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

Nomination for Starr-Truscott House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,297 words across 11 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 78002056, 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.

PH0357855 Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEC 12 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM APR 20 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS The Starr-Truscott Residence AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER CITY.
TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Charles Mosher - 13 - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE &PRIVATE STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE - IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 44870 44816 LOCATION UNOCCUPIED SCIENTIFIC Sandusky Erie TITLE Birmingham DATE CODE ACCESSIBLE EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENT MILITARY OWNERSHIP COUNTY HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY RECEIVED _ENTERTAINMENT RELIGIOUS STATE Starr and Estelle Truscott Milan-Elyria Road Ohio STATUS NAME COURTHOUSE. SITE DATE ENTERED 323 Columbus Avenue PUBLIC ACQUISITION XNO XBUILDING(S) (Rev. 10-74) _TRANSPORTATION _COMMERCIAL _DISTRICT - INDUSTRIAL _OBJECT -PUBLIC -PARK -OTHER: _BOTH Milan-Elyria Road (Ohio Route 133) _NOT FOR PUBLICATION _FEDERAL STATE COUNTY _LOCAL 039 DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE MOVED DATE.
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

facade. This includes a corner side-lighted entrance, a blank change made by the addition of a rear wing for a woodshed, utility CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED EXCELLENT FAIR RUINS XALTERED garage and much internal restoration has been undertaken. old glass. XGOOD This wood-frame Greek Revival house was built with a three bay exterior is very similar to the original, with the only obvious east porch added.The woodshed has recently been converted to a The interior of the original portion has remained virtually time, the recessed porch on the east side was enclosed and a larger _UNALTERED CHECK ONE The foundation is of squared sandstone, and the cellar floor of pediment, corner boards, and a continuous entablature. The present and pantry rooms, and a second floor meeting room.
At the same basic construction is post and beam.T sandstone flagging.The windows are six over six, many containing tulip poplar,while the interior woodwork is of black walnut.The fireplaces, two with stone mantels and one with stone surrounds. There are three original AREAS OF

Statement of significance

he sold the Birmingham mill and 160 acres to Cyrus Butler, who built the house were: Perez Hiram Starr, Hiram Perez Starr, Helen Starr Truscott, Starr Truscott, Starr Truscott Jr., and, presently, the Documentation about the builder does not exist. However, the 1400-1499 1500-1599 1700-1799 EDUCATION ECONOMICS TRANSPORTATION ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD RELIGION SCIENCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION INDUSTRY _ENGINEERING SCULPTURE LITERATURE THEATER SIGNIFICANCE PREHISTORIC MILITARY XARCHITECTURE X1800-1899 _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT millwright and had experience building mills also suggests that he children of Starr Truscott Jr. MUSIC _COMMUNICATIONS _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT structure's fairly typical design suggests the work of local builders is important for its historical ties to the early settlement and one family have lived in the house.
took part in the house's construction. River in Birmingham and his own house a few years later.In 1823, The house's continuous ownership, as well as its elegant design, first grist mill in the Firelands on Old Womans Creek in what is development of the Firelands and unique in that six generations of This structure, an excellent example of the Greek Revival style, his brick house on the National Register)a few hundred Perez Hiram Starr came to Huron, Ohio in 181o from New London, - LAW -COMMUNITY PLANNING SPECIFIC DATES ca. 1820 ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC 1900- make it a landmark of considerable local and regional importance. following a pattern book.The fact that Perez Hiram Starr was a - INVENTION now Berlin Township.In l8i7,he built a mill on the Vermilion

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Firelands Pioneer, September 1861, Pg. 23 ; November 1858, pg. 29. Peeke, A Standard History of Erie County, 1916, vol.2, Pg. 1210 et.seq. O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA 14.517 612,0,0 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Located on the north side of route 113 approx. 1/2 mile east of 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Mr. Starr Truscott(owner) & Tom Fisher(preservationist) STREET & NUMBER Milan-Elyria Road, Box 13 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 44816 216-965-5105 Kipton ORGANIZATION DATE NORTHING Birmingham TELEPHONE CODE STATE LOCAL COUNTY NATIONAL UTM REFERENCES Ohio February 1977 ZONE EASTING route 60 and 1/2 mile west of the Vermilion River. SHPO 4-12.78 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES DATE 11-29.77 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ZONE ATTEST: COL C.Wade CONTROL Photos _ Inventory _ APR 2 0 1978 - Re-submit IN T:2106-74 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.
7 OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Entered Send-back HAER Review 2.7.78 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF State ERie MUCH ALTeRATiOn But AnCHiTEZTUnALLY ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN TECHNICAL 6.6.28 APR 2 0 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Western Reserve Hist.Soc. Facade - looking NW APR 2 0 1978 August 1977 Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Tom Fisher PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Side elevation-looking SW Birmingham, Erie,arhio APR 2 0 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Rear elevation-looking SW Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Tom Fisher August 1977 APR 2 0 1978 Western Reserve Hist. Soc. Side elevation-looking SE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Residence 17-386580 -4576200 STATE OF OHIO DEC 12 1977 The Starr- Truscott APR 2 0 1978 Reed, Henry Jr., House Hon. John H. Glenn, Dr. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Donald J.
Pease Hon. Charles A. Vanik Columbus, Ohio 43211 Mott Location STATE Name 4/26/78 Cuyahoga County Chagrin Falls Cleveland Stager-Beckwith House Starr-Truscott House Lucas County Date Entered Also Notified Erie County State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER March, George, House Hon. Thomas L. Ashley Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Hon. Louis Stokes Director, The Ohio Historical Society Birmingham Maumee 3 LOCATION street & number city / town XO STATE OH 133 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated Oruins Omoved 2O NOT INTACT-O Ogood Dunexposed O Unknown -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access SAVED? YES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
DyesOno E AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -ENGINEERING -11 C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT." 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain 'first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 -oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D CART-5 C EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 major alterations : a architectural style(s): @master builder: )interior decorator: EVENTS : _date.
IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION ETHNIC Birmingham ASSOCIATION Erie INSTITUTIONAL: Starr-Truscott House builder/contractor: GROUP historic events: FEDERAL engineer: PERSONAL: CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION artisan: landscape architect/garden designer: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 artist: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: county code: LOCAL dates of initial construction: ADMINISTRATOR: vicinity of Bfunctions if state who prepared form? URBAN PLANWING-31 BNATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Dexcellent Dunaltered Coriginal site as it appears on federal register: GNPS REGION: 2 OTHER NAMES: (1l) CONGRESS. DISTRICT 17) features: - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) Breviewers initials W - UNKNOWN-4 Oreconstructed @arohiteet: 13th Dfair NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET OWNER PRIVATE OSTATE MUNICIPAL COUNTY OMULTIPLE FEDERAL(agenCy name) RPR 201978