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Decorative drawing: an American farmstead: a house, a barn and silos behind a rail fence. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Davis, James, Farm

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 595 words across 6 pages, filed in 1979. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 79002772, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by machine, so the occasional stray character 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.

The nomination, in full

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

OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY SEP 19 1978 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. FRA-1640Y 4. Present Name(s) 5707 DUBLIN ROAD 2. County FRANKLIN 5. Other Name(s) JAMES DAVIS FARM (1872) 3. Location of Negatives -45- 6. Specific Location 5707 DUBLIN RD 7. City or Town DUBLIN, WASHINGTON TWP 8. Site Plan (with North Arrow) [Diagram showing house location next to Dublin Road] 9. Coordinates one acre U.T.M. Reference Zone Easting Northing 17 | 314894 | 4429760 10. Site Structure X Object 11. On National Register? No X 12. Is It Eligible? Yes [] 13. Part of Estab. Hist. Dist.? No X 14. District Yes Potential? No X 15. Name of Established District 16. Thematic Category C. arch-19th c. 17. Date(s) or Period 1850's 18. Style or Design 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Builder 21.

Original Use, if apparent House 22. Present Use House 23. Ownership Public [] Private X 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known MARY E. CARTTERA 8690 PLEASENT DR. WORTHINGTON 25. Open to Public? Yes [] No X 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 28. No. of Stories 2 ½ 29. Basement? Yes X No [] 30. Foundation Material STONE 31. Wall Construction STONE 32. Roof Type & Material INTERSECTING GABLE ASPH. SHINGLE 33. No. of Bays Front 4 Side 3 34. Wall Treatment CUT STONE QUOINED 35. Plan Shape 36. Changes Altered in #42 Addition [] Altered X Moved [] 37. Condition Interior Exterior GOOD 38. Preservation Yes X No [] 39. Endangered? Yes [] No X 40. Visible from Public Road? Yes X No [] 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road 75' x 45' 42.

Further Description of Important Features REMAINING EAVES W/ BRACKETS FRONT FACADE-LARGE CUT STONE SIDE FACADES - FIELDSTONE END CHIMNEYS BRICK SPRING HOUSE 43. History and Significance miles Pinney THIS WAS BUILT BY [crossed out: "STRONG"] FOR HIS SON, JAMES DAVIS. Pinney married & lived there 5 yrs. then to Worthington 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 98.9 ACRES OF 789 ENTRY 2419 A FARMSTEAD THAT IS ESSENTIALLY INTACT, RETAINING THE OUTBUILDINGS; THE AMBIENCE IS STILL THAT OF THIS 19th CENT. LOCATED 1000' SOUTH OF DUBLIN RD. RINGS ROAD INTERSECTION 45. Sources of Information DAVID HARTMANN 46. Prepared by CT+S 47. Organization C I 48.

Date 19 Aug 75 Revision Date(s) [Images and additional marginal notes not transcribed per rules] Property Washington Township Multiple Resourcs Area State Ohio Working Number 9.19.78.4117 TECHNICAL Photos 105 Maps 4 CONTROL OK - 9.21.78 HISTORIAN Reinventory sheets, acreage, & T/A, UBD inadequately addressed points to Recur up area totally inadequate limn body maple lin 44, house & stone wall. Sh(?) Nelson 2.27.79 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN compliance & Regst Guidelines for nomination of this type is minimal discussion supporting areas of significance insufficient technical deficiencies numerous Accept RETURN Phibhs 2-27-79 Inventory sheets misplaced in NR office ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER Once survey sheets were found, all technical info was complied with.

One of best prepared, compiled, & organized MR nomina- tions to date KBF 3/28/79 HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Technically very deficient! Return to improve! Inventory sheets were misplaced in NR office Later found KBF True BRANCH CHIEF Accept Franklin 3.28.79 KEEPER National Register Write-up Send-back Entered APR 1 1 1979 Federal Register Entry 71.99 Re-submit United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 INT 12106-74 JUL 78 JUL 78 JUL 6 78 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000655