Nomination for Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Gristmill

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 2 1. Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill 11. Tiffin Art Metal Company Tiffin, Ohio 44883 2. Hunter, William, Residence 12. Webster Mfg., a division of Webster Industries, Inc. Hanson Machinery Company Mueller, Christ, Residence 5. Ohio Lantern Company 60-72 Hudson Street 6. Tiffin Agricultural Works 170 Ella Street Beatty Glass Company Wagner Bros.

Bottling Works 250-258 Benner Street PAGE RECEIVED FHR-8-300A Bowman's Distillery (11/78) Tiffin Waterworks DATE ENTERED Mueller Brewery FOR HCRS USE ONLY 255 Riverside Drive 146-164 Riverside Drive Industrial Buildings of Tiffin 235 Miami Street 40 Harrison Street 325 Hall Street 450 Wall Street Northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Vine Street UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 4 1. Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill 10. Wagner Bros. Bottling Works Robert H. Losey Tiffin, Ohio 44883 2. Hunter, William, Residence 11. Tiffin Art Metal c/o Tiffin Metal Products 3. Mueller Brewery James F. Kuebler, et. al. Webster Industries, Inc. Box 39 / 146 Riverside Drive 325 Hall Street 4. Mueller, Christ, Residence 13.

Hanson Machinery Company 400 Melmore Street 5. Ohio Lantern Co. Corinne M. Hoffman 6. Tiffin Agricultural Works 7. Tiffin Waterworks Ohio Cities Water Company 8. Bowman's Distillery Richard E. Digby 37 Clay Street 9. Beatty Glass Company Leonard Silver Manufacturing Co., Inc. Boston, Massachusetts 02100 PAGE FHR-8-300A RECEIVED Clair Forrest DATE ENTERED Martha Jane Smith Webster Mfg. Tiffin Scenic Studios (11/78) Industrial Buildings of Tiffin 255 Riverside Drive 236 South Washington Street 144 Addison Street 235 Miami Street FOR HCRS USE ONLY 221 Lelar Street Pioneer Real Estate 102 East Perry Street 83 West Market Street The Tiffin Art Metal Co. Roger H. Bacon 450 Wall Street X excellent _ deteriorated x unaltered -x original site * good _ ruins X altered - moved date x fair Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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Use of the interior space has changed drastically in some cases, though the glass factory have great architectural merit, other buildings are simply open space on the interior, and the photographs are included where it was possible to obtain them, but in some cases (i.e. the (only available ones for the city) are included for all buildings to further explain additions during the early 20th century, use of interior space, construction materials, etc. The porch on the front, which is original to the 1875 rebuilt brick grist mill, has a shed meta] original part of the building is two stories high, with running bond brick wall construction, building which was originally a separate structure and used for storage and workshop. It is back of the mill is not connected to them, but they do continue the tradition of waterpower in throughout the building as part of the decor.

and exposed original wood siding under the roof. On the northeast side of the second story, the windows are double-hung 6/3. On the first floor under the porch, the windows are door-sized and 7. Description Condition unexposed These buildings are all of a functional design, some with exteriors virtually unchanged. since 1822),the restaurant still generates some of its own power from the mill race and turbine in excellent condition. Check one The Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill (l) has front windows double-hung 6/6 with glass factory), interior photography is not permitted. Insurance map sketches for 1901 and 192 Door and front windows have arched top. Door on second story in middle is wood paneled with Door on first floor in front is paneled with a three-light transom.

There is a brick part of the windows appear to have been set into former doorways, which have radiating voussoirs above. wood siding and a saltbox metal roof with windows in a shed dormer. Windows at first floor are The restaurant interior features gear shafts from the original mill along the ceiling as part of its decor. Other minor pieces of equipment dealing with grist milling are used There are five bays in the front and three on the windows and doors. three wood pillars with decorative woodwork and two pilasters. This porch has a concrete floor double-hung 4/2. There is an entrance to the basement from the northeast side. This house is seems to have changed little in the use of interior space. No architects or engineers for the roof supported by three wood pillars. A basement window is bricked shut. This main and Hunter residence across the street.

The present turbines are new, and the waterwheel on the The William Hunter Residence (2) is an L-shaped two-story wood frame building with a gable the side. The building has been altered from its original wood siding to aluminum siding. The three-light transom. shingled roof and rusticated stone foundation.T radiating voussoirs and stone lug sills.Windows on the east and west sides are bricked shut. double-hung 6/6.Main entrance on south side has wood door with nine panes of glass.T main building and was built in the mid-l970s when the restaurant was created.It has vertical Areas of

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Significance Check and justify below - prehistoric _ landscape architecture - religion _ archeology-historic _ law - agriculture _ literature . sculpture . military .art - music . commerce exploration/settlement - - philosophy X 1900- . communications X industry - politics/government . transportation .other (specify) Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) These thirteen buildings, in addition to three already listed in the Downtown Tiffin Historic Distric, represent the most important nineteenth and early twentieth century industrial the community and illustrate the changing economy that turned Tiffin from an agricultural center Grist Mill (begun in 1822, rebuilt in 1875) is the earliest building and represents Tiffin's role agriculturally-oriented industries of the mid-late nineteenth century; Ohio Lantern Co.'s products were sold around the world, while the Tiffin Agricultural Works produced corn shellers, hay rakes, before the Tiffin Wagon Works took over the building to produce buses, trucks, and street to be included, and, like the grist mill and brewery, its: location on the Sandusky River illus- expansion that, coupled with the wide rail network then in place in the city (nominated under the Fort Ball Historic District) and the enterprise of local citizen Meshech Frost, led to many American Standard) was another crucial industry that moved to Tiffin at this time, but its buildir and Hanson Machinery (cranes) also began in the early 20th century as specialized industrial con- cerns, no longer tied to the local agricultural economy but instead all working to make Tiffin works is included for its architectural significance and because a city water supply is crucial to construction that help us understand nineteenth-century industrial needs; the very simplicity of some of the buildings is important because it points out that early industries here did not need highly specialized work spaces, as opposed to the more complex needs of the glass factory and used to build the foundation.

The millrace is still considered to be part of the mill property. 1500-1599 conservation 1400-1499 engineering 1700-1799 Builder/Architect education Period invention science humanitarian 8. Significance Specific dates social/ theater buildings in Tiffin that still retain the architectural integrity essential for listing on the stamped tin ceilings),Webster Manufacturing(sheet metal fabrication and foundry), X_1800-1899 -economics _ archeology-prehistoric to a highly-industrialized city between the years 1822 and 1916. The Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Bowman's Distillery is the last of the agriculturally-oriented industrial buildings the 1911 county history. While not an industrial structure in the same sense, the Tiffin Water- More information on each of these buildings follows. owner's home.

The Ohio Lantern Company and Tiffin Agricultural Works represent more specialized important new companies in the city. One of these was the Beatty Glass Company, now the only Lack the architectural integrity necessary for listing. Wagner Bros. Bottling Works, Tiffin Art National Hisbric Water Landmark by the American Water Works Association. While there is little 1600-1699 in Tiffin. The Mueller Brewery, another agriculturally-oriented industry, represents the German Xarchitecture - communityplanning National Register.The buildings represent almost one hundred years of industrial progress in industrial expansion in the late nineteenth century; in 1978,this building was listed as a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 Bacon's Mill.

At first the mill was not popular, but Hedges' used propaganda to induce the people of the area to patronize his establishment. Hedges' rivals had influenced farmers to avoid his mill, so Hedges spread the word that he might have to move his mill and that people better get their grain ground quickly; this statement stirred the people in the area living on nearby reservations also used this mill, and it became a popular gathering spot on the site of the old one in 1875, under the supervision of millwright Gustave Mathes. Joel Keller operating the mill until 1882 and his son George operating it until 1891. It when a stone dam was constructed to replace an old wooden one.

A second fire in 1937 by Roger Bacon, son of Frank, until 1950, when grinding grain by this method became the existing mill building plus additions; it is now one of the city's most successful house since that time, and the house still gets some of its power from the turbines in the Christ Mueller's Brewery (3) was built in 1854 with the house to the west probably PAGE FHR-8-300A RECEIVED (11/78) Industrial Buildings of Tiffin DATE ENTERED the mill, and it was known as Hunter Mill at this time.For more than seventy years, Roger W. Bacon (1937 to present).This is the oldest house standing in Tiffin today.

The house's occupants have been:William and Clarinda Hunter (1822-1864),Reuben The William Hunter Residence (2) was built by Josiah Hedges in 1822,the same year he1 Ke1ler (1866-1878),Joel Ke1ler (1878-1882),George Ke1ler (1882-1891),Henry and Sheldon Houser(father and son)( 1891-1896),John Damp W.Bacon FOR HCRS USE ONLY The grist mill first began grinding in 1824. Hedges' son-in-law, William Hunter, operated "Pioneer Mill" appeared above the doorway of the building, although it was best known as law sold the mill to Gottfried Diemer in 1864, and in 1866 the mill was purchased by Reuben The Keller family was well known for owning grist mills along the Sandusky River. Keller made improvements and added a sawmill run by water from the same dam. In 1874 the ham, who were married to Keller sisters.

Thus the mill stayed in the Keller family, with was then sold to the family of Henry and Sheldon Houser. After a few years, the Housers mill was converted to the roller system. Part of the original dam was still in use in 1921 adaptive re-use projects and is a well-known local landmark. It was featured in the Ford built the grist mill. Hedges' daughter and son-in-law, William Hunter, were the first The proprietor of the mill (and usually the owner) have continued to live in the built about the same time. The brewery would have served the needs of the community's large owned the mill until 1848, when he transferred the ownership to William Hunter. This son-in- reduced the mill to its present height of two stories. The grist mill was kept in operation Times magazine in the fall of 1978. The mill uses some of the original gears in its decor. Keller.

occupants.T as farmers'exchanged news and views while waiting for the grain to be ground.Hedges (11/78) ( UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE 1 Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill (2.36 acres in subdivision of NE %, less 244 ft. 2. Hunter, William, Residence (south part of northeast 4 of section 19 on Riverside Drive, all property now owned by Tiffin Scenic Studios) 4. Mueller, Christ, Residence (outlots 991-993 of Mueller's Replat of 1880 -- all property now owned by Clair Forrest in this location) 5. Ohio Lantern Company (lots 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061 and five feet of lot 1056 of W.C. Hedges Addition - all land now owned by Corinne Hoffmanat this location) 6.

Tiffin Agricultural Works (lots 671, 672, 676, 677 of Heming's Resurvey, corner of by Ohio Cities Water Co. at this location) all land owned by Digby at this location) 9. Beatty Glass Company (Block 33, lots 10-15 and blocks 34 and 39 in Second Highland Addition, c. 7.5 acres -- all land now owned by Leonard Silver Manufacturing and 10. Wagner Bros. Bottling Works (lot 564 in Heming's Resurvey, Third Ward -- all land now owned by Robert H. Losey at this location) 12. Webster Manufacturing Co. (boundary drawn 25 feet around old complex of buildings in than this but much is parking and it includes a new one-story office building not 13. Hanson Machinery Co.

(lots 1 and 2 in Baldwin's Second Subdivision -- all land owned by Hanson at this location) FHR-8-300A Industrial Buildings of Tiffin included in nomination) DATE ENTERED less northeast side -- all property that now goes with residence and owned by Bacon) 7.Tiffin Waterworks (2.32 acres in Clinton Twp.along Sandusky River -- all land owned FOR HCRS USE ONLY 8.Bowman's acres along Sandusky River in Mueller's Subdivision of 1880 -- all land now owned by Tiffin Metal Products) Smith at this location) 3.Mueller Brewery(outlott 994 and part of outlots 993& 995 in Mue1ler's Replat,1880-- lots 3l and 32,less southwest part in Appraiser's Platt of 1910 --Webster owms more on NE end -- all property now and always part of mill complex) Harrison and Water Streets - all land that goes with this building and owned by 11.

Tiffin Art Metal (Blocks 6 and 7 and Reserve B in First Highland Addition, c. 9 acres - RECEIVED always part of complex) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 1. Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill 17 - 317790 - 4554540 17 - 317830 - 4554490 3. Mueller Brewery 17 - 317600 - 4554110 4. Mueller, Christ, Residence 17 - 317580 - 4554100 5. Ohio Lantern Company 17 - 316970 - 4554180 6. Tiffin Agricultural Works 1. Tiffin Waterworks 17 - 316330 - 4552450 8. Bowman's Distillery 17 - 317690 - 4554400 9. Beatty Glass Company 10. Wagner Brothers Bottling Works 17 - 316640 - 4553580 11. Tiffin Art Metal 17 - 316360 - 4555050 12. Webster Manufacturing Company 17 - 316200 - 4554700 13.

Hanson Machinery Company 17 - 316290 - 4554200 RECEIVED Industrial Buildings of Tiffin FOR HCRS USE ONLY DATE ENTERED (11/78) PAGE UTMs for USGS map 2. Hunter, William, Residence 17 - 317370 - 4554180 17 - 316690 - 4554420 FHR-8-300A Working Number/0-30-79 5634 Photos _ Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up Send-back _ Entered JAN 7 1980 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER CONTROL HAER Re-submit Maps Property HISTORIAN TECHNICAL Review BRANCH CHIEF Federal Register Entry 2-3-81 1.7.80 United States Department of the Interior-Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service trial Bldgs. of Tiffin) Tiffin, Ohio OCT 3 0 1979 B1dg.

#1, photo # 3 JAN 7 1980 Resources August 1978 Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic camera pointing northwest Barb Howe Seneca County Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Hedges--Hunter--Keller--Bacon Grist Mill (Early Indus- First floor interior of restaurant (1875 part of bldg) trial Bldgs. of Tiffin) Tiffin, Ohio OCT 3 0 1979 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Bleg. #1, photo # 2 JAN 7 1980 Resources Seneca County Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Barb Howe August 1978 North and east sides of mill (addition 1974,old found ation 1822,brick walls 1875) ; camera pointing soutl Hedges--Hunter--Keller--Bacon Grist Mill (Early Indus ÷ 1822 = PIONEER MILLING Co. Tiffin, Ohio OCT ? 0 1979 Bldg.

#1, photo # / Seneca County JAN 7 1980 northeast Resources Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Barb Howe Southwest and southeast sides of bldg; camera facing Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill (Early Industrial Bldgs.of Tiffin) August 1978 Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000651 for this property