Nomination for Gorsuch, Ernest J., House

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received JAN 2 9 1980 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name GORSUCH, ERNEST J., HOUSE and/or common 2. Location street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county - - public _unoccupied _ agriculture _ museum X building(s) X private _ commercial - park - work in progress X private residence . entertainment . religious - in process - yes: restricted - government - scientific .being considered X yes: unrestricted - transportation - military .other: 4. Owner of Property OH 43701 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. has this property been determined elegible?

- yes & no - local depository for survey records OH 43211 119 1979 both date Accessible educational code Category structure Status district Ownership industrial object site Zanesville Ohio Public Acquisition historic Type all entries-complete applicable sections Edna Bryan Inventory-Nomination Form Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Ohio Historic Center Muskingum County Court House Present Use 6. Representation in Existing Surveys United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Fourth G Main Sts. 3. Classification For HCRS use only Xstate 1869 Norwood Blvd. 039 Muskingum Columbus Ohio Historic Inventory title FHR-8-300 (11-78) 7. Description X excellent X unaltered X original site - moved . unexposed The Gorsuch House is a 2-story masonry structure, built of stuccoed commercial brick.

those on the Ist story of the facade being tall, round-arched voids. Upper windows are house is ornamented very little except for the main door, which is set in the right side into its decorative scheme, and features a frontispiece entrance, with engaged pilasters Condition fair Zanesville. Check one this balcony which is enclosed by a wrought iron railing.Crowning these doors is a broken of the 4-bay facade.This feature incorporates elements of the American Colonial Revival Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Ernest Gorsuch House is located on the north side of the city of Zanesville probably manufactured by the Ludowici Company of New Lexington,30 miles southwest of construction and probably was built at the same time as the house. triangular pediment.Also typical of the style is the open arcaded porch located at the is compact and regular, with 1-story sections 31'x10' flanking the 2-story main part of the house, which measures 31'x34'. Windows on the 2-story section are set singly, with six-over-six lights, highlighted with the original external louvered shutters.

French deteriorated ruins Characteristic of the style,the textured surface is painted light beige.The massing a 1-story square garage,24 feet on a side.This garage is also of stucco-over-brick supporting a shallow single balcony at the second story level.French doors open onto shade trees and a well-tended yard.Only one outbuilding is associated with the house: 8.

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Significance - archeology-historic _ conservation _ science - agriculture _ economics _ literature _ sculpture X architecture - military X social/ _ engineering - music X 1900- X industry - politics/government -transportation other (specify) Builder: A. A. Vinsel Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) organization established by Zanesville's founder, John McIntire, which provides Architecturally, the Gorsuch House is one of only a few Mission Revival style 1500-1599 1400-1499 1800-1899 1700-1799 1600-1699 education individuality. Period communications humanitarian theater Specific dates prehistoric commerce scholarship funds for Zanesville college students. more around the Georgian Revival.Revival styles of the American West were not brought residences built in the city. The architecture of the city during the 1920s centered a member of the Board of the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Co.,a philanthropic The E.J.

Gorsuch House is nominated as the home ofa prominent Zanesville indus- the Kearns-Gorsuch Glass Co.until the 1920s.when the firm was purchased by the Hazel Areas of Significance-Check and justify below and built this house for his bride the following year.The house was assessed ata - invention law -archeology-prehistoric .art - philosophy Architect: Downey Moore (1876-1963) was the last of a pioneer family of glass makers. His father, Capt. Joseph had been its first president.

A humanatarian as well as an industrialist, he served as to the city, and the Gorsuch House represents one individuals attempt at architectural served on the board of directors of Citizens National Bank; his father, Captain Gorsuch 1925 Builder/Architect exploration/settlement community planning president of the Standard Tile Co.,a position which he held for ten years.He also T.Gorsuch (1834-1914) had entered partnership with Noah Kearns in 1868 and operated as 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Ernest Gorsuch obituary, Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name Zanesville, West, Ohio Lots 59 and 60 of Norwood Heights, at the southwest intersection of Norwood Blvd. - state 11. Form Prepared By David I. Taylor, Regional Historic Preservation Officer date July 30, 1979 street & number OH 43701 . local - national 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 GPO 938 835 code county Northing date Easting Zone Zanesville name/title UMT References Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification and Yale Avenue. Quadrangle scale 1:24000 Acreage of nominated property less than 2 acres Keeper of the Nationa Register The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED 1425 Newark Road city or town Chief of Regtetration UIM NOT VERFIED For HCRg use only according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 414|21391210 Inventory - Send-back _ Re-submit - KEEPER OTHER HAER ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Entered CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN Photos Review National Register Write-up State Federal Register Entry 3.4.80 REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF 1-29-80 316 Working Number United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service MAR111980 2-3-81 GORSUCH, ERNEST J., HOUSE JAN 2 9 1980 Zanesville, Muskingum Co., OH Photo by David L. Taylor, 7/79 Zanesville, Ohio Neg# MUS-52-2-3, View of house W. end & facade w/ frontispiece Negative filed at Ohio University from Nw, showing 1-story section at MAR 1 I 1980 GORSUCH, ERNEST J., HOUSE Zanesville, Muskingum Co., OH Photo by David L.

Taylor, 7/79 Lanesville, Ohio Neg# MUS-52-2-4 JAN 2 9 1980 Perspective from SE, showing ar- Negative filled at Ohio University caded back porch G garage. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES ZANESVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE STATE OF OHIO OHIO-MUSKINGUM CO ZANESVILLE WEST, OHO 17/414140/4423920 ZANESVILLE DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OHIO Hardesty, Ralph, Stone House Caldwell, Samuel, House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr. David Brook Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 Zanesville Location Athens Monroe County Byers/bjr Athens County Caldwell Name Muskingum County Noble County Woodsfield Honorable Tennyson Guyer Roseville and Ironspot 3/17/80 Robinson-Ransbottom Pottery Thematic Resources Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Douglas Applegate The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Thomas A. Luken Athens State Hospital St. Thomas Aquinas Church Honorable Clarence E. Miller Monroe Bank Norwich Honorable Clarence J. Brown Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Gorsuch, Ernest J., House Walker, William, Jr., House For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.

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