Nomination for Chesney, Dr. John, House

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United States Department of the Interior 1. Name Chesney, Dr. John, House and/or common Garner, Berger, Kimerline, Flegm and Kennedy Law Offices 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county - _ district - public _ unoccupied . agriculture . museum X building(s) X private X commercial -park - structure .both work in progress - educational - private residence _ entertainment _ religious in process X yes: restricted .government . scientific _ being considered - yes: unrestricted . military - other: 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys - yes x no - local Accessible Category code Tiffin transportation Ownership site Status object industrial historic August 1979 Crawford County Courthouse Present Use William Beer Bucyrus Inventory-Nomination Form Type all entries-complete applicable sections Public Acquisition state Ohio Ohio Historic Inventory depository for survey records Heidelberg College Historic Preservation Office Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service has this property been determined elegible? 3. Classification For HCRS use only National Register of Historic Places See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1l2 East Mansfield Street Ohio received FEB 12 1980 FHR-8-300 (11-78) title _federal X state Crawford 7. Description X excellent .deteriorated X unaltered X original site . ruins _ moved date Located two blocks east of the public square, the Dr.

John Chesney House is a west side of the house. The verandah displays a wood paneled base, wood shingled floor level has three single sash windows with stained glass transoms, stone lintels, and An elegant fireplace with a small mirror is located on the east wall of the front stairway contains three landings, each of which leads upward with another pair of carved posts. Condition unexposed fair stairway.The entire stairway, stairposts and back wall are carved of light oak.The Check one cut stone water table. The house is constructed of stretcher bond brick with imbricated garage with stretcher bond construction located sixty feet from the rear of the house.

The north facade features a first-floor encircling verandah, extending around to the such notable buildings as the Philadelphia Mint, Annapolis Naval Academy, and the Chase The verandah roof is circular with a pedimented projection extending over the steps to the house. The interior displays fine carved woodwork which was done by German carvers employed large single sash windows with leaded glass transoms.The second story of the north chimneys with decorative terra cotta panels. and replaced by the present flat roof.This is the only alteration that has been made balustrade, wooden posts and spindlework along the top of the balustrade and porch frieze. with five double-hung single light windows.The third-story level is a tower with a leading to the double wooded doors with leaded glass panels.On the right side of the lattice screening and hip roof extends from the south facade.

Early photographs show a small barn with board and batten construction behind the The east facade features an oriel window at the stairway landing level.Extending with decorative wood paneling and a series of five small attic windows. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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shingles and a small Palladian window. The second-story level of the projection displays by the Roehr Interior Wood Trim Company, a local firm which designed the interiors of - good feet wide by 60 feet long, resting on a rock-faced ashlar stone raised basement with a a long stained glass window and single sash windows.

The first-floor level has three carving outlining the mirror.To the rear of the reception room is an impressive oak recessed porch with wooden spindlework.The original conical roof was wind-damaged three-story irregularly-shaped Queen Anne style building.The entire structure is 40 Manhattan Bank building in New York City.Most of the woodwork around the windows and facade has a recessed porch with wooden spindlework.The third floor features a gable wood shingles for decorative purposes.T doors is of light oak.The two parlors on the first floor are accented with cherry The northeast corner of the structure featuresa three-story circular bay.The first- sills.The second-story level isa slightly flared hexagonal bay supported bybrackets The house has a slate hip roof and three end Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric _ archeology-historic .conservation - science _ agriculture .sculpture : education .

military _social/ . music X 1800-1899 _ commerce -philosophy .theater _ 1900- _ communications :industrys _ transportation -other (specify) The Dr. John Chesney Houe, built in 1892, is significant as one of the best examples as the home and office of Dr. John Chesney, a very successful physician and surgeon. He was instrumental in organizing the National Association of Railroad Surgeons, which purchased the property and converted it to the law offices of Garner, Berger, Kimerline, Flegm and Kennedy, retaining the restoration work done by the Stuckerts. 1892 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 humanitarian Period Builder/Architect engineering exploration/settlement politics/government Specific dates literature 8.

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Significance of the Queen Anne style existing in Bucyrus because of its tower, variated wall treatment later became the largest surgical society in the United States.Dr.Chesney practiced Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) window treatment and sizes, and decorations in the gables of the roof add to the Queen 1914,when Dr.Wilbur G.Carlise married Edith Chesney,daughter of Dr.John and Mrs. -economics nationally-known firm.The spindlework on the several porches, use of a variety of restored the house to its Victorian elegance and planned to open a decorating shop, The law -art _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning _landscape architecture _ religion X architecture of shingles and brick, veranda porch, irregular massing common to this style, and 1971, Richard Stuckert purchased the property. The Stuckerts, local interior decorators, Victorian House, here. These plans did not materialize, and, in 1972, William Beer 1600-1699 invention 9.

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Major Bibliographical References History of Crawford County. John E. Hopley. 1912. Interview with William Beer. June 1979. Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, December 30, 1971. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Being 59 feet off the entire east side of Inlot number 169 of the City of Bucyrus. _ state 11. Form Prepared By street & number Heidelberg College telephone 419-448-2804 state Ohio 44883 X local I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register date 3.17.80 county Northing code Easting Tiffin date Zone national August 1979 UMT References name/title organization Heidelberg College 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Barbara Powers/ Student State Historic Preservation Officer signature Verbal boundary description and justification city or town Quadrangle name Bucyrus The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries according to the criteria and procedures set forth.by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. less than l acre For HCRS use only UTM NOT VERIFIED 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Ghief of Registration Sandlin, Judy.

"Historic Bucyrus residence restored to its stately elegance." The As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 GPO 938 835 Keeper of the National Register 2-12-80 448 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Send-back - KEEPER OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL HAER Maps Working Number TECHNICAL Re-submit HISTORIAN Photos Review 3.17.80 National Register Write-up State Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2-3-81 Property United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service GARNER BERGER KENNEDY FLEGM Dr. John Chesney House Bucyrus, Ohio (Crawford County) MAR 2 4 1980 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, OH FEB 12 1980 southwest Photo number August 1979 Lenny Sipe East and north sides of building; camera facing Dr.

John Chesney House Bucyrus, Ohio (Crawford County) Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, OH Lenny Sipe facing west East facade with north facade to right; camera August 1979 MAR 24 1980 FEB 1 z 1980 Photo number Bucyrus, Ohio (Crawford County) MAR 2 4 1980 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, OH FEB 1 2 1980 Lenny Sipe North and west sides of building; camera facing south Photo number August 1979 Dr. John Chesney House UNITED STATES BUCYRUS, OHIO STATE OHIO Blair, Herbert S., House Dana, Marcus, House /Chesney, Dr. John, House Beer, Judge Thomas, House Dewing, Col. Simeon, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn Mr. David Brook Honorable Clarence E.

Miller Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401- Byers/bjr Hamilton County Location Bucyrus Hancock County 3/27/80 Name Brandt vicinity Watertown vicinity Miami County Palace Theatre Fostoria Cincinnati State Historic Preservation Officer Staley Farm Crawford County Honorable Tennyson Guyer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified Honorable Willis D. Gradison Washington County Date Entered The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue MAR241980