Nomination for Clague House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUG 19 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED JAN 1 1 1978 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 23 - Ronald Mottl - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _UNOCCUPIED * STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION OBJECT XYES: RESTRICTED IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Dover Center. Road and Hilliard Blvd.

LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 035 039 CODE COUNTY DATE TITLE LOCATION Cuyahoga BOTH Cleveland ACCESSIBLE Ontario Westlake SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP CATEGORY DISTRICT RELIGIOUS STATE CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION Ohio Cuyahoga County Building INDUSTRIAL RECEIVED SITE PRIVATE NAME STATUS PARK MILITARY BEING CONSIDERED City of Westlake Clague House Museum _COMMERCIAL _ENTERTAINMENT Clague Family House DATA SHEET _EDUCATIONAL _OTHER: X BUILDING(S) 137l Clague Road XMUSEUM EXCELLENT DETERIORATED _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

hipped, with a wide double-bracketed cornice and a frieze with inset indicated by the different treatment of the foundation stones (more dressed, less rough-hewn), and the fact that it covers a former cellar small stoop whose columns were replaced at an unknown date, but side stairwell has a handsome Victorian staircase, a long flight with a sharp turn at the top. The front parlor is small and contains the woodwork has been painted, but is capable of restoration. There which occupies the barn to the rear of the house, for rehearsal CONDITION UNEXPOSED DESCRIPTION FAIR bearing walls which continue up through the house. doors are surmounted by a large semi-ellptical fanlight. On the southeast its arched architraves and cornice are original.The paneled double XGOOD and property storage.The nomination does not include the barn.

On the second floor there are five bedrooms.Most of the attic windows.The foundation, sills, and hood molding of the segmental Westlake Historical Society and operated as a house museum.Parts arched windows are of sandstone.The small wing was added later, as XORIGINAL SITE Italianate brick residence. Its basic form is a long rectangular block On the interior most of the original woodwork is intact. The corner there is another porch whose architraves and bracketed cornice storage and utility purposes.The main partition walls are masonry A restoration program for the house is projected for the future. _UNALTERED with a two-story bay on each side elevation(one rectangular and one is a full attic with finished floors.The house is leased by the CHECK ONE XALTERED entrance which can be seen in the basement.

of the basement and first floor are used by the Clague Playhouse, LRUINS are original, but whose posts and railing have been replaced. This is a medium-sized, fairly typical example of a High Victorian polygonal), with a one-room one-story wing to the rear. The roof is The entrance on the south side of a three-bay facade has a the two exterior bays, was originally two rooms which have been combined into one by the removal of a partition. The one-story wing is a kitchen. There is a high full basement with several rooms for original mantelpiece.The middle section of the house, reaching between AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE X AGRICULTURE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING X 800-1899 POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

in the Cleveland area, 1825-1975. continued to work the farm. One, Sophronia, was a school teacher, and 1879 1700-1799 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INVENTION RELIGION ART PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT PHILOSOPHY 1900- TRANSPORTATION THEATER PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE This handsome Italianate house is a local landmark which has been recog- MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE INDUSTRY LITERATURE be seen on the accompanying map to the west of the house. The park has grape-producing district before the turn of the century. MUSIC LAW SCULPTURE family, deeded the property to the city as a public park. Clague Park may Charles was an attorney.The close-knit family cultivated apple orchards been improved over the years by the people of Westlake. contracted in the war. and vineyards, and according to W. G.

Rose, the Clague vineyards contrib- In 1975, the Clague house was depicted on an eight-pence postage stamp, XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT log cabin was soon replaced by a frame house. The two eldest sons, John _COMMERCE _CONSERVATION Margaret and their first child, Ruth Ann, in 1837.They subsequently had nized as commemorating pioneers in Ohio from the Isle of Man, and the _COMMUNICATIONS and Thomas, served in the Civil War. John died as a result of an illness In 1926, Walter and Sophronia, the last surviving members of the -1600-1699 eight more children in Ohio. The farm consisted of 78-l/2 acres.

The first _1400-1499 After Robert's death in 1865,the farm was run by Thomas, who _SCIENCE one of a set of four issued by the Isle of Man to commemorate Manx pioneers Township in the Western Reserve before 1829.He returned to bring his wife Robert Clague, born on the Isle of Man in l802,first arrived in Dover eventually increased the acreage to 98-l/2 acres.The present house was -ECONOMICS -1500-1599 _EDUCATION uted largely to the position of Dover Township as the nation's second largest hard-working family which built it. built in 1879. At least four of the brothers and sisters never married and

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES United States Census, Dover Township, 1860; 1870; 1880. The Sun-Herald, February 27, 1975, Al.

10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - 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 Sorri August 15, 1975 FOR NPS USE ONLY CODE TELEPHONE 216-721-5722 ORGANIZATION DATE NORTHING LOCAL Cleveland COUNTY Ohio ATTEST: Eric Johannesen, Preservationist Western Reserve Historical Society SIGNATURE March 1975 ZONE EASTING DIRECTOR.OF ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).

I Clague family papers, Westlake Historical Society. 10825 East Boulevard THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ZONE State Historic Preservation Officer Less than one Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINA TION FORM Cuyahoga County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER PAGE Westlake CONTINUATION SHEET 1975 Isle of Man 8-pence commemorative stamp depicting Clague House. DATE ENTERED Clague Family House FOR NPS USE ONLY JAN 1 1 1976 ISLE OFMAN-ELLAN VANNIN 1825 Photos - Inventory . Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL CONTROL Review Re-submit Send-back Property State BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up INT:210674 ARCHEOLOGIST Accept JAN 11 1978 nof HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

7 Entered Maps 1-2-16 Working Number 8.19. 75. /5 8 2 CLAGUE HOUSE NPS Number MAL REGISTER PRO Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-7%) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEOUG 1 9 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM JAN 11 1978 DATE ENTERED AND/OR COMMON _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Cuyahoga 1975 Ohio LOCATION Westlake HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION COUNTY STATE PHOTO CREDIT Clague House Museum NAME Western Reserve Historical Society E. Johannesen North elevation and west facade, looking southeast. Clague Family House PHOTO NO. 1 CITY, TOWN SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Numoer Loc Cujaloga b Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7%) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEAUG 1 9 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM JAN 1 1 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO E. Johannesen NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET South and east elevations, looking northwest. 1975 LOCATION Westlake IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC PHOTO CREDIT NAME Western Reserve Historical Society Clague Family House Clague House Museum PHOTO NO.2 STATE Ohio Cuyahoga COUNTY NORTH OLMSTED QUADRANGLE 4590/ 730 North 17 426/340 East Clague Family House RECEIVED 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO STATE OHTO JAN 1 1 1976 Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Konald M.

Nottl Regional Director, Midwest Region Coluabus, Ohio 73211 INT: 2950-75 Location Cuyahoga County Name Clague House Also Notified Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Dr. Thonas a. Smith Director,The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Fzeservation Officer OTHER NAMES: 3) date of entry (12 SOURCE Of NOMINATION - FEDERAL WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? - Unknown - YES.

NAME- 6 CONDITION - deteriorated (17) features: Oruins Omoved EC NOT INTACT-O 5O UNKNOWN-6 Dunexcavated EO NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access 1 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : OCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 -RECREATION -28 -ARCHEOLOGY -prehistoric-2 - LAW -16 C RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 L ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-1 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 ' oldest'O C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D CART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION-25 3 functions @dates of initial constructioné/ 1819 CURRENTLY: historic events: - 1 interior decorator: county ASSOCIATION artisan: INSTITUTIONAL: STATE artist: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION master builder: major alterations: architectural style(s): ADMINISTRATOR: ARCHITECTURE-4 MANX vicinity of EVENTS: ENTERTAINMENT-26 COMMERCE-6 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Dunexposed NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP LOCAL AGRICULTURE-3 Dexcellent Doriginal site HOUSE GNPS REGION: MUSEUM ) county code: &LOCATION street & number Dreconstructed (19 ADAPTIVE USE OYESENO ®landscape architect / garden designer: ©builder/contractor: IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE M NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC NAMES GROUP ACREAGE SAVED?YES Cunknown Ounaltered DNAME as it appears on federal register: if state who prepared form?

IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno