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

Nomination for Oakwood

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,334 words across 36 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 80003141, 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.

received APR 1 5 1980 MAY 2 9 1980 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common street & number 64-70 Penney Avenue - not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio - public - unoccupied - agriculture - museum - private - park _ structure - work in progress _ educational X private residence .object X yes: restricted . scientific .being considered - yes: unrestricted - transportation - other: 4. Owner of Property courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Registry of Deeds, City of Newark title Ohio Historic Inventory no Lic 237-16 has this property been determined elegible?
_ county I-71 & 17th Avenue, Columbus 089 Location Category OAKWOOD government both code yes date commercial Status Accessible entertainment historic Newark industrial Ownership Public Acquisition site district local date entered congressional district building(s) Terry Griffith Inventory-Nomination Form county Licking County 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 5. Location of Legal Description Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service military Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use 3. Classification religious United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places in process For HCRS use only Ohio FHR8-300 (11-78) 39 North, 34th Street _federal X state 7. Description X deteriorated - original site _moved date Oakwood was orginally a two hundred acre farm outside Newark, which included forest lands. a pleasant setback have been retained.
verandah, which subtly balances the longer, plainer north wing. features a projecting gable similar to the west elevation, however, it has lost its The building has been divided into six apartments, however the exterior has remained Condition excellent unaltered unexposed also gone. Check one largely intact. height.The intersecting gable roof is covered with composition shingles although slate was the original roofing material. decorative bargeboard.A projecting bay window.is featured which corresponds to the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

decorative hoodmold and a small rose window. The south wing is surrounded by a low-lying form in plan and measures approximately 55'x138'.It is constructed of brick faced with Oakwood isa Gothic Revival villa which was completed in 1851.It is an irregular cruci- -good _fair X altered bargeboard, dominates the design. The entrance is a tudor arch with heavy double wooden ruins doors and sidelights.The gable features both a large triple mullioned window with a Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric . archeology-historic _ conservation - agriculture - sculpture - social/ exploration/settlement _ Oakwood is significant for two reasons - as an excellent exampled of a Gothic Revival villa in Central Ohio and as the work of Alexander J. Davis, one of the most Oakwood was designed in 1849 by A. J.
Davis, modifying slightly an unexecuted design designed by Davis in the Gothic Revival style. In fact, there is only one other by romantic country house. It is exceptional evidence of the active collaboration of The original owner and builder of Oakwood was George Washington Penney, a railroad and put knowledge to practical use by establishing hot-houses and gardens as a 1400-1499 1500-1599 1700-1799 economics commerce communications theater Period humanitarian engineering transportation philosophy industry military science Specific dates 1900- music X1800-1899 literature invention National Register listing. education important and influential American architects of the 19th century. other (specify) law 8.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Significance politics/government Oakwood gains additional significance as the romantic setting chosen by noted photo- important Gothic Revival pattern created jointly by two leading proponents of the Builder/Architect A.J. Davis and A.J. Downing Kentucky.Oakwood is of national significance because it is a unique example of an Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) florist on a commercial scale. Davis and Downing. grapher Clarence White for many photographs in the late 189o's. - archeology-prehistoric community planning X architecture made jointly by Davis and A. J. Downing in 1847-1848. It is the only house in Ohio Oakwood is an extremely important resource that deserves the recognition of a Davis west of the Alleghenies: the 1851 villa (Landown) for F. K. Hunt in Lexington, 1600-1699 art no. 24.66.1400).

The rest of the file

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

Geographical Data Quadrangle scale 1:24000 East boundary is 150' east of Penney Avenue, North boundary is 455' north of Tuscarawas Street; in the city of Newark. _ state 11. Form Prepared By street & number 22 North Front Street city or town 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Keeper of the National Register code county date Northing 11/79 local name/title Attest: Zone Verbal boundary description and justification UMT References Zone Easting List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries State Historic Preservation Officer signature organization Columbus Landmarks Foundation 9.
Major Bibliographical References ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED For HCRS use only As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 Ohio Postcard view of about 1890 (Licking County Historical Society). Xnational SHPO Day Book, v. 1, pp. 381, 383, 393, 413 (New York Public Library, A. J. Davis Papers). West boundary is at Penney Avenue, South boundary is 255'north of Tuscarawas Street, according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. L44/31521810 Acreage of nominated property Chief of Registration Quadrangle name Newark Ohio-Licking Co. Form No.
10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED APR 1 5 1980 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Oakwood, Newark, Licking County, Ohio Columbus Sunday Dispatch, April 2, 1939 PAGE CONTINUATION SHEET Jane B.Davies research completed with National Endowment for the Humanities DATE ENTERED grant, New York City. ITEM NUMBER FOR NPS USE ONLY MAY 29 1990 APR 1 5 1980 Ohio Historic Inventory, no. Lic 237-16. influenced his interest in horticulture, his choice of/style for his house Designed: 1849, by Alexander J. Davis, architect, of New York City, modifying Built: 1849-1851, by William A. Boss. Description: A Gothic Revival cottage villa, Oakwood has an unusually asymmetrical triple, mullioned window at either end, and on the principal (west) facade by a low-lying verandah, which subtly balances the longer, plainer north wing.
looks forward to the villa to be designed in 1851 for F. K. Hunt at Lexington, Ky. OAKWOOD (Continued) which this design pattern was used. and a pleasant set-back.
originally was a farm of two hundred acres outside Newark and included Changes:The original large estate has been cut through by many streets and the inary sketch, and after correspondence about desired changes, he sent the enclosures and Gothic villas: the south wing--enlivened by dormer windows, surrounded by a After business failures he retired to his farm and put his knowledge of principal gable is extant on the west,although the one on the eastern end verandah,and placed in juxtaposition toa tall,gabled central section-- property has been developed for housing; however, there are still good trees and the stairway position was altered.Oakwood was the only house for Boss, called on Davis in his New York office, presumably with questions. The basic form of the house is intact, although small additions have been chimney pots and turret top are gone.
Phelps of Springfield, Mass.:the extent of Downing's contribution to the design: outlined by an intricately pierced bargeboard, the gable has a large a nursery was added at the rear, the far end of the left wing was changed, alterations made in the design were slight: the size was somewhat reduced, and of the architedt to design it. did not visit the site: in reply to a letter from Penney,he sent a prelim- horticulture to practical use by establishing hot-houses and gardens asa Original owner: George Washington Penney, railroad entrepreneur, and banker. part of the present Lymdhurst; and the rhythm of the long front elevation 1847-1848. As was usual with Davis' conmissions for distant locations, he In February 1851 the builder, William A. recalls the design of 1838 for the Pauldings at Tarrytown, N.Y., the early Locations 64-70 Penney Avenue, Newark, Licking County, Ohio.
The property Present owner: Charles Smith. Materials: brick, stuccoed, with wood trim. the Penney house with drawings and plans made for Phelps shows that the This joint design of Davis and Downing had been developed for Willis? is missing. design, an irregula made at the rear The diamond-paned windows remain throughout the slightly an unexecuted design made jointly by Davis and A.J.Downing in enclosed and have lost their brackets.The fine pierced bargeboard of the primeval forest trees.The house was built ona knoll with a sweeping prospect. MAY 2 9 1980 OAKWOOD 2 APR 1 5 1980 The staircase has been changed, although part of it appears to exist, boxed in; The house gains additional significance as the romantic setting chosen a favorite location for their picture taking, to the extent that it became A. J. Davis recordss Office Journal, p.
108 (with plan) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, A. J. Davis Collection, no. 24.66.1400) A. J. Davis drawingss Collection, no. 244b and 246b) Day Book, v. 1, pp. 355, 357, 359 Office Journal, p. 98. no. 24.66.1407, leaf 7 verso) Study, elevations. plans, sections (New-York Historical Society, A. J. Devis Specifications [Devis' printed form, with blanks partially filled in in his handwriting/(New York Public Library, A. J. Davis Papers, box 5) References : Columbua Sunday Dispatch, April 2, 1939. The Newark Advocate, April 7, 1838, p. 1. Jane B. Devies January 3, 1979 Documentation: Some detailing of aoctagonal molding remains around windows and doors. and the writer and taste-maker A.J. Downing.It is exceptional evidence of On the interior the living spaces have been separated into six apartments. of Downing in the field of practical architecture.
Significance:Oakwood is the only house in Ohio designed by A.J. Davis in the New York, N.Y. Related documentation (materials documenting the Phelps design made with Downing): practically a clubhouse for them. Oakwood is of national significance.It is the unique example of an the active collaboration of Davis and Downing and of the developing interest On the design for Phelps: American proponents of the romantic country house,the architect A.J.Davis Marguerite J. McCollum, "Oakwood, Beloved Newark Estate of the Penney Family," Postcard view of about 1890 County Historical Society) Roger Hale Newton, Town & Davis, Architects (New York,1942) Fig.15. Changes (cont.) List of his works/(Metropolitan Museum of Art, A:J.Davis Collection, Triple window and porch detail Museum of Memorial Record of Licking County, Ohio (Chicago,1894),pp.174-175.
Alleghenies, the 1851 villa (Loudoun) for F. K. Hunt in Lexington, Kentucky. Day Book, v. 1, pp. 381, 383, 393, 413 (New York Public Library, A. J. Davis Collection, no. 24.66.682 and 24.66.563) Elevations (Metropolitan Museum of art, Nos. 24.66 743; 24.66.744; 24.66.1405, leaves 100 recto and 147 verso; 24.66.1401, leaf 125 verso. George Tatum,"Andrew Jackson Downing,Arbiter of American Taste,1815-1852 by the noted photographer Clarence White for many photographs taken in the MAY 2 9 1980 APR1 S 1980 24.66.743 MAY 2 9 1980 APR 15 1980 ) REGISTER, 246 e. 244 c RECEIVED BECELAED APR 1 5 1980 RECEIVED REGISTER NATIONAL 24.66. 1400) APR 1 5 1980 MAY 2 9.1980 Phelhs. MAY 2 9 1980 APR 1 5-1980 MAY 2 9 1980 APR 1 5 1980 MAY 29 1980 APR 1 5 1980 10.00. due REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED
-5.00 MAY 29 1980 4-15-80 1139 Inventory - BRANCH CHIEF KEEPER OTHER HAER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST Maps HISTORIAN Send-back Re-submit Review TECHNICAL Federal Register Entry Working Number United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up 5.21.80 Photos - State APR 1 5 1980 64-70 Penney Ave. Newark, Ohio Columbus, Ohio MAY 2 9 1980 Detail, Gable on Facade OAKWOOD Columbus Landmarks Foundation Nancy Recchie 22 North Front Street Licking County, Ohio APR 1 5 1980 Licking County, Ohio 64-70 Penney Ave. Newark, Ohio MAY 2 9 1980 Facade (West elevation) OAKWOOD Nancy Recchie Columbus Landmarks Foundation 22 North Front Street Columbus, Ohio Licking County, ohio APR 1 5 1980 64-70 Penney Ave.
MAY 2 9 1980 Detail, Entrance OAKWOOD Nancy Recchie Columbus Landmarks Foundation 22 North Front Street Columbus, Ohio Newark, Ohio APR 1 5 1980 Licking County, Ohio 64-70 Penney Ave. OAKWOOD Nancy Recchie Columbus Landmarks Foundation East Elevation 22 North Front Street Columbus, Ohio MAY 2 9 1980 Newark, ohio MAY 2 9 APR 1 5 1980 APR 15 1980 29 1980 APR 15 1980 NEWARK QUADRANGLE OHIO-LICKING CO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REGISTER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO NEWARK, OHIO 549 WEST 123RD STREET NEW YORK,NEW YORK 10027 January 5, 1979 APR 1 5 1980 Tr. David A. Simmons, Historian I - 71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Mr. Simmons: material. I hone it will be useful. REGISTER NATIONAL RECEIVED Sincerely yours, encl. Ohio Historical Center Ohio Historic Preservation Office Penney house in Newark, and here it is. Jane B.
Davies I had a number of other research trips to make that involved much I very much regret the long delay, but after my return from Ohio At last I have together the material on Oakwood, the George W. Thank you for your interest in the house. Mumma, Jacob H. W., House Springboro ... Huntington, Franz, House Wilson's Mil1s Settlement District Cuyahoga County Black, Philip J., House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jt. Honorable Tony P. Hall Mr. David Brook Newark Dayton Location Byers/bjr 6/9/80 Levering Hall Loudonville Licking County Name STATE Ashland County Franklin County Warren County Ikirt House Stanton Farm Columbus Mount Gilead Honorable Douglas Applegate Morrow County Date Entered Montgomery County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue East Liverpool State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable William H. Harsha Honorable John M.
Ashbrook Honorable Charles A. Vanik Gates Mills Honorable Samuel L. Devine Also Notified For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. The Ohio Historical Society Columblana County MAY 2 91980 Columbus, Ohio 43211 Oakwood OHIO