Nomination for Gurney-Kochheiser 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 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 17 - John Ashbrook - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE -WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 139 DATE LOCATION SCIENTIFIC TITLE COUNTY AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP CODE MUSEUM STATE ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT Mansfield Richland STRUCTURE PUBLIC Courthouse Square MILITARY Bellville PARK NAME Gurney-Kochheiser House Richland County Courthouse STATUS XPRIVATE Ohio _TRANSPORTATION COURTHOUSE. Ronald Teeter XNO _BEING CONSIDERED XBUILDING(S) 174 Main Street _EDUCATIONAL _UNOCCUPIED - INDUSTRIAL _OBJECT _DISTRICT FOR NPS USE ONLY -GOVERNMENT - RELIGIOUS - COMMERCIAL DATA SHEET -OTHER: -BOTH 039E RECEIVED APR 22 1976 APR 3 0 1976 -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL DATE ENTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Built on a sandstone (locally quarried) foundation, the two-story, frame house has the bay. At the intersection of the "I" is a small porch, again elaborately bracketed, CONDITION DATE UNEXPOSED DESCRIPTION EXCELLENT DETERIORATED UNALTERED XALTERED CHECK ONE a sculptural effect.On some brackets turned acorns and other festunes have been not equidistant.The cornice arrangement is unusual for the area. floor has a single window above the first floor entrance and a double window above added.Brackets on the cornice extend below the shallow frieze and onto the shed addition on the south side.The rear of the house has no trim or brackets. pane window.The first floor south and north sides also have rectangular bay XORIGINAL SITE an unusual half hip composed of ogival arches.

The west side (rear) has a one-story additon across the rear with a garage and with an entrance to the kitchen.This has been replaced with a door-height,2/2/2 window surrounds.Brackets are placed to come above second story windows and are The frieze is paneled and the wide overhang of the eaves is supported by carved, The interior is much altered. facade has an entrance placed to the left and a rectangular bay window to the GOOD house has a 'boxy' profile with a low hip roof and centrally placed chimney.The MOVED X.FAIR -RUINS molded panels. The double door is walnut with molded, decorated panels. The second windows. The bays and porches are roofed with standing seam metal, fashioned in character of the house. Hardwood planks were scroll sawn and joined together for paired brackets.It is the carved wood trim which provides most of the architectural AREAS OF

Statement of significance

1870's the Italianate style was nearly out of vogue in the East, but in Bellville work are among the finest in the area, a tribute to the Howard Mill which did a The house was built ca. 1879 for Oliver H. Gurney, a prominent Bellville citizen. railroad office for several years, and was the conductor of the first B & 0 had come from Waldo County, Maine in 1838.

1700-1799 1500-1599 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW COMMERCE ECONOMICS EDUCATION INVENTION RELIGION CONSERVATION ART ENGINEERING PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT PHILOSOPHY AGRICULTURE THEATER LITERATURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SIGNIFICANCE INDUSTRY SCULPTURE MILITARY SCIENCE tremendous business producing fancy wood moldings and brackets for much of _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PREHISTORIC The house represents a tour-de-force for the planing mill industry.During the it represented the ultimate in fashionable buildings.The brackets and scroll -COMMUNICATIONS Herald article as a sign of economic improvement in the village of Bellville. - TRANSPORTATION Itrepresents the ultimate in small-town adaptation of apopularized style. Mrs.

Gurney was a Howard by birth, daughter of the owner of Howard Mill which -1400-1499 _1900- -MUSIC He operated a hardware store, manufactured rakes, was station master at the Mansfield Herald, Sept. 14, 1879.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Thomas R. Hauck Jan. 1976 STREET & NUMBER 124 W. Norwich Apt. B CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS 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 OR NPS USE ONLY GPO 888-445 COUNTY DATE NORTHING TELEPHONE CODE Columbus ORGANIZATION EASTING Gretchen Klimoski Ohio UTM REFERENCES Ohio Historic Preservation Office KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 14419713,60 DATE 4/19/76 LOCAL ZONE DATE4.2876 Working Number /L. 1l. 75. 20 22 Photos - Inventory - Re-submit 4.22.76 OTHER Entered KEEPER TECHNICAL HAER CONTROL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry Review ARCHEOLOGIST State National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Prsperty Nostatemeut Send-back 1.2l,7( Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s): _ Thank you for your attention to the above items. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

8 Date: Other: Certification: Bibliography: Photographic Coverage: The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for IS RESUBMITTED. Verbal Boundary Description: Map Coverage: 1.26.26 NAME OF PROPERTY Gurney-Kochheiser House STATE OHIO other homes in Bellville? Ward Jandl Chief, Branch of Registration IN T:2105- 74 on the National Register staff, telephone 202/523-5483.

clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to APR 3 0 1976 KEEPER Inventory OTHER Entered Re-submit CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Send-back TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Property Photos Review Gurney-Kochheiser House BRANCH CHIEF Ohio SECOND CONTROL SHEET National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 State Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Richland 4.28.26 Cols IN T :2106 - 11.11.75.2022 Working Number 6-1-76 .23.76 Accept Bellville, Ohio Richland County on west side of the house PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Gurney-Kochherser House 174 main st. Title: Form No. 10-301a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM APR 3 0 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON -VICINITY OF STATE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE Thomas R. Hauck DATE OF PHOTO April 13, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT Thomas R. Hauck, 124 W. Norwich, Columbus, Ohio PHOTO NO. , LZ View of the rear additions on west side of the Gurney- INT: 2983-75 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC PHOTO CREDIT Gurney-Kochheiser House NAME RECEIVED Kochheiser House, 174 Main St. Bellville FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY. TOWN DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Bellville Bellville, Öhio Richland County east sides of building 174 main St. 222 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Gurney-Kochheiser.Hhse Form No.

10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OV 1 1 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES --IENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON - VICINITY OF STATE Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE DATE OF PHOTO April 13, 1975 NEGATIVE FILED AT To. Ro. Hauck, 124 W. Norwich, Columbus, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO. 2 is at 174 Main St.,Bellville INT: 2983-75 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION NAME PHOTO CREDIT Thomas R. Hauck View of the south and east sides of the building which FOR NPS USE ONLY APR 30 1976 Ohio Form No.

10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM APR 3 0 1976 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP AND/OR COMMON VICINITY OF TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES INT: 3464 - 75 1961 COUNTY DATE HISTORIC Gurney-Kochheiser House SCALE LOCATION STATE REQUIREMENTS SOURCE Richland 1;24,000 NAME United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey CITY.TOWN MAP REFERENCE DATE ENTERED Ohio Bollvillee NOV 1 1 1975 - (Rev. 10-74: RECEIVED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES RECEIVED NOV 1 1 1975 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO OHIO 17 4497 360 BELLVILLE. OHO U. S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (August 1971) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CALL Ohio SHPO's office GPO 897-848 TELEPHONE REPORT WASO-166 FROM (Name) Judy kitchen 1:15 Call ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) DATE DETAILSOF DISCUSSION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CAL ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) TELEPHONE REPORT 3:00 WASO-166 (August 1971) FROM (Name) 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. DETAILS OF DISCUSSIO OFFICE DATE APR 3 0 1976 Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Eon. Ronald M. Mottl Director, The Ohio Historical Society FNP :MMott:cam:5/3/76 Location Date Entered STATE Name Secor Hotel Cuyahoga County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Portage County Also Notified Crawford County Reglonal Director, Midwest Region Lucas County Hon.J.William Stanton Hon. John M. Aahbrook Hosford Bouse Bwehl Home Gallon Vicinity State Hietoric Preservatira Officer Richland County Hon.

Robert Taft, Jr. Dr. Tnomas H. Smith INT: 2950-75 Palmyra Center Hotel Interstate 7l at 17th Avenua Gurney-Kochhefser House Palnyra Vicinity INITIALS: ES CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF ADMINISTRATOR (underline) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : NPS REGION: (CIRCLE) V Substantially intact-3 - unknown - 4 _unknown.-5 - unknown -6 - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - EXCELLENT "only" YES IF YES, NAME: Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) now- fame -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN TRANSPORTATION _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "oldest'2 YES ART MIDWEST INTERIOR ENVIRONS UNEXPOSED EXTERIOR Claims CONSERVATION Reviewer FEATURES: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MOVED DATE: UNALTERED ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC planning RUINS _PHILOSOPHY STATE SIGNIFICANCE: Yes-unrestricted LOCATION: INVENTION -settlement MILITARY AGRICULTURE -recreation _COMMUNICATIONS historic district?

-socio/cultural WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? _COMMERCE _ENGINEERING PACIFIC NORTHWEST OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) _ECONOMICS -Reconstructed _entertainment LITERATURE WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? _EDUCATION ADAPTIVE USE: _Unexcavated No access _DETERIORATED _EXPLORATION _RELIGION -health LORIGINAL SITE -MUSIC OTHER NANES: -Interior, exterior, environs not intact-0 FAIR SOUTHEAST OTHER N.ATLANTIC MID ATLANTIC ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC Gurney ROCKY MOUNTAIN 30-7 _Unkncwn -GOOD INDUSTRY LALTERED (label role FEDERAL 'AGENCY: COMMRNTS: (include architectural information here) COUNTY builder/contractor: events OTHER engineer: STATE MUNICIPAL DATES: architect/m.builder: institutional artist/artisan: NAMES: landscape/garden designer: PRIVATE interior decorator: appropriate date) ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: 1879 SIGNIFICANCE(maximum two sentences)