Nomination for Hunter, William, House

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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 450 Wall Street Tiffin, Ohio 44883 Hunter, William, Residence 12. Webster Mfg., a division of Webster Hanson Machinery Company Mueller, Christ, Residence 5. Ohio Lantern Company 6. Tiffin Agricultural Works 8. Bowman's Distillery 9. Beatty Glass Company 10. Wagner Bros. Bottling Works 250-258 Benner Street PAGE RECEIVED FHR-8-300A Industries, Inc.

Tiffin Waterworks DATE ENTERED (11/78) Mueller Brewery 255 Riverside Drive 40 Harrison Street FOR HCRS USE ONLY Industrial Buildings of Tiffin 60-72 Hudson Street 146-164 Riverside Drive 235 Miami Street 170 Ella Street 325 Hall Street Northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Vine Street HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 4 PAGE 1 1. Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill 10. Wagner Bros. Bottling Works Robert H. Losey 83 West Market Street Tiffin, Ohio 44883 2. Hunter, William, Residence 11. Tiffin Art Metal Roger H. Bacon 450 Wall Street 3. Mueller Brewery James F. Kuebler, et. al. Webster Industries, Inc. Box 39 / 146 Riverside Drive 25 Hall Street 4. Mueller, Christ, Residence 13. Hanson Machinery Company 400 Melmore Street 5. Ohio Lantern Co. Corinne M. Hoffman 6.

Tiffin Agricultural Works 221 Lelar Street 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 FHR-8-300A Clair Forrest (11/78) Webster Mfg. Tiffin Scenic Studios Martha Jane Smith 255 Riverside Drive 236 South Washington Street 235 Miami Street Industrial Buildings of Tiffin DATE ENTERED 102 East Perry Street Pioneer Real Estate FOR HCRS USE ONLY 144 Addison Street c/o Tiffin Metal Products UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Tiffin Art Metal Co. OCT 3 0 1979 RECEIVED X excellent . deteriorated X unaltered X good X altered _ moved X fair Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

These buildings are all of a functional design, some with exteriors virtually unchanged. 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, a shed metal roof, and a full basement with an ashlar stone foundation.

Since the building has windows appear to have been set into former doorways, which have radiating voussoirs above. main building and was built in the mid-1970s when the restaurant was created. It has vertical since 1822), the restaurant still generates some of its own power from the mill race and turbine 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 Condition date 7. Description in excellent condition. _unexposed Check one The William Hunter Residence (2) is an L-shaped two-story wood frame building with a gable -xoriginal site original buildings have come to light.

to exist, but patent numbers are not well documented. While the glass factory and some others

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significance is derived from the history of the building in the town's economy. roof, vertical wood siding, and concrete block foundation. There is a brick part of the building which was originally a separate structure and used for storage and workshop. It is It has a saltbox metal roof, which may have been gable 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 the windows and doors. The porch has a brick foundation and concrete 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 The Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill (1) has front windows double-hung 6/6 with Hunter residence across the street.

The present turbines are new, and the waterwheel on the the side. The building has been altered from its original wood siding to aluminum siding. The Interior The double-hung 6/6.Main entrance on south side has wood door with nine panes of glass.The radiating voussoirs and stone lug sills.Windows on the east and west sides are bricked shut.

now the gift shop for the business.I UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR HCRS USE ONLY HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE ENTERED INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Industrial Buildings of Tiffin CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 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 law sold the mill to Gottfried Diemer in 1864, and in 1866 the mill was purchased by Reuben frame grist mill was completely destroyed by fire. A brick-three-story building was raised 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 PAGE FHR-8-300A (11/78) the mill, and it was known as Hunter Mill at this time. For more than seventy years, Christ Mueller's Brewery(3)was built in 1854 with the house to the west probably Houser (father and son)(1891-1896),John Damp.(1896-1901),Frank W.Bacon The William Hunter Residence (2)was built by Josiah Hedges in1822,the same year he1 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 Keller made improvements and added a sawmill run by water from the same dam. In 1874 the was then sold to the family of Henry and Sheldon Houser. After a few years, the Housers reduced the mill to its present height of two stories. The grist mill was kept in operation impractical. Since 1950, the building hs been used for a machine shop, carpenter shop, tin adaptive re-use projects and is a well-known local landmark. It was featured in the Ford Times magazine in the fall of 1978. The mill uses some of the original gears in its decor. 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.

people of the area to patronize his establishment. Hedges' rivals had influenced farmers The house's occupants have been: William and Clarinda Hunter (1822-1864), Reuben occupants. RECEIVED as farmers'exchanged news and views while waiting for the grain to be ground.Hedges Roger W.Bacon (1937 to present).This is the oldest house standing in Tiffin today. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 197° NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 10 PAGE 1 1. 7.80 on NE end -- all property now and always part of mill complex) 3. Mueller Brewery (outlott 994 and part of outlots 993 & 995 in Mueller's Replat, 1880 -- 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 (Iots 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061 and five feet of lot 1056 of Harrison and Water Streets -- all land that goes with this building and owned by 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 always part of complex) 10. Wagner Bros. Bottling Works (lot 564 in Heming's Resurvey, Third Ward -- all land now all land now owned by Tiffin Metal Products) 12. Webster Manufacturing Co.

(boundary drawn 25 feet around old complex of buildings in lots 31 and 32, less southwest part in Appraiser's Platt of 1910 -- Webster owns more than this but much is parking and it includes a new one-story office building not FHR-8-300A (11/78) RECEIVED DATE ENTERED included in nomination) W.C.

Hedges Addition -- all land now owned by Corinne Hoffman at this location) Industrial Buildings of Tiffin Tiffin Agricultural Works (lots 671,672,676,677 of Heming's Resurvey, corner of 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-- by Hanson at this location) 13.Hanson Machinery Co.(lots1 and 2 in Baldwin's Second Subdivision --all land owned Smith at this location) less northeast side -- all property that now goes with residence and owned by Bacon) owned by Robert H. Losey at this location) Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mil1 (2.36 acres in subdivision of NE 4,1ess 244 ft.

part of northeast of section 19 on Riverside 11.Tiffin Art Metal(Blocks6and7and Reserve B in First Highland Addition,c.9 acres-- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Industrial Buildings of Tiffin CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 1. Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill 17 - 317790 - 4554540 2. Hunter, William, Residence. 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 7. 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 FHR-8-300A RECEIVED (11/78) PAGE UTMs for USGS map DATE ENTERED FOR HCRS USE ONLY 17 - 317370 - 4554180 17 - 316690 - 4554420 Photos _ Inventory - Re-submit - OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST TECHNICAL CONTROL HAER Maps Send-back HISTORIAN Property Review United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service BRANCH CHIEF National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry 2-3-81 Working Number/0-30-79 2634 1.7.80 Entered JAN 7 198 Tiffin, Ohio OCT 3 0 1979 Karch 1978 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio BIdg. #2, photo #/ Seneca County JAN 7 1980 Resources Barb Howe Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic southeast Hunter Residence Industrial Bldgs.

of Tiffin) for this property Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number:64000651