Decorative drawing: an old roadside tavern with a deep porch and an empty iron bracket. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Crossed Keys Tavern

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,377 words across 13 pages, filed in 1976. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 76001542, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM OCT 2 1 1976 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.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 MUSEUM - WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. Warren County Court House 320 E.
Silver Street REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS LOCATION 039 165 OBJECT REVISED Lebanon UNOCCUPIED DATE 10/1970 TITLE Warren The CLASSIFICATION DISTRICT COUNTY Columbus ACCESSIBLE Ohio AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP DATA SHEET STATE CATEGORY INDUSTRIAL MILITARY NAME STATUS STRUCTURE Dayton YMCA _TRANSPORTATION XBUILDING(S) _ENTERTAINMENT XPRIVATE _BOTH _SCIENTIFIC _GOVERNMENT Survey of Historical Features--Southwestern Ohio Turtle Creek Township DATE ENTERED _PUBLIC - EDUCATIONAL COURTHOUSE, The Ohio Historical Society _RELIGIOUS _COMMERCIAL _PARK 8th - Thomas N. Kindness RECEIVEDMAR 1 7 1976 XNO HISTORIC V Rue, Benjamin, Tavern _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY _LOCAL CODE Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) P HO3lo 9 403 _SITE _MOVED DATE_ FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

parently because of the interior fireplace and flue, there was no room the problem of placing the fireplace in an ideal location. The are wood, and rather than lintels, flat arches of fieldstone are CONDITION DESCRIPTION XGOOD UNALTERED XALTERED CHECK ONE done with modern mortar, or perhaps cement, and may cause unnecessary XORIGINAL SITE The original layout of the interior has been retained. Original plaster be employed immediately to insure the survival of the building. Crossed Keys Tavern was constructed of coursed fieldstone in l802 _UNEXPOSED _DETERIORATED _EXCELLENT line in order to allow for the attic to be used as dormitory space. the Miami tavern was near a prime ford of the river. The two and one-half story building measures work, applied directly to the twenty-two inch thick stone walls, remains.
Fireplaces, one in each room, must be burned constantly in the winter area and tavern room. the attic is constructed as a dormitory. The first floor front has one window and a rectangular doorway. Ap- condition and with minor maintanence could be made pleasant. employed. The second floor has two sleeping rooms, and The exterior stone work is in fair condition..Some patching has been The interior is in very good approximately 33 x 20 feet.Located just one hundred yards from by Revolutionary War Captain Benjamin Rue as a stagecoach stop on the the building are double-hung sash with six lights over six.Sills LRUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

wel1-known Warren County landmark. MAR 1 7 1976> 1802 1700-1799 1500-1599 X1800-1899 EDUCATION 1400-1499 SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW PERIOD RELIGION ART COMMUNICATIONS REGISTER BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE SCULPTURE NATIONAL RECEIVED Benjamin Rue Built by Captain Benjamin Rue, who was in the army during the Revolu- LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE MUSIC _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _CONSERVATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _PHILOSOPHY the nineteenth century when it became a residence. _ENGINEERING _TRANSPORTATION person or organization will purchase Crossed Keys and restore it. - INVENTION _THEATER _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Present day caretaker Alfred Hardy maintains the Crossed Keysas a _COMMERCE - MILITARY -SCIENCE - INDUSTRY _COMMUNITY PLANNING - constructed as a tavern, the stop after the ford was generally made Until then, Mr. Hardy does what he can with his limited budget.
ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC Lebanon's Golden Lamb Inn.After Rue a variety of persons operated for emergency purposes only because of the smallness of the building. nineteenth century stone roadhouse.Built in tavern is a Benjamin Rue sold the tavern in l8l9 in order to become manager of The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 12, 1972.

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Margaret A. Sambi, Architectural Historian STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 11/20/75 721-4506 1969.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION None DATE CODE NORTHING TELEPHONE STATE Miami Purchase Association Hazel Spencer Phillips and The Civic Trust of Lebanon, Ohio, Ohio ATTEST: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING 812 Dayton Street FOR NPS USE ONLY 3/3/76 Phillips, Hazel Spencer. Rohrer, James. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES criteria and procedures set foth by the National Park Service.
A 1,6 I HEREBY CERTIFY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE Traditional Architecture-Warren County, 4,316.5172.0 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - OCT 2 1 1976 Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER Maps HAER TECHNICAL CONTROL Property HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Send-back Review Re-submit Photos Warren BRANCH CHIEF State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up Ohio Accept Rue, Benjamin, Tavern INT:21 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Working Number 3.26.76 10. 13:26 Cole 317e76-2776 WARREN 0O, OHIO P SAMBI NORTH FACADE 11175 OCT 2 1 1976 Form No. 10-301a (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECIEVEDWAR 1 7 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM OCT 2 1 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Rue, Benjamin, Tavern AND/OR COMMON X VICINITY OF CITY. TOWN PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Peggy Sambi DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT Miami Purchase Association DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 IDENTIFICATION LOCATION Township Lebanon 11/11/75 HISTORIC NAME Crossed Keys Tavern North Facade Turtle Creek PHOTO NO. STATE Ohio coUNTYWarren OCT 2 1 1976 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 11175 OCT 2 1 1976 NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Title: 10,21.76 Locao - Form No. 10-301a (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECIEVED MAR 1 7 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH Rue, Benjamin, Tavern AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN -XVICINITY OF - STATE Ohio COUNTY Warren DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED ATMiami Purchase Association DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION Lebanon Township 11/11/75 HISTORIC IDENTIFICATION Peggy Sambi PHOTO CREDIT PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO NO. Crossed Keys Tavern DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS North G east facade NAME Turtle Creek FOR NPS USE ONLY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC 16 7 49 410 OREGONIA QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO -WARREN CO. UNITED STATES 43 65 720 OREGONIA, OHIO Hon. Robert Tait, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.
Smith INT: 2950-75 10/29/76 880 Location MMott/row STATE Warren County Lebanon vicinity Name Director State Historic Preservation Officer Regional Director,Midwest Region Greenville Mausoleum Croased Keys Tavern Date Entered Darke County Greenville ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. John H. Glenn, Columbus, Ohio 43211 STREET & NUMBER F CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - not applicable - 7 CONDITION - - ORIGINAL SITE MCVED ACCESS - "only" YES Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) -ARCHEOLUGY PREHISTORIC _LAW/Gov't/politics _SCIENCE -urban & commun - OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES historic district?
code FEATURES: UNEXPOSED Claims LOCATION: DOE now- Yes-unrestricted ARCHITECTURE MIDWEST EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS STATE SIGNIFICANCE: EDUCATION planning COUNTY INVENTION DATE: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -recreation Substantially intact-l OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) MILITARY -settlement UNALTERED AGRICULTURE MUSIC DETERIORATED PACIFIC NORTHWEST _SOCIAUHUMANITARIAN WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? -Reconstructed _TRANSPORTATION -entertainment _CONSERVATION _ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY.HISTORIC WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?
ADAPTIVE USE: -health -socio/cultural Unknown ADMINISTRATOR(underline) _PHILOSOPHY _EXPLORATION -ECONOMICS INTERICR - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE -LITERATURE 039 IF YES, NAME: _COMMERCE _Unexcavated -RUINS _Unkncwn OCT 2 1 1976 REGION: - (CIRCLE) then- IAVERN "oldest'2 YES MID ATLANTIC GOOD OTHER SOUTHEAST ROCKY MOUNTAIN "only" CITY.TOWN CART _FAIR (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S): FEDERAL AGENCY: MUNICIPAL NAMES: COUNTY SIGNIFICANCE:(maximum two sentences) PRIVATE institutional architect/m.builder: OTHER STATE builder/contrac tor: ETHNIC GROUP: interior decorator: artist/artisan: landscape/garden designer: appropriate date) engincer: LCCAL GOV"T DATES: personal events