Nomination for Rubicon Farm

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SEP 2 9 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Patterson Memorial Center 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.

TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT =WORK IN PROGRESS -EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED _OTHER: T = OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio 45402 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Montgomery 039 CODE 113 DATE COUNTY UNOCCUPIED Dayton ACCESSIBLE TITLE BOTH STATE RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION OWNERSHIP HISTORIC AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT CATEGORY SITE MILITARY NAME SCIENTIFIC STATUS STRUCTURE Rubicon Farm DATA SHEET Montgomery County Landmark Committee Report Third--Charles Whalen Ohio Court House XBUILDING(S) _TRANSPORTATION DATE ENTERED _ENTERTAINMENT - INDUSTRIAL _OBJECT _COMMERCIAL 451 West Third Street - PRIVATE The City of Dayton - PARK X PUBLIC June 1, 1968 _FEDERAL STATE XCOUNTY _LOCAL Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House PH0358231 10l West Third Street 7 DESCRIPTION *EXCELLENT DETERIORATED XXORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

southwestern Ohio farm houses influenced by southern culture. This Rubicon Homestead is sited in a block sized park adjacent blind. CONDITION UNEXPOSED RUINS UNALTERED gable roofed lecture hall complimentary to the house. residential section. The asphalt shingle pitched roof has box cornice eaves with east side making the ground plan L shaped. Rubicon Homestead is an archetypical example of a class of early to a main thoroughfare, commercial and residential district on porch with doric pillars and balustraded deck recessed into the The three bay Flemish bond facade to the north is really The main entrance into the modified central hall plan is tion is rectangular at the eaves; however, it has a large two-story sash with flat arches and brick sills on the side porch and tooled roof, inside end chimney, and box cornice eaves and gable.

CHECK ONE stacks are inside on the east wall(two stacks) and centered on the The main addition is a three bay kitchen wing of early stone lintels and sill on the north facade. _FAIR _GOOD secondary. It has simple transomed door leading directly into a returns. Chimneys joined at the base with multiple corbelled capped The reentrant angle has two shed roofed additions, one an enclosed between the house and the principal wing. DATE XALTERED library or parlor. The entrance porch on this wall is heavily American bond exposed east wall to the right of the door was originally frieze.The gables verge projecting with box cornice frieze and The windows are 6/6 double hung Adams style. The core structure of brick on a coursed stone founda- type is generally referred to as Federal but is not synonymous with has a boxed cornice with dentils. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Col. Robert Patterson of Bedford County, Pennsylvania was a noted 1816 they built their commodious brick residence on a knoll by the His wife was Julia Johnston, daughter of Col. John Johnston the Two of Jefferson's sons, John H. (b. 1844-d. 1926) and 1400-1499 1500-1599 1700-1799 INVENTION SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD POLITICS/GOVERNMENT NGINEERING COMMERCE RELIGION XARCHITECTURE MILITARY culture to the crude pioneer existence of the Great Miami Valley. by Cincinnati. X1800-1899 X_EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT Rubicon Homestead is a museum representative in its architecture famous Indian agent whose home near Piqua is on the National Robert Patterson wounds suffered years earlier which had never properly healed.

_CONSERVATION and the house again "set the standard of hospitality throughout Cooper, proprietor of Dayton, and moved his family into a two story of Dayton and the site is managed by a board of trustees.Mr.Mark The Montgomery County Historical Society provides museum operations pioneer warrior who fought the Indians in every frontier campaign In this house lived several leaders of historical significance. _PHILOSOPHY In l804 this fifty-one year old successful frontiersman saw _TRANSPORTATION 1863 while serving in the legislature at Columbus. Clark of the Dayton Art Institute directed the interior restoration. -COMMUNICATIONS pioneer settler in the Great Miami Valley.Deed is held by the city greener pastures in Ohio, bought the farm and mill from Daniel C.

Frank J.(b.1849-d.1901) survived the fevers and war to bring and furnishings of the way of life found in the home of a prosperous further fame to the family.John H.Patterson was the founder of XINDUSTRY Col.Patterson's death in 1827 is attributed not to his age but to from 1774 to 1812 alongside such other notables as George Rogers -SCULPTURE _1600-1699 -ECONOMICS -MUSIC -1900. SPECIFIC DATES creek overlooking the farm. Rubicon Homestead became a center of 1816 LAW ART Jefferson Patterson inherited the property on his mother's death in Lexington, Kentucky and at one time owned much of the land now occupied grist and saw mills and generally prospered.Well established by

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION ! 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 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL - 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 Dayton DATE STATE NORTHING 513/228-6271 ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE ATTEST: Montgomery County Historical Society County, Ohio.

Company, 1882. ZONE EASTING ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Preservation Officer 1 HEREBY CERTIFY TH 9acres ZONE Ohio Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ( NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED SEP 2 9 1976 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER 8 CONTINUATION SHEET Frank Patterson's widow, Mrs. Julia Shaw Patterson Carnell, and educational activities and for the purpose of commemorating Rubicon Farm is nominated as an especially fine example of southwest Ohio architecture and for its association with Col. Robert Patterson, an early frontiersman and settler in Montgomery County,and his descendant, John H. Patterson, founder of National Cash Register Corporation.

PAGE the first industrial facility specifically designed to provide better working conditions for the employees. Rubicon Farm is a world-renowned business training center.The Rubicon Farm.

an extensive revision of the rooms in the interest of period authenticity distinction as a career diplomat donated the property and a trust fund to the city of Dayton in 1953 as a center for civic, cultural, builder of the Dayton Art Institute which is on the National Register, the National Cash Register Corporation.His brother Frank was his revolutionized American salesmanship and the Old Sugar Camp at - Property TECHNICAL 3 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF Re-submit 6,21.76 KEEPER OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HISTORIAN CONTROL Maps Review Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 5.28.76 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Send-back br 2. 7 Working Number 3. 2 . 76.

2 6 6 Cole 5/7/76 NAME OF PROPERTY The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Statement of Significance: Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s) : Verbal Boundary Description: _ on the National Register staff, telephone (202) 523-5480 STATE Bibliography: Description: Date: Map Coverage: Photographic Coverage: IS RESUBMITTED. Ohio 5.28:16 clarification of the information indicated below. PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

8 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Steve Ruttenbaum - - Property Photos _ OK 6.23.76 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN SEP 2 9 1976 Send-back _ OTHER Inventory ARCHEOLOGIST Entered TECHNICAL HAER Re-submit CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Review KEEPER Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up State SECOND CONTROL SHEET Rubicon Farm BRANCH CHIEF Working Number 3.2.76.2661 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASo No.7 112-76 ACCEPT 6.24.26 NPS Number Title: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 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 MAR 2 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 9 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY.

TOWN -VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT House, P. O. Box 461, Dayton, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO INT: 298375 Montgomery 45402 Dayton HISTORIC STATE COUNTY Rubicon Farm IDENTIFICATION LOCATION RECEIVED Patterson Memorial Center Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE NAME The facade and east side from the northeast May 1975 NPS Number Title: 9.29.76 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 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 MAR 2 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM SEP 2 9 1976 AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN -VICINITY OF PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr. DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET INT: 2983-75 Montgomery Dayton COUNTY STATE HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION RECEIVED LOCATION Ohio Rubicon Farm NAME Patterson Memorial Center The rear and east side including the Lecture Hall DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS PHOTO NO. May 1975 TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH House, P. O. Box 461, Dayton, Ohio 45402 Title: - Loc. - NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 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 MAR 2 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 NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT.

GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET INT: 2983-75 Montgomery Dayton including Lecture Hall HISTORIC COUNTY RECEIVED LOCATION STATE IDENTIFICATION Patterson Memorial Center Rubicon Farm NAME Ohio The facade and west side from the northwest PHOTO NO. SEP 2 9 19/6 DATE OF PHOTO Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court May 1975 Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 PROPERTY MAP FORM 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: 34 64 - 75 Montgomery Dayton 1966 COUNTY RECEIVED DATE HISTORIC SCALE REQUIREMENTS STATE NAME Rubicon Farm Ohio Patterson Memorial Center 1:24,000 (Rev.

10-74) U. S. Geological Survey SOURCE DAYTON SOUTH QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES MAR2 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (August 1971) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TELEPHONE REPORT TIME OF CAL 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION Nat. Reg. NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) 4:00 DATE OFFICE WASO-166 TITLE 5/7/76 SEP 2 9 1976 Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. De. Thomas H, Smith Hon. Thomas N. Kindness Location 9/30/76 STATE Director MMott/row Name Dayton Preble County Montgomery County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Harshman Covered Bridge Fairhaven vicinity Also Notified Date Entered Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Regional Director, Midwest Region Rubicon Farn Hon. Robert Taft,Jr. The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr.

INT: 2950-75 Columbus, Ohio 43211 State Historic Preservation Officer OHIO SEP 2 9 1976 CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF STATE Ohio FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - Substantially intact-1 _ unknown -6 - not applicable - 7 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-0 YES, NAME: IF YES, NAME: Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _health -recreation _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest'" YES Claims SOUTHEAST Yes-unrestricted OTHER EXTERIOR historic district? Reconstructed code MIDWEST Reviewer ART FEATURES: ENVIRONS CONSERVATION RELIGION COUNTY ENGINEERING planning MUNICIPAL DATE: SIGNIFICANCE: AGRICULTURE LOCATION: -socio/cultural UNEXPOSED ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC Unknown LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE _COMMUNICATIONS _COMMERCE -entertainment Unexcavated PACIFIC NORTHWEST XALTERED WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?

_TRANSPORTATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _PHILOSOPHY WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

MID ATLANTIC ADMINISTRATOR(underline) _DETERIORATED ADAPTIVE USE: _EDUCATION No access _UNALTERED .ECONOMICS INVENTION XORIGINAL SITE MILITARY LMOVED MUSIC _FAIR -GOOD STREET & NUMBER NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) _RUINS _SOCIALHUMANITARIAN29 *settlement -LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE now- Sheet INTERIOR NR Data DOE N.ATLANTIC "only" 039 _Unkncwn (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) DATES: events OTHER engineer: landscape/garden designer: STATE NAMES: artist/artisan: PRIVATE architect/m.builder: interior decorator: institutional builder/contrac tor: ETHNIC GROUP: appropriate date) HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S): personal LOCAL GOVT DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4of century): DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: FEDERAL AGENCY: COM MENTS: (include architectural information here) builder/contractor: engineer: COUNTY MUNICIPAL OTHER artist/artisan: architect/m.builder: NAMES: DATES: STATE events institutional PRIVATE interior decorator: landscape/garden designer: appropriate date) ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOVT (label role DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4of century): HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) 2 personal