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10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAY 2 2 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM NOV 27 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X_PUBLIC AGRICULTURE WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED - OTHER: library OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 137 CODE DATE TITLE LOCATION Ottawa GOVERNMENT COUNTY ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT Putnam STATE CLASSIFICATION SCIENTIFIC Leipsic DISTRICT OWNERSHIP UNOCCUPIED MILITARY CATEGORY East Main Street RECEIVED TRANSPORTATION PRIVATE XBUILDING(S) STRUCTURE RELIGIOUS Village of Leipsic PH0669385 STATUS NAME EDUCATIONAL Ohio DATE ENTERED 305 West Main Street John Edwards House _BEING CONSIDERED FOR NPS USE ONLY - INDUSTRIAL Tennyson Guyer-Ath 5 -OBJECT -_MUSEUM -BOTH (Rev.
10-74) _COMMERCIAL REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. PARK Putnam County Courthouse 7 DESCRIPTION X ORIGINAL SITE X GOOD MOVED DATE. The front hall, with its open cherry staircase, has double outside doors with etched glass then. Fed by the attic water cistern which utilized gravity flow, this convenience was CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT DETERIORATED UNALTERED FAIR The multi-gabled main roof also has imbricated slate with finials and ridge trim which kitchen of the house. The east side of the house which faced the driveway that led to the carriage house is variance was granted to preserve these elements of this historic house. Marble fireplace and dumb waiter remain from when the Edwards dined formally each evening. cherry staircase, cement casing for the back stairs, and fireproof sheeting to cover the moldings that touch a horizontal stone band that circles the house on the second floor.
above the attic window is repeated in the matching pedimented entrance of the wrap-around Between the porch and window is the stairway window with its stained glass almost covered The John Edwards House is on a shaded avenue in the small village of Leipsic in windows in an oak-paneled wall that spotlights a built-in china cupboard with round glass Above the door is the monogram of the builder of the house JE in the stencilled pattern. The house has changed little since it was built.The facade has a projecting pavilion The inside is beautifully preserved with intricate stencil work, gold embossing, fleur- The house remains an excellent example of the early wealth in Leipsic and a style of and pilasters in the mullions are complemented by round arched stone labels and keystone. CHECK ONE large brick mansion remained in the family until 1977.
The dining room perhaps is the showpiece of the house.In this room are stained glass front.The light bulbs are set in the lion's mouths in an elaborately stencilled ceiling. under the porch roof with evenly spaced pendants and solid brackets.:On the east end of corners of the bedrooms.A back stairway was used by.the.servants:and opened into the porch has turned pillars with plain ballustrade, and is accented by the paneled friezeuc de-lis, moulds of lion's heads, stained and leaded glass which date from the time of the Through the efforts of the Friends of the Leipsic Library, a DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE