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

Nomination for Williams, Abner, Log House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,672 words across 14 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 79001923, 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.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES JUN 20 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Williams, Abner, Log House AND/OR COMMON Mr. & Mrs. W.D. Neffs House STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT L VICINITY OF PRESENT USE XWORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ENTERTAINMENT IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED X YES: UNRESTRICTED XOTHER: vacant OWNER OF PROPERTY Mr. & Mrs. W.D. Neff Col umbus LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 1979 CODE DATE MILITARY COUNTY UNOCCUPIED RELIGIOUS SCIENTIFIC OWNERSHIP TRANSPORTATION CLASSIFICATION STATE ACCESSIBLE AGRICULTURE _INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY DISTRICT Lashley STATUS SITE HISTORIC Ohio Historic Inventory NAME PH0674265 PARK MUSEUM 121 BOTH PUBLIC Noble County Courthouse Noble DATE ENTERED 18-Douglas Applegate Ohio Historical Center XPRIVATE _COMMERCIAL _GOVERNMENT _EDUCATIONAL 2839 Maplewood Drive COURTHOUSE. FOR NPS USE ONLY _BEING CONSIDERED TITLE XBUILDING(S) Southeast corner of intersection of SR 761 & TR 166 -STRUCTURE -OBJECT Ohio -FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY -LOCAL Caldwell DESCRIPTION GOOD RUINS _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The Abner Williams House is a two-story 1og house with loft addition to the rear. Formerly, another addition was built on to the southeast One window is Jocated to the left of the door and is 4/4, double hung: window; these are located in the left and right bays and are 2/2, double hung. ,to the southwest of the house and is in good condition., It is the only extant outbuilding. 'A long chicken house was once located 30' south of the CONDITION house.
EXCELLENT UNEXPOSED XALTERED _UNALTERED CHECK ONE house has a stone foundation supporting log sills.The corners are of steeple- appears to be its original hardware.The door's framing is very plain and floor and the attic rafters.A single main door is centered in the north _DETERIORATED above the second story.It is fairly typical of those built in the second quarter The roof is gabled and covered with corrugated metal original).An On the west elevation all that remains of the clapboard siding is found in the side of the rear and was used as a kitchen.It was removed around 1930.The XORIGINAL SITE of the 19th century in Ohio.It is of rectangular shape with a lean-to X_FAIR notched form with six logs to the plate and six logs between the second The second story has two windows smal'ler in scale, than the first story story. parlor fireplace, then to wood and coal stoves.
The building has no basement. shows some deterioration.At one time an open frame porch sheltered this entry. elevation.Itis constructedof flush-set vertical boards and retains what AREAS OF

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _PHILOSOPHY X POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES c. 1827 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The Williams House is also nominated because of the disthguished family which built the house and helped to settle this region. Joseph Williams was Quaker, staunch abolitionists and according to a private family history with 82 acres and later increased his holdings to include 292 acres, becoming Abner's son, Thomas C. Williams became a prominent citizen, representing The log house was occupied by tenant farmers until 1925 after which Noble County, where the house is located, is in the center of an area of constructed example of this local architectural tradition which remains in 1500-1599 LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC COMMERCE ENGINEERING ART EDUCATION SCULPTURE ECONOMICS PERIOD X1800-1899 INVENTION THEATER MILITARY LITERATURE AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE time it remained unoccupied.
XARCHITECTURE LCOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY _TRANSPORTATION other responsible positions." relatively unaltered state. _1600-1699 _1700-1799 Abner Williams was the grandson of this early settler and was born in 1798. He purchased the nominated property in 1827 and settled on it.He began -SCIENCE _1400-1499 historic fabric. of hewn log architecture built around the second quarter of the 19th century the private family history he "served as a Justice of the Peace and also held -RELIGION _1900- -MUSIC X EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT a very successful farmer.
Wayne Township was established in 1851 and Williams BUILDER/ARCHITECT Abner Williams The Abner Williams House is nominated as a representative example Ohio known for its log architecture.This area roughly coincides with the in Ohio.Its existence is significant in view of the massive strip mining was the first settler in Millwood Township in southern Guernsey County (this near what is now Quaker City in Leatherwood Valley. was elected one of the first two.Justices of the Peace.He died in 1880. is a few miles north of the nominated property) soon after1800.The family

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 1975. pp. 5, 8, 11 0 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - QUADRANGLE NAME QUADRANGLE SCALE UTM REFERENCES 14,412,116,4,0l VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION! along east edge of SR 761 approximately 250' ito a point, then east approxi- STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Kathleen Andrews/Asst. Regional Preservation Officer March 14, STREET & NUMBER :p* (614) 453-07623 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 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 I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE CODE TELEPHONE ORGANIZATION COUNTY NORTHING Zanesville 1:24000 Ohio University-Zanesville ATTEST: Quaker City ZONE EASTING CHIEF OF REGISTRATION the place of beginning. Beginning at the corner of State Route 761 and Wayne Twp.Rd.166,then south 1425 Newark Rd. FOR NPS USE ONLY LOCAL_X Smith,Loire Perkins. Descendants of the Williams Family of the Second Century. A[1,7] 1416,912,0,0 mately 700' to a point, then north 250' to a point, then west along Twp. Rd.
166sto LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES OO KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ZONE 6-19:29 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN OTHER KEEPER Inventory Re-submit HAER Send-back Maps HISTORIAN Review TECHNICAL 7-3-79 ARCHEOLOGIST National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry Property Wela OK 5.8.79 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 79001923 CONTROL State United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Working Numbers.7. 79. 952 Date of Photo: 2/6/79 Location of negative: OUZ Looking toward northeast crnr. Photographer: Kathy Andrews #195 JUN 20 1979 (View with door is front) Photographer: Kathy Andrews MAY 7 View: Looking toward southwest corner (Rear) Negative: OUZ ABNER WILLIAMS HOUSE MAY 7 remaining clapboard Photographer: Kathy Andrews Date of photo: 2/6/79 Negative: OUZ VIC. LASHLEY, OH.
NoRIE Cowoty VIC. LASHLEY, OH. Date of photo: 2/6/79 Negative: OUZ North (front) detail, east end Photographer: Kathy Andrews 495 Date of Photo: 2/6/79 Negative: OUZ MAY 7 corner Photographer: Kathy Andrews Barn:Looking toward northeast ABNER WILLIAMS HOUSE, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUAKER CITY QUADRANGLE DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 17/469200/4421640 Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO RECEIVED Williame sAbner, Log House June 12, 1979 Dr. William J. Murtagh Keeper of the National Register Department of the Interior 440 G Street, N.W. Attention: NOM Dear Dr. Murtagh: its size -- two stories with a loft/attic.
Also, since it has always been owned by direct descendents of the original owner, we can be more definite Abner Williams, a Quaker, purchased the land in 1827 and presumably Justices of the Peace of Noble County, Ohio, after it had officially become a county (in the 1850's) . From family records and a Noble County History, we also know something Williams, and are continually uncovering pieces of early pottery - spatterware, house, which had somehow survived. 2839 Maplewood Drive Pension Building Sincerely, primitives, mainly because we want to see them preserved for future about its history. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service some of the Criteria for Evaluation of Nominations mentioned in your brochure.
to its eligibility for membership in the National Register by responding to of architecture.We feel this particular house is unique also because of and others became leading citizens of the community. age l6,a son died in the Civil War, and another son became a State Representative As the owners of the Abner Williams Log House we would like to attest Washington, D.C. Mary Lou Neff (Mrs. W. D.) We have for many years been interested in collecting antiques and remarkably good condition and is an excellent example of a vanishing style about the nine children who were raised in the house. One daughter died We own some furniture and pewter which belonged to Abner and Jane The location is in a scenic area near Seneca Lake, and not too far from designation and would be happy to show it to interested visitors.
20243 redware and Staffordshire--in the process of restoration.When we bought the house a few years ago we discovered a rare handmade flax brake in the THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INITIALS UN 20 1979 Williams, Abner, Log House St. James Episcopal Church Lay, Samuel, House Olmsted Falls Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Honorable Chalmers P. Wylle Columbus, Ohto 43211 Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Location STATE Director Name Lisbon vicinity Cuyahoga County Gantz Homestead Columbiana County Franklin County Date Entered Mahoning County Columbiana County Infirmary State Historic Preservation Officer Grove City vicinity Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable Lyle Williams The Chio Historical Society Honorable Delbert L. Latta Aiso Notified Noble County Lashley vicinity Honorable William H.
Harsha ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at(202)343-640l. Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue OHIO 6/25/79 Cory, Ambrose, House For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Fostoria Location STATE Tanglewood Tiffin Seneca County Date Entered Clinton County Wilmington Leipsic Fort Ball-Railroad Area Historic District Name Putnam County Leipsic City Hall Also Notified Doan House Rombach Place Chillicothe County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OHIO