Nomination for Flory, Joseph, House

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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 OCT 2 0 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 9 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION - CITY. TOWN X VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Mr. and Mrs. W. T.

Hopfengardner Ohio 45315 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Ohio 45402 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 OBJECT CODE DATE BOTH HISTORIC GOVERNMENT ACCESSIBLE UNOCCUPIED Dayton 113 EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC Montgomery ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP RECEIVED MUSEUM CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION DISTRICT PARK COMMERCIAL SITE STRUCTURE RELIGIOUS PUBLIC STATE NAME COURTHOUSE, STATUS Ohio Hopfengardner Home _INDUSTRIAL Clayton DATE ENTERED X_PRIVATE XNO Third - Charles Whalen X_BUILDING(S) 360 meters north of Kimmel Road -OTHER: TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Flory, Joseph, House Route 1, Box 63 TITLE LOCATION COUNTY 451 West Third Street 7 DESCRIPTION X EXCELLENT X ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED _MOVED DATE- DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

a large frame barn, a machine shed, and a masonry dairy of twentieth. CONDITION DETERIORATED century construction. RUINS FAIR GOOD the basement on bedrock and a high front foundation of stone roof side porch. _UNALTERED The rear wing is weatherboard with interior end chimney and is extended by a gable addition with a second inside end chimney.A of four bays has a three panel door with a Colonial Revival broken one story gable addition is to the rear and a wood shed that has _UNEXPOSED This L plan country federal farm house sits on a knoll with CHECK ONE DATE The eaves project sloping and the gables verge projecting stoop with straight steps.T The ends are seven course American bond with wood lintels and sills. with frieze.The asphalt shingle roof has inside end chimneys. two bays.

The gable roof has a transverse section To the right front of the house on lower ground is an excellent pediment frontispiece in the left center bay. with a recessed cellar door on the right.The Flemish bond brick facade work entrance working area. The west side between the brick house and the wood shed is a shed with elevated roof on the east end.Other buildings to the west are There is a concrete AREAS OF

Statement of significance

1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW ART ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC INVENTION PERIOD EDUCATION SIGNIFICANCE 1900- SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY ENGINEERING MILITARY EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT THEATER LITERATURE MUSIC INDUSTRY _COMMERCE _TRANSPORTATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Hamilton M.Turner bought the farm from Jacob Flory's estate _CONSERVATION X1800-1899 wing since it is questionable that Hamilton Turner occupied the _1700-1799 setting on a knoll with mature trees.The lane runs from Diamond Turner already owned the mill pond that fed his large distillery, was a community leader and at one time was on the school board. _COMMUNICATIONS having the first plat of fifteen lots laid out. _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1400-1499 visual effect of an early Ohio farmstead. bill for flooring, staircase, siding, sashes, and doors was found for only four years.

member ("Dunkard") butsay nothing of John's faith.John Sayler -SCULPTURE He became the proprietor of Brookville, two miles to the southwest, by -RELIGION in l82l less a ten acre parcel that was part of a mill pond. saw flouring mill in Salem (Clayton).He held the land Township c. 1817. The enterprising parentage. springhouse. house. The more modern frame farm structures add to the Revolutionary War veteran Joseph Flory and his family moved This country Federal farmhouse is in an outstanding rural Sayler was born in Maryland of Swiss derivative Dunkard was married to Harriet Wampler by an Old German Baptist church They bought the southeast quarter of section 24 it may be presumed he did not reside on the farm.

Mill Road between marshy ponds that are the remainder of Hamilton Joseph died in l823 just as the house was completed.A joiner's He migrated to Ohio in l862 to work as a miller and John Sayler Saylor)bought the farm in 1872 and "greatly

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one acre VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION On Mill Road immediately north of the North Branch Rum, west side of road. Jec STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE July 12, 1976 STREET & NUMBER The Old Court House, P. O. Box 461 CITY OR TOWN Ohio 45402 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATEIS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE DIBECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892-453 ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE DATE 10/13/77 Dayton CODE 513/228-6271 LOCAL COUNTY ZONE ATTEST TITLE State Historic Preservation Officer Public Record Montgomery County Historical Society UTM REFERENCES Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and ZONE EASTING hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the Montgomery County, ohio.A. W. Bowen & Co., l897.

FOR NPS USE ONLY L NORTHING LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES | HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3 2678 A|16] Photos - Inventory _ MAR 2 9 1978 TECHNICAL Entered OTHER KEEPER HAER Re-submit Send-back Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Review CONTROL HISTORIAN Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 5.2.78 LOCALLY Working Number 10. 20. 27. 168/ Montaomery CLIPPINGS. IN T :2106 - United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 FLORY, JOSEPH, HOUSE Clayton (vicinity), Montgomery County, Ohio MAR 2 9 1978 Historical File #l West side from the southwest PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER C.1926 Montgomery County Historical SocietyCT 20 1977 FLORY, JOSEPH, HOUSE Sept.

1975 2 9 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER #2 West side from the southwest Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Clayton (vicinity), Montgomery County, Ohio Montgomery County Historical Society OCT 20 1977 FLORY, JOSEPH, HOUSE Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Sept. 1975 MAR 2 9 1978 #3 East side from the northeast Clayton (vicinity), Montgomery County, Ohio Sept. 1975 MAR 2 9 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Clayton (vicinity), Montgomery County, Ohio FLORY, JOSEPH, HOUSE #4"The barn from the southeast ELORY, JOSEPH, HOUSE OCT 2 0 1977 Loren S. Gannon, Jr- Sept.

1975 MAR 2 9 1978 Montgomery County Historical Society #5 The facade and springhouse from the south PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Clayton (vicinity), Montgomery County, Ohio GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TROTWOOD QUADRANGLE - OCT 20 1977 1965 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) TROTWOOD, OHIO Re: H-34-880 Montgomery County, Ohio Dr. William J. Murtagh Washington, D.C. Dear Dr. Murtagh: Your letter of October 26 advising us that ation of a window in the bath and removal of siding from a out, necessary to the restoration. with normal maintenance, it should be good for many, many We anxiously await the result of the pend- W. T. Hopfengardner Clayton, Ohio 45315 ing review. 11-23-77 Clayton vicinity Diamond Mill Road, National Park Service, Joseph Flory House 15miles which remains as it was originally constructed. Department of the Interior, Encl.

our home is being considered for inclusion in the National interest in the preservation of this old house. ion of our efforts in saving it from certain demolition and Keeper of the National Register The building is now in excellent structural Enclosed are tear sheets from two area news- dictated compromises such as the addition ofa modern plumb- restoring it for our pleasure and for those who follow us. To my knowledge this is the only structure more years of occupancy. wood shed at the rear of the house to provide an open loung- of this architectural type and era within a radius of 10 or ing area. There were, of course, many minor repairs, in and Sincerely, The interior has been little changed with the exception of DATE PED INITIALS Page A-6 - Argus-Sentinel - Nov. 23, 1977 By LEE ELMORE of 15 lots, laid out in many handmade, and a Diamond Mill Rd., who had Mr. and Mrs.

pediment frontspiece, It collected old deeds and had driven by, admired estate sales. Old records found it was for sale, he added in 1861. A spring still stands in Clayton, it The home the old house, adapting bought the which sits on 35 acres, is was established. Joseph RAPP JEWELER Flory, a Revolutionary Board 7 W. NATIONAL RD. Just south of Rt. 440. ENGLEWOOD, OHIO Clayton, a saw mill and water for the household In 1821 and then died in supporting the roof, can Dunkard ( son, Jacob, who was a the basement, two in the bler's bench, which was other two heirs. He later put on in 1861, enlarging now year property fengardner 1862and Harriet married Registry. Montgomery, near Margaret. have Greene Hopfengarder Mrs.Hopfengardner 1817. Susanna, WATCH REPAIR Jacob Historical Society thus: Flory built the home Sycamore Clay Wampler.

This frame addition was French and Italian-style has lovingly furnished Maryland National Park Service. recessed cellar door. The original section of was Penn- T-plan country federal children who are buried small addition. The original land the OUR Colonial Revival broken Flory property only four moved from blacksmith and had a Brookville Rd. logs, built in 1821 by Joseph fengardner's front door. can adapt to the con- only roads in the area attractive feature of the the Northwest Territory When the home was Salem to Union and the retained the charm of day. and Preble counties, the home with antiques, Clayton home qualifies for National Register of Historic Places ona knoll on bedrock.It a flouring mill in Salem stands on the west side Historic Site Preser- reports the bark is still 8899 BROWN SCHOOL RD. TACK SHOP & BOUTIQUE 1850.

some of the remodeling veniences of modern research the records on has a high front foun- 1823, just as the house pond that fed the large Historic Places of the enclosed section is an of Brookville as he Flory' estate in 1868. John and ROUTE 40 EAST house was first built and The old Flory house is a have lived there for 15 836-6243 federal farm house sits COME IN AND BROWSE. blend of life-styles. was completed.He dation of stone with a knoll. standing rural site. THE COFFEE IS ALWAYS ON.

be seen from the attic originally retired abstractor for A 156-year-old house worked as a farmer and the spring flowed across are in the house, one in bond brick and there is a that built and lived in established the first plat The lovely old house, three-panel door with a the house, and when he The kitchen distillery oni Route 49 in farm house, soon to be were what is now Route stands as an example of a frame addition was it to today's life-style. the home is of brick and indicate wages paid for Flory, is now the home then moved to Indian trail ran from living area and one in The facade is of Flemish property in 1872 and it is Ohio occupies a site ona how the charm of the old Over a The house M. Turner property.

The spring is Worman in 1806 after leader War veteran, who had Diamond Hop 1862 890-6966 providing munity basement served Saylor) deteriorated when remodeling, outbuildings, Sayler well-qualified spent derivative picturesque Swiss- who Township about Turner was born in This T-plan country bought the farm from tgomery County Salem- National Register of not reside on the farm. Hopfengardner isa terprising and a com- Jacob bought out the Hamilton M. Turner described by the Ohio intact. Four fireplaces along the creek on the purchased it.Over wooded WORD" the old home. He has believed he made a the floor, found in one of the built in 1821, an old ISSUE NO. 18 VOLUME NO. LXX XIV Area Homes Nominated BROOKVII Cuistomers At Slyders Santa To Be By Historical Society This Saturday Serving Brookville And The Sur Clayton Smith, New At Bank Again Lebanon School Supt.

325 Simn THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1974 - BROC new school superintendent. lected for the joh from a field of 28 applicants and fills the past vacated by the resignia- entitied to get. The school will have to make restitution fos Bet settied twenty years of experience in school administration. His last the community better. He sand retired superintendent, has Toda of Vandalia December 20th, 1974. Christmas Staff Meetin the Board of Education Off school Live Mannequins Startle Christmas Vacation will which showed that the school Aid for the next 30 months. CLAYTON S.SMITH patrons did a double-take, tendent, Simmie Alley. New KVILLE, OHIO 45309 31 - New Year's Eve. Brk. Nat'l Bank or better are: Joy Martin Mangan) : Ohine Technica Training Edith O. Jerd nical training school head- fast, too! Members of the Dale L.i 319 Poplar Street for. 1974-75. 1975.

NOTICE Lowell Millhouse tral Band Association munity. Saturday Arrival Campaigners Attend Dinner Legion Plans Telephone Course gion post. Honor Roll Northwest Y Membership consumption. Contributes To Christmas Money Anderson Student ons Street pate another good year. Ohio Foundation High School Inducted Into Phi Theta Kappa LE STAR Binkley American Legion Post Christmas Eve and also at For Santa's Give Away The Brookville National Bank keep pace with telephony de- Denise Ann Dear structure. regular refuse route which is Shoppe and Holiday Bazaar Completes Gen' SINGLE COPY 10c yard or feed yard. ted by this Resolution. than 70 provided by the tech this fall to the Anderson A graduate of Miami Cen- education of its enployees to of General's plan for continual you see children have such Clay Twp.

Answered chalf of the Board of Education wonderful cxperiences Ing For those two weeks, the ville High School students at- annual Ohio Foundation of tending the Joint Vocational are keenly aware of the finan As of December 1. the num- Grover Jackson, Teresa Smith, tenance of a commercial stock This is encouraging A. (1) Write sour question Robin Cantwil. Dan Corder. Township Zoming Commission, R. R. 1, Box 285, Brookville, use for agricultural purposes (2) Call 884-5309 (Neil (3) or come to our public any such use, building or hearings - Next, at Phillips- P.M., on Tuesday, January T, A. The use of a tract of land For growing crops in the open, Lowell L. Millhouse of 203 Crosswell Ave., Brookville, an 1. The maintenance and op- at General Telephone Co. of houses or hydroponic farms. School at Marion. 2 Wholesale or retail sales ing of animals or poultry in Edith O.

(Brown) Jerd, 320 Bs oce of thirteen Sinclair tinue to work to meet their into Nu Pi Chapter, Phi Theta bers include: Jim Bermett. Kappa is based upon academ The Westbrook P.T.A.s Tyke (Ind.) College campus is De Mr. and Mrs. Jack L Dear, Anderson, a liberal arts school God since 1917, and offering P.M. and will be in front of with the kiddies and pass out Miss Dear is a graduate of 1 Brookville High School 3. The feeding or shelter- one of more Marion, is part the holidays, the velopments. BRQOKVILLE run on Thursday. installation and maintenance The Honor Roll for Brook side plant supervisors seminar Agriculture does not include A.Nothing in the zoning This course, following uses: other methods to increase the The Brookville Band Asso Liberty exchanges in the com- all buildings to conserve gas supervisor's effectiveness. ployees in the Trotwood and Kappa National Honorary Fra- coln.

Among 542 students new ural operations? cedures,work scheduling and rounding Area Since 1890 esolution (based on the Ohio Membership in Phi Theta mus Program at Westbrook Revised Code) shall prohibit that was peanut butter sand Community College students nized nationally as outstand goal through December. School is announced for the This seminar covers account- He supervises em- Everyone enjoyed the Christ- the residence of the persons the feeding of garbage to an- same are specifically permit tificate for completing an cut- Independent Colleges cam- cated; and no zoning certifi- was a eontributor to the Ohio Saturday afternoon for a visit pany's Brookville district. had many unusual gifts.

restoration should ask any band member The Northwest YMCA mem- egin at the completion of Friday, or structures incident to the colleges tiekets are being sold at $1.00 touch with the North Pole Ohio 45309; ciation is having a Christmas he use of any land for agri- ter Christmas Vacation is Jan- majors in 35 areas to over that we could not use the ov- In observance of the holi- each and anyone interested in Additional honor roll stu- tural use shall not include the kitchen for a short tine! Yes, an accredited two-year col- buildings or structures are lo- ber of contributors is not as and the family thereof, pro- 15yea. Clay The first day of school af and Northmont. MAR 2 9 1978 Flory, Joseph, House Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. Hon. William H. Harsha Dr. Thomas H. Smith Director, The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Delbert L.

Latta 880 Location Mott/js Harveysburg vicinity STATE Montgomery County Name Ashland County Bowling Green vicinity Date Entered Clayton vicinity Wood County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Warren County State Historic Preservation Officer 4/7/78 Vermilion Institute Dodge Site Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Hayesville Also Notified Hon. John M. Ashbrook Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr.

Hatton Farm Columbus, Ohio 43211 2 OTHER NAMES: (4) county code: city / town X STATE - deteriorated 17)features: Oruins 90 NOT INTACT -O SO UNKNOWN -6 Oexcavated O 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 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY - historic-1 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- g - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3) funetions &arch itectural style(s): @landscape architeet / garden designer: 3) interior decorator: EVENTS : Ireviewers initials.

date IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Montgomery 113 3rd CONDITION Hopfengardner House ASSOCIATION PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: vicinity of ENGINEERING-11 builder/contractor: artist: CURRENTLY: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 PH0506052 artisan: Clayton WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: LOCAL NW of Clayton on Diamond Mill Rd. historic events: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP master builder: ADMINISTRATOR: SAVED?YES Dunaltered NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dunexposed as it appears on federal register: Coriginal site Dexcellent GNPS REGION: Omoved 12SOURCE Of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - YES - Unrestricted IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Ono - COMMUNICATIONS - 7 CEXPLORATION -12 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) major alterations: -engineer: Oreconstructed Ounknown - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 @arohiteot: ETHNIC GROUP if state who prepared form?

dates of initial construction: NAMES give role & date 19ADAPTIVE USE YES NO Dgood Dfair