Nomination for Wiles, Perry, Grocery Company

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received OCT 1 4 1980 NOV 25 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common street & number 10 - Clarence Miller city, town - vicinity of _ state - county . district - public - unoccupied -agriculture X building(s) X private X commercial .structure - work in progress _ educational .site . religious . object _ in process - yes: restricted . scientific .being considered X yes: unrestricted . transportation .military . other: 4. Owner of Property Mrs. Perry Wiles Ohio 43701 5.

Location of Legal Description - yes - federal - _ local depository for survey records Col umbus 1978 119 Location 039 both Accessible Category code entertainment government Ownership historic Public Acquisition industrial Status private residence date entered park congressional district Inventory-Nomination Form Zak's Restaurant Ohio Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Chio Historic Inventory Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Register of Historic Places Muskingun not for publication For HCRS use only 3. Classification Main Street 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Present Use has this property been determined elegible? Ohio Historical Center title Zanesville 32 North Third Street date United States Department of the Interior museum Perry Wiles Grocery Company 1140 Newark Road FHR-8-300 (11-78) 7. Description X excellent - deteriorated .

unaltered X original site - good X altered _moved is generally subtle rather than ornate, including stylized egg-and-dart stone molding on 2nd story lintels. brick facade. 1978, a portion of the Ist story of the 1892 Perry Wiles Block was rehabilitated as date unexposed Condition fair Check one The interior of the two structures was originally open space for grocery storage.In Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

iron storefront is articulated through the use of rather plain pillars with restrained is smooth dressed stone which does successfully break up the otherwise monotonous red stone foundation and is built of commercial brick with a pressed brick facade.The doors have been retained and integrated into the contemporary design of the restaurant. The Perry Wiles Grocery Co.consists of 2 masonry buildings:the Perry Wiles Block cornice used on most 1890s commercial buildings.Windows on the sides and rear are ina 4-bay configuration.Windows on the 2nd and 4th stories are flat-arched;those The 1914 annex is a rather simple brick building with a 4-bay facade.It is typical -ruins Zak's Restaurant by Adzak, Inc., under a design by local designer Craig Gossman.

Original features,such as tron columns, windows, catwalks, and industrial elevator of the Richardsonian Romanesque style favored by architect H.C.Lindsay.Above the capitals.The entrance to the front rooms as well as to the upper stories is located segmental-arched, 2/2; some windows on the south side have been bricked up.Ornamentation appended to the south side of the older building.The 1892 structure is set on a (1892),a 4-story grocery warehouse with a cast-iron storefront and an 8.

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Significance - prehistoric _ archeology-historic _ sculpture _ architecture _ 1700-1799 X 1800-1899 X commerce - 1900- _ communications - politics/government _ invention Builder/Architect E.L. Winchell-builder H.C. Lindsay-architect Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) derived commercial structure in the downtown. The firm of Perry Wiles and Sons dates from 1876, when Wiles and his two sons took control not take place immediately, but in January, 1892, a local paper observed that, "The wholesale firm of Perry and Sons will erect a 4-story building, very substantial, on the lot on Third Street occupied by the Old City Prison. They have agreed with Mr. Lindsay, the architect, to draft plans for the structure. In May, it was announced that E. L. Winchell had been named as the contractor for the commercial and religious, in Zanesville and throughout the state.

For his monumental examples include the Soldiers' and Sailers' Monumental Hall 1888) in Zanesville and of the Richardsonian mode, with the upper stories rock-faced stone trim - particularly The building is also extremely significant on a local level for its virtually unaltered architecture, and with its original upper stories and uncompromised cast-iron storefront, 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 transportation economics engineering literature Period theater industry humanitarian conservation education music agriculture science military law Specific dates social/ significant commercial architecture in Zanesville is primarily Italianate in derivation, Areas of Significance-Check and justify below The Perry Wiles Grocery Co.is also nominated as the long-time business home of an active the Perry Wiles Block is the only commercial structure remaining in the city which is Third Street with the intention of building:a new business:block.thereon.The project did The store's significance is also derived from the fact that it was designed by Henry C.

- other(specify) the round-arched lintels on the third story. the Perry Wiles Company has one of only two unaltered 19th century facades in the city. - art - archeology-prehistoric community planning exploration/settlement - - philosophy and Sons was one of five wholesale groceries in the city, supplying more than 110 individual its site is now occupied by a parking lot. Further, from an architectural standpoint, situated (in their new building, which is) especially adapted to their growing business." and by 1880 assumed the title "architect." He designed scores of buildings, residential, companies,since the rest have been either razed or altered beyond recognition. Lindsay's from H. C. Lindsay's office.

His opus magnum, the Monumental Hall, was razed in 1937; 1892 prolific career was amply represented in commercial architecture in chain store; the Perry Wiles Block is clearly the finest architectural remnant of these Lindsay was a Zanesville native who began as a contractor in the 1870s grocery wholesaler in the city of Zanesville and also as the work of a local master January 4,1893,it was announced that the company was "very pleasantly and conveniently building. The building was constructed during the summer and fall of 1892,and on 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Lewis, Thomas W., History of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio (Chicago, 1927), pp. Zanesville Daily Courier, "Sidewalk notes," 2/7/1889; 1/23/1892; 5/12/1892; 1/4/1893 Zanesville, West, Ohio _ State 11. Form Prepared By street & number 1425 Newark Road, Box 48 Ohio 43701 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification X local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89- county code Easting date 1394-1397 Zone Northing name/title 1:24000 national Attest: Zanesville Quadrangle name Quadrangle scale Less than one acre I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Verbal boundary description and justification UMT References Keeper of the National Register organization Ohio University-Zanesville Campus List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Acreage of nominated property 10.

Geographical Data State Historic Preservation Officer signature city or town Chief of Registration The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: ACREAGE NOT VERFIED For HCRS use only Lot 5, Square 9, of the City of Zanesville GPO 938 835 acting SMVO [44|21|460] ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Re-submit KEEPER OTHER Send-back CONTROL Maps HISTORIAN HAER Photos Review Federal Register Entry National Register Write-up State United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF Entered NOV 25 1980 ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL Due PERRY, WILES, GROCERY CO. NOV 2 5 198 Negative filed at Ohio University- Neg #MUS-62-4-4 Photo by David L. Taylor, 3/80 Block and Annex from NW View of facade of Perry Wiles OCT 1 4 1980 Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio.

RESTAURANT * Rear elevation (East) showing en- PERRY, WILES, GROCERY CO. Negative filed at Ohio University- Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio Neg #MUS-62-4-3 Photo by David L. Taylor, 3/80 NUV 25 1980 ZANESVILLE WEST QUADRANGLE | 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES ZANESVILLE WEST, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17/413800/4421460 STATE OF OHIO OHIO-MUSKINGUM CO. NOV 25 1980 Brendel, Charles, House Wiles, Perry, Grocery Company Honorable Howard M. Metzenbauflso Notified Honorable John H. Glenn, JI. Columbus, Ohio 43211 Location Grant School STATE Name Zanesville Date Entered Muskingum County Clossman Hardware Store Honorable Louis Stokes Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Cuyahoga County The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Tennyson Guyer ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable William H. Harsha Honorable Delbert L.

Latta Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Acting State Historic Preservation Officer First Universalist Church of Olmsted Ohio Power Company For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-640l. Honorable Clarence E. Miller North Olmsted North Olmsted Town Hall Mr. Dellas H. Harder Honorable Tony P. Hall OHIO Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jr. Hami1ton County Mercer County Bell, C. S., Thematic Resources St. Paul's Episcopal Church Dayton STATE Name Location Cuyahoga County Cincinnati Also Notified Cleveland Wilmington Highland County Van Wert County Montgomery County Date Entered For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-640l. Smith Place ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Ninth Street Historic District Wiilshire School Lafee Buildings Clinton County NOV 25 1980 Wil1shire Otis Hospital Hillsboro OHIO