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

Nomination for Harper, Samuel, Stone House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,537 words across 14 pages, filed in 1980. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 80003033, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on 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.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED NOV 2 8 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS HARPER, SAMUEL, STONE HOUSE AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT New Concord, OH - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE _WORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED XYES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Mr. & Mrs.
Hubert Morton Route 2 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Columbus, Ohio 43211 059 039 1978 Guernsey COUNTY CODE HISTORIC LOCATION OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE UNOCCUPIED MUSEUM DATE CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT SCIENTIFIC TRANSPORTATION STATE AGRICULTURE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRIAL Court Square RELIGIOUS PUBLIC _OBJECT STATUS MILITARY Ohio Historic Inventory NAME Ohio Historical Center -Douglas Applegate TITLE DATE ENTERED PUBLIC ACQUISITION Guernsey County Road 416 _COMMERCIAL X_BUILDING(S) - GOVERNMENT -OTHER: -SITE -PARK Ohio -FEDERAL * STATE COUNTY _LOCAL 43762 _BOTH DESCRIPTION _ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

double hung, one-over-one lights, probably altered from a multi-light con- frame construction covered with vertical boards, in turn battened with alteration of the old section of the house, even to the extent that all CONDITION DETERIORATED EXCELLENT FAIR the addition. GOOD in dimentions, with a 2-story board-and-batten addition made to the north- Andrew Boal has inscribed the following message, set between 2 stylized Guernsey Caunty near the Muskingum County village of New Concord.The owners during their rehabilitation of the house. CHECK ONE The property currently contains 145 acres and islocated in western This is a 5-bay dwelling,2 stories in of vermiculated there ever having been such windows in the east gable end.Prior to 1962 in the west gable are set2 single hung windows; there is no evidence of east of the house.
-UNEXPOSED - UNALTERED It is 24' square and is of wood outstanding of these is a 38' x 28' wood frame bank barn, located c. 400' west side in 1962 by George Batchik, a local contractor. The main doorway is The interior of the house is in a fine state of repair. In plan, it is of the first story. It had been closed off but was opened by the present cultural landscape of the property is dotted by various agricultural outbuildings all of which were built well after the stone house.
The most RUINS tended stone sills and are capped with plain stone lintels.The sash is chimneys.The cornice is boxed and without ornamentation.At attic height Windows are set on ex- cut in random-width sections.The present owners have been careful in their The most outstanding feature Some flooring has been replaced, but with wood molded battens.There is an inset open porch at the southeast corner of a central hallway I-house. through a single doorway centered on the south wall.The only ornamentation on the house is found in the lintel above this doorway.There the plumbing is run only to the 1962 addition. of the interior isa huge stone cooking fireplace located in the west room AREAS OF

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW -COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART -ENGINEERING MUSIC PHILOSOPHY POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES A. Boal STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

The Samuel Harper"Stone House is nominated for its significance as an essentially Although it was built for the family of William Rainey Harper; the first president of the University of Chicago, this outstanding educator was never strongly associated the nineteenth century, this property is nominated. Further, the house represents the work of a master mason, Archibold Boal stone mason and travelled this area building at least three other stone dwellings. 800-1899 1400-1499 1841 LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC RELIGION CONSERVATION 1900- BUILDER/ARCHITECT TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION AGRICULTURE PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE XARCHITECTURE THEATER EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC MILITARY SCULPTURE INDUSTRY _COMMUNICATIONS with this particular structure.
outstanding example of traditional American architecture of the second quarter of As was noted in the preceeding archftectural description;the plan of the _PREHISTORIC -ECONOMICS LITERATURE _1700-1799 _1500-1599 _COMMERCE intact example of executed in stone. _1600-1699 Midwest, and are often adorned with elite architectural features such as Greek Revival cornices and doorways of Adamesque detail. Also, they are generally of strained form and ornament of the folk house and is built of stone. Thus, as an Harper House is that of an "I-house," with two rooms over two rooms, in this case (1799-1862). moved to Norwich on the then new National Road.He worked as a brick layer and - INVENTION Boal was born in Morgan County south-of Muskingum County and in 1830

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES October 16, 1952, Page 1, Section 2. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY QUADRANGLE SCALE 1:24000 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION STATE - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE David L. Taylor, Regional Historic Preservatioj Officer STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL X NATIONAL - hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 acres 614-453-0762 CODE COUNTY DATE ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE NORTHING UTM REFERENCES Ohio University-Zanesville ZONE EASTING the plaff of beginning.
ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED 1425 Newark Road Creek Road,beginning ata point c.1500'west of the intersection of Twp.Rd.1l,then north Located in the northwest quarter of Section l6, Adams Twp., on the north side of Peter's UTM NOT VERFIED c.100'toa point beyond thebank barn;then NWc.400'toa point beyond the stone house; ATTEST: 14 June, 1978 Zanesville, OH As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I 43701 ZONE 11-28-75 2835 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN National Register Write-up Send-back - Re-submit - OTHER Inventory KEEPER HAER TECHNICAL CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST Working Number Maps Review HISTORIAN 2-3-81 United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Federal Register Entry State BRANCH CHIEF Entered JAN3 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 1.3.80 Property BILTAD18412 BY.A.
BOALK Photo by David I. Taylor, 6/78 Negative # GUE-8-2-4, filed at Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, O View of lintel-datestone over main door Vicinity New Concord, Ohio NOV 2 8 1979 HARPER, SAMUEL, STONE HOUSE #105 HARPER, SAMUEL, STONE HOUSE Photo by David I. Taylor, 6/78 Negative GUE-8-2-4, filed at Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, O! Barn, located east of house NOV 2 8 1979 Vicinity New Concord, Ohio JAN31980 NOV 2 8 1979 HARPER, SAMUEL, STONE HOUSE Photo by Kathy Andrews, 6/79, University-Zanesville, Zanesvil Interior, showing stone fireplace Ohio vicinity New Concord, Ohio (Guernsey County) Neg. GUE-10-7-5, filed at Ohio DOE Photo by David I. Taylor, 6/78 Negative GUE-8-2-2, filed at Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, O.
1980 View of rear of house from north, show- Vicinity New Concord, Ohio ing l960s board-and-batted addition Negative GUE--8-2-1, filed at Ohio University-Zanesville, Zanesville, O. Vicinity New Concord, Ohio west gable end and rear addition View of house from southwest, showing 1980 Photo by David L. Taylor, 6/78 UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROAD CLASSIFICATION Dhio Historic Preservation Office NOV 2 8 1979 November 14, 1979 Ms. Carol Shull, Acting Keeper 440 G Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20243 Dear Ms. Shull: St. John Catholic Church Kumler, Elias, House Harper, Samuel, Stone House David L.
Brook enc losur es Sincerely, Guernsey County Hartville Hotel Third Presbyterian Church Clark County Hamilton County Montgomgery County DLB:CW Showboat Majestic Enclosed are seven regular National Regular submissions.All have been Butler County Dunbar Historic District Allen County Heritage Conservation & Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places to nominate.Please note that the recommended level of significance State Historic Preservation Officer of the Showboat Majestic has been checked as national. approved by the state review board and the owners informed of our intent Please let me know if we can provide any additional information. nio Historical Center I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 STATE OHIO Hunter, James, Stone House Eckls, Nicholas, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Mr.
David Brook Honorable Clarence J. Brown Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343- Location 1/14/80 Zanesville Name Harper-Cosgrave Block Guernsey County Adamsville vicinity New Concord vicinity Muskingum County Honorable Ralph Regula Honorable Tennyson Guyer Columbiana County Stovertown vicinity State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Thomas N. Kindness East Fairfield Date Entered Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable Clarence E. Miller ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Also Notified St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Honorable John M. Ashbrook The Ohio Historical Society Harper, Samuel, Stone House Byers JAN31980 Honorable William H. Harsha JAN 3 1980 Bookwalter, Fraucis, House St.
John Catholic Church Miller, Daniel, House Kumler, Elias, House Location STATE Hartville Coshocton County Portsmouth Delphos Clark County Name Butler County Scioto County Oxford Springfield Showboat Majestic Hamilton County West Lafayette vicinity Cincinnati Date Entered Also Notified Third Presbyterian Church (Northminster Presbyterian Church) Hartville Hotel Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel Allen County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OHIO