Nomination for Treber Inn

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEC 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINA TION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 5 miles north on State Route 41 -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF 6th - William H. Harsha PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Grace M. and Hazel L.

Sproull LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 001 039 DATE COUNTY LOCATION CODE TITLE CLASSIFICATION EDUCATIONAL RELIGIOUS MUSEUM STATE TRANSPORTATION SITE OWNERSHIP OBJECT GOVERNMENT ACCESSIBLE West Union NAME INDUSTRIAL MILITARY STRUCTURE PARK RECEIVED PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OTHER: AGRICULTURE STATUS SCIENTIFIC Treber Inn CATEGORY Ohio Main Street XBUILDING(S) 306 East Mulberry Street Adams COURTHOUSE, SURVEY RECORDS XPRIVATE DATA SHEET -COMMERCIAL _BOTH MAY 1 7 1976 HISTORIC DESCRIPTION X UNALTERED X ORIGINAL SITE GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

section has clapboard siding. A fieldstone chimney is located on the interior of the south exterior chimney with a small attic door beside it in the gable. The south side has a The roof on this addition is also metal, standing seam. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED RUINS EXCELLENT against the exterior log wall whereas the other two sides jut out into the living space east and has a double open frame porch which extends the entire width of the house.This side of the log structure and is unusual in that it is triangular shaped.One side is thereby making it possible to have two fireplaces on each floor providing heat for four An original two-bay open frame porch is attached to the stone section on this same side. side of this log section has two windows on the upper story -a 2/o single hung sash on removed and altered to create a doorway for a small frame bathroom added that same year.

separate rooms but with just one chirmey stack. CHECK ONE the north end and a 6/6 on the south end.The lower floor has one 3/l window on the north addition has a3 bay open frame porch which is original.This side has a single door The one story lx3 bay fieldstone rubble)addition built circa 1810 is attached to in the east end on the first floor that was cut in the home circa l9oo.The rear single door entrance.Untill973one window existed on the east side of this door but was X.FAIR The original 2x3 bay two story hewn log section of the structure built in 1798 faces DATE sides.

end and a single door which enters into the stone addition.This log section has a low but does have a fluebuilt within the past 15 years.The south side has one 2/2 window a single door with a 4-panel transom flanked on the south side by two 2/2 windows and on be assumed.The upper floor of the porch hasa picket-type guardrail on its three open (coursed rubble)fieldstone foundation and a standing seam (metal),gabled roof.This 3 bay porch is part of the original structure and was not added in later years as might entrance flanked on each side bya single 6/6 window.The rear (west) side has a large the rear (west)side of the original log section of the inn.The north side of this stone ed on the top floor of the front of the house.The front entrance on the first floor is AREAS OF

Statement of significance

farms with his son, Jacob.

Jacob continued to use the house as an inn until Hostelry RELIGION PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INVENTION ECONOMICS ART MILITARY ARCHITECTURE PHILOSOPHY SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION SCULPTURE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT THEATER LITERATURE _ENGINEERING XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT dwelling.A one story fieldstone kitchen/dining room was added to the rear circa family home and an inn until about 185o.Since then it has served as a private _CONSERVATION _COMMERCE Jackson, Henry Clay and Senator Thomas Hart Benton.Treber Inn was one of the 1810.Treber was from Maryland and had settled on the site in 1796-97.When the the primary stagecoach stops in the area.One small room upstairs in the inn is SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN travel.Many noted travelers stopped here during its "heyday including Andrew still designated as the stagecoach driver's room.In 1825 John Treber traded first permanent structures built on Zane's Trace first road) and is one about 185o when the introduction of the railroad brought an end to stagecoach _PREHISTORIC Treber Inn was built on Zane's Trace in l798 by John Treber and served as a BUILDER/ARCHITECT John Treber - 1400-1499 -SCIENCE - 1800-1899 -1500-1599 _EDUCATION -_1600-1699 -1900- _MUSIC - _INDUS.TRY LAW _COMMUNITY PLANNING After the trace was widened to accomodate stagecoaches, Treber Inn became one of ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC Treber Inn was built, Zane's Trace was passable only by foot or on horseback.

of the last remaining "original" buildings on the old road.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Illustrated Historical Atlas of Adams County, Ohio J. A. Caldwell 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1900 1880 DATE ORGANIZATION 513-386-2375 NORTHING Seaman STATE CODE TELEPHONE COUNTY ZONE Ohio ZONE EASTING Stephen Kelley UTM REFERENCES ATTEST: .doo6-25-75 ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY DATE 12-19.75 AT THIS PROPER 1974 less than one acre 14,310.2179,0 Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - OTHER KEEPER HAER Re-submit HISTORIAN Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back Review CONTROL State 1-22-76 Adams BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up Entered MAY 1 7 1976 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Cole "altered" should have been checked. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 TECHNICAL INT:2106-74 Accept 1-30-76 Working Number12. 30: 75, 2 2 39 Ohio Historical Center 1-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Photograph #1 LY section.

Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Adams County Front and north side of origiaal log West Union, Treber Inn Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY, TOWN _X VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT Seaman, Ohio 45679 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET INT: 2983-75 Treber Inn IDENTIFICATION Stephen Kelley LOCATION COUNTY HISTORIC 6-20-1975 STATE Adams NAME Ohio West Union PHOTO CREDIT PHOTO NO.

Front and north side of original log section SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS DEC 3 0 1975 RECEIVED I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Adams County South side of log section and partial view Treber Inn Ohio Historic Preservation Office Photograph #2 West Union, Ohio Ohio Historical Center of south side of fieldstone addition PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS - TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN XVICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT P.O. Box #1 Seaman, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET INT: 2983- 75 West Union LOCATION IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC COUNTY Adams 6-20-1975 STATE NAME fieldstone addition Ohio South side of log section and partial view of south side of Treber Inn PHOTO NO. DEC 3 0 1975 RECEIVED Stephen Kelley PHOTO CREDIT I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Photograph # 3 Treber Inn Ohio Historic Preservation Office Adams County West Union, Ohio North and west side of the fieldstone addition Ohio Historical Center PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER and the north side of the log section. Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEC 9 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO 6-20-1975 Seaman, Ohio 45679 PHOTO NO.

3 NL4/ INT: 2983-75 IDENTIFICATION Adams LOCATION Treber Inn COUNTY STATE Stephen Kelley RECEIVED NAME West Union PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS Ohio MAY 17 1976 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET North and west side of the fieldstone addition and the Ohio Historical Center I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 window (south side) Photograph # 4 Adams County Treber Inn Ohio Historic Preservation Office South side of fieldstone addition showing West Union, Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER also partial view of log section with 2/2 small frame bathroom addition built in 1973- Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEC 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORM TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN XVICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Stephen Kelley Seaman, Ohio 45679 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO. 4 44 1og section with 2/2 window (south side) INT: 2983-75 IDENTIFICATION COUNTY LOCATION Adams STATE RECEIVED NAME Ohio West Union Treber Inn DATE OF PHOTO - also partial view of HISTORIC 6-20-1975 South side of fieldstone addition showing small frame bathroom addition built in 1973 Form No.

10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED DEC 3 0 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64 - 75 DATE COUNTY LOCATION HISTORIC SOURCE 1:24000 SCALE STATE REQUIREMENTS NAME Adams U.S. Geological Survey Treber Inn FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio MAP REFERENCE DATE ENTERED West Union (Rev.

10-74) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC DEC 3 0 1975 > DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LYNX QUADRANGLE 4302790 STATE OF OHIO STATE OHIO The Ohdo Historical Soelety INT: 2950-75 Location Name ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Adams County West Union Vicinity Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Columbus,Ohio 43211 MAY 1 7 1976 De. Thomas H. Sudth Date Entered Regional Director Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. State Bistoric Preservation Officer Direetor Treber Ian Hon.John H. Glenn, Jt.

2 OTHER NAMES: 4 county code: city / town ONPS REGION: - deteriorated X altered XI SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 Dexcellent Oruins X NOT INTACT - O Ounexposed Dreconstrueted - Unknown Ounexcavated EO NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first'D CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 X COMMERCE- 6 - LAW- 16 C RELIGION-22 X SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE - 17 L SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL -30 'only' D C ART-5 C EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION-25 Bfunetions Gbuilder/contractor: John Treber, orig.

owner, early settler, innkeeper SIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 1798 House CONDITION ASSOCIATION 4/12/78 NAMES FEDERAL PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: engineer: Hart Benton. EVENTS: historic events: CURRENTLY: ADMINISTRATOR: Xoriginal site URBAN PLANNING-31 artist: LOCAL architectural style(s) dates of initial construction: SAVED?YES date. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Senator Thomas Hart Benton, all guests at the hotel 5-17-76 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes give role & date Extant Treber Vernaular Midwest Adamr -good C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT." 21 -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) @master builder: -landseape architect / garden designer: () interior decorator: Hotel ETHNIC artisan: yicinity of 7features: Xair NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: PRIVATE ORGANIZATIO eounty 9ADAPTIVE USE YES XNO