Nomination for Conover Building

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 1 4.1975 AND/ OR HISTORIC: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Kx Building Kx Private In Process &X Unrestricted - Structure - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments Commercial - Other (Specify) Military ( - Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: TITLE OF SURVEY: 45402 Montgomery Dayton 113 039 Religious ACCESSIBLE STATE Government DATE Site Both NAME Museum CATEGORY Private Residence Entertainment Yes: Educational Being Considered Unoccupied County STATUS Federal LOCATION COMMON: Park CODE Public CLASSIFICATION Agricultural OWNERSHIP Industrial The American Building Object The Conover Building ENTRY NUMBER Third/Main Realty District TO THE PUBLIC Ohio 451 West Third Street 4 South Main Street Montgomery County Recorder's Office Public Acquisition: 3rd--Charles W.

Whalen DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: OWNER'S NAME: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS ENTRY DATE STREET AND NUMBER: DATA SHEET DATE OF SURVEY: (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: 4 South Main Street (southeast corner of Third and Main Sts.) DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved X Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

corona in a wave form band and frieze decorated with a band The six story intermediate tier is set off by trabeating tenth story is dentiled and the cornice is bracketed. and twelfth stories have panelled spandrels, Ionic pilasters rentablature elaborately decorated. The facia is interrupted of crowned kings flanked by foliated rosettes: Large:! Loan changing its name to the American Building: It changed hands again c. 1921 after the savings and loan went broke. The entablature of the third tier was suffering weather to offices in the 1950's. CONDITION century eclectic Renaissance Revival Conover Building classical parts scaled to its height.

Architect Frank Andrews's thirteen story turn-of-the- The building was purchased by the American Savings and thirteenth floor architect's studio and it was converted architrave windows in each bay alternate with a frieze of and a belt course between the capitols decorated with festoons commercial facade of rusticated stone with three bays on constructedof steel and conreteis designed in the three character with monumental relief of the O.W.Ketcham Terra The first tier of four stories is an arcaded of targets connected by festoons of produce.

in l92l so skillfully that it cannot be detected by visual existing balconies and the windows were enlarged into the The terminal tier of three stories is baroque in (Check One) An identical third bay was added to the Third Street:facade by iron railed balconiesin each bay alternating with masks and in the arch are three tiers of display and mullion tier of the Main Street facade in 1924. X] Excellent originally had pediments. architrave paired in each bay. The facia of the trabeated a double dentiled mold bed. The roof is concealed. with torch finials was removed. The tabernacle windows facia. Fair cated stone quoins. fretwork with rosettes. The outsized molded cornice has The yellow brick curtain walls have rusti- The decorative cornice asa damage in 192l.A cresting of grotesque masks alternating of petals and flowers.

inspection.Three identical bays were added to the first The pediments were replaced by the The l/l double hung windows are stone Main Street and two bays on Third Street.Between the pillars the top floor. A large art glass dome was removed from the Good PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian| - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Prehistoric Indus try - Commerce - Communications ) Military Conservation : -.=. - Transportation STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

The innovative buildings of the National Cash Register Company of-Dayton, Ohio brought him national acclaim. office studio under an art glass rotunda on the thirteenth the quarter block from D. C. Cooper, proprietor of Dayton, 1900 Indiana. Engineering SIGNIFICANCE His Education Architecture Science Political losophy Landscape Aboriginal Religion/Phi- Theater itarian Agriculture Invention Literature Sculpture Social/Human- While Richardson and Sullivan were working out new design Iowa, graduated in engineering from Iowa State and in archi- at the central intersection of Dayton is a positive contri- Urban Planning The Conover Building in eclectic Renaissance Revival first great success was the Columbia Club in Indianapolis, floor of the Conover Building. merchants descendants built this building on the site Architect Frank M.

Andrews attained national prominence style is an important example of an attempt to adapt classical Blacksmith Obadiah Conover from New Jersey bought butor to the esthetic values in downtown Dayton. Music Other (Specify) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) bustling little city of Dayton in 1894 at age 27. Art The young architect was not long in achieving regional prominence. He installed his motifs to a high rise structure.This imposing building adapting them cleverly to modern needs. for practical experience.Andrews opened his office in the

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Their Resources. Ohio. Chicago--Dayton; S.J. Clarke GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Dec. 23, 1974 12. 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 Nationa 1 Register.

in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Date July 25, 1975 GP0 931-894 039 45402 UTM Dayton Degrees ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE DATE COUNTY LATITUDE ATTEST: CODE STATE CORNER National Degrees Minutes Seconds Ohio LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION NAME AND TITLE: Publishing Co., The Old Court House STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: level of significance of this nomination is: FORM PREPARED BY Storm, A.D. (compiler). Dayton, Ohio; Dayton Daily News, 1904. Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Preservation Officer forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Titldirector, Ohio Historical Society Keeper of The National Register Preservation Officer Local Name The City of Dayton and Vicinity Montgomery County, Ohio.

Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Send-back - 1 4 1975 Re-submit . OTHER CONTROL KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Entered Maps TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Review BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry State Montgomery 9.10.75 Working Number 7,28,7.5./ 47 12-2-25 Photos Accept United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 INT:2106-74 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Cole WORMSER Form No.

10-301a NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY The American Building The Conover Building LOCA TIO JUL 2 8 1975 DATE OF PHOTO: 039 Montgomery Dayton NAME COUNTY DATE STATE NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION that the perspective of the building was designed to be view- PHOTO REFERENCE (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) REGISTE COMMON: Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ed from street level.Other views provided clarify detail but ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: (7/72) April 1975 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CODE 4 South Main Street (S.E. corner of 3rd and Mainlstnéets) DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 1 67 give a false notion as to Andrews proportions. PHOTO CREDIT: Fanny Farmer CANDIES Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (7 /72) LOCA TION 4 South Main Street (southeast corner of Third E Main Streets) L. S. Gannon, Jr. DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 039 45402 Montgomery NAME DATE COUNTY CODE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION The American Building looking east/southeast. PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT: STATE Dayton,Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CITY OR TOWN: 113 August 1g74 JUL 2 8 1975 The Old Court House, Dayton, Ohio 975 COMMON: The American Building NATIONAL Form No. 10-301a FOR NPS USE ONLY The American Building LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: C. 1920 Montgomery 039 Dayton IDENTIFICATION DATE COUNTY House facing southeast.

Historical File--Third/Main Realty PHOTO REFERENCE STATE CODE COMMON: Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The American Building from the steps of the Old Court UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUMBER: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) 2 8.1975. NEGATIVE FILED AT: NAME REGISTER CITY OR TOWN: Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 876 - 1 67 039 Southeast.

Montgomery Dayton The IDENTIFICATION DATE STATE COUNTY CODE NAME PHOTO REFERENCE LOCATION NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: Ohio STREET AND NUMBER: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY C.1950 (7/72) 113 OCT 14 19/5 AND/OR HISTORIC: The Conover Building DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: 45402 Montgomery County Historical Society REGISTE COMMON: Historical File--Third/Main Realty NATIONAL The American Building from the Old Court House looking 4 S. Main Street (southeast corner of Third and Main Streets) The American Building CITY OR TOWN: 811 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOCA TION DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

Dayton Montgomery Montgomery County Historical Society COUNTY PHOTO REFERENCE looking south. IDENTIFICATION Terra cotta decoration detail from the Gem City Building NAME STATE Historical File--Third/Main Realty CODE 039 (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Ohio STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) C19 AND/OR HISTORIC: REGISTER 113 The American Building NATIONAL The Conover Building COMMON: RECEIVED 4 South Main Street (southeast corner of Third and Main Streets CITY OR TOWN: Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U.S.G.S. Dayton North, Ohio JUL 2 8 1975 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2.

North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. Montgomery 1965 113 Dayton NAME DATE COUNTY REGISTER 039 COMMON: STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS MAP REFERENCE Ohio SCALE: 1:24,000 LOCATION ENTRY NUMBER SOURCE: PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INT: 155-72 RECEIVED The Conover Building AND/OR HISTORIC: 4 South Main Street (southeast corner of Third and Main) NATIONAL DAYTON NORTH, OHIO UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO_MONTGOMRRY CO Olmsted Falls Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Ronald M. Mott1 Hon. William H.

Harsha House Location Dayton STATE Name Fredericktown vicinity Cuyahoga County Brown County Raleigh Mound Mount Orab MMott ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Regional Director, Midwest Region Montgomery County The Conover Building Mount Orab Station Date Entered Also Notified Northrop, Julia Carter, State Historic Preservation Officer Director, The Ohio Historical Society Knox County Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Hon. Robert Taft, Jr.

4 county code: / town 12)SOURCE Of NOMINATION - deteriorated SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT -2 Omoved OC NOT INTACT-O Qunexposed Ounexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access YES -Unrestricted -ENGINEERING -11 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain 'first' O - LAW - 16 - RELIGION-22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' D - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 - MILITARY - 18 ARCHITECTURE- - ECONOMICS - 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 23 functions major alterations: 3rd bay added, 19a1 @master builder: Frank m. Andrews landscape afehitect / garden designer: 3 interior decorator: Sartisan: EVENTS : 3bays x b bays, Mit date.

IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ASSOCIATION STATE INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 FEDERAL historic events: architect: artist: CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION COMMERCE-6 reviewers initials Valtered Vexcellent Unknown Barchitectural style(s): IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes URBAN PLANNING-31 of entry: Voriginal site Mfeatures: ARCHE04OGY-historic-1 Oruins SAVED? YES GNPS REGION: Loren 2) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : CARCHEQLOGY prehistoric-2 U AGRICULTURE -3 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) 'only' D @dates of initial construction the American S. Main - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC CONDITION GROUP NATIONAL builder/contractor: vicinity of appears on federal register: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dreconstructed ADMINISTRATOR: Dgood Dunaltered 113 EOUNKHOWN-S