Nomination for MacDonell House

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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 APR 12 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.

TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE COMMERCIAL -WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET & NUMBER LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 003 LOCATION 10/76 Lima CODE DATE UNOCCUPIED CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE TITLE HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE CLASSIFICATION TRANSPORTATION ENTERTAINMENT Celina SCIENTIFIC NAME SITE Ohio OWNERSHIP STATE DISTRICT 632 West Market Street RECEIVED STRUCTURE PARK MacDonell House RELIGIOUS STATUS _BEING CONSIDERED Ohio Historic Inventory Allen County Historical Society Allen MILITARY MUSEUM WOBC Regional Office BUILDING(S) -BOTH _OBJECT -OTHER: _PUBLIC XPRIVATE SEP 2 0_1978 - FEDERAL &STATE COUNTY_LOCAL Tennyson Guyer - 4Th EDUCATIONAL DATA SHEEPH0 66( 94 *UNALTERED *ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE.

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The interior has been preserved with beautiful cherry, mahogany, and oak handcarved woodwork, parquet floors, and marble baths. The main front staircase with CONDITION RUINS FAIR Three differently styled dormers are A large cream-colored frame carriage house behind the main house has stalls with ballustrade.Three transomed double-hung windows extend the bay from the balcony A two-story rear addition on the north side of the house has an open 7DESCRIPTION GOOD The boxed cornice with the plain frieze on the porch is supported by pairs of slender story is stretcher bond buff brick and is recessed under the bellcast slate shingled CHECK ONE DETERIORATED.

cream columns except at the entrance which has three columns on each side of the stone The east side of the house.which is usually featured as most distinctive has third floor is a magnificent ballroom that covers almost the entire space except for Stickwork has been applied over the glass pane of the center window while the stickwork side of a single double-hung window which is located directly over the porch entrance.

to a point midway on the first story just above two square windows.Two rows of five oriel with decorated base that extends from under the right edge of the third story gable porch on the bottom, an enclosed sunroom with five pairs of nine-paneled sash windows middle of the gable are two double hung windows that look onto a three-sided bay balcony horizontal grouping of three wide windows that extend the width of the gable at mid-point steps.Above the porch are two symmetrically arranged double hung bay windows on either half round window over an indented horizontal row of four evenly spaced window panes. his family. The third story steep gable is also shingle with a jetty forming the upper half over a only outlines the flanking square windows that also have exposed framing.In the peak second story. EXCELLENT A 12 foot ballustrade is under the windows.

on the second floor, and a sundeck on the third. above this trio of windows is an oval window with ornamental moulding. randomly placed on the slate roof.On the second floor isa twelve foot high 20 paned This Shingle-Style house has an open porch that wraps around the facade of the - UNEXPOSED for horses, space for carriages, and rooms on one side to accomodate the coachman and multiple areas of interest.The steep center gable dominates the roof line with its through the first story to the ground level.Randomly placed dauble-hung windows are square panes each above two more rows of rectangular tall sections of stained glass depict first story facing south.The slate shed roof of the porch swells into low hipped its carved spindles and stained glass window leads to the upstairs front living room. in the rear portion that is set back from the center gable projection. The whole first DATE.

AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X1800-1899 COMMERCE -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES ca. 1893 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

heart of an agricultural area, Lima emerged as the Pipeline Center of the Midwest as it Register, but no historic district is possible because of the many intrusions of banks, The house was vacant from 1903 until 1915. During that time, George Bond, 1:30-5:00. Museum personnel live in the rear section.

1700-1799 LAW ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT ENGINEERING ECONOMICS RELIGION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT PHILOSOPHY THEATER SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION MILITARY LITERATURE the house until they donated it to the Allen County Historical Society with maintenance _COMMUNICATIONS 1900- This building is important from a historical point of view because it is MUSIC _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT Frank Banta built the front of the house shortly after he purchased the lot in Several other old homes on this street are now being considered for the National is splendidly preserved and furnished to demonstrate how a Victorian family lived at the who was a laborer and coachman, resided in the charming carriage house that remains business which flourished as the F.J.Banta and Son Company until it went out of houses on West Market Street until in 1932 she bought the residence that is now named XINDUSTRY today behind the house.

grow into a thriving industrial city with the discovery of oil in 1885.Located in the This.Victorian Shingle-Style mansion stands as a reminder of the many fine Thirteen rooms are open to the public daily except Mondays and holidays from Society. residences that once graced the 600 block of West Market Street.Lima had begun to that were built during this time were demolished after the area was rezoned in l957. turn of the century. Atlantic Refining Company. evidence of the extreme wealth in Lima during the oil boom days when it served as a home _CONSERVATION gas stations, and parking lots. -1400-1499 the Standard Oil Company, added the rear portion after he purchased the house in 1897.

funds in 1960.James A.MacDonell is today president of the Allen County Historical Alexander T.MacDonell had come to Lima.during the oil boom in the late -1600-1699 He lived in the house until 1903 when he moved from Lima to become the head of the -1500-1599 -SCULPTURE -SCIENCE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING When she died in 1942, James A. MacDonel1, the son, and Ellen Mead had begun. Despite the rezoning of the street, the MacDonells maintained and preserved INVENTION after her family. Upstairs and downstairs, the interior has changed very little both inside and outside.

nineteenth century.He married Elizabeth Meason Dalzell whose family had long resided for several of Lima's business tycoons.The house also has architectural merit since it in Lima.After their marriage, they lived at 631 West Market door to the present ushered in the city's greatest period of development.Most of the elaborate residences MacDonell house)until Alex's death in 1919.During the 1920's the widow lived in several

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The Lima News, June 9, 1963. The Toledo Blade, May 3, 1964. James A. MacDonell interview, October, 1976. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Mary Ann Brown, WOBC Regional Officer : STREET & NUMBER 419-586-2365, Ext. 53 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL X criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER-QETHE-NATIONAL-REGISTER GPO 892- 453 DATE ORGANIZATION NORTHING TELEPHONE EASTING COUNTY ZONE Celina CODE 2/9/77 Ohio The MacDonell House, Allen County Historical Society publication. 100 South Campus Drive UTM REFERENCES WOBC Historic Preservation Office hereby nominate thisproperty for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the ATTEST: East of the south of Outlot No.80 in Baxter and-Cherry's Addition.

FOR NPS USE ONLY 520 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I Photos - SEP 2 0 1978 OTHER Inventory Entered KEEPER Send-back HAER Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit HISTORIAN Review State National Register Write-up CONTROL 11-7-78 TECHNICAL Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Working Number 4. 12. 78.

29/9 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 SEP 2 0 1976 APR 1 2 1978 Negative: Allen County Museum Photo: Joe Dunlap, 1977 MacDonell House PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Rear - looking south Lima, Allen Co., Ohio Doe APR 1 2 1978 SEP 2 0 1978 Photo: Joe Dunlap, 1977 Negative: Allen County Museum MacDonell House Carriage house looking north PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lima, Allen Co., Ohio SEP 2 0 1978 APR 12 1978 MacDonell House East side Negative: Allen County Museum Photo: Joe Dunlap, 1977 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lima, Allen Co., Ohio Downstairs, breakfast room SEP 2 0 1978 MacDonell House PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Joe Dunlap Allen County Museum No.48 Lima, Ohio Allen County Museum No.

59$ SEP 2 0 1978 1977 Joe Dunlap Main Dining room downstairs PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MacDonell House Allen County Lima, Ohio Joe Dunlap, 1977 Allen County Museum No. 62/% SEP 2 0 1978 Allen County MacDonell House PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Downstairs parloAPR 12 1978 Lima, Ohio Allen County Museum, 1977 SEP 2 0 1978 Upstairs parlor and staircase MacDonell House PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Joe Dunlap Lima, Allen Co., Ohio APR 12 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Negative: Allen County Museum MacDonell House Facade - faces south Photo: Joe Dunlap, 1977 Doe DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO 4513720 LIMA QUADRANGLE 743520 House 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MAC DONELL LIMA, SEP 2 0 1978 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey APR 12 1978 April 6, 1978 Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper 18th & C Streets, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20240 Transmitted herewith are twenty completed National Register nomination: Advisory Board and owners of subject properties have been informed of our MacDonel1 House, Allen Co. Bright, John #01 Iron Bridge, Fairfield Co. Limestone Vale, Delaware Co. Jones, W. H. Mansion, Franklin Co. Hoffner Historic District, Hamilton Co. Observatory Historic District, Hamilton Co. Garfield Library, Lake Co. Cahoon, Samuel C., House, Lorain Co. Old Amherst Freight Depot, Lorain Co. Root, William H., House, Lorain Co. Sheffield Village Hall, Lorain, Co. Wallischeck Homestead, Mercer Co. St. James Episcopal Church, Muskingum Co. St. Clair Street Bridge, Preble Co. Anna Town Hall, Shelby Co. James, Kirby Mill, Summit Co. U.S. Post Office and North School, Wood Co.

Director, Ohio Historical Society Ohio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 enclosures Sincerely, REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Ohio Historic Preservation Office State Historic Preservation Officer NEW SUBMISSIONS intent to register. Additional Information for Nomination Pending in Washington Department of the Interior Dear Dr. Murtagh: William B. Harris,House, Muskingum Co. National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Garfield, Milton, House, Lorain Co. Miller, Peter, House, Lorain, Co. *Dr. Thomas-H. STATE OHIO SEP 2 0 1978 Bright, John, No.1 Iron Bridge Cahoon, Samuel C., House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Anna Lorain County Lorain Name Hamilton County Lima Honorable Tennyson Guyer Director Cincinnati Date Entered Also Notified Observatory Historic District North Ridgeville Shelby County Honorable Clarence E. Miller Anna Town Hall Honorable Donald J. Pease The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Willis D. Gradison MacDonell House ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Allen County Fairfield County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Carroll vicinity Root, William H., House 3) date of entry: SEP 2 0 1978 X STATE 632 W. Market St. 12 SOURCE OF NOMINATION - FEDERAL 1B CONDITION - deteriorated 17) features: Dexcellent Oruins CO NOT INTACT-O -good - Unknown O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

DyesOno {1) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.-21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 "first'D - LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 CARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D C ART-5 - EDUCATION -10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 major alterations : 2 architectural style(s): ¿ interior decorator: 3 artisan: ,date IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE PH0666904 ASSOCIATION Lima ENGINEERING-11 Banta-Van Dyke House PERSONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 MacDonell House SETTLEMENT-29 builder/contractor: Allen artist: vicinity of INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: EVENTS: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 COMMERCE-6 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION historic events: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: master builder: Ann Brown county code: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Doriginal site Dexcavated NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET ADMINISTRATOR: Daltered Dunexposed Slandscape architect/ garden designer: as it appears on federal register: SAVED?

YES GNPS REGION: Ofair 5O UNKNOWN -6 o dates of initial construction: Sreviewers initials. Mary ETHNIC ACCESS GROUP engineer: YES-Restricted YES-Unrestricted city/ town if state who prepared form? CONGRESS.DISTRICT 4th LOCA