Nomination for Burgett House And Barn

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAY 2 2 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 14 1978 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN _ VICINITY OF 6th Harsha 015 v PRESENT USE AWORK IN PROGRESS STRUCTURE _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION AYES: RESTRICTED -IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY John F. Barrett and John H. Rutledge 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS October 25, 1977 DEPOSITORY FOR Brown 039 45215 Georgetown Ripley TITLE BOTH EDUCATIONAL LOCATION CODE COUNTY OWNERSHIP OBJECT ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION RELIGIOUS STATE DISTRICT Cincinnati SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL SITE MILITARY RECEIVED PUBLIC STATUS XUNOCCUPIED Courthouse NAME Rutledge-Barrett House and Barn OTHER: Brown County Recorder Ohio Historic Inventory CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Columbus 140 Linden Drive _TRANSPORTATION DATE ENTERED SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historic Preservation Office XBUILDING(S) PH0669555 _ENTERTAINMENT XPRIVATE intersection of White and Pisgah Roads Ohio LOCCUPIED DATE FOR NPS USE ONLY -PARK At the end of White Road, 1.2 kilometers south of the X AGRICULTURE 6th FEDERAL TATE COUNTY LOCAL - MUSEUM GOOD _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The facade has a central, recessed porch enclosed at an undetermined porch, reveals the outline of a stairway leading to the loft. A single Windows are of double hung sash,and one light over one, which indicates colonial styles. CONDITION FAIR EXCELLENT UNALTERED DESCRIPTION UNEXPOSED XALTERED XDETERIORATED Situated on a hilltop overlooking Rangle Run to the north and west, width door flanked by two windows on either side, making a total of rectangular attic windows flank the end chimney on the east wall. outbuilding of vertical wooden siding.

Century barn of peg construction and vertical wooden siding, and a The four room house retains its original woodwork, which includes bond brick walls l5 inches thick.It has a facade of Flemish bond Near the southwest corner of the house stands another small frame windows of the house have jack arches above and lugsills below.The head.The house has no basement.The gabled roof has modern sheet metal. small outbuilding of the same vintage, also of frame construction. base.Under the rooflines of the facade and rear north side are pro- doors individually appear near the south wall. Two small The gable ends are on the sides of the house where single width wooden door protected by a small gabled hood is centered in the XORIGINAL SITE brick.The house rests upon a foundation of squared random rubble. CHECK ONE that the sash is not original. _RUINS weatherboard wall.

Removal of wall paper in 1977, in the enelosed DATE enclosed porch. exquisite detailing on an apparently original mantel in the east room. jecting courses of molded brick reminiscent of earlier seaboard date by weatherboard,flush with the exterior facade wall.A plain consisting of a bottom most course of bricks slanting outward at the four windows.All of the doors of the house have jack arches over- woodland.The house is a one story rectangular building of common 1o0 meters southeast of the house are a story and a half lgth AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Victorian style of building, found in the river counties of Southwestern 1t appears on the 1826 tax duplicate at a value of $250.00. It appears F. Burgett (1819 - 1883) also lived in the house. Further history of unusual architectural features such as the finely carved mantel and the of Brown County buildings 1s tar from complete, it is only one of two 1975, in Brown County. 1825 1700-1799 1500-1599 1600-1699 INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ENGINEERING LAW EDUCATION ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE ART PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE THEATER PHILOSOPHY CONSERVATION INDUSTRY TRANSPORTATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MILITARY SCIENCE LITERATURE PREHISTORIC XARCHITECTURE _COMMUNICATIONS Ohio.

X1800-1899 Census Records reveal that Valentine and Abraham Burgett resided in MUSIC The house is significant because of its early period and its is most important as a relatively unchanged survival of an early pre- shows the mark of a master builder and craftsman.Although the inventory The house is situated on land granted to Valentine Burgett by the The house is connected with early settlers of Brown County.Yet it grouping of l9th Century Ohio farm buildings,which retain their original molded exterior cornice of brick.It is a simple structure, yet it Tax records indicate that the house was probably built in l825 as fabric and character. -1400-1499 Today the house and its barn and outbuildings stand as a cohesive the Burgett family is unknown. on an 88 acre tract of land owned by Abraham probably Brown County as early as l820.

_COMMERCE - RELIGION Abraham Burgett married Rebecca Drake in 18l8.U.S. -1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING had the house built. The son of Abraham and Rebecca Burgett, James ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC buildings of its type discovered in the course of the inventory since United States government for military service in the American Revolution.

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Brown vounty, Ohio, tax duplicates. Ohio Library Foundation, 1820 Federal Population Census, Columbus, Ohio: 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE David I. Brook, Regional Preservationist November 20, 1977 STREET & NUMBER RR 9, Box 284 614 775-3961 CITY OR TOWN Ohio 45661 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).1 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 PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 6.49 ORGANIZATION CODE DATE NORTHING COUNTY 1964. Chillicothe ZONE EASTING TELEPHONE South Central Ohio Preservation Society The buildings are contained within a circular area with a diameter SHPO Meryl Markley dated August 20,1977,to ATTEST Pisgah H111 Cemetery records (Union Township, Brown County, Ohio, LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ZONE LOCAL David L.Brook.Mrs.Markley is a noted local historian of Brown County. "A",which is midway Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 1 4 1978 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER UNION TWP., BROWN CO., OHIO Tobacco Field 1 inch-equals 135 ft. House Barn doorways MAP PAGE Buildings approximately the north. BARN AND OUTBUILDINGS Outbuilding CONTINUATION SHEET enclosed porch five times larger than scale SCALE BURGETT HOUSE, FOR NPS USE ONLY White Road, DATE ENTERED (Hev. 10-74) RECEIVED MAY 22 1978 which came down from Photos _ Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF NOV 14 1978 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 OTHER KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Maps HAER Send-back HISTORIAN Re-submit Review TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN of house. National Register Write-up Significant as early settment settlement period house Working Number5, x2 78.

3145 Federal Register Entry 11.6.78 OK 5.24.28 INT:2106- 74 retaining a good deal of integrity --as a good type Burgett, Abraham and Rebecca, House Union Township, White Road, Brown County, Ohio David L. Brook, June 9, 1977 building. Looking to the east. View of L-R: House barn and out- and Barn Negs. at SCOPS Center, c/o RR 9 Burgett, Abraham and Rebecca, House White Road, Union Iwp., Brown County, Ohio 45601 NOV 1 4 1978 MAY 22 1978 and Barn View of north and west (nearest) Negs.at RR 9,Box Ohio David L. Brook, June 9, 1977. No. 2 Burgett, Abraham and Rebecca, House White Road, Union Iwp., Brown County, Ohio David L. Brook, June 9, 1977 Ohio 45601 NOV 1 4 1978 No. 3 MAY 2 2 1978 side). and Barn View of west side and facade (south Negs. at RR 9, Box 284, Chill1cothe, Burgett, Abraham and Rebecca, House David L. Brook, June 9, 1977 NOV 1 4 1978 MAY 2 2 1978 No.

4 45601 View of east side and facade. Looking to the northwest. Ohio White Road, Union Twp., Brown Co., and Barn Negs.at RR 9,Box 284,Chi1licothe, Burgett, Abraham and Rebecca, House White Road, Union Iwp., Brown Co., David L. Brook, June 9, 1977 Negs. at RR 9, Box 284, Chi1l1cothe, Ohio 45601 MAY 22 1978 NOV 1 4 1978 No. 5 and Barn Looking to the east. Ohio View of barn and outbuilding. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC HIGGINSPORT QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES RECEIVED STATE OF OHIO MAY 2 2 1978 TELEPHONE REPORT STAFF MEMBER: ADDRESS: PHONE: DIVISION: PROJECT: REPORT: DATE: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION To/FROM: STATE OHIO Brown County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr 11/16/78 Location Director Name Burgett House and Barn Also Notified Ripley vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable William H. Harsha The Ohio Historical Society ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue NOV 14 1978 Date Entered OHIO 3) date of entry: 4 county code: city / town [*STATE W of Ripley on White Rd. 12) SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Dexeellent Oruins EO NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown BO UNKNOWN-4 -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access SAVED? -YES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Oyes Ono E AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first'O - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION- 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions _date.

major alterations : @sarchitectural style(s): 1 landscape arohiteot / garden designer: a) interior decorator: EVENTS : LIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE PH0669555 Brown CONDITION ASSOCIATION Brook ENGINEERING-11 Ripley PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: builder/contractor: historic events: David reviewers initials artist: vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: Dreconstructed SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Rutledge-Barrett House and Barn LOCAL Burgett House and Barn ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP master builder: Doriginal site URBAN PLANNING-31 Daltered as it appears on federal register: Dgood Omoved 6 LOCATION street & number 11CONGRESS. DISTRICT 6th 17 features: ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric -2 ETHNIC GROUP COMMERCE-6 engineer: artisan: SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) if state who prepared form?

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