Nomination for Wadsworth, Frederick, House

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form 10-300 (Rev. 6-72) INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) - Wadsworth, Frederick, House AND/ OR HISTORIC: State Route 14 11 - J.

William Stanton In Process - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments - Commercial - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: John Quin LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: 039 133 LOCATION County NAME Religious ACCESSIBLE Site STATE Ohio Structure Restricted Federal Portage Both CLASSIFICATION District Private DATE Entertainment Ravenna Educational Government Agricultural OWNERSHIP Unoccupied CATEGORY Being Considered CODE Public REGISTER Scientific Industrial STATUS Yes: Park Portage County Courthouse CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: COMMON: Edinburg vicinity Private Residence Object NATIONAL Local Main Street Public Acquisition: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: STREET AND NUMBER: ENTRY DATE DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATA SHEET DATE OF SURVEY: TITLE OF SURVEY: (Check One) MAR IZ 1975- MAY291975 ENTRY NUMBER Building PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Military DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered [ Moved X] Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

There was an earlier house on the site, and there is specul- There is a one-story porch across the north side of the wing. MAR 12 1975 CONDITION REGISTER NATIONAL have plain horizontal lintels and double-hung sash with nine lights have been well preserved by the present owners. RECEIVED facade has a center entrance with sidelights and a large semi- The interior has a central hall with a single-flight staircase of which five seem to have original mantelpieces.The interiors circular overdoor light.While not unknown, this is less common building. There is a simple gable roof with double end chimneys. chimney on the west end was added later. than the usual semi-elliptical lights of the period.The windows style, with a one-and-a-half story wing on the west end of the design and fine detail.

There are seven fireplaces in the house, The eaves are very simple with no classical detail.The five-bay over nine. ation whether the west wing is older, but it seems unlikely. wing, which was removed and the wall rebuilt, as clearly shows This is a rectangular two-story brick house in the late Adam house.The east parlor has an Adam mantelpiece of exquisite by the brickwork and the windows in the west wall.An external on the west side, and a rear entrance on the south side of the (Check One) There was a wooden frame section at the southwest corner.of the Excellent Fair Good 33H2 ATAO PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! X] 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (It Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric Religion/Phi - Science - Sculpture X Social/Human- STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

Edinburg Township, both because of the history of its builder, example of the late Adam style. high ground, a hill on which glacial furrows can be seen, and selected by Justin Eddy, who arrived with his brother Alanson from Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1815. The name of the Its semi-circular overdoor light, the Adam mantelpieces and the 1824 Commerce Architecture Engineering Military Conservation Transportation Theater losophy Aboriginal Industry REGISTER Agriculture Communications SIGNIFICANCE Literature Music NATIONAL itarian township was originally Eddysburg and later modified to Edinburg. the prosperous orchards there for many years. tional in its locality.

Education fine state of preservation make the house architecturally excep- Political Frederick Wadsworth, and because it is such an excellent route for a canal from the Portage Summit to Pittsburgh.He was Invention manufacture of silk before failing. It is said that Wadsworth was forced to sell this house and elected as secretary.In September of 1825 he was appointed then active in the promotion of the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal. The Wadsworth house is probably the most important in The house was built by Frederick Wadsworth around 1824.

which built a mill dam on the Cuyahoga River and attempted the one of the organizers of the Portage County Agricultural Society when railroad transport began to replace the canals.The house Landscape was later owned by Theodore Clark and his son,who operated which proved suitable for quality orchards.The land was first Wadsworth had been a regimental staff clerk in the War of The land on which the house stands is a choice piece of 1812,and in 1819 he donated an acre of ground three-quarters of a mile north of Edinburg Center for a cemetery.In 1825 he was In1836 he was a member of the Franklin Silk Company of Kent, AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) a member of a committee to collect information on a favorable MAR Art

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 265, 287-288, 315, 425-426, 429, 440. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: - MAR 1 2 1975 FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: July 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-I 039 One LATITUDE Degrees Local ORGANIZATION LONGITUDE Name Seconds COUNTY ATTEST: Cleveland NATIONAL Ohio STATE CORNER DATE Minutes CODE RECEIVED Eric Johannesen, Preservationist Degrees Minutes Seconds Western Reserve Historical Society 10825 East Boulevard Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES 12.

STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION level of significance of this nomination is: OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES CITY OR TOWN: History of Portage County, Ohio (Chicago, 1885), 202, 238, 258, 17 484900 4552150 Title ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - MAY 22 1975 Entered MAY 2 9 1975 KEEPER OTHER CONTROL HAER ARCHEOLOGIST 3-14-75 Re-submit Send-back TECHNICAL Maps Photos National Register Write-up HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF 7-1-75 LEBOVICH REVIEW UNIT Portage 4.9.75 IN T :2106 - 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 ACCEPT State Working Number 3,13, 75. 358 cole STATE: Ohio Form No. 10-3010 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY 2 9 AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. US.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 876 - 1 67 133 Portage COUNTY DATE IDENTIFICATION CODE Eric Johannesen COMMON: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Edinburg vicinity ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO REFERENCE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Ohio PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY July (7/72) 975 Northeast facade, looking southwest Form No. 10-301e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PORTAGE LO. AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

MAR 1 2 1975 1975 039 PHOTO REFERENCE COUNTY DATE IDENTIFICATION NAME REGISTER STATE RECEIVED CODE COMMON: NATIONAL ENTRY NUMBER Eainburg vicinity Eric Johannesen Northwest elevation, looking southeast PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries .attach to or enclose with photograph) FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (7/72) DATE OF PHOTO: 4889 State Route 14 July 1974 MAY Wadsworth, Frederick, House STREET AND NUMBER: NEGATIVE FILED AT: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFF 876 - 167 PHOTO CREDIT: Form No. 10-301a STATE: Ohio NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA T ION State Route 14 CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: MAR 12 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. East corner, looking west.

039 Portage IDENTIFICATION DATE MAY COUNTY Edinburg vicinity REGISTER PHOTO REFERENCE CODE NATIONAL July PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Eric Johannesen PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio PHOTO CREDIT: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (7/72) commoNdadsworth, Frederick, House U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 167 91975 133 Western Reserve Historical Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: U. S. G. S. Atwater Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. MAR 1 2 1975 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-) 1970 133 039 NAME Portage COUNTY Ohio COMMON: REGISTER DATE STATE LOCATION NATIONAL 1:24,000 MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS Edinburg vicinity SOURCE: CODE SCALE: ENTRY NUMBER PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: State Route 14 (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Wadsworth, Frederick, House AIWATER, OHIO] MAR 1 2 1975 UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Wadsworth, House Frederick, REGISTER DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 484900 4552150 OHIO-PORTAGE CO. Davey, John, louse Stonenan, Joseph, louse Hon, John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Charles à.

Vanik Location 6/2/75 STATE Name MMott/row Date Entered Kent ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Regional Director,Midwest Region Loxain County Fxankiin County Portage County Cuyahoga County Peerless Motor Company Plant No.1 Edinburg vicinity East Cleveland Tho Ohio Historical Society Westezvillo Guernsey Ccunty Bon. Louie Stokes Ashtabula County Westervillo High School-Vino Street School 0ld Washington Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Anherst Hon.J.william Stanton Windsor Mills 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: 11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT 12) SOURCE Of NOMINATION - FEDERAL 14) WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

E CONDITION - deteriorated 1 features: @SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT -2 Omoved O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown -unexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 21 AREAS OF' SIGNIFICANCE : C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain D POLITICS / GOVT.*21 *first'O C LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ANCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -1 CEXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 D SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 C PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION -25 3 functions major alterations : CURRENTLY: Same @master builder: ©landscape architect/ garden designer: © artist: IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE1 county ETHNIC ASSOCIATION STATE GROUP EVENTS: ENTERTAINMENT-26 ENGINEERING-11 historic events: ARCHITECTURE-4 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION LOCAL URBAN PLANNING-31 No Access YES.NAME ADMINISTRATOR: if state who prepared 26architectural style(s): SAVED?YES DNAME as it appears on federal register: Dexcellent Boriginal site GNPS REGION: Dfair 4 county code: 5)LOCATION street & number Oreconstruoted DYES-Restricted -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 1 Interior decorator: A builder/contractor: S NAMES give role & date CYES ONO engineer: 133 vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: COMMERCE-6 YES-Unrestricted Dgood YES.HAME NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 3artisan: Daltered miduest 48890H14