Nomination for Twin Arch Stone Culvert

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JAN 3 1 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUL 17 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER Immediately east of County Road 25A -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF 4 - Guyer 109 ~ PRESENT USE WORK IN PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS _YES: RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT -BEING CONSIDERED XYES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER: abandoned OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 Troy BOTH Miami LOCATION OBJECT TITLE CODE Columbus COUNTY PARK STATE HISTORIC AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP RELIGIOUS SCIENTIFIC ACCESSIBLE NAME CATEGORY DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL SITE CLASSIFICATION MILITARY PRIVATE _ENTERTAINMENT STATUS _TRANSPORTATION Ohio Historic Inventory Twin Arch Stone Culvert DATE ENTERED Miami County Courthouse Miami County Commissioners XUNOCCUPIED COURTHOUSE, Ohio Historic Preservation Office BUILDING(S) West Main Street Ohio X.STRUCTURE -MUSEUM -COMMERCIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY DATA SHEET PH 066 1 686 (Rev. 10-74) XPUBLIC DATE1977 DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. The Twin Arch Stone Culvert was designed to allow a small ditch to flow according to the contract for its construction.

If "a solid, firm and durable rock foundation" was not uncovered in this process, then vertical wooden pilings were laid across the rock or piling foundation, and the masonry of the culvert The two arches have a radius of seven-and-a-half feet and are formed of has been partially filled through erosion, and is covered by small trees and these two cities are intact, although portions are filled or leveled. A county road is only about 100 feet west of the culvert, and a relocation proposal called for the demolition of the culvert. The project however, has been redesigned to preserve CONDITION sult. UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT DETERIORATED was constructed upon this base. XUNALTERED the structure.

XFAIR were driven down to bed rock to serve as a foundation.One foot squared timbers secondary growth.The culvert is badly silted from flooding by the river and underneath the Miami-Erie Canal and empty into the Great Miami River. CHECK ONE Flooding by the river has also dislodged some of the stones on the river side there is only about four feet between the ditch and the crown of the arches. -RUINS of the culvert and part of one wing wall has slipped out of position as a re- -GOOD DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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limestone voussiors. The culvert, constructed of coarsed limestone, is 96 DATE the western bank of the Great Miami River.Significant lengths of the canal between This segment of the Miami-Erie Canal between Piqua and Troy closely parallels The canal bed and towpath are supported by an earthen embankment that is approximately twelve feet above the bed of the ditch.The bed is 50 feet wide, AREAS OF

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extension was David Bates, who had previously been a principal engineer on the of the extension (between Dayton and Piqua) was David H. Morrison, who later started R. Brownell and Norman Sumner, both from neighboring Darke County. They were to contract, for a John Kleine who was paid for the completion of this section of the At the present, only one other similar canal structure is known to exist in the advanced state of disrepair. The Great Miami River Corridor Committee of purposes, and the Dettmer Hospital, whose grounds adjoin the canal lands, are in- ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART ECONOMICS RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD AGRICULTURE project. LAW 1400-1499 THEATER CONSERVATION INVENTION EDUCATION SCULPTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT PHILOSOPHY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURE PREHISTORIC MILITARY LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS bridges throughout the Midwest.

Erie Canal in New York.One of the junior assistant engineers on this section - EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT XTRANSPORTATION _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN XENGINEERING Miami and Shelby Counties hopes to use the Twin Arch Stone Culvert for recreation the Dayton based Columbia Bridge Works which manufactured and erected metal truss canal in April of 1837.Kleine utilized German immigrants as laborers on the - 1500-1599 The canal system in Ohio had a profound effect on the economic development have completed the work by June of 1836,but continuing outbreaks of Cholera and -1600-1699 -1700-1799 structed in1837 as a part of the extension"of the original Miami Canal which _COMMERCE _COMMUNITY PLANNING SPECIFIC DATES 1837-1913 Samuel Forrer, a Dayton resident who was very significant in Ohio canal history. ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC canal system and for its association with important canal engineers.

terested in utilizing the culvert for parkland. a very wet spring delayed construction. of the state.Much of this development occurred along the length of the Miami- Apparantly these men defaulted on their Beginning in 1818, Forrer was employed for fifty years as a canal rodman, surveyor,

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES in Reports, Made to the Thirty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Ohio (Columbus, 1836) . 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE David A. Simmons, Historian STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL X As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).F 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 ATTEST GPO 892-453 466-8727 CODE TELEPHONE DATE ZONE 9-19-77 COUNTY NORTHING beginning.

ORGANIZATION Columbus Ohio ZONE EASTING Ohio Historic Preservation Office hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the direction to the southwestern wingwall;then 106 feet eastward to the easternmost (see continuation sheet) "First Annual Report of the Board of Public Works,"Document No.27, northeastern wingwall;then 106 feet in a western direction to the place of feet west of the center point of the reference),55 feet in a southern I-7l and 17th Avenue LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES From the westernmost point of the northwestern wingwall that is approximately 53 point of the southeastern wingwall; then 55 feet in a northern direction to the Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUL 17 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER 9 (Columbus, 1837). Recreation Park," February - May, 1976. "Special Report of the Board of Canal Commissioners, in Relation Expenditures on the Public Works, With a List of Engineers," December 26, 1838. PAGE CONTINUATION SHEET DATE ENTERED "Second Annual Report of the Board of Public Works,"Document No. 19, FOR NPS USE ONLY (Hev. 10-74) Miller, Carol Poh. "Survey of the Cuyahoga River Valley National Ohio. Columbus: S. Medary's Power Press, 1843. (April, 1969 July, 1969). PP. 13-26, 29-44. Ohio Canal Commission Papers, Ohio State Archives, Ohio Historical Society Towpaths, Sesquicentennial Issue No. 2 Canal Society of Ohio, 1975. Rules and Specifications Relating to the Construction of Canals in the State of R. P.

STUDLET & Co., Manufacturing REMARKS. JAN 311978 ALIGNMENT. DEFLECTION. TOPOGIAPHY. Stationers.St.Louis.Mo. STATION. REA Book 28, W.H. Goffney's Survey Miami & Erie Canal South of Toledo [1889], Ohio Canal Commission Papers, Ohio State Archives, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio. JUL 17 1978 JUL 17 1978 KEEPER Entered CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER Maps Send-back Re-submit Photos HISTORIAN State Miami Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASo No.7 Working Number.31. 78.23 47 Inventory X IN T:2106 - 74 HAER Review TECHNICAL REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up 59.78 9.5.28 Hianklu JUL 17 1978 193 Photographer: David Simmons, Jan.

1977 View showing eastern face of culvert JAN 31 1978 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Twin Arch Stone Culvert Vicinity of Troy, Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Vicinity of Troy, Ohio JUL 17 1978 JAN 31 1978 Photographer: David Simmons, Jan. 1977 Negative: Ohio Historic Preserv ation Office Twin Arch Stone Culvert PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER View of western face of culvert Twin-arch stone culvert miamiCo miAmi Vicinity of Troy, Ohio JAN 31 1978 JUL 17 1978 Twin-arch stone culvert, Miami C Photographer: David Simmons, Jan. 1977 View atop culvert looking north showing Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Twin Arch Stone Culvert canal bed miami County UNITED STATES TROY QUADRANGLE JAN 31 1978 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Dr. Thomas H.

Smith Director, The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Clarence J. Brown Columbus, Ohio 43211 Warren Location STATE Name Date Entered Twin Arch Stone Culvert Also Notified Clark County Honorable Tennyson Guyer Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum South Charleston Honorable Charles J. Carney ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Muskingum County Trumbull County State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Clarence E. Miller South Charleston Historic District Troy vicinity Miami County Zanesville YWCA Edwards, John Stark, House JDD 17.1978 17 1978 4 county code: city / town X STATE N of Troy at SR 25A (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated Daltered 17 features: * SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-2 Dexcellent Dmoved EO NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed - Unknown 5O UNKNOWN-6 Dunexeavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Oyes Ono - AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -ENGINEERING -11 - RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 'first'O -COMMERCE -6 C ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW-16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 D ECONOMICS- 9 M INDUSTRY-13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions major alterations : 6 landscape architect / garden designer: 1 interior decorator: @bullder/contractor: EVENTS : NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP .date.

IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 109 Troy PH0661686 CONDITION Miami ASSOCIATION ETHNIC GROUP PERSONAL: artist: INSTITUTIONAL: FEDERAL CURRENTLY: historic events: artisan: architectural style(s): vicinity of SHPO staff WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION master builder: reviewers initials ADMINISTRATOR: Twin Arch Stone Culvert Doriginal site NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Oruins SAVED? YES Ddate of entry: GNPS REGION: Oreconstructed Ounknown - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 DYES ONO ACCESS engineer: NAMES give role & date if state who prepared form? LOCAL as it appears on federal register: 2OTHER NAMES: Dfair ACREAGE