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

Nomination for Morehouse-Downes House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,345 words across 9 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 75001476, 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) Morehouse-Downes-Wheelden House AND/OR HISTORIC: CITY OR TOWN: TAVT 9 - Thomas Ludlow Ashley In Process - Preservation work - Comments Commercial -Other (Specify) LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: MAR 1 8 1975 NATIONAL 095 039 LOCATION Religious Lucas Toledo STATE Transportation Government Waterville ACCESSIBLE Site Educational CATEGORY District Unoccupied Restricted Entertainment Museum Private Yes: Scientific CODE Being Considered Both Building NAME Park COMMON: STATUS Local Agricultural COUNTY: Federal OWNERSHIP Industrial Private Residence Structure Ohio Public Lucas County Courthouse Object CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Public Acquisition: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO THE PUBLIC Military STREET AND NUMBER: 4 South River Road OWNER'S NAME: (Check One) CLASSIFICATION DATE OWNER OF PROPERTY Adams & Erie Streets DESCRIPTION O Fair - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved DX Original Site ca.
1900. the stair hall and to the right are two parlors, front and MAR 1 8 1975 CONDITION effect. REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Ruins and fluted with corner blocks exhibiting a slight pyramidal has a hip roof.On the front facade the entryway is The entrance opens into a gracious hall housing a stairway (Check One) plain frieze.To the south isa one-story addition built DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

lights and has a three-part transom light.The windows are double-hung,6/6 pane and have shutters.There is a wide, panelled architrave and is flanked by pilasters and side- which curves along two walls.There is a guest bedroom behind The dining room is to the rear of the parlors.The in the left bay.The entrance is recessed behind a plain, The frame house is nearly square, two stories in height and PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian | - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1837 - Political - Religion/Phi- Other (Specify) - Science ] Sculpture ] Social/Human- - Theater - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

Waterville's oldest commercial street, the home was the Pekin Mill, a grist and saw mill, active during daughter who married Dr. Samuel Downs. The Downs family MAR 1 8 1975, Communications Architecture Engineering losophy Conservation Commerce REGISTER NATIONAL Aboriginal Military Literature Music Agriculture Landscape Prehistoric RECEIVED Invention itarian Waterville's canal era. Urban Planning Industry original Wabash Hotel and is just south of John Pray's This is indeed one of the finest Greek revival homes Education lived in the house until 1960. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 1828 Columbian House. Morehouse and James Brigham ran SIGNIFICANCE The house was purchased in 1870 by John Isham for his built by Lorenzo Morehouse in 1837 on the site of the

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 PROPERTY 17 273160 4597500 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: MAR 1 8 1975.
July 1974 1982 Velma Avenue 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 level of significance of this nomination is: T Keeper of The National Regist GP0 931-894 039 Loca LATITUDE Degrees Seconds ORGANIZATION Columbus LONGITUDE Name ATTEST: COUNTY STATE CORNER CODE DATE RECEIVED Degrees Minutes Seconds Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Minutes Ohio Historical Center FORMPREPARED BY NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION STREET AND NUMBER: LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NAME AND TITLE: less than one 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES National Register. Avaluated according to the c-iteria andprocedures set CITY OR TOWN: 12.
STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATION Chicago: H. H. Hardesty & Co., 1882. The Western Historical Association, 1910. Vol. I Toledo & Lucas County, Ohio, 1623-1923. Chicago: S. J. Clarke & Co., 1923. OF LESS THAN TEN ÁCRES LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Scribner, Harvey. Historical Hand Atlas. Morehouse-Downes-Wheelden House ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Inventory KEEPER OTHER TECHNICAL CONTROL Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Review Property Re-submit HISTORIAN Working Number 3. 18. 75.425 Maps National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry State 4-1-75 Cole Photos _ 5.23.75 IN T: 2106 -74 Ohio 24MAR 75 Lucas United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 7-1-25 ACCEPT Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
1974 095 NAME 039 DATE Lucas Waterville STATE COUNTY CODE Morehouse-Downes-Wheelden House Gretchen Klimoski COMMON: East and south facades. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ENTRY NUMBER Ohio Ohio Historical Society MAR181975 PHOTO CREDIT: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO REFERENCE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NEGATIVE FILED AT: 4 South River Road FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries-attach to ot enclose with photograph) (7/72) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: LOCA TION IDENTIFICATION 876.167 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No.
10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: Morehouse-Downes-Wheelden House LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: WAR 1 8 1975 NATIONAL PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Landmarks Committee, Maumee Valley Historical Society DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 1971 039 Ohio Lucas RECEIVED DATE Waterville IDENTIFICATION REGISTER STATE Richard Campen NAME COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO REFERENCE 4 South River Road (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: Front (east) facade. Ludas (7/72) 095 CODE ENTRY NUMBER Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. 7.5' Bowling Green Quadran, TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.
MAR 1 8 1975 095 039 1958 REGISTER Lucas COUNTY STATE DATE Waterville REQUIREMENTS 1:24000 COMMON: RECEIVED Ohio Morehouse-Downes-Wheelden House CODE SCALE: MAP REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SOURCE: AND/OR HISTORIC: NAME ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM 4 South River Road (Type all entries-attach to ot enclose with map) LOCATION FOR NPS USE ONLY * U.S.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE \ I7 273160 4597500 MAR 1 8 1975 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOWLING GREEN NORTH QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES CTOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES PERRYSBURG RECEIVED ROAD CLASSIFICATION BOWLING GREEN NORTH, OHIO Wheelden House DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BOWLING GREEN 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: ) county code: ONAME as it GNPS REGION: Lucas (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION 1 CONDITION Odeteriorated 1) features: Omoved OM NOT INTACT -O Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated W- NOT APPLICABLE - 8 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyes [Xo 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 @OCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 X COMMERCE-6 'first' O -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT -26 - LAW- 16 C ARCHEOLOGY - históric -1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION-8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions CURRENTLY: 1 * interlor decorator: EVENTS : .date JIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE House ASSOCIATION ACCESS FEDERAL PRIVATE ORGANIZATION PERSONAL: 4/11/78 INSTITUTIONAL: SETTLEMENT-29 STATE Dexcellent 095 c.1837 Ofair NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: LOCAL ART-5 architectural style(s): VIVAL.
SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ADMINISTRATOR: XXaltered vicinity of SAVED? YES Xoriginal site historic events: ppears on federal register: Xgood C RELIGION- 22 'oldest' O REEK REVIVAL @artisan: @builder/contractor: Lorenzo Morehouse, mill owner, orig. owner of the house reconstructed OYES-Restricted [YES -Unrestricte - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT. 21 artist: ETHNIC engineer: GROUP No Access master builder: Built along Waterville's oldest commercial street for Lorenzo Morehouse, local mill owner, during the city's canal era. dates of initial construction reviewers initials. Oruins Qunaltered midwest TOWN