Nomination for Mason, James, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDNUN 2 0 19/5 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEP 1 8 1975 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Mason, James, House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE X RELIGIOUS _IN PROCESS X_YES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 085 039 CODE DATE BOTH Mentor COUNTY UNOCCUPIED TITLE LOCATION EDUCATIONAL HISTORIC CATEGORY STATE CLASSIFICATION AGRICULTURE SCIENTIFIC TRANSPORTATION OWNERSHIP MILITARY _COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE NAME Ohio Faith Lutheran Church STATUS MUSEUM Lake Painesville XPRIVATE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC ACQUISITION 8125 Mentor Avenue XBUILDING(S) Lake County Courthouse _INDUSTRIAL -GOVERNMENT _OBJECT DATA SHEET -ENTERTAINMENT 47 North Park Place -PUBLIC -SITE -OTHER: _PARK Uth J. William Stanton 7 DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

freer behind where additions were made by Abraham Garfield, the architect son of left and central bays have single, tall windows on the first and second floors. The Above the facade pilasters are an entablature, frieze cornice, and gable roof. A the pilasters and their entablature are in a forward plane, the moldings of which tongue and groove paneling. The right side and left side elevations have the same entablature, frieze, and cornice running their full lengths, including the sides of the projecting porches. The additions. CONDITION EXCELLENT UNEXPOSED UNALTERED FAIR XGOOD is simple and rectilinear.The upper floor is partitioned into smaller spaces.

CHECK ONE right hand porch is supported by four Doric columns and has a second story railing return to and then along a second plane some four inches behind.The pilasters are stairs are decorated with scrolls and squares.The woodwork around doors and windows The facade is quite tall with four Doric pilasters dividing it into three bays.The President James Garfield. The rear extremities have experienced some even later supported by monolithic stone piers. The facade is composed entirely of flush and an entablature with small pointed dentils.Sidelights flank the paneled door.

Interior: The interior now consists of a small room on the left side as one enters, with lathe turned balusters.There is a fanlight inside the pediment and a fanlight This structure has avery conservative facade dating from c.1835,but becomes side porch is enclosed on the second floor but is open between short columns on near the facade and to the left of the left side porch. The left right hand bay has a window on the second floor and the entry doorway on the first DATE floor. The basic plan is a Latin cross with the arms of the cross becoming two-story porches.

the first.Numerous windows punctuate this elevation.The rear elevation of this main cedar clapboards with about 3' exposed per member.There are chimneys in the center three windows on the upper floor and two on the lower.On the right there are four a hall to the right of this space and the main stairway along the right sidewall.The stair has lathe turned balusters and a newel with a spiral motif.The sides of the This doorway hasa slightly pointed arch at its head.Below is a fixed transom block still has its fanlight and two windows.The siding on the rear and sides is above the doorway located in the left hand bay.To the 1eft of the porch there are AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW COMMUNITY PLANNING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X1 800-1899 COMMERCE -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1835, additions 1850's STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The structure was built for James Mason, a Cleveland lawyer. Its significance of numerous buildings characterized by their unusual character, both in design The facade suggests the influence of Jonathan Goldsmith. The details, such as Charles Wallace Heard, later a prominent architect in Cleveland, and Goldsmith's 1700-1799 1500-1599 INVENTION CONSERVATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART 1400-1499 ECONOMICS PERIOD XARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURE THEATER SCULPTURE RELIGION and construction.

PREHISTORIC SCIENCE SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC MILITARY BUILDER/ARCHITECT INDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MUSIC _ENGINEERING the transmission of Goldsmith's skills to other designers and builders in the _COMMUNICATIONS as well conceived and carried out as in the prominent structures in the area known _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT resides in its possible connection with Johanthan Goldsmith, an Ohio architect important part of this streetscape. Lake County area. _PHILOSOPHY The area along both sides of Mentor Avenue from Hollycroft Avenue to Murray Drive - TRANSPORTATION -1600-1699 -LITERATURE - - 1900- LAW the flush tongue-and-groove paneling, are Goldsmith's trademarks. However, the of men trained by Goldsmith but lacking his innate talent.This group includes is one of the richest in the city in historic landmarks.The Mason house is an

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Publications, 1964. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM RCFOKwn UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES L FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Fazio, Michael W., Landmark Survey Coordinator STREET & NUMBER Post Office Box 464 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), 1 hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the June 12, 1975 SEP 1 6 1975 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ORGANIZATION Mentor CODE NORTHING COUNTY TELEPHONE DATE ZONE EASTING STATE State Historic Preservation Officer Old Mentor Foundation ATTEST: July 1972 FOR NPS USE ONLY Hamlin, Talbot.

ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY | acre 14,6l1,23 6 0 Frary, I.T. Early Homes of Ohio. New York. Dover Publications, 1970. THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL Lake Photos - Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF SEP 1 8 1975 KEEPER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Re-submit Maps Review Send-back HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up Working Number6 . 20. 75. 1157 11-4-25 7-15-75 State Qhio ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN IN T:2106- 74 TECHNICAL Property United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 ACCEPT Mason, James. House hake Co. ohio Xake Crunty, OH NPS Number Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 1 8 1975 DATE ENTERED Mason, James, House AND/OR COMMON CITY.

TOWN _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET 1975 LOCATION Ohio Mentor Lake HISTORIC Western Reserve Historical Society COUNTY IDENTIFICATION STATE Eric Johannesen NAME RECEIVED PHOTO CREDIT SEE INSTRUCTIONSIN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS PHOTO NO PIOPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mason, James, House Loc Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT Western Reserve Historical Society DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO North and west elevations 1975 NAMEMason, James, House Eric Johannesen IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC RECEIVED STATE Ohio LOCATION PHOTO CREDIT COUNTY Lake CITY. Town Mentor SEP 1 8 1975 DATE ENTERED LUTHERAN PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER hahe Co. ohio Loc. elevatune Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 1 8 1975 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO 1975 Lake NAMEMason, James, House Mentor Ohio LOCATION RECEIVED IDENTIFICATION COUNTY HISTORIC STATE Western Reserve Historical Society North and west (front) elevations. Eric Johannesen PHOTO CREDIT hakee Co. Ohio PROPERTY OF THE HATONAL REGISTER Ne's Numuer - Mason, James, House Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Mason, James, House AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET 1975 Ohio Mentor Western Reserve Historical Society COUNTY HISTORIC STATE LOCATION Lake Eric Johannesen IDENTIFICATION PHOTO CREDIT NAME PHOTO NO West (front) and south elevations.

SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 2 0 1975 STREET AND NUM BER: U.S. Geological Survey REQUIREMENT TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. 1963 039 085 Mentor COUNTY NAME STATE DATE CODE SEP Lake COMMON: 8125 Mentor Avenue REGISTER Ohio ENTRY NUMBER SCALE: MAP REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1Form10-301 AND/OR HISTORIC: Revised 1970 SOURCE: CITY OR TOWN: PROPERTY MAP FORM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) FOR NPS USE ONLY Mason, James, House Mentor, Ohio Quadrangle 1:24000 NAT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17 470 920 8612 Everal, John il., Farm Buildings Fran':lin County Hon, John i. Glenn, .Tr.

The Onio Historical Society INT: 2950-73 9/24/75 Location STATE Name MMott/row Mentor Director ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Also Notified Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Lake County Regional Director, Midwest Region Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Mason, James, House Hon.J. william Stanton 4 county code: ESTATE Mentor (12 SOURCE of NOMINATION SWITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? (L3 WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? D YES.

NAME 1 CONDITION - deteriorated Tfeatures: EC NOT INTACT-O -unexcavated - No Access () AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 ZCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 'first' O - COMMERCE -6 C LAW- 16 C RELIGION- 22 C ARCHEOLOGY - historic- 1 C LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 -oldest' O - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH - 27 C MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' O DART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 23 functions @dates of initial construction1635 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Nruse major alterations: 1850's S architectural style(s): ©landscape architect/ garden designer!

1 Interlor decorator: @artist: EVENTS : Je ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE ASSOCIATION county historic events: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION FEDERAL ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: SETTLEMENT-29 ake vicinity of NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP ARCHITECTURE-4 LOCAL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 OENGINEERING-11 Unknown ADMINISTRATOR: Midwest 2master builder: Doriginal site of entry: Dunexposed CURRENTLY: 2OTHER NAMES: Daltered Bartisan: GNPS REGION: NOT APPLICABLE-9 19ADAPTIVE USE YES NO SAVED?YES Oruins 5) LOCATION street & number oltyi town Dexcellent IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? DyesOno C COMMUNICATIONS -1 -EXPLORATION -12 6builder/contractor: Omoved ACREAGE NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dgood 085 NAME asappears on federal register: AGRICULTURE-3 Ofair Ave.