Nomination for Rohr, David, Mansion And Carriage House

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED MAY 22 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER RR 2 Box 474 NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT -WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED _BEING CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

Montgomery County Recorder's Office REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 Germantown OBJECT Dayton BOTH HISTORIC DATE CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE CODE TITLE OWNERSHIP COUNTY TRANSPORTATION 113 GOVERNMENT MUSEUM CATEGORY NAME UNOCCUPIED COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE ENTERTAINMENT Columbus PARK PUBLIC STATE SCIENTIFIC MILITARY STATUS RELIGIOUS COURTHOUSE. XBUILDING(S) OTHER: XNO 8th Congressional district Southwest Ohio Survey October 1970 Montgomery _EDUCATIONAL Dr. and Mrs. Noel Watson _STRUCTURE Ohio XPRIVATE DATA SHEET -SITE RECEIVED DEC 12 1977 - FEDERAL *STATE _COUNTY LOCAL SURVEY RECORDS (Rev. 10-74) Ohio Historical Center 45l West Third Street DESCRIPTION an Eastlake/Queen Anna Mode C 1890. The left side of the facade advances with two bays of tall with rectangular 6/3 and 6/6 windows. decoration. CONDITION MOVED DATE XDETERIORATED panelling and corbelled caps.

XUNALTERED and segmental head moulds.A frame structure connects a rec- cornice on paired brackets supporting a complex pyramidal slate side and a heavily moulded pediment motif.They rise tall with The rectangular door is in a panelled and decorated embrasure.The tinctive interior and exterior which identify them the face or gable dormers with small casement windows to each XORIGINAL SITE proportioned windows with l/l D.H.S., decorated lintels on brackets The three bay North side has a stone porch with pillars, house of generally the current second and lug sills.The chimney advances with stone belts and shoulders. The irregular shaped residence was built in at least three _EXCELLENT as a pre-existing course American Bond brick.In The older part to the right rear consists of a pavilion and roof in two tiers with large fenial.

The chimney on the right is inside but is set off by corbelled The stretcher bond brick facade is balanced on each side of a CHECK ONE wood veranda across the rear. phases.The rear pavilion and awing on the right side have dis- tall second story tower window is mullion with l/l double hung sash - UNEXPOSED -GOOD -FAIR There is a double stone belt DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

balustrade and a round cornered bay on the right. The dominant window under a pitched roof with ornamental gable. There is a hip roof is asphalt shingle with rail.The chimneys rise through wing with segmental windows having 4/4 and 6/6 double hung sash with stylizedpillars on panelled cornice and balustrade. and panelled and bracketed lintel. addition to this 1875 Atlas of Montgomery County shows a - RUINS Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEC 12 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED MAY. 22 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER Each face has a small gable with round (north) or rectangular PAGE RECEIVED There is a large square carriage house of seven course American show in the 1875 Atlas. The rectangular windows are 6/6 double cupola.

hung sash with stone lintels and sills.Eaves are box cornice. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

it a dominant and imposing structure, lending a unique character 1400-1499 1700-1799 1500-1599 structure.

EDUCATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW THEATER AGRICULTURE X1800-1899 PERIOD PHILOSOPHY Eastlake interior trim greatly enhances the significance of the INVENTION XCOMMERCE INDUSTRY MILITARY _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT XARCHITECTURE LITERATURE The Second Empire house, which appears in the 1875 Atlas, _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _TRANSPORTATION from the rear west and southern walls.The Eastlake house we see was built around a preceding Victorian house which still projects _PREHISTORIC today was a major renovation of the Second Empire house and was Germantown in the middle and latter part of the nineteenth cen- The unusual architectural combination of the Victorian, was badly neglected and abused.The trim, however, somehow managed SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _SCULPTURE Eastlake, and Queen Anne styles of the David Rohr Home has made _CONSERVATION _ECONOMICS _COMMUNICATIONS enjoys the manual arts and plans to do most of the restoration 1973 the house was purchased by Dr.and Mrs.

to survive with little damage. become the elegant showplace it has been in the past. -1600-1699 Noel Watson, a Native of Germantown, who plans to renovate the MUSIC -COMMUNITY PLANNING In addition, the excellent The house, in the past few years, has Dr. Watson is a craftman who himself. Under the Watsons' ownership, the house will again seen hard times as it was divided into low income dwellings and ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC to Germantown's historic atmosphere. carried out in the 1890's. house to its l890's appearance. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1909. The History of Montgomery County, Ohio. Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1882.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION At the SW corner of the intersection of route 725 and Astoria Rd. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Claudia L. Watson, Preservation Intern STREET & NUMBER The Old Court House, P.O. Box 461 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)./ 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 DATE CODE ORGANIZATION Dayton COUNTY NORTHING STATE ZONE LOCAL Drury, Rev. A.W.

History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Montgomery County Historical Society ZONE EASTING SHPO 2 acres 5. 12:78 GPO 892-453 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: TELEPHONE ATTEST: Photos _ HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF MAY 2 2 1978 Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER TECHNICAL Inventory HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Send-back Re-submit Maps 2.7.78 Review National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Working Number/ 2. 12. 77. 2083 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Mont Gomery 7.5.28 Ohio IN T DEC 1 2 1977 MAY 2 2 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1# The main facade from the east DAVID ROHR HOME Loren S. Gannon, Jr.

July 1976 PRESERVATION OFFICE MAY 2 2 1978 July 1976 DEC 12 1977 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 2#The right side from the northwest Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio DAVID ROHR HOME Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Loren S. Gannon, Jr. DAVID ROHR HOME PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DAVID ROHR HOME Loren S. Gannon, Jr.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MAY 221978 Germantown, Montgomery County, OhidEC 12 1977 4# The carriagehouse from the northwest DEC 12 1977 MAY 2 2 1978 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mantsomery #5g5 UNITED STATER DEC 12 1977 MIDDLETOWN QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DAVID ROHR HOME 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC MAY 22 1978 -Mon toomer RECEIVED STATE OF OHIO N 3930W8422.5/7.: NATIONAL Martindale, Samuel, House Christman, Nicholas, House Rohr, David, Mansion and Carriage Germantown Griswold, Peck, House Harris, Will1am B., House Garfield, Halsey, House Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Honorable Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Dr. Thomas Il. Smith Columbus, Ohlo 43211 Honorable Donald J.

Pease Madison House Hanson House Mott Location 5/31/78 STATE Lorain County Sheffield Montgomery County Name Lake County Muskingum County Fairfield County Lucas County Maumee ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Zanesville Ladd's Tavern Also Notified Honorable John W. Stanton Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Thomas L. Ashley Director,The Ohio Historical Society Englewood vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Thomas N. Kindness Date Entered Honorable Clarence E. Miller Baltimore vicinity Miller Farm Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue MAY 2 2 1978 )) date of entry: 4) county code: MAY 2 2 1978 X STATE CONGRESS.

DISTRICT 8th (12) SOURCE OF NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated 17 features: Dexcellent Oruins Omoved OO NOT INTACT-O - Unknown Dunexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access (1 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 -RECREATION -28 @CLAIMS: explain 'first'D - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW -16 - RELIGION- 22 - ARCHEOLOGY -historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 C LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH -27 C MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 C ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions major alterations : 50) landscape architeet / garden designer: S) interior decorator: EVENTS : date |IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 113 Montgomery engineer: Germantown ASSOCIATION CONDITION SETTLEMENT-29 INSTITUTIONAL: builder/contractor: ENGINEERING-11 CURRENTLY: PERSONAL: historic events: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 artisan: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: artist: ADMINISTRATOR: Dunexposed Bmaster builder: LOCAL NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP URBAN PLANNING-31 6architectural style(s): NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET vicinity of if state who prepared form?

EXPL0RAT10N-12 Doriginal site GNPS REGION: 2 OTHER NAMES: Rohr, David, Mansion and Carriage House -good SAVED? DYES -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 reviewers initials GROUP ETHNIC Dfair COMMERCE-6 dates of initial construction: UNKNOWN-4 as it appears on federal register: Daltered IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Oyesno MOUNKNOWN-6