Nomination for Laundon, Thomas W., House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 1 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 307. West Avenue NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _COMMERCIAL. - PARK _WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE LIN PROCESS _ YES: UNRESTRICTED TRANSPORTATION XOTHER: vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 093 039 Elyria CODE TITLE ENTERTAINMENT DATE HISTORIC CATEGORY GOVERNMENT CLASSIFICATION OCCUPIED COURTHOUSE Cleveland Ohio STATE SITE DISTRICT LOCATION INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE ACCESSIBLE PRIVATE STATUS NAME MILITARY RELIGIOUS PUBLIC Lorain County Courthouse OWNERSHIP. XNO PUBLIC ACQUISITION DATA SHEET Union Commerce Building _BEING CONSIDERED -SCIENTIFIC _EDUCATIONAL DATE ENTERED BUILDING(S) 308 2nd Street _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY BOTH OCT 2 1 1975 Laundon, Thomas W., House Vair, J. Stuart, House Mrs. J. Stuart Vair Estate -FEDERAL -STATE COUNTY LOCAL Trustees AGRICULTURE PARK MUSEUM RECEIVED COUNTLorain 7 DESCRIPTION X EXCELLENT X ORIGINAL SITE X UNALTERED _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Renaissance Revival style, with two wooden frame wings, one earlier board siding, a plain gable roof with no cornice detail, and three windows chimneys. The windows have a simple entablature. the entrance. Before the entrance is a porch of three bays, the center between 1905 and 1912. At present (May, 1975), the will of the last owner, Mrs. J. Stuart Vair, specifies the demolition of the house. CONDITION FAIR RUINS This is a two-story house of masonry construction in the Tuscan with stucco.The roof is hipped and has an iron railing at the summit. The wide cornice is bracketed.There are two characteristic Tuscan porch and a balustrade with circular openings over the center bay.

facade by one bay on either side.The masonry walls are covered The northwest corner of the main block is joined to the center of CHECK ONE The oldest portion of the house is a two-story frame wing projecting Tuscan columns.There is a bracketed cornice the entire width of the _DETERIORATED on the long elevation.There is a single central chimney. -UNEXPOSED and one later than the main block. the gable end of the old wing.This section is a rectangular block of -GOOD wing, making the west elevation of the house U-shaped. It was added west from the north corner of the main block.

IIthhasa horizontal clap- DATE one projecting forward like the entrance and having four round sandstone five bays by two bays.One-story symmetrical blocks extend the long At the southeast corner of the main block there is a second wooden frame wing of approximately the same dimensions and massaas the oldest The center bay of the east facade projects slightly and contains AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION ENGINEERING X COMMERCE _OTHER (SPECIFY) history of Elyria: Heman Ely, founder; Thomas W. Laundon, merchant; and Harrison Williams, millionaire, among others. It is also a relatively ful businessman who acquired, in partnership with Seymour Baldwin and year he opened. another store in nearby Wellington. style, and this is a fine example. Laundon was also a director of the J.

Stuart Vair, the daughter of Ashton Bean, who had bought the 1400-1499 1700-1799 LAW INVENTION ART PERIOD COMMUNICATIONS ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC THEATER BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY 1900- SCIENCE MILITARY LITERATURE MUSIC X1800-1899 _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Harrison Williams, was a multi-millionaire executive of several is not nearly as common in Ohio as the more picturesque Italian Villa XARCHITECTURE electric utility corporations, including American Gas and Electric. It was evidently Laundon who built the distinctively Tuscan portion unusual example of the Tuscan Renaissance Revival style in northern SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Locally the house is known by the name of the last owner, Mrs. Ohio, and a distinct environmental asset in its location. -SCULPTURE of the house. The chaste, symmetrical ante-bellum Renaissance Revival National Bank of Wellington, and retired from business in l879. -1600-1699 -1500-1599 He established his permanent residence in New York City in l9l2. After another interim owner, the house was purchased in 1905 Thomas W.Laundon purchased the property in 1860. He was a success- of the oldest wing, it was owned by Frederick Hamlin. It was reacquired by E.E.Williams. He made some of the other additions. His son, (1775-1852),founder of the city of Elyria.In 1837,the traditional date -RELIGION home from Harrison Williams in l9l9.

LARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SPECIFIC DATES 1837; 1860; 1905 PREHISTORIC The property was owned at two different periods by Heman Ely Thomas L.Nelson, the thriving business of an earlier merchant, Horace Kendall.The latter had pioneered in ano-credit, rapid turnover, low retail business.Laundon's partnership was in 1858,and the same This residence has been owned by three important figures in the

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 116, 123, 124, 200, 326. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ , COUNTY 11 FORM PREPARED BY May 1975 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act.of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY 216-721-5722 TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION NORTHING CODE LOCAL Cleveland ATTEST Ohio ZONE EASTING NAME/TITLE DATE Western Reserve Historical Society UTM REFERENCES 10825 East Boulevard State Historic Preservation Officer 14,517.916,7,0 ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL James B. Thomas, Down Through the Ages in Elyria (Oberlin, 1967), hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the Less than one Photos - Inventory - INT:2106- 74 OTHER HAER Send-back Re-submit TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Maps National Register Write-up Review Lorain HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ERIC!

Accept CONTROL State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Working Number 10.10. 75. /789 12-2-25 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 16.14.75 75001462 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 October 21, 1985 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 1100 L Street, N.W. -Turtle Creek Culvert and Embankment, New Barn vicinity, Shelby County. The -Stemen Road Covered Bridge, Violet Township Rd. 226 at Sycamore Creek, Holy Name High School, 8318 Broadway, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Demol ished. Winton Streets, Cincinnatl, Hamilton County. Demolished in 1984. «Loucks Covered Bridge, Fairfleld County. Demol ished. -Achauer-Linser Brewery and Mansion, 976-988 E. Main St., Zanesville, Muskingum -Smith Place School, N. South Street, Wllmington, Clinton County. Demol ished. Exchange Hotel, 202-204 E. Water St., Sandusky, Erie County. Demol ished 20240 614/466-1500 SOCIETY HISTORICAL flood.

Ohio Historic Preservation Office from the National Register. culvert has been demol ished. Everett Road Covered Bridge, Peninsula vicinity, Summit County. Destroyed by Department of the Interior SINCE 1885 following a fire. Sal way,Willlam,House (Samuel Hannaford & Sons Thematic Resources),Gray and Central School, corner of Hickory and S.Fourth Sts.,Martins Ferry, Bel mont demol ition or destruction of the following properties which should be removed National Register of Historic Places National Park Service County. Demol ished. Dear Msr ShuTT: In order to update our records of National Register properties in Washington Fairfleld County. Destroyed through arson June 18, 1985. Ms. Carol Shull October 21, 1985 Page 2 -Newburgh Town Hall, 9213 Miles Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Demol Ished -Wheeler Block, 402 Monroe St., Toledo, Lucas County. Demol ished. Demol Ished.

Zanesvil le YMCA, 34 S. Fifth St., Zanesville, Muskingum County. Demolished. -Idora Park Merry-Go-Round, Youngstown, Mahoning County. Dismantled and sold Mansfleld, Richland County. Demolished. Mather House, 30027 River Rd.,part of the East River Road Historic District 1, Perrysburg Township, Wood County. Demol ished, marked on enclosed map. ADDRESS CHANGES: (new ownership) Frank, Charles, House, Medina County. Brian Slosarlk, 2425 Ridge Rd., Hinckley, Ohlo 44233. Conservancy, 415 Orchard Dr., Santa Fe, New Mexico 07501. Neff, Conrad, House, 3967 Canfleld-Boardman Rd., Canfleld, vic., Mahoning Cleveland, Ohlo 44106. Hine, Horace, House,4624 W. Prospect St., Mantra, Portage County. Gail Pomeroy, Alanson House, Pearl Rd., Strongsville, Cuyahoga County. Homestead Association, c/o Richard Kleinman, Kleinman and McFadden Co., LPA, 1255 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44115.

Hopewell Mound Group, Chillicothe vic.,Ross County.The Archaeological Shuss, same address as property. Richland County.Demol ished. following a fire. Gardner Building (Park Avenue West MRA),114 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Cochran farm,2900 OH 129,Millville vic.,Butler County.Gerald and Ohio Theatre (Sandusky MRA),205-207-211 W. Market St.,Sandusky, Erie County. Spreng, Wilfred, J. House (Park Avenue West MRA), 414 Park Avenue West, Priscilla Morris, 2980 Hamllton-Scipio Rd.,Hami1ton,Ohio 45013. County. Board of Directors, Community Library, Sunbury, Ohio 43074. to David Walentas,Two Trees, 30 W.57th St.,New York,NY10019. Ms. Carol Shull Page 3 McLain-Glllmer House, 720 Mahoning Ave., Warren, Trumbull County. Trumbull Thompson, Casslus, Clark, House, 305 Walnut St., East Liverpool, Columbiana Ohio 43920. Jones, W.H., Mansion, 731 E. Broad St., Columbus, Franklin County.

Dennis McPherson, Major General James, House, 300 E. McPherson Highway, Clyde, Baker, John S. House, 1887 Madison Rd., Cincinnatl, Hamilton County. Dr. Elden Prehistoric District, South of Old Colorado Rd., Lorain, vic., Loraln Ohio 44054. Laundon, Thomas W., House, 307 W. Avenue, Elyria, Lorain County. Loraln County Historical Society, Inc., 509 Washington Ave., Elyria, Ohio 44035. and J.R. Bick, Route 1, P. O. Box 98, Ripley, Ohio 45167. Well ington-Huntington Road Multiple Resource Area, Wellington, vic., Lorain Ben jamin Wadsworth House, M.J. Wilhelm, 24578 OH 58 Huntington Twp. Grange, Huntington Grange, 27255 OH 58 Huntington Twp. Hall, Huntington Twp. Trustees, 26840 OH 58 44026. County: Ill,Address same as property. George Colombell, same address as property. Riga, address same as the property.

Gwynne Building,602 Main St.,Cincinnati,Hamilton County.Equity Financial Sacred Heart Academy, 525 Lafayette, Cincinnati,Hami lton County.The City Art Guild, address same as. the property. Connecticut Land Company Office,7071 S.Ridge Rd.,Mad ison vic.,Lake Morrison House,75o Ludlow Ave.,Cincinnati, Hamilton County.John N. Hall, Whitney Clark House,Louis Wilson, 46471 W. Bursley Rd. October 21, 1985 Sandusky County. Mrs. Harry F. Meyer, 951 Vine St., Clyde, Ohio 43410. County. Thompson Landscaping Company, 2247 N. Jefferson Blvd., Lorain, and Management Company, 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, lilinols 60603. Stonehurst, U.S. Route 68, Ripley, vic., Brown County. Mary Martin Bick Darlon Allen House,William Bates,26140 OH 58 County.Bert W. and Jean Fielitz, 7632 Wilson Mills, Chesterland,Ohio October 21, 1985 Page 4 Rockwood Pottery, Celestial and Rookwood, Cincinnatl, Hamilton County.

Rockwood Highland Tower Investment, 1077 Celestial, Cincinnatl, Ohio Twin Oaks, 629 Liddle Lane, Wyoming, Hamilton County. Thomas Rohrer, Florence Corners School, OH 113 at Division St., Florence, Erle County. Eva J. Valentl, Florence Twp. Clerk, P.O. Box 92, Birmingham, Ohio Rosemary Raver, address same as the property. Kent, Zeno, House, Aurora-Hudson Rd., Portage County. Richard Fetzer, Cleveland Trust Company, Euclid and E. 9th, Cleveland, Ohlo 44115. Mason, John Wesley, Gothic Cottage, Braceville, Trumbull County. Karl Tledmann, Hannes, House, 4308 Frankl In Boulevard, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Omitted from Federal Register. W. Ray Luce enc losures 44816. 45202. as Resor House. OTHER CHANGES: State Historic Preservation Officer address same as property. Sincerely, Development Corp., address same as the property. Woods Consulting Company, address same as the property.

Newton, Judge Eben, House, 105 N. Broad St., Canfield, Mahoning County. Please contact me if you have any questions. Western Reserve Building,1468 W. 9th,Cleveland, Cuyahoga County.Higabee Ave., Cincinnati,Hami lton County.Joseph Al len Prenter, address same Ms.Carol Shul1 WRL/BAP:rs Worth, Gorham, House,2316 Auburncrest, Resor, Wil|lam, House,254 Greendale Steinman, R.D. No. 2, Newton Fal.ls, Ohio 44444. Sawyer-Wayside House, 9470 Mentor Ave., Mentor, Lake County. Colpetzer- OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 Section number - Laundon, Thomas W., House Lorain Co., OHIO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACCEPTED Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service (new ownership) United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-e (8-86) Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 1 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Laundon, Thomas W., House AND/OR COMMON Vair, J. Stuart, House -VICINITY OF COUNTY Lorain DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO East facade, looking northwest. HISTORIC Ohio LOCATION IDENTIFICATION STATE RECEIVED NAME PHOTO REFERENCE May 1975 FOR NPS USE ONLY Elyria CITY.TOWN TONAL REGISTER Loc. Title: Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 1 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Laundon, Thomas W., House AND/OR COMMON Vair, J.

Stuart, House VICINITY OF COUNTY Lorain CITY. TOWN DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET North elevation, showing 1837 wing on the right, looking south. Elyria LOCATION HISTORIC Western Reserve Historical Society STATE Ohio RECEIVED NAME IDENTIFICATION PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO NO. DATE ENTERED May 1975 FOR NPS USE ONLY Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - ENCLOSE WITH MAP Laundon, Thomas W., House AND/OR COMMON Vair, J. Stuart, House STATE Ohio CITY.TOWN -VICINITY OF U. S. G. S. Grafton Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES INT: 3464 - 75 1970 Lorain Elyria COUNTY DATE SCALE HISTORIC SOURCE 1:24,000 REQUIREMENTS LOCATION NAME MAP REFERENCE DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 1 0 1975) GRAFTON QUADRANGLE RECEIVED OHIO-LORAIN CO. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GRAFTON, OHIO Iaundon, Thomas W., House De, Thomas H. Smith INT: 2950-73 Location 10/24/75 STATE Name MMott/arw Date Entered Greenville Also Notified Leftwich House Regional Director, Midwest Region ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Darke County Director, The Ohio Historical Society Lozain County Hon. Thomas N. Kindness State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. Charles A. Mosher Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. John H.Glenn, Jr. OCT 2 1 1975 Columbus, Ohio 43211 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (August 1971) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CAL 1. CALL TO: * FROM (Name) ADDRESS (Tel. No.

il needed) Memo t Dú. NPS Elyria 44035 GPO 881-053 OFFICE TELEPHONE REPORT 216/ WASO-166 3:50 366-8121 George s. Strom 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION interested NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL DATE TITLE 11-14-75 pursuant NOV 2 4 1975 Mx. George S. Strom President, Lorain County Historical Elyria, Ohio 44035 Laundon House in Elyria, Ohio, listed in the National Register, is of America, and their preservation is encouraged through a program of protection from Federally financed, assisted, or licensed undertakings 1s also afforded through the comment and review procedures of the State Historic Preservation Officer, following the recommendations of commerce, and exploration/settlement. After careful consideration, the Laundon House was found to meet sections A, B, and C of the criteria of Elyria and Thomas Laundon, one of the city's leading businessmen.

Its Immediate neighborhood, but to the city of Rlyria and the State of H34-PR Society 509 Washington Avenue The Laundon House is a well-preserved example of the Tuscan Renaissance the State Review Board.In reviewing the nomination for the Laundon House, National Register historians and architectural historians concurred Nominations to the National Register are made by the State through the in the National Register comprise the historical and cultural foundations added significance in its associations with the founder of the city for evaluation and consequently was listed in the National Register on Nation's cultural resources worthy of preservation. Properties listed criteria for evaluation is enclosed for your information. Ohio.

Board that the house was of significance in the areas of architecture, Advisory Council on Historic Revival style popular in mid-19th century America.The property has with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Officer and the State Review It has recently come to our attention that the future of the Thomas W. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the The demolition of this fine house would be a serious loss not only to matching grants-in-aid from the National Park Service.A degree of October 10,1975.A leaflet on the National Register program and the Dear Mr. Strom: now in question. 11-24 11/20/75 cc: Dr. Thomas H.

Smith SHPO Ohio FNP: W JANDL:j1n:11-20-75 Enclosure Sincerely yours, Keeper of the National Register Director's Reading File Regional Director,Midwest Region BASIC FILE RETAINED IN PR preserve this house for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. William J. Murtagh We applaud the efforts of the Lorain County Historical Society to NAME as it appears on federal register: 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: Vair, J. Stuart, House eity / town 12SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated 17) features: 9O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes L I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - RECREATION -28 @CLAIMS: explain 'first' D -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW- 16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION -25 3 funetions CURRENTLY: RESIDENCE @architectural style(s): RENAISSANCE REVIVAL- TUSCAN MODE -landscape architeet / garden designer: " interior decorator: PERSONAL: THos. W. LAUNDON - OWNER- PROMINENT LOCAL BUSINESSMAN MAN.

CONDITION county Lorain Elyria Midwest ASSOCIATION engineer: ENGINEERING-11 builder/contractor: ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: artisan: artist: ARCHITECTURE-4 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 historic events: Dfair PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ART-5 Xoriginal site ADMINISTRATOR: Xexcellent URBAN PLANNING-31 vicinity of master builder: XNo Access NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET LOCAL XCOMMERCE-6 ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 SAVED?YES Laundon, Thomas W., House 307 West Aye. 4county code: LSTATE LOCATION street & number GNPS REGION: 5 &UNKNOWN-6 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOYT." 21 L)CONGRESS. DISTRICT Oreconstructed @arohiteet: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ETHNIC GROUP EVENTS: Xaltered dates of initial construction: if state who prepared form? NAMES give role & date Oruins