Nomination for Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm

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10-300 (Rev.10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM NOV 2 1 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Elizabeth Sheets, Farm AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION XX VICINITY OF PRESENT USE PUBLIC STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY TOWN Ohio 45373 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 109 Miami DATE TITLE OWNERSHIP Troy LOCATION CATEGORY Casstown CODE DISTRICT SCIENTIFIC RELIGIOUS _COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION COUNTY PH0358177 CLASSIFICATION UNOCCUPIED SITE HISTORIC MILITARY STATE NAME PARK STATUS _OBJECT XAGRICULTURE DATE ENTERED BEING CONSIDERED DATA SHEET CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Ohio Saunders, - EDUCATIONAL 4th--Tennyson Guyer XPRIVATE -ENTERTAINMENT 4525 McCandless Road XBUILDING(S) FOR NPS USE ONLY -GOVERNMENT COURTHOUSE.

_OTHER: XNO -MUSEUM -BOTH _FEDERAL STATE COUNTYLOCAL Miami County Courthouse Road RECEIVED JUL 30 1976 7 DESCRIPTION X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

vernacular house undoubtedly stems from the Sheets memory of The porch has plaster walls, a kick board, chair rails and wood kitchen, and pantry. On the south is a master bedroom, bath, The complex of outbuildings is as vitally interesting as a garden shed, stands about thirty feet to the southeast of CONDITION DETERIORATED FAIR XEXCELLENT stream approximately thirty feet north. dressed limestone bay recessed porch with door on the right leading into the kitchen. of life have been discreetly screened. so evident.The builder had several children at home.The house gable verges projecting with frieze. up from a stream with the front and north foundation exposed and elevated wood stoop with latticework side steps and plain balustrade. very old corncrib just west of the barn.

has been rehabilitated with an eye to restoring every possible The asphalt shingle gable roof has an inside end stone chimney The five bay facade has a central door approached by an the rear at ground level.A door in the north foundation wall GOOD foundation bank barn stands about three hundred feet north across XALTERED The one bay projections to each side are a pantry on the Steep steps in the hall lead to the room in the half story _UNALTERED The plan of this one and one-half story with 6/6 wood muntin inserts for effect, having dressed stone lintels CHECK ONE right and a study on the left. _UNEXPOSED above. The dining room, central behind the entrance hall, is the and study. The original uses of some rooms is evident, others not feature of the heavily renovated interior. Modern necessities The wall with the stable doors is bowing badly. There is a large DATE deck. RUINS the house.

The stone springhouse proper is now as in the nineteenth century. The sides are three bay with two square federal The excellent two story springhouse to the north is gives access from a basement kitchen to the springhouse by the east is sheltered by a board and batten second story wing overhead. The medium size antique stone only room fitted with chair rails. The eaves project sloping with soffit and the on the north. The shingle roof is gable. The main floor has seven rooms counting the pantry and entrance The active spring is the water and wood sills. one bay, two story with 6/6 double hung sash. The plain doorway has a transom.The windows are l/l double hung sash The door on the On the north is a parlor, AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC_COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _CONSERVATION LAW *AGRICULTURE SCULPTURE -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

and the springhouse which indicate a change of hands. Jacob Elizabeth Sheets married William Saunders, the son 1400-1499 1500-1599 1700-1799 ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INVENTION PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCIENCE ENGINEERING THEATER RELIGION ART SIGNIFICANCE 1600-1699 LITERATURE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY MILITARY XARCHITECTURE _COMMUNICATIONS _PHILOSOPHY MUSIC The research on this house has been most confusing since is interred in Elizabeth Township. _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT early farm construction in Miami County by pioneers from Pennsylvania. attention in the near future. suspect that William Saunders did not prosper.Andrew Sheets from Jacob Sheets to Andrew or why the second patent for the Pennsylvania performed guard duty in the revolution.

Andrews's wife Catherine Sills bore him eleven children of which seven it was owned and the complex built in parts by two Andrew Sheets threatened by foundation failure unless it receives some expensive patented the quarter section farm in l8l6. Here we have a complete farm complex of early date being preserved gave Elizabeth the quarter section farm in l822 and it remained drops out of history after about l8l8. - EDUCATION prosperous farmer, Theodore Saunders c.18l6.History leads us to The stone house by itself is valuable and rare evidence of As a young man Andrew Sheets two)of Bedford 1900- X1800-1899 -COMMERCE SPECIFIC DATES same ground. Jacob Sheets, son of Andrew number one, simply built. Jackson.

patented.An oral history report indicates that Andrew died in There are differences in construction between the house before 1823 is known to have been born in Pennsylvania, moved to North Carolina, Andrew Sheets confirmed ownership by a died in l8o9 leaving the farm to his sons Jacob and Martin but not Township, Miami County, Ohio.Andrew Sheets moved to lands he and restored to the extent of the owner's means.The barn is and subsequently to Miami County before l8o6.Andrew number one pioneered to Tennessee in l8o5 where they were neighbors of Andrew in her name only. In September l8l2 he opened a large farm in Elizabeth owned nearby in Clark County in 1832 where he died in 1843.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Beers, History of Miami County, Chicago, 1880. Beers, History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Chicago, 1882. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER The Old Court House, P. O. Box 461 CITY OR TOWN Ohio 45402 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY GPO 888-445 COUNTY CODE Dayton ZONE NORTHING DATE 513/228-6271 TELEPHONE Montgomery County Historical Society ORGANIZATION aline starting.one hundred feet south of the house tangent with An 1890 Abstract. Loren_S.Gannon, Jr.,Preservation Officer encompassed by a rectangular box with west side extending along ZONE EASTING KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER The historic complex of buildings on a limited plot of ground McCandless Road north for 500feet and east for 300 feet. Miami County, Ohio. Chicago; Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., c. 1909. ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 3.5 acres LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOCAL Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 2 1 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm Miami Co., Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 The present property encompasses 3.5 acres, only a small portion of the original present owner farms none of the land. The dates of construction cannot be accurately determined. rest of Elizabeth Sheets Saunders's heirs. farm.The land has been gradually sold off to other neighboring farms.The before l823 and that the second floor was finished around 1857 when Andrew Sheets Saunders bought the farm from the RECEIVED JUL 30 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY However, structural evidence and the history give us the house sometime Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUL 30 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 2 1 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm Miami Co., Ohio GPO 892 455 House springhouse barn PAGE smokehouse bank RECEIVED McCandless Road CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY stream State Ohio Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN NOV 2 1 1976 OTHER Inventory HAER KEEPER Entered Re-submit CONTROL Maps Send-back HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Review National Register Write-up Miami Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2-1-77 GALL-ACCEPT Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm 7.30, 76.3850 IN T:2106- 74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Working Number Property Ohio (115 Title: NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Miami Co., Ohie 11.21.76 Loc. 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 NOV 2 1 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr. NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC.IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION Miami IDENTIFICATION NAME Casstown HISTORIC COUNTY STATE Ohio PHOTO NO. The facade from the northwest RECIEVED JUL 30 1976 Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: - 11.2126 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 JUL 30 1976 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NOV 2 1 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO August 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT P. C. Box 461, Dayton, Ohio 45402 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC.IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 Miami springhouse LOCATION IDENTIFICATION Casstown HISTORIC STATE COUNTY RECIEVED NAME Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, PHOTO NO. Ohio The rear porch from the southeast; also the Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 11.21.76 Loc. Miami Co., Ohio Title: Saonolers Elizabeth Shects Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JUL 30 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NOV 2 1 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr. DATE OF PHOTO August 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION Miami IDENTIFICATION Casstown COUNTY HISTORIC STATE RECIEVED NAME The bank barn from the southwest XXICINITY OF Ohio PHOTO NO. FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm NEGATIVE FILED AT Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, Form No. 10-301 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM NOV 2 1 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF U. S. Geological Survey DATE 1961 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES IN T :2427- 74 Miami STATE LOCATION COUNTY HISTORIC SCALE REQUIREMENTS Casstown SOURCE NAME 1:24,000 MAP REFERENCE Ohio DATE ENTERED JUL 30 1976 RECEIVED CHRISTIANSBURG QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 16/745580/4435730 CHRISTIANSBURG, OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO NOV 2 1 1976 Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm Montgonery County Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Hon. Delbert L. Latta Columbus, Ohio 43211 880 Location Dayton STATE Name Columbiana County Regional Director, Midwest Region Wood County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER East Liverpool Post Office Also Notified Perrysburg vicinity Date Entered Miami County State Historic Preservation Officer Iddings, Benjamin, Log House East Liverpool Rossford vieinity Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Director, The Ohio Historical Society Troy vicinity Reynolds, John R., House Hon. Tennyson Guyer Office of Hon. Wayne L. Hays Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. B. River Rd. Historic District II INT: 2950-75 Casstowm vicinity INITIALSMJL DOE NOV: 2 - 1976 LOCATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT Yth FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : X Substantially intact-2 - not applicable - 7 _Interior, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - _Unexcavated / unknown - 4 "only" YES IF YES, NAME: Saved ?

FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION _urban & commun - OTHER (SPECIFY) _INVENTION "first" YES "oldest'" YES NO OTHER code FEATURES: Claims UNEXPOSED EXTERIOR Yes-unrestricted Excavated INTERIOR MOVED EXCELLENT MIDWEST ECONOMICS historic district? then-house ENVIRONS SIGNIFICANCE: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT planning PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRANSPORTATION -socio/cultural MILITARY LITERATURE -recreation UNALTERED MUSIC PRIVATE _COMMUNICATIONS OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) DATE: Reconstructed ARCHITECTURE 109 WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? .ENGINEERING ART _CONSERVATION Reviewer ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC _EXPLORATION -health WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

No access ADMINISTRATOR(underline) _entertainment SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -settlement ADAPTIVE USE: - DETERIORATED _COMMERCE -PHILOSOPHY _RELIGION -FAIR 4525 Mc Candless Road STREET & NUMBER VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST ROCKY MOUNTAIN V unknown - 4 Yunknown -6 VORIGINAL SITE SCIENCE AGRICULTURE Casstown ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _RUINS 11-4-76 -LAw/Gov't/politics STATE OHIO (label role HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : FEDERAL AGENCY: SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) builder/contractor: personal COUNTY OTHER events MUNICIPAL architect/m.builder: NAMES: landscape/garden designer: STATE artist/artisan: engineer: interior decorator: ETHNIC GROUP: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) PRIVATE appropriate date) ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: LOCAL GOVT DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: (85) DATES: Jacol sheto Martin Sheto