Nomination for Rinehart, Hugh T., 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 APR 1 2 1978 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF Tennyson Guyer - yth PRESENT USE DISTRICT X PRIVATE COMMERCIAL -WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION LIN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL OWNER OF PROPERTY Rte.

3 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Historic Inventory (OHI) DEPOSITORY FOR 039 OBJECT DATE 10/77 CODE LOCATION Celina Uniopolis TITLE OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE GOVERNMENT COUNTY Auglaize ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY AGRICULTURE HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION Wapakoneta TRANSPORTATION SCIENTIFIC RELIGIOUS STATE SITE PUBLIC NAME MILITARY STRUCTURE RECEIVED _EDUCATIONAL PARK STATUS OTHER: DATE ENTERED Corner of S.R.67 and Wrestle Creek Rd. Ron McCarty Residence COURTHOUSE, XBUILDING(S) Bernard and Mary Ann McCarty XNO _UNOCCUPIED Ohio -MUSEUM PH06669 - BOTH 011 M REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. _FEDERAL X STATE -COUNTY _LOCAL Auglaize County Courthouse Courthouse Square, Mechanic St. and Perry St. Hugh T DESCRIPTION X_ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The interior retains much of the original character of the house. the existing rooms, a small addition (bath and utility) was put on A cheerful and colorful cluster of buildings surrounds the house. CONDITION DETERIORATED UNEXPOSED XGOOD EXCELLENT UNALTERED FAIR very bottom steps. CHECK ONE The McCarty property rests on a small hill at the corner of State The smokehouse directly east of the house is brick, common bond, and The foundation is brick and the cellar has an outside entrance. and it is painted to match the rest of the outbuildings. relatively well with the rest of the house. Some of these buildings date from before 1880;others are not quite red with white trim, is west of the house, across Wrestle Creek Road. All windows are 1/1 double hung sash with plain stone lintels The in- of cut stone blocks.

-RUINS It ls of common bond brick, from columns are decoratively inscribed, and rest on 22 feet high supports corner is the narrow, steep staircase, which is reminiscent of "ladder and a small hand railing, almost crude in its simplicity, guards the the east end. 1ooks to be as old as the house. It is in poor condition, but plans was once a blacksmithi How it serves as the garage. as old.. Only one modern building, a pole shed, is on the property, addition. The exact date of its construction is unknown, but it ap- Walnut woodwork and chair railings are intact.

They are very wide DATE This addition has natural cedar siding which blends have a transom.The present location as original chim- shade its facade.The house is simple rectangular design,1 stories, and lug sills.2 of the 4 outside doors are original and all entrances east end of the living room.Next to the cupboard in the southeast with 3 bays both front and side. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Hugh I. Rinehart, a Virginia native, was one of the area's 1700-1799 1500-1599 ECONOMICS COMMUNICATIONS INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC X1800-1899 RELIGION PERIOD XARCHITECTURE ART AGRICULTURE THEATER BUILDER/ARCHITECT TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY SIGNIFICANCE XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT MILITARY SCULPTURE _ENGINEERING _PHILOSOPHY -1400-1499 _EDUCATION house and the outbuildings. settled on this property.Rinehart was one of the first three com- -1600-1699 interior, with its handsome walnut woodwork and its utilitarian sim- architecturally,it retains much of its original character.The resident Ron McCarty is planning to continue restoration work on the _COMMERCE _PREHISTORIC LITERATURE earliest white settlers.He came to Auglaize County in 1836,and contributed to the growth of Auglaize County.

-1900- The house he built in1861 is located on what was and still is -LAW COMMUNITYPLANNING SPECIFIC DATES ca. 1861 stems from its builder, Hugh T. Rinehart, who as pioneer and public of the peace for 12 years and served on the State Board of Equaliza- ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC tion. The property family. This property is worthy of National Register recognition because, missioners of the county, serving from 1848-1850.He was a justice on which the house stands stayed in his family until 19o8,when it

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Interview with Ron MeCarty, 9/77. LO GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTYnine and lies on the east and west of Wrestle Creek Road, just north of the intersection of is included in the nomination, along with a 200 foot square in the northwest corner of STATE _ FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER 100 S. Campus Drive (419) 586-2365, ext. 53 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X NATIONAL - 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 GPO 892-453 COUNTY ORGANIZATION DATE outbuildings.

TELEPHONE CODE NORTHING Celina ATTEST: UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING Auglaize County Courthouse Records. these two roads.A 250 foot square in the northeast corner formed by this intersection WOBC Historic Preservation Office Ohio LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Lois Rock, Assistant Preservationist As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I Sutton, Robt. Atlas of Auglaize County, Ohio. 1880. ZONE 10/13/77 1880. 751 KEEPER OF THENATIONAL REGISTER 14419.8145.0 Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 3 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MOV 2 7 1978 Hugh I.

Rinehart Residence Uniopolis vicinity, Auglaize County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET # 1 ITEM NUMBER 8 who arrived by canal in this portion of western Ohio, but Rinehart from Virginia PAGE RECEIVED with a ladder stairs and closet beneath.This early style is more typically found proximity of the Virginia Military Lands that jut into the neighboring Goshen FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE ENTERED Architecture of Ohio on pages 41 and 85.

in southern Ohio.Similar construction is shown in Don Hutslar's The Log township.Fireplaces were uncommon in the early homes of the German settlers built a handsome black walnut fireplace with Federal influence on the same wall AUGLAIZE COUNTY, OHIO OHio state Route 67 APR 1 2 1978 House NATIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED SKETCH OF OUTBUILDINGS coop Smckehouse Chicken NOV 2 7 1978 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - NOY 27 1978 Send-back - Property HAER TECHNICAL KEEPER Entered OTHER CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Re-submit Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 NOV 2 7 1978 Ron McCarty Residence House--south & west sides WOBC--#1 vic. of Uniopolis, Ohio NOV 2 7 1978 vic.

of Uniopolis, Ohio Lois Rock--SeptAPR9YZ 1978 House--south & east sides Ron McCarty Residence WOBC-#2 NQV 2 7 1978 Smokehouse--south side Ron McCarty Residence WOBC--#3 vic. of Uniopolis, Ohio vic. of Uniopolis, Ohio ROV 2 7 1978 Ron McCarty Residence Red barn--south & east side WOBC--#4 Uniopolis vicinity, Auglaize, O Mary Ann Brown, 1978 Cupboard, fireplace & closet NOV 2 7 1978 WOBC Hugh T. Rinehart Residence Uniopolis vicinity, Auglaize, 0 Mary Ann Brown, 9/78 NOV 2 7 1978 WOBC Hugh T. Rinehart Residence Fireplace, closet and stair OHIO- AUGLAIZE CO.

7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) FARM DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES UNIOPOLIS QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REGISTER ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Residete ADDRESS : PHONE: DATE: DIVISION: PROJECT: REPORT: TELEPHONE REPORT OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF MEMBER: To/FROM: ToMarcella Sherfy, National Register of Historic Places Date 9/27/78 David Simmons, Ohio SHPOs Office Subject: Hugh T. Rinehart House, Auglaize County, Ohio You were right, the acreage for the above nomination should be 1.2 rather than nine. If you need more info, you probably know our number by heart. INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION several accompanying photos. Marcella: Also enclosed is a continuation sheet expanding the significance statement with From: ....

STATE OHIO NOV 2 7 1978 Rinehart, Hugh I., House Armstrong, Joseph, Farm Edwarda, John, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Delbert L. Latta Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr/ 12/5/78 Location Name Director Date Entered Mercer County Auglaize County Fort Recovery vicinity Putnan County Holmes County Also Notified Honorable John M. Ashbrook State Historic Preservation Officer Uniopolis vicinity ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Fredericksburg vicinity Honorable Tennyson Guyer Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. The Ohio Historical Society Wallischeck Homestead Leipsic BOTHER NAMES: Rinehart, Hugh T., House city / town E STATE CONGRESS.

DISTRICT 4th (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - LOCAL - deteriorated Oruins 9O NOT INTACT-O - Unknown Ounexcavated - No Access AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 D URBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION- 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions major alterations : B architectural style(s): @master builder: landscape architect / garden designer: S) interior decorator: date CONDITION Uniopolis PH0666912 Auglaize ASSOCIATION historic events: PERSONAL: builder/contractor: EVENTS: INSTITUTIONAL: vicinity of ENGINEERING-11 Dexcellent PRIVATE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP county code: ADMINISTRATOR: dates of initial construction: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Doriginal site Dfair Dunexposed COMMERCE- 6 E of Uniopolis on OH 67 Bartisan: Oaltered SAVED?

YES CNPS REGION: McCarty, Ron, House 6 LOCATION street & number OYES ONO 1features: Dreconstructed NOT APPLICABLE - 9 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Ono |IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE ETHNIC engineer: GROUP artist: Lois reviewers initials as it appears on federal register: ACREAGE Dmoved Dgood