Nomination for Rich, Charles B., 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 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 9367 Brecksville Road (S. R.

21) NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) _WORK IN PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE XYES: RESTRICTED - IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION 1219 Ontario REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center 035 039 COUNTY CODE BOTH HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC DATE Brecksville SITE MILITARY DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE Columbus Cuyahoga 2/76 GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION OWNERSHIP Cleveland PRIVATE STATE CATEGORY NAME Ohio Historic Inventory Cleveland Metroparks System _AGRICULTURE 55 Public Square PUBLIC ACQUISITION Squire Rich Historical Museum STATUS _ENTERTAINMENT - UNOCCUPIED - TRANSPORTATION _OTHER: COURTHOUSE.

TITLE -STRUCTURE Ohio XPUBLIC -RELIGIOUS FOR NPS USE ONLY _OBJECT - PARK XMUSEUM PH0694479 RECEIVED JAN 8 FEB 22 1979 REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Cuyahoga County Administration Building Rich House Charles B.F 7 DESCRIPTION -EXCELLENT *GOOD DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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surrounds. (Some of the windows have 6/6 lights, and these probably Inside, the first floor consists of a central hall and stair, a ash, woodwork and doors are of black walnut. Upstairs, there are CONDITION DATE MOVED DETERIORATED FAIR heating system are the only obvious alterations that have occurred. documentation exists for these structures, although they are claimed The Charles B.Rich House is a plain, one-and-one-half-story piers and features vertical siding and a gable roof of corrugated one-story ell at the rear contains a kitchen, carriage house, to have been part of the original Charles Rich farmstead. in five bays wide and features a central entrance.A There is a barn and chicken coop at the rear of the house.The ans a thin, plain frieze.It is painted white.

XUNALTERED XORIGINAL SITE vertical siding, and a gable roof of corrugated metal.A lean-to CHECK ONE LRUINS parlor, two bedrooms, sitting room, and kitchen. A small pantry mullions. Windows are double-hung, with 2/2 lights, and have plain UNEXPOSED The connects the sitting room with the kitchen.Floors are of white and loft.The foundation is of random ashlar fieldstone and there structure of braced frame construction.The main block, rectangular is a basement.The house has a gable roof covered with asphalt barn is divided into two halves.It features a stone foundation, AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE AGRICULTURE LITERATURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES c. 1846 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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In 1835, Charles B. Rich and his wife, Jane Smith, emigrated June 1952, unpaged. History INVENTION 1800-1899 1700-1799 ART PERIOD ECONOMICS THEATER ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC 1900- XARCHITECTURE MILITARY TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY CONSERVATION SCULPTURE _COMMUNICATIONS SIGNIFICANCE The family may first have resided with relatives or friends before _COMMERCE XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PREHISTORIC Brecksville Celebrate Centennial of Brecksville Inn," Brecksville, _RELIGION grandson, Charles Kettlewell.

thus his presence in the township by this year is substantiated.) contained in this volume is based on an interview with Charles Rich's completed in 1874.Architecturally, the Rich House is typical of Revival farmhouse at the western edge of the Brecksville an early Brecksville settler who lived in the house until his of the Peace for nearly thirty years, and heard lawsuits in the _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _1600-1699 _1500-1599 MUSIC _PHILOSOPHY The Squire Rich Historical Museum is located in a modest Greek _EDUCATION of the Brecksville Early Settlers' Historical Association) purchasing its own farmstead in 1846 on the Brecksville Road just sitting room of his home until the Brecksville Town Hall was the houses built by the early settlers in the Brecksville region, death in 1883.Rich farmed the land and was a trustee of has served as a community museum since 1944. XLAW historians.

About the Rich House it has been written: "One Charlie _1400-1499 Rich as an owner of real property until 1846, when he is listed as the owner of fifty-five acres in lot #44. 0.,193937. (Mimeographed.) The information on the Rich family BUILDER/ARCHITECT Charles Richardson The house probably was constructed this and it survives in a very good state of preservation.The house (Rich first appears Metropolitan Park.It was built about 1846 for Charles B. Rich, Brecksville Township for a number of years. He served as Justice south of the village center. Dorothy Bourn,"Squire Rich and His House," The Pioneer Cuyahoga County Archives, Cleveland, Ohio.

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GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION in size, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the eastern edge oi LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE ORGANIZATioN under contract with the Ohio Historic 1 May 1978 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 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). 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 GPO 921-803 CODE 216/226-8236 ZONE COUNTY Cleveland STATE NORTHING ATTEST: Cuyahoga County Tax Records.Western Reserve Historical Society and Carol Poh Miller, Historic Preservation Consultant Brecksville Road at the intersection of Brecksville Road and Oakes Road, ZONE EASTING UTM REFERENCES Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society Ohio 126o Granger Avenue MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the CHIEF OF REGISTRATION QUADRANGLE NAMEBroadview Heights LOCAL X KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL, REGISTER DATE TELEPHONE Brecksville Historical Association, comp.

A Reminiscent History of The nominated property consists of a square lot approximately 80 x 80 meters 14,517.2182.01 Form No. 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JAN 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 22 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Lumber on shares. dollars cash. ") Charles, who died at age fifteen. Charles Rich farmed the land. The Kettlewells' sons, Charles and James, next inherited the house: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879), p. 413. RECEIVED rural environment despite tract development taking place nearby. Richardson did the greater part of the work, working from sunrise CONTINUATION SHEET Today, the Squire Rich Historical Museum is administered by the room was the marble courthouse of the countryside. Horse and cattle thievery cases were settled here.

Charles and Jane Rich had five children: Eliza, who died when still The house was erected at a cost of six hundred Charles B. Rich House, Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio capacity that "Squire Rich"achieved his place in the historical Settlers' Historical Association made in 1942,the Rich House was DATE ENTERED purchased by the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District in 1922,and 1944 as the Squire Rich Museum. their vast holdings to the rear of the property ensured a permanent Family quarrels were aired, then as now. lore of Brecksville: a small child; Lucy; Mary Ann, who died at age ten; Hannah; and Crisfield Johnson, History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio FOR NPS USE ONLY -- - many a bride and Ibid. passed to their daughter Hannah, who had married William Kettlewell.

About seven of his fifty-five acres were under "plow," the remainder to be used by the Association as a museum.The house opened in 1854,and as Justice of the Peace for nearly thirty years,from Jane Rich died in 1882,Charles one year later.The Rich House In the sitting room.. Squire Rich conducted his groom had the knot tied. Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 22 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 6Cleveland Plain Dealer, 7 September 1959. L19393/. (Mimeographed.) origin. Charles B.

Rich House, Brecksville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Brecksville Historical Association, and is open to the public DATE ENTERED RECEIVED barn and chicken coop at the rear of the house are used for craft artifacts relating to the Rich family, as well as nineteenth-century CONTINUATION SHEET each Sunday afternoon from May through October.It contains furniture and other objects from the Brecksville vicinity. The proceed due west about 80 meters to Brecksville Road; then proceed Item Number 9 -- continued FOR NPS USE ONLY TAN 8 northern Ohio."6 Klein, Betty. President, Brecksville Historical Association, Brecksville, Ohio. Interview, 13 March 1978. Wilcox, Marion, comp. "Descendents of Early Settlers of Brecksville Celebrate Centennial of Brecksville Inn." Brecksville, 0., The demonstrations.

The Squire Rich Museum justifiably has won praise north along the eastern edge of Brecksville Road to the point of proceed due east 80 meters; then proceed due south 80 meters; then Working Number , 8. 29.58 Inventory - FEB 22 1978 OTHER KEEPER Entered HAER Maps Re-submit Send-back Review ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Photos National Register Write-up CONTROL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 21.79 Accept, Puibane Ohio JAN 8 1979 Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February Negative property of Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio 1978 Historical Society West elevation, view looking northeast Rich House photo #1 of 4 Charles B.

Rich House Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February Preservation Office, Ohio 1978 east Historical Society Negative property of Ohio Historic North elevation, view looking north- Rich House photo #2 of 4 Charles B. Rich House JAN 8 1979 Preservation Office, Ohio 1978 Historical Society Negative property of Ohio Historic View looking northeast Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February BrecksvilleOhio Rich House photo #3 of 4 House) Photo by Carol Poh Miller, February Preservation Office, Ohio 1978 Historical Society Negative property of Ohio Historic View looking northeast Charles B.

Rich Chicken Coop (Charles Rich House photo #4 of 4 Brecksville, Ohio FEb JAN81979 B.Rich House) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC 17/447540/4572820 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BROADVIEW HEICHTS QUADRANGLE BROADVIEW HEICHTS,OHIO STATE OHIO FEB 22 1979 Galigher, James, House Sarchet, Peter B., House Burt, William, House Rich, Charles B., House St. Louis Church St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John E. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

Massillon Location Byers/bjr Director Louisville Name Guernsey County Zanesville vicinity 2/26/79 Port Washington Brecksville Cambridge vicinity Stark County Cuyahoga County Honorable Ralph Regula Madison Seminary and House Madison vicinity Lake County Date Entered Tuscarawas County Claysville School Honorable John W. Stanton Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Claysville vicinity Also Notified Port Washington Town Hall ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation Officer Muskingum County Honorable Clarence E. Miller -COUNTY Rich, Charles B., House Brecksville Rd.

SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated Daltered Oruins Omoved EO NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed Oreconstructed - Unknown -unexcavated - O NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain DARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - COMMERCE-S - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY-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 C INDUSTRY - 13 C MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION -25 3 functions D landscape architect / garden designer: N interior decorator: @bullder/contractor: EVENTS : CONDITION Brecksville ASSOCIATION PERSONAL: artisan: Cuyahoga STATE INSTITUTIONAL: ENGINEERING-11 historic events: artist: CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION Squire Rich Historical Museum SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 Lake Central LOCAL date.

WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: major alterations: Dexcellent ADMINISTRATOR: architectural style(s): dates of initial construction: master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET city/ town SAVED?YES vicinity of Doriginal site URBAN PLANWING-31 Ogood Ofair 3 OTHER NAMES 17) features: ACCESS "first'O - INVENTION -14 reviewers initials |IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT." 21 ETHNIC engineer: GROUP CONGRESS.DISTRICT UNKNOWN-6 GION: IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno of entry: NAMES give role & date arohiteot: