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

Nomination for Mead-Zimmerman House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,376 words across 10 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 78002089, 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 (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 MAR 3 0 1978 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER SR 13, 3/4 mi. S of US 224 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT * VICINITY OF 17 - John M. Ashhrook PRESENT USE X-BUILDING(S) X PRIVATE STRUCTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS X_PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION . REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
Huron County Courthouse 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR LOCATION BOTH Ohio UNOCCUPIED STATE Greenwich NAME ACCESSIBLE CLASSIFICATION DATE COUNTY CATEGORY TITLE Norwalk OBJECT OWNERSHIP STATUS Virgil Zimmerman INDUSTRIAL COURTHOUSE. Courthouse Square HISTORIC OTHER: SURVEY RECORDS SITE DATA SHEET _TRANSPORTATION Mead-Zimmerman House _ENTERTAINMENT _GOVERNMENT _COMMERCIAL _DISTRICT _EDUCATIONAL _RELIGIOUS - MILITARY _AGRICULTURE _SCIENTIFIC _PUBLIC Route 2 _PARK - MUSEUM TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Ohio 44837 DESCRIPTION X EXCELLENT X ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

remaining bays have identical windows on each floor. Above a plain and metope which continues the detail of the main house, though it is smaller two. The garage, pantry, and "doghouse" are covered with aluminum siding. woodwork which are said to be copied from Asher Benjamin's Practical House extends to the attic. CONDITION UNEXPOSED MOVED centered. DATE DETERIORATED UNALTERED FAIR CHECK ONE architrave is a classic Greek Doric frieze with triglyph and metope.The -GOOD The two-story brick farmhouse is rectangular in plan and rests on a stone frames the entrance. A wide stone separated the first and second stories of A third chimney (not original) is to the rear of the ridgeline and is The frieze does not continue along the gable ends. There is an oval altered except for the gable window.
The south end has a 1-1/2 story east face of the kitchen section has a center door which is flanked by 6/6 windows in the gable and a 6/6 light window in the lower left. There is a shed roofed porch on the east and a small one-story "doghouse" placed at in scale. A one-story woodshed (now a garage) is placed at right angles door has been enclosed by a small gable roofed sunroom. Within the house are four fireplaces with Greek revival style mantels and features of the house include a wide center hallway and open stairway which RUINS cornice is plain.There are interior end chimneys in front of the ridgeline.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCIENCE XARCHITECTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X 1800-1899 COMMUNICATIONS _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES ca. 1848 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The Mead-Zimmerman House is a unique and relatively unspoiled Ohio The facade seems heavy, despite the classic_revival frieze, because of the heavy stone over the door and wide lintels squeezed spirited, if unorthodox, borrowing from various builder's guides The original deed shows that Cyrus Mead was the builder of the house. The 1850 census shows that Mead was a farmer and had substanial 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 vintage. ART ECONOMICS EDUCATION COMMERCE PERIOD AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT INVENTION INDUSTRY LITERATURE MILITARY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _CONSERVATION _ENGINEERING _PHILOSOPHY _RELIGION _TRANSPORTATION _1400-1499 rural Ohio builders. _SCULPTURE _THEATER _1900- - MUSIC the arches. The unrefined use of various revival elements shows even for Ohio.
The interior features are more delicate but equally the property are a large barn and two small outbuildings of 1950's LAW farmhouse.The bold facade utilizes an interesting arcade effect. eclectic.In short the house shows the spirit and originality of land holdings.Research has found no other information..Also on

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1850 Huron County Census. Title search by present owner. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Sr. 13 3/4 M. South of SR 224 on the west side of the road. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE STREET & NUMBER 1982 Velma Ave.
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 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 DATE 10/13/77 FOR NPS USE ONLY 466-8727 CODE ORGANIZATION COUNTY DATE NORTHING Columbus ATTEST: Gretchen Klimoski Ohio Historic Preservation Office LOCAL 2 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTRIS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OFE THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ZONE TELEPHONE SIGNATURE -16-78 Photos - Inventory - MAR 3 0 1978 Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Entered Send-back Re-submit Maps HISTORIAN Review Working Number BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 National Register Write-up 10.20.27.1623 1.17.78 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF IN T:2106- 74 MID- 19TH C.
- 1 RATHER UNIQUE FRONT FACARE. TECHNICAL CONTROL State Huron CAUL,THEN Neg.: Vigil Zimmerman date: 1976 MAR 3 0 1978 OCT 2 0 1977 Photo: Virgil Zimmerman PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mead Zimmerman House, Huron Co. south side. OHio 133 Mead Zimmerman House, Huron Co. Photo: Virgil Zimmerman MAR S 0 1978 OCT 2 0 1977 Neg. Virgil Zimmerman PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER north and west (rear) sides. date 1976 203 date: 1976 MAR 3 0 1978 OCT 2 0 1977 neg: Virgil Zimmerman Mead-Zimmerman House, Huron Co.
PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER facade - east side Photo: Virgil Zimmerman oo GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1960 UNITED STATES NEW LONDON QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UTM 17 375/080 4541/320 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC MAR 3 0 1978 RECEIVED STATE OF OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW LONDON, OHIO OCT 20 1977 MAR 3 0 1978 Chandler, Matthew, House Morley, Lewis, House / Mead-Z1mmerman House Medi11, William, House Howard, Adam, House Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. Donald J. Pease Officer Dr. Thomas R. Smith Hon. John W. Stanton Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Samuel L. Devine Hon. Thomas L.
Ashley Columbus, Ohio 43211 ) 880 4/10/78 Location Mott STATE Society Galion Westerville Maumee Painesville Name Crawford County Fairfield County Franklin County Lake County Also Notified Alkire House Bullskin Creek Site Greenwich vicinity Lancaster State Historic Preservation Date Entered Clermont County Huron County Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER East Fork Site Lucas County Medina County Director, The Ohio Historical OHIO Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Hull, Isaac, Store Hon. William H. Harsha Hon. Sharon Center Hon. Clarence E. Miller NAME as it appears on federal register: 3) date of entry: ) county code: MAR 3 0 1978 E of Greenwich on OH 13 (12) SOURCE of NOMINATION O deteriorated Oaltered Oruins 9O NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed - Unknown O Unknown Ounexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?
Dyes Ono AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first'O - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANMING -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 3 functions edates of initial construction: B architectural style(s): @master builder: 5 landscape architeet / garden designer: EVENTS : Huron Greenwich ASSOCIATION CONDITION ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: ENGINEERING-11 vicinity of builder/contractor: artist: PERSONAL: interior decorator: CURRENTLY: historic events: Mead-Zimmerman House artisan: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION LOCAL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 PH0506125 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 city/ town NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dexcellent major alterations : if state who prepared form?
XSTATE NAMES give role & date Ooriginal site Mfeatures: GNPS REGION: Ogood OWNER X PRIVATE OSTATE CMUNICIPAL -COUNTY MULTIPLE CFEDERAL (agency name) - FEDERAL Oreconstrueted - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE -6 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 engineer: Dmoved architeot: SAVED? OYES