MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Williams Brothers, History of Lorain County, Philadelphia, 1879, pages, 113, 116, 124,299,303 A.R. Webber, History of Elyria and Her People, Elyria, Ohio, 1930 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY about l UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION The nominated property includes the following structures located at 276 Washington Avenue: The Horace C.
Starr House, asquare wood frame garage structure immediately west of the house, ar north sides are part of the nominated property, but the newer church sanctuary and west classroom w STATE _ FORM PREPARED BY NAME /TITLE July 1977 STREET & NUMBER 21 Turner Block, Court Street (216) 322-4725 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ORGANIZATION DATE CODE COUNTY ZONE TELEPHONE NORTHING NATIONAL Ohio EASTING Elyria ATTEST: LOCAL Steven McQuillin Lorain County Regional Planning Commission and surrounding parking areas are excluded. SHPO 14.518.013,4.01 THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: a square brick garage structure southwest of the house.Lawns that border the house on the east and GPO 892. The Starr, Horace C., Residence and Carriage Barns Inventory - OTHER KEEPER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST Entered TECHNICAL Maps CONTROL Review HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Property Federal Register Entry State BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 8.9.78 Working Number5. 22.78.
316 8 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN IN T:2106- 74 Photos United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 5.24.78 Send-back 2.13.28 Geographical Data -- Acreage: UTM Reference(s): _ Description: Bibliography: Certification: IS RESUBMITTED. United States Department of the Interior- Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Statement of Significance: Verbal Boundary Description: The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Chief, Branch of Registration clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION Map Coverage: Thank you for your attention to the above items. NAME OF PROPERTY 3/151 on the National Register staff, telephone _202-34 3-( Y0/ Form No.
10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAY 2 2 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS The Starr, Horace C. Residence-and Carriage Barns AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) WORK IN PROGRESS X EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION X YES: RESTRICTED LIN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.
226 Middle Avenue REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 093 039 CODE DATE UNOCCUPIED TITLE COUNTY LOCATION COMMERCIAL OWNERSHIP CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY STATE HISTORIC Lorain AGRICULTURE Ohio TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT SITE Elyria MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT RECEIVED SCIENTIFIC PARK PUBLIC COURTHOUSE. NAME STATUS GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE Donald Pease OTHER: Lorain County Regional Planning Commission DATE ENTERED XPRIVATE PH0669326 Lorain County Administration Building First Baptist Church Ohio Historic Inventory 13th DATA SHEET _MUSEUM _BEING CONSIDERED July 1975 276 Washington Avenue FOR NPS USE ONLY -OBJECT _BOTH (Rev. 10-74) FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL X RELIGIOUS 7 DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE LRUINS X ALTERED X FAIR The Horace C. Starr House isa two story brick building that is designed in the Italianate sty le of support the porch roof.
A baluster railing lies on top of this porch roof. The actual entrance is a floor rooms have undergone fewerchanges and retain their original marble fireplaces. These fireplaces second floor is a circular stained glass sky light in the hallway which admits light from the cupola into the house. The house has a large attic, which is reached by a stairway. The cupola has seating terior by the church. CONDITION UNEXPOSED DATE MOVED EXCELLENT have been removed from the first floor rooms in their conversion to classrooms. The stairway has been This cupola is constructed of wood. The shape is square in design and features three rounded windows house is its large ornate cupola, which lies on top of the center of the main portion of the building. by an elaborated entrance porch supported by Corinthian columns?
Brackets, like those at the eaves, very large; the windows are long and narrow and the doors are oversized. The centerpiece of this On the interior, a long central hallway bisects the house and contains an open stairway leading grouped in pairs. These brackets are at least four feet in length and help establish the massive orna- and has a central cupola, but is made of brick and has arched It has been altered on the in- mental character of this house. The windows are crowned by stamped metal pediments, which are the house. All points of connection however, are on a single story level. The new brick walls of the church were constructed directly against the walls of directly west of the house and is a two story wood frame structure. It is square in plan, has clapboard siding, and is crowned by a central cupola.
The second building is located southwest of the house and is concealed from the street by the Baptist Church's newer building. It is also square in plan Another striking feature of this house is the use of very large wooden brackets at the eaves, which are around the windows. The rear wing of the house is simply finished and does not have tall ceilings. section of the house is finished off in brick on the first floor and clapboard siding on the second. ornamented by massive woodwork and plaster cornices and ceiling rosettes. The original fireplaces round arch opening, which is filled by a semicircular transom and original double doors. The rear CHECK ONE are probably not as ornate as those that once were on the first floor.
A distinctive feature of the _DETERIORATED triangular on the first floor and segmental arched on the second floor.The main entrance is enframed on each side.The cupola is crowned by a pyramidal roof that has a decorative sphere at its peak. - UNALTERED In addition to the house, two large carriage barns remain on the property. The first located house is three bays wide on both the front and the side.The proportions of the front section are architecture.Itconsistsofa large square front section,and a smaller two story rear section.The altered by the erection of a partition to create a small room under the stairway landing.The second -GOOD DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE to the second floor.
The first floor rooms have ceilings that are about thirteen feet high and are AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC X SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART COMMERCE _ 1900- -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE of the first Italianate buildings to be built in Elyria. Greek Revival buildings continued to be built American Architecture. Euclid Avenue until after World War II, when apartments and institutional uses replaced the residences. At one time, this house had one of the finest gardens in Elyria, with landscaped terraces that led down Horace C. Starr was the son of Raymond Starr, who settled in Penfield Township, Lorain County; came here from Delaware County, New York. Horace and his brother George came to Elyria and were clerks in S.W. Baldwin's dry goods store on Broad Street.
Later, Horace, George, and their other the Christian Church, which acquired it in the 1950's. Church immediately to the south, it still remains largely intact as perhaps Elyria's finest remaining suading any new owner to restore this building. 1700-1799 1400-1499 1857 1600-1699 EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS CONSERVATION PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE LAW AGRICULTURE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT THEATER BUILDER/ARCHITECT PHILOSOPHY EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCIENCE MILITARY ENGINEERING SCULPTURE 1500-1599 LITERATURE INDUSTRY XARCHITECTURE MUSIC TRANSPORTATION remain of this era. _ECONOMICS X1800-1899 present Commercial Block in downtown Elyria.He and his brother built two identical houses across the street from each other.The George Starr House still stands, but was given a Colonial facade by brother opened their own dry goods store in the same location.
He became quite successful, and the The primary significance of this building lies in its architecture.lt is not only a very impressive, years, although the building has been kept in fairly good repairs. Its future is somewhat uncertain, to the Black River in the rear.Several large shade trees and the spacious front lawn are all that _PREHISTORIC well-executed example of the Italianate style but its early date of construction makes this building one and interior plasterwork indicate the effect that the emerging industrial revolution was having on Mr. Bagg well into the 1850's in Lorain County. Its use of massed produced elements such as the metal lintels lined this residential street.Washington Avenue was for years Elyria's equivalent of Cleveland's pre Civil War house.
The Baptists-have not been concerned with the building's preservation in recent since the Baptist Church is seeking a new site and will probably sell this house along with its adjacent This building is also significant in that it is the last of the grand Civil War era mansions that once While this house has been altered and its setting damaged by the construction of the First Baptist reputation of his store spread.When a fire destroyed his business block in 1873,he helped build the -RELIGION INVENTION church building.
National Register listing can be a very useful tool for preservationists to use in per- MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Williams Brothers, History of Lorain County, Philadelphia, 1879, pages, 113, 116, 124,299,303 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY about 1 UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION north sides are part of the nominated property, but the newer church sanctuary and west classroom wing LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE July 1977 STREET & NUMBER 21 Turner Block, Court Street (216) 322-4725 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 GPO 892.453 CODE COUNTY DATE STATE TELEPHONE NORTHING ORGANIZATION Ohio Steven McQuillin Elyria ATTEST: LOCAL ZONE EASTING and surrounding parking areas are excluded.
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission The nominated property includes the following structures located at 276Washington Avenue: a square brick garage structure southwest of the house.Lawns that border the house on the east and hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the The Horace C.Starr square wood frame garage structure immediately west of the of Elyria and Her SHPO I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY ISIMOLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEERER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE 4,518.013.4,0 Form No. 10-300a (Hev.
10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 15 1979 APR 3 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM Starr House and Carriage Barns, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio ITEM NUMBER House Washington Frame Barn PAGE Carriage Starr Brick Avenue RECEIVED Church CONTINUATION SHEET SKETCH MAP Not to scale FOR NPS USE ONLY Driveway ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Entered APR 3 Re-submit - OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Maps Send-back Review HISTORIAN Photos CONTROL Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF OK 3.15.71 TECHNICAL United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service barus 5-1-79 1979 3.26.29 1) Horace C.
Starr House and Carriage Barns 2) Elyria, Ohio APR 3 5) Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6) View of Brick carriage barn, looking northeast 7) HCS - 3 MAY 2 2 1978 April 1978 Steven McQuillin 2) Elyria, Ohio 3) Steven McQuillin 4) April 1978 5) Lorain County Regional Planning Commission 6) View of wooden carriage barn, looking 7) HCS - 4 northeast APR31979 1) Horace C. Starr House and Carriage Barns 2). Elyria, Ohio APR 3 4). June 1975 7). Lor 7 MAY 2 2 1978 Commission 5). Lorain County Regional Planning 3). Steven McQuillin 6). View Of East Facade, Looking West 1). Horace C. Starr House MAR 1 5 1979 APR 3 1979 Commission Horace C.
Starr House, Elyria, Lorain County Ohio Negative: Lorain County Regional Planning Photo: Steve McQuillin, June 1975 View of east facade of house and church 17/407420 /4580340 GRAFTON QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GRAFTON, OHIO OHIO-LORAÍN CO. Horace C. Start House MAY 2 2 1978 APR 3 17/407420/4580304 UNITED STATES 1979 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPH ADDRESS: DATE: TELEPHONE REPORT PROJECT: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION REPORT: DIVISION: To/FROM: APR 3 Starz, Horace C., House and Carriage Barns Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Byers/bjr Name Lorain County 4/9/79 Director Leesville Crawford County Leesville Village Multiple Resource Area State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Donald J. Pease Interstate 7l at i7th Avenue Honorable John M.
Ashbrook STATE OHIO ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER The Ohio Historical Society Also Notified Date Entered For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. - county code: Starr, Horace C., House and Carriage Barns -STATE 12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - LOCAL D deteriorated Daltered Doriginal site @SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT -2 9 O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed Oreconstructed - Unknown Ounexcavated 20 NOT APPLICABLE -7 - No Access @ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain C ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 C RELIGION - 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 CARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION - 12 C LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 DURBAN PLANWING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE-3 .
- CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH -27 C MILITARY - 18 - ECONOMICS- 9 - INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL - 30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 C TRANSPORTATION- 25 3 functions () interior decorator: NAMES give role & date EVENTS : IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE PH0669326 Lorain CONDITION ASSOCIATION Elyria INSTITUTIONAL: ENGINEERING-11 PERSONAL: builder/contractor: major alterations: engineer: historic events: ARCHITECTURE-4 artist: CURRENTLY: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION 276 Washington Ave. artisan: architectural style(s): WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP ADMINISTRATOR: master builder: Qlandscape architect/garden designer: dates of initial construction: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET vicinity of date.
as it appears on federal register: 7features: SAVED?YES CONGRESS.DISTRICT 13th Dexcellent Oruins Ofair 2 OTHER NAMES: 3 date of entry: SC UNKNOWN-6 -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER (SPECIFY) 'only' O @arohiteot: ETHNIC GROUP COMMERCE-6 13th Reg. city/ town Omoved ACREAGE