Nomination for Barber, O. C., Machine Barn

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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) OCT NAME Barber, O. C. , Machine Barn AND/ OR HISTORIC: LOCATION Charles A.

Moser - County CLASSIFICATION (Check One) [X Building } Unoccupied - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) OWNER'S NAME: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 153 039 Barberton STATE DATE ACCESSIBLE Religious Government CATEGORY Private Commercial REGISTER NATIONAL Restricted Agricultural OWNERSHIP Both Site Museum Entertainment Summit Educational Akron 14th STATUS Being Considered Structure District Yes: Scientific CODE 209 South High Private Residence CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: Public Summit County Courthouse Park Military Public Acquisition: Austin Drive Industrial Robert Gormley OWNER OF PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC Ohio REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: Object JUL 1 7 1974 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION 1974 ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION Excellent Good - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed * Unaltered - Moved * Original Site first story has eight sets of large double doors on the north and the second story is in a diamond pattern, a reminder of the fact that Carriage House, Apiary and Barn No.

2 have all been destroyed. the west side of the Machine Barn, a concrete ramp leads up to a gable on the east and west sides of the building admit light to the It is located just north of the site of the Barber Mansion. JUL 1 7 1974 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER machinery parts. RECEIVED Rectangular double-hung windows all around the building at the second- is the only remaining building with this pattern as the Mansion, Barber was the owner of the Diamond Match company.The Machine Barn catwalk area near the roof.The Machine Barn is one of the very few The Machine Barn is constructed of concrete and red brick and has a serviced.There is a blacksmith shop near the southeast corner and small rooms on the far east side which contain wooden bins for (Check One) DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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Fair large second-story double door which is topped by stepped gable. buildings on the Anna Dean Farm that does not symmetrical facades. is steel.The building measures approximately 70'x 120': The PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! * 20th Century - Political - Urban Planning - Science - Theater - Transportation in 1905 by Michael Alexander, who had been commissioned by Ohio The Anna Dean Farm, named for his daughter Anna and her husband Dean, was the fulfillment of Barber's dream to build the world's three buildings, including a forty-room mansion and twelve acres of greenhouse space. Barber, a great advocate of scientific The Machine Barn, along with the Colt Barn, is one of the ten remaining Anna Dean Farm buildings, and one of the last two on the Piggery and the Creamery, have already been placed on the National Register.

A nearby housing development, the Austin Estates, 1 7 1974 Conservation Commerce Architecture area. losophy Military

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SIGNIFICANCE Communications Engineering Aboriginal Landscape NATIONAL Religion/Phi Education Prehistoric REGISTER itarian Agriculture Invention Literature Music is threatening to crowd out the Machine Barn.It is hoped that Akron-based Diamond Company from that city in 1894 after being STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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accepted to the National Register. Sculpture Industry machinery could be driven up the ramp to the second story service sued for non-payment of taxes.He foundeda town near New Portage Social/Human- and called it Barberton. The 2oo0 acre estate containing the Anna Dean Farm was laid out in 19ll and was designed so that even the largest piece of Other (Specify) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) Columbus Barber, a wealthy industrialist. Barber had moved his farming, invested in a great deal of farm machinery in the hope 1911 Art the owners might consider donating this area to the Barberton Parks Department for much needed park space if this building is greatest farm.When it was finished in 19l5,it contained twenty- RECEIVED

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Arter; William, "Ohio Columbus Barber", Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 13, 1963. Library, 1963. Freudenheim, Milt, "They Still Gasp Over O.C. Barber, the Man Who Started A City", Akron Beacon Journal, 1951. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES JUL 1 7 1974 FORM PREPARED BY April 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: 706 Wisteria Drive 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 * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-I 039 4539390 Barberton Local COUNTY Degrees Seconds LATITUDE DATE ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE Name Minutes REGISTER ATTEST: STATE CORNER CODE NATIONAL Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Steve Kelleher level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: APPROXIMA TE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: Keeper of The National Regis 451360 UTM PHOTOS 2 CONTROL REVIEW Send-back - OCT 9 INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered Re-submit MAPS National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 7.17 Federal Register entry HISTORIAN TECH REVIEW BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER 12/3/74 7.17.74.1171 Barber, O. C.

Machine Barn SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO Form No. 10-301a LOCA TION Barberton, Ohio JUL 1 7 1974 May 18, 1974 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. South side of 0. C. Barber Machine Barn, as photographed from lower * US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 153 039 Summit IDENTIFICATION COUNTY DATE CODE STATE PHOTO REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER COMMON: Ohio Steve Kelleher Austin Drive PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM doors on the northern end of the Colt Barn. FOR NPS USE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) CITY OR TOWN: NEGATIVE FILED AT: 706 Wisteria Drive 1974 NAME Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 9 1974 NAME LOCA TION REGISTE Barberton, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - | 039 153 DATE Summit COUNTY CODE IDENTIFICATION STATE PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: ENTRY NUMBER November 1973 Ohio Austin Drive RECEIVED PHOTO CREDIT: doors was the equipment entrance to the barn. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY 706 Wisteria Drive NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: CITY OR TOWN: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Steve Kelleher (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: BARBER,O.C Barber, O. C. Machine Barn JUL 171974 VIEW OF WEST END OF MACHINE BARN. EQUIPMENT ENTRANCE.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTEN NATIONAL This is a view of the west end of the Machine Barn.Through these #243 AKRON WEST QUADRANGLE Barber, O. C. Machine Barn Long, 81* 34' 42 AKRON WEST, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OHIO Neff, Conrad, House Barber, O.C., Machine Barn Barber, O.C. Colt Barn Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mr. Charles W. Pratt, Acting Director Hon. Tennyson Guyer Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Charles J. Carney Columbus, Ohio Hon. Charles A.

Moser Regional Director, Midwest 43211 Location Region Coshocton Barberton Bucyrus 10/15/74 Scroggs House MMott/cha Mantua Center Canfield vicinity Name Johnson-Humrickhouse House Pike County Date Entered Wakefield vicinity Mahoning County State Historic Preservation Officer Coshocton County Portage County Summit County Mantua Center District The Ohio Historical Society Scioto Township Works I Crawford County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Hon. William H. Harsha Interstate #7l at 17th Avenue OCT 9 1974 OCT 9 1974 OHIO