Nomination for Parker, John P., House

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received NOV 2 8 1979 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name Parker, John P., House and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of . county - 3. Classification - district - public X unoccupied _ agriculture x building(s) X private . structure - work in progress . site - in process x yes: restricted .scientific . being considered - yes: unrestricted _ military Ripley, Ohio 45167 5.

Location of Legal Description Ohio 45121 - yes x no _ local 015 transportation museum Category entertainment date commercial educational Ripley Georgetown government both code Accessible other: Columbus state religious industrial historic Status object Ownership Public Acquisition 9/22/76 private residence park Ohio Inventory-Nomination Form congressional district 6th-Harsha Present Use Type all entries-complete applicable sections Ohio Historic Inventory Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Brown County Fairgrounds National Register of Historic Places 300 Front Street has this property been determined elegible? 4. Owner of Property 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 2. Location For HCRS use only United States Department of the Interior FHR-8-300 (11-78) title _ federal x state date entered JAN Brown 7.

Description _ excellent -x unaltered _moved date The Parker House is overlooking the Ohio River, and is an L-shaped two-story brick covered in places with cement. The gable-roofed Parker House is three bays wide, and has windows with lintels and The front block has an unadorned cornice and stepped gables on the end walls. The of the 19th century. The addition has a single chimney, probably for a stove, at not being maintained, nor is it heated during the winter.

Condition The unexposed fair Check one addition has horizontal wooden siding and was built sometime during the second half cast-iron stoop and also has a plain stone lintel and sill.The single Victorian The main doorway enters into a side hallway that features a winding walnut stairway on one side and a recent automotive repair shop on the other.The house is unfortunately The house is used for storage by the coal company owner.It is flanked by a coal yard Xoriginal site marble mantel in the front room has fallen off the wall and through the floor. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

rear of the brick L has a parapet and sloping roofline and is pierced by two x deteriorated with turned banisters. The majority of the interior woodwork is wide, fluted, and has corner rosettes. One wooden fireplace mantel has bell-shaped panels, but a the entire property a rectangular shape. The cut stone foundation and basement is ruins symmetrically placed pairs of windows on the first and second stories.The wooden building laid in common bond.A 19th century wooden addition within the L gives door is framed by beaded columns and panels as well as a transom and sidelights. Areas of Significance-Check and justify below . conservation . sculpture * social/ _ music - philosophy X industry x invention Specific dates ca. 1850 their attention on Rev.

John Rankin, who led the white abolitionist movement in southern Ohio (see Rankin, John, House, Ripley, NR - 11/10/70), but missed the As a slave, Parker learned the metal founding business and began the operation of a agricultural related inventions, and provided a major economic stimulus for this small about 1865 until his death in 1900. 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 economics 1400-1499 politics/government commerce archeology-historic communications theater Period transportation architecture engineering education humanitarian literature Builder/Architect science military exploration/settlement 1900- prehistoric law agriculture The John Parker House is significant for its association with an important black 8.

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Significance with his arrival in Ripley in l850,Parker was actively engaged in scouting both sides other (specify) credited with personally aiding the escape of 9oo slaves during the antebellum years. X1800-1899 Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) -art . community planning . landscape architecture _ religion abolitionist, inventor and industrialist of Kipley, a community renowned by antebellum important contributions made by Parker, a freedman from Mobile, Alabama. Beginning by W. E. B. DuBois in 1901, Parker obtained 3 (and possibly more) of the 77 patents archeology-prehistoric slave owners as a"notorious abolitionist hole'.Historians have traditionally focused "Parker Pulverizer",a type of cultivator.This house served as Parker's home from Shop in 1866.The foundry produced a variety of items, including Parker's own were highly profitable and enabled him to establish the Phoenix Foundry and Machine among the few blacks able to obtain patents before 19oo.According to research done small foundry in Ripley in 1854, where he made general castings.The Civil War years 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Vol. 80, No. 2, (1971), Pp. 155-162. 10. Geographical Data The nominated property consists of the southern half of inlot 67 of Ripley, measuring approximately 60' by 90'. _ state 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ local 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 466-1500 code county date national Easting Northing Columbus Zone telephone name/title Ohio Attest: Quadrangle name UMT References Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature Acreage of nominated property - less than one Keeper of the National Register organization Ohio Historic Preservation Office Maysville West Chief of Registration List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries For HCRS use only ACREAGE NUT VERIFIED city or town UTM NOT VERIFIED 7-80 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

GPO 938 835 Weeks, Louis, "John P. Parker: Black Abolitionist Entrepreneur, 1827-1900," Ohio History, 10/79 Quadrangle scale1:24000 11-28-79 2820 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN 1 - 3-80 Inventory _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 1. 7.80 Send-back _ JAN71980 KEEPER OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL Maps Entered TECHNICAL Review Working Number Re-submit HISTORIAN 2-3-8 Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF Parker, John P., House, Ripley, Brown County, Photo: David L. Brook, 1977 Negatives: Shawnee State College, Portsmouth View of facade. View looking east -NOV 2 8 1979 JAN 7 1980 Ohio Photo: David L.

Brook, 1977 NOV 2 8 1979 Parker, John P., House, Ripley, Brown County Ohio View of northern elevation and rear Negatives: Shawnee State College,Portsmouth, wall UTm Reference: NOV 2 8 1979 MAYSVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Parker, John P., House MAYSVILLE UNITED STATES RECEIVED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAYSVILLE WEST, KY. - OHIO Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 November 19, 1979 Ms. Carol Shull, Acting Keeper 440 G Street, N.W. owners informed of our intent to nominate. Parker, John P., House Bookwalter, Francis, House Eckis, Nicholas, House Miller, Daniel, House Seven Early Office Buildings of Central Square Hunter, James, Stone House St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Please let me know if we can provide any additional information. David L.

Brook State Historic Preservation Officer DLB: cw enclosures Resubmission Sincerely, Coshocton County New submissions Coshocton/Muskingum Counties Columbiana County Mahoning County Franklin County Bretz Farm Harper-Cosgrave Block Sharp Residence Weethee Historic District Scioto County Marion County Clark County Ohio Historic Preservation Office Muskingum County Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Adams-Gray House Enclosed are twelve new National Register submissions and one resubmission. Brown County National Register of Historic Places Athens County All the new nominations have been approved by the state review board and the Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel Dear Ms. Shull: NOV 4 8 197y Washington, D. C. 20243 STATE OHIO JAN 7 1980 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Mr.

David Brook Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Location Ripley 1/15/80 Tiffin Name Weethee Historic District Honorable John Glenn Seneca County Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Resources Brown County Millfield vicinity State Historic.Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Delbert L. Latta Athens County Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable William H. Harsha ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Date Entered Honorable Clarence E. Miller Parker, John P., House Parker, John P, House Resource Name) STATUS 7 NPS . 8. DOE - 9. RESTRICTED (Date Found/Replaced Locator Card JAN.

1986 (County) (State) UNDOCUMENTED Brown SIZED EXPLANATION: National Register of Historic Places (Date form completed) (Location of oversize file) OWNER OBJECTION (Date Designated) (Date Removed) (Completed by) (Cause for removal) (Target Date) (Reference Number[s]) (If multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and 1. MISSING 2. REMOVED/ 3. NHL X _ 5. MRA 6. OVER- Available on: Microfiche ( ): Optical Disk () (TR or MRA Name) 7. [Current source of partial documentation) (Where found, or source of replacement) WASO 21 DEMOLISHED COMMENTS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WACC