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

Nomination for Sells, William Henry, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 580 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 79002895, 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 1 9 1971 1. No. FRA 1642-/ 2. County FRANKLIN 3. Location of Negatives OHS 4. Present Name(s) THE WILLOWS The William Henry Sells House 5. Other Name(s) THE WILLIAM HENRY SELLS HOUSE 6. Specific Location 6028 DUBLIN RD 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity DUBLIN, WASHINGTON TWP 8. Site Plan with North Arrow DUBLIN RD <---- SCIOTO RIVER 9. Coordinates one acre Lat. Long. U.T.M. Reference 740 060 17 | 211 | 2460 | 4417 | 39860 Zone Easting Northing 10. Site Building x Structure Object 11. On National Register? Q 12. Is It Eligible? ?x 13. Part of Estab. Hist. Dist.? Yes Q No x 14. District Potent'l? Yes Q No x 15. Name of Established District 16. Thematic Category c local history 17. Date(s) or Period ca. 1840 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 Q Private x 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known NANCY B. HILMEREL SAME 25. Open to Public? Yes Q No x 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 28. No. of Stories 2 1/2 29. Basement? Yes x No Q 30. Foundation Material STONE 31. Wall Construction STONE 32. Roof Type & Material GABLE 33. No. of Bays Front 4 Side 5 34. Wall Treatment LARGE CUT STONE, GABLE ENDS STUCCO 35. Plan Shape IRREGULAR 36. Changes Added (item in #42) x Altered x Moved 37. Condition Completely Interior altered Exterior FIX 38. Preservation/ Restoration Work? Yes Q No x 39. Endangered? Yes Q No x 40. Visible from Public Road?

Yes x No Q 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road 125' X 45' 42. Further Description of Important Features - FASCIA ALONE - - THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN ALTERED; AND SEVERAL WINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ADDED. - STUCCO END CHIMNEYS 43. History and Significance ON THIS PROPERTY STANDS THE RECONSTRUCTED CABIN OF LUDWIG SELLS WHICH WAS FIRST ERECTED IN 1803. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 2.1 ACRES ENTRY 2449 A SUBURBAN ESTATE. SHIELDED FROM DUBLIN ROAD BY A STONE WALL AND EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GENERALLY RANCHES. LOCATED 1800' N. OF DUBLIN RD.-RINGS ROAD INTERSECTION 45. Sources of Information DAVID HARTMANN 46. Prepared by CTS 47. Organization C.T. 48. Date 2/AUG/75 49.

Revision Date(s) Property Washington Township Muitiptlt [Victim?] Resources State Ohio Working Number 9.19.78.4117 TECHNICAL Photos 105 Maps 4 CONTROL OK - 9.2.78 HISTORIAN Reinventory sheets; acreage, & TVA VBD inadequately addressed; points of return coverage totally inadequate, liminality, Franklin 4 attached as stonewall. 3/28/79 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN compliance & Reg. of Guidelines for nomination of this type is minimal, discussion & supporting areas of significance insufficient; technical deficiencies numerous. Return; Publish. 2-2-79 Inventory sheets misplaced in NR office ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Inventory ______ Review _______ OTHER Once survey sheets were found, all technical info was complied with. One of best prepared/compiled & organized NR nomina-tions to date. KBF 3/28/79 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Technically very deficient! Return.

Franklin 3/28/79 Inventory sheets were misplaced in NR Office; later found KBF Thus 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 INT62106-74 JUL 78 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000655