Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Tappan, Judge Abraham, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,387 words across 9 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 79001874, 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.

PHO677728 Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDAR & 1 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Tappan, Judge Abraham, House AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF 11 - J. William Stanton PRESENT USE _PUBLIC *UNOCCUPIED AGRICULTURE WORK IN PROGRESS _PRIVATE RESIDENCE SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER Vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY Mary Giallombardo Benjamin L. Toth 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 085 039 DATE CODE Painesville Parma BOTH LOCATION OBJECT COUNTY GOVERNMENT ACCESSIBLE ENTERTAINMENT HISTORIC CATEGORY EDUCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SCIENTIFIC DISTRICT STATE OWNERSHIP TRANSPORTATION Lake Ohio MILITARY Maplewood Farms RELIGIOUS INDUSTRIAL NAME PRIVATE PARK MUSEUM _STRUCTURE MAY81979 7667 Koch Drive STATUS BEING CONSIDERED Madison Township _COMMERCIAL FOR NPS USE ONLY COURTHOUSE. 894 Brainard Road 7855 South Ridge Road 55 East Erie Street - FEDERAL STATE _COUNTY LOCAL BUILDING(S) MAY Lake County Recorders Office TITLE 7 DESCRIPTION EXCELLENT * GOOD MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

carved with fluted molding, corner blocks, and sunburst designs. The and diagonal mullions. Its cornices are in the more robust Greek Revival style, but the builder posts. The present diagonal railing is not original, but some of the turned well, in actuality it harmonizes with the house splendidly. main block and the rear wing, divided into six sections. CONDITION DETERIORATED FAIR exterior.The main architectural feature is a handsome curved staircase is unusual in that the east and west walls consist of stepped gable ends, some modern functional alterations.The original main block facing the road Greek Revival styles, with additions in the Neo-Classic revival style and directly opposite the main entrance.Continuing all the way to the third a major restoration effort.
_UNALTERED a large central opening flanked by two vertical lights.The windows are The interior was designed with the same care and elaboration as the duplicated the forms of the front windows.A smaller wing to the west was This is a large two-and-a-half story brick residence in the Federal and house, and most of the mantels appear to be from the Neo-Classic revival ORIGINAL SITE In the stepped gable ends there are Palladian windows. CHECK ONE The present owners plan to remove all of these interior alterations in and the south facade is a triangular gable.Thus the roof consists of two To the northeast of the main block is a large brick wing added later. the scale and proportions of the doorway.The door and window frames are In 1954 the residence was converted to a nursing home, and some -UNEXPOSED intersecting gables. The front gable cornice has a series of large modillions.
transom and side lights of the entrance have an elaborate pattern of curved balusters exist and will be restored. Although the porch does not photograph interior alterations were made, including temporary partitions, exposed plumbing and wiring, new bathrooms, the closed-in staircase mentioned, DATE RUINS The facade has four large openings in the rectangular Venetian pattern, framed by blind elliptical arches in the brick wall. The windows all repeat There is a cellar under the added in the same period and style.Across the front and east sides of floor, its upper level has bean closed in, but the present owners plan rear stairways in addition to the main one. AREAS OF

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The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW - -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE X ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART X1800-1899 X EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT TRANSPORTATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES 1828; 1847/1852 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Lake County from the Federal and Greek Revival periods. In addition, it located about 500 feet east of this house. Tappan was a school teacher, county clerk in Painesville, a county Court of Common Pleas, and postmaster of Unionville. Tappan moved to Illinois in 1852 and died soon thereafter. family owned the home from 1852 to 1922. in a transitional period, the Abraham Tappan house is one of the most 1600-1699 1700-1799 PHILOSOPHY ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE LITERATURE MILITARY SCULPTURE _ENGINEERING _COMMUNICATIONS son-in-law and there was a substantial increase in the tax assessment, He surveyed much of the land of the Western Reserve, including laying notable houses in Lake County.
PERIOD commissioner, sheriff, lawyer, Associate Judge of the Geauga County _CONSERVATION was the residence of Tappan, a surveyor for the Connecticut Land Com- The Judge Abraham Tappan house is one of the major residences in A thorough search of deeds and tax records indicates that the original -ECONOMICS pany who worked from the land office (listed in the National Register) Abraham Tappan (born 1780) arrived in the Western Reserve of Ohio in or possibly after 1852 when the property was acquired by Stephen C. house was built in 1827-1828,which is consistent with the architectural of the Western Reserve of Ohio, and a superlative example of architecture _THEATER either in 1847,when the property was transferred to Tappan's son and -1500-1599 the Cuyahoga River (the present Lorain County).Between 180l and 184l, out Chillicothe Road.
In 1806 he was employed to survey land west of Warner and enlarged by him or his son Elbridge Warner.The Warner -1400-1499 180l. He lived for four or five years at the home of John Walworth. INVENTION - RELIGION _COMMERCE -1900- -SCIENCE _PREHISTORIC - MUSIC - LAW As the home of one of the more important figures in the early settlement

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Williams Brothers History of Lake and Geauga Counties, Ohio (1878). Map of Lake County (Matthews, 1857). O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA 14,612,511,3,0l VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 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: 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 T KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION. GPO 921-803 216-721-5722 ORGANIZATION DATE CODE TELEPHONE Cleveland NORTHING COUNTY Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society (1837-1852). August 1978 UTM REFERENCES 10825 East Boulevard The nominated property consists of the lot known as parcel number United States Census (1820-1850). ZONE EASTING 1A-70B-9 and containing 2.3 Acres. Geauga County Tax Duplicates (1820-1837);Lake County Tax Duplicates Deed Records, Geauga and Lake Counties (1820-1922).
ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - QUADRANGLE NAME - LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Mary Giallombardo, owner Eric Johannesen, Preservation Officer Madison ZONE ATTEST 2.3 Acres Entered MAY 8 1979 Send-back - Re-submit - OTHER Inventory KEEPER CONTROL HAER TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Review HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 4.27.79 Working Number3 21.29.632 Photos Maps United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service State 6-5-79 MAR 2 1 1979 WRHS Tappan, Judge Abraham, House West elevation, looking NE. Madison Twp. Lake Co. Ohio Johannes MAY Lake Co. Ohio MAR 2 1 1979 South. WRHS Madison Twp. Tappan, Judge Abraham, House MAR 2 1 1979 Johannesen looking Northwest. Madison Twp. Lake Co.
Ohio Facade and east elevation, Tappan, Judge Abraham, House .5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4625/130 North DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MADISON QUADRANGLE 17 499/500 East MADISON, OHIO House Madison Township RECEIVED DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS STATE OF OHIO Day, Erastus, House (Tappan, Judge Abraham, House Willians, Dr. Issac Elmer, House and Office St. Marys Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Byers/bjr Zanesville 5/11/79 Director Lakewood Lake County Muskingum County Name Unionville Auglaize County Cuyahoga County Honorable Tennyson Guyer The Ohio Historical Society Date Entered Honorable J. William Stanton Honorable Ronald M.
Mottl Black-Elliott Block Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Fulton Farm (River Bend Farm) Shelby County Also Notified State Historic Preservation Officer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE OHIO Honorable Clarence E. Miller Sidney Location 1070