Nomination for Martin, Henry, Farm

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY AUG 1 5 1975 (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: Martin, Henry, Farm U. S. Route 68 6th District - Wn. H.

Harsha (Check One - Structure - In Process - Preservation work XX Agricultural - Comments - Commercial X Private Residence - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Georgetown Brown None Military ACCESSIBLE STATE Ripley OWNERSHIP NAME Private Government CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY Both Museum Site Transportation District 039 Educational Restricted STATUS Yes: Unoccupied Entertainment CODE Public Being Considered Religious Federal CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: The Martin Farm Park Industrial Public Acquisition: COMMON: Brown County Court House Ohio NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: Scientific TO THE PUBLIC REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS ENTRY:DATE DATA SHEET TITLE OF SURVEY: County CITY OR TOWN: Object X Building 015 Farm DATE LOCATION REGIST ENTRY NUMBER PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) vie. 7.

DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed C Unaltered - Moved X Original Site contains a door, centrally located, flanked by two double- CONDITION Ruins north sides of the two sections are considered the front south-east corner of the roof of the brick section has The Henry Martin farmhouse is comprised of two rectangular, is a centrally placed window. There are also two additional chimneys;one on the east east and northwest corners of a brick stoop: slightly smaller is the north elevation of the wood section. It contains The roofs of the two sections are of equal pitch but they wood section contains a door flanked by two double-hung do not share a common ridge as the wood section rests additional brick piers between the corner columns.f According of the two sections. probably been added in recent years, run east and west and are connected east and west.

side of the wood section and the other on the interface (Check One) Fair The two barns built by Henry Martin are located a few feet is a small addition to the north side of the barn with a barn is much smaller and does not have the stone and timber hung windows. in dlmension than the porch root. columns, which is no longer true. a door, located toward the brick section, and a single The south, or rear, of the Each stack sits out about 18 It, too, has a gabled roof and is constructed of DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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with a fieldstone foundation and whole tree piers. The sides slight slope to the roof giving it a lean-to effect. The second foundation. The Excellent placed. one story high sections. Flush with the north massive fireplace stacks. are constructed of vertically placed planks. north of his brick home. This elevation also contains double-hung window. windows.Flush with the rear of the wood section is the rear of the brick section. The larger of the two is constructed inches from the wall against which they are symmetrically The long axis of both sections Directly under the gable peak on the west side The east side of the wood section The roof is There is a flat porch roof over the door There are however two to an engraving of 1876 these two piers also supported The west side of the brick section has two lower than the brick.A small near the contains no openings at all.

- Pre-Columbian! - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Prehistoric Other, (Specify) Li Historic * Agriculture Architecture - Commerce - Literature Alexander Martin, a soldier of the American Revolution, He first built a log cabin on the premises, but in 1816 the then county of Hamilton, asked Arthur St. Clair, By 1840, Alexander's son Henry, built a home for himself He built his house of brick, which was fashioned from Settled by a Revolutionary war veteran, the early owners 1840 Conservation

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SIGNIFICANCE Transportation Engineering Industry Communications Aboriginal Science Theater Education losophy Music Landscape Military Social/Human itarian purchased the land that contains the Henry Martin Farm, Sculpture apparently made as Alexander's name appears in the minutes permanent, stone residence. Urban Planning There is also significance in the fact that the property direct descendants of Alexander Martin. of the farm have played a significant role in the history land was signed by John Adams and Plymouth Pickering. as a School Director for Brown County. Martin's brick residence and two barns (all of which exist Invention Political The Martin farm was one of the first to be established in Religion/Phi- In a petition dated January 10,l799,the inhabitants of native clay and kilned on the spot. On one of the bricks, before it was fired, he scratahed the date 1840.

Henry Art PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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in the John Crofford Survey in 1798. The deed for the he completed construction of "Stonehurst" , a more of the area. In fact, there is an engraving of Henry today) printed in the "Brown County Atlas" of 1876. of subsequent territorial courts as a presiding magistrate. river towns along this particular stretch of the Ohio River governor of the Northwest Territory, to appoint Alexander as an Associate Judge, and like his grandfather Alexander, has never left the Martin family. this region of the Ohio valley, predating even many of the The present owners are as Justice of the Peace.He also served for twenty years on his father's farm close by the ancestral "Stonehurst.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES "Ripley, Ohio: Its History and Families". 1965 by E.B. Stivers "Treasures of Pisgah and Levanna, Ohio". by C.N. Thompson DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES Degrees , Minutes, Seconds APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: FORM PREPARED BY NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 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 in the National Register and certify that it has been evatuated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: Date June 13, 1975 * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 1826-1830 acre None COUNTY ORGANIZATION DATE LATITUDE Cincinnati LONGITUDE CODE Name ATTEST: National STATE CORNER Transfer Book 1841-1848 Ohio TitleState Historic Preservation Office LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES "Glancing Back".column by Stephen E.Smalley in the Forest Hills GEOGRAPHICAL DATA National Register. NAME AND TITLE: 8l2 Dayton Street STREET AND NUMBER: T2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION "The history of Brown County".1883,W. H. Beers and Co. CITY OR TOWN: 1/15/74 OK Journal, October 31, 1973 Margaret A. Sambi, Historian The Miami Purchase Association Local Keeper of The National Regt Working Number6, 20. 75.1143 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT AUG 1 5 1975 Send-back - Re-submit .

OTHER HAER KEEPER TECHNICAL Entered ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Photos 8-8-75 Brown State National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 INT:2106-74 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Cole state: Ohio RR #1 Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Martin, Henry, Farm AND/OR COMMON X VICINITY OF CITY. TOWN NEGATIVE FILED AT Miami Purchase Association DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTONO /Of 2 HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION LOCATION STATE RECEIVED Ohio March 1974 The Martin Farm NAME Looking east at partial view of the Henry Martin home PHOTO REFERENCE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER and the two barns also probably built by him. DATE OF PHOTO FOR NPS USE ONLY Ripley,Oho AUG 15 1975 -D.F. Minnery Brown COUNTY PHOTO CREDIT DATE ENTERED Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Martin, Henry, Farm AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN D. F. Minnery DATE OF PHOTO March DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Looking south-east at home that Henry Martin built.

IDENTIFICATION LOCATION Ripley HISTORIC RECEIVED PHOTO CREDIT The Martin Farm NAME PHOTO REFERENCE XVICINITY OF STATE Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY RR#1 AUG 15 1975 COUNTY Brown PHOTO NO DATE ENTERED Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM AUG 1 5 1975 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP Martin, Henry, Farm AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN XVICINITY OF STATE Ohio TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 LOCATION Ripley HISTORIC SOURCE SCALE REQUIREMENTS 1:24,000 NAME The Martin Farm FOR NPS USE ONLY MAP REFERENCE U.S.G.S.

Map 7.5 series SE/4 Higginsport 15 Quadrangle DATE 1961 DATE ENTERED RECEIVED JUN 2 0 1975 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RUSSELLVILLE QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 251 830 4295 9 HUNTINGTON UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO AUG 15 1975 Brown County Dr. Thomas H. Smith INT: 2950-75 8/18/75 Location STATE Name MMott/row Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Regional Director, Midwest Region The Ohio Historical Society Ripley vicinity Date Entered State Historic Preservation Officer Hon.John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43231 Martin, Henry, Faxm OHTO 3 date of entry: 4 county code: 5 LOCATION street & number ESTATE 2 mi. Nef Ripley on U.S. 68 11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION ITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?

E PRIVATE ORGANIZATION 1 CONDITION - deteriorated 17 features: Omoved OL NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 SAVED? -YES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Ono 2I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 @CLAIMS: explain - POLITICS / GOVT.

21 -RECREATION -28 CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 C LAW-16 C RELIGION- 22 - ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 ©EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 C SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - CONSERVATION - 8 - MILITARY- 18 C] ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D CART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY-20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 3 functions 2dates of initial construction: 6 architectural style(s): @master builder: @ artist: S3artisan: Sreviewers initials engineer: 015 ASSOCIATION Midwest Brown FEDERAL ENGINEERING-11 INSTITUTIONAL: 8-15-75 ENTERTAINMENT-26 SETTLEMENT-29 ACREAGE EVENTS: historic events: COMMERCE-6 major alterations: ADMINISTRATOR: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 CURRENTLY: AGRICULTURE-3 URBAN PLANNING-31 Dgood The Martin Farm vicinity of Doriginal site Martin,Henry, Farm WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

YES.NAME LOCAL Daltered Dexcellent Ounaltered GNPS REGION: DNAME as it appears on federal register: NAMES: "first' -NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Oreconstructed - HEALTH-27 Abuilder/contractor: REIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE T SNATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP ETHNIC GROUP 840 PERSONAL: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Ripley No Access if state who prepared form? Ofair OhioVallse