Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Ferguson, Andrew, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,824 words across 18 pages, filed in 1978. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 78002028, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAY 2 2 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED 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 17th- John Ashbrook 031 V PRESENT USE XWORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 1977 LOCATION COUNTY Columbus, CODE DATE OBJECT UNOCCUPIED TITLE CATEGORY Coshocton BOTH CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL OWNERSHIP RECEIVED MILITARY COMMERCIAL PUBLIC STATE (Rev. 10-74) STATUS RELIGIOUS PARK NAME DISTRICT PRIVATE Ohie Ohio Woodland Drive Ohio Historical Center Ohio Historic Inventory Court Square OTHER: Coshocton County Court House State Route 751 West Lafayette Randall Hoffman XBUILDING(S) _ENTERTAINMENT _GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC _STRUCTURE XNO PH 0l 6 954 7 43812 ANDREW FERGUSON HOUSE _FEDERAL STATE COUNTY _LOCAL AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM NOV 3 0 1978 7 DESCRIPTION - MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

brick, laid in common bond. The foundation is of rusticated ashlar and bay facade, with all windows double hung, 6/6, set on extended lug sills 1889. This addition features an arcaded front porch and a center gable Coshocton jail, recently razed) rise from each side of the roof at each gable buildings have been removed from the landscape, including an apparently INTERIOR: There are fourteen rooms on the interior of the Ferguson house. flooring except that of the kitchen is original and in fine repair. The CONDITION end. XALTERED outstanding feature of the interior is the aforementioned central hallway frame construction and clapboard-covered. latches throughout the house.
X_ORIGINAL SITE _UNALTERED The house presently sits on less than one acre of ground, although _UNEXPOSED garage-carriage house (probably of recent construction),and a summer - DETERIORATED CHECK ONE front features a trabeated door with fixed transom and with a partial return matching the partial returns of the roof of the A one-story brick addition was made to the east side of the house about four of which are surrounded by their priginal wooden mantles.The X.EXCELLENT -GOOD -FAIR -RUINS Also, there is one walk-in attic-like room. EXTERIOR: The Ferguson house is vernacular in style, built entirely of rubble sandstone. It is an L-shaped house, with a one-story kitchen ell extending north from the northwest corner of the house. There is a five- the west and five rooms on the right, on the first floor.
The second floor which boasts a handsome cherry balustrade, said to have been carved by Door hardware includes the original rimlock on the front door and Norfolk la Ferguson himself. There are five fireplaces, rooms are spacious and feature ten-foot ceilings. main house. kitchen-woodshed set to the west of the house.Both outbuildings are of The main entrance to the house is set in the center bay on the Three of the fourteen rooms AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Andrew Ferguson, one of the county's most prominent early citizens. to-do farmer who at one time owned over five hundred acres of fine land in The home, however, stands as a living monument to its builder, whose con- Township, assisted with the canal, and generally encouraged the growth of 1600-1699 ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE EDUCATION ART CONSERVATION PERIOD AGRICULTURE MILITARY SCIENCE PREHISTORIC _PHILOSOPHY ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC LAW _COMMUNICATIONS MUSIC XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY XTRANSPORTATION XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT INVENTION restoration of its interior and exterior.
_SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _1700-1799 X1800-1899 _SCULPTURE This house is an outstanding example of vernacular architecture in -1400-1499 _LITERATURE _THEATER Ferguson was born in Ireland in 1795 and emigrated to the United States in ted as a land contractor for the then-new Ohio Erie Canal.He continued _RELIGION brick, and was built by one of the early white settlers of this part -1500-1599 1806.He settled in Lafayette Township around 1825 and in 1827was appoin- -COMMERCE -1900- 1838 and as a state legislator during the 1850-1851 term. He was a well- Apart from his interests in politics, Ferguson and his family the state. The home is now in the hands of a man who has begun a careful BUILDER/ARCHITECT Andrew Ferguson tributions were many. He helped to settle the area around Lafayette hands of the Ferguson family from the time of its construction until 1910.

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Hunt, William E. Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio (Cincinnati S.J. Clarke, 1909). 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Being a part of the Ist quarter, TSN RSW, Layfayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, acre tract - LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Randall Hoffman, owner 28 August, 1977 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 2 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).
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 PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 CODE DATE NORTHING TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION COUNTY ZONE ATTEST: SHPO Bahmer, William J. Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio (Chicago: :614-622-4433 ZONE EASTING 1616 Woodland Avenue LOCAL U.S.M.L.,and also being the sameland as recorded n Vol.270;Pg.593,asa1.00 A|17 Journal No. 1, Canal Commission, 1825-1836 (at Ohio Historical Center), , 1195 Robert Blake & Co., 1876).
Photos _ Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF NOV 3 0 1978 OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered TECHNICAL Send-back Re-submit CONTROL HAER HISTORIAN Review National Register Write-up Property UNIT CHIEF 2-6-79 8.9.78 State Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 1112778 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN INT:2106- 74 Maps Working Number 5,22.78. 314l Ohio MAY 2 2 1978 NOV 3 0 1978 Ohio vic. West Lafayette, Coshocton County, Photo by David Taylor, 1977 ANDREW FERGUSON HOUSE Negative in posession of owner and ell view from SW, showing front elevation ANDREW FERGUSON HOUSE rear view, showing 1889 addition (left MAY 2 2 1978 NOV 3 0 1978 vicinity West Lafayette, Ohio and kitchen ell (right) Negative in posession of owner Photo by David L. Taylor, 1977 County, Ohio Photo by David L.
Taylor, 1977 MAY 2 2 1978 NOV 3 O 1978 view fromSE, showing 1889 addition vicinity West Lafayette, Coshocton Cou ANDREW FERGUSON HOUSE Negative in posession of owner vicinity West Lafayette, Ohio Photo by David L. Taylor, 1971 MAY 2 2 1978 NOV 3 0 1978 summer kitchen-woodshed Andrew FERGUSON HOUSE UNITED STATES FRESNO QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) NATIONAL 43812 H32-NR Oct. 28,1978 Raudele Hoffwer NOV 3 0 1978 Ferguson, Andrew, House Stanbery, Edwin, Office Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.
Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dayton Byers/bjr Location STATE Director Montgomery County Christ Episcopal Church Shelby 12/14/78 Wooster Mercer County Licking County Celina Name Oberlin Granville vicinity West Lafayette vicinity Also Notified Honorable Tennyson Guyer Dayton Daily News Building Honorable Ralph Regula Most Pure Heart of Mary Church Wooster Public Square Historic District Honorable Charles W. Whalen Coshocton County Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OHIO State Historic Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Lorain County Honorable Donald J. Pease Richland County Woodland Cemetery Gateway, Chapel, and office Interstat 7l at 17th Avenue Wayne County Honorable John M. Ashbrook Riley, Calvin E., House nation of the Andrew Ferguson House, Coshocton County, Ohio, to the National Register of Historic Places. Register staff.
Additional information and documentation on architectural If I can be of further assistance, please let me know. I appreciate cc: Dr. Thomas H. Smith, SHPo, Ohio Secretary's Reading File (2) Chief, OAHP BOR - 44544 FHR :W Brabham:1w:343-6401:11-27-78 BASIC FILE RETAINED IN NR FHR-CL FHR-Lumpkin Sincerely, Assistant to the Secretary COSHOCTON COUNTY your interest in historic preservation. Director's Reading File and Director of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Associate Director, Connally Dear Mr. Ashbrook: House of Representatives Gary R. Catron This nomination is being returned to the Ohio State Historic Preservation bcc: Secretary's File Honorable John M. Ashbrook resubmitted, the review will be expedited. Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue,Columbus, Ohio 432ll,by the National Washington, D.C. 20515 Officer, Dr. Thomas .
Suith, Director, The Ohio Historieal Socfety, (sgå.) John Ging-as RE: Randall Hoffman Congress of the United States contained therein and forward me the necessary information for re- ply, returning the enclosed corre- John M. Ashbrook Yours truly, Sir: Congressional Liaison November 131978 The attached communication spondence with your answer. is sent for your consideration. Please investigate the statements Ohio 17th District Washington, D.C. Wouse of Repregentatibes Department of the Interior Rep/Ashbrook, J.
Due Date IN FORMATION PREPARE FOR SIGNATURE OF FOR DIRECT REPLY FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION RETURN SLIP TO ES WHEN COMPLETED ES STAFF 6650 44544 11/30 EXTENSION STAFFING DUE REMARKS IDENTIFICATION RCVD ACTION SLIP EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FINAL ACTION status of Andrew Ferguson house Assigned To: DEP ARTMENTOF THE INTERIOR 43812 : 2 OTHER NAMES: -COUNTY NOV 3 0 1978 Ferguson, Andrew, House -STATE (12) SOURCE OF NOMINATION J PRIVATE ORGANIZATION - deteriorated 17) features: EO NOT INTACT -O -reconstructed > C UNKNOWN-6 Ounexeavated 2O NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyes Ono @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.-21 BRECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE -6 C LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS - 9 - INDUSTRY -13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 C ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 8 functions 2) architectural style(s): )interior decorator: )builder/contraetor: EVENTS : Coshocton PH0669547 ETHNIC ASSOCIATION TER PERSONAL: CURRENTLY: INSTITUTIONAL: Dexcellent artist: historic events: landscape architect/ garden designer: ENTERTAINMENT-26 West Lafayette major alterations : ADMINISTRATOR: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET ACCESS YES-Restricted DYES-Unrestricted NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ENGINEERING-11 Dunexposed URBAN PLANWING-31 Randall Hoffman date of entry: Bmaster builder: Doriginal site SAVED?
YES Ofair city / town E of West Lafayette on OH 751 (II)CONGRESS. DISTRICT17th - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 J OTHER (SPECIFY) 'only' D @dates of initial construction: Ireviewers initials. 2dates IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE B DYES ONO Sarchiteot: CONDITION GROUP vicinity of NAMES give role & date ONAME as it appears on federal register: 3artisan: Oruins GNPS REGION LOCAL