Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Mountain House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,719 words across 14 pages, filed in 1978. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 78002181, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOV 1 4 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Chillicothe, Ohio - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE &PRIVATE - WORK IN PROGRESS -EDUCATIONAL XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio 45601 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Historic Inventory March 17, 1978 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historical Society 039 Harsha COUNTY BOTH DATE LOCATION ACCESSIBLE Columbus TITLE CODE CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC DISTRICT CATEGORY PARK NAME OWNERSHIP _GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE STATE RECEIVED STATUS Mountain House Paint and Main Streets 141 _INDUSTRIAL 6th COURTHOUSE. _TRANSPORTATION BUILDING(S) _OTHER: Highland Avenue DATE ENTERED Recorder's Office Ross County Court House _COMMERCIAL - MILITARY - UNOCCUPIED -SCIENTIFIC _PUBLIC _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY PH0687077 -SITE ROSS AGRICULTURE -MUSEUM Dard Hunter, Jr. FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL Mountain House - Highland Avenue _RELIGIOUS _ENTERTAINMENT (Rev. 10-74) Ohio STATE Ohio 43211 XNO DESCRIPTION CHECK ONE *EXCELLENT DETERIORATED X UNALTERED X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Mountain House remains virtually unaltered today and is original CONDITION UNEXPOSED in the living room were his creation, as were the stained glass windows windows have casements with elaborate Gothic mullions and label molds. earliest and best examples of Gothic Revival style, with Romanesque and its originality. Gothic detail in the country. at Adena for twenty-five years has enabled him to maintain the house is eighth generation printer in the Hunter family and current above the main block forming parapets that hide the shed roof.Smooth accented with corbelling are on both the first and second stories.The cornice has widely spaced brackets. stone removed,once lined the top of the parapets.
by two square towers flanking either side and rising about four feet Three windows on the second floor, front facade, have casements and The foundation is constructed as a wine cellar and has an entrance Mountain House is a 2-story brick stretcher bond structure ona around the doors and windows in the lower portion of the house were made located under an iron railed stone terrace on the side)of _FAIR -GOOD LRUINS A stone water by him, also. owner of the house from 1919 to 1963 made the Adam style mantel in the The literally grew with Dard Hunter's talents. Dard Hunter, one and a half story gabled wing projects from the rear.
The house The molding table extends around the main block.Brick pilasters and belt courses Three wooden doors set in Gothic-arched openings provide for The front facade is dominated The bookcases lining the walls and all interior woodwork music room to which he added the l7th century Dutch tiles. ingress and egress to the wine cellar. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

was greatly enhanced by the talents of Dard Hunter, world famous authority on papermaking and designer, who made the house the home of the Mountain Oscar Janssen, a German immigrant, it is constructed in a unique setting Dard Hunter, world fanous authority on hand made paper and its he published a quarto-size book entitled Old Papermaking; in 1925, came 1600-1699 1852 residence. ART EDUCATION THEATER LAW AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT COMMUNICATIONS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT in Mountain House.
INDUSTRY XLITERATURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT His travels enabled him to assemble an amazing collection of paper- _CONSERVATION making tools and equipment from all parts of the world which he used _PHILOSOPHY Hubbard's Roycroft Shop, East Aurora, New York, published many limited _ENGINEERING _TRANSPORTATION _PREHISTORIC Mountain House was used as a beer garden and winery with vineyards terraced down the steep hillside above which the house sets. Mountain House is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style _SCIENCE from produced the folio book of Primitive Papermaking,1927. of Paper Chemistry in center of the paper House Press for many years.
-1400-1499 The Literature of Papermaking-1390-l800 in folio;and after returning -1500-1599 PERIOD Built in l852 as a representation of a castle on the Rhine by -1700-1799 - MILITARY _COMMERCE -ECONOMICS _1900- _MUSIC -COMMUNITY PLANNING pictured in an 1856 lithograph from Cincinnati, and remains the same that Mountain House was used as a girls' school and then as a private Mountain House Press. Hunter, formerly the art director for Elbert Institute of Technology in 1938 and in 1954 was moved to The Institute INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC The Dard Hunter Paper Museum was established at the Massachusetts research and work performed by Dard Hunter at his Mountain House Press. Dard Hunter in his shop to the rear of the house kitchen) hand carved all his own type and hand made his own paper.In 1923, today as depicted then.A grape blight wiped out most of

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Williams Bros. History of Ross & Highland Counties, Ohio, Chicago, 1879; MIT Press, 1955, 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION ing 55 x 100 feet, plat 51-34, Recorded Plats of Ross County, Ohio. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 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 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 CODE ORGANIZATION DATE COUNTY NORTHING ATTEST: Deborah Douglas Barrington, Regional Preservation Officer ZONE EASTING The Dard Hunter Paper Museum of The Institute of Paper Chemistry (brochure) less than one LOCAL X 15 West Second Street, My Life with GPO 892.453 Mountain House is located in the City of Chillicothe on a lot measur- THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: Photos - Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up Send-back - Federal Register Entry KEEPER HAER OTHER TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Maps Review Re-submit Property State United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Entered DEC 20 1978 Working Number l.14.
28.4522 CONTROL REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2.6.79 12272 Chillicothe, Ohio DEC 29 1978 March, 1978 NOV 1 41978 Photographer Mountain House Front- East Elevation Deborah Douglas Barrington, Negatives: 15 West Second Street Chillicothe, Ohio March, 1978 Side- South elevation DEC 2 9 1978 NOV 1 4 1978 Photographer Mountain House Deborah Douglas Barrington, Negatives: 15 West Second Street DEC 2 9 1978 Chillicothe, Ohio March, 1978 Side, South elevation NOV 1 4 1978 Photographer Deborah Douglas Barrington, #3 Mountain House Negatives: 15 West Second St. Chillicothe, Ohio March, 1978 NOV 1 4 1978 DEC 29 1973 Photographer Deborah Douglas Barrington, #4 Mountain House side - north elevation Chillicothe, Ohio March, 1978 DEC 2 9 1978 NOV 1 4 1978 Photographer #5 Mountain House Deborah Douglas Barrington, Negatives: l5 West Second St.
Chi1licothe,Ohio 45601 side and rear - northeast elevation #6 Mountain House Chillicothe, Ohio March, 1978 NOV 1 4 1978 Photographer Negatives: Deborah Douglas Barrington, east elevation front - wine cellar entrance 15 West Second St. DEC 2 9 1978 OHIO-ROSS CO CHILLICOTHE EAST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) RECEIVED NOV 1 4 1978 CHILLICOTHE EAST, OHIO STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ROAD CLASSIFICATION N315w8252.5/7.5 Timken, Henry H., Barn Bair, Jacob H., House Honorable John Glenn, Jr. For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.
Mendon Canton Richland County Unionville Ross County STATE Stark County Mountain House Lake County Name Shelby County Location Honorable Tennyson Guyer Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Date Entered Mercer County Mansfield Canton vicinity Honorable John W. Stanton Unionville District School Honorable Clarence Miller Cuyahoga County Sidney Also Notified Honorable Charles A. Vanik Chagrin Falls Chillicothe Honorable John M. Ashbrook ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Ralph Regula Honorable William H. Harsha Stuart'g Opera House Relsonville Mendon Town Ball Athens County DEC 2 9 1978 Ritter, Willian, Housa Chagrin Falls Triangle Park Comnercial District DEC 28 1978 Gast, Matthlas, House and General Store Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.
Location Cincinnati Director STATE Lorain Lighthouse Mercer County Lorain County Hamilton County The Ohio Historical Society Dr.Thomas H.Smith Honorable Donald Pease Immaculate Conception Church,School and Rectory State Historic Preservation Officer Also Notified Date Entered Maria Stein ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue OHTO Name Byers/bjr 1/23/79 Lorain 2 OTHER NAMES: DEC 29 city / town (I1) CONGRESS.
DISTRICT SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Oaltered Dexcellent Oruins Ogood -unexposed >O UNKNOWN -6 Ounexcavated EO NOT APPLICABLE -7 OCLAIMS: explain AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : "first'D -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE- 6 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 - COMMUNICATIONS -1 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O C AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 C EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 Bfunctions @dates of initial construction: major alterations : @architectural style(s) @master bullder: landscape architect / garden designer: ) artisan: Ireviewers initials_ _date.
141 CONDITION ASSOCIATION Chillicothe artist: STATE ENGINEERING-11 PERSONAL: CURRENTLY: historic events: INSTITUTIONAL: EVENTS: Mountain House builder/contractor: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR SETTLEMENT-29 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT SAVED?YES URBAN PLANWING-31 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Highland Ave. ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 UNKNOWN-4 Ross NOT INTACT-O vicinity of NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Mfeatures: Coriginal site county code: EXPL0RATION-12 No Access Omoved SC UNKNOWN-6 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? OyesOno -RECREATION -28 @ongineer: S) interior decorator: |IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE! treet & number 7 OWNER Oreconstructed -YES - Unrestricted - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 ETHNIC appears on federal register: NAMES give role & date GNPS REGION: