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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 2 1l. Tiffin Art Metal Company 450 Wall Street Tiffin, Ohio 44883 2. Hunter, William, Residence 12. Webster Mfg., a division of Webster 325 Hall Street 3. Mueller Brewery 4. Mueller, Christ, Residence 5. Ohio Lantern Company 6. Tiffin Agricultural Works Wagner Bros. Bottling Works PAGE RECEIVED FHR-8-300A Bowman's Distillery Tiffin Waterworks Industries, Inc.
Hanson Machinery Company (11/78) 40 Harrison Street 146-164 Riverside Drive 255 Riverside Drive 250-258 Benner Street 235 Miami Street Beatty Glass Company Industrial Buildings of Tiffin 60-72 Hudson Street DATE ENTERED 170 Ella Street FOR HCRS USE ONLY Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill 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 INVENTOR Y -- 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 Roger H. Bacon c/o Tiffin Metal Products 3. Mueller Brewery James F. Kuebler, et. al. 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 236 South Washington Street 6. Tiffin Agricultural Works 7. Tiffin Waterworks Ohio Cities Water Company 8. Bowman's Distillery Richard E. Digby 9. Beatty Glass Company Leonard Silver Manufacturing Co., Inc. Boston, Massachusetts 02100 PAGE RECEIVED FHR-8-300A (11/78) DATE ENTERED Clair Forrest Tiffin Scenic Studios Martha Jane Smith Webster Industries, Inc. Webster Mfg. Industrial Buildings of Tiffin Pioneer Real Estate 260 Riverside Drive 235 Miami Street 144 Addison Street 221 Lelar Street 102 East Perry Street The Tiffin Art Metal Co.
FOR HCRS USE ONLY 83 West Market Street 37 Clay Street 450 Wall Street UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR HCRS USE ONLY HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 PAGE 1 The Mueller Brewery (3) is a three-story common bond brick building, with an added cade of the building has windows altered to 1/1 double-hung with plain stone entablatures stories, but there are two levels of windows for one floor, so it is really only a four- one-and-one-half story carriage house has been filled in since 1925 by a one-story brick story part of the building has unaltered first-floor windows (six-light casement windows).
two one-story additions on the north and east sides with shed metal roofs, horizontal brewery office in the southwest corner of the first floor; a concrete vault ceiling on of the south corner of the second floor of the original building; and the tunnel and of outbuilding has aluminum sheet walls and shed metal roof. The door to the west side RECEIVED FHR-8-300A (11/78) Industrial Buildings of Tiffin The one outbuilding on the property is a two-story brick building with rusticated DATE ENTERED four-story running bond brick tower in the front and several one-story additions.The the northeast side of the second floor of the 4-story section;cork insulation on the wall building has a shed metal roof and a rusticated stone foundation. The most prominent fa- stone entablatures and slip sills.
The fourth story has double-hung 6/6 windows with fan- light transom, stilted arch, and plain slip sills. The fifth floor has windows double- hung 9/9 with six-light transoms, flat arches, and plain slip sills of stone. Arcading The original building extended all the way to the road, but it was partially stories, is original. The front four-story section, which looks like five stories, was built after the fire. At the same time, a one-story addition in the northern corner was radiating voussoirs, plain lug stone sills, and are double-hung 1/1. The front door has copper hood in bellcast mansard shape.
This part has been enlarged and now houses trucks; originally it was used as a Second-story windows on the northeast side have radiating voussoirs, plain lug wood sills, stone foundation, gable metal roof, no basement, common bond wall treatment, and rectan- This has five bays across the front and two on the side. The windows have wood siding with endboards, and rubble foundations. Interior features include the building, and some of this is original to Tiffin Scenic Studios' first use of the building 6/2 with radiating voussoir and plain wood lug sill. Brickwork under the eaves. The The door has wooden pilasters and a shed metal hood. There is an added brick porch lature. The and are six-light casement windows.third-story windows have fixed sash with radiating It is situated east of the main building complex.Windows are double-hung gular shape.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE RECEIVED OCT 3 0 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Industrial Buildings of Tiffin CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 7 has been altered to an aluminum sheet. The original brewery had a cooper's pond located between the main three-story building lot now covers the area. The Christ Mueller Residence (4) is a two-story house with truncated hip shingled still two-story, has brick bay first story with three double-hung 2/2 windows, plain slip with brackets. Second-story windows are double-hung 6/6 with plain lug stone sill and stone Farthest addition has shingle siding and shed roof. The front porch is two-story with hip The Ohio Lantern Company (5) is a two-story brick building with stretcher bond wall no basement.
There are seventeen bays across the front and seven across the side. Many of Tiffin Agricultural Works (6) is a three-story brick building in stretcher bond with and 1925 maps, but frame stock shed with brick addition for paint warehouse on 1901 map gone story east end of this section used for moulding room and foundry, steam dry kiln, and PAGE FHR-8-300A floor. DATE ENTERED (11/78) FOR HCRS USE ONLY in good condition. front and four on the side. The plan shape is irregular, due to additions, and there have Three-light transom above door with plain stone entablature. The second-story front windows 1/1 horizontal window on each side. house, which was there in 1901, is one-story with shed roof and shagwood siding which garage with shed roof. On northeast side of house, the brick in the second part of house roof and four wood fluted columns, with balcony on second story.
Porch has concrete floor an irregular shape. Foundation is of brick and coursed rubble stone. Brick pilasters east-west. In 1888 first floor used for iron work and finishing, second floor for making wooden implements, and final machinery set up on third floor. By 1901, west end of north long section used for machine shop on first floor, wood working on 2nd and 3rd floors; one- separate bays. Many windows have been bricked up but still have brick semi-circular arches over them.Part of north side has aluminum siding.Aluminum storage shed on east side and and the stable.
This pond, seen on the 1901 insurance map, was gone by 1925 and a parking building is in fair condition.Interior first floor features carved wood staircase to second the windows have been bricked shut.There are segmental brick arches over the windows and 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 "Pioneer Mill" appeared above the doorway of the building, although it was best known as Bacon's Mill.
At first the mill was not popular, but Hedges' used propaganda to induce the 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 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 FHR-8-300A RECEIVED (11/78) DATE ENTERED Industrial Buildings of Tiffin FOR HCRS USE ONLY on the site of the old one in 1875,under the supervision of millwright Gustave Mathes.The The William Hunter Residence (2) was built by Josiah Hedges in 1822,the same year he1 Keller (1866-1878),Joel Ke1ler Ke1ler (1882-1891),Henry and She1don ITEM NUMBER 8 Keller made improvements and added a sawmill run by water from the same dam.
original basement walls, which are 30-36 inches thick, were used as the foundation for 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 impractical. Since 1950, the building hs been used for a machine shop, carpenter shop, tin shop, and for storage. adaptive re-use projects and is a well-known local landmark. It was featured in the Ford built about the same time. The brewery would have served the needs of the community's large the mill, and it was known as Hunter Mill at this time. For more than seventy years, people of the area to patronize his establishment. Hedges' rivals had influenced farmers 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. PAGE Joel Keller operating the mill until 1882 and his son George operating it until 1891.It the Bacon family ever since.Millstones were used for grinding until1900,when the grist Houser and son)(1891-1896),John Damp W.Bacon (1901-1937),and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Industrial Buildings of Tiffin ITEM NUMBER 8 CONTINUATION SHEET built a new brewery on River Road in 1854; this is the building that is still standing. the beer but later became only distributors. Prohibition ended the brewing of beer, and after Prohibition ended, the Grummels never resumed the operation. From 1924-1942, the In 1925 the Tiffin Scenic Studios Inc.
moved into a part of the building, and they The main building is now occupied entirely by Tiffin Scenic Studios, a local firm but these are now gone. In the 1940s-50s-and 60s, this housed a PepsiCola distributor and then a concrete burial working shop, and the second floor has recently been converted to a photography studio. This building is sometimes referred to as a malt house, but the maps show it as the stable. The 1901 map also shows a malt house on the opposite side of the road from the brewery, along the river bank. This building had disappeared by 1925, but the foundation is still partially visible. A tunnel which runs from the brewery to the malt house opens onto the river bank beneath the foundation of the malt house.
The tunnel was used to transport the importance of the river in brewing for Tiffin, the city's other brewery, Hubach's, was The Christ Mueller Residence (4) was built by Christ Mueller about 1854, probably at by 1881, and he lived here until 1885, when much of his land, including this house, was transferred to Philip Grummel at a sheriff's sale. Many of the sons and relatives of the the southeast corner of Liberty Street and Riverside Drive, not far from this house. The Grummels took over operation of the brewery between 1887 and 1890, when John Grummel was a bookkeeper for the brewery and was living in this house. Various members of the family PAGE FHR-8-300A FOR HCRS USE ONLY DATE ENTERED (11/78) lists the building as Mueller's Brewery.In 1885Philip Grummel bought the brewery and the OCT 3 0 1979 the brewery was run by Philip Grummel from at lest 1909-1915.
They bottled and distributed business was known as the Grummel Bros. Ice and Beverage Co. are still there today. Tiffin Scenic Studios was founded by Daniel 0'Connell and set up businesses used to share this building with the studios, including beverage distributors, covered with a parking lot. enough so that horses and wagons could get supplies to and from the river, the main source 1860, Mueller bought out Schmidt and converted the old brewery into a malt house. In 1865 operations in a downtown location. Soon after, in 1925, they moved into the brewery build- A two-story brick building on the property was built as the stable for the brewery. vault factory. The first floor is now used by Tiffin Scenic Studios as a metal and wood- of transportation.
During the World Wars, the tunnel' was used to grow mushrooms, which were Grummel family were clerks for the family's downtown furniture business, and they lived at RECEIVED the same time as the brewery, or a little afterwards. Mueller was definitely living here also located on the Sandusky River Madison Street),but it isno longer standing. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Industrial Buildings of Tiffin CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE 1 2. Hunter, William, Residence (south part of northeast } 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) Smith at this location) by Ohio Cities Water Co.
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) all land now owned by Tiffin Metal Products) than this but much is parking and it includes a new one-story office building not by Hanson at this location) FHR-8-300A (11/78) included in nomination) 12.Webster Manufacturing Co.(boundary drawn 25 feet around old complex of buildings in always part of complex) 13.Hanson Machinery Co.(lots 1 and 2 in Baldwin's Second Subdivision -- all land owned FOR HCRS USE ONLY 7.Tiffin Waterworks (2.32 acres in Clinton Twp.along Sandusky River -- all land owned 8.Bowman's Distillery(.24 acres along Sandusky River in Mueller's Subdivision of 1880-- DATE ENTERED Tiffin Agricultural Works (lots 671,672,676,677 of Heming's Resurvey,corner of Hedges-Hunter-Keller-Bacon Grist Mill (2.36 acres in subdivision of NE ,less 244 ft.
all land owned by Digby at this location) 3.Mue1ler Brewery (outlott 994 and part of outlots 993 & 995 in Mue1ler's Replat,1880 -- lots 31and 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) 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 Hoffman at this location) 11. Tiffin Art Metal (Blocks 6 and 7 and Reserve B in First Highland Addition, c. 9 acres -- RECEIVED less northeast side -- all property that now goes with residence and owned by Bacon) 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 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 RECEIVED FHR-8-300A DATE ENTERED (11/78) Industrial Buildings of Tiffin FOR HCRS USE ONLY PAGE UTMs for USGS map 17 - 317370 - 4554180 17 - 316690 - 4554420 Working Number/0-30-79 2634 Photos - 1.
7.80 Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Federal Register Entry OTHER CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER HAER Maps Re-submit Send-back HISTORIAN Property TECHNICAL Review National Register Write-up BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 2-3-81 Mueller Brewery (Early Industrial Bldgs. of Tiffin) Tiffin, Ohio OCT 3 0 1979 Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Northwest and southwest sides of stable(now metal and woodworking shop, photo studio); camera east B1dg- #3, photo # Seneca County JAN 7 1980 Resources Barb Howe March 1978 Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Tiffin, Ohio B1dg.
#3, photo # 5 JAN 7 1980 Resources Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Brewery office in southwest corner of ist floor; Seneca County August 1978 Barb Howe Mueller Brewery (Early Industrial Bldgs.of Tiffin) Tiffin, Ohio B1dg. #3, photo # 4 Seneca County Resources Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic August 1978 southwest wall; camera facing southwest Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Mueller Brewery (Early Industrial Bldgs. of Barb Howe JAN71980 Interior of 4-story section 3rd floor, rigging storage, JAN Mueller Brewery (Early Industrial Bldgs. of Tiffin) Tiffin, Ohio Heidelberg College Preservation Uffice, Tiffin, Ohio on 2nd floor, rigging goes to 2nd floor; camera B1dg. #3, photo #.
3 Seneca County JAN 7 1980 Resources Barb Howe facing northwest Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic August 1978 area to right is beneath backdrop painting area First floor interior of original bldg, northwest end, Tiffin, Ohio OCT 3 0 1979 Heidelberg College Prêservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio Bldg. #3, photo # 2 JAN 7 1980 Resources August 1978 camera pointing west Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Seneca County Barb Howe Northeast side of brewery building and post 1901 Mueller Brewery (Early Industrial Bldgs. of Tiffin) Mueller Brewery (Early Industrial Bldga. of Tiffin) Tiffin, Ohio March 1978 OCT 3 0 1979 B1dg.
#3, photo#t / Seneca County JAN 7 1980 Resources Barb Howe Tiffin Industrial Buildings Thematic Heidelberg College Preservation Office, Tiffin, Ohio post l9ol sections); camera pointing south Northeast and northwest sides of brewery (1854 and Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: _64000651 Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property