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

Nomination for Brown, Jim, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 3,258 words across 22 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 79000299, 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 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT PRESENT USE *AGRICULTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED X BEING CONSIDERED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY .
VICINITY OF 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.Summit County Building Annex REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center 153 035 BOTH OBJECT COUNTY LOCATION CODE Akron 4/76 EDUCATIONAL DATE DISTRICT Columbus OWNERSHIP SITE CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE STRUCTURE MUSEUM RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION GOVERNMENT HISTORIC RECEIVED PUBLIC STATE MILITARY NAME INDUSTRIAL STATUS PRIVATE XNO Summit _COMMERCIAL DATE ENTERED TITLE Ohio Historic Inventory BUILDING(S) _ENTERTAINMENT _TRANSPORTATION Earva C. Bender 72 S. High Street _SCIENTIFIC "Jim" Brown House 3491 Akron Peninsula Road COURTHOUSE. XPRIVATE RESIDENCE - UNOCCUPIED FOR NPS USE ONLY Ohio _PARK - OTHER: JAN 8 X VICINITY OF Peninsula PH0694614 Northampton Twp.
7 DESCRIPTION X EXCELLENT XORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED -MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

had a shed-roofed porch with a spindle rail and frieze, probably room in the ell (now used as a living room, but probably once the Also on the Brown property, between the house and the road, is a family marked the graves of "N. C. Brown," who died October 4, 1844, at the CONDITION UNEXPOSED white. FAIR The central entrance features a three-part entablature and pilasters. story apartment. The doorway is recessed and is flanked by narrow sidelights divided vertical siding.The gable roof is of slate.There are two cupola these changes, the original woodwork and fireplace mantels are intact, is of braced frame construction and rests on an ashlar stone foundation. Two one-story rooms with screened porches have been added at the rear ventilators with pyramidal roofs, and there are stylized Palladian have decorative wood shutters painted green. The house is painted vents in the gables.
The barn is painted red with white trim. CHECK ONE room house was converted to double occupancy in 1950,and there are _DETERIORATED feet southeast of the house. It is a large, three-story bank barn with separate apartments on the top and ground floors.A.second stairway feature a molded raking cornice, flush siding, and Gothic-arch louvered The Jim Brow Barn, constructed c. 1886,is situated about five hundred _UNALTERED -RUINS -GOOD age of nine; and "D. M. Brown," who died January 21, 1851 at the age DATE Except for Windows in the ell are ventilators.There are three inside end chimneys with corbeled caps. The double-hung windows in the main block have main block has been remodeled to serve as the kitchen. The fireplace in the first-floor There is a rectangular six-panel door covered by Greek Revival style.
projects from the rear of the house on the southeast side.The house smaller and are double-hung with 6/6 lights.All of the windows have a modern storm door. The L-shaped house features a five-bay facade boards and a plain, continuous frieze.The gable roof is covered on the ground floor at least; no inspection was made of the second- with asphalt shingles.The gable ends are treated as pediments and added c. 1880s, but this has since been removed.The original thirteen- the Peninsula Public Library show that the house at one time was added at the rear of the ell. altered to 2/2 lights on the ground floor. by four mullions. AREAS OF

Statement of significance

Frontier Life and Character in the South and West (Columbus, 0.: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860), p. 229. 1400-1499 History 1700-1799 1500-1599 Folklore ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW ARCHITECTURE however. MILITARY INDUSTRY EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT THEATER PREHISTORIC _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION LITERATURE _CONSERVATION _COMMUNICATIONS _1600-1699 folklore of the Cuyahoga Valley. Coggeshall writes in the preface to his tale about the operations of Samuel A.Lane,Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County 1900- The Jim Brown House is significant for its association with this _ECONOMICS He embarked in trade with William G.
Taylor of Cleveland, MUSIC keeping a store and tavern in a two-story frame building he erected at SCULPTURE that the two-story store still standing adjacent to the Ohio Canal in _SCIENCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Lucy Mather in 1819,and built a house on a portion of his father's _ENGINEERING moving first to a farm near Youngstown, and finally settling on "640 X1800-1899 Beacon Job Department,1892),pp.876-877.It is be1ieved Daniel and James R.Brown were natives of _COMMERCE - RELIGION the valley, and the Victorian-period bank barn nearby have a high "Dan" Brown moved to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, although he continued to landlord. "Jim" Brown, who, aided by his brother Dan and a host of others, takes its inspiration from the legendary exploits of the infamous degree of historical and architectural integrity. Greek Revival style.
Both the house, with its commanding view of make frequent visits to his old home in Boston. east side.of the river and refitted as a hotel; Jim Brown presided as New York State. While still children, their family emigrated to Ohio, Boston about 1825-26.Some years later the store was moved to the "Northern Ohio was 'flooded' with counterfeit money," William T. a counterfeit ring in "Cuyahoga village,"an unspecified town on the River Valley.Built about 1845, it is a large two-story house in the - INVENTION "Jim" Brown married

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES T. & H. G. Canfield, 1854. 0.: Beacon Job Department, 1892. Northamoton Township Tax Maps (1846, 1852, 1880, 1890, 1900). 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE _ 11 FORM PREPARED BY ORGANIZAtIoN under contract with the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Society 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).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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 DATE NORTHING COUNTY 216/226-8236 TELEPHONE CODE NAME/TITLE Cleveland intersection of Ira and Akron Peninsula Roads, proceed due east for a ZONE EASTING LOCALX The nominated property consists of an irregular lot described as follows: 1260 Granger Avenue FOR NPS USE ONLY 30 May 1978 Ohio QU ADRANGLE NAME - JTM REFERENCE: Peninsula ZONE ATTEST: Carol Poh Miller, Historic Preservation Consultant Beginning at a point on Akron Peninsula Road 8o meters north of the Lane, Samuel A.Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County.Akron, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDJAN 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM "Jim" Brown House, Peninsula Vicinity, Summit County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER 7 & 10 PAGE 1 10 April 1978.
Item Number 10 -- continued origin. Valley. CONTINUATION SHEET The Jim Brown House and Barn are situated on a hilltop and are reached DATE ENTERED north along the eastern edge of Akron Peninsula Road to the point of distance of 120 meters; then proceed due south for a distance of FOR NPS USE ONLY Form No. 10-300a Interview with Earva C. Bender, Northampton Township, Ohio, ago, according to the present owner.i of thirty. 140 meters; then proceed due west to Akron Peninsula Road; then proceed Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEPAN 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM "Jim" Brown House, Peninsula Vicinity, Summit County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 In his history of Summit County, Samuel A.
Lane writes that, "coincident counterfeit money along the entire length Lof the canal, with its included William G. Tayor, Jim Brown's business partner; Abraham S. Jonathan DeCourcey and Thomas Johnson, of Norton; and Joshua King and and Jim Brown went to New Orleans in the winter of 1831-32, where money so liberally, however, that it aroused the suspicions of police, term. 5 arranged relay of fresh horses, he is said to have returned to Ohio County Historical Society, Z1952/), p. 110. Historical Reminiscences of Summit County (Akron, O.: T. & H. G. Canfield, 1854), p. 45.
PAGE Numerous legends surround Jim Brown's extraordinary escapes from the DATE ENTERED Brown and William Taylor went on shore the night before departure to an extensive organization for the manufacture of, and dealing in, who followed them back to their vessel and seized the contraband.Dan factured in the deep ravines of the Cuyahoga Valley, and in isolated they purchased and equipped a large vessel for the expedition.Jim accomplices are sketchy, but apparently Jim Brown and Taylor were administered the office with "marked fidelity"during his three-year "market" their printed money in the ports of India and China.Dan Holmes and Col.William Ashley, of Boston; William Latta, of Bath; FOR NPS USE ONLY with the opening of the Ohio canal in 1827, there was in existence The Brown's most infamous scheme involved a trip to the Far East, to 4Karl H.
Grismer, Akron and Summit County (Akron, O.s Summit supposedly manufactured counterfeit money there. Dan The pair spent their law. In one instance, Brown is said to have negotiated a forged draft Boston, where he was "heartily congratulated by his old neighbors, elected Justice of the Peace for Boston township, and is said to have 3Ibid., p. 878. and a good deal lionized wherever he was known."In 1834, he was Joel Keeler, of Portage.3The currency is said to have been manu- "paint the town"prior to the long sea voyage. Brown died in a New Orleans jail cell.Accounts of the trial of his Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 2 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM "Jim" Brown House, Peninsula Vicinity, Summit County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER Jim's eldest son.7 According to the deeds, Daniel M.
Brown acquired Wells, and in 1846 purchased 96 additional acres in the same lot from James R. Brown in 1850. According to the 1850 Ohio census, Jim and Lucy Brown shared the Trequent_y managed to escape indictment. In the summer of 1846, and Vol. 18, p. 315. Building Annex, 72 S. High Street, Akron, Ohio. p. 603. PAGE Boston and moved his family to Akron.According to Lane, in the early home in the Cuyahoga Valley; neighbors saw him chopping firewood at 7Ibid., p. 882.
between the perpetration of the crime there, and his thoroughly no living man could have performed the journey in the time intervening crime near Pittsburgh, then to have ridden in a single night to his RECEIVED JAN 8 184os they moved to a three-hundred-acre farm in Northampton township, the title to the property then being in the name of Daniel M.Brown, DATE ENTERED map of Northampton township for i846 (the earliest map available) In the winter of 1837-38,Brown disposed of his hotel property at 208.83 acres in Lot #83 which the house stands) in 1845 from John FOR NPS USE ONLY (Hev. 10-74) OFifty Years and Over, P. 881.
10Federal Population Census of Ohio, 1850, Summit County, Northampton, Although Jim Brown was frequently arrested for his crimes, he just as The tax or whether it was on the property at the time of purchase.T proved presence in Ohio."Brown is said to have committed a similar Unfortunately, the exact date that the house was built is not known, shows the presence of a "Frame House"as well as a barn, so it can so quickly that, when taken to trial for the crime, the court found that Lane's words),"with the fastest mode of travel then known, Form No. 10-300a (Hev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM "Jim" Brown House, Peninsula Vicinity, Summit County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 and the intercession of his daughter, Laura, won him a pardon Iron which was granted in December 1851. Thereafter, Brown had no contact Brown's eldest son, Daniel M., died in Northampton on January 21, 1851. Earva C. Bender, Andrew's son, farms the land today. Deeds, Vol. 350, p. 66. PAGE fell in a canal boat and fractured his skull.He died the next day. restoration of Brown to liberty and citizenship, was not followed by Brown was a model prisoner and was given special charge of the prison served less than three years of his term. however, Brown was arrested for counterfeiting, tried and found guilty.
DATE ENTERED property in 1907,13 and it has been in the Bender family ever since. RECEIVEDAN 8 FOR NPS USE ONLY According to lane, "The free pardon from President Taylor, and the 12Ibid., pp. 890-891. President Zachary Taylor.Brown was set free in July 1849,having for passing a counterfeit bill in Michigan, and he served a three- that reform of his associations and habits that his family and friends Cleveland to his boarding house near Yellow when he had anticipated."Lucy Mather Brown filed for a decree of Howe, then to Hattie and Fred Ozier.Andrew J.Bender purchased the Lucy Mather Brown died at Akron, August 21,1884.The Browns' Working Number, 8. 29.43 Photos .
OK 1.11.29 Inventory _ OTHER KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Send-back Re-submit Property Review HISTORIAN National Register Write-up ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN State BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry CONTROL MAR 2 TECHNICAL Maps 79000299 3:2-79 JAN 8 1979 "Jim" Brown House MAR 2 1979 southeast Facade and west elevation looking Historical Society Negative property of Ohio Historic Preservation Office, ohio Brown House photo #1 of 4 Northampton Township, Northampton Township, vic.
Akron, Ohio Historical Society southwest Facade and east elevation looking Negative property of ohio Historic "Jim" Brown House Preservation Office, ohio Brown House photo #2 of 4MAR 2 1979 JAN 8 1979 Photo by Carol Poh Miller, April 197 MAR 2 ing northeast JAN81979 Historical Society South and west elevations look- "Jim" Brown House Preservation Office, ohio Brown House photo #3 of 4 Northampton Township, yic. Akron, Ohio Negative property of Ohio Historic Barn, looking northeast JAN 8 1979 MAR 2 Historical Society Negative property of Ohio Historic "Jim" Brown House Brown House photo #4 of 4 Preservation Office, ohio ,Akron, Ohio PENINSULA. OHO MAR 2 1979 UNITED STATES PENINSULA QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Summit County DI. Thomas H.
Suith The Ohio Historical Society Columbus, Ohio 43211 Director Byers/bjr Location Station Springfield Name Clark County Also Notified Lorain County Peninsula vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Oberlin Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable Clarence J. Brown Main Street Buildings STATE OHIO ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable John F. Seiberling Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Oberlin Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Honorable Donald J. Pease Brown, Jim, House MAR 2 1979 3/5/79 Date Entered MAR Brown, Jim, House S of Peninsula at 3491 Adron Peninsula Rd (II)CONGRESS.
DISTRICT (12) SOURCE Of NOMINATION - LOCAL - deteriorated Doriginal site 17) features: Dexcellent Oruins Dmoved QO NOT INTACT - O Jgood Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexcavated C NOT APPLICABLE - 9 ") AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : C LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.- 21 -RECREATION -28 CLAIMS: explain 'first' O - LAW-16 C RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 CI MILITARY- 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION - 25 a functions major alterations : @arohitectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: 63 artisan: 1builder/contractor: .date TIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED.
NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 153 ASSOCIATION Peninsula ENGINEERING-11 Summit FEDERAL INSTITUTIONAL: STATE PERSONAL: EVENTS: historic events: ENTERTAINMENT-26 artist: CURRENTLY: vicinity of Lake Central reviewers initials PRIVATE ORGANIZATION SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP ADMINISTRATOR: as it appears on federal register: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET master builder: SAVED?YES 3date of entry: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 URBAN PLANWING-31 county code: 2OTHER NAMES: Daltered BNPS REGION: city / town ) CONDITION -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -EXPLORATION -12 -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) -reconstructed * No Access 1979 ETHNIC ACCESS GROUP COMMERCE-6 interior decorator: Dfair dates of initial construction: if state who prepared form?
IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?Oyesno H Ounknown NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY REPORT REFERENCE No.: 79000299 Control No.: PH0694614 PROPERTY NAME: Brown, Jim, House NOT APPLICABLE MULTIPLE NAME: NOT APPLICABLE S of Peninsula at 3491 Akron Peninsula Rd. CITY: Peninsula COUNTY: Summit STATE: OHIO CONTINUE? (Y or N) 1 COMMAND Nomination/Determination Type: SINGLE RESOURCE Nominator: STATE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NPS Park Name: Cuyahoga Valley Certification: LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Date: 03/02/79 156 transfer BOUNDARY modes config device file Agency: Federal Buildings VICINITY ADDRESS/ 08:08 LINE CAPS EXIT HELP keys National Recreation Area FEDERAL AGENCY OTHER NAME/ Structures Nominator Name: Sites Objects SITE NO.
Restricted Location Information: Noncontributing control 180 basic margins/ Page: WORK OF ART (SCULPTURE, CARVING, ROCK ART) Level of Applicable Criteria: PERSON CONTINUE? (Y or N) 1 COMMAND HELP EXIT 08:09 CAPS Significant Person's Name: Brown, Jim .C 1845 Designer : 1850-1874 transfer 1825-1849 modes file Historic LINE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE LOCAL FUNERARY Architect/Builder/Engineer/ ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING GRAVES/BURIALS EXIT Significance: Certification: SOCIAL HISTORY SECONDARY STRUCTURE NOT APPLICABLE Other Documentation: Subfunctions: RECREATION AND CULTURE Cultural Affiliation: keys SINGLE DWELLING LIST OF CLASSIFIED STRUCTURES Area of significance: Periods of: Current Other control device CAPS CONTINUE? (Y or N) HABS No. N/A HAER No.
N/A Describe Other Style: NOT APPLICABLE Foundation Materials: STONE Wall Materials: Roof Materials: Other Materials: Zone Easting 1 COMMAND Northing control modes transfer Acreage: device file UTM WEATHERBOARD LINE EXIT CAPS ASPHALT STONE HELP keys 08:10 Styles: Section number - ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION APPROVAL Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Brown--Bender Farm (Agricultural Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley MPS) United States Department of the Interior Ohio NPS Form 10-900-e 1/28/93 OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N LANDSCAPE: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: 1/28/93 3/14/93 MULTIPLE RETURN NATIONAL: PERIOD: OTHER: PDIL: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATA PROBLEM:N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF PENDING LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N LESS THAN 5O YEARS: DATE OF 16TH DAY: REQUEST: N SAMPLE : REJECT DISCIPLINE _count - resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _architectural classification _descriptive text _clarity _applicable criteria _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception _acreage _verbal boundary description _boundary justification _sketch maps USGS maps - presentation current FUNCTION DESCRIPTION historic other materials BIBLIOGRAPHY Period Builder/Architect SIGNIFICANCE CLASSIFICATION Specific dates Phone _photographs ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION Date OTHER COMMENTS Signed GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _summary paragraph Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of Significance one paragraph) _context _completeness UTMS County, State Brown-Bender Farm (Agricultural 93000076 Documentation Ohio MPS) Nomination for Additional Reference Number Summit County, Resource Name Please Refer to the Following Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley