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

Nomination for FRANCIS, JOSEPH, IRON SURF BOAT

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,349 words across 15 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 79001829, 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 JUL 17 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1 3 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Francis, Joseph, Iron Surf Boat AND/OR COMMON Great Lakes Historical Society / STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13 - Donald Pease - VICINITY OF STATE ( PRESENT USE _UNOCCUPIED *PRIVATE _WORK IN PROGRESS &EDUCATIONAL -PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION *YES: RESTRICTED -IN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY Alexander C. Meakin 6149 Pearl Road 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 043 039 Vermilion None DATE LOCATION COUNTY CODE BOTH Erie OWNERSHIP ENTERTAINMENT HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE GOVERNMENT CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC STRUCTURE PARK Contact: Ohio Main Street AGRICULTURE STATUS PUBLIC NAME RECEIVED OTHER: MUSEUM _TRANSPORTATION XOBJECT DATE ENTERED BUILDING(S) _BEING CONSIDERED _RELIGIOUS -COMMERCIAL - MILITARY -DISTRICT FOR NPS USE ONLY -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL TITLE -ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

CONDITION DATE MOVED UNEXPOSED DESCRIPTION EXCELLENT UNALTERED RUINS FAIR CHECK ONE GOOD XDETERIORATED varies from.065 inch to.072 inch.There is a watertight compartment beam.The lengthwise corrugations of the hull vary from 4-l/4 inches is stored at the Great Lakes Historical Society awaiting restoration. of the hull are missing or badly deteriorated.At present the boat This object is a lifesaving surf boat constructed of corrugated sheet boards.Brackets at the gunwales appear to have secured the cork fender.Four brackets are missing and one broken.There is a hole approximately llx14 inches midship on one side.All wooden portions iron and wood and measuring 26 feet overall length and 6 feet 8 inches wide at the gunwales to 3-3/4 inches at the keel. The hull thickness at each end of the vessel. There were seven seats made of l" x 7" AREAS OF

Statement of significance

D. Wilkinson, Director of The Mariners Museum at Newport News, Virginia, and William A. Baker, curator of the Hart Nautical Museum at Cambridge, Iron Life Surf Boat #1949 with India Rubber Rails, Oars, Cork Fenders &c and rigidity to the sheet metal and produced by stamping dies, was first and vandalism, and the Kelley's Island boat is a rare survival. When the 1854 1700-1799 1600-1699 1500-1599 1400-1499 ENGINEERING ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCIENCE ECONOMICS LAW EDUCATION PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT THEATER TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY MILITARY CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE _COMMUNICATIONS _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Although there was no government-operated lifesaving service on the call for public demonstrations of life-saving and rescue techniques as prac- tised by the former U.S.Life-Saving Service in the nineteenth century.
The Great Lakes Historical Society has had the boat surveyed by the because wood was too heavy.The principle of corrugation, to give strength U.S.Life-Saving Service actually began operation in 1876,the boat was _PREHISTORIC Mass.,it may be the oldest metal surfboat existing in the United States. A.S.Kelly,at Cunningham's Island [now Kelley's Island],Ohio.On June 16, educational purposes under the direction of the Historical Society.Plans also ury, ordered a surf boat from Joseph Francis of New York, to be shipped to the same season, many of the boats were lost through neglect, abuse, disuse, 1854,Joseph Francis submitted a bill for One 24 ft.Corrugated Galvanized By the end of 1854 there were fourteen lifeboats on Lake Erie.During INVENTION used by Francis in 1845.
X1800-1899 Great Lakes until 1876,the first appropriation affecting the Great Lakes was Salvage Association of London.The survey will be the basis for the restoration made in 1854,providing $12,500 to purchase boats for twenty-five points along Service became the United States Coast Guard in 1915. -RELIGION the lake shores.On January 3l,1854,James Guthrie,Secretary of the Treas- -LITERATURE _1900- ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY PLANNING Complete." Joseph Francis (1801-1893), shipbuilder and sometimes called The U. S. Life-Saving This iron life-saving surf boat was constructed in 1854 at the request of the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury for use on Lake Erie. According to William BUILDER/ARCHITECT Joseph Francis Father of the U.S.Life-Saving Service, was the inventor of the metallic, used at the Point Marblehead station on Lake Erie. John B.
Ehrhardt, Joseph Francis (1801-1893): Shipbuilder; Father of the U. S. Life-Saving Service (New York, 1950).

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 QUADRANGLE SCALE VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE X 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE Alexander C. Meakin, President, -Great Lakes Historical Society January, 1979 STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN Cleveland, Ohio 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - LOCAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).1 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 CERTAFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 216-721-5722 NORTHING None. COUNTY TELEPHONE CODE ORGANIZATION DATE Western Reserve Historical Society UTM REFERENCES 10825 East Boulevard CHIEF OF REGISTRATION MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ZONE EASTING Coast Guard on the Great Lakes (US Coast Guard,1976). Bill, Joseph Francis to US Treasury Department, dated 6/16/1854.
Eric Johannesen, Preservation Officer THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ZONE 14518.61600] Photos - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up KEEPER OTHER Inventory ARCHEOLOGIST HAER TECHNICAL Send-back Re-submit CONTROL 10-2-79 Review United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 9.12.79 Entered _SEP | 3 1979 Maps HISTORIAN Working Number7, 17.79.
1703 Francis, Joseph, Iron Surfboat, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio 480 Main Street, Vermilion, Ohio Date: 1979 JUL 1 7 1979 Photo Neg.: Great Lakes Historical Society, Francis, Joseph, Iron Surfboat, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio 480 Main Street, Vermilion, Ohio Date: 1979 JUL 1 7 1979 Negative: same Photo: Great Lakes Historical Society, VERMILION 4586/600 North Historical Society VERMILION EAST QUADRANGLE VERMILION EAST,OHIO Erie County, Ohio JUL 17 1979 UNITED STATES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 17 385/760 East DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Iron Surf Boat Great Lakes STATE OF OHIO 75 MINUTE SERIES TOPOGRAPHIC) ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Francis, Joseph, Iron Surf Boat Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H.
Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Byers/bjr STATE Director Vermilion Date Entered Name The Ohio Historical Society 9/19/79 State Historie Preservation Officer Honorable Donald J. Pease Also Notified Honorable John H. Glenn Erie County For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-640l. Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue OHIO JUL 17 1979 OFFICES AND RESIDENT SURVEYORS AT: CLEVELAND. OHIO 44113 TELEX NO. 980-166 3rd January, 1979 "J. FRANCIS ANTIQUE SURFBOAT" said to have been constructed circa 1854 Vermilion, Ohio on 22nd December, 1978 available dimensions and condition of the above noted Antique Surfboat. RECEIVED REGISTER in accordance with instructions received from THE SALVAGE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL AND ON BEHALF OF WHOM IT MAY CONCERN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEW ORLEANS ESTABLISHED 1656.
NEW YORK VANCOUVER (B.C.) surveyed at the premises of the Great Lakes Historical Society Museum 480 Main Street, Vermilion, Ohio on 22nd December, 1978 to examine and report on the 1337 TERMINAL TOWER CABLE ADDRESS: "'SALVASSO" CLEVELAND YOKOHAMA ROTTER CAPETOWN ANTWERP CLEVELAND CARDIFF PIRAEUS YOUR REFERENCE SAN FRANCISCO the undersigned attended at the premises of the Great Lakes Historical Society Museum, HONG KONG Details of this examination are set forth on the attached sheets and are JUL. 17 1979 BEAM - 6'-8" KEEL SEATS -I"×7"× LENGTH -NOTED ON ONE SIDE APPX MIDSHIP. PRACKETS @ GUNWALE ON A FENDER BAR OF UNKNOWN TYPE OR BADLY DETERIORATED RECEIVED REGISTER Hull Thickness - . 065"-. 072" BOTH SIDES APPEAR TO HAVE SECURED SURGE BOARDS ~|"X 6"×LENGTH "HOLED" SIDE WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTS- 2 BROKEN JUL 17 1879 REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Circa 1854 SEct.
At A-A Scale '4"= 1FT. NATIONAL FEGISTER