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

Nomination for Hosford House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,099 words across 16 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 76001387, 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 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 6288 Hosford Road _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF PRESENT USE -*BUILDING(S) X PRIVATE STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS *YES: RESTRICTED _BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Mr. and Mrs. Neal A.
Hornaday LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC Crawford County Courthouse REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 033 COUNTY Galion Crawford CODE LOCATION UNOCCUPIED BOTH DATE STATE EDUCATIONAL TITLE Bucyrus CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL PARK NAME Ohio MILITARY STATUS HISTORIC Seventeenth District-Ashbrook _TRANSPORTATION DATA SHEET COURTHOUSE. Hosford House OTHER: Mansfield Road DATE ENTERED APR 3 0 1976 _GOVERNMENT -COMMERCIAL _PUBLIC _OBJECT FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL SCIENTIFIC ENTERTAINMENT AGRICULTURE RELIGIOUS -MUSEUM DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

windows. A. Hosford, 1847, is chiseled into the stone lintel above the front door, which to have been cut by Asa Hosford, who quarried the ravine across the street which is longer exists, and the large kitchen fireplace has been removed. The foundation of this a stairway to the basement. Off the central hall are two large (18' x 18') main rooms interior work such as plastering, hardwood floors, etc., date from 1929 when massive shutters, the exterior of the main section of the house is true to the original. In be seen from the exterior work. The roof, now seamed tin, seems to have been wood communication with Asa Hosford's great-granddaughter, Mildred 0. Miller, who lived in turn of the century and from verbal information gathered from the grandparents she lived CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED floors. XEXCELLENT FAIR shingles originally.
UNALTERED CHECK ONE on the west side because storms hit the property from the west and northwest. renovation such as plumbing, furnace and electricity were installed.The poplar and pine The central doorway enters into a hall with staircase to the second story and under it facing south.The rectangular structure has five bays.The central front door is The cut-stone fireplace in the present dining room which was once the sitting room and the house as a young child.Her information would date from personal experience around the Hosford House is a two-story, brick house located in a rural setting and set on a knoll The house is a rectangular block with a single story wing north of the west section of the Interior and exterior details for the house have been made available by personal and that foundation of cut stone can still be seen there.
is approached by two massive stone steps.Most of the stone on the property is thought Unadorned lintels of stone top all windows and wood shutters are placed around the with at the time. -GOOD house. Originally this wing was a large cooking and canning kitchen, but it now serves converting the kitchen wing to bedrooms, several doors and windows were altered. This can solid cherry staircase with the handcrafted newel post are original.Much of the as two bedrooms and a bath.The latter was once the buttery.The attached pantry no with two identical rooms above.End chimneys on both the east and west side serve both flooring seem tobe original.With the exception ofa single coat ofwhite paint and fireplace can still be seen in the root cellar. flanked by four windows with five windows in the second story.There is only one window -RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Historically the builder of this house,Asa Hosford, also called the "Father of Galion" built the first framed, brick house in Polk Township in 1839.
Although Hosford did not Hosford was also a local political figure, having lobbied in Columbus against the inclu- commencement of Galion, and for more than sixty years its warmest supporter, and its 1ooked to him, and he responded with all his vigor and his genius, and practically all Galion is today it owes to Asa Hosford." (History of Crawford County, Ohio and 1847 1600-1699 1400-1499 1700-1799 COMMUNICATIONS ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PHILOSOPHY BUILDER/ARCHITECT POLITICS/GOVERNMENT RELIGION PERIOD SCULPTURE CONSERVATION THEATER TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY Asa Hosford AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE MILITARY LITERATURE 1900- ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _PREHISTORIC Local History Hosford is attributed with having the Columbus and Portland road pass through Galion.
_1500-1599 _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT A.Hosford had several commercial interests.He ran the first Inn in Galion for eight _ENGINEERING Later around 1844-45,Hosford developed the interests of the railroads in Galion. excellent example of this style with its simple but elegant proportions. Hosford House,1847,is a well-preserved example of vernacular architecture in House is said to be built of stones cut by these Indians. campaigned for Galion as county seat honor lost to Bucyrus). years before selling it. He ran both a grist mill that was built in 1832 and still in -ECONOMICS - EDUCATION that time on with the concerns of the township requiring tact and ability."(History of Ruhl brothers who did map out Galion.
"From the date of his arrival Mr.Hosford became a leading citizen and was interested from -COMMERCE The permanent arrival of Asa Hosford with his father and brother in1820'was the Crawford County and Ohio, 1881. -MUSIC -LAW Crawford County, and Prior to building his home, he was involved in several commercial ventures. He built production in 1912. - Un several occasions Hostord hired and Representative Citizens. Hopley, John E. , Chicago, 1912. He was trusted by the Wyandots inhabiting the area and was engaged local Indians to aid the settlers in building.(The springhousebehind the Hosford is also believed to be one of the oldest standing buildings in the young town's dealings with the Indians. - INVENTION sion of Galion in Crawford County.He served asa Polk Township Trustee and actively Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1912.
History of Crawford County and Ohio,1881, Baskin & Battey Historical Publishers, Chicago. Miller, Mildred O., persona 1 communication (great granddaughter of Hosford) 10

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 2.615 UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Mrs. Neal A. Hornaday STREET & NUMBER 6288 Hosford Road CITY OR TOWN Ohio 44833 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 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 419-468-1038 ORGANIZATION DATE CODE none NORTHING TELEPHONE ZONE COUNTY Galion State Historic Preservation Officer ATTEST: ZONE EASTING MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS LOCAL APR 3 0 1976 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Inventory KEEPER Maps HAER CONTROL Entered TECHNICAL Re-submit Send-back HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Photos Review Federal Register Entry State National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 4.26.76 Working Number /1. 1. 75. 20/3 6-1-26 INT:21 Crawford OTHER Property Accept COlL Ioc. View from the south.
Of the front PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Galion, Oho Crawford County Hosford House 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 -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON X VICINITY OF CITY. TOWN COUNTY Crawford PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET View from the south of the front GPO 892-454 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION Galion Hosford House HISTORIC NAME STATE Ohio Dearborn Heights.Michigan PHOTO NO. 4121 Pardee St. APR 3 0 19/6 Loc. from the South-- front Calien, Ohio Crawford County Hasford House Form No. 10-301a (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED NOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON X VICINITY OF COUNTYCrawford NEGATIVE FILED AT L121 Pardee St. DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO INT: 2983-75 LOCATION HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION NAME PHOTO REFERENCE Hosford House from the south--front Dearborn Hgts, Mich. FOR NPS USE ONLY STATE Ohio DATE OF PHOTO October 1974 Galion, Ohio Crawford County PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Side_of house NEGATIRES: - APR 30,1976 Ios. Bear view of north. Form No. 10-301a (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM APR 3 0 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON X VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Rear view of north side of house GPO 892.454 1975 LOCATION Galion IDENTIFICATION NAME Ohio Hosford House STATE HISTORIC PHOTO CREDIT W.E. Taylor PHOTO REFERENCE DATE ENTERED Delaware, Ohio PHOTO NO. FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY, TOWN Crawford COUNTY Galion, Ohio Craw Ford County Ioo. East side of house PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER APR 30 1976 Title: Hosford House EAST SIOE Form No. 10-301a (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM APR 3 0 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY TOWN X VICINITY OF STATE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892.454 1975 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION Galion HISTORIC PHOTO CREDIT NAME RECIEVED Delaware, Ohio Hosford House W.E. Taylor DATE ENTERED East side of house. PHOTO NO. Form No. 10-301 (Rev.
10-74: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDVOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM APR 3 0 1976 IDA TE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN XVICINITY OF MAP REFERENCE 1960, photorevised 1973 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64- 75 DATE LOCATION Galion REQUIREMENTS Hosford House HISTORIC STATE Ohio NAME FOR NPS USE ONLY SOURCE U.S.G.S. - Galion Quadrangle Crawford COUNTY SCALE 1:24000 GALION QUADRANGLE 17 346 570 E Curney-Kochheiser Bouse Galion Vicinity Hon. John H.
Glenn, Regional Director, Midwest Region INT: 2950-75 FNP : MMott:cam:5/3/76 STATE Name Date Entered APR 3 0 1976 ENTRTES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyahoga County Berea Palmyra Center Hotel Lucas County Also Notified Crawford County Buehl Hone Hon.J.William Stanton Palmyra Vicinity Riehland Coumty Bellvllle Hon. Thonas I, Ashley Location Toledo Hon.
Ronald M.Mottl 2 OTHER NAMES: city / town - STATE - deteriorated 17) features: 9O NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed - Unknown SO UNKNOWN-6 E- NOT APPLICABLE -17 - No Access - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.-21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain "first'O CABCHEOLOGY- prehistoric -2 - COMMERCE-6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW -16 - RELIGION-22 - SETTLEMENT-29 2 ARCHEOLOGY - historic- 1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' D - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D J ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3) functions @ dates of initial construction: major alterations : ©landscape architeet / garden designer: S) interior decorator: Sartisan: give role & date CONDITION good ASSOCIATION ENGINEERING-11 ETHNIC GROUP FEDERAL PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: EVENTS: Dfair HEALTH-27 LOCAL historic events: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: vicinity of ARCHITECTURE-4 county code: builden/contractor: architectural style(s): ADMINISTRATOR: SAVED?YES master builder: Dexcavated 3dare of entry: Qoriginal site Zaltered Vexcellent Oruins IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yes GNPS REGION: Galion 12SOURCE of NOMINATION Midwest I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE: @engineer: .date.
IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE -reconstructed 1847 eviewers initials NAMES artist: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Dmoved ES-Restricted YES-Unrestricted asit appears on federal register: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 2.615