Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Rombach Place

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,610 words across 12 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 79001793, 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 MAY 7 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 20 1979 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.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 EENG RESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION RELIGIOUS _IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 027 039 CODE Wilmington 43211 BOTH LOCATION DATE OBJECT Courthouse ACCESSIBLE COUNTY ENTERTAINMENT Columbus OWNERSHIP SCIENTIFIC DISTRICT HISTORIC _COMMERCIAL UNOCCUPIED CATEGORY INDUSTRIAL MILITARY RECEIVED TRANSPORTATION SITE AGRICULTURE Ohio STATUS STATE Clinton County Historical Society NAME Clinton Ohio Historic Inventory YES:RESTRICTED 149 East Locust Street Ohio Historic Preservation Office The Clinton County Historical Society and Museum MUSEUM TITLE DATE ENTERED BUILDING(S) Rombach Place 3 CLASSIFICATION May, PH0674184 - EDUCATIONAL FOR NPS USE ONLY -GOVERNMENT _PUBLIC -OTHER: -PARK -FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL XPRIVATE DETERIORATED *ORIGINAL SITE -MOVED DATE.
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

CONDITION UNEXPOSED DESCRIPTION UNALTERED XALTERED FAIR CHECK ONE Rombach Place is a two-story brick structure with T-layout.The front rectangular over a double window flanked by two narrow windows on the first-story.The entire Society acquired it for its museum and offices. block is five bays wide and two deep.It has a gabled shingle roof and corbelled porch was added on the gable and at this time also, and this was enclosed for to the corners.The shallow two-story rectangular projection to the rear of the Wickersham and was used as a residence until 1955 when the Clinton County Historical western porch was apparently also added in l92l.It features a fan light transom house was stuccoed in 1937.
extended across the western gable end was enclosed in l92l and quoins were added have plain stone lintels and sills and are 6/6.It was built in 183l by Robert brick chimneys at each end.The cornice is a plain box gutter and the windows _EXCELLENT -RUINS -GOOD The house has had several porch additions. The small classical porch on the facade dates from 192l and replaced a three bay Italianate structure.An open pillared AREAS OF

Statement of significance

soldier, lawyer, and statesman. to teach school in his early 20's. He began the study of law in the 1840s, attended to Missouri, he established a practice in Platte City, and edited the local newspaper. involved in state politics, being elected as a State Senator and then Throughout his journeys to Missouri and California, Denver maintained his ties to Wilmington; and in November 1856 married Louise Rombach, the daughter of a prominent After serving for two years in that office, he returned to his former position with Following the conclusion of the war, he returned to Wilmington and in 1870 served traveled between Wilmington and Washington, D. C. where he maintained a law practice. He died in 1902. by the Clinton County Historical Society.
Now used as a museum, Rombach Place remains 1400-1499 1700-1799 CONSERVATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION ECONOMICS ART AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING X1800-1899 SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ARCHITECTURE TRANSPORTATION 1900- LITERATURE MILITARY INDUSTRY 1500-1599 XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT as an unsuccessful candidate for Congress.He became active in organizing a national _COMMUNICATIONS extraordinarily cosmopolitan individual who achieved national prominence as a In 1857 President Buchanan appointed Denver governor of the Kansas Territories. a home for his new bride.Although Denver subsequently continued his western activi- and was appointed a Brigadier General of the state volunteers at the outbreak of subsequently appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Buchanan.
Rombach Place is significant for its associations with James W.Denver, an _PHILOSOPHY society of the veterans of the Mexican War and served as its president for a number -SCULPTURE When the Mexican War started he served with distinction as an officer with Winfield as a representation of a unique l9th century statesman-lawyer. The house remained as the Rombach family residence until 1955 when it was acquired ties he always maintained this Wilmington house as his home. -1600-1699 Scott in Mexico.Attracted to California by the gold rush in 1850,he soon became -RELIGION James W.Denver was born in Virginia in l8l7,where he lived until 13 when he moved -THEATER -COMMERCE the Civil War. -LAW -_PREHISTORIC -MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING with his parents to a farm near Wilmington, Ohio. Duties on the family farm kept of years.
During this period, although retired from public life, he frequently 1831 INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC classes at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1844.Moving the Indian Affairs office.He later resigned that position, returned to California, 10

The rest of the file

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE NAME VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION part of lot 119, all of lot 122 and the east part of lot 119. STATE - NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Ohio 43211 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL X LOCAL - 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 KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 466-1500 Wilmington ORGANIZATION CODE COUNTY DATE Columbus TELEPHONE NORTHING Ohio Historic Preservation Office UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING The National Cyclopedia of American Biography.New York:James T.White,1898-1978. David A. Simmons less than one Albert J. Brown.History of Clinton County, Ohio; Its People, Industries and FORM PREPARED BY ATTEST MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Plats of the original town of Wilmington, Ohio being the east part of lot 106,west I-71 and 17th Avenue FOR NPS USE ONLY The History of Clinton County, Ohio. Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1882. 14316.91930 Institutions. B. F. Bowe & Co. Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915.
QUADRANGLE SCALE LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ZONE 1:24000 CHIEEOE REGISTRATION Photos - Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF OTHER KEEPER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Re-submit Send-back Maps Review HISTORIAN TECHNICAL National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Property Q Entered JUN 20 1979 7-3-72 Deborah Douglas Barrington, Photographe September, 1978 JUN 2 0 1979 View: front or south elevation with side or east elevation Rombach Place 149 East Locust Street Negatives: 15 W. Second Street Chillicothe, Ohio MAY 7 1979 DOE September, 1978 Chillicothe, Ohio View: west or side elevation JUN 2 0 1979 MAY 7 1979 Rombach Place 149 East Locust Street w1 mington, Ohio,CLintoo Counly, Negatives: 15 W.
Second Street View: 149 East Locust Street ed Wilmington, Ohio,Chivtoo JUN 2 0 1979 September, 1978 Chillicothe, Ohio View: rear or north elevation with MAY 7 1979 Rombach Place Deborah Douglas Barrington, Photo Negatives: 15 W. Second Street side or east elevation WILMINGTON QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILMINGTON, OHIO Locust Street UTM Reference UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Romach PIACE CLINTON CO Donald D. Bernard Mrs. Fredrick Buckley resident - Mrs. Richard Brackney Wilmington, Ohio 45177 Treasurer - Maynard H. Davids Harold H. Haworth Tel. (513) 382-4684 Ass't. Treasurer - Cyril S. Barns Recording Secretary - Mrs. Clifford Camp Mrs. Mary L. Schnapp Ass't. Recording Secretary - Mrs. Jane Bate Curator - Mrs. Don Couden June 12, 1979 Corresponding Secy. - Miss Arlene Williams Dr. William J.
Murtagh Department of the Interior 440 G Street, N.W. ATT: NOM RE: H 32-NR Dear Mr. Murtagh: to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Our Ohio. It contains many artifacts of the past and acquisitions are OFFICERS President We received information that you are considering our museum This property is one of the most attractive museums in Southern Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service The Clinton County Historical Society Pensian Building membership hopes that your vote will be favorable. BOARD OF TRUSTEES are pleasantly surprised with the quality and display of our exhibits. David H. Miars May we invite you or any of your staff to visit our museum when Mrs. Herbert Hadley you are in Southern Ohio. 6.20.79 Washington,D.C.
20243 Keeper of the National Register being acquired on a continual basis.The membership and our visitors Rombach Place,149 East Locust St.P.O.Box 529 JUN 2 1 1979 INDIVIDUAL LSP.NSE (ATTACHED) INFORM TIVE M TEAL SENT INITIALS DATE ACTION TAKEN DATE REC'D TELEPHUNE CILL (ALIACHED) For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Tanglewood Location Doan House STATE Fostoria Wilmington Rombach Place Putnam County Tiffin Leipsic Fort Ball-Railroad Area Historic District OHIO Clinton County Chillicothe County Seneca County Leipsic City Hall ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified JUN 20 1970 Cory, Ambrose, House Date Entered Name JUN 20 1979 Williams, Abner, Log House Lay, Samuel, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable William H.
Harsha Columbus, Ohio 43211 Honorable Lyle Willíams For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Location Boardman Director STATE Lisbon vicinity Name Date Entered Columbiana County Infirmary Franklin County Lashley vicinity Gantz Homestead Mahoning County State Historic Preservation Officer Columbiana County Honorable Tennyson Guyer Cuyahoga County The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable Delbert L. Latta Honorable Chalmers P. Wylie Grove City vicinity St. James Episcopal Church Noble County Honorable Ronald M. Mottl ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Aiso Notified Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue Olmsted Falls OHIO