MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Dayton Journal-Herald, June 10, 1969. N.C.R. Factory News, June, 1965. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES FORM PREPARED BY Myron R. Brown, Secretary STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 2. 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 c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: Keeper of The National Register GP0 931-894 039 Seconds Degrees LATITUDE ORGANIZATION Local Kettering COUNTY REGISTER DATE Minutes LONGITUDE 5/3/73 STATE CORNER Ohio Kettering-Moraine Museum g Historical Society CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds 35 Moraine Circle South GEOGRAPHICAL DATA NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION NATIONAL ATTEST: NAME AND TITLE: APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR DEC 5 Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Allyn, S. C. My Half Century With N.C.R., 1967.
Title STATE Chia CONTROL REVIEW OCT 1 8 1974 INT: 1538-73 KEEPER PROPERTY Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back MAPS WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register entry National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF HISTORIAN TECH REVIEW 12.5. Re-submit 9, 30,74 PHOTOS 2 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN The attached National Register Inventory-Nomihation form is being returned to your _ 1. Name. _ 2. Location. 3. Classification. 4. Owner of Property. - 5. Location of Legal Description. . 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. 7. Description. Statement of Significance. _ 9. Bibliography. X10. Geographical Data. 12. Certification. Photographic Coverage. . preferably an original USGS, which allows us to check latitude-longitude. Acreage. SIGNED: Other. criteria in full. Form Prepared By. office for clarification of the information indicated below.
Clarification or correction of the above items must be made prior to the initiation Thank you for your attention to the above items checked. necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register DATE: STATE Oho 12. 5. 73. 4033 CONTROL REVIEW OCT 1 8 1974 PROPERTY KEEPER Entered PHOTOS Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back National Register Write-up MAPS WORKING NUMBER Federal Register entry TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Montgomery 10.1. Cole FORM 10-301 A NAME AND/OR HISTORIC NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) Hawthorne Hill Wright, Orville,Home OCT 1 8 1974 2. LOCATION 3. PHOTO REFERENCE Judith Kitchen June, 1970 1982 Velma Ave, Columbus, O. 4. IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South (front) and west facrles.
GPO 932-009 Montgomery DATE TOWN Oakwood COMMON STATE Ohio Historical Society COUNTY Harman Avenue and Park Avenue Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach toor enclose with photograph) PHOTO CREDIT NEGATIVE FILED AT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUMBER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (6/72) DEC 5 1973 RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) Wright, Orville, Home OCT 1 8 1974 2. LOCATION Mont gomery 3. MAP REFERENCE U.S.G.S.
7-1/2' Series DEC 5 GPO 932-010 1966 COMMON NATIONAL Oakwood REGISTER DATE TOWN STATE COUNTY Ohio SCALE 1:24000 SOURCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Harman Avenue and Park Avenue Dayton South Quadrangle Form 10-301 Hawthorn Hill (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) STREET AND NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC PROPERTY MAP FORM (July 1968) REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW DAYTON SOUTH QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO - MONTOOMERY CO DEC 5 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DAYTON SOUTH, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION OCT 1 8 1974 McPherson, Major General James B., House Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Mr. Charles C. Pratt Hon. Thomas L. Ashley Hon. J. William Stanton Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Delbert L.
Latta Regional Director, Midwest Region Location Maumee Name Oakwood Montgomery County Sandusky County Acting Director Chardon MMott/cha 11/7/74 Adams County Paleo-Indian District Sandy Springs vicinity Chardon Courthouse Square District Geauga County Lucas County State Historic PReservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Adams County The Governor's Inn Clyde ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hawthorn Hill Date Entered Interstate #7l at 17th Avenue Also Notified Hon. William H.
Harsha STATE OHIO Patent Division - NCR - Dayton BY GRAHAM JUSTUS EDITOR: NCR WORLD ORIGINAL ARTICLE DATED: JUNE, 1965 REGISTER NCR HISTORICAL REPRINT HAWTHORN HILL PATENT & HISTORICAL SERVICES DEC51973 NATIONAL RECEIVED rounding countryside, including Day- Boulevard, land which is now the The house, home of Orville Wright from 1914 to 1948, has a special place which the house sits rises 35 feet In February of 1912, Orville and gives an intimate, inside look at the acres of land at Park Drive and Har- and Wilbur made to Ft. Meyer, Vir- cording to Mrs. Ivonette Wright Mil- hawk, N. C. on December 17, 1903. ler of 3850 Stony Ridge, Kettering. It was not until 1912, that the Mrs. Miller, a niece of the Wright PAGE 2 own. property. world.
the first successful flight at Kitty- However, they later sold this prop- brick colonial-style mansion in Oak- thorn trees and the high hill on the Originally, they purchased prop- Wilbur bought approximately 17 Hawthorn Hill. Dayton architectural firm of Schenck Hawthorn Hill Has A Special Place In World History Hill because of the trees there and Hawthorn Hill, the gracious white erty because they felt it did not pro- by GRAHAM JUSTUS man, who with his brother Wilbur, invented the airplane and completed Detailed plans, prepared by the erty on Salem Avenue at Harvard They named the home Hawthorn nial-style home they had in mind. ginia, for tests of their airplane," ac- thorn Hill came from a trip Orville above Harman Avenue.
In its own way, Hawthorn Hill impressed by the beautiful Haw- vide the proper setting for the colo- wood, speaks a silent message of its in the history of aviation and of the man Avenue in Oakwood. They were site of the Grace Methodist Church. Wright brothers made plans to build ton to the north. "The idea for the design of Haw- from the hill there was a view of sur- and Williams, show that hill upon Hawthorn Hill, white brick colonial-style home of Orville Wright from 1914 to 1948, sits atop a high hill at Harman and Park Avenues in Oakwood. and died May 30, 1912, before con- Dayton crowds who flocked to Haw- Col. Lindbergh earlier had refused to ride in a parade from Vandalia to Hawthorn Hill, but he was in on the Katharine, wanted included planning.
He visited the site, and later in a letter to his sister Katharine crowds lining the parade route were from France he wrote that the pro- disappointed, and later when word Wilbur told Katharine, "I just want Miller said He made the special book holder. His glasses this book about Col. E. A. Deeds which was PAGE 3 house. south. thorn Hill hoping to see him. flight across the Atlantic to France, wasn't particular about the design of Wilbur Wright never lived in Prior to his death Orville had been reading his room or its location in the house. In addition to the overall colonial This was Orville Wright's chair in the library. shelf shows time he died. got out that Lindbergh was at Or- columns in front and decided then new home in Dayton." In the reception hall special pro- There are several features in the sign of the front entrance on the You take care of the rest of it.
design, Orville wanted the four col- Hawthorn Hill. house, which Orville and his sister, are on the end table where he left them. opened to this page and on the book holder brary. The room remains today as it was in his chair. downtown Dayton and was taken by He also told Katharine that he struction of the house began. when he lived in the house.Clock on top They also made plans for the de- Charles Lindbergh, just after his Orville Wright and his guest Henry Ford are shown before the fireplace at Hawthorn Hill on Dec.17,1938. Lindbergh, but they tramped down south side and for a balcony on the made two appearances to wave to ville Wright's house they swarmed to room. That's all I'm interested in. the north and south sides of the that this was to be the style of their style homes in the south with the big umns which are on verandas on both Orville's shrubs and yard" Mrs.
posed plans for the house seemed to have "too much hall space." It was from this balcony that Col. a room of my own and my own bath- a back route to Hawthorn Hill. The brothers, said, "they saw the colonial- Wilbur contacted typhoid fever "The crowds got a glimpse of vision was made by Orville for a room was a simple beige that blended Wright brothers by the Aero Club of hooked up to the furnace to regulate it. He could regulate the furnace by the house, which he thought would make vacuuming easier. But, accord- the fireplace in the living room. Or- ing to Mrs. Miller, Carrie Grumbach, who was Orville's housekeeper from 1900 until his death in 1948, thought big job each spring. So, according to Mrs. Miller, Orville made a complete set of tools which made the job easier. work at Hawthorn Hill, and in fact, PAGE Orville had a special compressed walls.
running up and down stairs repairing the doorbell. When selecting colors for the inte- bronze trophy presented to the Drawing of the first floor plan shows wide entrance hall. Front the system was too cumbersome and rugmakers in Ireland. He got it air vacuum cleaning system built into The task of removing and replac- rior, the Wrights were conservative. the floor in the living room. house were stained by Orville. He Sarthe, France in 1908. the carpet design should fit around suffered his first heart attack while The carpeting was made in Donegal, did not use it. This is the actual drawing of Hawthorn Hill prepared by Dayton architects Schenck and Williams for the Wrights. entrance is at top. Second floor plan called for five bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The heavy mahogany doors in the He also did all the plumbing re- Orville did all the electrical repair with the dull gold damask on the Ireland, and the rug in the living pulling ona wire which came through "When the carpeting first arrived" niche in the wall to place a special pairs and had a special wiring system the border wasn't exactly in line with Wilbur Said, "I Just Want A Room And My Bath ing the damask on the walls was a changed to suit him. Orville's room was at top right with the big bathroom next to it. ville drew a detailed sketch of how the fireplace and sent it off to the ville's design, had two shower cur- Ivonette married Harold S. Miller at Hawthorn Hill on June 25, 1919, and her sister, Leontine married John H. beaten tarpaulin - part of the tar- Jameson on June 2, 1923.
in the library, which remains today his reading chair with its special book holder - a rack for a dictionary. The clock on the top of the book shelves His nieces Ivonette Wright and Leon- and Katharine, who later married Henry Haskell, editor of the Kansas City Star, died in 1929. Her funeral Browning, Booth Tarkington, Abra- Ice could be loaded into it from the back porch. The bath that was used by Orville was the largest of all. It was white lotion and mouth wash. The shaving own, incidentally, made of bay rum are (left to right) W. E. Scripps; L. B. Rock, of the old Dayton Journal; Lorin Wright, Orville's PAGE 5 Lorin Wright, were married there. lined with pipes and fixtures of Or- paulin which had covered the orig- ham Lincoln and technical journals give them a brown, glossy finish. the rug re-made.
Wright's funeral was April 6, 1917, reddish and he worked diligently to and other technical materials. gredients. The Gargantuan shower, dings and two funerals in the house. Upstairs there are five bedrooms Katharine, were the only ones to live Hawthorn Hill, there were two wed- tiled and had built-in-cabinets into ing rooms in some modern houses. with a huge old-fashioned ice box. when the rugs were delivered.Orville drew a detailed sketch and had and rose water and a few other in- Books surrounded Orville in the brother; Edsel Ford; Orville Wright;Henry Ford;Gov.James M. Cox; and Fred Black. thought the original finish was too The bathrooms were as large as liv- tains. One was an attractive turquoise inal plane. Typical scene at the front entrance is shown here on Oct.27,1936.Guests with Orville Wright in the house with Orville.
Bishop Bishop Wright, father of the variety of his reading-Mark Twain, pended bottles of shaving and hand just as it was when he died. His tine Wright, daughters of his brother The kitchen was a light airy room library and the titles indicate the Carpeting for Hawthorn Hill was specially made by a firm in Donegal, Most of Orville's time was spent Ireland.The design around the fireplace not exactly right wooden rack from which he sus- lotion was a special concoction of his shows the exact time he died. glasses are on the end table next to blue,but behind it was a weather- The heavy mahogany doors all were re-stained by Orville.At first the finish was too reddish to suit him.He worked diligently to give and what were two servants'rooms.
which the inventor had put a In the 34 years Orville lived at Torrence, writer from Xenia; and at the Jameson wedding which great- Hill, however, Franklin D. Roosevelt wedding to begin, Orville had John in a little room off the kitchen. He when he came to Dayton for a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base dur- and turned on an electric fan. ing World War II. Mr. Miller recalled a humorous in- kept the groom on ice for that wed- that," Mr. Miller said. "We told him with Mr. Roosevelt and went to he went to a parade with the Presi- After the trip to the base, Secret Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Edison, John H. Patterson, Vilhjal- mur Stefansson, arctic explorer; Avenue. Orville told them to let him Henry Picard, Henry Ford, Hamlin off at Far Hills and Oakwood Avenue sister; Arthur Godfrey, Mary Pick- and he would walk home from there.
ford, James Stewart and many others tin, airplane manufacturer; Ridgeley abroad. ding." Service agents accompanied Orville Famous persons from across the Removing and replacing the heavy damask this sculpture presented to Wilbur and Orville President has stayed at Hawthorn the living room towards the dining room area. dignitaries from many countries front hall. Orville's bedroom was furnished simply with automobile parked in the gravel driveway. An early picture of Hawthorn Hill taken in the first flight. In the foreground is a reception room and desk and chairs.Picture above desk is of the world have stopped at Hawthorn used for cooking, is at right. back into Dayton and out Far Hills Wright-Patterson with him. Interior view of Hawthorn Hill looking from A special niche in the wall of the reception time. Orville made this special set of tools The kitchen was a light, airy room.
Walls in have been guests at Hawthorn Hill. Harold Miller recalled an incident by the Aero Club of Sarthe, France in 1908. explorer; Katharine Wright, Orville's sister; and Griffith Brewer, a friend from England. "Orville always kidded that he Hill. The list includes such names as Records indicate that no U. S. purchased by NCR as a guest house, Orville apparently rode in a parade tremely hot day," Mr. Miller said. This picture, taken in June 1922, shows Or- room just off the front hall was made to hold the kitchen were of white tile. The gas We always kidded Orville about Garland, the novelist; Glenn Mar- did make a courtesy call on Orville In later years, since the home was ville (left), Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the arctic dent and then walked home." to make the job easier. "While they were waiting for the Greece, Madame Pandit, Nehru's was held on March 6.
PAGE 6 put a cake of ice in there with him ly amused Orville. "It was an ex- winter months shows Orville's old Franklin cident connected with FDR's visit. on the walls was a task at spring cleaning Gen. Omar Bradley, the King of 1. MISSING - 2. REMOVED/ 6. OVER- _ 7. NPS - 8. DOE - 9. RESTRICTED Available on: Microfiche ( ); Optical Disk () (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) 6. (Location of oversize file) 1. (Current source of partial documentation) JAN. 1986 DEMOLISHED 74001585 (State) UNDOCUMENTED Locator Card (County) OWNER OBJECTION EXPLANATION: National Register of Historic Places COMMENTS: STATUS: (Date Found/Replaced) (Resource Name) (Completed by) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (lf multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) (Where found, or source of replacement) (Target Date) (Date Designated) (Cause for removal) WASO 21 (Reference Number[sl) or MRA Name) 3.
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