Nomination for Harris, William B., House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 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NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF -WORK IN PROGRESS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN PROCESS _YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT OTHER: 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS SEPTEMBER, DEPOSITORY FOR 43701 039 119 TITLE DATE CODE BOTH ENTERTAINMENT SITE HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE DISTRICT COUNTY CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY STRUCTURE OWNERSHIP AGRICULTURE RELIGIOUS _MUSEUM PUBLIC STATE COURTHOUSE. BUILDING(S) DATE ENTERED _BEING CONSIDERED _TRANSPORTATION _COMMERCIAL COLUMBUS, OHIO PUBLIC ACQUISITION MARGARET E.

JOHNSTON OHIO HISTORICAL CENTER ZANESVILLE NAME 10- CLARENCE MILLER SURVEY RECORDS PRESENT USE 1320 NEWMAN DRIVE OWNER OF PROPERTY OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY _MILITARY - INDUSTRIAL RECEIVED DEC 12 1977 _OBJECT - UNOCCUPIED _PARK STATUS MUSKINGUM _SCIENTIFIC XPRIVATE FOR NPS USE ONLY FOURTH & MAIN STREETS XNO OHIO MUSKINGUM COUNTY COURT HOUSE -FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY _LOCAL WILLIAM B. HARRIS HOUSE *ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

AND FIXED SIDELIGHTS, A SECOND PORCH IS FOUND ON THE WEST SIDE, FEATURING FLOOR-LENGTH IHE EXTRA CARE GIVEN TO THIS PORCH WAS NO DOUBT THE RESULT OF ITS HAVING BEEN USED A ONE-STORY BOW WINDOW WITH AN APPROXIMATE RADIUS OF EIGHT FEET, ENHANCED BY THREE WITH TAPERED LINTELS, MOST WINDOWS ARE FLAT ARCHED, EXCEPT FOR THOSE AT THE GABLE FULL-LENGTH WOODEN_LOUVERED SHUTTERS, WHICH ARE OPERABLE AND IN A GENERALLY GOOD STATE OF REPAIR.

THE HOUSE IS COVERED BY A SLATE INTERSECTING GABLE ROOF, WITH A ONE-STORY ORIGINAL EXTENTION TO THE SOUTH COVERED BY ITS_OWN GABLE ROOF, TO THE ACCURATE PRESERVATION OF HER HOME, AND HAS DISTURBED ONLY THAT WHICH WAS AL- READY STARTEDOR WHICH WAS SUFFERING FROM A LACK OF MAINTENANCE, SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUTBUILDING HEMMER'S SUBDIVISION, AND FEATURES A WELL-KEPT YARD WITH SEVERAL LARGE SHADE TREES PENETRATE THE COMMON-BOND BRICK STRUCTURE ON THE EAST, WEST, AND NORTH SIDES, THE CONDITION DESCRIPTION XEXCELLENT XALTERED _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL IMPRESSIVE APPEARANCE OF THE INTERIOR,THE FIREPLACES ADDED SPACE FOR THE LIVINGROOM AND MASTER BEDROOM.THE SOUTHEAST WALL INCLUDES FUNCTIONAL CHIMNEYS RISE FROM THE VARIOUS ROOF RIDGES.PROJECTING AT SEVERAL THIS HANDSOME THREE-STORY BRICK HOME IS IRREGULAR IN PLAN SHAPE.ITS DESIGN _DETERIORATED MUCH OF THE INTERIOR REMAINS INTACT WITH MINIMAL ALTERATION.CONTEMPORARY GENTLY CURVING WINDOWS.THE WINDOWS THROUGHOUT THE HOME ARE DOUBLE HUNG,AND ARE WINDOWS,ROUND COLUMNS,AND TRIM MORE DETAILED THAN THAT FOUND ON THE NORTH PORCH.

EVER HAVING BEEN PAINTED.THE BUILDING FACES NORTH AND HAS A FRONT PORCH HIGHLIGHTED ENDS OF THE THIRD FLOOR, WHICH ARE OF THE POINTED ARCH TYPE.ALL OF THE WINDOWS HAVE - UNALTERED _FAIR IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THAT OF AN ENGLISH HOME THAT HARRIS SAW IN A NITH DELICATE WOODWORK, INCLUDING SECTIONS OF TRIM SET BETWEEN THE PORCH S SQUARE COLUMNS, WHICH GIVE A POINTED-ARCH EFFECT TO THE HOUSE'S PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE. THIS MAIN ENTRANCE IS ENHANCED BY A RECESSED TRABEATED DOOR WITH AN OPERABLE TRANSOM NORTHWEST WALL OF THE HOUSE, FEATURES FLOOR-LENGTH WINDOWS, AND PROVIDES CONSIDERABLE EITHER SIX-OVER-SIX OR FOUR-OVER-FOUR, SET ON PLAIN EXTENDED LUG SILLS AND CAPPED POINTS ON THE ROOF ARE GABLED DORMERS, WHOSE WINDOWS ARE SET IN POINTED ARCHES. - EXCEPT FOR THOSE IN THE SREVANTS' QUARTERS, WHICH ARE OF PINE.

THE HOME HAS REAR AND FRONT STAIRS WITH BEAUTIFUL TURNED BALUSTERS AND HANDRAIL, A SKYLIGHT IS IN GOOD CONDITION EXCEPT FOR A FEW SPOTS WHERE MOISTURE HAS PENETRATED, IN THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT OF GUESTS.A TWO-STORY BAY WINDOWPROJECTS FROM THE THIS HOUSE IS SITUATED IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY KITCHEN AND BATHROOM FACILITIES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.THE PRESENT OWNER IS COMMITTED _RUINS GROUND APPROXIMATELY TWO.FEET.THE WALLS AND FOUNDATION SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF -GOOD Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDDEC 12 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 2 2 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER TOOK CARE INPLACINGLARGE, IRREGULAR, GLAZED QUARRY TILE ON THE GARAGE FLOOR, PAGE DATE ENTERED THE GARAGE IS IN A GOOD STATE OF RRPAIR.

PROVIDING A FUNCTIONAL ABRASIVE SURFACE.THIS BRICK STRUCTURE RESTS ON SANDSTONE AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE ECONOMICS SCULPTURE X EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT X INDUSTRY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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WHO WOULD BE VICTORIOUS. HE REASONED THAT A FINE HOME WOULD BE A SOUND INVESTMENT DEATH ON MARCH21,1901,THEEIGHT-ROOM HOME WAS OWNED BY JOHN HEMMER OF HEMMER ICE CREAM COMPANY, AND LATER BY CHARLES PFEIFFER, A LOCAL ATTORNEY, 1500-1599 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC CONSERVATION COMMUNICATIONS SIGNIFICANCE EDUCATION PERIOD THEATER TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE LAW ART RELIGION MILITARY LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE _ENGINEERING SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN BEING USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS RESIDENCE.FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE _PHILOSOPHY -1700-1799 1900- _1400-1499 THIS HOME IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY MIDWEST RESIDENTIAL _INVENTION -COMMERCE ARCHITECTURE, WITH INFLUENCE FROM THE GOTHIC REVIVALIT WAS BUILT BY WILLIAM B X1800-1899 - MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING BEHIND HARRIS' BUILDING OF THIS HOME, WITH THE CIVIL WAR UNDERWAY, HARRIS DID NOT KNOW BUILDER/ARCHITECT WILLIAM B.

HARRIS (UNLIKE CURRENCY), GUARANTEEING HIM A RETURN ON HIS CAPITAL, AFTER WILLIAM HARRIS' -ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SPECIFIC DATES C. 1863 GEORGE, BEGAN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS IN ZANESVILLE IN 1863,THE FIRST BRICKS BUSINESS THE KILNS WERE CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK DAUBED WITH CLAY.PERMANENT KILNS WERE

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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 1 ACRE 3 20 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION DAVID L. TAYLOR, REGIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST 22 OCTOBER, 1976 (614) 453-0762 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 NationalRegister 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 KEEPER OF THEINAGITONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 DATE CODE COUNTY NORTHING NAME/TITLE STATE LOCAL ZONE EASTING UTM REFERENCES ZANESVILLE 1425 NEWARK ROAD TELEPHONE452-6429 218 N.

SEVENTH STREET ATTEST: 14.412.1136.0 A1Z/ 1411,5340 11 FORM PREPARED BY 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE (614) SHPO 17.29.77 Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 22 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED ITEM NUMBER 2 (REVISION) EARLY AS I821, AND HE AND HIS BROTHER GEORGE BEGAN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS THERE TC. FOR BUILDING AND STREET PAVING PURPOSES AND_ORNAMENTS AND ORNAMENTAL WORK. ROOM HOUSE WAS OWNED BY_JOHN HEMMER, A LOCAL ICE CREAM MANUFACTURER, AND LATER BY CHARLES PFEIFFER, A ZANESVILLE ATTORNEY. PAGE CONTINUATION SHEET HERITAGE,AND OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL BRICK INDUSTRY IN THE MIDWEST.

THE WILLIAM B.HARRIS HOUSE IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF MID-NINETEENTH- OF THE VICTOR.HARRIS LIVED HERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 19O1,AFTER WHICH TIME THE 8- REVIVAL.IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY WILLIAM B. HARRIS ON A FIVE-ACRE SITE ALONG THE HOUSE REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO MUSKINGUM COUNTY'S ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION OF ORNAMENTAL, ENAMELED, PLAIN PRESSED RED AND COMMON BRICK, FIRE BRICK, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF PERMANENT KILNS, HARRIS BROS, BECAME THE FIRST PRODUCERS HARRIS REASONED THAT A FINE HOME, UNLIKE CURRENCY, WOULD BE NEGOTIABLE IRRESPECTIVE RECEIVED APR 12 1978 BY THE 1890S, W.B.

HARRIS AND BROTHERS EMPLOYED 120, AND, AS DESCRIBED IN AN 1890 THE NEED FOR A HOME WAS NOT THE ONLY MOTIVATING FORCE BEHIND HARRIS BUILDING OF THIS RESIDENCE.WITH THE CIVIL WAR UNDERWAY, AND UNSURE OF THE OUTCOME, THE NATIONAL ROAD(LATER U.S.ROUTE 4O),APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE EAST OF THE OF PRESSED BRICK WEST OF THE CHIO RIVER. Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAY 2 2 1978 INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER PAGE DRIVE NEWMAN CONTINUATION SHEET AVENUE DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY RECEIVEDEC 12 1977 Ohio Inventory - MAY 2 2 1978 TECHNICAL OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered KEEPER HAER Send-back CONTROL Maps Re-submit Photos Review National Register Write-up State BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry Muskingum Working Number/2. /2. 27.

20 80 OK-12.1 Minimal United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 Outbuilding, from SW (10/76) Photo by David L. Taylor Zanesville, OH DEC 12 1977 MAY221978 Negative at Ohio University- WILLIAM B. HARRIS HOUSE 1425 Newark Road 195 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Muskingum County, Ohio MAY 2 2 1978 William B. Harris House: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 225 View from the SE Zanescille D. taylor-photo 1917 MAY 2 2 1978 William B. Harris House: Rear (S) view DEC 12 1977 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER MAY 2 2 1978 William B. Harris House: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER View from the NE William B. Harris House.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DEC 12 1977 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ZANESVILLE EAST, ZANESVILLE EAST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEC 12 1977 STATE OF OHIO STATE OHIO MAY 2 2 1978 Martindale, Samuel, House Christman, Nicholas, House Muskingun County : Griswold, Peck, House Garfleld, Halsey, House Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 House Location Name Mott 5/31/78 Lake County Montgomery County Madison Also Notified Sheffield Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lucas County Ladd's Tavern Zanesville Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Englewood vicinity Honorable Donald J. Pease Fairfield County Baltimore vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable John W. Stanton Lorain County Miller Farn Director, The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Thomas L. Ashley Honorable Thomas N.

Kindness Rohr, David,Mansion and Carriage Hanson House Honorable Clarence E. Miller Honorable Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Harris,William B., House Germantown Maumee OTHER NAMES: 3) date of entry 4 county code: MAY 2 2 1978 city / town X STATE (L)CONGRESS. DISTRICT 10th - FEDERAL O deteriorated Oaltered Doriginal site Dexeellent Oruins E0 NOT INTACT-O Dreconstructed - Unknown 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Oyes Ono @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 BCLAIMS: explain -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW - 16 D RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 -ARCHEOLOGY - historic-1 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24OTHER (SPECIFY) - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' 0 - EDUCATION- 10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 C TRANSPORTATION - 25 2 functions major alterations : @6) architeotural style(s) (0 landscape arohiteot / garden designer: * artisan: EVENTS : 3NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 119 CONDITION Muskingum county ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINMENT-26 PERSONAL: engineer: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION date INSTITUTIONAL: Zanesville ENGINEERING-11 builder/contractor: artist: vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CURRENTLY: historic events: COMMERCE-6 interior decorator: 1320 Newman Dr.

ART-5 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ADMINISTRATOR: URBAN PLANWING-31 Dunexposed master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Dexcavated LOCAL if state who prepared form? Dgood Mfeatures SOURCE of NOMINATION SAVED? YES Dmoved GNPS REGION: 6 LOCATION street & number - No Access - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 @arohiteet: ETHNIC GROUP dates of initial construction: NAMES give role & date ACCESS YES-Restricted YES-Unrestricted Ofair as it appears on federal register: