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Decorative drawing: a hillside burying ground with slate headstones and an iron gate. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Indian Run Cemetery Stone Walls

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 591 words across 4 pages, filed in 1979. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 79002863, 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 1980 Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. F R A-1649-1 2. County FRANKLIN 3. Location of Negatives OHS 4. Present Name(s) INDIAN RUN CEMETERY STONE WALLS 5. Other Name(s) 6. Specific Location NORTH HIGH STREET 7. City or Town DUBLIN 8. Site Plan with North Arrow [hand-drawn map] 9. Coordinates Lat. Long. UTM Reference 10. On National Register? Yes No X 11. On NR District? Yes No X 12. Is it Eligible? Yes No X 13. Part of Estab. Hist. Dist.? Yes No X 14. District Yes Potential? No X 15. Name of Established District 16. Thematic Category C 17. Date(s) or Period Ca. 1823 18. Style or Design 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Builder WM HENRY SELLS 21. Original Use, if apparent CEMETERY WALL 22. Present Use CEMETERY WALL 23.

Ownership Public X Private 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known WASHINGTON TWP TRUSTEES 25. Open to Public? Yes No X 26. Contact Person or Organization 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? Yes No X 30. Foundation Material 31. Wall Construction LIMESTONE ROCKS 32. Roof Type & Material 33. No. of Bays Front ____ Side _____ 34. Wall Treatment 35. Plan Shape SQ UARE 36. Changes Addition (Explain) in #21 Moved 37. Condition Interior _____ Exterior FAIR 38. Preservation Underway? Yes No X 39. Endangered? By What? NEGLECT NO X 40. Visible from Public Road? Yes X No 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road 20' >, 100' 42.

Further Description of Important Features These & many other remnants of stone walls are unique to the village of Dublin & surrounding area and are reminiscent of the craft brought to other by New England settlers. see attached map for other remnants of walls included in the nomination 43. History and Significance THESE WALLS, ACCORDING TO HARTMAN, ARE THE OLDEST IN DUBLIN, HAVING BEEN ERECTED AFTER THE DEATH OF LUDWICK SELLS IN 1823 BY HIS SON, WM. HENRY SELLS. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings THIS CEMETERY IS COMPLETELY OVERGROWN; TO THE SOUTH LIES THE PLAYFIELDS FOR THE INDIAN RUN SCHOOL. 45. Sources of Information DAVID A. HARTMAN, DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 46. Prepared by CtS 47. Organization CF 48. Date 12 AUG 79 49.

Revision Date(s) [side margin:] PUBLIC PARKING INDIAN RUN CEMETERY WALLS Property Washington Township Multiple Resource Area State Ohio Working Number 9.19.78.4117 TECHNICAL Photos 105 Maps 4 CONTROL OK - 9.2.78 HISTORIAN No inventory sheets; acreage, & TN, VBD inadequately addressed, points to return. Coverage totally inadequate. Limited only to map/plan & data sheets, & stonewall. 2-27-79 Compliance to Regs & Guidelines for nomination of ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN this type is minimal, discussion supporting areas of significance insufficient, technical deficiencies numerous RETURN: Pulvino 2-27-79 Inventing 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. LBF 3/28/79 HAER Inventory Review REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Technically very deficient!

Return to above. Franklin 2/27/79 Inventory sheets were misplaced in NR office. Later found LBF True BRANCH CHIEF Accept Franklin 3.28.79 KEEPER National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry 7-1-79 Send-back Re-submit Entered APR 1 1 1979 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7 INT 2106-74 JUL 78 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000655