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NOV 2 1. Name and/or common street & number _ not for publication X vicinity of city, town X state - county - - district - unoccupied _ agriculture _ museum . building(s) X private - park X structure - work in progress . site - object _ in process X yes: restricted - government . being considered - yes: unrestricted .military courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys May 1980 _ local 082 039 both transportation Location Category code Accessible 17th educational date entertainment commercial other: historic religious Ownership Homer congressional district Public Acquisition Ohio industrial Mansfield title private residence Inventory-Nomination Form scientific Status Mount Vernon Ohio Historic Inventory Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Knox County Courthouse Mike Harsh Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use National Register of Historic Places 3. Classification 5. Location of Legal Description 111 East High Street See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms United States Department of the Interior date entered State Route 661 4. Owner of Property For HCRS use only FHR-8300 (11-78) OCT 1 4 1980 Vernon vic.
- public received Knox Enoch Thompson House has this property been determined elegible? X_no 7. Description X unaltered X original site . excellent _ deteriorated X good May 1980 .ruins -moved _ unexposed two on the second floor, and feature circular attic windows. Intricate ornately carved replaced with two over two double hung panels, while all the label lintels remain in with a decorative wooden finial, intricate carved bargeboard trim, a circular window and top lites reflect the Greek Revival style. arched brackets at each corner. The upper half of each rooftop finial has been removed. entablature with ogee arches. The house is located along State Route 661 and is surrounded by gently rolling property.
North of the barn a short distance is a ranch style residence, constructed Condition good condition.The main facade is essentially the same but has greater architectural This picturesque structure emphasizes ornamentation with pilasters and large this entablature.Square columns with Tuscan capitals flank the front door where side The Thompson House is a two story building covered with vertical board and batten Large gables converge at each corner of this square building.The roof is presently above the rather wide entablature. A design comprised of concentric circles highlights siding.It is constructed on a cut stone foundation that has been whitewashed. bargeboard trim accents each gable.The original rectangular window sashes have been detailing.The small entrance porch features a concave gable roof which is highlighted Check one part of this farm.
century, is located about two hundred feet north of the house, but is not on the same by the former occupants as the new farmhouse. No other significant outbuildings are date fair At the rear is a recessed porch supported by two square columns and capped by an ornate covered with seamed metal. All four elevations contain three bays on the ground floor, 8. Significance _ archeology-historic - agriculture . scuipture _ military _ music X 1800-1899 exploration/settlement - - pnilosopny - politics/government efficiently enclose space. Like many early Gothic Revival residences, this building has elements of the Greek Revival style present such as the main entrance, corner present on the exterior, it survives largely intact with perhaps the most notice- children that year, resettling from Hampshire County, Virginia. Cornelius Thompson died after a few years leaving the farm to his son, Enoch.
In 1830 Enoch Thompson 1400-1499 1500-1599 commerce progress. theater Period transportation invention education economics engineering industry conservation Builder/Architect science law social/ 1900- 100 acre farm. - communications tecture. Its compact square plan with a roof composed of four large intersecting gables accented by intricate bargeboard trim make this very unique.While not an This building is a highly unusual example of picturesque Gothic Revival archi- literature - other (specify) penter gothic" work in Ohio and elsewhere.Although signs of deterioration are the first settlers arrived in the township.He arrived with his wife and two small octagon house, this building probably was influenced by the works of 0.s. Fowler, Areas of Significance-Check and justify below able change being the loss of the finials on each gable.Restoration is now in Statement of Significance