Nomination for Reynolds, John R., House

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JUL 3 0 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 2 1 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.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 - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT PUBLIC _WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _RELIGIOUS LIN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT BEING CONSIDERED -OTHER: 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio 45371 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE Ohio 45402 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS 039 Montgomery 113 DATE Dayton BOTH LOCATION HISTORIC CODE EDUCATIONAL TITLE ACCESSIBLE MUSEUM CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION UNOCCUPIED STATE NAME COUNTY OWNERSHIP SCIENTIFIC COMMERCIAL PARK AGRICULTURE SITE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL STATUS Tipp City DATA SHEET _TRANSPORTATION _ENTERTAINMENT XPRIVATE XBU:LDING(S) 24 Klee Street 45l West Third Street -STRUCTURE FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio Mr. Tom M. Weber -OBJECT XNO Reynolds, John R., Home onse 1440 County Line Road, R.R.

2 June 1, 1968 _FEDERAL STATE XXCOUNTY LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR Third--Charles Whalen Montgomery County Landmark Committee Report X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. X FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

A nondescript house now occupies the front of the yard on Huffman. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DESCRIPTION EXCELLENT UNALTERED DETERIORATED are panelled and have corbelled moulding. neighborhood. bracketed hood, panelled semi-circular embrasure and transom. attic windows. The house is an exemplary midwestern statement of the Second The five bay facade has a central hall entrance in the Surrounding the house is a densely built up mature blue collar reentrant angle.A large two story wing to the rear is flanked coursed stone with water table. CHECK ONE The rectangular 2/2 double hung sash windows have bracketed and The yard went down to the road that has become Huffman Avenue. within each bay are several bays on the east by a one story porch anda frame addition.The foundation is The house is pictured ina rural setting in the l875 Atlas.

A jog on the left (east) rear has a veranda in the -GOOD the east veranda has retained its excellent cast iron grillwork. The eaves are box cornice bracketed with panelled frieze having dormer and cresting above the main entrance. Semi-circular dormers pavilion. Empire style. porches are badly constructed and deteriorating replacements but The steep mansard patterned slate roof has a turret with oval The doorway has a decorated stone frontispiece with The plan is irregular facing north with pavilion have round dormers. DATE. LRUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

John Reynolds drifted from New York to Sprinfield, Ohio, 1400-1499 1600-1699 ENGINEERING SCIENCE PERIOD INVENTION 1700-1799 BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER SIGNIFICANCE LAW ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCULPTURE EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS MILITARY ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC LITERATURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MUSIC _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT Well financed,he became a local capitalist with interests and but appears to have escaped with his nearly lost shirt intact. 1900- X.COMMERCE directorships in the Merchants National Bank and Fireman's - TRANSPORTATION This house is a notable example of the Second Empire style warf was burned in New Orleans on General Benjamin Butler's its blinds it looks very much as pictured in the 1875 Atlas. _PHILOSOPHY _RELIGION _CONSERVATION where he married in 1865 then to Dayton where they settled in 1867.

-1500-1599 he was a lumber merchant and became his Uncle James's partner in John R.Reynolds is to say the least an interesting - INDUSTRY Reynolds who lived here until he died in 1894. XX800-1899 SPECIFIC DATES C. 1867 cotton and corn plantation in Mississippi.While in Mississippi Insurance Company.Life was a leisurely event for John R. the plantation.He lost $250,000 worth of stored cotton when the personality.Born in in 183l he studied at Ballmeyer College.In l85l he joined an uncle who held a

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Montgomery County Landmark Committee Report. 1968. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Less than one acre UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Loren S. Gannon, Jru, Preservation Officer 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 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 CODE NORTHING ORGANIZATION 513/228/6271 Company, 1909. Dayton COUNTY DATE TELEPHONE Montgomery County Historical Society ZONE EASTING E7/28/76 Drury, Rev. A. W. History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Vol. II. Combination Atlas/Map of Montgomery County, Ohio. I. H. Everts, 1875. January 30, 1976 A[1,6 714,412,0,0 ZONE ATTEST: LOCAL 14,410,415,4,0] Photos _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up NOV 2 1 1976 INT:2106- 74 OTHER KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL Inventory Entered Re-submit 7.30.76.3848 ARCHEOLOGIST Maps CONTROL Send-back HISTORIAN Working Number Property Review Ohio State BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 2-1-7# (-15. 26 Reynolds, John R., Home Kows E. smith Montgome Cole Loc.

] NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 11.21.76 facade t west ride from the N.v. Montgomery Co Chio Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUL 3 0 1976 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 CITY. TOWN - VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, JI. DATE OF PHOTO December 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION Dayton COUNTY STATE NAME HISTORIC RECIEVED Ohio Montgomery Reynolds, John R. House PHOTO NO. The facade and west side from the northwest P. O. Box 461, Dayton, Ohio 45402 11. 21.76 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc. facade feast side Title: Form No.

10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUL 3 0 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 Reynolds, John R., House AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN -VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 Montgomery LOCATION Dayton IDENTIFICATION COUNTY HISTORIC STATE NAME Ohio RECIEVED Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, The facade and east side from the north PHOTO NO. PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Reynolds, Jchn R., Haus Title: - PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 11:21.76 Loc. NPS Nuicer Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUL 3 0 1976 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 CITY. TOWN -VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr. DATE OF PHOTO December 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION Dayton IDENTIFICATION COUNTY STATE NAME HISTORIC RECIEVED Montgomery Ohio The rear wing from the southwest PHOTO NO. Reynolds, John R., House NOV 2 1 1978 Form No. 10-301 (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JUL 3 0 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM NOV 2 1 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO_COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF MAP REFERENCE TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT:2427- 74 Montgomery REQUIREMENTS NAME Dayton COUNTY STATE HISTORIC Ohio Reynolds, John R., House DATE 1965 DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DAYTON NORTH, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO_MONTGOMERY CO 2/5 16/744200/4404540 ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Reynolds, John R., Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm - Iddings, Benjamin, Log House ( Reynolda, John R., House Montgomery County Dr. Thomas il. Smith Hon.

Tennyson Guyer Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Office of Ion. Wayne L. Hays INT: 2950-75 Dayton Location STATE 880 Rossford vicinity Bast Liverpool Casstowm vicinity Name NOV 2 1 1976 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Perrysburg vicinity Miami County Troy vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Columbiana County Hon.Delbert L.Latta B. River Rd. Historic District II Date Entered East Liverpool Post Office Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Wood County Regional Director, Midwest Region Director, The Ohio Historical Society Hon.John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. OHIO NOV 2 1 1976 NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: Reynolds, John R., House 24 Klee St. STREET & NUMBER CITY.

TOWN CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT Montgomery - OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : ENVIRONS - L Substantially intact-1 - unknown - 4 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - _ORIGINAL SITE ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) then- Home -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _health - socio/cultural - urban & commun -_OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES 039 Dayton 113 FEATURES: 3rd code LOCATION COUNTY CONSERVATION INTERIOR Yes-unrestricted historic district? EDUCATION MIDWEST SIGNIFICANCE: RUINS YES STATE AGRICULTURE EXTERIOR Claims POLITICS/GOVERNMENT planning Reviewer DETERIORATED TRANSPORTATION -settlement ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC MOVED PACIFIC NORTHWEST Ohio WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? LCOMMUNICATIONS -recreation ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC ADMINISTRATOR(underline) -entertainment .UNEXPOSED _Reconstructed UNALTERED INVENTION WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN VICINITY OF _Unexcavated -LITERATURE No access - ENGINEERING _EXCELLENT -ECONOMICS MILITARY -EXPLORATION DLCOMMERCE -MUSIC IF YES, NAME: INITIALS: EAf NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) _PHILOSOPHY OTHER ARCHITECTURE ATLANTIC DATE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN INDUSTRY OTHER NAMES: per sonal (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: FEDERAL AGENCY: architect/m.builder: DATES: artist/artisan: engineer: OTHER MUNICIPAL events NAMES: COUNTY interior decorator: institutional STATE PRIVATE landscape/garden designer: ETHNIC GROUP: builder/contrac tor: appropriate date) COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4 of century): LOCAL GOV"T SIGNIFICANCE: (maximum two sentences) SOURCE: (OF NOMINATION) (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: PRIVATE ( LOCAL GOV"T FEDERAL 'AGENCY : builder/contractor: DATES: OTHER engineer: personal artist/artisan: architect/m.builder: events NAMES: ETHNIC GROUP: MUNICIPAL institutional COUNTY STATE appropriate date) COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) landscape/garden designer: interior decorator: preneur, DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4 of century):