Nomination for Thompson-Bullock House

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SEP 2 8 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED FEB 2 3 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER RR 3, State Route 221 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS _BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY F. J.

and Veronica Bullock RR 3 Ohio 45121 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS March 26, 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR Ohio 43211 Brown LOCATION Georgetown 039 CODE DATE CLASSIFICATION GOVERNMENT TITLE BOTH MILITARY MUSEUM ACCESSIBLE NAME RELIGIOUS COUNTY CATEGORY TRANSPORTATION STATE OWNERSHIP AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL 015 DISTRICT COMMERCIAL SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED Sixth-Harsha PUBLIC STRUCTURE PARK Columbus STATUS DATA SHEET Ohio Historic Inventory _ENTERTAINMENT (Rev. 10-74) XBUILDING(S) -EDUCATIONAL - UNOCCUPIED Ohio _OTHER: _SITE - OBJECT PH05056 _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL HISTORIC Thompson-Bullock House PRIVATE Main and Cherry Streets XYES: RESTRICTED 7- DESCRIPTION _MOVED DATE. common bond brick and rests upon a cut coursed stone foundation.

The The portico 1s supportedby four unfluted brick Tuscan columns, plastered recessed with rectangular transom, sidelights and plain moulding in the surrounds.. Other doors are plain with transoms only. the entablature under the roof line of the main block and east wing. open well stairway with four flights leading to an interior third level. fireplace in the kitchen was enlarged in 1952. Necessary heating, plumbing. the present frame barn on & high stone foundation at the edge of the CONDITION UNALTERED UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT original character of the house. XORIGINAL SITE That part of the facade comprising the east wing is two bays in width The cormices are boxed.Dentils and rectangular frieze windows adorn built.

A rear north one story kitchen wing was built in the 187o's to rep- There is a one story wing on the west side near the front and a one story The main gable end is at the facade, which is shorter than the sides. The Thompson-Bullock House consists of a two and one half story rectangular dings have been removed. central block, with a full height front portico, and multiple wings. - DETERIORATED some distance in the valley.An old farm kitchen and other small outbuil also two similar windows and the main entrance on the ground story with is divided into three bays by four pilasters and three windows with of the central block were added a few years after the house was first CHECK ONE A frame barn near the house burned in the l94o's and was replaced by which has a low pitched roof. _FAIR GOOD and painted, resting on square bases of cut limestone.

at each doorway descend to a ground level herringbone brick floor. first and second stories. The original facade, protected by the portico, the facade with a door and window. All of the windows in the house have hill just west of the original barn site. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

all of the gable ends are pediment level except that of the rear wing the entrance to the right of the windows as one faces the building. facing the house is a full width shed attachment. Another barn is at Under Limestone steps wing on the east side upon which a second floor and attic the full height Protecting the barn entrance at the juncture of the east wing.All of the wing roofs are gabled.and double hung sash and six lights over six on the second story. There are lace a small frame detached kitchen.The building is constructed of _RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT E. HUBBARD BAKER (?) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE settled on the farm across the creek from this farm. In 1851, Edward and portion and it was John, who built the stately brick house on the hill was E. Hubbard Baker, who built the Brown County Court House and The house, in a beautiful hilltop setting, above the scenic White Oak Creek Valley, affording splendid views in every direction, 1s a 81gniticant area landmark. 1500-1599 1700-1799 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INVENTION AGRICULTURE PERIOD ENGINEERING The ART SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT RELIGION INDUSTRY 1900- MILITARY Georgetown Presbyterian Church. _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT homelike setting. stone wall. _COMMUNICATIONS LITERATURE MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY The Thompson-Bullock House is a well preserved mid-nineteenth century _PREHISTORIC Southern Ohio.

fidence Cemetery north of Georgetown for use in building the Cemetery's _CONSERVATION house is used a a residence and also used for display of antiques in a Susan Thompson gave to each one of their three sons a deed for a farm, saw mill and grist mill combined.It was of frame with a very high stone -SCULPTURE -1400-1499 _ECONOMICS -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -COMMERCE - EDUCATION -LAW X1 800-1899 The Thompson M11ls, located on White Oak Creek, were at one time the most ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY PLANNING was built by a successful businessman and is not a typical farm house of The Thompsons came to Brown County in the 1820's. Edward, father of John, each with a mill and a house. John Thompson received the middle mill.

1852 looking over the valley.John's mill,built by one John Davidson,was a aimile of each other.The present Bullock farm was John Thompson's Greek Revival house.It is one of only four buildings in Brown County It is likely that the designer-builder of the Thompson-Bullock house foundation and was the oldest mill.of the three deeded to the sons.In the court house and church) with a portico and two story colums.It

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES H1story of Brown County, Ohio, W.H.Beers and Co., Chicago: 1883. Georgetown, Brown County Publishing Company, Georgetown, Ohio: 1969. Interviews with descendants of first owner and interviews with 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY one UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/TITLE David I. Brook, Regional Preservationist; Rebecca Neu and Brown County SCOPS Task Force Oetober 17, 1976 STREET & NUMBER Box 6 (614) 775-3961 CITY OR TOWN 2 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).

I 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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PRØPERTYIS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER CPO 892.453 CODE DATE TELEPHONE COUNTY NORTHING Piketon ZONE LOCAL ATTEST: South Central Ohio Preservation Society sides, there are no outbuildings. Georgetown Sesquicentennial Historical Committee,History of ZONE EASTING former and present owners.

Ohio The property occupies one acre at the end of a private drive SR 22l north of the route and in a loop of White Oak Creek.The property drops off on all 4,319580,0J THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS ORGANIZATION 2.27 Photos - INCOMPLETE VBO HISTORIAN 2 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF FEB 23 1978 OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Entered Send-back TECHNICAL Re-submit Maps Review Property State National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Working Number9.&8. 77. 156 2 2237 ARCHITECTURAL KEEPER INT:2106-74 4.4.78 Brown Brown County, Ohio J. Ruthven FEB 2 3 1978 Spring, 1976 No. 3g 3 SEP 2 8 1977 Georgetown Vicinity westward. Thompson-Bullock House View of east side of house looking PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ScoPS, Box 6, P1keton, Oh1o 45661 Brown County, Ohio J. Ruthven 2 3 1978 SEP 2 8 1977. No. 2g3 eastward.

Thompson-Bullock House Georgtown Vicinity PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Spring, 1976 Brown County, Ohio J. Ruthven FEB 2 3 1978 Spring, 1976 SEP 2 8 1977 northward. Thompson- Bullock House Georgetown Vicinity PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER View of facade of house looking No. 1 y 3 * DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SEP 28 1977 m GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HIGGINSPORT QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC - E. 246 390 UNITED STATES HIGGINSPORT, OHIO-KY. OHIO-KENTUCKY Ohio Thompson - Bullock Hause Geovgetown Vicinity STATE ORIO FEB 2 3 1978 Kent, Charles, louse Brow County Regional Director, Midwest Region 880 Location Name Mott/js Also Notified Portage County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date Entered Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum 2724/78 Kent Hon, John F.Seiberling State Historic Preservation Officer Director, The Ohio Historieal.

Society Georgetow vicinity Thompgon-Bullock Housa 2 OTHER NAMES: city / town X STATE -COUNTY (B) ADMINISTRATOR: (12) SOURCE of NOMINATION J deteriorated Omoved 9O NOT INTACT-O - Unknown 5 O UNKNOWN - 6 Ounexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE -7 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

OyesOlno 2I) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE- 8 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 C SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY - historic-1l -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' o - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 -HEALTH - 27 - MILITARY - 18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 201 CO TRANSPORTATION - 25 (o dates of initial construction: major alterations : a architectural style(s) @master builder: @engineer: (0) landscape architeot / garden designer: S interior decorator 3 artist: 3) date Brown Georgetown ETHNIC ASSOCIATION CONDITION 6th artisan: FEDERAL PH0505226 EVENTS: historic events: CURRENTLY: PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: vicinity of Thompson-Bullock House SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT 7features NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP URBAN PLANWING-31 Dexcellent NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NAMES give role & date if state who prepared form?

ENGINEERING -1 Daltered Oruins Ooriginal site GNPS REGION W of Georgetown on OH 221 Oreconstructed SAVED? DYES 2CLAIMS: explain - RELIGION- 22 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 (39) functions @builder/contractor: CONGRESS. DISTRICT - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 211 @architeet: GROUP PRIVATE ORGANIZATION LOCAL as it appears on federal register: Dunexposed