Nomination for Bradford, Robert, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED SEP 19 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MAR 21 1919 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 1284 E. Social Row Rd. NOT FOR PUBLICATION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF Centerville PRESENT USE DISTRICT X BUILDING(S) PARK STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ENTERTAINMENT IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY CITY, TOWN VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION 451 w. Third St.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR 039 COUNTY 3rd BOTH UNOCCUPIED LOCATION Centerville DATE TITLE CODE CLASSIFICATION STATE 113 HISTORIC CATEGORY Dayton TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBLE MILITARY OWNERSHIP Montgomery NAME SCIENTIFIC PUBLIC INDUSTRIAL STATUS _COMMERCIAL Washington Township August, Ohio Mrs. Thomas Elslager OTHER: DATE ENTERED Ohio Historic Inventory FOR NPS USE ONLY - EDUCATIONAL _RELIGIOUS SITE XPRIVATE Old Court House _OBJECT XNO AGRICULTURE _FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTYLOCAL Bradford Robert, House PH0684651 -MUSEUM X ORIGINAL SITE X ALTERED -MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

kitchen: The wood shed was incorporated into a family room addition on the western side in 1952. CONDITION EXCELLENT UNEXPOSED DESCRIPTION FAIR DETERIORATED CHECK ONE woodwork in a hired man's room in the upstairs back wing is simpler The pitched roof with asphalt shingles has close pitched with asphalt shingle. flank doorway and sidelights.A stone lintel is over the cornice. The original house had six rooms and still retains many of its original XGOOD and the enclosure of the porch on the south side to accomodate a new This typical Federal home has Flemish bond brick work on the front angle; the porch is now enclosed. gable end windows. _UNALTERED original door is located in the center bay with a 3 light transom the addition of a garage to the south wing, a porch on the north side, lock and key. The 8 panel 3 pane transom.

The barn is typical of Ohio, constructed in the period around 1840 with stone in detail. Entrance to this room is gained through a door with a lintels. foundation and overhang.The brace frame has vertical blank siding.The roof is The boxed Tongue and groove floors and the woodwork are white pine. Windows are 6/6 double hung sash with architraval frames and stone This door opens onto an outside porch in the re-entrant and sidelights.Corner blocks finish off a wood cornice.Pilasters A cherry banister graces the stairway.Walls are solid brick. The The original eagle waterheads are still in place. facade and 8 course American bond brick elsewhere. cornice is decorated with an egg and dart freize and dentils.Two eaves.North gable has a stone engraved "Robert Bradford 1839". Carl who bought the house in the early l930's.These changes include -RUINS AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Robert Bradford house is an excellent example of an early Federal The original barn, reportedly built before 1839,ois located south 1839 1700-1799 1500-1599 1400-1499 EDUCATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT PHILOSOPHY PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCULPTURE LAW PREHISTORIC THEATER INDUSTRY BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION XARCHITECTURE LITERATURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNICATIONS MILITARY Robert Bradford XAGRICULTURE INVENTION MUSIC the environment continues to reflect the lifestyle of the Bradfords. SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN held a number of jobs until he established his farm in Washington to carefully preserve the house. _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT barn does have a new roof of asphalt shingle. _CONSERVATION _COMMERCE Thomas and Alma Elslager bought the house in l947 and have continued _1600-1699 James and Dorothy Carl began refurbishing the house in the l930's.

a log cabin on their farm until the house was built in l839. _ENGINEERING -ECONOMICS - RELIGION -SCIENCE An immigrant from Ireland, Robert Bradford bought land this building west of the house. farm house.Little of the original building has been altered and The barn has a high stone foundation and has title to the land in l822. Robert had been trained as a weaver but Historical Society, 1977.

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

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY 5acres VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION with a radius of 200' 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 - LOCAL X 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 GPO 888-445 228-6271 CODE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION DATE Dayton, NORTHING COUNTY ZONE EASTING Carolyn Greshemer Ryan Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Regional Office 5HA August 1977 Old Court House Township. Centerville, Ohio, The Centerville UTM REFERENCES Springboro ZONE Form No. 10-300a (Hev.

10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEDFEB 2 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Robert Bradford House, Montgomery County, Ohio CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER #8 Additional information Architecturally the house exhibits the subdued proportions, symmetry, and PAGE at the exterior cornice and the finely detailed fluting and twisted moldings combined with their secluded rural setting are excellent representatives of Federal style farmhouse and the most significant in the southeast quadrant it is a simplified version of the post-Revolutionary buildings erected in DATE ENTERED The Robert Bradford House was identified in survey work conducted under the detailing of a Federal style building.Constructed by settlers from Virginia, on the interior fireplace mantels. the agricultural heritage of the area.

FOR NPS USE ONLY MAR 2 1 1919 1and plots. The house and barn were once a part of a 170 acre farm that is, that state. still today largely a patchwork of planted fields separated by small wood- Most notable among the details are the diminutive swag moldings although reduced in size, still actively being farmed.The two buildings auspices of the Centerville Historical Societyas an outstanding"country" of Washington Township.This area was historically a rich farmland and is Photos - BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER OTHER TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST Inventory Entered HAER CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Property Review Federal Register Entry ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Working Numberg. 19. 78. 4112 National Register Write-up Re-submit 2.28.75 Send-back 1. 8.78 12.778 REVIEW, UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

7 State 11.30.7 Geographical Data -- Acreage: _ UTM Reference(s): _ Verbal Boundary Description: on the National Register staff, telephone 202-343 -6401 Chief, Branch of Registration Description: Certification: Bibliography: IS RESUBMITTED. Photographic Coverage: The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to your office for Map Coverage: _ STATE United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No.

8 Other: Date: INT:2105-74 clarification of the information indicated below.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE NOMINATION See enclosh REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up MAR 21 1AZ9 - Federal Register Entry OTHER KEEPER HAER Inventory ARCHEOLOGIST Entered Maps CONTROL Re-submit Send-back Review Photos Property TECHNICAL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF Working Numbey.19. 28. 4112 State h: 3.15.79 3.20.79 BRADFORD, ROBERT, HOUSE Washington Township, Montgomery County, Chir August 1977 Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Regional Office 5HA BRADFORD, ROBERT, HOUSE Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Regional Office 5HA August 1977 #2 South end from southwestSEP 19 1978 BRADFORD, ROBERT, HOUSEMAR 2 | 1979 Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio August 1977 SEP 19 1978 Loren S. Gannon, Jr.

Regional Office 5HA #3 North end from northeast BRADFORD, ROBERT, HOUSE Washington Township, Montgomery County, OH Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Regional Office 5HA August 1977 SEP 19 1978 #4 Barn from the northeast MAR 21 1979 Bradford, Robert House, Parlor Interior Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio William Ahern Photography World Centerville, 1977 MAR 2 | 1979 FEB 2 8 1979 Bradford, Robert House, Dining Room Interior FEB 2 8 1979 William Ahern Photography World UNITED STATES SPRINGBORO QUADRANGLE SPRINGBORO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SEP 19 1978 ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAR 2 1 1979 Hami1ton County Bradford, Robert, House Old St. Patrick's Church Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Tony P.

Hall Cardington Location Director Kenton Tiffin Seneca County Name Lorain County Wellington Cincinnati Hardin County Morrow County Also Notified Honorable Tennyson Guyer 3/23/79 Date Entered Centerville vicinity STATE OHIO Exchange Hotel ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Montgomery County Miami Street Grade School State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Samuel L. Devine Honorable John H. Glenn Honorable Delbert L. Latta Martin House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Gilboa Main Street Historic District Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Reamer Barn Honorable Donald J. Pease The Ohio Historical Society Hardin County Courthouse Putnan County Columbus, Ohio 43211 Gilboa * OTHER NAMES: MAR 21 1919 Bradford, Robert, House city / town 1I CONGRESS.

DISTRICT 12 SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated Daltered Doriginal site Dexeellent Oruins Omoved O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed - Unknown -unexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.

- 21 -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW- 16 - SETTLEMENT-29 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 CEXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION-8 - HEALTH-27 - MILITARY-18 C ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS - 9 C INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 TRANSPORTATION - 25 * functions *architectural style(s): * artisan: @builder/contractor: LIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE Montgomery 113 ASSOCIATION Centerville Midwest ENGINEERING-11 PERSONAL: INSTITUTIONAL: major alterations: STATE EVENTS: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION historic events: CURRENTLY: COMMERCE-6 UNKNOWN-6 interior decorator: FEDERAL SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 artist: master builder: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP No Access LOCAL WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: county code: SAVED?YES as it appears on federal register: ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 landscape architect/ garden designer: reviewers initials, vicinity of URBAN PLANNING-31 dates of initial construction: RELIGION-22 Mfeatures: 3date of ent Ofair GNPS REGION: .date.

-LOCATION street & number S of Centerville on Social Row Rd. ACCESS C SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -24 D OTHER (SPECIFY) CONDITION ETHNIC GROUP engineer: if state who prepared form? IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno ONO