Nomination for Hardesty, Ralph, Stone House

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1. Name 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of State - public - unoccupied _ agriculture _ museum X building(s) X private X commercial - park _ structure - work in progress X private residence . site _ entertainment _ religious - object .in process - yes: restricted -government _ scientific . being considered _ transportation . military . other: Box 21 5. Location of Legal Description OH 43701 has this property been determined elegible?

- - yesx no depository for survey records both 039 Category Accessible date code Norwich Status Ownership industrial educational district Main Street Zanesville Ohio National Register of Historic Places Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Inventory-Nomination Form Timothy Taylor Ohio Historic Preservation Office Public Acquisition Type all entries-complete applicable sections United States Department of the Interior See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Present Use 3. Classification 6. Representation in Existing Surveys and/or common Columbus, Fourth g Main Sts. congressional district to-Clarence Miller received JAN 2 9 1980 4. Owner of Property For HCRS use only HARDESTY, RALPH, STONE HOUSE . county - X yes: unrestricted OH 43777 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Ohio Historic Inventory - federal X state -local historic title Muskingum County Court House FHR-8-300 (11-78) 1977. 7. Description X excellent - unaltered X original site - good X altered -moved date window sash remains, but most has been altered to a 1/1 configuration. The original house is 40'x22' in dimentions; various additions, primarily for use as a greenhouse and general end is of unfinished stone, suggesting that another structure was appended to the stone a fine open-string two-run stair with delicate square balusters and a plain handrail, prob- upstairs rooms having a simple, though classically proportioned, wooden mantle piece. Condition ruins deteriorated Check one The Ralph Hardesty Stone House is a 2-story structure built of sandstone and roofed with Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

_fair plant storage, have been added to the rear (north) and to the west side. The stone is and brick house" on this lot. No photos exist, however, to substantiate this idea. ably of cherry or walnut. Original molded woodwork, including window casings and chair rail, are intact. Each of the four original rooms has a fireplace, with that of one of the date unexposed 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric _ archeology-historic _ conservation _ science - agriculture a education .military _ social/ _ music _ exploration/settlement - - philosophy _ theater - politics/government - transportation - other (specify) village of Norwich, and as the only stone house in Union Township. It typifies a form of and midwest and are derivative of English folk houses. Generally, however, houses in this houses feature a facade of 5 bays; this structure with a 3-bay facade, is an exception to valued at $500. 1500-1599 1600-1699 1836 1700-1799 1400-1499 economics invention communications Period Builder/Architect humanitarian engineering industry art 1900- Specific dates sculpture commerce literature law Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) the general rule. with no occupation. X1800-1899 Xarchitecture _ archeology-prehistoric community planning - landscape architecture_ _ religion folk architecture known as the "I-house," that is, a structure one room deep, 2 rooms The Ralph Hardesty House is nominated as the first and only stone house in the The house was built for Ralph Hardesty who purchased the lot from Benjamin Wortman in Little is known of Hardesty himself.The 1850 Census 1ists him as aged 43 years and 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Everhart, J. F. History of Muskingum County, Ohio (Columbus, 1882), p. 418. 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle scale 1:24000 Lot 25, Wortman's Addition to the west side of the village of Norwich, containing - state 11. Form Prepared By David L. Taylor, Regional Historic Preservation Officer 21 August, 1979 street & number 1425 Newark Road city or town OH 43701 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 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 State Historic Preservation Officer signature I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register date Easting Northing Zone Zanesville national code Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries UMT References Quadrangle name Norwich, Ohio only that lot whereon sits the dwelling.

Keeper of the National Register Chief of Registration ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED For HCRS use only Acreage of nominated property less than one acre name/title county according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. GPO 938 835 organization Ohio University-Zanesville local UTM NOT VERIFIED 12/31 Photos - Inventory - OTHER KEEPER TECHNICAL Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST Entered HAER CONTROL Re-submit Maps HISTORIAN Review National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry Working Number 3.4.80 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF 2-3-81 HARDESTY, RALPH, STONE HOUSE Photo by D. Taylor, 8/79 Neg. # JAN 2 9 1980 View of house, SW perspective Neg.

filed at Ohio U.-Zanesville Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio HARDESTY, RALPH, STONE HOUSE Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio Photo by D. Taylor, 8/79 Neg. # NE perspective, showing wood frame ville Negative filed at Ohio U.- Zanesi MAR I1 additions at rear JAN 2 9 1980 NORWICH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES NATIONAL Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORWICH, OHIO STATE OF OHIO STATE OHIO Hardesty, Ralph, Stone House Caldwell, Samuel, House Gorsuch, Ernest J., House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Mr. David Brook Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

Location Athens Byers/bjr Name Athens County Athens State Hospital Monroe Bank Monroe County Woodsfield Noble County Zanesville Honorable Douglas Applegate Honorable Thomas A. Luken Also Notified Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Robinson-Ransbottom Pottery Thematic Resources Muskingum County Honorable Clarence E. Miller St. Thomas Aquinas Church The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Tennyson Guyer Honorable Clarence J. Brown Roseville and Ironspot ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3/17/80 Norwich Caldwell MAR Date Entered Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr.

Walker, William, Jr., House Location STATEOHIO Marion Monroe County Marion County Hotel Harding Name Upper Sandusky Date Entered Wyandot County Domhoff Buildings East Liverpool Cincinnati Hamilton County Rinards Mills vicinity Carnegie Public Library Norwood Municipal Building Knowlton Covered Bridge Pfleger Family Houses Also Notified Colunbiana County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.