Nomination for Huber, Dr. H., Block

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received APR 1 5 1980 1. Name Dr. H. Huber Block Medlaw, Inc. Building and/or common 2. Location street & number -not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio _ county - unoccupied _ agriculture X building(s) X private _ work in progress - entertainment . object - in process - yes: unrestricted . being considered 4. Owner of Property Medlaw, Inc. c/o Richard L. Leopold 5.

Location of Legal Description - yes _ federal] - local 1979 137 039 transportation government both Category code date Ottawa Celina site Accessible museum structure Ownership educational other: Main Street Putnam historic Status district military date entered industrial public Ohio Main Street and Taft Avenue congressional district Inventory-Nomination Form Delbert Latta WOBC Historic Preservation Office Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service private residence Type all entries-complete applicable sections Ohio Historic Inventory Present Use 321 East Main Street depository for survey records 3. Classification scientific Public Acquisition National Register of Historic Places 6. Representation in Existing Surveys United States Department of the Interior has this property been determined elegible?

For HCRS use only See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms park title x commercial religious FHR-8-300 (11-78) 7. Description _ excellent _ deteriorated .unaltered - original site - moved date X fair exercise rooms.n 3 Condition ruins unexposed Plans for the building's rehabilitation include opening the rear interior that are similar to those on the facade.The first floor has two smaller A handsome boxed cornice with projecting modillion and dentils has a wide facade of this three story Victorian Italianate building has pairs of segmental hoodmoulds with floriated center panels under projecting stepped shelves with accented by pronounced moldings and detailing in its windows and cornice.The of smaller blue glass squares. that are affixed to a stone belt course between the first and second level.

provide space for a swimming pool.The first floor is now office space and windows on both the second and third floor, all with decorated hoodmoulds on the second floor directly above a set of double doors that lead to apartments The.east side.of the building that faces the railroad tracks:has eight recessed doorway on the second level.All openings have elaborate decorated arched double hung sashes that flank a double window on the third floor and a windows and a door with elaborate caps, and a large glass area with a transom Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

Check one X altered have glass display areas that are protected bya metal awning suspended by cables date from the first floor.Two storefronts with oblique recessed commercial entrances finials that extend from the brackets over the top of the cornice molding. drop labels.There are heavy paneled double doors that open onto an iron balcony This building is architecturally outstanding because of its formal balance frieze that is pierced by carved brackets.At the corners of the building are interior will be restored for a luxury lounge area,and a rear addition will 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric -archeology-prehistoric - community planning - archeology-historic . conservation _ science _ economics _ literature _education - military _ music _exploration/settlement. - philosophy _ transportation other (specify) Dr. Hubert Huber, graduate of the School of Medicine, Berne, Switzerland, came in the area for years, he opened a drugstore in this building which continued in 1500-1599 1400-1499 1600-1699 communications commerce 1882-1883 theater architecture engineering industry humanitarian invention Builder/Architect politics/government 1900- Specific dates agriculture This Victorian Italianate multi-storied commercial building is important downtown remodeling program that drastically altered many nearby storefronts.

furn of the century that affected many rural communities.As small villages were desirable locations for enterprising merchants. business for nearly 75 years.On the west side of the building were various buildings, 1700-1799 the interior for a physical fitness center instead of constructing a steel facility This building retains much of its original exterior, according to an early gabled stores were transformed into more fashionable streetscapes of elaborate brick to neighboring Glandorf in 1853 from Germany.A practicing physician and surgeon grew in size and increased their wealth, many main streets with their modest frame architecturally because it is an excellent reminder of the building boom at the resembled the urban areas.

Businessmen, newly rich and important because of their social/ rented as apartments while the third floor was the lodge hall for the Knights of law Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Columbus for over 75 years. X_1800-1899 of the Tax Reform Act of 1976. Li sculpture including a cafe or saloon, a grocery store, and a meat market. The second floor was Period art The new owners have chosen to protect the exterior appearance as they rehabilitate structures which were the envy of their associates.County seats like Ottawa business blocks with flat facades and parapeted cornices with name plates that photograph in the 1895 Atlas of Putnam County.It is unblemished from the recent .success due to the railroads, now invested great sums of money to construct enormous History of Putnam County, 1880. Atlas of Putnam County, 1895. Interview with Martha G. Huber, May, 1979. UTM NOT VERIFIED Quadrangle name - State . code 11.

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Form Prepared By August, 1979 telephone 419-586-2365, Ext. 53 GPO 938 835 Easting Northing Zone date Celina, 1:24000 name/title national Ottawa county Acreage of nominated property State Historic Preservation Officer signature Verbal boundary description and justification Quadrangle scale 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Ohio ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED 9. Major Bibliographical References Recorder's Office. Mary Ann Brown, Regional Director UMT References city or town List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries I hereby certify that this property js included in the National Register The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: less than l acre 10. Geographical Data according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

Centennial History, Putnam County Pioneer Association, For HCRS use only 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Interview with Richard Leopold, May, 1979.

Street which is State Route 224 and is bounded on the east by the B & O railroad As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(Public Law 89 X_local Chief of Aegistration organization WOBC Historic Preservation Office 4-15-80 1144) Photos - Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Re-submit - KEEPER TECHNICAL OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Send-back CONTROL Maps Working Number Review Property HISTORIAN 5.15.80 National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 2.3.81 BRANCH CHIEF State Entered JUN (a5m62.80) APR 1 5 1980 Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, June, Huber Block Facade of building Photog facing north WOBC,No.1/2JUN JUN41980 APR 1 5 1980 Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, June, 1979 WOBC, No.

2/2 JUN Huber Block Photog facing nortl RECEIVED OTTAWA QUADRANGLE OTTAWA, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR APR 15 1980 Zone 16 748200,4544880 STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) June 1978 DATE FHR-8-227 OFFICE TELEPHONE REPORT HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE 6.2.80 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION FROM (Name) TITLE TIME OF CALL Ohio Huber, Dr. H., Block Darke County Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Honorable John H. Glenn, Jz. Mr. David Brook Columbus, Ohio 43211 6/10/80 Byers/bjr Location STATE Name Columbus Versailles vicinity Near Northside Historic District Franklin County State Historic Preservation Officer Ottawa The Ohio Historical Society Also Notified Honorable Thomas N.

Kindness St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church Putnam County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Honorable Delbert L. Latta Honorable Chalmers P. Wylie For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Date Entered OHIO