Nomination for Burr, George, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 3 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Burr, George, House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF 13 - Charles E. Mosher Medina - CATEGORY - PRESENT USE -WORK IN PROGRESS PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS .YES: UNRESTRICTED - INDUSTRIAL OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 Lodi 740 103 CODE COUNTY DATE BOTH UNOCCUPIED LOCATION MUSEUM STATE TITLE TRANSPORTATION OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION Ohio SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE GOVERNMENT NAME MILITARY PUBLIC PARK STATUS DATA SHEET DATE ENTERED Medina County Courthouse Wooster Road _DISTRICT _ENTERTAINMENT OTHER: XNO HISTORIC XBUILDING(S) -EDUCATIONAL _BEING CONSIDERED XPRIVATE XPRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY _OBJECT -SITE Thomas L. and Lenore R. Packard Public Square 7 DESCRIPTION X GOOD MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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and the north end are identical, with an elliptical fanlight under a early shallow roof and had a Doric frieze with triglyphs, plus an CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT UNALTERED DETERIORATED RUINS XALTERED FAIR six-over-six pane double-hung sash.The entrances on the east front roof appear to be from the original structure. CHECK ONE narrow round arch.The same pattern appears on the ends. The windows themselves have rare keystone lintels of sandstone, and These are framed by blind arcades making three major bays on each side.On the long sides, the two outermost ranks of windows are stone arch with a prominent keystone. At the south end of the house elliptical fanlight in the pediment.These elements were removed are five window openings on the side elevations and three on the ends.

grouped by a wide elliptical arch, and the center entrance by a XORIGINAL SITE exactly as it does today.in an 1874 lithographic illustration. The illustration also shows the original roof.It was a typical is a small frame wing with a porch on its east side. It appears by the wooden gable ornament in the Eastlake or Queen Anne idiom. when the present tall attic roof was added in the 1880s, as indicated This isa substantial brick house of the Federal period altered in the late nineteenth century by the addition of an attic roof. There DATE The lower portions of the brick chimneys protruding through the AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC -COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN .ENGINEERING X1 800-1899 _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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spirit, not being too bound by tradition to modernize. brother Russell, who came from Litchfield County, Connecticut. and 1870, and the house was owned by George Burr, Jr. (born in 1850), when the roof was altered. 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 1600-1699 ART INVENTION ECONOMICS LAW SCIENCE EDUCATION PERIOD 1900- RELIGION AGRICULTURE PHILOSOPHY ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE SCULPTURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC LITERATURE INDUSTRY XARCHITECTURE _TRANSPORTATION roof and its family history. Brick houses of that period having blind arcades are rare in northern Ohio, and this one is unique because of its altered _COMMUNICATIONS Mehitable Burr was the first white child born in the township.

indicates that the second generation of the family had the same pioneer _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT year Harris was joined by George Burr, his wife Mehitable and his HHarrisville Township is one of those located on the geographical architecture suggests a conjectural date no later than l830, when Burr was forty-two years old. George Burr died between 1860 "divide' between the Ohio River and Lake Erie.It was first settled but the date of Burr's house is undocumented.The style of the The next settlers arrived in 18l4. In 18l5 the daughter of George and Harris replaced his first cabin with a modern structure' in 1824, in the war with England. They returned to Harrisville in October. During the summer of 18l2 they returned briefly to Randolph in -COMMERCE -MUSIC by the second settler of the township. Furthermore, its alteration in 1810 by Joseph Harris, for whom the township is named.

The next northern Ohio. It is also of great local significance, having been built Portage County, not knowing whether the Indians would be friendly five families settled there.The county history mentions that Joseph XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT This is.an early house of unique architectural distinction in The township was organized in 1817.By 1818there were thirty-

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES History of Medina County (Chicago, 1881), 483-504. LO GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I E SIGNATURE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY, IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER COUNTY CODE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION 216-721-5722 DATE ZONE NORTHING STATE LOCAL Cleveland EASTING Ohio NAME/TITLE Western Reserve Historical Society NATIONAL April 1975 United States Census, 1860 and 1870. 10825 East Boulevard FOR NPS USE ONLY 14514117.7.01 Combination Atlas Map of Medina County (Chicago, 1874), 75.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES criteria angproceduresset forth by the National Park Service. hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the ATTEST: Inventory - Entered MAY 3 OTHER KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL CONTROL Maps Review ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Photos Federal Register Entry State National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Send-back /,3/ 75 12-19-75 12.31-75 6.75 Cole Re-submit 3.2 7 6 I SHPO IN T:2106 - 74 Property United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASo No.7 ACCEPT _ STATE Ofio Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s): - Verbal Boundary Description: - Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to on the National Register staff, telephone _ Thank you for your attention to the above items.

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 8 Description: Date: Other: Bibliography: The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Photographic Coverage: IS RESUBMITTED. Statement of Significance: Map Coverage: clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION 12.31-75 INT:2105- 74 Property Bur Working Number /l.5. 75.1995 Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF OTHER HAER KEEPER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Send-back medina Maps TECHNICAL Review Photos HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry State C4.23-26 IN T:2106-74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 ARCHITECTURAL 3.11.76 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7%) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 5 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM MAY 3 AND/OR COMMON _X VICINITY OF CITY. TOWN Lodi DATE OF PHOTO DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO East facade, looking west. LOCATION IDENTIFICATION RECEIVED NAME PHOTO REFERENCE April 1975 DATE ENTERED STATE Ohio SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS FOR NPS USE ONLY NEGATIVE FILED AT HISTORIC Burr, George, House Lodi Western Reserve Historical Society Date Entered May 3,1976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-301a (Pev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 5 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM MAY 3 DATE ENTERED Burr, George, House AND/OR COMMON STATE Ohio CITY.

TOWN Lodi X VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT IDENTIFICATION - DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO North elevation, looking south. LOCATION RECEIVED HISTORIC Western Reserve Historical Society NAME April 1975 PHOTO REFERENCE SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS FOR NPS USE ONLY COUNTY Medina TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM MAY 3 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP Burr, George, House AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN U. S. G. S. Westfield Center Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3.

UTM REFERENCES INT: 34 64- 75 1973 Lodi Medina COUNTY HISTORIC Ohio DATE REQUIREMENTS STATE LOCATION SOURCE SCALE 1:24,000 NAME MAP REFERENCE XVICINITY OF DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES 4541/770 North STATE OF OHIO WESTFIELD CENTER QUADRANGLE 17 416/170 East 6.O MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) OHIO-MEDINA CO Burr. George, House DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE ORIO MAY 3 Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Dr. Thonas i. Smith Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon, James V. Stanton Hon. Charles E.

Mosher Columabus, Ohio 43211 INT: 2950-75 Location Huron County Medina County Cuyahoga Crawford County Name Lodi vicinity Crestline vicinity Peru Forest City Brewery 5/5/76 Date Entered Cleveland ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER MOTT:djb State Historic Preservation Officer East Side Cormercial Block Regional Director, Midwest Region Lucas County Beckler Farmhouse Also Notified Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Director,The Ohio Historical Society Macksville Tavern Hon. Thomas L.

Aghley Burr, George House OHIO 3 date of entry: )county code: - STATE GNPS REGION (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION X LOCAL 1 CONDITION Odeteriorated 17) features: Omoved CO NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 E AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 C RELIGION- 22 K SETTLEMENT-29 C ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' D YAGRICULTURE - C CONSERVATION-8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 C MUSIC - 19 E SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 major alterations : WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: House @) architectural style(s): Bmaster builder: * landscape architect / garden designer: * interior decorator: 3 artist: Tartisan: EVENTS : IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE ASSOCIATION INSTITUTIONAL: ENGINEERING-11 FEDERAL historic events: vicinity of COMMERCE-6 CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ARCHITECTURE-4 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Dfair Xoriginal site NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET EXPLORATION-12 ADMINISTRATOR: Bfunctions 5-3-76 Xaltered Dexcellent SAVED?

YES Oruins House 2 OTHER NAMES: (I1) CONGRESS. DISTRICT Dreconstructed BURR, PROMInENT EARLY SETTERO -YES - Unrestric - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC GROUP builder/contractor: engineer: UNKNOWN-4 No Access NOT APPLICABLE-8 NAMES give role & date Enrc