Decorative drawing: a large timber barn with a gambrel roof. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Timken, Henry H., Estate Barn

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,694 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 78002193, 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.

PHO687723 Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NOV 1 4 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 13th Street N/ W. and I-77 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 16 - Ralph Regula - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT * BUILDING(S) -WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS _YES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER: vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY 6967 Promway Avenue N. W. Ohio 44720 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
Ohio 44702 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 BOTH Canton STATE CODE OWNERSHIP DATE LOCATION COUNTY MUSEUM Stark ACCESSIBLE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY TRANSPORTATION RELIGIOUS SITE CATEGORY PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC PARK RECEIVED PRIVATE Ohio COMMERCIAL West Tuscarawas Street NAME STATUS DATE ENTERED STRUCTURE XUNOCCUPIED _BEING CONSIDERED Investors Holiday, Inc. _GOVERNMENT CLASSIFICATION -EDUCATIONAL TITLE -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL HISTORIC North Canton Stark County Office Building XNO DESCRIPTION *ORIGINAL SITE MOVED DATE. *FAIR DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

'the windows are boarded up or broken. metal-truss ceilings, concrete floors, and brick walls. These rooms are ment to the north, an office building to the west, and a major street on the south, whose construction has exposed part of the barn's CONDITION DETERIORATED EXCELLENT GOOD with slate and vented by projecting shed-roof louvers facing the courtyard. There are also rectangular windows and doors on both floors, facing foundation wall. CHECK ONE floor, and some ruined wooden bins and machinery used in the sorting the interior and exterior elevations, and steep gable roofs surfaced XALTERED both the courtyard and the exterior.The western tower has two round- and storage of feed.
Most of the interior's non-structural partitions The Henry H.Timken barn is a circular brick structure approximately growing adjacent to the exterior wall and within the courtyard.There arched entrances with wooden doors and three rows of brick youssoirs. connected by corridors on the inside wall of the building. The corridors The building stands on a wooded grassy knoll with small scrub trees uous corbeled sill under the exterior windows on the second floor. have been removed and its remaining equipment vandalized.
is an exit ramp from Interstate 77 to the east, a residential develop- The structure contains four undivided curved rooms.They have open give access to several small storage rooms and a larger room in each All of the walls are constructed of dark serrated brick, and most f _UNEXPOSED tower which opens into both the courtyard and the exterior.Some of the ground-floor tower rooms have white glazed tile walls.The second diameter and two stories in height.The towers have conical slate roofs, - UNALTERED -RUINS diameter. The building, which formerly housed animal stalls, is 22 feet wide and one story tall.It has small regularly-spaced windows on both This circular structure is accented by four round towers,26 feet in 125 feet in diameter with a circular courtyard approximately 80 feet in AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Henry H. Timken barn, with its circular plan enclosing a courtyard and its four round towers, is a unique architectural structure in the State of Ohio. In addition, it is the last remaining significant building manufacturer. In addition to leading the Timken Company, Henry H. Timken was an executive or director of the Timken Steel and Tube Division, the highway, is a monumental relic of the early twentieth century wealthy plan reflects the inventiveness, executive character, and industry of 1500-1599 1400-1499 1700-1799 ART 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC RELIGION INVENTION LAW PERIOD THEATER TRANSPORTATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT _1800-1899 EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT AGRICULTURE MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY LITERATURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNICATIONS the Timken family.
became Canton's largest industry and the world's largest roller bearing Timken's civic efforts included the establishment of the Timken Foundation, and Timken Vocational School. _COMMERCE Timken-Detroit Axle Company, and the Hercules Motor Corporation. _CONSERVATION The two sons, Henry H. and William, took over the Timken Roller Bearing _ECONOMICS the enormous expansion of the company during World War I. He resided Henry H.Timken built his estate on the northwest edge of Canton following -EDUCATION there until his death in 1940.The main house was located on the present from the estate of one of the nation's leading industrialists. the route of Interstate 77.The barn, located just to the west of the the ownership of the Canton Daily News, and support of Canton's YMCA Henry H.Timken was born in St. Louis in 1868.
His father Henry Timken -ENGINEERING -SCIENCE Axle Company one year after it was organized in 1898.The Company -MUSIC X1900- SPECIFIC DATES gained a national reputation as the inventor of the modern roller bearing. 1918-1919 class.The coincidental resemblance of the circular plan to the cage

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Edward T. Heald, The Stark County Story (Canton, 1958), IV, 41-54. L0 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE NAME _ QUADRANGLE SCALE - VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE X 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). 1.
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 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL, REGISTER GPO 921-803 44106 216-721-5722 TELEPHONE COUNTY ORGANIZATION DATE NORTHING CODE Cleveland Canton West 1:24,000 Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society 1.56 Acres UTM REFERENCES 10825 East Boulevard ZONE EASTING May 1978 The property consists of the lot identified as Permanent Parcel No. ATTEST: 02-40125 and described on the tax maps as OL 533. Canton City Directories (1917-192l).
14,511.7172.01 A[1,7] 14|6,613,3,0 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY ISANCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE 630 Photos - Inventory - Send-back _ KEEPER HAER CONTROL OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST Maps TECHNICAL Re-submit HISTORIAN Property Review BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry State DH. REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 12.29.78 OR 11.15.28 Entered_DEC 2 9 1978 1. South elevation, looking N. DEC 2 9 1978NOV 1 4 1978 Timken Estate Barn Stark Co. Ohio 1978 W.R.H.S Canton E. Johannesen Stark Co, Ohio 2. SW elevation, looking NE Canton Timken Estate Barn E. Johannesen 1978 W.R.H.S. Ohio .n~ =J 1S NOV 14 1978 1978 WRHS 3. Courtyard, north tower, Timken Estate Barn E. Johannesen DEC 29 1308 Canton Stark Co. Ohio WRHS E.
Johannesen 1ooking South NOV 1 4 1978 Canton W.R.H.S. Ohio Timken Estate Barn Stark Co. DEC 2 9 1956 4. Courtyard, west tower, Timiken, Henry He DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES CANTON WEST QUADRANGLE CANTON WEST Estate Barn 466/330 East TELEPHONE REPORT DATE: 12.29.78 DIVISION: NR REPORT: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEG 38 1978 Ritter, William, Housa Timken, Henry H., Barn Bair, Jacob H., House Honorable John Glean, Jr. For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Canton STATE Unionville Mansfield Mendon Honorable Ralph Regula Lake County Stark County Name Chillicothe Chagrin Falls Also Notified Unionville District School Richland County Shelby County Honorable William H. Harsha Canton vicinity Honorable Tennyson Guyer Honorable John W.
Stanton Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Date Entered Honorable Charles A. Vanik Mountain House Mercer County Ross County Honorable Clarence Miller ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable John M. Ashbrook Athens County Chagrin Falls Triangle Park Commercial District Sidney Cuyahoga County Stuart's Opera House Mendon Town Hall Location Nelsonville Cast, Matthias, House and General Store Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Lorain Location STATE Cincinnati Director Lorain Lighthouse Mercer County Date Entered Lorain County The Ohio Historical Society Maria Stein Also Notified Hamilton County State Historic Preservation Officer For further information,please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.
Honorable Donald Pease Immaculate Conception Church, School and Rectory ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Byers/bjr 1/23/79 13th St., NW and I-77 Vicinity Date 12/29/ Address Restrict Acreage Total Multiple More Day45 SYSTEM Park Canton Name Noncontributing bldg ACTION: NATIONAL REGISTER INFORMAT State City 78002193 LI 12/29/1978 OH Stark Henry H.,Estate Barn Site Strc Timken, Henry H., Estate Barn Resource Type BUILDING OHIO County Status Stark Obj 2 OTHER NAMES: Timken, Henry H., Barn 13th St. NW.
and I 77 (12) SOURCE Of NOMINATION - deteriorated Daltered Oruins 9O NOT INTACT-O Omoved Oreconstructed - Unknown " AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 'first'O - LAW- 16 C RELIGION- 22 D SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' D - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 major alterations : Barchitectural style(s): 1 interlor decorator: date IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE county 151 ASSOCIATION functions CONDITION Canton INSTITUTIONAL: Stark ENTERTAINMENT-26 Dexcellent PERSONAL: STATE FEDERAL historic events: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 CURRENTLY: EVENTS: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION builder/contractor: Lake Central vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: artisan: artist: dates of initial construction: URBAN PLANWING-31 ADMINISTRATOR: landscape architect/ garden designer: as it appears on federal register: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET reviewers initials.
Dexcavated date of entry: LOCAL Dunexposed NPS REGION: master builder: if state who prepared form? Coriginal site XNo Access Dfeatures: SAVED? YES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Dyesno Ogood DEC 29 1978 5 LOCATION street & number city / town 5O UNKNOWN-6 EO NOT APPLICABLE-8 EOO NOT APPLICABLE -9 CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 engineer : COMMERCE-6 4county code: NAMES give role & date