Nomination for Brown, John, Farmhouse

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 5 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SEP 2 2 1977 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Brown, John, Farmhouse KM AND/OR COMMON Karch, Herbert S., House - Old Tannery Farm STREET & NUMBER - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11th - J. William Stanton VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) - WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED -SCIENTIFIC 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 153 039 CODE Hudson DATE COUNTY HISTORIC OBJECT LOCATION TITLE STRUCTURE SITE ACCESSIBLE Summit BOTH EDUCATIONAL STATE RECEIVED CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY Akron Courthouse Square MUSEUM OWNERSHIP PARK MILITARY AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL NAME PUBLIC STATUS DATA SHEET Summit County Courthouse _DISTRICT DATE ENTERED _TRANSPORTATION -COMMERCIAL SURVEY RECORDS _BEING CONSIDERED Ohio Herbert S. Karch - UNOCCUPIED -GOVERNMENT X.PRIVATE FOR NPS USE ONLY 1842 Hines Hill Road _OTHER: RELIGIOUS _ENTERTAINMENT DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The house was completed in 1824 for John Brown by his carpenter, Herman Peck. a recessed door with sidelights on the left half and a three-part, multi-paned 6/6 pane windows on the second floor of the original portion of the house. Un the north side of the house 1s a one-story, gable rooted wing; the gable end on the east side of this wing overhangs the wall, creating a small porch. The west side of the house is covered by a 1-1/2 story, gable-roofed wing, the and prior to 1950. The property has had many alteration, both exterior and interior, over the years; its association with John Brown, however, is retained and is the CONDITION DATE EXCELLENT DETERIORATED MOVED UNEXPOSED XGOOD RUINS FAIR UNALTERED was centered in the south end.Today this facade retains its center entrance reason for its nomination to the National Register.

ridgeline of the roof coming just under the cornice of the original portion of CHECK ONE Attached to the wing is a garage. The building is a two-story, frame, gable-roofed farmhouse.The major entrance second floor and a single small window in the gable.There is a one-story and on the west side a doorway with small entrance porch with trellised sides the addition on the north is a screened porch. The original portion of the which is now flanked by tall bay windows 6/6 pane windows on the house was rectangular - there were no wings.All wings were added after 1869 the house.This wing has a single window centered in the south and north sides shed-roofed addition on the south side.This addition has a 6/6 pane window and AREAS OF

Statement of significance

John Brown, most famous of all abolitionists, spent a total of 38 years of his more Underground Railroad Stations than any other area in the country. It was abolitionists Charles Backus Storrs, Joshua Reed Giddings, and Ben Wade. It was John Brown came to Ohio with his father, Owen, in 1805 at the age of five. Owen brother, Levi Blakeslee, opened their own tannery and built a log house. John establishement of the Liberty Party, the first national anti-slavery party by Early in the 1850's the Kansas Nebraska Act drew many Ohioans to "squat" in to disarm the enemy, convinced that the American nation would be killed if 1824 1500-1599 ENGINEERING COMMERCE THEATER AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC slaves. PERIOD ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT LITERATURE 1900- XSOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN INVENTION EDUCATION his life.

original portion: became a martyr.The decisive and particular feature of John Brown was that he, _COMMUNICATIONS remains associated with him in the town of Hudson which so greatly influenced -SCIENCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT the seat of the Fugitive Slave Act opposition and the stamping grounds of militant this Ohio atmosphere which led John Brown to overestimate national slavery the Western Reserve to raise money to be used for the purpose of attacking the life in the Western Reserve- an area once known as an abolitionist center with _PHILOSOPHY sentenced to hang.All attempts to save him failed.In Ohio he immediately remained until 1856.During these years he was caught up in the fervor of the -1700-1799 his brother,0liver.and remained in the Brown family until 1869.It is known 1816 he returned to Connecticut to study at Morris Academy at Litchfield.By 1818 down and a new frame house built.John Brown and his family remained there only -1400-1499 _CONSERVATION -1600-1699 -ECONOMICS that Oliver and Owen Brown used the farm as a hiding place for fugitive -1800-1899 John Brown returned to Ohio in 1835 and settled on a farm near Akron where he for him in 1824 as a home for his wife and young family.It is the only tangible -RELIGION -MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING In 1856 he became known as Oswatomie Brown, Chief of the Free State Guerilla Forces.

In 1857 and 1858 Brown led fund-raising trips through life in Ohio. His religious and abolitionist beliefs were outgrowths of his Missouri - an action which put a price on hid head. By October 1859 Brown ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC activities began. slavery were not.After the bungled attempt, Brown was tried for treason and conceived of his ill-fated plan to attack the arsenal at Harper's Ferry and Ohioan, Joshua Giddings and by the campaign against the Fugitive Slave Law. he returned to Hudson and learned the tanner's trade.In 1819 John and his step- South's slavery by force of arms.He also led raiding parties into pro-slavery sentiment and to act with the fervor he did. The nominated property was built

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Aptheker, Herbert. John Brown, American Martyr(1859-1959). New Century Publishers, N.Y., 1960. Knofp, N.Y., 1973. Vol. 57, 1948. Life & Letters of John Brown, Searle & Rivington, London, 1885. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER 1982 Velma Avenue CITY OR TOWN Hud son 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE DATE Sept.21, 1976 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 TELEPHONE DATE CODE ORGANIZATION NORTHING COUNTY SHPO Thirza Cady LOCAL UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING Ohio Historic Preservation Office Gretchen Klimoski hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the 22 Aurora St Columbus FOR NPS USE ONLY April 1976 9.22-72 Boyer, Richard O. The Legend of John Brown - A Biography and a History. Alfred ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ZONE ATTEST: Hudson Historical Assoc The Ohio State Archeological G Historical Quarterly. "John Brown's Ohio Environment". one acre OTRE Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 5 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SEP_22 1977 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM BROWN, JOHN, FARMHOUSE CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER a white American living in the pre-Civil War era, actually believed that the out Negroes, lived among them, and listened to them. He worked not simply GPO 892 PAGE RECEIVED The present owners bought the farm in 1953. who became an associate of Brown's and wrote about his affiliation with the DATE ENTERED Negro was the equal of the white and that all men were brothers.He sought After 1869 the Brown farmhouse passed to the Johnson family.Mr.Earl FOR NPS USE ONLY Johnson, wiwas the niece of English-Born poet, Richard Realf (1834-1878) for the Black man -he worked with them. abolitionist leader.In 1945 Mr.G Mrs.Leslie Stephens bought the property.

Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF SEP 2 2 1977 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 KEEPER OTHER Entered HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit TECHNICAL Maps Send-back Photos CONTROL HISTORIAN Review State Working Number 115, 76. 4444 Summit BRANCH CHIEF 4-5-77 Cole ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 7700188 11-1-77 Brown, John, Farmhouse, Hudson, Summit Co., Ohio H. Karch, photographer, filed at house, NOV 5 2 2 1977 1975 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER south and east sides. # 20,4 Brown, John, Farmhouse, Hudson, Summit NOV 5 SEP 2 2 1977 1975 H. Karch, photographer, filed at residenc PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Co., Ohio Brown, John, Farmhouse, Hudson Summit Co., Ohio H.

Karch, photographer, filed at house, SEP 2 2 1977 1975 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER south facade- original entry NOV51976 Brown, John, Farmhouse, Hudson, sumiit Co., Ohio H. Karch, photographer, filed at house, NOV 5 SEP 2 2 1977 1975 FROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER east side - present entrance facade. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TWINSBURG QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17 462/440 4567/860 TWINSBURG, OHI SEP 2 2 1977 Columbus, Ohio' 43211 880 Mott/js Location STATE Name Cuyahoga County Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 9/27/77 Also Notified Rockefeller Park Bridges State Historic Preservation Officer Regional Director, Midwest Region Director, The Ohio Historical Society Cleveland Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Surmit County Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Louie Stokes Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. John H, Glenn, Jr.

Hudson vfeinity INITIALS: B6 SEP 2 2 1977 STREET & NUMBER CONGRESSIUNAL DISTRICT CITY. TOWN Ohio OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : WEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST - not applicable - 7 -Interioz, exterior, environs not intact-0 CONDITION - IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ? FUNCTION (S): (use vocabulary words) _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EXPLORATION _urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) INVENTION "first" YES "oldest"' YES 039 code COUNTY EXTERIOR ENVIRONS CONSERVATION INTERIOR planning RELIGION ART EDUCATION FEATURES: Summit Yes-unrestricted MOVED YES Unknown Claims SIGNIFICANCE: POLITICS/GOVERNMENT UNALTERED LOCATION: EXCELLENT DETERIORATED ARCHITECTURE DATE: FAIR MILITARY STATE -recreation LITERATURE historic district? SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN MUSIC DOE -socio/cultural ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNICATIONS _Unexcavated WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Reviewer -Reconstructed ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC -entertainment Substantially intact-l -settlement _PHILOSOPHY WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? ADMINISTRATOR(underline) ORIGINAL SITE _TRANSPORTATION -ECONOMICS No access -AGRICULTURE -COMMERCE _health -UNEXPOSED -ENGINEERING TRUINS OTHER NANES: 1842 Hines Hill Rd. L unknown - 4 OTHER JNDUSTRY Karch,Herbert S.,House; Old Tannery Farm MIDWEST _Unkncwn LGOOO architect/m.builder: Hermen Peck (label role LOCAL GOV"T FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) SIGNIFICANCE: (maximum two sentences) COUNTY builder/contractor: OTHER events STATE MUNICIPAL PRIVATE NAMES: institutional landscape/garden designer: artist/artisan: engineer: interior decorator: appropriate date) ETHNIC GROUP: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS: 1869-1950 personal