Nomination for Lash, William D., House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 2 0 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FEB 171978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Lash, William D., House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 20-Clarence Miller - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT X.BUILDING(S) COMMERCIAL _WORK IN PROGRESS PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS _YES: RESTRICTED _GOVERNMENT BEING CONSIDERED _OTHER: OWNER OF PROPERTY Thomas and Barbara Leeper 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS;ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS December, 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 119 43701 BOTH COUNTY CODE DATE LOCATION Muskingum TRANSPORTATION TITLE EDUCATIONAL OWNERSHIP SCIENTIFIC CATEGORY ENTERTAINMENT CLASSIFICATION STATE PARK SITE RECEIVED ACCESSIBLE RELIGIOUS Columbus PUBLIC STATUS Zanesville Ohio COURTHOUSE. Ohio Historic Inventory NAME Ohio Historical Center Fourth and Main Streets 2261 Dresden Road DATE ENTERED Muskingum County Court House INDUSTRIAL XNO - AGRICULTURE FOR NPS USE ONLY -STRUCTURE _UNOCCUPIED DATA SHEET XPRIVATE RESIDENCE -_MUSEUM - OBJECT PH0S060 _FEDERAL XSTATE _COUNTY LOCAL X PRIVATE X EXCELLENT _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

locally. The house is built on frame construction with shiplapped The door itself is a four panel design made of walnut, and is is located in the den, which also has one of the four working fire- The secondary door has 6/6 window lights with a the interior with tasteful paint, wallpaper, and floor material CONDITION selections. FAIR 7DESCRIPTION XALTERED The southwest first story wall boasts a four unit bay window bracketry work on the northeast and northwest elevations.A nicely siding and a truncated hip roof with slate shingles. The foundation is rockfaced sandstone, presumably quarried Two brick sidewalks lead you across the front yard under some The house has two and one-half stories with the attic presently slightly recessed with a fixed transom. all four chimneys in good shape and intact.

There are two wooden porches in good shape minus the cornice The Leepers have done a commendable job of restoring much of and fine bracketry.Most of the plaster in the house is in fine detailed portico with fine bracketry highlights the main front door. shape along with the original woodwork. places and natural finished bi-fold double hung wooden shutters. XORIGINAL SITE CHECK ONE _DETERIORATED pointed wooden lintels and plain slip sills. _UNEXPOSED - UNALTERED All of the windows are.double hung 2/2 in.design.with well preserved, -GOOD _RUINS reflected on the exterior of this fine Victorian house. The feel- ing of the site and house is one of a"well seasoned"appearance. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

more than thirty years, and was involved with education in general in southeastern degree in 1874 (from Ohio University), and four years later, in 1878, he assumed the duties of Superintendent of the Zanesville Public Schools, a position that he was to the Zanesville schools, as well as a sort of special education program for slower was. held at the new high school, with overflowing crowds; the eulogy was offered by the were built in the upper Dresden Road area.

1400-1499 1700-1799 ECONOMICS ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC COMMUNICATIONS LAW ENGINEERING PHILOSOPHY AGRICULTURE PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCULPTURE THEATER MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE LITERATURE INVENTION _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 1600-1699 _CONSERVATION _TRANSPORTATION X1800-1899 and held memberships in a number of statewide teachers'organizations.During his _COMMERCE _PREHISTORIC This residence is a typical example of midwestern Victorian architecture inwood. 1880s, this building has continued to be associated with him through the years.It is William Lash himself figured prominently in the educational life of Zanesville for said that he often conducted classes in his Dresden Road home before neighborhood schools was completed in 1883,and currently functions as the Board's offices.The second, both of which continue in use today by the Board of Education.

The first of these Ohio University in 187l.That same year he began his regular teaching career in -1500-1599 -RELIGION _1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING X EDUCATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -1.- _OTHER (SPECIFY) Jackson, Ohio. In 1872, he moved to Zanesville to teach. He received his Master's hold until his death thirty-one years later. Lash was a progressive, innovative educator completed just prior to Lash's death, was for almost fifty years known as Lash High entire city into mourning, closing schools and businesses alike. A memorial service State Commissioner of Schools, John Zellar. A plaque erected in the hall of Lash High School reads: "In loving memory of William D.

Lash, thirty-three years Superintendent SPECIFIC DATES early 1870s tenure as Superintendent, the graded system for classroom organization was adopted in ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC INDUSTRY Ohio for almost forty.He was born in Athens County in 1846,and was graduated from "Brilliant Career... Ended," Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), November 18, 1909, pp. 1, 3. (Obituary) 10

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION At 2261 Dresden Rd. across the street from the Westview School, on the 11 FORM PREPARED BY David L.

Taylor, Regional Historic Preservationist ORGANIZATION Markwood Architect and Associates 12 January, 1977 STREET & NUMBØR18 North Seventh Street TELEPHONE 452-6429 Fc...;º (614)453-0762 CITY OR TOWN Ohio-.43701 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 NAME /TITLE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 DATE 10/13/77 COUNTY CODE NORTHING LOCAL STATE Zanesville State Historic Preservation Office UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING 1425 Newark Road hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the 9 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES less than one acre west side of the Rd.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ZONE 414-050 Ohio University-Zanesville Photos _ 12 .6.77 Review - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Re-submit . OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST Inventory KEEPER HAER Send-back Maps CONTROL HISTORIAN TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up muskingum BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry Entered FEB 17 1978 1.31.78 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 Property Working Number,0. 20. 77. 1685 State H. 4.478 WILLIAM D. LASH HOUSE OCT 2 0 1977 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio view of portico at SE corner of house 2261 Dresden Road PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER FEB 17 1978 WILLIAM D. LASH HOUSE OCT 2 0 1977 Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio FEB 17 1978 2261 Dresden Road view of house from the NE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Photo by David L.

Taylor, 12/76 2e12 25 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ZANESVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE ZANESVILLE WEST ROAD CLASSIFICATION FEB 17 1978 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIOHWAYS STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES STATE CEIO FEB 17 1973 New Carlisle vicinity Kettering, Charles F., House - Hontgonary County Hon. John Ho Glenn, Jr. Eon. Howard M. Metzenbaum Ion. Clarence J. Brown Hon. Tennyson Guyer Regional Director, Midwest Region Mott 2/24/78 880 Location Dayton Name Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL RLGISTER Warder Public Library Date Entered Clark County Kettering Muskingun County Franklin County McDannald Homestead Columbus vicinity Springfleld Miani County Zaneaville Dr. Thomas H. Smith Guomer House Hon. Samuel L. Devine Columbus, Ohio 43211 Hon. Charles W. Whalea, Jr.

Mott State Hiatoria Preservation Officer Farm Buildings 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: - county code: FEB 17 1978 Lash, William D., House city / town 11) CONGRESS.

DISTRICT 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated Daltered 17) Leatures: 9O NOT INTACT-O -unexposed EO UNKNOWN-5 - Unknown 5O UNKNOWN-6 -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE -6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 C LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH- 27 - MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 C PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 Bfunetions major alterations : " interior decorator: )builder/contractor: EVENTS : @dates IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE CONDITION 119 Zanesville county ASSOCIATION Muskingum PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: FEDERAL historic events: STATE CURRENTLY: PH0506010 PRIVATE ORGANIZATION vicinity of artisan: ENGINEERING-11 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 landscape architect/ garden designer: architectural style(s): NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP LOCAL master builder: Dexcellent ADMINISTRATOR: SAVED?YES NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Oruins Coriginal site as it appears on federal register: 226l Dresden Rd.

LOCATION street & number GNPS REGION: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Dyesno -EXPLORATION -12 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) 'only' D Omoved ETHNIC GROUP engineer: artist: if state who prepared form? Dgood Ofair