Nomination for Williams, Dr. Issac Elmer, House And Office

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 1 9 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT St.

Marys X VICINITY OF PRESENT USE PUBLIC X PRIVATE X.WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION LIN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY 7052 SR 703 East, Box 20 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 DATE TITLE CODE Auglaize RELIGIOUS LOCATION PARK COUNTY Wapakoneta STRUCTURE ACCESSIBLE MILITARY SCIENTIFIC Tennyson Guyer OCCUPIED OWNERSHIP AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL STATE _GOVERNMENT HISTORIC Celina 011 Ohio Historic Inventory CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION RECEIVED Joseph Williams _ENTERTAINMENT Ohio STATUS NAME 9/78 BUILDING(S) _BEING CONSIDERED _MUSEUM _DISTRICT 407-4ll North Main Street Doctor's House and Office COURTHOUSE, _TRANSPORTATION - EDUCATIONAL PH0677841 -COMMERCIAL 407-41l North Main Street XNO - OBJECT -BOTH 3.19.

_OTHER: vacant _FEDERAL *STATECOUNTY _LOCAL SURVEY RECORDS 8 1979 MAY S WOBC Historic Preservation Office Dr. Issac Elmer Williams House and Office 7 DESCRIPTION *ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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vacant for 7-8 years and needs attention and paint, it is a fine example of Queen This large frame, multi-gabled house was built in 1903 by Dr. Issac Elmer To compliment the gables on the house, a smaller round arch window with keystone was has a facade that features a paneled front door with transom, a pair of 2/2 double hung sashes under a single moulded framing, and a wrought iron hand rail by the steps to allow more room in the front for patients' waiting space as house calls became less CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT house.

DETERIORATED UNALTERED GOOD story bay area that faces north which exactly matches the bay on the facade.At the CHECK ONE round arch sash and stick tracery in the flanking sashes over a two-story bay that rear of the house is a hipped roof l-story kitchen portion that has the same moldings Unmatched porch gables have imbricated shingles and are supported by 7 Doric pillars. Spindle balusters and hand railing have been retained on the wrap-around porch which An unusual feature connects the house and office and forms a bridge on the second floors, stairway and woodwork.Large decorated steam radiators continue to heat the An early postcard photograph shows the house, office and sleeping porch as they story.A sleeping room with pairs of large windows to the east and west was constructed The office is a handsome L-shaped frame building of five rooms built also in l903.

from an era when most prescription drugs were dispensed by the doctor and not by a -RUINS X ALTERED keyscone and scalloped tracery over casement windows that have stick tracery. 1ooked shortly after their construction. These buildings are situated on elevated Anne style. The office reflects the same style. angle toward the house which forms a type of courtyard. Inside, a wall was removed into a small apartment for the doctor's daughter. DATE FAIR shingles on its facade. It has unmatched flared attic gables with imbricated pharmacist.The rear room which was the examining room was converted some years ago common.The drug room with its shelves and drawers remains in the center of the structure Williams for his residence.

The larger one has a Palladian window with keystone at the The smaller gable has a round arch window with shelters more tracery in the transom of the central bay window.There is also a two that are against a limestone foundation.Two more doors open from the NE reentrant about 1908-09 to catch the summer breezes before air conditioning was a reality. set into a flared gable that also has imbricated shingles.This l-story building AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE _ECONOMICS SCULPTURE X SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN COMMERCE _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1895. After his office and house were built, he continued to serve the people in the interior to update and make the buildings livable, but he anticipates careful multi- the buildings showpieces for the community and livable homes, or home and office, for moderate income rentors .

1500-1599 1800-1899 LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART COMMUNICATIONS BUILDER/ARCHITECT RELIGION THEATER PERIOD EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT XARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE MILITARY X1900- INDUSTRY LITERATURE _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT some benefits are possible through the National Register program.His goals are to make MUSIC EDUCATION to use the best preservation techniques to revitalize this structurally sound combination significant because they form a unique combination and are basically unaltered inside chromatic painting of the exteriors lavish details to be prohibitive in cost unless The Queen Anne house with its elegant proportions was built by Dr. Issac Elmer owner is aware of the tax incentives made available through the Tax Reform Act of 1966 the house and office to protect the buildings his father built and lived in.

_PHILOSOPHY at the University of Louisville and began practice in St.Marys that same year. college by teaching school and working in the oil fields which were numerous in the and was reared around the village of Buckland.He earned money to attend medical on several highways that lead to the State Routes29-33 bypass.An offer of $60,000 _ENGINEERING The buildings are threatened at this time because they are located on a corner lot was made by a realtor last summer if zoning would permit gas stations.The present and outside.In an historical sense, they also reflect the 19o0 concept of service -1400-1499 -1700-1799 rendered by a member of the medical profession ina rural small town.

-PREHISTORIC 1ived in the home since the doctor's death in 1954,but has been taken to a nursing Williams for his family in 1903.Mr.Williams was born in' 1866 in Auglaize County -_1600-1699 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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He married Louise Marie McBroom who was a member of a prominent family in St. Marys in INVENTION of buildings for rental purposes. He has begun research and restoration work on the area at that time.In 1892,he was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Interviews with Joseph Williams, 9/78. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA * acre ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 1 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE "DATE O WOBC Historic Preservation Office, Wright State University 419-586-2365, Ext. 53 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Celina, Ohio 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - 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 892.453 10/78 COUNTY CODE ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE NORTHING EASTING STATE ZONE it meets the beginning point.

Auglaize County Courthouse Records LOCAL ATTEST: Mary Ann Brown, Regional Director The house and office are located on Lots 77 and 78 in the North Addition of St.Marys. 7600 State Route 703 angle for 168 feet;it turns to the north ata 90° angle and runs for a distance of LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 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 210 feet until it meets Indiana Avenue.It parallels Indiana Avenue for 227 feet until 3/8/79 Inventory - Send-back _ Entered MAY OTHER HAER KEEPER CONTROL Review HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Re-submit BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 6-5-79 4.25.79 Photos REVIEW UNIT CHIEF State 3.22.79 TECHNICAL O St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio Mary Ann Brown,9/78R 191979 Dr. I. E. Williams House & Office Photographer facing west Dr. I. E. Williams House & Office unknown (picture postcard) c 1916 Joseph Williams, # 2MAR 1 9 1979 Facades of house and office St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio count Photographer facing west Dr. I. E. Williams House & Office St.

Marys, Auglaize, Ohio Mary Ann Brown Photographer facing W x SW Facades of office and house Dr. I. E. Williams House & Office St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio Photographer facing SW NE corners of house and office Dr. I. E. Williams House & Office St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio Photographer facing SE North side and rear of house Mary Ann Brown, #5 Dr. I. E. Williams House & Office St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio Photographer facing south Close-up of north side Mary Ann Brown,/ 9/78 WOBC, #6 CountyMAR 1 9 1979 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO ST. MARYS QUADRANGLE ST. MARYS, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N4030 - W8422.5/7.5 ROAD CLASSIFICATION Day, Erastus, House Tappan, Judge Abraham, House (Willtams, Dr. Issac Elmer, House and Off1ce Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Lakewood Zanesville Director Cuyahoga County Location Unionville Muskingum County Auglaize County 5/11/79 Name Shelby County State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable Tennyson Guyer Dr.Thomas H.Smith Lake County Also Notified The Ohio Historical Society Honorable J. William Stanton Date Entered Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Honorable Clarence E. Miller STATE OHIO St. Marys Fulton Farm (River Bend Farm) Black-Elliott Block For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Sidney Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue