Nomination for Bair, Jacob H., House

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DEC 2 9 1978 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Charles D. Homer House 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 7225 Market Avenue, N, NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Cant on - VICINITY OF Ohio 44721 PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS XYES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Homer 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 151 UNOCCUPIED OBJECT 1975-76 BOTH CODE DATE COUNTY ACCESSIBLE STATE EDUCATIONAL Stark CATEGORY RECEIVED OWNERSHIP SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION RELIGIOUS DISTRICT NAME AGRICULTURE MUSEUM Ohio Stark County Regional Planning Historic Site Survey STRUCTURE STATUS SITE Stark County Courthouse Market and Tuscarawas Streets XBUILDING(S) OTHER: COURTHOUSE. _ENTERTAINMENT Bair House 16th Ralph Regula XPRIVATE TITLE _COMMERCIAL Stark County Office Building HISTORIC FOR NPS USE ONLY - MILITARY PH0687 715 - PUBLIC Jacob H. -PARK 7 DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

a fanciful effect. The floor of the porch is stone, The entire entablature is a table of corbeled brick and paired brackets beneath front porch. The interior of the house has been beautifully and authentically restored while it into the front parlor and a bedroom. The wall was removed to make a full length in the 1950's. These were the only structural changes made to the house. As much of the window glass was saved as possible, replacing only broken panes. The windows stand 81 inches high from the sill to the frame, although the lintel there are four main bedrooms, two bathrooms and a room off the back of the hallway The "tramp room" has its own staircase leading up from the kitchen to keep the into a fifth bedroom. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DATE FAIR UNALTERED CHECK ONE XEXCELLENT The curved railings running up the front staircase is handcarved of maple and walnut.

arches above the first story 2/2 windows and doors.Upper story windows are round ing installed.Modern kitchen and bathroom facilities were installed.The kitchen The Bair House is built on a sandstone block foundation and is a rectangular brick building of two stories in height with a bellcast mansard providing a third story. that was originally the "tramp room." The room used to house overnight travelers. by six square posts. At the porch cornice are shaped brackets and dentils creating plain stone sills.

Across the front is a flat-roofed, one-story porch supported The five-bay facade features a central projecting entrance bay with handsome double room completely separate from the main part of the house.This room has been made design woodwork above the windows reaches all the way to the ceiling.The ceiling ing have segmented arched windows on the first and round arched windows on the To the rear is a l/2 story brick kitchen extension.The cornice matches that of the which is a round arched window. in the second floor.A small powder room was built in what may have been a closet arched 2/2 lights with a small bit of tracery in the upper panes.All windows have is 10 feet 4 inches high downstairs and 9 feet and 1l inches high upstairs. Once ona l60 acre estate, the original outbuildings are now gone.

MOVED -GOOD LRUINS The building is 4 bays deep, the first bay nearest the facade is blind, the remain- and was once used as an entrance to a side porch which has since been removed. was divided into a cooking area and a breakfast nook. The pantry was turned into the laundry room. There were two bathrooms installed out of hall and closet space underneath the main staircase. A garage was built on to the north side of the house the plain cornice. remaining relatively unaltered.The living room originally had a wall that divided The woodworking in the library is all handcarved in walnut or butternut.Upstairs Each side of the mansard roof has a projecting corner within second floor. On the south side the center first story window is triple hung AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Jacob Bair House is an excellent example of early Victorian architecture with The home and farm were sold to Isaac Markley in 1884. He was also a prosperous practical agriculturalists of his locality." 1600-1699 EDUCATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ECONOMICS COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE ART ing.

SCULPTURE SCIENCE INVENTION INDUSTRY LITERATURE 1700-1799 EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT XARCHITECTURE PREHISTORIC XAGRICULTURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ties in the township _CONSERVATION elements of the Italianate and Eastlake styles.It is also an exquisite example -ENGINEERING _TRANSPORTATION _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN They were among the first settlers and operated a number of important farms in of a mid-l9th century farm house with unusually fine interior and exterior detail- _1400-1499 -1500-1599 farmer and identified in the same county histary as one of the progressive and _COMMERCE -MILITARY _THEATER to add to his farm and fortune until by the l870 census his real estate was valued -MUSIC -1900- -COMMUNITY PLANNING ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC LAW an early 20th century history of the county as"one of the really valuable proper-

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES County Regional Planning Commission, 1976. Co., N.D. William Perrin, ed. History of Stark County, Ohio, Chicago: Baskin and Battely, 1881. U.S. Census Records, 1850, 1860, 1870. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 2 acres (approximately) UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Bounded on the South, West, North by a modern housing development and on the East by State Route 43. The property nominated is Lot #1 of the Steiner Heights Subdivision #1 with a frontage of 180' and depth of 450'.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Ohio 44701 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS 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 OR NPS USE ONLY GPO 921-803 Canton NORTHING CODE COUNTY DATE ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE Registration Department Stark County Historical Society ZONE EASTING Box 483 FORM PREPARED BY LOCAL_X John Lehman, ed.

A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio Chicago: Lewis Publiching July 8 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 1977 ZONE ATTEST: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN KEEPER OTHER Inventory Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Send-back Re-submit HAER TECHNICAL Photos CONTROL HISTORIAN Property Review State National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 12.27.78 DEC 2 9 1978 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 12.26.7 NUV 1 4 1978 DEC 2 9 1978 Jacob Bair House, Stark County, Ohio Photographer: Canton Art Institute Negatives: Canton Art Institute View looking west showing facade of house 100l Market Street, N. Canton, O.

Jacob Bair House, Stark County, Ohio 1000 Market St.N, Canton, Ohio NOV 1 4 1978 Photographer: Canton Art Institute Negatives: Canton Art Institute corner of house DEC 291 NOV 1 4 1978 Negatives: Canton Art Institute elevation of house Photographer. Canton Art Institute Jacob Bair House, Stark County, Ohio 1001 Market St, N. Canton, Ohio View looking north showing southern DEC 2 & 1978 UNITED STATES HARTVILLE QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UTM Reference: Jacob H.Bair House Stark County >Ohio NOV 1 4 1978 HARTVILLE, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17469300/4526060 RECEIVED TELEPHONE REPORT ADDRESS : PHONE: DIVISION: REPORT: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF MEMBER: DATE: /2.28.78 PROJECT: To/FROM: Ritter, William, House ( Bair, Jacob I., House Honorable Charles A. Vanik For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

Mendon STATE Name Mountain House Unionville Canton Honorable Tennyson Guyer Stark County Lake County Unionville District School Shelby County Chagrin Falls Mercer County Canton vicinity Ross County Chillicothe Richland County Mansfield Also Notified Date Entered Honorable John W. Stanton Honorable John M. Ashbrook Honorable Ralph Regula Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Cuyahoga County Honorable John Glenn,Jr. Honorable William H. Harsha Honorable Clarence Miller Athens County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Nelsonville 78002194 Stuart's Opera House Sidney Mendon Town Hall Timken, Henry H., Barn Location DEC:2.8: 1978: Cast, Matthias, House and General Store Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

Location Cincinnati STATE Lorain Name Director Maria Stein Lorain Lighthouse Hamilton County The Ohio Historical Society Date Entered Also Notified Mercer County State Historic Preservation Officer Lorain County Immaculate Conception Church,School and Rectory Honorable Donald Pease Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Byers/bjr 1/23/79 OHTO 3 date of entry: county code 2 9. 1978 Bair, Jacob H., House - STATE -NO (1)CONGRESS.

DISTRICT SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - LOCAL O deteriorated Ooriginal site 17) features: 2O NOT INTACT-O -unexposed Dreconstructed - Unknown Ounexeavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE- 9 - No Access 21 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 DARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW- 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 C PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION-25 Bfunetions 2dates of initial construction: ®architectural style(s): 1 interior decorator: EVENTS : lreviewers initials. _date.

TIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 151 CONDITION ASSOCIATION Canton PERSONAL: ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY: ENGINEERING-11 Stark landscape architect/garden designer: COMMERCE-6 builder/contractor: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: URBAN PLANWING-31 Dexcellent if state who prepared form? NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP city/ town vicinity of ADMINISTRATOR: major alterations: master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET historic events: Charles D. Homer House NPS REGION: Daltered Dfair Oruins OTHER NAMES: N of Canton at 7225 N. Market Ave. -good SAVED? LOYES IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Ono - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -24 D OTHER (SPECIFY) ETHNIC GROUP engineer: artisan: artist: