Nomination for Round Hill

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PHO369012 Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DEC 12 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Curtis, Walter C., Jr., Residence STREET & NUMBER E. Pleasant & North McKenzie Sts. NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT AGRICULTURE X PRIVATE STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _OBJECT _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Henry L. G Walter C. Curtis, Jr. LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Knox County Courthouse, Recorder's Office REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 083 039 DATE TITLE LOCATION CODE PUBLIC HISTORIC STATE EDUCATIONAL OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE COUNTY ENTERTAINMENT SCIENTIFIC CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION PARK GOVERNMENT MILITARY MUSEUM INDUSTRIAL Knox NAME _UNOCCUPIED 17th-John Ashbrook XBUILDING(S) STATUS Mount Vernon DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio 704 N. McKenzie Street _TRANSPORTATION COURTHOUSE. DATA SHEET 110 E. High Street _RELIGIOUS -COMMERCIAL -OTHER: -BOTH X-PRIVATE RESIDENCE Round Hill -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL XORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The facade (west) features a center entrance bay. The doorway, approached by four The roof is a flattened hip with an enclosed, flat-roofed square belvedere. The Wood lattice frames a series of arches across the porch. The wood railing done. In additon, a part of the original dining room wall was removed to install CONDITION UNALTERED XEXCELLENT FAIR supported by carved wood brackets.Frieze boards are wide and are pierced by CHECK ONE rectangular lights.Paired wood brackets support the cornice.The entablature To either side of the entrance bay there are segmental arched windows.The with wood molding. H.B.Curtis stipulated in his will that the furnishings of the first floor remain Introduction of electrical wiring and remodeling of baths and kitchen have been There are stone quoins.

in the house.This is shown to great advantage in the great parlor which stretches rail forms a balcony outside another three-arch window. matches that of the front verandas. covered with standing seam metal. The detailing of the entablature matches that Round Hill is a magnificent Italian Villa which dominates the north side of Mount The south and east elevation follow the detailing of the facade.The east side - DETERIORATED forms a gablet over each of the projecting center bays. building.The center bay on each elevation of the main portion of the building Vernon.The L-shaped brick structure features a 2-1/2 story, square central projects about 24". -UNEXPOSED -GOOD -RUINS The second story of the center bay has a tall, three-part, round-arched window. Above the second story window is a small, round-arched window which is also framed left it.

The woodwork, most of the windows, and most of the furniture are original. portion and a 2 story wing extending north from the northeast corner of the the full 50' of the south side of the house. The house is nearly the way H.B. The structure rests on a raised sandstone foundation. each portion.Beneath the window a wood ledge is supported by two stone brackets. the sandstone molding. two first floor windows are tall and are composed of two round-arched panels has a bay window on the first floor.Each portion of the bay has round-arched The L to the west has segmental arched,4/4 light windows.The roof is gable, AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ECONOMICS SCULPTURE X ARCHITECTURE ART X 1800-1899 X POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES ca. 1851 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

1850's at the beginning of the Italian Villa style, the design shows remarkable attributed to John Plimpton of New York, a son-in-law of H.B. Curtis. The house personality. Public servant, banker, one of the founders of Kenyon College, rail- road director, arbiter of public a private architecture, he represented the best type of Victorian. As a lawyer, he soon became affluent and eventually rose to positions of high public branch of the State Bank of Ohio, with a capital stock of $100,000; during the Aside from his endeavors in the legal profession, Mr. Curtis was appointed by Gambier, Ohio which lies just five miles east of the Curtis home at Round Hill. Further, he was an active member in the betterment of Mount Vernon.

He drew up the city charter, secured its passage through the legislature, and filled various enabled him to give shape to many of the public buildings, notably the two successive Henry L., a Kenyon College graduate, was a man respected for his honesty and 1897 and the property was willed to his children, Henry B. Curtis 11, Walter Curtis CONSERVATION COMMERCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT RELIGION INVENTION THEATER EDUCATION PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SCIENCE INDUSTRY MILITARY AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING PREHISTORIC LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _PHILOSOPHY Round Hill is beyond doubt the grandest house in the county.Built in the early twenty years of its existence, Mr.Curtis served as its president.

instrumental in aiding Bishop Philander Chase in the founding of Kenyon College in courthouses.He was an advocate of the railroad system and was a director of the _TRANSPORTATION maturity.The sophistication of design and choice of style can possibly be L.Curtis and Walter C. Curtis the present owners. integrity.He was also active in the development of Knox County.Henry L.died in -1400-1499 first railroad to enter the city.He served on the Board of Trustees of Kenyon -1700-1799 and Ada Curtis Foote.In 1950 it became the property of Mrs. Foote's nephews Henry College and received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 188l from them. was begun in 185l and completed in 1854. H.B.

Curtis was a man of strong Henry B.Curtis came to Mount Vernon at the age of 17 to work as an apprentice in -1500-1599 _1900- -MUSIC -_1600-1699 - LAW President U.S.Grant as a member of the Board of Visitors at West Point.He was municipal offices such as mayor and councilman.His taste and study of architecture representing Knox County.He established the Knox County Bank in 1848 which was a Upon H.B. Curtis' death the estate passed to his son Henry Lambton Curtis in 1885.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER 1015 E. High St. 1982 Velma Ave. CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate thisproperty 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 DATE Sept.

21, 1976 State Historic Preservation Officer FOR NPS USE ONLY GPO 892.453 466-8727 CODE DATE 6/76 TELEPHONE COUNTY ORGANIZATION Columbus NORTHING LOCAL Harold Johnson Ohio Historic Preservation Office ZONE EASTING Revised: Gretchen Klimoski UTM REFERENCES 4472 Mount Vernon KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cleveland Plain Dealer,Mar.6,1949 "Ohio Scenes G CItizens",Grace Gouldner. 14,417,118,6,01 Mount Vernon News Nov. 22, 1975, "Round Hill". 2 AURES I HEREBY CERTIFY THATTHIS PROPERTYIS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE Ohio Historical G Biographical Cyclopedia of Ohio.1884,Western Biographical Pub.Co. Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER Maps Re-submit Send-back Photos HISTORIAN Review State Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 BRANCH CHIEF Working Number 10,1, 76.

42 4/ 76001460 11.10.W ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN DEC 12 1976 INT:2106- 74 Entered Property TECHNICAL Ohio Round Hill, Knox Co., Ohio 1975 Photo G negative: Harold C. Johnson Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Round Hill, Knox Co., Ohio DEC 12 1976 OCT 1 1976 1975 Photo G negative: Harold C. Johnson Title: South elevation PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NPS Number Loc Round Hill, Knox Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DEC 12 1976 Title: NPS Number house; furnishings are original. Interior view of parlor, south side of 1975 Photo G negative: Harold C. Johnson Round Hill, Knox Co., Ohio OCT 1 DEC 12 1976 1975 Title: Photo G negative: Harold C. Johnson Interior view of dining room to the left of entry hall. Furnishings are original. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc MT. VERNON QUADRANGLE OHO-KNOX CO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES MT.

VERNON, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SCALE 1:24000 - State Route DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS RECEIVED STATE OF OHIO INITIALS: D6 DEC 12 1976 OTHER NANES: Curtis, Walter C. Jr., House - sec. STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN Mt. Vernon CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : REGION: (CIRCLE) - Substantially intact-3 - not applicable - 7 -Interioi, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE IF YES, IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ?

FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN MUSIC ( _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "oldest"' YES NO 083 039 SOUTHEAST code CONSERVATION EXCELLENT COUNTY COMMERCE ENGINEERING planning COMMUNICATIONS Knox N.ATLANTIC Yes-unrestricted UNEXPOSED ARCHITECTURE 17th MIDWEST EXPLORATION MID ATLANTIC DOE SIGNIFICANCE: Unknown LOCATION: Claims ENVIRONS MOVED FEATURES: DATE: INVENTION LITERATURE DETERIORATED EDUCATION -entertainment historic district? WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? UNALTERED "first" Ohio No access ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST -recreation _Unexcavated -health _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -socio/cultural _Reconstructed WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? ADMINISTRATOR(underline) -settlement E. Pleasant and N. McKenzie Sts.

_PHILOSOPHY -FAIR _Unkncwn RUINS ANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUR: - unknown - 4 ECONOMICS STATE EXTERIOR NPS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PRIVATE ART AGRICULTURE Round Hill Reviewer _RELIGION _MILITARY INDUSTRY ZNTERIOR (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: FEDERAL AGENCY : COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) railroad man and one of founders of Kenyon College. builder/contractor: personal ETHNIC GROUP: DATES: engineer: artist/artisan: OTHER events interior decorator: institutional architect/m.builder: landscape/garden designer: NAMES: appropriate date) PRIVATE LOCAL GOV"T door entrance with fanlight, surmounting bracketed balcony and tripartite window, fank- COUNTY MUNICIPAL STATE - STATE DEG 12 1975 Curtiss, Marcus, Inn Kilp1 Ball Johnson, John, Farn Robeson, Dr. Donovan, House Mount Vernon Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Clarence J. Brown Hon. Samuel L. Devine Hon. J. William Stanton Hon.

Thomas L. Ashley INT: 2950-75 880 Location Conneaut 12/15/76 Darke County Portage County Date Entered Nutwood Place Name MMott/row Greenville Delaware County Lucas County Hiram vicinity Urbana vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Champaign County Ottawa County Galena vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island Also Notified Knox County Toledo Toledo Yacht Club Director, The Ohio Historical Society Regional Director, Midwest Region Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Monroe Street Commercial Buildings Hon. Delbert L. Latta Hon, John M. Ashbrook Aohtabula County Inselruhe Round Hil1 Hon. John H. Gienn, Hon. Thomas N. Kindness 43211 Hon. OHIO Colurabus, Ohio