Nomination for Crane, Jonathan, Farm

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Form No. 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OCT 2 0 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM FEB 17 1978 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Crane, Jonathan, Farm AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 3184 North State Route 741 _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF Red Lion - PRESENT USE -COMMERCIAL _WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED _GOVERNMENT _BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. 320 E.

Silver Street REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 45005 039 165 LOCATION Lebanon, COUNTY Warren DATE CODE Franklin TITLE BOTH NAME CLASSIFICATION SCIENTIFIC PARK HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP AGRICULTURE CATEGORY STATE STRUCTURE INDUSTRIAL RECEIVED MILITARY STATUS SITE _UNOCCUPIED DATA SHEET OBJECT Ohio Clement Ranallo Residence Warren County Court House XBUILDING(S) 8th - Thomas N. Kindness _TRANSPORTATION _EDUCATIONAL COURTHOUSE. _DISTRICT _PUBLIC PH0505980 -_MUSEUM -OTHER: -RELIGIOUS FEDERAL STATE -COUNTY _LOCAL Mr. & Mrs. Clement Ranallo (Rev. 10-74) _ENTERTAINMENT XPRIVATE 7 DESCRIPTION CHECK ONE X GOOD DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

Greek Revival touches. Originally the south side of the house was all brick, since it receives There are two quaint, smaller attic windows below these numbers. The house has had its windows lengthened, gingerbread added, a peak at CONDITION MOVED UNALTERED DATE DETERIORATED original house with a crawl-space under the addition. XALTERED on this side, (from knives, forks found in the ground and the presence of and 2 below (9 panes over 9 panes). Each window on the north and west XORIGINAL SITE in l8ll, it appears to have been federal in style with later attempts at faces west. along the sides.There are 2 long windows on the first floor east side of the house.This building does not seem very old and is in The house is a two story "T" shape, made of 3-course brick formed on front hosts a central door with 7 panes of glass across the top and simple EXCELLENT a well).

side is topped with a row of 7 inch vertical bricks (soldiers). On both to be only 2-course, and is set in 7 rows and then a row of headers.It the north - open and the southern one - screened. only two exist.A brick smokehouse built about the same time as the - UNEXPOSED were bricked up and windows enlarged.Two porches on each side were added: _FAIR new addition added 2 rooms - one down and one up. The brick used seems The Jonathan Crane home is a fine example of rural architecture. Built From the 1875 Warren County Atlas there were numerous outbuildings.Now extension and has the same brick bond; and the newer summer kitchen- five times.It now is the original color having been sandblasted and one time over the front door (now removed) and been painted about ground floor.It seems likely that a summer kitchen off the house existed too has a fireplace and chimney.

In the 1930's it was modernized - doors There is also a brick water-shelf sticking out about one inch around the the south and north sides are two chimneys each.Under the north small panes over 6 panes)upstairs.The _RUINS Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED FEB 17 1978 Warren County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET the basement a brick wall that formed two smaller rooms on the north the cedar shakes are 16 inches wide. exposed fireplace and its original random width, oak floor. needed.

The kitchen, In summary, this house has nine rooms and one and one half baths all in Jonathan Crane Farm/Clement Ranallo Residence Upstairs the four rooms remained the same with one small one being these are closed up- 2 being used for the furnace flue. In the 1930's the whole house was modernized.On the first floor and in caused a gap in the floor-therefore a new floor of white oak was added. tree bark is still left on. ITEM NUMBER7 PAGE l tongue and groove method. There are 8 fireplaces in the house - 3 of mantel and is a workable coal burning fireplace. made larger by adding glass transoms. very livable condition. It has new windows and storm windows, relatively RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1977 original house is all wide plank walnut. Some of the boards under There are two rooms in the basement - one with the original fossilized stairway.

floor; the other with some cement work done.The beams are random in limestone walls (mortared together with sand and lye) and limestone Two doorways downstairs and two doorways upstairs have been finding of a permanent sealing device for the exterior brick is also The hand-hewn walnut beams are exposed, Roman The original front portion of the house seems to have had four main rooms. smaller peg from the other side).In the attic the floor over the floors in the house are refinished with the exception of the small utility All the newheating and plumbing.One room still needs tobe heated.The Past owners had begun some restoration.The kitchen now has an Much of the original size at least 8 inches thick and made of hand-hewn oak.Much of the side was removed the inner walls are or were 3-course brick).This There are also signs in two rooms AREAS OF

Statement of significance

ENGINEERING ART and 1700-1799 X1800-1899 SCIENCE RELIGION BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC 1900- POLITICS/GOVERNMENT EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT PERIOD MILITARY INDUSTRY THEATER LAW in the Grange, School, Post Office, General store, Literary Club and PREHISTORIC INVENTION LITERATURE the prominent farmers of the community, Director of the County Infirmary, series of irrigation ditches and a mill dam on his property, by which he MUSIC spected for his knowledge and strength of character. TRANSPORTATION XARCHITECTURE XAGRICULTURE The Todd family, who inhabited this home for some 82 years also made wide ing, devising one of the first systems of irrigation in the area. The SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _CONSERVATION _COMMUNICATIONS _PHILOSOPHY - EDUCATION great flooding, his fields were saved when others were not so fortunate.

Tavern, being keeper in 1820.Letters written to John Crane (now in the 18ll (2 foot high numbers were bricked into the top northern wall). traveled from Essex County, New Jersey with his 4 brothers,2 sisters, - ECONOMICS In 1798,Jonathan Crane was living in Butler County with relatives having -1500-1599 which was held by the British.He died in 1778.Jonathan was greatly In the spring of 1832,John Todd and his family bought the Jonathan Crane -1600-1699 Judge Symmes.He was later compelled to pay for it a second time in 1814. the center of Red founded the city of Westfield the first brick mill and the first Master of the Grange in the l870's.

regulated the flow of water over his fields.In 18l7,during a time of - - 1400-1499 impressed with the beauty of the land and purchased 247 acres from He was known to have set up a ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC COMMUNITYPLANNING had been mortally wounded in the assault on Fort Delancey, Newark Bay, more permanent one.He also had an active interest in the Red Lion Cincinnati Historical Society) show that Jonathan Crane was highly re- and the first saw and turning mill.Jonathan Crane was a leader in farm- highly respected as a farmer. Farm.His son Robert was only seven then, but he grew up to be one of Little is written about Jonathan Crane except that he was very skilled and mother.His father generation of Cranes in the United States) History of Red Lion, Warren County, Ohio, written by Irvina Dearth 3. 1875 Atlas of Warren County, p.36-map, p.44-picture 10

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION the 5 acre lot. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Mr. & Mrs. Clement Ranallo STREET & NUMBER 932 - 1817 CITY OR TOWN Ohio. The 2 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).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 DATE 10/13/77 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST CODE Lebanon 11/13/76 ORGANIZATION DATE NORTHING TELEPHONE COUNTY TITLE State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Letters qc 89l John Crane, Cincinnati Historical Society MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Recorder's Office - Warren County Court House -General Index M.R.S. ZONE EASTING GPO 892.453 This residence is located of a mile south of Red Lion on State Route Range 4, p. 168 Centennial Atlas of Warren County - 1903, P. XII Box 223, Lebanon 14,317,411,4,0J THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATEIS LOCAL ZONE Warren County Historical Society Warren County, Ohio. It is in Section 4,Clearcreek Township, Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED FEB 17 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Warren County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET fact that it has existed since 1811, is amazing in itself, and that it windows, 2 small attic windows, a front porch, a front peak over the The Jonathan Crane home is a fine example of rural architecture. Jonathan Crane Farm/Clement Ranallo Residence the house has not changed and its structure is still as sturdy as ever. FOR NPS USE ONLY ITEM NUMBER 8 door, double chimneys on each side, additions, and shutters. Basically PAGE 1 Form No. 10-300a (Rev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 2 0 1977 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 9 PAGE 1 "The Ancestors of William A. Crane 1843-1922 and His Descendants" compiled by Paul L. Crane 8. Clerk's Book of Clear Creek Township School, District No. 1 Warren County, Ohio Jonathan Crane Farm/Clement Ranallo Residence FOR NPS USE ONLY FEB 17 1978 6. History of Warren County, Ohio, 1882, Beers ARCHITÉCTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up OTHER KEEPER TECHNICAL Inventory HAER CONTROL HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Warren Review Entered Maps Send-back Working Number Re-submit BRANCH CHIEF FEB 17 1978 Photos. REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry 13178 State OH.

10.20.27.1689 IN T:2106- 74 Property 2/17/78 2/7/18 OCT 2 0 1977 Ranallo Residence Front facade facing east Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER with owner Franklin (Red Lion), Warren, JONATHAN CRANE HOME/Clement Clement Rana1lo 10/7EB 17 1978 facing southwest Ranallo Residence with owner Ohio north facade and west facade PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER JONATHAN CRANE HOME/Clement 3184 N. Ste.Rte. 741 Franklin (Red Lion), Warren, OCT 2 0 1977 Ohio PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ranallo Residence Detail of gable end with owner JONATHAN CRANE HOME/Clement Clement Rana11o 10/7EB 17 1978 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MONROE QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) RECEIVED MON FEB 17 1978 OCT 2 0 1977 Mekay, Hoses, House Medina County Crone, Jonathan, Farn Franl:lin vicinity Stack County Hon. John H. Glenn, Jr. State Historic Preservation Officer Hon.

Thomas li. Kindness Mr. Richard Leverty, Corps of Engineers 880 2/24/78 STATE Mott Name Location Also Notified Date Entered FEB 17 1978 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Warren County Mallet Creek York United Methodtet Church Hon. Donald J. Pease Hon.Howard M. Metzenbau Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Waymesville vicinity Bordner House Canton OHIO Regional Director, Midwest Region Hon. Ralph Regula Warren County (Wayne Township) SSTATE SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated QO NOT INTACT - O -unexposed Oreconstructed - Unknown Ounexcavated NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyes Ono 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain - "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW -16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 C ARCHEOLOGY-historic -1 - COMMUNICATIONS -1 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE - 23 DURBAN PLANMING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 ) functions major alterations : 2 architectural style(s): S) interior decorator: @artisan: reviewers initials _date.

IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSEE 165 Warren county CONDITION Franklin ASSOCIATION PH0505986 INSTITUTIONAL: EVENTS: PERSONAL: artist: builder/contractor: HEALTH-27 CURRENTLY: COMMERCE-6 8th historic events: vicinity of LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION master builder: ENGINEERING-11 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: landscape architect/garden designer: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP city/ town Dexcellent dates of initial construction: Coriginal site if state who prepared form? SAVED? YES ONAME as it appears on federal register: Daltered S of Franklin on OH 741 Oruins GNPS REGION: * OTHER NAMES: Crane, Jonathan, Farm ONO (I)CONGRESS. DISTRICT 1features: SO UNKNOWN-5 -EXPLORATION -12 - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 ETHNIC engineer: GROUP Omoved