Nomination for Lansdowne House

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED MAR 1 5 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 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HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE -WORK IN PROGRESS PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS X YES: RESTRICTED _YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Gertrude D. Hoblit 338 E.

Third Street Ohio 45331 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 037 039 None DATE CODE LOCATION BOTH ACCESSIBLE Greenville COUNTY Darke EDUCATIONAL HISTORIC STATE ENTERTAINMENT CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE DISTRICT 8th STATUS SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE MILITARY MUSEUM NAME TRANSPORTATION _COMMERCIAL PARK Ohio Fourth and Broadway PUBLIC BUILDING(S) COURTHOUSE. 338 East Third Street DATE ENTERED Lansdowne House _BEING CONSIDERED XPRIVATE RESIDENCE -UNOCCUPIED -GOVERNMENT - INDUSTRIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY - RELIGIOUS _OBJECT PH0 678228 -OTHER: XPRIVATE -SITE LAIA SHEET REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL Darke County Courthouse TITLE DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE X GOOD _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

CONDITION UNEXPOSED UNALTERED EXCELLENT RUINS DETERIORATED FAIR XALTERED CHECK ONE decorative brackets and a paneled freize.Its horizontal wooden siding is now covered porch supported by round classical columns originally projected to the right of the iron railing. removed along with its railing and gablet.The latter has been replaced with a new tinquishing features are its tall and narrow windows anda projecting cornice with main entrance and had a wooden railing and gablet.The right half of the porch has been The Lansdowne House is a simple rectangular two-story frame building ona limestone with synthetic shingles and the original louvred shutters have been removed andre- foundation and with a hipped roof covered with standing seam metal. Its sole dis- AREAS OF

Statement of significance

the Greenville schools. Shortly before graduation, Zachary left for the Annapolis Here Lansdowne became involved with lighter-than-air craft, and upon returning to the states, was made commander of the Naval Air Station at Akron, Ohio, where he helped supervise blimp construction. In 1921, Captain Lansdowne was attached to the new built large rigid airship. For a time in the early 20s, he served at the American airship, the Shenandoah, and it was in this position that he obtained the greatest later American built airships, and helped make the use of helium a practicality over comprehensive mapping showing airship ports, elevations, radio beacons; simplified Captain developed special techniques for long overland flights and landings which were entirely unprecedented.

Shenandoah in October 1924, the Captain flew over Greenville and circled it while he floats in community parades during the 1920s, and through the veneration of the Lansdowne ART 1400-1499 COMMERCE LAW CONSERVATION EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE 1600-1699 THEATER SCIENCE INDUSTRY _COMMUNICATIONS _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT He made forward-looking recommendations regarding experiments with hook-on planes to ENGINEERING the more explosive and dangerous helium.He prepared a manual on airship operation responded by celebrating its favorite son, dedicating the next year's high school language in landing and mooring operations; and improved watch schedules for crewmen. annual to Lansdowne and publishing pictures of the city taken from the Shenandoah. The military and public acclaim.

Captain Lansdowne maintained close ties with his hometown of Greenville where his elderly Embassy in Berlin as the special liason with the Zeppelin Works.After transfer back Zachary Lansdowne had an impressive list of pioneering achievements in lighter-than-air which was subsequently adopted as the official instruction manual in the Navy's program. during the 1920s. -1500-1599 adulation of Lansdowne continued through the years often represented by"dirigible" Navy Academy, and he served in Europe with the Naval Air Service during World War I. conversed with his mother over a short wave radio he had bought for her.The community PREHISTORIC Under Lansdowne's leadership, the Shenandoah made a number of important flights and the - LITERATURE - PHILOSOPHY The Lansdowne House was built about 1870 for James M.

Lansdowne.A son, Zachary, - 1700-1799 - ECONOMICS -1800-1899 was born to him in the house on December l,1888, and the boy lived there while attending - RELIGION -MUSIC -COMMUNITY PLANNING The Lansdowne House is significant as the home of Zachary Lansdowne, a nationally renown figure in the development of rigid lighter-than-airships for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy and assisted in the construction of the first U.S. aviation and made major contributions toward the development of this field into a true airships for scouting; the use of high frequency radio; practical flying uniforms; INVENTION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC mother still resided in the family home.During the transcontinental round-trip of the military science.He suggested many design improvements that were incorporated into

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Dayton Daily News, September 3, 1925. Thom Hook, The Shenandoah Saga. Annapolis, Md.: Air Show Publishers, 1973. Personal Communication from Florence Magoto, Greenville, Ohio, August, 1978. 0 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY_ Less than one QUADRANGLE NAME VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE David A.

Simmons STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Ohio 43211 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE OR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 466-1500 DATE COUNTY TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION CODE Columbus NORTHING Greenville West UTM REFERENCES Ohio Historic Preservation Office ZONE EASTING to the City of Greenville.

criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 Nominated property consists of the East 1/2 of Lot 125 of Smith and Wilsons addition I-71 and 17th Avenue ZONE ATTEST: CHIEF OF REGISTRATION Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDMAR 15 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 2 0.

1979 DATE ENTERED INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Lansdowne House, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio daughter, the house in Greenville was listed as the home of the Captain upon his death during the thunderstorm season, but the Navy's desire for publicity for the airship CONTINUATION SHEET more notoriety.Lansdowne had advised his superiors against a trip into the midwest and 13 other crew members, was one of the most spectacular and controversial air The Lansdowne House remains today as an important link to the aviation and military The crash of the Shenandoah in early September 1925,resulting in the death of Lansdowne Inquiry resulted in a bitter controversy between Lansdowme's widow and the court, with critics of the service like General Billy Mitchell joining in the dispute. FOR NPS USE ONLY as the home of an early 2oth century military hero. in 1925. ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 House as his home.

Although he lived in Lakehurst, New Jersey, with his wife and two during a severe thunderstorm over Noble County, Ohio.The subsequent Court of disasters in the 20th century.Only the explosion of the Hindenberg in 1937 received ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF Send-back - Re-submit - KEEPER OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER TECHNICAL Photos CONTROL Review HISTORIAN 6-5-79 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 4:20.79 -Lanadoone Maps Property APR 2 0 1979 Photo: Florence Magato Lansdowne House, Greenville, Darke County, OH Greenville, Ohio 220 Central Ave.

View of rear or northern elevation of house MAR 15 1979 Photo: David Simmons, 10/78 MAR 15 1979 APR 2 0 1979 Negatives: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Lansdowne House, Greenville, Darke County, OH View of southern elevation of house Photo: David Simmons, 10/78 View of southeastern corner of house #383 MAR 15 1979 APR 2 0 1979 Negatives: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Lansdowne House, Greenville, Darke County,OH GREENVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION Light-duty Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey STATE OF OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) N4000W8437.5/7.5 US Route Gertrude D. Hoblit 338 E. Third St. Greenville, Ohio 45331 Mar. 23/74 THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE Gertrude D. Hoblit 338 E. Third St. Greenville, Ohio 45331 THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE Gertrude D. Hoblit 338 E.

Third St. Greenville, Ohio 45331 THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE MAR 3 0 1979 DATE REC'D INDIVIDUAL RESPONA TELEFNONE CALL (º INITIALS DATE ACTION TAKEN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES HED) INFLTIVE MAT FORT GREENÉ VILLE - 1793 SINGLE COPY 15° Greenville, Ohio, Saturday, September 2, 1978 TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 548-6002 Annapolis Academy. He entered World War I broke out and rose WHO pilot d by a Greenville native many miles off her course to fly The dirigible crashed Sept. 3, Dirigible. over his home at 338 E. Third St Major General LeJune once "Zach" Lansdowne, a Green- ship, make the first flight to cross the took 108 hours and 12 minutes to Fame scroll. confirmed on Dee. 14, 1900. His Hoblit now airship was 634 feet long. R-34 (Knox) Lansdowne. His father speed of 45 miles per hour was a cashier in a local bank. Capt.

Lansdowne was the first estimated to last six months Wormwood VFW Bulletin. Her son, James Capt. Lansdowne is on record VFW Post. Mrs. Seiler invited the public stand reminds ATTENDED The friends. native honored Greenville by bringing Shenandoah to come to Garst Museum and been working toward naming complishments for aviation. Zachary Lansdowne was born occured during a severe wind Greenville High School before memorabilia on display on the should be added to the Aviation The Greenville High School The anniversary of the first and his feats are well-known in was incorporated. ZACH Anniversary Of Ill-Fated Shenandoah A famous Ohioan was born here Sunday; Greenville Native Was Pilot made a national register home. Garst Museum, said she also transferred to of fuel while she carried an air helium-filled airship built by the ball field.

younger generation asks,who The Shenandoah Moored To The USS Patoka In August 1924 Mrs to fame in this department. Staff Writer Darke Rural Electric A Member two times the length of a foot- The Shenandoah was the first born in this home. Atlantic Ocean He flew on the Zachary was one of the few HOME DELIVERY S CENTS WEEKLY JOANNE LEHMAN of the airship was 680 feet, over think this home, which was built crast ed 53 years ago tomorrow. Annual of 1925. The Chief was the field of aviation. His name asked Capt. Lansdowne: What Hall of Fame. Yet, co-director sclowne answered, from three to in December, 1888, in Greenville killed in the firery crash, which and baptized on May 13, 1889 in tinued "T mean how do they was outfitted with 4,900 gallons to five years. This does not include the great hero from Greenville, who which was gave his life for his country and flight on Sept. 4, 1923.

The length Goodyear and Goodrich Greenville Memorial Post 7262 been certified that Zach" was in 1925 and a "Chief", which five years. younger Many see outer had Greenville During the transcontinental "Goodyear" asking, lighter-than-air Lansdowne's name should be flying Daily crashed airship are on display, Darke County residents have Lansdowne and Again the Southern Ohio near Ava.The and also to honor his boyhood Advocate accounts of the crash was dedicated to him. Greenville native, provements on the Akron and with 29 British officers.

deserves a niche in the Aviation the Lansdowne House to the American to make a single-hop is commander of the Greenville Seaplane and prepared an article on Zachary acquainted him with the blimp iis the life of an airship before Gold-Star Mother, and several generation only was a pioneer in "We have commanded by Cap.Zachary worked very hard," she said " Gertrude D. Hoblit 338 E. Third St. THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE Gertrude D. Hoblit 338 E. Third St. THE LANSDOWNE HOUSE Greenville, Ohio 45331 INFORMATIVE MATERIAL SENT I NRNAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES One APR 20 1979 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dx. Thomas H.

Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Location Darke County Director Pickerington vicinity Name Franklin County Columbus Greenville Stemen Road Covered Bridge Lansdowne House Fairfield County 4/27/79 Also Notified Date Entered State Historic Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Clarence E. Miller Honorable Thomas M. Kindness Honorable Samuel L. Devine Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. STATE OHIO Old Ohio Union