Nomination for Ohmer, Nicholas, House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Mont gomery INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) OCT 1 6 1974 Ohmer, Nicholas, House AND/ OR HISTORIC: CITY OR TOWN: 3rd- Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC X Building Public Acquisition: - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Transportation 2) Commercial OWNER'S NAME: Susan C., Alice E. and Ruth M.

Ohmer LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Montgomery County Recorder's Office 451 West Third Street TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Local Montgomery County Historical Society 039 Dayton Site LOCATION Military 113 Religious Both Ohio NATIONAL Restricted County Government REGISTER CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE Educational CLASSIFICATION Private DATE Entertainment NAME District Unoccupied CODE Structure Yes: OWNERSHIP June, STATUS Public Park Federal Museum Agricultural Industrial Private Residence Being Considered CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: 1350 Creighton Scientific REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUMBER: OWNER OF PROPERTY Object In Process The Old Court House JUL 30 1524 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Montgomery County Landmark Committee Report ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved [X Original Site southern Ohio, mid-Victorian farmhouse.

Laid out in the shape of woodwork is a later modification. There is an elaborately denticulated frieze and bracketed cornice at elaborate plaster ceiling decorations. date house was also equipped with an early central heating plant, most unusual for Dayton in the Civil War era.

CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL east facade is similar, though more elaborate, with a two-story porch elaborate, carved wood columns and brackets are placed on the west Nicholas Ohmer was a progressive man.His country home was equipped with early gas chandeliers using exterior acetylene tanks for a gas small carriage house and carpenter shop still stand to the rear of south axis midway.Both sections are gable roofed.The entrance is located in the right bay of the three-bay front (south) facade.It The interior architecture of the Ohmer House has been preserved.Elegant a Latin cross, the shorter, east-west axis bisects the longer, north- (Check One) * Excellent - Deteriorated pine woodwork is heavily molded in Victorian patterns.

fireplaces show high craftsmanship and the marble of the parlor mantel When the Ohmers installed electricity, they retained the DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The two-story brick Nicholas Ohmer House is a superb example of a is recessed behind an arched opening over which there is a simple at the northernmost end. On the north facade there is a half octagonal, latticed summer kitchen. The summer kitchen has the original brick original gas fixtures, adding sockets in place of gas jets. The up to source. Fair small, round-arched window in the gable. One-story porches with The transoms bracketed hood.All of the windows are shuttered and there isa RECEIVED Good

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) * Agriculture - Science Sculpture i STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Nicholas Ohmer immigrated to Ohio as a boy from the province of Lorraine, France where he was born in 1823. After several moves, his father settled the family in Dayton in 1837. Nicholas had, in the meantime, success and Francis, the father, became proprietor of the Madison House, also known as the Dayton Hotel, near the canal boat landing on west to St. Louis. Successful in business, Ohmer also had a passion for growing fruits in 1864. An ardent horticulturist, he was soon marketing wholesale fruit for developing modern varieties. Nicholas Ohmer was an ardent booster of horticulture and community A devout Roman Catholic, he was a member of St. Joseph's Church Successful Montgomery County Horticultural Society (1867), serving as was appointed a director of the Merchants National Bank (1871) which became the First National Bank of Dayton.

Nicholas Ohmer's wide ranging interests brought him many important friends, is presently being maintained by his daughters who are retired from farmhouse and is in excellent condition. 1864 Transportation Architecture Engineering Communications Military Commerce Literature Theater Education Aboriginal losophy Religion/Phi itarian Music Social/Human- Invention Pre-Columbian Landscape Conservation cemetery association.As a horticulturist he joined in organizing a Political depot restaurant that grew into a chain extending east to Columbus and Industry been trained as a confectioner and the family soon opened a restaurant Third Street. Nicholas, the oldest son, took over a branch store, then inherited the family business when his father retired. When the and nursery stock.

Always progressive and innovative, he developed the Nick Ohmer Strawberry strain which is still used as a basic stock helped select the site for Calvary Cemetery and became president of the president of the Ohio Horticultural Society and helped organize the Southern Ohio Fair at Dayton. Recognized as a shrewd businessman, Ohmer Charles, took up his father's agricultural interest while other sons sough careers in the hotel business. Nicholas Ohmer's name and home and flowers. He purchased a 108 acre fruit farm and erected his home there Committee and President of the Parish Public School Association. Ohmer including Rutherford B. Hayes, a governor of Ohio. Nicholas Ohmer's son, activities.He was city councilman from Dayton's Third Ward in 1853. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE(Check One or More as Appropriate)

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Beers & Co., 1882. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PRODERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FORM PREPARED BY June 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 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 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: GPO 931-894 Degrees Dayton one 039 Seconds ORGANIZATION LATITUDE LONGITUDE DATE COUNTY Name Minutes STATE Title CODE CORNER ATTEST: REGISTER Local NATIONAL NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1969. NAME AND TITLE: The Old Court House JUL 3 0 1974 Whiffen, Marcus. ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Preservationist forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Ohio Montgomery County Historical Society American Architecture Since 1780,A Guide to the Styles. 7.

30.74.1236 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Send-back _ 1 6 1974 Entered KEEPER PHOTOS ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit National Register Write-up Federal Register entry WORKING NUMBER MAPS TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN CONTROL REVIEW REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 74001580 7.31. PROPERTY Montgo me ry photographer Rollyn Puterbaugh UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) 1. NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

GPO 932-009 1968 Rollyn Puterbaugh STREET DATE NATIONAL STATE UGH REGISTEF RECEIVED The house from the Southwest, at the corner of Creighton and Clarence (6/72) venue PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 1356 Creighton Avenue Ohmer, Nicholas, House OCT 1 6 1974 House, Dayton, OH 45402 Montgomery COMMON COUNTY Ohio Hist. Soc., The Old Court PROPERTY CF THE NATIONAL REGISTER STREET AND NUMBER NEGATIVE FILED AT MOnt. CO. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) 0CT 16 1974 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT Montgomery June, 1974 Hist. Soc., The Old Court House, Dayton, OH. 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Dayton Montgomery TOWN 1350 Creighton Avenue COMMON DATE COUNTY REGISTER Loren S.

Gannon, Jr. STATE Ohio Nicholas Ohmer's Fruit Farm. PHOTO CREDIT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Copy of etching no. 137,Combination Atlas & Map of Montgomery County, PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Ohmer, Nicholas, House PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (6/72) JUL 3 0 1974 Hunter Press, 1875, showing the house in 1875 and Philadelphia: NATIONAL RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) Ohmer, Nicholas, House OCT 1 6 1974 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER JUL 3 0 1974 3. PHOTO REFERENCE Soc., The Old Court THouse, Dayton, OH 45402 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 Montgomery DATE NATIONAL Ohio COUNTY Mont. Co.

Day COMMON STATE 1350 Creighton Avenue PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO CREDIT June 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES porches and the summer kitchen at the rear. (6/72) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) The East side and rear from the Northeast with earlier porches, later Gannon, Jr. OWN Hist. RECEIVED Loren S. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FORM 10-301 A NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) AND/OR HISTORIC OCT 1 6 1974 2. LOCATION STREET AND NUMBER 3. PHOTO REFERENCE 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 returns. Dayton Loren S. Gannon, Jr.

Montgomery TOWN DATE COUNTY COMMON STATE 1350 Creighton Avenue Ohmer, Nicholas, House NATIONAL with their "Eastlake" scroll work and the decorated cornice with REGISTER PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED PHOTO CREDIT Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or en close with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (6/72) CHouse, Dayton, OH 45402 Hist. Soc., The Old Court The West side and front from the Southwest showing the porches June 1974 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) OCT 1 6 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE June 1974 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. GPO 932-009 the gold veined black marble mantel. Montgomery Loren S. Gannon, Jr.

Dayton 1350 Creighton Avenue COMMON COUNTY STATE DATE Ohmer, Nicholas, House NATIONAL NAME PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio (Type all entries-attach toor enclose with photograph) PHOTO CREDIT (6/72) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Hist. Soc., The Old Court STREET AND NUMBER REGISTEE JUL 3 0 1374 RECEIVED House, Dayton, OH 45402 The front parlor detail of gas fixture converted to electricity and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FORM 10-301 A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Type all entries -attach to or en close with photograph) NAME AND/OR HISTORIC OCT 1 6 1974 3. PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT Mont. Co. 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. JUL 3 0 1974 Dayton Montgomery DATE STATE Ohio COUNTY NATIONAL TOWN Loren S. Gannon, Jr. COMMON 2.LOCATION 1350 Creighton Avenue Front parlor showing the plaster ceiling decoration.

GP0932-009 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO CREDIT PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM June, 1974 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohmer, Nicholas, House STREET AND NUMBER (6/72) REGISTEF NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) RECEIVED Hist. Soc., The Old Court GPO Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) ENTRY NUMBER Ohmer, Nicholas, House AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: 1350 Creighton Avenue CITY OR TOWN: MAP REFERENCE U. S. Geological Survey--Dayton South, Ohio TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

Montgomery Dayton NAME REQUIREMENTS 039 LOCATION STATE REGISTER Ohio DATE COUNTY CODE NATIONAL COMMON: SOURCE: 113 PROPERTY MAP FORM OCT 16 1974 1966 SCALE: 1:24,000 DAYTON SOUTH QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Nicholas Ohmer OHIO -MONTOOMERY 1966 DAYTON SOUTH, OHIO STATE OHIO Hathaway, Lot, House Hon. Robert Isft, Jr. Mr. Charles C. Pratt Hon. Charles A. Van1k Hon. Will1am N. Harsha PR MMOT : p1 10.24.74 Dayton Location Name Springfield Cuyahoga County Date Entered Sandusky Arcade Hotel Mad River Block ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Geauga County South Euclid Also Notified Clark County Nawton Falls Covered Bridga Mariemont Russelle Point vicinity Logan County Acting Director Regional Director, Midwest Region Hon. Howard M.

Metzenbaum Circleviile vicinity State Historic Freservation Officer East Claridon Lake Ridge Island Mounds Pickavay County Erie County Newton Falls Hon.Charles W.Whalen, Jr. The Ohio Historical Society Montgonery County Luthor List Mound Truabull County 16 1974 Marienont Embankment and Village Site Hon. J. Williaa Stanton Hon. Clarence J. Brown, Jr. Hon. Thomas A. Luken Hon. OHIO