Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Berryhill-Morris House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,580 words across 13 pages, filed in 1975. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 75001407, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NOV 1 2 1975 NAME AND/ OR HISTORIC: Bellbrook (vicinity) OWNERSHIP : XX Building - Structure *X Private - In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments Commercial *x Private Residence OWNER'S NAME: Mr.
Howard: Morris COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: 039 LOCATION Greene None Religious STATE ACCESSIBLE 057 Government District Bellbrook CATEGORY Entertainment Educational STATUS Restricted CLASSIFICATION Site Both Xenia Yes: Unoccupied Museum Federal REGISTER CODE Scientific Agricultural COMMON: Industrial Military Being Considered Object Court House COUNTY: DATA SHEET Park CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Greene County Court House Morris Farm Public Acquisition: Public OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: 7th--Clarence Brown NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: ENTRY NUMBER REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TO THE PUBLIC (Check One) 31l3 Ferry Road Ohio CITY OR TOWN: Other (Specify) XXNo House DATE Berryhill,Samuel, DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered *X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

hood mold with keystone, eight light flush fan transom, side lights, molded pilasters and six tier paneled door. A stone Born June 26, 1799 Built This House A.D. 1832 stone of the south end is inscribed with the name "Polly," 105 acres in a rural setting south of Bellbrook, Ohio. JUN 2 O 1975 CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL Ruins Samuel Berryhill The additions have been modified any historical interest. has an ornate Adams style doorway with a semi-eliptical stone Some wood trim shows evidence of extensive termite damage. out frieze. There are extensive remnants of the Adams style wood- diagonal courses plus a vertical ogee shaped course. The A rectangular central hall Federal style Ohio farmhouse with flat arch basement windows and cut stone steps lead decorative brick frieze is constructed from corbelled and stack double brick chimneys are interior end at the ridge line.
lintels with ornamental end blocks and stone sills.A (Check One) The rectangular l/l double hung sash windows have stone The unimportant additions to the rear are late l9th Samuel Berryhillrs wife.The eaves and gables verge close with The house is now as it was in 1832,a farm house on century and 1930's vintage. - Excellent X Good Moved windowless sides are five course American bond.The gable The main stairway has ornamental brackets. The five bay Flemish bond brick facade Fair work and mantels. plaque over the door reads: so heavily by modernization both inside and out as to destroy up to the entrance. Pre-Columbian ! - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Historic - Other (Specify) Indus try LJ Agriculture - Invention - Science - Landscape - Sculpture - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

Revolution, being wounded and captured at Gulford's Iollowed his father in farming until his death and burial Family, forebears of the present owner, in 1858. JUN 2 0 1975 1832 Conservation Commerce Engineering Communications Architecture NATIONAL losophy Military Aboriginal Religion/Phi REGISTER Literature SIGNIFICANCE Music itarian Social/Human- Political Ohio.
any notable achievements on his part except the construction create a tasteful cultural environment as well as economic Education The house and farm passed into the hands of the Morris the craftsmanship and prosperity of the early settlers Samuel Berryhill!s Federal style home is significant as a visual reminder of the early settlers striving to Alexander was an Irish immigrant who served in the of his handsome home which stands as visible evidence to Samuel Berryhill was the sixth child of Alexander and forebears of one of its most noted old families. of southwestern ohio. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Rachel Berryhill, pioneers in Sugar Creek township Court House, moved to Ohio in 1814. Alexander died prosperous farmer at age 59 in 1823 and is buried with his wife in Bellbrook's Pioneer Cemetery.
Samuel Berryhill Art in the Pioneer Cemetery in 1840.History does not disclose prosperity out of the course fiber of early southwestern Illinois; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1902.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 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 in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Title State Historic Preservation Officer NOV 7 June 12, 1975 GPO 931-894 039 Local Dayton LATITUDE LONGITUDE COUNTY National UTM DATE Seconds ATTEST: ORGANIZATION STATE Degrees Minutes Seconds CORNER CODE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION 9.
MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NAME AND TITLE: of Greene County together with Historic 11.FORM PREPARED BY STREET AND NUMBER: Ohio CITY OR TOWN: The Old Court House 16 750 100 4387 690 forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Notes on the Northwest, Dayton, Ohio; Odel1 and Mayer, 1881. Degrees Name Minutes Acting 10/21/74 Montgomery County Historical Society Chicago, ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES less than one acre Berryhill - Morris House Working Number, 20.
25.1/53 Inventory - NOV 1 2 1975 Entered - KEEPER OTHER HAER Maps CONTROL Review Property Send-back Re-submit ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Photos Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF INT :2106- 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 NPS Number GREENE COUNTY, OHIO Title: Loc. BERRYHILL- MORRIS HOUSE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REO NOU.12,19#5 BERRYHILL - MORRIS HOUSE _ VIEW FROM NORTHWEST GREENE COUNTY, OHIO Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. FACADE FROM EAST GREENE COUNTY, OHIO Title: Loc. NOU.12,1975 NPS Number - Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATOMAL REGISTER NOU. 12, 1975 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE May 1975 LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: JUN 2 0 1975 Loren S. Gannon, Jr. DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
039 057 Greene DATE COUNTY Bellbrook STATE NATIONAL CODE Ohio REGISTER IDENTIFICATION Morris Farm PHOTO REFERENCE Facade and north end from the northeast. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT: (7/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUMBER: 3113 Ferry Road U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: NAME COMMON: 876-167 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: Bellbrook (vicinity) U. S. Geological Survey 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.
INT: 155-72 1968 NATIONAL Greenemery NAME 057 DATE COUNTY REQUIREMENTS STATE Ohio COMMON: MAP REFERENCE CODE 039 SOURCE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCATION (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS JUN 2 0 1975 NOV 1 2 1975 SCALE: 1:24,000 AND/OR HISTORIC: 31l3 Ferry Road DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) WAYNESVILLE QUADRANGLE WAYNESVILLE, OHIO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BU s Route Berryhill, Samuel 16 750 100 4387 690 State Route Berryhil1-Morris House St. Martin's Catholic Church Valley City vicinity, Ilverpool Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Director, The Ohio Historteal Society Hon. Clarence J.
Brow Mott/row INT: 2950-75 11/14/75 Location Sandusky STATE Date Entered Name Medina County Regional Director, Midwest Region Deerwood Farm ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Dayton vicinity Scottowm Covered Bridge Lawrence County Montgomery County Mason, John Wesley, Gothic Cottage State Fistorio Preservation Officer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Greono County Belibrook vicinity Scottowm vicinity Erie County Trumbull County Braceville vicinity Hon. Robert Taft, Jx. Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jx. Hon. Clarenco E. Millor Carnegle Library Dr.Thomas H.Smith Hon.J.
Willian Stanton 3) date of entry: )county code: city / town if state /Bel1brook 5) ADMINISTRATOR: (12) SOURCE OF NOMINATION - FEDERAL 1 CONDITION O deterioxated Ounaltered O NOT INTACT - O Dunexposed > O UNKNOWN-6 Dunexcavated IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Dyes -ENGINEERING -11 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE- 17 C SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANMING-31 - AGRICULTURE-3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 TRANSPORTATION - 25 3) functions major alterations : 26) architectural style(s): @master builder: ©landscape architeot / garden designer: @ interlor decorator: @artisan: ~builder/contractor: EVENTS : IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 057 Midwest ASSOCIATION Greene INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: 11-12-75 SUBSTANTIALLY INTAC ARCHITECTURE historic events: CURRENTLY: Berryhill-Morris House WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: COMMERCE-6 LOCAL IVATE ORGANIZATION reviewers initial Morris Farm Dexcellent SAVED?
YES Omoved Oruins Mfeatures: GNPS REGION S of Belbrook at 31l3 Ferry Rd. Ofair Dgood OTHER NAMES (1)CONGRESS. DISTRICT WO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -ARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 - EXPLORATION -12 'oldest' O 2dates of initial construction: y artist: - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 engineer: ENTERTAINMENT-26 No Access if state who prepared form? yicinity of Creconstructed Ounknown NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP 1832 ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NAMES give role & date Coriginal site