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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Davis and Dague Grocery Store, Old

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 634 words across 5 pages, filed in 1979. Reproduced in full, word for word.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 79003869, 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 AUG 22 1979 1. No. KNO-15-17 21. 4. Present Name(s) OLD DAVIS and DAGUE GROCERY STORE 2. County KNOX 5. Other Name(s) Crystal Lamp Restaurant 3. Location of Negatives M-OSU 6. Specific Location Northeast corner, Main and College Streets 16. Thematic Category C, S, N 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity Fredericktown 17. Date(s) or Period c. 1890 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 18. Style or Design Richardson Romanesque 19. Architect or Engineer 9. Coordinates Lat. Long. U.T.M. Reference 17 | 3 6 9 2 2 0 4 4 8 2 5 1 0 20. Contractor or Builder 10. Site # Building # Structure Object 21. Original Use, if apparent commercial 11. On National Register? Yes No X 12. Is it Eligible? Yes No X 22. Present Use commercial 13. Part of Estab. Hist. Dist.? Yes X No 14. District? Yes No X 15. Name of Established District 23.

Ownership Public Private X 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known K - - - - - ?. ?. James (Ru?) X owne Castle Co. ?armgntu Rd. 25. Open to Public? 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Fredericktown Historical Society 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 28. No. of Stories 2 29. Basement? X Yes No 30. Foundation Material sandstone 31. Wall Construction brick 32. Roof Type & Material flat, composition 33. No. of Bays Front 3 Side 4 34. Wall Treatment wood and metal trim 35. Plan Shape rectangle 36. Changes (Explain) Altered (in #42) Moved 37. Condition Interior good Exterior good 38. Preservation Yes No X 39. Endangered? Yes No X By What? 40. Visible from Public Road? Yes X No 41. Distance from and Frontage on Road 30 ft. frontage 42.

Further Description of Important Features The first floor of this commercial building features large plate glass windows separated by ornate cast iron columns. A small cornice with a dentil course separates the first and second floors. Paired windows, grouped by round arches are on the second floor. The interior has undergone some alterations. 43. History and Significance The David and Dague Grocery Store operated for many years in this building. Later, it was the post office, run by Walter and Grace Dale. For the past twenty years, it has been a restaurant. This is perhaps Fredericktown's most ornate commercial block. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Located in the heart of Fredericktown's commercial center, this building is surrounded by other businesses. 45. Sources of Information Rarick; Long 46. Prepared by Steven McQuillin 47. Organization M-OSU 48. Date 49.

Revision Date(s) 11-78 Property Fredericktown Multiple Resource Area State Ohio (Knox) Working Number 8.22.79.-2025 TECHNICAL Photos 23 Maps 1/sketch CONTROL OK pd 8.24.79 HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN I'm NOT happy with this as a M.R. Nomination (where virtually everything in the town is over 50 yrs old and there seem to be few intrusions. --Between the text/survey sheets enough info seems to be provided on individual unities, may fuse the several buildings, etc. Wiscon -- See telephone report.

Accepts Bossham 11.6.79 ARCHEOLOGIST OTHER HAER Inventory _______ Review _________ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Accept Bossham 11.6.79 BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER National Register Write-up __________ Federal Register Entry 12.4.79 Send-back _________ Re-submit _________ Entered NOV 8 1979 United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service PIZZA THE CRYSTAL LANE RESTAURANT STEAKS * CHOPS OPEN 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. OPEN KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 34 Consistory Phone 882-3372 SMITH'S QUALITY DAIRY 1. Old Davis and Dague Grocery, Historical Resources of Fredericktown TR 2. Fredericktown, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 4. December 1978 5. M-OSU 6. Southwest corner, looking northeast 7. HRFT- 21 NOV.

6 1979 AUG 2 2 1979 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000623