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Form 10-306 UNI TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ] County - NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) MAY 2 3 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: Daugherty, Harry, House 1.4 miles west of Co. Route 34 6th, William H.

Harsha (Check One) X Public Yes - Structure - In Process - Unrestricted Object X Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) - Scientific United States of America (Corps of Engineers) REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If applicable) 502 - 8th Street LOCA TIÓN OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Recorder's Office, Pickaway County Courthouse TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: SEP 1 4 1973 054 039 129 Circleville ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY REGISTER OWNERSHIP Religious CLASSIFICATION West Virginia Huntington NATIONAL DATE Commercial Government Pickaway South Court Street THE SHACK STATUS CODE Educational Museum Federal COMMON: Unoccupied Private Entertainment Being Considered Agricultural Private Residence District Site Park Ohio Both MAY Public Acquisition: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 5.5 miles NW of Williamsport STREET AND NUMBER: Industrial ENTRY DATE TO THE PUBLIC AGENCY CITY OR TOWN: ENTRY NUMBER (Oct.

X Building REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS NAME LOCATION Military (0ct.1972) DESCRIPTION - Excellent O Fair X] Deteriorated 1 Ruins C Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site Originally, this 1-1/2 story frame was built of rough hewn oak and is à large living room with a stoned fireplace, 3 bedrooms, upstairs, and to its original appearance, however, it is the intention of DNR to use SEP 1 4 1973 NATIONAL REGISTER being altered for this purpose. had windows with removable wooden panels to take advantage of the summer The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has the house (Check One) Good under lease, is presently restoring it. The exterior is being restored CONDITION the facility for overnight lodging accommodations and the interior is within two miles of the Deer Creek Dam.

breeze.The house is located on Tick Ridge on the South bank of Deer Creek a full basement.The most outstanding feature is a 50 foot porch which SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian L 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Education - Urban Planning - Prehistoric ] Religion/Phi- - Other (Specify) - Science - Architecture - Sculpture ] Social/Human- - Literature - Communications - Military - Theater - Conservation - Transportation Harry M. Daugherty, a Washington Court House, Ohio, politician, is well activities.

Daugherty's health required frequent rest periods, and he spent many of them here along Deer Creek, enjoying the solitude that so often assistant Jess Smith, at times alone, Daugherty returned to "The Shack" SEP 1 4 1973 1918 NATIONAL Commerce REGISTER Engineering Agriculture Aboriginal Landscape Music eluded him in other locations.At times accompanied by his friend and at frequent intervals while he was Attorney General under Warren Harding administration.Daugherty is best known for his successful promotion of sentative of the private country retreats public figures often maintain after the ordeal of Harding's death and funeral.It is popularly assumed Industry General of the United States. itarian STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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for their personal relaxation and peace of mind. Invention generative effect upon and use by Harry Daugherty,"The Shack" is repre- Daugherty's Pickaway County retreat,"The Shack,"was built in 1918 and Political Art known as a Republican political operative, from 1889 into the Coolidge losophy that Harding himself visited Daugherty here upon occasion.In its re- Warren G.Harding in the presidential campaign of 1920,and as Attorney 1865-1920, Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1970. unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, Murray, Robert K., The Harding Era, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1969. Russel1, Francis, The Shadow of Blooming Grove, New York: 10

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES SEP 1 4 1973 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers PHONE: (304) 502-8th Street 529-2311, X-648 CITY OR TOWN: State Liaison Officer recommendation: I hereby certify that this property is included in the In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation nominate this property to the National Register, certify- days in which to present the nomination to the State Re- - National State GPO 938-449 054 Degrees LONGITUDE Seconds NATIONAL Date CORNER LATITUDE Minutes ATTEST: STATE REGISTER CODE COUNTY: BUSINESS ADDRESS: Huntington State Liaison Officer Signature National Register.

Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION mendedlevel of significance is West Virginia LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES view Board and to evaluate its significance.The recom- Downes, Randolph C.,The Rise of Warren Gamaliel Harding, 11.FORM PREPARED BY STREET AND NUMBER: Less than One Acre 20 March 1973 ing that the State Liaison Officer has been allowed90 Giglio, James N., The Political Career of Harry M. NAME AND TITLE: 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Daugherty 6 Dixon, the Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy, Charles R. Johnson, Outdoor Recreation Planner CERTIFICATION OF NOMINATION Federal Represertative Signature 1968.

McGraw-Hind MAY 23.1974 Send-back Maps HISTORIAN Photos ARCHEOLOGIST Entered TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER CONTROL REVIEW National Register write-up Federal Register entry 3-11-74 WORKING NUMBER Retum INT: 741-73 Re-submit 4.22,74 9-19- lalt The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your 2. Location. 3. Classification. 4. Owner of Property. _ 5., Location of Legal Description. 6. Representation in Existing Surveys. Statement of Significance. -. 9. Bibliography. _ X 10. Geographical Data. 11. Form Prepared By. - 12. Certification. - preferably an original USGS, which allows us to check latitude-longitude. INCL 2 DATE: Photographic Coverage. SIGNED: Name. criteria in full. NAME OF PROPERTY Other 3-12-24 /. Description. of our professional review.

Correction of these technical errors does not necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy the National Register Acreage. Map Coverage. office for clarification of the information indicated below. Please use a map bearing an identified system of coordinates PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WIEN THE PROPERTY IS RESUBMITTED. Form 10-306 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Oct. 1972) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE County INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 1.t miles west of Co. Route 34 NW Williamsport 6th, William H. Harsha (Check One) - Unoccupied ) Structure ] In Process X Restricted X Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Agricultural X Park - Transportation - Comments - Industrial - Other (Specify) - Military - Religious - Museum AGEN REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If applicable) 502 - 8th Street 5.

LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Recorder's Office, Pickaway County Courthouse TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: Federal DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: APR 2 2 1974 Huntington 054 MAY231974 039 129 NAME ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY OWNERSHIP West Virginia Circleville Pickaway DATE COMMON: REGISTER Commercial NATIONAL Government THE SHACK Private CODE STATUS Entertainment Yes: Private Residence Educational District Both Site Being Considered Building South Court Street CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: ENTRY DATE RECEIVED FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES Public Acquisition: STREET AND NUMBER: Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: Scientific TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: FOR NPS USE ONLY LOCATION Daugherty, Harry, House 5.5 miles NW of Williamsport vic.

X] Public ] Object REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS CLASSIFICATION United States of America of DESCRIPTION [X Good - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

double installation upstairs. There are entries at the front, rear, and or APR 2 2 1986 shingles. CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL Excellent Fair for overnight lodging accommodations and the interior is being altered for are three wood casement windows downstairs and two in the dormer upstairs. creosote inside and out.The interior consists of a living room and this purpose. is built of rough hew Oak and native Chestnut.The wood is stained with the 50 foot long perched deck on the back of the house which overlooks The exterior of the house has board and batten siding except for the The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR),which has the house living room features a large fireplace made of round river rocks. Deer Creek Lake.

Each end of the house has four wood casement windows;two downstairs anda kitchen on the first floor and three bedrooms and a bath upstairs.The (Check One) "The Shack"is a 1-l/2 story frame house located on Tick Ridge on the X Original Site under lease, is presently restoring it. The exterior is being restored to shed roofs of a lesser pitch. A dormer which faces the front of the house Moved RECEIVED right end and lower left end which has wood shingles.At the front, there has a roof that parallels the porch roof.All roofs are of composition

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian - 18th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Education X) Political - Urban Planning - Engineering - Religion/Phi- - Other (Specify) - Industry - Agriculture - Invention - Science - Sculpture - Social/Human- ] Literature -] Communications - Military - Theater - Conservation - Music - Transportation Harry M. Daugherty, a Washington Court House, Ohio, politician, was well known as a Republican political operative, from 1889 into the Coolidge activities. Daugherty's health required frequent rest periods, and he spent many of them here along Deer Creek, enjoying the solitude that so and assistant Jess Smith, at times alone, Daugherty returned to "The Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

It was here, for example, that he chose to 1918 Commerce Architecture losophy Aboriginal NATIONAL REGISTER Prehistoric representative of the private country retreats public figures often assumed that Harding himself visited Daugherty here upon occasion.In Landscape maintain for their personal relaxation and peace of mind. often eluded him in other locations.At times accompanied by his friend itarian administration.Daugherty is best known for his successful promotion of General of the United States.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Shack" at frequent intervals while he was Attorney General under Warren Warren G.Harding in the presidential campaign of 1920,and as Attorney served for the remainder of his life asa haven from business and political APR 2 2 Art its regenerative effect upon and use by Harry Daugherty,"The Shack" is Daugherty's Pickaway County retreat,"The Shack,"was built in l9l8 and MeGraw-Hill, 1968. 10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES APR 2 2 1974 - FORM PREPARED BY 17 April 1974 U. S.

Army Corps of Engineers PHONE: (304) 529-2311, X-648 CITY OR TOWN: NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION State Liaison Officer recommendation: I hereby certify that this property is included in the State Liaison Officer Signature In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation nominate this property to the National Register, certify- - Local Federal Representative Siénature GPO 938-449 054 Degrees LONGITUDE Huntington LATITUDE West Virginia Date REGISTER None Title CODE CORNER STATE ATTEST: COUNTY: Degrees Minutes Seconds Yes Less than One Acre National Register. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 502 8th Street RECEIVED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES view Board and to evaluate its significance.The recom- STREET AND NUMBER: ing that the State Liaison Officer has been allowed90 NAME AND TITLE: Minnesota Press, 1969.

days in which to present the nomination to the State Re- NATIONAL MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Daugherty & Dixon, The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy, New York: Churchill Company, 1932 unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1968. Russell, Francis, The Shadow of Blooming Grove, New York: Charles R. Johnson, Outdoor Recreation Planner mended level of significance is -] National -] State Seconds Minutes Giglio, James N.,The Political Career of Harry M.Daugherty 1865-1920,Columbus:Ohio State University Press,1970 Maps Entered HISTORIAN Send-back TECH REVIEW Re-submit KEEPER Photos REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER 4.23 Pic Kaway 74001596 Ole MAY 2 3 1074 INT: 741-73 ARCHEOLOGIST National Register write-up 9.14.13.3593 Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY 2 3 1974 LOCA TION NEGATIVE FILED AT: Corps of Engineers, 502 8th Street, Huntington, W. Va. DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. APR 2 2 1974 INT: 154-72 129 039 IDENTIFICATION REGIST Pickaway Mike Hammond COUNTY NAME CODE DATE NATIONAL STATE 1.4 miles west of County Route 34 ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO REFERENCE 5.5 miles northwest of Williamsport PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Perspective view, looking east PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 6 February 1973 FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries ~attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) COMMON: The Shack Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: U.S.G.S.

7.5' Series, Five Points TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-l 1958 129 NAME 039 REQUIREMENTS DATE Pickaway COUNTY STATE REGISTER COMMON: MAP REFERENCE CODE The Shack 5.5 miles northwest of Williamsport SOURCE: ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1.4 miles west of County Route 34 NATIONAL Ohio (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map)) CITY OR TOWN: LOCATION MAY 231874 AND/OR HISTORIC: Daugherty, Harry. House RECEIVED UNITED STATES FIVE POINTS QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SHACK UTM RET DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FIVE POINTS, OHIO )APR 2 2 1974 YANKEETOWN 1.2 MI.

FIVE POINTS QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) NW /4 ERA 15' QUADRANGLE 600 000 39° - 37* 1 790 000 FEET 875 866 883 LONGITUDE 870 FEET Thomas ROAD PERRY LATITUDE OHIO WATERLOO REGISTER 12/30 83°15 Clark° WHITESIDE-LISTER PIPELINE 390 - 37* 874 872 884 NNAWALT Ridge DAWSON-YANKEETOWN NATIONAL 39° 37' 33" FIVE POINTS, OHIO NW/4 ERA 15' QUADRANGLE N 3937.5-W8307.5/7.5 883 866 875 Thomas LATITUDE LONGITUDE NATIONAL PERRY Cem REGISTER LAR 83° 13' 46" Ridge 872 HANNAWALT CAL ROAD CORKWELL CREEK PIPELINE WHITESIDE-LISTER MILL SEP 11973 HUNTINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS P. O. BOX 2127 HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25721 19 April 1974 Mr. Charles Herrington U. S. Department of the Interior APR 2 2 1974 Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Mr. Herrington: 2 Incl HAROLD W. BEEMER 1. Nomination form (Revised) 2. Nomination form (Original) Mr. Daniel R. Porter Columbus, Ohio 43211 Mr.

Robert Lucas, Staff Coordinator ORHED-PR NATIONAL REGISTER Sincerely yours, Ohio Historical Center Copies furnished: 1930 Belcher Drive National Park Service The architectural description has been expanded and revised.The map National Register of Historic Places Chief, Engineering Division that longitude and latitude coordinates can be checked.Also, copies RECEIVED Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l and 17th Ave. of photographs and map forms have been replaced with original forms. Ohio Department of Natural Resources The original form is also inclosed. Fountain Square DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ATTENTION OF: form) REPLY TO resubmitted with corrections and additions as requested on 12 March 1974. has been replaced with one that shows additional reference points so Inclosed is the nomination form for "The Shack"in Ohio which is STATE ORIO Date Entered MAY 2 3 BJ4 Hon.

Robert Taft, Jr. ME. Daniel R. Porter, Director Location Summit County MMott/row Also Notified 5/29/74 Name Region Boston Township Regional Director, Midwest ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER and Beaver Canal District Bast Liverpool vicinity Everett Road Covered Bridge Interstate 7l at l7th Ave. Williamsport vicinity State Hiatoric Preservation Officer Columbiana County Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaun of Engineers Pickaway County The Shack The Ohio Historical Society Hon. John F. Seiberling Mr- Richard Leverty, Corps