Nomination for Gabel, Daniel, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MAY 22 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Gabel, Daniel, House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 23 Ronald Mott1 - VICINITY OF X.BUILDING(S) COMMERCIAL PARK STRUCTURE - WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 035 CODE BOTH DATE TITLE COUNTY LOCATION SITE SCIENTIFIC Cuyahoga AGRICULTURE Joseph Vasey HISTORIC STATE OWNERSHIP MILITARY CATEGORY GOVERNMENT PUBLIC CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE Ohio Cleveland Cuyahoga County Building _TRANSPORTATION _DISTRICT STATUS NAME XPRIVATE PUBLIC ACQUISITION COURTHOUSE. PRESENT USE DATE ENTERED Seven Hills SURVEY RECORDS _ENTERTAINMENT - UNOCCUPIED OWNER OF PROPERTY - INDUSTRIAL 1219 Ontario - EDUCATIONAL - RELIGIOUS FOR NPS USE ONLY 1l02 East Ridgewood Drive RECEIVED0CT 2 0 1977 -OTHER: -OBJECT PH050620 FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL 039 _MUSEUM XNO DAJA SHEET DETERIORATED X GOOD _MOVED DATE. FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

There is a plain cornice, gable roof, and interior end chimneys. The rear section, originally the kitchen ell, has a one bay recessed porch on Remaining windows, one per side, are identical to those described above. There It is now on a 85' x 208' 1og. Once it was part of a 53 acre farm. CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT RUINS DESCRIPTION UNALTERED XALTERED both the east and west sides.The west porch was enlarged and enclosed. panel protected by a cast iron grillwork.Above the doors there is a segmental half round windows in each gable end. CHECK ONE XORIGINAL SITE five bays with center entrance.Windows are l/l light with plain flush stone The T-shaped brick house consists of a two story front section and a 1-l/2 The interior has eleven rooms.The living and dining rooms have chair rails features a paneled double door.Each half of the door has a round arched glass at the ridgeline.

isa small four light window in the rear gable end.There isa center chimney arched clear glass light. The stone lintel bears the words "18 DANIEL GABEL 72." The gable ends are two bays deep and have the same plain windows. There are two and plain paneling. Ceilings are 9 feet high. lintels and lug sills.There isa cut stone water table.The entrance AREAS OF

Statement of significance

in 1836, settling in Independence Township, Ohio, where the elder Gabel bought worked on the Ohio-Erie Canal, driving the donkeys along the towpath. In 1850 he married Sophi Scherer (1834-1908). On the 53 acres allotted to him moving into it by October 1872. This house stands back 130 feet from Short Road, so called because it ran for a short mile between two major dirt on granddaughter living there, until the 1960's.

1872 ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT RELIGION AGRICULTURE EDUCATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE SCULPTURE TRANSPORTATION X1800-1899 XARCHITECTURE THEATER _ENGINEERING _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY INDUSTRY began a more substantial home for his family, completing the brick home and conservative style for the third quarter of the nineteenth century.The he erected a good-sized log cabin about 40 feet from the site of the present SCIENCE double semi-circualr windows in the end gables and entrance are the only _COMMUNICATIONS -1500-1599 seven children moved back to the home to take over the management of the farm.

_CONSERVATION MILITARY Daniel Gabel was born March 3l,1824 in Germany.The family came to America they built their homes on sections of the original tract.In 1843 Daniel land and had an extensive orchard of cherry, apple, and peach trees.He was a -1700-1799 behind the church he helped build.The Weebers retained ownership of the home, -1400-1499 This is an interesting example ofa brick farmhouse built in a fairly Sophia Gabel died in 1908and Daniel in 1912.Both are buried in the cemetery bit of flamboyance.It is of local historic significance aswell. - LITERATURE _1600-1699 -1900- COMMUNITY PLANNING farm until 1902 when their daughter Katherine and her husband, C. Weeber and their 200 acres of land, which they cleared for farming.

As the boys married, INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC roads.It is now called Ridgewood Drive.The Gabels managed the house and Mennonite and attended services in a church one-half mile away.In 187l he This branch of the Gabel family had 8 children.Daniel farmed his - LAW 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Interview, Miss Alma Weeber, granddaughter of Daniel Gabel 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE July 1977 STREET & NUMBER 1102 E. Ridgewood Dr.

CITY OR TOWN 12 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 DATE 10/13/77 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 ZONE ORGANIZATION DATE Columbus NORTHING CODE TELEPHONE owner COUNTY Joseph Vasey Ohio Ohio Historic Preservation Office ATTEST: UTM REFERENCES Gretchen Klimoski ZONE EASTING Seven Hills At 1022 Ridgewood Dr.,south side of the street 2000 feet west of hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the Crossview Rd. less than one acre 1982 Velma Avenue 5-12-28 DIRECT criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE LOCAL State Historic Preservation Officer TECHNICAL Photos _ Inventory - MAY 2 3 1978 OTHER Entered KEEPER Maps Send-back Re-submit CONTROL HAER Review HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry State REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 INT:2106- 74 Property ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Working Number1o. 20.27.16l6 7.5.28 Gabel, Daniel, House Facade, looking south OCT 2 0 1977 MAY 2 3 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyahoga Co.

Ohio Negative: Vasey Home Gabel, Daniel, House Negative: Vasey Home OCT 20 1977 MAY 2 3 1978 (West viea) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyahoga Co., Ohio west Gabel end Photo: Joseph Vasey, 1976 Seven Ohio Gabel, Daniel, House rear of home, looking NW OCT 2 0 1977 MAY 2 3 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (South east view) Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Photo: Joseph Vasey, 1976 Negative: Vasey Home 18 DANLEL GABEL,12, OCT 2 0 1977 MAY 2 3 1978 Negative: Vasey home Photo: Joseph Vasey, 1976 Detail of entrance Gabel, Daniel, House Cuyahoga Co., Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Gabel, Daniel, House OCT 2 01977 MAY 2 3 1978 Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Photo: Joseph Vasey, 1976 Rear of home, looking NE Negative: Vasey home S.W.

view (hear) 5g5 FROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MAY 2 3 1978 CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE GABEL, DANIEL, HOUSE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC CLEVELAND SOUTH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION UNITED STATES OHIO-CUYAHOOA CO UTM U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CALL ADDRESS (Tel. No. il needed) 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION TELEPHONE REPORT WASO-166 (August 1971) OFFICE TITLE DATE NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL April 24, 1978 Mrs. Marquerite Mott APR 2 6 1978 18th & C Streets, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Mrs. Mott: Washington, one of our staff reviewed the Ohio nominations pending in your offices to see which ones needed additional information or materials. west of the home and was built from 1857 to 1859.

Gable hauled loads of brick Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-8727 REGISTER in Brown County. Eleven photos are enclosed. RECEIVED Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service NATIONAL Ohio Historic Preservation Office Bill Brabham requested more photographs of the Georgetown Historic District Martindale House in Montgomery County. I have checked with Loren Gannon, who During the annual meeting of State Historic Preservation Officers'in The presence of large evergreen trees close to the property prevent ob- prepared the nomination, and he reports that nothing is significant on the farm except the main house.

One of the review staff requested information on the outbuildings at the Samuel Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Additional information was requested for the Daniel Gabel House in Cuyahoga the appropriate individual in the review staff. or lumber for use in the church whenever he returned from trips to town. He are planning some type of activity at the house early this summer. Additional photos are also included of the building and one outbuilding. A question was raised about the boundaries for the John Aston Warder House in #8of the nomination.It still stands on Broadview Road about 1/2mile and maps are included, along with a boundary justification to add to #8. taining a complete view of the facade.

One photograph of a barn and batten another continuation sheet is included for this purpose.If possible, the Ameri- I am sending all this material to you and asking that it be forwarded to Mrs. Marquerite Mott April 24, 1978 Page 2 architecturally in the community. If additional information is needed, please let me know. David A. Simmons National Register Manager DAS: cw Sincerely, Historian and Ridgewood Drive reflects this.The house is therefore, very distinctive The house was originally a farmhouse with a rural environment.The community of Seven Hills developed after World War II and the residential nature of STATE OHIO MAY 2 3 1978 Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine No. 6 East Mil1field vicinity Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Ronald M.

Mott1 Director, The Ohio Historical Columbus, Ohio 43211 Mott/bjr Cuyahoga County Marion County Location Society Georgetown 6/2/78 Brown County Jackson County Caledonia Gabel, Daniel, House Caledonia Bowstring Bridge Georgetown Historic District Honorable Clarence E. Miller Terra Vista Prehistoric District Oak Hill Welsh Congregational Church Honorable William H. Harsha ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Clarence J.

Brown Athens County Also Notified Date Entered Name Seven Hills Oak H111 2 OTHER NAMES: ) county code: Gabel, Daniel, House * STATE 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated 1) features: Oexcellent Omoved 9O NOT INTACT-O -unexposed - Unknown -unexcavated - O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 (1) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain 'first' O C LAW - 16 - RELIGION-22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS - 7 - EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY- 18 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) C 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 major alterations : ()master builder: 1 landscape architeot / garden designer: S) interior decorator: IF ADDITIÓNAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSE 23rd date Cuyahoga ASSOCIATION artisan: ENGINEERING-11 CONDITION ENTERTAINMENT-26 PERSONAL: historic events: CURRENTLY: INSTITUTIONAL: PH0506206 artist: EVENTS: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Seven Hills WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: architectural style(s): SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 vicinity of builder/contractor: LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR: Oruins URBAN PLANNING-31 Doriginal site 1102 E.

Ridgewood Dr. as it appears on federal register: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno SAVED? YES Oaltered Ofair GNPS REGION: 3 date of entr MAY 2 3 1978 LOCATION street & number -good Oreconstructed ACCESS - No Access -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 Sreviewers initials. city / town DYES ONO - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC GROUP engineer: COMMERCE-6 dates of initial construction: NAMES give role & date if state who prepared form?