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

Nomination for Packard-Doubler House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,694 words across 11 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 79000294, 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) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MAR 9 1979 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE DISTRICT X.BUILDING(S) _COMMERCIAL - WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE RELIGIOUS _YES: UNRESTRICTED SCIENTIFIC 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
Cuyahoga County Administration Building 1219 Ontario 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDSOhio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center 035 039 COURTHOUSE Independence OBJECT COUNTY CODE DATE Cuyahoga CATEGORY 5/76 ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT GOVERNMENT CLASSIFICATION Packard-Doubler House PARK RECEIVED OWNERSHIP PUBLIC Ohio Historic Inventory Elaine Doubler House STATE NAME Columbus STRUCTURE Cleveland BEING CONSIDERED STATUS _INDUSTRIAL - UNOCCUPIED PUBLIC ACQUISITION - EDUCATIONAL Elaine M. Doubler 7634 Riverview Road TRANSPORTATION OWNER OF PROPERTY DATE ENTERED XPRIVATE LIN PROCESS - MILITARY Ohio _OTHER: _BOTH -SITE XNO _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY _LOCAL AGRICULTURE TITLE - MUSEUM 7 DESCRIPTION EXCELLENT DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

It has a gable roof, a low stone foundation with basement, and the house reputedly were made on the site.I The house was painted white in 1931, and the shutters were CONDITION DETERIORATED DATE MOVED XGOOD FAIR CHECK ONE The Packard-Doubler House is situated on a winding semi-rural road March 1978. a simple one-and-one-half-story rectangle with a six-bay facade. clustered supports with trellises and exposed rafters with shaped There are two front entrances to the house, one admitting to what A one-story wood frame kitchen with clapboard siding was added on land now lying fallow.
rear of the kitchen encloses a stairway to the basement; a smaller tree frames the front of the house, which is surrounded by farm Although not part of this nomination, there is a barn near the shed attached to the main block encloses a bulkhead entrance to removed.A window in the south elevation has been bricked in. There is also a garage on the property. A huge black walnut _UNALTERED a brick dentil cornice that follows the rake of the gable and is and doors, which are extremely simple, appear to be original. the north side of the house c.189o.A woodshed attached at the _UNEXPOSED of the main block and to the kitchen in 1924; the porches feature Upstairs, there are three bedrooms and a hail. Interior moldings double-hung, with 2/2 lights, and have dressed stone sills and XORIGINAL SITE -RUINS Interview with Elaine M. Doubler, Independence, Ohio, 29 interior end chimneys. the basement.
lintels. The main block is Bungalow-style wooden porches were added to the front The house is of brick bearing-wall XALTERED There are two small rectangular windows in the rear wall, brick farmhouse with Greek Revival overtones. is now the dining room, and one to what is now the living room. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

farmer, who sold it just four years later to France X. Doubler. The settled in Independence_township. In 1847, John Packard purchased Packard moved elsewhere in the township. He served for two years (1871-1872) as township trustee, and died in 1899; his wife, Sarah, Federal Population Census of Ohio, 1860, Cuyahoga County, Independence, p. 262. (Typescript, 1934), 1:197. ART 1600-1699 History 1400-1499 1700-1799 1900- ECONOMICS 1500-1599 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PHILOSOPHY EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT RELIGION THEATER PERIOD LAW BUILDER/ARCHITECT PREHISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE MILITARY MUSIC INDUSTRY SCULPTURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT several Packard descendents still reside in nearby Brecksville. The Packard-Doubler House is significant for its association with _TRANSPORTATION house has been in the Doubler Family ever since.
the history of Independence, a predominantly rural community until _COMMUNICATIONS The Packard-Doubler House is a small traditional brick farmhouse with there was an earlier house on the property.In 1868,Packard sold John Packard was the son of Isaac and Hildah Packard.All three Valley, and its brick dentil cornice is especially unusual. _CONSERVATION _COMMERCE -ENGINEERING LITERATURE _EDUCATION house in 1864,although the 1858 map of Cuyahoga County indicates that France one of four children of Albert and the now consisting of sixty acres) to France X. Doubler.3 -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _SCIENCE INVENTION Greek Revival overtones. It was built in 1864 by John Packard, a AGRICULTURE The tax duplicate shows that he built the present brick D.W.Ensign & Co.,1879),p. 462; and The Western Reserve Historical

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Cleveland, Ohio. Doubler, Elaine M. Independence, Ohio. Interview, 29 March 1978. & Titus, 1874; reprint ed., Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 1 QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION LOCAL X NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 216/226-8236 CODE COUNTY TELEPHONE DATE NORTHING STATE in size. Ohio Carol Poh Miller, Historic Preservation Consultant ZONE EASTING Preservation Office, ohio Historical Society County Tax Duplicate 1847-1869). CHIEF OF REGISTRATION 126o Granger Avenue hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the permanent parcel number 564-29-3.It is approximately 160 by 235 feet 12 June 1978 FOR NPS USE ONLY Lake, D. J. Atlas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Philadelphia: Titus, Simmons THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ORGANIZATION The nominated property consists of the lot identified by Cuyahoga County under contract with the Ohio Historic KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Form No. 10-300a (Kev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JAN 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 9 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Packard-Doubler House, Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 the large barn near the road in 1901. Two of the Doublers' nine children, Thomas M. ("Dan") and Fred, purchased the farm in 1910. Elaine Mann Doubler still lives in the house today, although almost 1ooks out over the Cuyahoga River and the Ohio and Erie Canal to the PAGE RECEIVED Independence when it was still largely an agricultural community. Fitzwater Road.
is based largely on this interview. The Packard-Doubler House has a great deal of historical and archi- all of the original Doubler farm has been sold. Farming continued Catherine Doubler, who emigrated from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France continued to reside there until his death in 1928.Mary died family lived near Superior Avenue at E. 6th Street, where France east; in winter, with the foliage gone, the historic Wilson Feed Mill DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY until 1961; the land today lies fallow. France Doubler married Mary Vaughan, a Brecksville resident who was The house is surrounded by large, open fields, (1851) can be seen. Ohio, 29 March 1978. tectural integrity. is extensive suburban development further to the south).The house The history of the Doubler Family that follows and built a new house across the road.Dan Doubler died in 1968.
Germany to Cleveland sometime during the early 1840s.5The Doubler With few exceptions, the house retains its Doubler was born.Prior to 1850, the family moved to Brecksville, and this section of Riverview Road still has a rural character (there Working Number 1,8, 79. 59 Inventory - Send-back _ MAR 9 KEEPER OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HAER Maps Re-submit HISTORIAN Review Photos CONTROL TECHNICAL Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF State 36.79 OHio 3.8.79 1979 CuyAhOJA Co.
Independence, Ohio JAN '8 1979 Photo by Carol Pon Miller, March 1978 Preservation Office, Ohio southwest Packard-Doubler House Facade and north elevation looking Historical Society Packard-Doubler House photo #1 of 3 Negative property of Ohio Historic MAR 9 Independence, Ohio MAR 9 Photo by Carol Poh Miller, March 1978 Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society Rear elevation looking east Packard-Doubler House Packard-Doubler House photo #2 of 3 Negative property of Ohio Historic IAN81979 Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society South elevation looking northeast Packard-Doubler House photo #3 of 3 Independence, ohio Negative property of ohio Historic GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NORTHFIELD QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Boston Heights 17/449520/4578260 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OHIO MAR 9 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jz. Dr.
Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohto 43211 1979 Byers/bjr Location Director Independence 3/13/79 Name Packard-Doubler House ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Cuyahoga County State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Also Notified For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.
MAR - deteriorated Dexeellent - Unknown " AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain 'first'C CARCHEOLOGY - 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 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13| - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 3functions major alterations : 0 architectural style(s): -landscape architeot/ garden designer: 6artisan: )builder/contractor: IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSER Independence ASSOCIATION Cuyahoga count PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 historic events: INSTITUTIONAL: Lake Central EVENTS: ENTERTAINMENT-26 CURRENTLY: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: COMMERCE-6 Elaine Doubler House NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Packard-Doubler House 3interior decorator: master builder: dates of initial construction: Dexcavated 7634 Riverview Rd.
Dunexposed vicinity of SAVED? YES URBAN PLANNING-31 of entry Ofair Daltered SOURCE Of NOMINATION city / to 9O NOT INTACT-O SO UNKNOWN-6 X No Access 'only' O SNAMES give role & date _date. Oreconstrueted - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 CONDITION 1979 STATE engineer: FEDERAL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 artist: ADMINISTRATOR reviewers initials NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET on federal register: Dfeatures IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesnd Oruins ZO NOT APPLICABLE-7