Nomination for Lawrence, William, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AUG 2 4 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON Law Offices of MacGillivray, 0'Connor & Thorpe 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED GOVERNMENT _BEING CONSIDERED XYES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Marjorie MacGillivray and Martha O'Connor Ohio 43311 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Historic Inventory DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 Logan 091 HISTORIC DATE CODE Tiffin Bellefontaine 7th COUNTY TITLE CLASSIFICATION EDUCATIONAL ACCESSIBLE SCIENTIFIC CATEGORY AGRICULTURE UNOCCUPIED OWNERSHIP STATE MILITARY STATUS COURTHOUSE. NAME XPRIVATE _MUSEUM XCOMMERCIAL SITE 325 North Main Street Ohio Logan County Courthouse RELIGIOUS _TRANSPORTATION RECEIVED JUL 17 1979 South Main Street DATE ENTERED January 1979 _STRUCTURE _ENTERTAINMENT _OTHER: _OBJECT - INDUSTRIAL _DISTRICT _PUBLIC -BOTH -PARK Lawrence, William, House -FEDERAL *STATE COUNTY -LOCAL DESCRIPTION X ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE_ UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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treatment is common bond brick, and the building sits on a stone foundation. Purlins are original stone lintel, and what appears to be an enclosed transom in the c. 1900 photograph is at least replaced by a board that is the same size as shown on the photograph if it is end of the north side. by 1861 when that date and the initials of one of the Lawrence family were carved on a window sill on the north side. transom used to minimize the conversion, and the removal of the balustrade forming a widow's walk on the roof in the c. 1900 photograph. on the west side of the main building, keeping some of the features of the main building with building, there was a fire in the formal dining room and kitchen area of the house in the rear converted the addition to offices.

The only other exterior feature is an enclosed porch on the south side; this has a rubble stone wall with rubble stone pillars supporting the hipped roof, which overhangs on the south side. Double-hung 1/1 windows between the stone pillars enclose the porch with a door on the south side. A second-floor window has been converted to a door to give access to the roof with a fire escape from the roof down to the ground. The date of this porch is staircase, which rises from the first floor to the skylight, a height of 2½ stories, including same room have been refurbished, with the original brass hardware still intact; these are ten-foot-high windowshas been restored, and the cast iron fireplace with its eight-foot-high mirror, part of the original construction, are still intact and in excellent condition. The CONDITION floor northeast room; this piece appears to have been hand tooled.

Recessed shutters in the EXCELLENT DETERIORATED XALTERED FAIR exposed under the overhanging eaves.The three-bay main (west) facade has brick pilasters in the original building has been enclosed with a single door with trabeated surrounds.The It appears that this house may have been built about 1860,and it was certainly here CHECK ONE contrast to the red brick used on the main building.It is two-story flat-roofed structure The main building was used for offices and classrooms by the church.The present owners have structural elementsof the original entrance have not been changed. important feature of the house.A cherry fireplace and mantel have been restored in the first The largest change was the 1947 addition to the building made by the Calvary church removed the kitchen-dining area of the house and built this addition as its sacristy.

Other minor exterior changes through the years were the conversion of one window on Windows are double-hung 6/6 with stone slip sills and lintels.Shutters shown on - UNALTERED flanking the center and at the corner;the pilasters have stone caps under the *GOOD sandstone brick used on the addition, and it is on the west the north side to a door, with the original height of the window kept and a multi-light of the house. After the fire, when the American Legion sold the building to the church, the probably original to the house. In the southeast first floor room, the woodwork around the This is a two-story brick building with a truncated hipped shingle roof. The wall wood entablature of the roof. The original building is approximately 50' x 50'. the c. 1900 photograph were removed long ago.

The front door of the house was originally recessed with a potential for screen doors to create a small foyer. The entrance has the Several brick chimneys shown in the c. 1900 photograph have been removed. The only recessed front door has walnut woodwork which has been restored. One other room has a wild its multi-light windows and brick pilasters.While the American Legion occupied the main not the original.For energy conservation purposes, however, the main doorway left open There are several important interior features which have remained intact through the not known. -RUINS Form No. 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AUG 2 4 1979 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED Lawrence, William, House, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio PAGE 1 cherry fireplace with walnut inlays.

Back of the brick addition is a parking lot, with a two-story carriage house on the rear of the property. The carriage has has a gable roof and aluminum siding, with a triangular pediment over the door on the north side. The siding has altered the window treatment of the building. While the Judge Lawrence House has an obviously large addition on the rear, the front and most of the north facade, which face the streets, have not been altered (with the exception of the addition extending the north facade to the west). The building's historical

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significance should also override the addition, which itself was added 32 years ago. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE *LAW SCIENCE SCULPTURE X 1800-1899 _OTHER (SPECIFY) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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Bellefontaine and, most important, as the home of William Lawrence, one of the community's most important figures. His importance as a lawyer, public official, and early officer of The property for this house was acquired by deed from P.S. Powell to William 1819) in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. He attended Franklin College in Harrison County and the Cincinnati Law School, receiving his L.L.B. degree from the Cincinnati Law School. He had established his law practice in Bellefontaine by 1841. sentatives and in the Ohio Senate before being elected a Common Pleas Judge in 1857. His He held this position until 1864. During that time, he was also a lieutenant colonel in an noted publications related to his Congressional experience during the impeachment of Andrew introduced a bill to make the office of the Attorney General into an executive department.

owned by the family near Belle Center in 1974, and much property along what is now Lawrence 1700-1799 organization. THEATER 1900- ARCHITECTURE SIGNIFICANCE ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PREHISTORIC ENGINEERING unknown PERIOD AGRICULTURE XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT group's constitution, served as an incorporator, and was the first vice-president of the LITERATURE _COMMERCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1500-1599 _COMMUNICATIONS persuaded President James Garfield to endorse the Red Cross, and the judge then drafted the - TRANSPORTATION This house is important as an example of mid-nineteenth century architecture in _PHILOSOPHY William Lawrence was also instrumental in the organization of the American Red Cross.

Ohio infantry division serving in Maryland during the Civil War and president of the Court Martial.In 1864,Lawrence was first elected to the United States Congress; he served four which now hangs in the United States Capitol. the American Red Cross is explained below. Comptroller was later used by the Japanese in setting up their treasury department. - CONSERVATION -1400-1499 -1600-1699 - ECONOMICS election of 1877 and that he appears in a painting made of the commission by C.Addle Fassett, _INDUSTRY - RELIGION Lawrence on December in Logan County),when Lawrence was already well counsel ina case where 960,000 acres of land were reclaimed from the railroad for the use - MILITARY - EDUCATION -MUSIC COMMUNITY PLANNING judgeship was for a twenty-county area, and Lawrence was the first Logan Countian so elected. SPECIFIC DATES c.

1860 In 1845, Lawrence began a forty-year career in public service as Prosecuting Attorney His public life did not end with his retirement from Congress. One article indicates that he was a member of the commission appointed to investigate the disputed presidential the Hayes administration. He held this position until 1885. As comptroller, he was second in command of the Department of the Treasury. His book entitled Decisions of the First of the settlers. He was also very interested in the wool industry, and an address he made ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC for the American Protective Tariff League.He owned several large farms, including one still established in the community.William Lawrence was born June 26,1818 (another source says Lawrence was considered an authority on land questions in law and was the leading - INVENTION

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MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY _ UTM REFERENCES Bellefontaine Quadrangle Scale: 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION south boundary of 220' from Main to an alley, west boundary 120' along alley, and north boundary parallel to High Street, which abuts the property on the north. LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Mark S.

O'Connor, Owner's Representative and Barb Howe, Regional Preservation Officer MacGillvray, O'Connor & Thorpe STREET & NUMBER 325 North Main Street CITY OR TOWN Bellefontaine, Ohio Tiffin, Ohio 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION LOCAL X NATIONAL - 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 DHRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION GPO 892-453 CODE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION DATE COUNTY NORTHING ZONE STATE EASTING Publishing Co., 1903. approximately 0.6 acres Heidelberg College 5 February 1979 Examiner, 1 August 1974.

419-448-2804 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ATTEST: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AUG 2 4 1979 DATE ENTERED INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Lawrence, William, House, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 1 first hospital after Lawrence, his wife, and three daughters left the home, but there is no The property was then transferred to the Calvary Baptist Church in 1947 and used by the property in 1974 and have restored it for law offices. While William Lawrence undoubtedly spent much of his time in Washington, D.C., this in 1974. The house should be nominated, then, for its role in the life of this state and national political and legal figure. The present owners have converted the church addition to offices for other organiza- tions. Street in Bellefontaine.

FOR NPS USE ONLY Form No. 10-300a In 1897, William Lawrence deeded this property to members of his family several years before his death at the age of 80. The family lived here until after the turn of the further documentation for this. In 1946 and 1947, this was used as the American Legion Post. house is locally considered to be his home, and his granddaughter still lived in Bellefontaine church until 1972,when the property was vacated.The present owmers then purchased the (Hev.10-74) ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - National Register Write-up Send-back - Entered -AUG 2 4 1979 OTHER KEEPER HAER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Review Maps Re-submit Property 79001884 State United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF OCT 2 TECHNICAL Photos 8.21.79 Working Number 7.17. 79. 170 8 accept 325 N.

Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio JUL 1 7 1979 January 1979 William Lawrence House East and north walls of original house--enlargement made from photo in family labeled McKinley Campaign" Mark O'Connor Photo number l so taken c. 1900 ; camera facing southwest 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan County) Mark O'Connor AUG 2 4 1979 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio William Lawrence House East and north walls of main house, part of east wall January 1979 Photo number ? 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan Co.) AUG 2 4 1979 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio JUL 1 7 1979 facing west January 1979 South walls of carriage house of tree),addition William Lawrence House Mark O'Connor Photo number 3 and main house (garage not on property); camera 325 North Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan Co.) AUG 2 4 1979 325 N.

Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio JUL 17 1979 southwest North wall of main house and addition; camera facing Photo number 4 January 1979 William Lawrence House Mark O'Connor 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan Co.) AUG 2 4 1979 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio JUL 17 1979 William Lawrence House Interior of house showing original woodwork January 1979 Photo number 5 Mark o'Connor 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan Co.) AUG 2 4 1979 325 N. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio JUL 1 7 1979 Interior showing base of staircase and door on north William Lawrence House January 1979 side camera facing north Mark o'Connor Photo number 6o 325 N.

Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio (Logan Co.) AUG 2 4 1979 William Lawrence House Interior showing woodwork and window treatment and Photo number 7 January 1979 Mark o'Connor JUL 17 1979 cast iron fireplace and mirror UNITED STATES BELLEFONTAINE QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUG 2 4 1979 Lawrence, William, House Pickands, Jay M., House Wheatley, Phillis, Association Geauga County Burton Lisbon Location Bratenahl Bellefontaine Name Cleveland STATE OHIO Columbiana County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Logan County Lisbon Historic District Cuyahoga County Date Entered Domestic Arts Hall and Flower Hall Also Notified