Nomination for Musser, Henry, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MAY 5_ SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Leitnaker, Philip T., Residence STREET & NUMBER 7079 Millersport Road NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT A VICINITY OF PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE -COMMERCIAL -WORK IN PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL X PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Phillip T. and Constance Y.

Leitnaker LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Main & High Streets REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 045 Lancaster LOCATION BOTH DATE CODE UNOCCUPIED TITLE Baltimore SITE COUNTY HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC PARK MILITARY OWNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION ENTERTAINMENT ACCESSIBLE INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORTATION STATE DISTRICT RELIGIOUS Fairfield CATEGORY PUBLIC NAME Ohio STATUS STRUCTURE PUBLIC ACQUISITION DATE ENTERED XPRIVATE SURVEY RECORDS XBUILDING(S) COURTHOUSE. _MUSEUM 10th- Clarence Miller DATA SHEET -OBJECT -OTHER: Musser, Henry, Residenee Kruse REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Fairfield County Courthouse 7 DESCRIPTION X ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The facade (east) is five-bays wide, symmetrically arranged with a center entrance is protected by a one-bay, open, flat-roofed porch. Arched openings on the three sides of the porch are framed by paired, chamfered columns and form the floor. The porch was recently restored. Above the entrance, on the second level is a round-arched, 4/4 light window round arched hood. 4/4 light windows with the same stone sills and molding as those below. The north and east sides of the house are identical. Five bays deep, the windows on the first floor are 4/4 light, segmental-arched withthe same detailing as those on the facade.

Second story windows are also 4/4 light, but are not as tall porch has been enclosed and a square, one-story screen porch added to the south the cornice are large, carved, paired brackets extending below the fascia board CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED UNALTERED FAIR of the enclosure. GOOD Both sections of the house are hip roofed.Roofing material was originally slate, CHECK ONE At the rear of the house a four-bay, two-story wing projects westward.There on the second.These match the windows of the main block.The west elevation center window on the facade.The eave above the center windows is pedimented. brackets around the main block.The wing has only the larger brackets but they entrance.The doorway is composed of a wide segmental arch within which there these tall windows permit passage onto narrow sandstone verandas, one on either with stone sills and hoodmold.

Above the window the cornice breaks into a south sides of.the wing have a door and window on the first floor and two windows the wing.It is on a brick foundation and is supported by plain, square columns is:a single doorway on the first floor and a segmental-arched window (no hood- This large "T shaped house of painted brick rests on a foundation of rock-faced On the second floor the center window is flanked by two segmental-arched, X-EXCELLENT are 4/6 pane and have stone sills and molding along the segmental arch.When open, has three windows and a door left of center) on the first floor and four To either side of the entrance are two tall, slender, double-hung windows. These as those on the first floor. The center window is round-arched, similar to the are not in pairs. The north and west sides of the house have two interior DATE brackets and dentils support the porch roof.

Two-foot high sandstone slabs Sidelights are three light. is a three-part arch spaning the door and sidelights.S mold) on the second floor of the west wall of the main block.The north and There is a six light panel in the door and a round-arched transom above the door. All of the glass portions of the door are red glass tinted with gold. The -RUINS Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 20 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 5 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Musser, Henry, Residence Fairfield County, Ohio of brick with a hipped roof, the building has a small, square, open belfry at GPO 892 cresting around the deck is currently under repair. CONTINUATION SHEET on the east and windows on the north and south sides.

chimneys symmetrically placed to either side of the center.The south side FOR NPS USE ONLY ITEM NUMBER has only one chimney, placed left of the gable. The ornamental metal To the rear of the house is a small, one-story rectangular well house. Built PAGE AREAS OF

Statement of significance

architecture even for an architecturally rich are like Fairfield County. Musser set up a homestead on his 750 acres of farm. Originally he lived laying brick, but in making it as well. Three recently freed slaves were were pressed, air dried, and stacked into beehive shaped piles. A hardwood was finished by late fall of 1864. That summer Mr. Musser built a barn of obtain the lumber from the farm, but labor shortage due to the war necessitated Michigan was bought in Toledo and shipped to the Pugh Locks, south of A.I. Vorys II finished the job. 1500-1599 1400-1499 1600-1699 1864-1867 1700-1799 ENGINEERING COMMERCE EDUCATION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC TRANSPORTATION PREHISTORIC ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD THEATER AGRICULTURE 1900- SCULPTURE LITERATURE for this house.

MILITARY _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Pleasant in Lancater.A special horse-drawn cart was fabricated by a X-1800-1899 is well documented. Millersport.It was hauled to the shop of Vorys and Sons in Lancaster where SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN While the brick was being made, the stone for the foundation was cut near Mt. - CONSERVATION sparsely populated until the building of the Ohio Canal System which spurred the growth of the area by providing good transportation to the -PHILOSOPHY the finish woodwork was fabricated.A.I.Vorys died in 1865,so his son, The Henry Musser Residence is a particularly fine example of mid-l800's -RELIGION - MUSIC - LAW A. I. Vorys The area is generally flat, rich farmland. The area prior to 1830 was blacksmith, Amos Miller, to haul the stone the eight miles. The foundation importing the lumber.

in a log building about 500 feet north of the present house. During the and livestock. With the money he accumulated he built this house, beginning INVENTION BUILDER/ARCHITECT markets for farm goods.It was during the canal boom that Henry The home remains very much in its original condition and its history it in 1864 and completing it in 1867. Henry Musser first contacted David Civil War Mr. Musser made money on inflated prices of wool, grain, Cowden to furnish and lay the brick.Cowden was experienced not only in 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Lancaster newspaper, ca. 1928. "Walnut Township's House Race" by Lewis Cook. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION At 707 Millersport Rd., west side of the road, approximately 1 mile south LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER 88 E. Lane CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATBIS 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE DATE Sept. 21, 1976 FOR NPS USE ONLY 1975 1967.

TELEPHONE COUNTY DATE ORGANIZATION CODE NORTHING David Lind UTM REFERENCES Ohio State University GPO892-453 ZONE EASTING of routh 256. ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Serxic ATTEST LOCAL SHPO ZONE less than one Family history entitled A Letter to my Descendants',H.M.Leitnaker,June 27, DIRE Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up MAY 5 IN T :2106 - 74 OTHER HAER KEEPER Entered Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Re-submit TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Review Photos Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF accept ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN CONTROL Working Number 10. 2o. 77. 167/ 117.78 repot Musser, Henry, Residence Baltimore vicinity, Fairfield Co., Ohio OCT 2 0 1977 MAY 5 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER East facade.

Lind 1976 Ohio Preservation Office vicinity Fairfield Co., Ohio Lind 1976 Ohio Preservation Office MAY 5 1978 north and west elevations0CT 20 1977 Musser, Henry, Residence Baltimore PROARTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Musser, Henry, Residence vicinity Fairfield Co., Ohio nest elevation showing well house MAY 5 Baltimore Lind 1976 Ohio Preservation Office JCT 2U 1977 POORTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Musser, Henry, Residence Baltimore vicinity, Fairfield Co., Ohio Lind 1976 Ohio Preservation Office.

OCT 2 0 1977 north elevation MAY 5 Musser, Henry, Residence Baltimore Lind 1976 Ohio Preservation Office OCT 2 0 1977 East and north elevations MAY51978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER vicnity, Fairfield Co., Ohio Musser, Henry, Residence Baltimore vicinity Fairfield Co., Ohio Lind 1976 Ohio Preservation Office OCT 2 0 1977 MAY 5 East and south elevations PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MAY 5 UNITED STATES BALTIMORE, OHIO BALTIMORE QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OCT 2 0 1977 OHIO-FAIRFIELD CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N 3945 - W8230/7.5 1961 REGISTER NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RECEIVED U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (August 1971) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TIME OF CALL 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) TELEPHONE REPORT WASO-166 3.13-78 1.

CALL TO: SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL OFFICE Musser, Henry, House Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Canton Mott STATE Montgomery County Name Hurley Mound Third Street Bridge Date Entered Baltimore vicinity Fairfield County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Vandalia vicinity Also Notified Hon. Ralph Regula Stark County State Historic Preservation Officer Director, The Ohio Historical Society Beard,Jon, Farm Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Clinton County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Hon. William H. Harsha Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr.

* STATE 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - déteriorated Daltered 1features: Oruins QO NOT INTACT - O -good - Unknown Ounexeavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 @CLAIMS: explain 'first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 -URBAN PLANNING -31 "oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL -30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 2 functions major alterations : (architectural style(s): 0 landscape architeet / garden designer: 1 interior decorator: @artisan: county Fairfield Baltimore ASSOCIATION builder/contractor: engineer: PH0506141 ENGINEERING-11 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: artist: EVENTS: date historic events: FEDERAL PRIVATE ORGANIZATION master builder: CURRENTLY: 10th SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 SAVED?YES NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dunexposed WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: if state who prepared form?

city/ town Dexcellent 7079 Millersport Rd. as it appears on federal register: Omoved 4county code: Doriginal site 2 OTHER NAMES: Leitnaker, Philip I., House SO NOT (11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT Oreconstrueted Dunknown SO UNKNOWN-6 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Oyes Ono - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) @architeot: MAY51978 ETHNIC CONDITION GROUP UNKNOWN-5 dates of initial construction: BACCESS LOCAL Musser, Henry, House NAMES give role & date of entry: