Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Gottschall, Oscar M., House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,641 words across 18 pages, filed in 1977. 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 77001076, 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.

Form No. 10-300 (Rev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 1 1 1977 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X.BUILDING(S) X PRIVATE _WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED TRANSPORTATION NURSING HOME OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio 45403 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS _FEDERAL _STATE _LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR 039 45402 COUNTY 113 LOCATION CODE OBJECT DATE TITLE ACCESSIBLE UNOCCUPIED Dayton OWNERSHIP AGRICULTURE CLASSIFICATION STATE SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT Montgomery MUSEUM HISTORIC CATEGORY PARK PUBLIC MILITARY Montgomery County Landmark Committee Report NAME COURTHOUSE.
20 Livingston Avenue STATUS PUBLIC ACQUISITION Third--Charles Whalen Ohio _BEING CONSIDERED DATE ENTERED STRUCTURE RELIGIOUS The Alta Nursing Home _ENTERTAINMENT 45l West Third Street Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, - EDUCATIONAL - INDUSTRIAL _COMMERCIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY DATA SHEET -BOTH -SITE RECEIVED NOV 5 1976 L OTHER June 1, 1968 DISTRICT SURVEY RECORDS PH0358a07 XNO *EXCELLENT X ORIGINAL SITE GOOD _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

banks of linked chimneys, one with three stacks interior, left rear CONDITION UNEXPOSED RUINS DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED UNALTERED FAIR XALTERED across the ridge. the historic values of the structure. by an intricately scrolled two story gable roofed carpenter Gothic This unusual building bridges the transition in American Gothic The eaves project sloping and the gable verges projecting both with addition to the rear and right is an extensive one story contemporary CHECK ONE The steep pitched slate roof has outsized chimneys and dormers. stone cornice caps and bracketed sills.There is a Gothic corbelled additions are not obvious to casual view and have little impact on The three bay right side has a control door.with stone stoop, parallel to the facade and the other with four stacks interior right mullion gable window.
tall gable dormers have the vine patterned trim, fenial and A small original two story wing is central to the rear with terminated by a Gothic corbel table. There is a triple Romanesque table at the eaves. water table. The central bay of the three bay facade is dominated DATE vine patterned scroll sawn ornamentation. with wall dormer extends further to the rear.Wrapped around the and semi-circular window with 4/4 double hung sash. straight a heavy bracketed cornice hood.The gable is porch.The segmental doorway (hidden behind a storm porch) hasa There are two AREAS OF

Statement of significance

transitional to High Victorian Gothic, unique in Montgomery County. 1500-1599 1600-1699 COMMERCE CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE INVENTION BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE PREHISTORIC THEATER SCIENCE MILITARY in Dayton. LITERATURE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY charter member and director of the Dayton Bar Association and highly XARCHITECTURE This is considered the most outstanding Gothic Revival structure and sister carried on the family tradition as professionals. for her encouragement of artistic activity in the community. esteemed by his professional colleagues. _COMMUNICATIONS 1700-1799 The Oscar M. Gottschall House is a significant Gothic Revival Mrs.
Gottschall while not engaged professionally was talented and Mrs.Octavia Gottschall was the daughter of Charles Soule, -ENGINEERING - EDUCATION -1400-1499 _ECONOMICS 1900- -MUSIC -LAW SPECIFIC DATES c. 1870 She has been commended in history well known for her watercolors.

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Beers, History of Montgomery County, Chicago, 1882. Storms, A. D. (Compiler), The City of Dayton and Vicinity and Their Resources, Dayton, Ohio, The Dayton Daily News, 1904. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Less than one acre UTM REFERENCES 3 NORTHING VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER 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), T 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 COUNTY DATE ZONE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION Dayton STATE EASTING DATE Sept. 21, 1976 TITLEState Historic Preservation Officer 513/228-6271 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Box 461 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE Ohio, Chicago-Dayton: S. J. Clark Publishing Co., 1909.
BED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST Montgomery County Historical Society LOCAL CHIET Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Inventory - APR 1 1 1977 $5-3-27 Re-submit OTHER KEEPER Entered HAER CONTROL Send-back Maps TECHNICAL Review Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up 77001076 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Montgomery OK 11.8.76 HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF INT:2106-74 State Alta Nursing Home DOE APR 111977 Loc. DUE 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 APR 1 1 1977 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN _VICINITY OF 3 PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT Loren S. Gannon, Jr.
DATE OF PHOTO December 1975 DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO GPO 892-454 LOCATION Dayton COUNTY HISTORIC NAME IDENTIFICATION STATE RECIEVED Facade from the northwest Montaomery DATE ENTERED The Alta Nursing Home NEGATIVE FILED AT P. O. Box 461, Dayton, Ohio Gottschall, Oscar M., House 45402 Ohio Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER QUE APR 11 1977 Loc. Title: 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 APR 1 1 1977 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 PHOTO NO. GPO 892-454 LOCATION Montgomery Dayton IDENTIFICATION HISTORIC Ohio COUNTY STATE NAME Facade from the northeast The Alta Nursing Home RECIEVED NOV 5 45402 NOV51976 Gottschall, Oscar M., House 11.5.76. 4446 LOC - DUE APR111977 NPS Number Title: Form No. 10-301a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 5 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM APR 1 1 1977 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 Montgomery County Historical Society, The Old Court House, DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC.
IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET GPO 892-454 LOCATION Dayton IDENTIFICATION NAME Montgomery COUNTY HISTORIC STATE RECIEVED The Alta Nursing Home West side from the southwest Ohio PHOTO NO. Gottschall, Oscar M., House DATE OF PHOTO December 1975 45402 Form No. 10-301 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 5 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY MAP FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- ENCLOSE WITH MAP CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 2. NORTH ARROW 3. UTM REFERENCES Montgomery Dayton LOCATION COUNTY STATE HISTORIC SOURCE REQUIREMENTS RECEIVED Alta Nursing Home NAME INT:2427-74 MAP REFERENCE U. S.
Geological Survey DATE 1965 Ohio APR 1 1 1977 AND/OR COMMON DATE ENTERED OHIO - MON GOMERY DAYTON NORTH UNITED STATES DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gottschall, Oscar M. 11 510000 FEE NOV 5 1976 86744290/4404530 APR 1 1 1977 Beir, Anna, House Gottsehall, Oscar Mr, House Hami1ton County State Historic Preservation Officer Hon. John H. Glenn, Jz. Hon. Charles W. Whaien, Jr. 880 Dayton Mott Location STATE Name Date Entered 4/15/77 Also Notified Carroll County Shandon Darke County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Butler County Adana County Defiance County Riverside Chapel Cincinnati Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Greenville Montgomery County Hon. Douglas Applegats Bepler, August, House (Holly Ridge) Thomas Select School St.
Mary's of Morges Director,The Onio Historical Society Wilson, John T., Homestead Haynes vicinity Dr.Thomas F.Smith Brown, Samuel N., House Hughea, Phillip, House Defiance Seaman Interacate 7l at i7th Avenue GHIO DOE APR 11 1977 Gottschall, Oscar M., House OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT VICINITY OF - 039 ADMINISTRATOR (underline) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : _ Substantially intact-2 - not applicable - g -Interior, exterior, cnvirons not intact-0 CONDITION - LORIGINAL SITE _ unknown -6 _Unexcavated IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: FUNCTION(S): (use vocabulary words) -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _urban & commun -OTHER (SPECIFY) _INVENTION "first" YES " oldest'" YES NO COUNTY code 113 INTERIOR Saved? ART 3rd Monthomery planning Claims STATE FEATURES: YES EXPLORATION DETERIORATED LOCATION: ARCHITECTURE DATE: ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: Alta Nursing Home historic district?
PHILOSOPHY Reviewer -settlement No access -recreation -socio/cultural Ohio _EDUCATION MILITARY _entertainment WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? -health Yes-unrestricted _ECONOMICS ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC 20 Livingston Ave. -Reconstructed _CONSERVATION WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? _ENGINEERING _TRANSPORTATION -Excavated ENVIRONS _COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS - LITERATURE NAME AS IT APPEARS IN FEDERAL REGISTER: _MUSIC OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST K unknown - 4 YANDSCAPE ARCHITECTUR EXTERIOR OTHER MOVED EXCELLENT UNALTERED MIDWEST INITIALS: AGRICULTURE RELIGION JNDUSTRY VALTERED -FAIR _GOOD LAw/Gov't/politics_sciENCE (label role DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : LOCAL GOV"T FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) SIGNIFICANCE.
(maximum two sentences) MUNICIPAL builder/contractor: STATE COUNTY OTHER events engineer: NAMES: institutional interior decorator: DATES: architect/m.builder: PRIVATE appropriate date) landscape/garden designer: ETHNIC GROUP: artist/artisan: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Dayton city, in the words of 1882.

1882, Dayton City

Con Tents

A Typical Frontier Vavern - Daytou Contained Nine Dwellings in 1799- - Several Roads Opened--Monument Avenue Cleared--Main Street a Narrow Wagon Road - Settlements Few and Far Between - Hardships of Pioneer Life--Tidian War Apprehended - Block House Built - Schooi Opened in the Block House- - First Distillery Started - Cooper's Saw Mill - Corn Cracker - Hogs Introduced - Feed on Mast - Attacked by Wild Animals--First Flat Boat Launched-Sheep Introduced - Cost of Groceries at Cinciunati - Little Money jin Circulation - Business Conducted by Barter - Value of Diffsrent Kinds of Skins--Cut Money - McDougal's Store - Trade with the Indians - First Child Boro in Dayton - Taxation in 1800 - First Wedding - Census in 1801 - First Miuister - - Methodists - Presbyterians--Log Meeting House - First Grave Yard - - Jobn W.

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