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

Nomination for Burt, William, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,900 words across 13 pages, filed in 1979. 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 79000286, 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 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JAN 8 FEB 2 2 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 9525 Brecksville Road (S. R. 21) NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED TRANSPORTATION OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
1219 Ontario 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center 035 039 DATE 5/76 Brecksville ACCESSIBLE DISTRICT COUNTY CATEGORY STATE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Cuyahoga HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION CODE AGRICULTURE PRIVATE STRUCTURE XPUBLIC RECEIVED RELIGIOUS Columbus NAME _ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIAL STATUS Cleveland TITLE XNO Cleveland Metroparks System Cuyahoga County Administration Building PH0694436 Ohio Historic Inventory SURVEY RECORDS -SCIENTIFIC _BEING CONSIDERED _UNOCCUPIED _EDUCATIONAL X.BUILDING(S) _COMMERCIAL Burt House 55 Public Square - MILITARY - MUSEUM -SITE -OTHER: _OBJECT -BOTH Ohio -PARK William 7 DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE -MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

construction. It has an ashlar sandstone foundation and The Burt House has undergone numerous alterations. Most apparent is a long, narrow wooden porch, partially screened, block have been altered from their original 6/6 lights to 2/2, extensively remodeled, although some original woodwork is Park System, land to the south and east of the house is CONDITION EXCELLENT UNEXPOSED intact. UNALTERED XALTERED golf course and clubhouse north of the Burt House. siding with cornerboards.The five-bay facade has a central of the Brecksville Reservation of the Cleveland Metropolitan entrance that features narrow pilasters and a three-part The William Burt House is a one-and-one-half-story farmhouse When viewed from the southwest, the house has the distinct are four small rectangular windows beneath the frieze.Other and south elevations have gable returns.
gable form that appears to be original.The discrepancy in itself has been enlarged at the rear, and the windows and probably of stone, has been removed; the front door is not The Burt House is situated on a five-lane road opposite a CHECK ONE _RUINS FAIR X GOOD There is a public windows are double-hung, with 2/2 lights. They have plain DATE Some foundation The windows in the main stones have been replaced with cinder block.The front and decorative shutters have been added. in the Greek Revival style.The house is of braced frame asphalt roof. The house is painted white with green trim. used by the current occupants.
from the rear of the house on the north side.Both north Inside, the house has been surrounds.There is a central chimney at the rear of the main block and another in the one-story ell.There is a rolled that runs the length of the ell on the north side.The ell doors in the ell have been altered. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Massachusetts. According to one history, "She was quite a Brecksville, Ohio. D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879), p. 415. 1841 History 1700-1799 1500-1599 COMMERCE 1600-1699 ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC THEATER COMMUNICATIONS ART ENGINEERING BUILDER/ARCHITECT INVENTION PERIOD INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION MILITARY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT XARCHITECTURE XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 2:687. LITERATURE X1800-1899 SCIENCE _PHILOSOPHY successful horticulturist, having many rare and beautiful plants was built that year. settler who had emigrated with his wife and child from Massachusetts. Brecksville Historical Association files, Brecksville Library. wife and young son about 1833.A reference to William Burt in for those early times, her flower garden being the admiration of in northeast ohio.
- CONSERVATION The William Burt House is a modest farmhouse in the Greek Revival was a farmer.His wife, Thankful Strong, was also a native of -SCULPTURE in Lot #44,and a notation in the tax duplicate shows the house Charles Sidney was born in 1837;John S.Burt died in 1841 at age _1400-1499 maturity:William was age eighteen at the time of the 185o Census; Women of the Western Reserve,2 Savage,1897), _EDUCATION - RELIGION _1900- -MUSIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING everyone."3 The Burts had four children, only two of whom reached style. It was built in 1841 by William Burt, an early Brecksville ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC LAW William Burt was one of four children of Gaius and Hannah Burt an early history of the county shows that he was in Brecksville Thus the house represents the story of settlement in the Western He was born Last Will and Testament of Gaius Burt,"Burt Family" file,

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Association files. "Burt Family" file. County Archives. Cuyahoga County Tax Records. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE - 23 May 1978 CITY OR TOWN 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X NATIONAL - 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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 216/226-8236 COUNTY CODE DATE NORTHING STATE Cleveland Carol Poh Miller, Historic Preservation Consultant Ohio ZONE EASTING under contract with the Ohio Historic 1260 Granger Avenue CHIEF OF REGISTRATION size, described as follows: Beginning at a point 30 meters north of the 222 QUADRANGLE NAME intersection of Brecksville Road (S, R. 21) and Chapel Hill Drive, proceed STREET & NUMBER As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I DATE 2-21:29 Brecksville, Ohio. Brecksville Library. Brecksville Historical Cleveland, Ohio.
Western Reserve Historical Society and Cuyahoga QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 ZONE Broadview Heights ATTEST: The nominated property consists of a square lot approximately one acre in Form No. 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JAN 8 1979 FEB 22 1979 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM William Burt House, Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET The Burt House, with its "saltbox" form, is a type rarely found described a similar house at Richfield, Ohio (since moved to the 4rhe Western Reserve Historical Society, comp,, "Cuyahoga County Cemetery Inscriptions," 2 vols. (Typescript, 1934), 1:56 and Federal Population Census of Ohio, 1850, Cuyahoga County, Brecksville, P. 272. 1936), p. RECEIVED a standard gable form in order to accommodate the ell.
to the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District, which then was two;and Sarah J.died in 1842 at the age of eleven months. The Burts lived in the farmhouse they had built until their exhibits only half the saltbox form, for the north wall was given L.Hager sold the Burt House and ten acres of surrounding land DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY At the time of his death, William Burt owned 170 acres of land - The architectural historian I. I. Frary has by the addition of a 'lean-to,' the 'lean-to' having become here an integral part of the house."7 Curiously, the Burt House deaths. early New England cottages that met the needs of family expansion Last Will and Testament of William Burt,"Burt Family" file. to reside on the family farm.He died in 1910.In 1924,Adalene in Lots #44 and 45,and "stock consisting of cattle, Form No.
10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 22 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM William Burt House, Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 10 PAGE 2 DATE ENTERED due east for 6o meters; then proceed due south on a line parallel Brecksville Road to the point of origin. 60meters; then proceed due north along the eastern edge of RECEIVED JAN 8 with Brecksville Road for 6o meters; then proceed due west for ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN FEB 22 1979 Send-back _ Re-submit - OTHER KEEPER Inventory ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL HAER Maps Entered HISTORIAN Photos Review National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry for rangers.
TECHNICAL United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 4-3-19 2.21-2 Brecksville, OhiqEB 22 1979 Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February 1978 east Historical Society William Burt House Negative property of ohio Historic West and south facades looking north- Burt House photo #1 of X4 Preservation Office, ohio FEB 22 1979 Brecksville, Ohio Preservation Office, Ohio 1978 Historical Society South elevation looking northeast William Burt House Negative property of ohio Historic Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February JAN 8 Burt House photo #2 of X4 CuyAhogACo FEB 22 1979 JAN 8 1979 Brecksville, Ohio Preservation Office, Ohio Burt House photo #3 of R4 North elevation looking south Negative property of ohio Historic Historical Society William Burt House Photo by Carol Poh Miller 1978 CuyphogAco, Brecksville, Ohio FEB 22 1979 1ooking southwest 1978 JAN81979 Historical Society Negative property of ohio Historic William Burt House Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February Burt House photo #4 of 4 East and north elevations Preservation Office, Ohio 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BROADVIEW HEIGHTS QUADRANGLE ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE OHIO FEB 22 1879 Galigher, James, House Sarchet, Peter B., House Burt, William, House Rich, Charles B., House St.
Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Clarence E. Miller Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director Location Byers/bjr Name Massillon Cuyahoga County Guernsey County Louisville Port Washington Madison vicinity Tuscarawas County Brecksville 2/26/79 Stark County Lake County Zanesville vicinity Date Entered Honorable Ralph Regula Also Notified Claysville School Honorable Douglas Applegate Cambridge vicinity Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Port Washington Town Hall Honorable John W. Stanton Muskingum County Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Madison Seminary and House State Historic Preservation Officer For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. St. Louis Church Claysville vicinity The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue 2) OTHER NAMES: ) date of entry: city / town - STATE I)CONGRESS.
DISTRICT 12) SOURCE of NOMINATION LOCAL O deteriorated Oexcellent Dmoved 90 NOT INTACT - O -unexposed - Unknown -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access - AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 9CLAIMS: explain - POLITICS / GOYT." 21 "first'O CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - LAW - 16 O SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANMING -31 - AGRICULTURE-3 C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 - MILITARY - 18 -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) - 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 3functions major alterations : @ architectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: @artisan: @bullder/contractor: CONDITION ASSOCIATION Brecksville Cuyahoga INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: engineer: EVENTS: ENTERTAINMENT-26 CURRENTLY: historic events: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: COMMERCE-6 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 ENGINEERING-11 Lake Central ADMINISTRATOR: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 master builder: dates of initial construction: county code: 9525 Brecksville Rd.
Daltered NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NPS REGION: Oruins Doriginal site Dfeatures: SAVED? YES FEB 22 1979 Burt, William, House - FEDERAL 'oldest' O _date. ETHNIC GROUP artist: interior decorator: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno Ofair Dgood