Nomination for Lee, Samuel, House

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) . UNÍTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Lee ,Samuel ,House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 306 Fourth Street NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT -- VICINITY OF PRÉSENT USE Z BUILDING(S) PARK STRUCTURE XWORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION - YES: UNRESTRICTED IN PROCESS BEING CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS United States Dept.

of the Interior, National Park Service 039 031 COUNTY BOTH DATE CODE LOCATION Coshocton ACCESSIBLE Washington CATEGORY SITE GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL HISTORIC AGRICULTURE 17th DISTRICT STATE SCIENTIFIC OWNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION MUSEUM RELIGIOUS NAME MILITARY STATUS PRIVATE Ohio and Erie Canal suitability and feasibility study 349 Main Street Ohio COURTHOUSE. OTHER: _UNOCCUPIED Coshocton County Commissioners County Courthouse Annex, Recorder's Office DATE ENTERED _TRANSPORTATION TITLE XPUBLIC FOR NPS USE ONLY - OBJECT Oct. 1975 EDUCATIONAL DESCRIPTION *ORIGINAL SITE RUINS DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

rectangular in plan, and featuring long rectangular window openings, corner pilasters is used on the front of the house, which lies behind the portico. An ornate front dation and features simple long 'rectangular window opeñings with stone sills and the cornice of the main section and is crowned by a simple low hip roof. Originally, 'about' a ten foot space existed between the brick and frame portions of the house, however, the frame section was extended in the late nineteenth century to connect These changes include black marble fireplaces, sliding wood doors and new window House, which is located on the corner. In the rear of this middle lot is an old At present, the house is in deteriorating condition, due to the past thirteen CONDITION UNEXPOSED MOVED _UNALTERED GOOD and an ambitious restoration program has been formulated by the Coshocton County direct view.

CHECK ONE The property actually consists of three lots.A small Greek Revival cottage is contains many of the original furnishings belonging to the Wilson family and dating Senior citizens group for its continued use as a senior social center. has an open stairway and woodwork dating from the Italianate period.The house have Greek Revival fireplaces that may have originally been in the downstairs underwent extensive alterations in the 1870s which give it an Italianate character. _DETERIORATED brick carriage barn, two stories in height and featuring simple wood trim.Large entrance is a later alteration and consists of a pair of Italianate doors with standing feature of this early Federal style house.Above the portico isa back more than one hundred years.

sash.The open stairway in front appears tobe original and the upstairs rooms shade trees in the tree lawns and on the corner help to conceal the house from _FAIR DATE. _EXCELLENT A two story portico supported by fluted Roman Doric columns is a rare and out- - frosted pattern glass panels. To the rear is a large two story brick wing which The interior of this building features many spacious parlors. The front section XALTERED this extension.The roofs on the front and rear poritons are slate. and a highly detailed cornice with a dentil course and modillions.Flush siding pediment composed of flush siding and featuring a semi elliptical fan lite in gives the house a"T shaped configuration.This section rests ona stone foun- AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -COMMUNITY PLANNING - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE SCULPTURE EDUCATION SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART X 1900- -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1830 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The Samuel Lee House is significant because of its outstanding architecture, for its history as one of the earliest: buildings in town, home of Coshocton's first of architecture, which is rare in this region and in Ohio. .It has a two story on the interior and on the front doorway, the excellent craftmanship of these separate structure for use as a cabinet factory.

About the time of the Civil War, The house remained in the Wilsons' ownership until this past year., when it was 1800-1899 1400-1499 1700-1799 COMMERCE INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER AGRICULTURE RELIGION 1600-1699 SIGNIFICANCE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MILITARY _COMMUNICATIONS _CONSERVATION _TRANSPORTATION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _ECONOMICS newer features make them quite remarkable and worthy of preservation.In fact, willed to the county commissioners for use as a senior citizens center. included remodeling of the front and rear sections and their connection by a wood _ENGINEERING XINDUSTRY complexity and richness that is seldom found.

-LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE _PHILOSOPHY doctor and later used as a.cabinet works: It..is:an example.of the Federal style building's Federal character has been altered by the use of Italianate features George and Joshiah Dewey who operated a cabinet factory here for many years. the overlay of Italianate ornament on a Federal style house adds a level of -1500-1599 _PREHISTORIC _MUSIC - LAW and probably built this house around 1830. The property was acquired in 1846 by is possible that they built the large brick portion, with its tall ceilings, as a the house was acquired by the Wilson family. Under the Wilson's family ownership, the house underwent considerable expansion and alterations around 1877. These Samuel Lee was Coshocton's first doctor.He owned a large tract of land here

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1850 Census, Coshocton County, City of Coshocton Library. Tax duplicates, 1844-1848, Coshocton County Courthouse Annex. Deeds, 1810 - Vol. 22, page 499, Recorder's Office, Coshocton County Courthouse, Annex. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - QUADRANGLE NAME QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24,000 Commissioners and containing two structures: The Samuel Lee House and Carriage Barn. The property is approximately 100 feet by 200 feet.

STATE - NAME / TITLE Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus STREET & NUMBER (419) 755-4011 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION Coshocton DATE NORTHING COUNTY TELEPHONE Mansfield CODE ORGANIZATION Ohio 1680 University Drive Hill's History of Knox and Coshocton Counties.

UTM REFERENCES November 1978 ZONE EASTING Edward Rilliet Gallagher and Steven McQuillin Preservation Officer) Ken Slaughter, Coshocton Tribune, May 8,1978, Tribune building. FORM PREPARED BY ATTEST: L4,4/5,8/ 6,0,01 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION corner of Fourth and Sycamore Streets in the city of Coshocton owned by the Coshocton Count ZONE The nominated property comprises the lots at the northeast ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service OTHER KEEPER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Review CONTROL Send-back HISTORIAN Maps National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry -. operty TECHNICAL State Photos. The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Geographical Data -- Acreage: Thank you for your attention to the above items.

Description: Date: Certification: Bibliography: IS RESUBMITTED. Map Coverage: Verbal Boundary Description: United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Photographic Coverage: UTM Reference(s): Statement of Significance: Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION AME OF PROPERTY 10-25-79 Form No. 10-300 REV.

(9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AUG 2 1 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM 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 AGRICULTURE MUSEUM &BUILDING(S) ZWORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

County Courthouse Annex, Recorder's Office REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 031 DATE Washington Coshocton OBJECT CODE ACCESSIBLE COUNTY CLASSIFICATION 17th TRANSPORTATION SCIENTIFIC CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE NAME STATE Ohio STATUS RELIGIOUS PARK PRIVATE RECEIVED _COMMERCIAL DATE ENTERED United States Dept.of the Interior, National Park Service 349 Main Street Coshocton County Commissioners ENTERTAINMENT Ohio and Erie Canal suitability and feasibility study COURTHOUSE. _GOVERNMENT -INDUSTRIAL -UNOCCUPIED Fourth Street FOR NPS USE ONLY - MILITARY -BOTH -OTHER: Lee ,Samuel ,House * EDUCATIONAL Oct. 1975 X FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL DEC TITLE DEC61979 XPUBLIC 7 DESCRIPTION _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE is used on the front of the house, which lies behind the portico.

An ornate front dation and features simple long rectangular window openings with stone sills and the cornice of the main section and is crowned by a simple low hip roof. Originally, about a ten foot space existed between the brick and frame portions of the house, however, the frame section was extended in the late nineteenth century to connect At present, the house is in deteriorating condition, due to the past thirteen CONDITION UNEXPOSED UNALTERED DETERIORATED direct view. FAIR CHECK ONE off and features very high ceilings.The section connecting these two parts Senior citizens group for its continued use as a senior social center.

The property actually consists of three lots.A small Greek Revival cottage is frosted pattern glass panels.To the rear is a large two story brick wing which rectangular in plan, and featuring long rectangular window openings, corner pilasters These changes include black marble fireplaces, sliding wood doors and new window brick carriage barn, two stories in height and featuring simple wood trim.Large years of abandonment and neglect.However, the house has been thoroughly cleaned standing feature of this early Federal style house.Above the portico is a and an ambitious restoration program has been formulated by the Coshocton County underwent extensive alterations in the 1870s which give it an Italianate character. entrance is a later alteration and consists of a pair of Italianate doors with back more than one hundred years.

A two story portico supported by fluted Roman Doric columns is a rare and out- located on the most northerly lot and a landscaped lawn separates it from the Lee XORIGINAL SITE * EXCELLENT the center. lintels.

Because öf the higher ceilings in this rear section, it rises above The open stairway in front appears to be original and the upstairs rooms RUINS contains many of the original furnishings belonging to the Wilson family and dating and a highly detailed cornice with a dentil course and modillions.Flush siding XALTERED The original building is a wood frame structure on a stone foundation, has an open stairway and woodwork dating from the Italianate period.The house pediment composed of flush siding and featuring a semi elliptical fan lite in parlors because of their ornateness.The brick wing to the rear is plainly finished The interior of this building features many spacious parlors.The front section gives the house a "T shaped configuration.This section rests on a stone foun- House, which is located on the corner.In the rear of this middle lot is an old AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ECONOMICS SCULPTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT X1900- _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1830 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Samuel Lee House is significant because of its outstanding architecture, for its history as one of the earliest buildings in town, home of Coshocton's first of architecture, which is rare in this region and in Ohio.It has a two story ad portico, which is very rare, and adds real distinction to this building.

While the the overlay of Italianate ornament on a Federal style house adds a level of 1800-1899 1700-1799 INVENTION ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW SCIENCE RELIGION PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE THEATER EDUCATION AGRICULTURE PREHISTORIC _PHILOSOPHY _COMMUNICATIONS included remodeling of the front and rear sections and their connection by a wood willed to the county commissioners for use as a senior citizens center. separate structure for use as a cabinet factory.About the time of the Civil War, complexity and richness that is seldom found.

MILITARY newer features make them quite remarkable and worthy of preservation.In fact, building's Federal character has been altered by the use of Italianate features on the interior and on the front doorway, the excellent craftmanship of these the house was acquired by the Wilson family.Under the Wilson's family ownership, -POLITICS/GOVERNMENT The house remained in the Wilsons' ownership until this past year., when it was _TRANSPORTATION _COMMERCE doctor and later used as a cabinet works. It.isan example of the Federal style -1600-1699 _CONSERVATION George and Joshiah Dewey who operated a cabinet factory here for many years.It -1500-1599 XARCHITECTURE -1400-1499 - LITERATURE XINDUSTRY -MUSIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING Samuel Lee was Coshocton's first doctor. He owned a large tract of land here and probably built this house around 1830.

The property was acquired in 1846 by the house underwent considerable expansion and alterations around 1877. These ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC is possible that they built the large brick portion,with its tall ceilings,asa MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Ken Slaughter, Coshocton Tribune, May 8, 1978, Tribune building. 1850 Census, Coshocton County, City of Coshocton Library. Deeds, 1810 - Vol. 22, page 499, Recorder's Office, Coshocton County Courthouse Annex. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES property is approximately 100 feet by 200 feet.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Ohio State University - Mansfield Campus STREET & NUMBER (419) 755-4011 CITY OR TOWN 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X 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 FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ATTEST GPO 921-803 DATE CODE COUNTY TELEPHONE NORTHING Mansfield November 1978 Ohio 1680 University Drive Commissioners and containing two structures: The Samuel Lee House and Carriage Barn.The Tax dup1icates,1844-1848,Coshocton County Courthouse Annex. Hill's History of Knox and Coshocton Counties. ZONE EASTING SHPO corner of Fourth and Sycamore Streets in the city of Coshocton owned by the Coshocton County Edward Rilliet Gallagher and Steven McQuillin (Regional Preservation Officer) CHEF OF REGISTRATION QU ADRANGLE NAME ELL VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Coshocton ORGANIZATION ZONE The nominated property comprises the lots at the northeast Ind Control Photos Send-back _ Re-submit .

Inventory KEEPER OTHER TECHNICAL Maps HAER Review HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up 2-5-80 United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 12.5.79 Property Working Number 8. 21. 79. 2000 Entered -DEC 6 1979 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Coshocton, Ohio AUG 2 1, 1979 December 1978 SLH-1 Steven McQuillin DEC61979 front, looking northeast OSU Mansfield Campus SAMUEL LEE HOUSE Costocton County, ohio DEC Samue1/Lee/ House rear, looking west AUG 2 1 1979 SLH-2 DEC61979 Steven McQuillin June 1979 Ohio State University Mansfield Campus #313 DEC June 1979 5.

Ohio State University Mansfield Campus SLH - 3 AUG 2 1 1979 DEC Steven McQuillin Samuel Lee House view of barn, looking east Lee, Samuel, House uTm Reference: UNITED STATES COSHOCTON QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-COSHOCTON CO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 17/426460/4458600 RECEIVED DEC 6 1979 Lee, Samuel, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr. David- Brook Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at(202)343-6401. Location Coshocton STATE Name The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Date Entered Coshocton County Also Notified Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable John M. Ashbrook DEC OHIO