Nomination for Smith, Samuel, House And Tannery

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEGAN 311978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM JUL 5 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 103 Jefferson Street -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Greenfield, Ohio - VICINITY OF Ohio 45123 071 - PRESENT USE &BUILDING(S) -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _OBJECT -IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED MILITARY 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY NAMDr. and Mrs. James R. Vanzant Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. R.R. 1, Bayless Rd.

5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC Recorder's Office, Highland County Courthouse Highland County Administration Building, Governor Foraker Place Ohio 45133 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS May 10, 1976 Ohio 43211 CODE COUNTY DATE and 039 SITE HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION TITLE STATE NAME AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP CATEGORY RELIGIOUS Columbus ACCESSIBLE DISTRICT ENTERTAINMENT TRANSPORTATION Wilson INDUSTRIAL Hillsboro PUBLIC STRUCTURE STATUS OTHER: 403 Dickey Ave. XPRIVATE The Century House Smith, Samuel, House and Tannery XCOMMERCIAL 6th Harsha DATE ENTERED Ohio Historic Inventory _BOTH - UNOCCUPIED - EDUCATIONAL DATA SHEET FOR NPS USE ONLY - MUSEUM _PARK DEPOSITORY FOR Highland Ohio PH066 / 65/ 7 DESCRIPTION X EXCELLENT DETERIORATED X ALTERED _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

stone, large hand hewn beams and an exit, enclosed with modern cement Animal hair was used in the mortar of the exterior walls and the plaster places, with the room to the west having its original mantel trimmed with & hand made built in cabinet made of cherry wood. The corners of the curves, suggestive of adam deta1ling. CONDITION FAIR _UNALTERED steps of large stones. chimneys appear to have been rebuilt at an undetermined time. CHECK ONE The house has five facade bays and five bays on the longer east tanning vats are still visible by depressions in the basement floor. open frame porch which protects the rear of the Main block and the rear level rooms in the front of the house facing Jefferson St.,have fire- evident that a chair-rail once adorned the walls of both floors.

which once housed the tannery, has stone walls, an open fireplace of the east side of the building and two entrances open to a one story The central rooms of the rear north wing, which faces the end chimneys straddle the rooflines near each of the gable ends.The - UNEXPOSED X_ORIGINAL SITE -GOOD -RUINS DATE : level middle facade bay. style, with blocks, to the outside toward Paint Creek. The configuartion of the Asphalt shingles cover wooden shingles on the gable roof. Inset The original interior remains largely intact, although it is still retain their original floors with pine, poplar and oak boards. The apartment.

The entrance is plain with a reproduction The Samuel Smith House and Tannery, constructed of squared and foundation is of squared and coursed rubble.The exterior of the house paneled door in character with the house.Another entrance exists on double hung sash and one light over one.The sash is not original. The old front stairway was retained. Under the front of the interior walls.The windows of the house are rectangular with of the rear north wing.All exterior walls are eighteen inches thick. house has eight rooms with four rooms being on each floor.Five rooms was stuccoed approximately one hundred years ago.The partial stairway is the door to the basemenr which leads down to primitive the cross at the top and the open Bible at the bottom.The two ground The doors are of what is known locally as the panels of the doors to these rooms end in delicate quarter circular AREAS OF

Statement of significance

of architecture, is significant as a survival of Greenfield, Ohio, archi- Samuel Smith took over the tannery from his father and brother. The house was built in 1821 and 1822 by William Robinson, & first cousin in Greenfleld, which had been founded in 1799 by Duncan Mo Arthur, who became Governer of Ohio in 1832. Local historians have determined that there was land left between the street and the house. Samuel Smith's wife was Nancy Mitchell, one of the first children Samuel M. Smith, born in Greenf1eld in 1816, became an eminent physician ART X1800-1899 LAW Creek.

ECONOMICS ENGINEERING EDUCATION PERIOD medicine AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE THEATER PHILOSOPHY TRANSPORTATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LITERATURE _1700-1799 XARCHITECTURE RELIGION OTHER(SPECIFY) _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT XSCIENCE _COMMUNICATIONS _PREHISTORIC tecture of an early period.It is also significant because of its authority on aliensim, the science of diseases of the mind. His statue -SCULPTURE replaced the original primitive structure with the present stone house. _1400-1499 The history of the building begins before its actual construction. which was established in 1802 by John Kingerey.In 1837,Smith estab- an antique-gift shop and the upstairs as an apartment.

came to Greenfield from Pennsylvania with his sons Robert and Samuel in Greenfield.It is also the oldest remains of a pioneer industry still the house is the oldest building still standing-on its original location street (Jefferson)because the landowner was charged a higher tax if _COMMERCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1500-1599 -1600-1699 - MILITARY appearance inso far as it is practicable.The first floor is used for of medical science in Ohio. lished a shoe and leather shop so he would have an outlet for his pro- _1900- -MUSIC The Samuel Smith House and Tannery, influenced by the Federal style In 1812, William Robinson Smith, & veteran of the Revolutionary War, a son to be born in the house. The son, William Robinson Smith, becane He was an author on medical topics and an international SPECIFIC DATES 1821 - 1822 BUILDER/ARCHITECT William Robinson ducts.

It is unknown whether these shops were housed in the house. As an early abolitionist, a prominent physician in Hillsboro, Ohio. The Smith's first son, Dr. and surgeon. Smith and established the town's first tannery on the banks of Paint When Greenfield was incorporated in 184l,Samuel Smith became one he periodically harbored runaway slaves in his house. associations with the early industry of Greenfield and the development Sound at 155 years, the house is being restored to its original 9

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Springfield, Ohio: 1971. Harris, Frank R., A Greene Countrie Towne, Greenfield Printing and Publishing Company, Greenfield, Ohio: 1954. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION one city lot at 103 Jefferson St. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/TITLE David L. Brook, Regional Preservation Officer Sue Frizzell Vanzant (Mrs.

James R.) Brook: Box 6 614 775-3961 Brook: Piketon Ohio 45601 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - LOCAL X As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665)./ 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 DATE 629-78 GPO 892.453 45123 CODE COUNTY DATE TITLE NORTHING ATTEST EASTING Ohio 27/1/77 STATE Oh1o 1/12/18 Ayres, Elsie J., The H111s of Highland, H.K. Skinner and Son Publishers, ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY ORGANIZATION Vanzant: Greenfield Historical Society STREET & NUMBER Vanzant: RR 1, Bayless Ra.

TELEPHON513 981-7010 CITY OR TOWN THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ZONE South Central Ohio Preservation Society less than one acre 14315.814,00] Photos - BRANCH CHIEF JUL 5 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 HAER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST Maps TECHNICAL Entered HISTORIAN Send-back Re-submit 3.7.78 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry Inventory X Working Number, 31. 78.23 50 State DH. 8.1.78 7.5.78 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF IN T:2106 - 74 OTHER 1821 House Century The Antiques-Gufrs Smith, Samuel, House and Tannery Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio Photo by David Brook, December 20, Negative at SCOPS, Box 6, Piketon, JUL 5 1978 1976 45123 Looking at facade and east side. Ohio. 103 Jefferson St.

Looking to the NW PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAI REGISTER Smith, Samuel, House and Tannery Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio Ohio 45661. JUL 5 1976 45123 1978 south. 103 Jefferson St. JAN 311978 Negative at Scops, Box 6, Piketon, Looking at rear. Looking to the Photo by David Brook,December 20, PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GREENFIELD QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GREENFIELD, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO 7:5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) JAN 31 1978 ROAD CLASSIFICATION NATIONAL Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey RECEIVED DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAN31978 STATE OHIO JUL 5 1978 Smith, Samuel, House and Tannery Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Director, The Ohio Historical Society Columbus, Ohio 43211 7/6/78 Mott/bjr Location Name Highland County Also Notified Greenfield State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue Honorable William H. Harsha 2) OTHER NAME 3) date of entry: JUL 5 city / town -COUNTY SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL S. Cen. Ohio Pres. Soc.

- deteriorated Omoved 2C NOT INTACT-O - Unknown -unexcavated - No Access RCLAIMS: explain "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 C LAW - 16 - ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - LITERATURE - 17] U SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH -27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - INDUSTRY- 13 J MUSIC - 19| 'only' D - ART-5 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION-25 3 functions A ETHNIC ®architectural style(s): ) master builder: ®landscape architeet/ garden designer: " interior decorator: @builder/contractor: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP _date Highland PH0661651 Greenfield CONDITION 6th ASSOCIATION GROUP PERSONAL: artisan: EVENTS: artist: historic events: STATE INSTITUTIONAL: CURRENTLY: ADMINISTRATOR vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 major alterations : 103 Jefferson St.

ENGINEERING -11 Oruins Dunexposed NPS REGION engineer Daltered Ooriginal site Mfeatures Dfair 4 county code Smith, Samuel, House and Tannery AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 -COMMERCE- 6 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - URBAN PLANNING-31 - ECONOMICS- 9 - SOCIAL Z CULTURAL- 30 - EDUCATION-10 IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 6 LOCATION SOUNKNOWN -6 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 Century House ENTERTAINMENT-26 LOCAL YES-Restricted dates of initial construction: Dexcellent NOT APPLICABLE-8 NAMES give role & date Cunaltered