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

Nomination for Neely-Sieber House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,658 words across 19 pages, filed in 1976. 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 76001360, 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 No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 22 1976 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.
TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT _ VICINITY OF 4 - Tennyson Guyer PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL -WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT _BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED TRANSPORTATION *OTIVate club OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 003 OBJECT LOCATION COUNTY Lima BOTH STATE DATE CODE TITLE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC RELIGIOUS OWNERSHIP ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIAL MILITARY Courthouse Square Ohio DISTRICT NAME STRUCTURE SITE PARK PUBLIC STATUS Neely-Sieber House PUBLIC ACQUISITION 620 West Spring Street - UNOCCUPIED Allen County Courthouse COURTHOUSE, _EDUCATIONAL Lima Senior Citizens Club X.PRIVATE X_BUILDING(S) -SCIENTIFIC _MUSEUM Allen FOR NPS USE O FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL DATA SHEET PH035749 DESCRIPTION X ORIGINAL SITE MOVED DATE.
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Typical of the early 1900's, the Neely-Sieber House is a massive, brick, three entrance has sidelights, a broken pediment and is topped by a semi-circular and no lintels. The second story has a centrally placed, round-arched, 1/1 with decorative mullions, pilasters and a bracketed pediment, reminiscent of the porch, joining the gables and also forming a deck at the crest of the porch windows have plain sills and lintels on the first floor and wide lintels with has two dormers, a tall interior chimney, and a one-story, half-round bay with conical roof. leaded glass foyer, hand-painted ceilings with gas chandeliers, ballroom, and The first floor has a living room, dining room, music room, breakfast room, butler's pantry, kitchen, office, and servant's dining room.
The entry foyer has a lovely paneled door with a square, leaded glass pane and is surrounded by with its mahogany railing, the white tile kitchen, mahogany and teakwood screens, CONDITION UNEXPOSED FAIR DETERIORATED XGOOD UNALTERED CHECK ONE The second floor has six bedrooms and three bathrooms.The third floor houses _EXCELLENT plain columns support the roof and there isa decorative balustrade.On the Originally there was a decorative railing placed along the roofline of the west side an open porte cochere adjoins the portico. a wide, leaded glass, flat-arched fan and sidelights. Heavy velvet drapes hang across the entrances to the living room and music room from the entry hall. two, 1/1 light windows to either side of the entry. These have plain stone sills the ballroom and servants' quarters. Other features include the wide staircase DATE story structure.
and pressed wood paneling in the back stairway. dormers placed in the hip roof on the facade.These have round-arched windows transom light.Pilasters and paneled molding surround the entrance.There are windows with stone sills and stone 1intels with keystones.There are three tiles - but now has asbestos shingles.The porch had a wide, striped awning. is surrounded by brick headers and keystone.To either side there are two keystones on the second floor.The west side has three dormers. The east side west sides.This flat-roofed porch bows out in front of the entrance.Round, The remaining sides of the house have irregularly placedwindows.All the -RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Built in 1904 by John D. Neely, a wealthy Oklahoma oil man, this fine house is especially notable for its fine detailing, especially the of the early 1900's, the house is one of the finest to be built in Lima. Public opinion still viewed professional women as loose, especially those In 1924 the home was purchased by Frank X. Sieber, a locally prominent 1904 1400-1499 1700-1799 CONSERVATION INVENTION ART PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT AGRICULTURE MILITARY RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE THEATER PREHISTORIC INDUSTRY SCIENCE _ENGINEERING 1900- place. MUSIC LITERATURE interior woodwork and appointments.
Typical of the eclectic architecture _TRANSPORTATION now owned by the Lima Senior Citizens and will be used as their meeting land for parking.A last minute effort has saved the structure and it is house was sold to The Business Woman's Club, one of the first of its kind -COMMUNICATIONS -1500-1599 _PHILOSOPHY that lived away from the watchful eye of their parents before they married. _ECONOMICS _COMMERCE -1600-1699 to buy the estate was from a bank who wanted to tear it down and use the - LAW COMMUNITYPLANNING George S. Mills and killed while on a trip west to look after his oil interests. The businessman. It was owned by the Sieber family until 1975. The only offer BUILDER/ARCHITECT ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC 9

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA L acre ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE Sept.
21, 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 466-8727 CODE ORGANIZATION DATE COUNTY STATE NORTHING Columbus TELEPHONE SHPO ATTEST: LOCAL Gretchen Klimoski Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office March 1976 ZONE EASTING UTM REFERENCES Seiber family records and diaries. L4,5/1,315,5,01 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE S: ZONE REVIEW UNIT CHIEF DEC 12 1976 10.22.76.4363 OTHER Inventory KEEPER TECHNICAL Entered CONTROL Maps Send-back HAER Re-submit HISTORIAN Review Ohio State PropertyNeely-Sieber House 12-3-76 National Register Write-up Working Number United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 10.26.76 2-1-77 121.76 Photos 10 IN T:2106-74 ARCHEOLOGIST Allen 1976 South (front) and east sides.
Photo by Lima News staff negative filed at Lima News Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Ohic DEC 12 1970CT 22 1976 Lis OCT 22 1976 DEC 1 2 1976@ 1976 porte cochere. Photo by Lima News staff negative filed at Lima News South (front) and west sides showing Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF TIE MONAL REGISTER OCT 22 1976..L DEC 12 1976 1976 entrance foyer showing leaded glass and paneled door. Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER negative filed at Lima News photo by Lima News staff OCT 22 1976 ; 5 DEC 12 1976 Dining room showing painted ceiling and Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Ohio gas light fixture. negative filed at Lima News photo by Lima News staff PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER OCT 22 19764: Room OCT 22 1976 FRONT HALL Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Oh.
Photo by Lima News staff negative filed at Lima News Entrance hall. PROPERTY C TONAL REGISTER DEC 12 1976 1976 Living room, note leaded glass bookcases. Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Oh. negative filed at Lima News Photo by Lima News staff DEC 12 1978CT 22 1976 Room OCT 22 1976 DEC 12 1976 Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Oh. Music room. negative filed at Lima News. Photo by Lima News staff PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GOLD ROOM OCT 22 1976 Neely-Sieber House, Lima, +Allen Co.,Ohio OCT 22 1976 8,2 DEC 12 1976 paneling. back stairway, note pressed wood negative filed at Lima News PROPERTY C- Neely-Sieber House, Lima, Allen Co., Ohio OCT 22 1976 DEC 12 1976 bay. Living room showing fireplace and round- negative filed at Lima News PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Photo by Lima News staff OCT 22 1976 Lima, Ohio. The Business Woman's Club, E. C.
KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE 1922 (ca.) OCT 22 1976 DEC 12 1976 16090 ADDRESS DOMESTIC PLACE FOREIGN E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, photographers of Lima. ONE CENT Neely-Sieber House, Lima,Allen Co.,Ohio TWO CENTS Neely Sieber House as it looked when STAMP HERE used by the Business Woman's Club PROPERTY C# Neely-Sieber House LIMA, OHIO 16 743/660 4513/550 STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEC 12 1976 Miami County Sidney Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon, John H. Glenn, Jz.
Columbus, Ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 880 Location Troy 12/21/76 Mott STATE Name Date Entered Mantua Jones-Bowman House Riverlea Also Notified Whitby Mansion Allen County Lima ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Shelby County Portage County Franklin County First Presbyterian Church Defiance East Side Fire Station Hon, Tannyson Guyer Columbiana Russell, Mark, House Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Morrow County Defiance County Neely - Sieber House State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. Delbert L. Latta Floral Hall Hine, Horace L., House Hon. Chalmers P. Wylie Columblana County Mt. Gilead Diractor, The Ohio Historical Society Dunlap,William K., House DEC 12 OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER 620 W. Spring St. CITY.
TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - not applicable - 7 -Interior, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - KORIGINAL SITE "only" YES IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary korás) _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _urban & commun __POLITICS GOVERNMENT -OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest"' YES NO 003 Saved? FEATURES: ARCHITECTURE 4th Claims COMMERCE planning COMMUNICATIONS CONSERVATION COUNTY code LOCATION: EXPLORATION AGRICULTURE EXTERIOR SIGNIFICANCE: EXCELLENT Yes-unrestricted ENVIRONS ECONOMICS INVENTION STATE DATE: WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? LITERATURE historic district? TRANSPORTATION -recreation No access Allen WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Ohio _entertainment _Reconstructed ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC Reviewer _Unexcavated -health Substantially intact-3 FAIR MILITARY Lima -settlement ADMINISTRATOR(underline) ARCHEOLUGY.PREHISTORIC _ENGINEERING VALTERED _DETERIORATED _Unkncwn INDUSTRY -UNALTERED - EDUCATION -unknow-4 _MOVED then- House, -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _MUSIC V30 &socio/cultural MIDWEST OTHER PHILOSOPHY PACIFIC NORTHWEST _UNEXPOSED _RUINS per sonal (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS : COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) MUNICIPAL COUNTY builder/contractor: STATE events institutional DATES: NAMES: artist/artisan: engineer: appropriate date) PRIVATE interior decorator: landscape/garden designer: ETHNIC GROUP: FEDERAL AGENCY: architect/m.builder: SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) LOCAL GOV"T (OF NOMINATION) ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: SOURCE: