration of Rev.R. K.Deem for Allen Watkins, January 20,1884. Ohio STATE Chia 7. 2. 74. 1090 TECH REVIEW PHOTOS 3 CONF.

Accept DEC 2 4 1974 Send-back _ Federal Register entry - KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Re-submit MAPS National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF INT:1538-73 WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF CONF. Montgomery CONTROL REVIE#10 PROPERTY Cole 12-20-74 120/74 19/25 BUILT ABOUT-1820 THE OLD WATKINS HOUSE Form No. 10-301a March, 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: 89 West Franklin Street, Centerville, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. the northeast. * US.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - 1 45459 113 DATE Centerville Vicinity COUNTY CODE MONTGOMERY STATE 039 NAME REGISTE COMMON: Centerville Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAI (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) Ohio Closeup view of the northeast corner from the PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CITY OR TOWN: IDENTIFICATION (7/72) "Ye Old Stone" JUL 2 1874 LOCA TION ENTRY NUMBER The Watkins House William Boice 9950 Lebanon Pike Route 48 Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 24 1974 LOCA TION JUL 2 March, NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

The south west * U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 PROPERTY OF THE NAT 45459 COUNTY NAME DATE MONTGOMERY NATIONAL Centerville Vicinity CODE STATE REGISTE Roger Hull 039 PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: View of the south and west facades from the Centerville Historical Society The watkins House PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: (7/72) (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: DATE OF PHOTO: 89 West Franklin Street, Centerville Ohio IDENTIFICATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY 9950 Lebanon Pike (State Route 48) "Ye Old Stone" OHIO Form No. 10-301a - ENTRY NUMBER DEC 24 LOCA TION JUL 2 March, 1974 NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II- 1 039 Centerville Vicinity COUNTY DATE NATIONAL 113 CODE REGISTE Centerville Historical Society STATE NAME MONTGOMERY COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: The Watkins House PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: View of the north facade from the north. CITY OR TOWN: Roger Hull PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUMBER: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: 9950 Lebanon Pike Route 48) IDENTIFICATION Ohio "Ye Old Stone GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPRINGBORO QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC Long.

84" 09: 40 SPRINGBORO, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION UNITED STATES Lat.39°35'55" UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 24 1974 2. LOCATION Centerville Vicinity 9950 Lebanon Pike (State Route 48) 3. MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW. JUL 2 GPO 932.010 1965 STATE REGISTER SOURCE COUNTY COMMON NATIONAL Springboro Quadrangle SCALE MONTGOMERY U.S.G.S. AND/OR HISTORIC STREET AND NUMBER RECEIVED The Watkins House NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Form 10-301 TOWN SHIP OHIO "Ye Old Stone" DATE 1:24.000 DEC 2 4 1974 Mesopotamia Village District Mr. Charles C. Pratt Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. J. William Stanton Honi. Charles w. Whalen, Jr.

Location 12/30/74 STATE Mantua Name Montgomery County Portage County MMott/row ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Acting Director Centerville vicinity The Watkins House Also Notified Date Entered Mesopotamia The Ohio Historical Society Mantua Station Brick Copmercial District State Historic Preservation Officer Interstate #7l at l7th Ave. Trumbull County Regional Director, Midwest Region Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum OHIO