MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Emerson, Wm. D.,Map of Hamilton County, Ohio, 1847. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION COUNTY ( 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE STREET & NUMBER 6500 Beechmont Avenue CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS NATIONAL _ LOCAL 3 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 DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 232-4353 CODE DATE beginning.
NORTHING ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE STATE EASTING ATTEST: Cincinnati The archives of the Cincinnati Province of the Sisters of St.Joseph along the north right-of-way line of Beechmont Avenue to the point of Ohio enue.Thence in a'north direction along the east side of Brachman Lane for less than one GPO 892-453 43.29 August 9, 1977. 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). ZONE Smalley, Stephen B.,Rigdon Farm history given.Forest Hills Journal, Beginning at the northeast intersection of Brachman Lane and Beechmont Av- Sisters of St.
Joseph Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF Send-back 12.15.78 OTHER KEEPER Inventory HAER Entered HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST Maps Review 8.14.78 Federal Register Entry State National Register Write-up TECHNICAL REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 11-29.78 12:7.78 Re-submit 2.28.79 IN T:2106- 74 CONTROL Working Number 8.11. 78. 3848 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 12.6.78 Retun STATE OhiO Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s) : on the National Register staff, telephone 202-343-640/ Thank you for your attention to the above items. Chief, Branch of Registration Description: Bibliography: Date: Certification: Photographic Coverage: Other: IS RESUBMITTED.
The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Map Coverage: Verbal Boundary Description: Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Bi// Bra h haw to Check educatian NAME OF PROPERTY United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION Form No.
10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED AUG 11 1978 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 6500 Beechmont Avenue _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _WORK IN PROGRESS PUBLIC ACQUISITION ENTERTAINMENT _IN PROCESS AYES: RESTRICTED -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Ohio 45230 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Ohio: 45202 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 UNOCCUPIED BOTH COUNTY Hamilton OBJECT DATE HISTORIC 061 STATE LOCATION CODE TITLE GOVERNMENT Cincinnati SITE AGRICULTURE CATEGORY TRANSPORTATION SCIENTIFIC COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION MILITARY INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL OWNERSHIP DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE STRUCTURE NAME PARK PUBLIC STATUS DATA SHEET Court and Main Streets XRELIGIOUS OTHER: COURTHOUSE.
_MUSEUM BEING CONSIDERED DATE ENTERED The Martin House SURVEY RECORDS XBUILDING(S) XPRIVATE RESIDENCE Sisters of St. Joseph The Heritage House (Rev. 10-74) XPRIVATE MAR 211979 Ohio PH0681784 FOR NPS USE ONLY _FEDERALSTATE COUNTY LOCAL 7 DESCRIPTION DETERIORATED -MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE table, cellar windows. veranda, and which was spaced away from the original house. An infill between balusters, two per tread. An intermidiate landing, two-thirds the way up the CONDITION UNALTERED FAIR The four original units have ornamental iron surrounds which are in remark- well proportioned entablature with corner supported by paired brackets. have been replaced with new wood double-hung windows with insulated glass and the exterior composition. XALTERED floor and two bedrooms on the second. Symmetry prevails.
The federal motif XEXCELLENT collection) dictated the predominance of windows on the front of the house. If there were any windows in the north elevation of the original house, composed of two beveled glass panels with beveled glass sidelights and transom Delicate supports further accentuate the portico. The entrance treatment is for southern exposure,(our forebearers knew something about passive solar The interior of the original house reflects the Southern Federal trationson the west elevation and a side door and simple exterior chimney and exhibits several later additions.The original two story construction, of the added rooms have fireplaces with well-detailed casings and mantels. they have been covered by the additions.
Since, in the manner of Virginia stair, carried the only probable north window in the original This has It was built when the Federal and Greek Revival influences were overlapping. and circular window. The overall cornice treatment is molded, supported by main roof has a 7/l2 pitch which produces a low gable roofline. XORIGINAL SITE CHECK ONE ably good condition.They have recently been polished and laquered to a The gable roof is pierced by a center gable with l8 inch molded cornice the kitchen and the original house and the rear shed-roofed segment complete One of the building additions is a kitchen, which is attached to the The Martin House consists of an original residence, built c. l847-1852, paired and individual brackets and form a return under all gabled ends. The on the east facade.This chimney was added to the house in the 1920's. lustrous beauty.
taller on the first floor than on the second. Because of deterioration these and are in harmony and sympathetic. _UNEXPOSED become a doorway to one of the additions. -RUINS front block, built c. 1852, is a two story building and Transitional in style. homes, the original kitchen was probably a separate building, it would have been to the north or rear in regard to the "pike". snap-in mullions. The old woodwork, all apparently originally painted, is in Door, and window, interior trim is fully detailed with six inch wide influence. A fairly generous entrance hall separates two parlors on the first The wall treatment is common bond and of red brick with a raised water- a variety of species from poplar to walnut.
The four original rooms and one The side elevations on the east and west are quite simple with no fenes- The later building additions project to the north of the main building The building is symmetrical with a 5 bay front The frontispiece paneled. The original windows were six over six wood mortised double hung, This, plus the desire DATE. Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUG 11 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 I 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED THE MARTIN HOUSE, Hamilton County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 1 In what is now theddining room, to the east of the fireplace, was a The Martin House, inside and out, has been returned to a handsome re- RECEIVED its more recent neighbors. statement of its interesting past.It can comfortably take its place among or storage space.
FOR NPS USE ONLY closet. In the closet was a secret staircase, eighteen inches wide, that Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AUG 1 1 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 I 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM THE MARTIN HOUSE, Hamilton County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE RECEIVED A vote of the entire Cincinnati Province of the Sisters of St.Joseph renamed The Martin House has once more become a residence for four of the DATE ENTERED a symbol of the Sisters of St. Joseph's first endeavors in the Mt. Washington area of Cincinnati, FOR NPS USE ONLY AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE ENGINEERING X 1800-1899 COMMERCE -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Martin House, built c. 1847-1852, by John C.
Martin, is significant for its architectural style, integrity, and local history. Basically, Guardian Angels maintained its own school. Later, the Sisters used the Martin cated on September 1, 1915._In 1951, the thirty-five year old academy, at the request of Archbishop Karl J. Altar, became McNicholas High School.
McNicholas ART EDUCATION RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE THEATER ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION MILITARY INDUSTRY PERIOD XARCHITECTURE LITERATURE _PREHISTORIC vicinity, connecting todays Beechmont Avenue and Corbly Road.It intersected MUSIC _COMMUNICATIONS was the first and remains to this day the only Catholic coeducational inter- High School built a new gymnasium, and during that years football season the _TRANSPORTATION _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN INVENTION Guardian Angels Parish was located directly across the street and the Mrs.Sallie Martin lived here for three years after the death of her Qivided the two parcels of property was among the most important roads in the Sisters used the house and a frame house behind it as a school building until House as a convent and then as a novitiate.
The house was built on property which belonged to Mrs.Martin's father, Ezekiel Rigdon.The Rigdon's owned a ninety-eight acre farm that adjoined the _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT original beauty and furnish it accordingly.Work on the house was finally fate of The Martin House.The decision was made to restore the house to its - ECONOMICS Corbly Road just east of Eastern Hills School. property of John Gerard, one of the early settlers in the area on which the husband and following her death, the property was sold to H. E. and Charolotte elements.The house is a good example of Transitional architecture and is one of the few remaining houses of its style in the area. bought the house in l893 as a place of retreat from the city. -1600-1699 Presbyterian Church, all of which are still standing. purpose and became known as "The Rocket House".
-1400-1499 Siter, architect for the Cincinnati Public Schools from 189l-l898,designed started in May,1977,and completed in November of the same year. In November,1914,more land was purchased and ground broken for St. - 1700-1799 -1500-1599 _SCULPTURE Halloween time as a "Haunted House". From 1959 until 1969,the Martin House.stood vacant.In 1969 McNicholas In 1974,a group of concerned Sisters of St.Joseph met to determine the structed between 1951 and 1970. among others the Columbia school, the fairview school and the Mt. Auburn ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY PLANNING house is in relatively unaltered condition and retains most of its original 1900- LAW present day Mt.Washington Presbyterian Church now stands.A narrow road that In 1975 and 1976,the house was used by the Eastern Hiils Jaycees at September 20,1890,for the sum of fifty-seven hundred dollars.Mr.
MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES August 9, 1977. Emerson, Wm. D.,Map of Hamilton County, Ohio, 1847. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I 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 232-4353 CODE NORTHING DATE Cincinnati ORGANIZATION COUNTY ZONE beginning.
TELEPHONE LOCAL Fred Mitchell-Miami Purchase Association 43.29 UTM REFERENCES Ohio along the north right-of-way line of Beechmont Avenue to the point of ZONE EASTING The archives of the Cincinnati Province of the Sisters of St.Joseph hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the Sister Judi Keehnen C.S.J. 6500 Beechmont Avenue less than one GPO 892-453 Sisters of St. Joseph Smalley, Stephen B., Rigdon Farm history given. Forest Hills Journal, ATTEST: C KEEPER-OF-THE enue.Thence in anorth direction along the east side of Brachman Lane for Beginning at the northeast intersection of Brachman Lane and Beechmont Av= Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM The John C.
Martin House, Hamilton County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET nice, frame Victorian entrance porch, center gable, six-over-six windows, and in Cincinnati, this particular building is among a few which survived urbani- tains much of its original integrity and is representative of rural vernacular of preservation. of Transitional architecture that exhibits such elements as a bracketed cor- DATE ENTERED FOR NPS USE ONLY Architecturally the John C. Martin House is a significant example of a rural Though the Transitional style is not rare building built in two stages. The rear wing or kitchen, built c. 1847, main- zation.
In addition, the Martin House exists in a relatively unaltered state plain stone lintels and lugsills.T FRAME, I STORY | STORY - STAIRWAY BRICK, c.1847 E FIRE LATTICEWORK ADDITION Floor plan- not to scale MARTIN HOUSE FRAME VERANDA ORIGINALLY Hamilton County, Ohio C.1852 SMALL FIREPLACE BRICK 1978 PORCH ENCLOSED Steve Gordon May, 3- 21.79 Inventory - Send-back - KEEPER Entered OTHER Maps ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Re-submit HISTORIAN Review Photos Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service State CONTROL National Register Write-up TECHNICAL MAR 21 1979 3.20.79 Working Numberg.1.78.3848 December, 1977 6532 Beechmont Ave. Cincinnati facade Photo #l #1 Looking north at front Sister Judi Keehnen C.S.J.
AUG 11 1978 Martin House December, 1977 AUG 11 1978 and eastside facade 6532 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati Martin House Sisters of St. Joseph #2 Looking northwest at front Sister Judi Keehnen C.s. J. Cincinnati Hamilton Co., Ohio December, 1977 AUG 1 1 1978 Martin House Sister Judi Keehnen C.s.J. #3 Looking northeast at front (south) facade and west side facade Sisters of St. Joseph MAR 2 I 1979 NEWPORT DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NEWPORT QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF KENTUCKY AUG 11 1978 KENTUCKY-OHIO RIVER UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION Easting 726-780 Northing 4328-500 KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECEIVED UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY Sept. 13,1978 Dear Mr. Murtagh, The Martin House was built by early settlers who development of the Mt. Washington area of Cincinnati, house, H.E.
Siter, was a famous Cincinnati .sees the original basement, with windows dining room is faced with Rookwood tiles. The occupations. Evaluation." basement consists of the original one-room base- ment fronted by the newer basement.When were pioneers in settling and contributing to the The house was originally a one-room cabin of Ohio.The people who built this house were originally steps descending behind the base of the upstairs Public Schools and designed many outstanding fireplace, one can visualize very well how the The gentleman that was the second owner of the developed- from the earliest settlers to the modern day. The fireplace in the room now used as the This typifies the way a whole area Another unique feature of our house are the in larger proportion in his other works about town. In reply to your letter of Aug.23,l978 concerning hearth is also Rookwood.
farmers who settled here in the late l7oo's and early 1800's. unknown date. The front four rooms were added especially outstanding. The mantelpiece and The These people followed the natural churches and public buildings in the area.He make the following comments based upon your "Criteria for Ohio. erness, changing to farming and then to urban evolution of land development- conquering the wild- there and let your imagination take over! facing into the newer basement and the original our property, the Martin House, which is being considered added small touches to the house that can be seen C.1847-1852. Sisters of St. Joseph Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 history. had been painted over several times and they Sincerely, situated among wide-open land away from the street They are fine examples of an art that flourished Thank you for considering our application.
have been restored to their original finish. fireplace cover are both cast iron,to provide 6532 Beechmont Ave. When one visists this home you can go back to Re: Martin House its faithful restoration you would be just as The other three fireplaces four fireplaces with a background of fields and hills which adds enthusiastic about is as we are and be trans- the later additions and feel as if you were are in the added four rooms to the front of the ported in time back to the early days of our few minutes but it covers l5o years or more in more warmth for the "best" room in the house. in Cincinnati in the mid l8oo's. We are certain if you could see this house and to the four room addition of the mid-l8oo's to house) have cast iron covers. All fireplaces the earlist pioneer days (the one room original walking through history.
The house is still greatly to the overall feeling of early America. including the basement) and progress from there ATTACHED INITIALS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES style. And third, the complex has a large intrusion. Although there is significance for cant amount of architectural detailing or able enough to merit entry into the National Register on that criteria alone. I believe the total school and church complex not visually relate to the Martin House. cond, the buildings do not possess s signifi- is not eligible for the National Register at To the Reviewers: Tel. 721 1506 local history, I do not believe it is consider- MAR 2 1 1979 Hamilton County Bradford, Robert, House Old St. Patrick's Church Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H.
Smith Byers/bjr Columbus, Ohio 43211 Cardington Location Kenton Tiffin Lorain County Seneca County Name Director Montgomery County Exchange Hotel Cincinnati Wellington Morrow County STATE OHIO Date Entered Gilboa Honorable Tennyson Guyer Miami Street Grade School Gilboa Main Street Historic District Putnan County Honorable Delbert L. Latta Hardin County Courthouse State Historic Preservation Officer Martin House Centerville vicinity Honorable Tony P. Hall Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable John H. Glenn Reamer Barn Honorable Samuel L. Devine For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. The Ohio Historical Society Also Notified Honorable Donald J. Pease ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Hardin County Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr.
3/23/79 4 county code: GNPS REGION: 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated Doriginal site 9O NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed - Unknown 5O UNKNOWN-6 -unexcavated - No Access * AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 -RECREATION -28 SCLAIMS: explain -ENGINEERING -11 - POLITICS / GOVT.- 21 CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric -2 -COMMERCE -6 - LAW - 16 C RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 -oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 C ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 3 functions Dlandscape architect / garden designer: @bullder/contractor: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 061 Cincinnati Hamilton Midwest CONDITION ETHNIC GROUP ASSOCIATION INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: STATE ENTERTAINMENT-26 FEDERAL CURRENTLY: artisan: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION interior decorator: EVENTS: vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: The Heritage House dates of initial construction: ADMINISTRATOR: reviewers initials.
LOCAL master builder: URBAN PLANNING-31 historic events: Martin House major alterations: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET 6500 Beechmont Ave. architectural style(s): if state who prepared form? Dexcellent as it appears on federal register: Daltered Mfeatures: SAVED? YES MAR 2I1979 city / town 5 LOCATION street & number 1)CONGRESS. DISTRICT ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Oyes Ono 'first' O 'only' D _date 2OTHER NAMES: Omoved Oreconstructed artist: BACCESS Oruins Ogood
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