Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Wilson-Lenox House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,489 words across 14 pages, filed in 1980. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 80003233, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Wilson - AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Sidney uec - VICINITY OF New Bern PRESENT USE X BUILDING(S) X PRIVATE STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT XOTHER: storage OWNER OF PROPERTY Mx. & Mrs.
Marvin Ditmer 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 149 039 CLASSIFICATION SITE LOCATION DATE CODE OCCUPIED DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE Celina HISTORIC COUNTY RELIGIOUS Lenox House NAME SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL MILITARY OWNERSHIP CATEGORY TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE PUBLIC STATE Marvin Ditmer House MUSEUM Ohio Historic Inventory Tennyson Guyer _ENTERTAINMENT Ohio STATUS TITLE DATE ENTERED WOBC Regional Office, Wright State University 9804 Houston Rd. Shelby _BEING CONSIDERED April 1978 FOR NPS USE ONLY -COMMERCIAL _BOTH _PARK UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED JAN 2 9 1980 REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. Ohio 15365 Shelby County Courthouse XNO O8JECT DESCRIPTION * XDETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

culverts, already on the National Register, are located within sight of the house, a half mile to the south. 1ight the eaves on this gambrel roofed home with interior end brick chimneys. owner believes that the trusses were cut, fitted at ground level, numbered, then CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT XALTERED FAIR places have unornamented Federal mantels.Woodwork in the southwest room could three original mantels remain in the south rooms of the first floor.Both have only known structure in Region 3-HA constructed in Flemish bond.A limestone remains in the northwest corner. be the original blue-gray paint.A ceiling to floor paneled walnut cupboard ornamentation, with those on the first level having greater detail.Two of the ing in woodwork and five fireplaces make this house outstanding.All five fire- ally there was no interior passage connecting the main house with this addition.
Although the exterior has been altered,the interior with its Federal detail- had no openings except for the gable end windows. A one story frame addition is tucked in the southeast rear angle. carved oval medallions common to the Adam style.The southeast room's mantel looking the site of a road which once passed before it.The Turtle Creek twin step indicates that a central doorway on the facade has been changed to a window. Four steps leading to the attic are located in the northeast corner. There are two additions to the rear.A gambrel roofed 1870 handmade brick All windows have been altered, but second level windows have original gauged brick re-assembled on the roof.The attic walls are exposed brick. - UNALTERED CHECK ONE -GOOD tion common to this area. Local tradition suggests that the brick, of higher quality than that produced locally, was imported from England.
The house is the 1llustration in the 1883 county history indicates that the side walls originally The attic level was originally covered with plank flooring, now removed for use with simple Federal ornamentation on the interior. The home faces west, over- The RUINS removed and a stairway with pegged treads was moved to the southeast room. in the barn.The pegged ceiling trusses are numbered with Roman numerals.The The John Wilson - James Lenox House is an imposing Dutch Colonial Style lintels.A delicate boxed cornice with dentils and a lattice-like frieze high- wing of five course common bond extends to the east, housing a kitchen. Origin- The two story Flemish bond brick house rests on a rubble sandstone founda- The second level remains virtually as it must have been in 1816.The three AREAS OF

Statement of significance

the Shelby County Historical Society indicates, it is the first brick house erected to Warren County, Ohio, in 1801, remaining there until March 1807, when they located to 1822--one being the southeast quarter of section six, the other, the northeast 1400-1499 1700-1799 ART 1500-1599 1816 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INVENTION LAW SCIENCE PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION SCULPTURE LITERATURE AGRICULTURE MILITARY XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _TRANSPORTATION It is architecturally outstanding because it is the only example of Dutch _PREHISTORIC _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _PHILOSOPHY and the township.The house was built by one of the first settlers in the county _COMMERCE /the house has been altered, changes do not permanently compromise the structure's Colonial Style in Region 3-HA.It is similiar in feeling and design to the John Wilson had acquired sufficient property to give a quarter section of land to each and the second floor interior remains virtually intact.
The home remained in the Wilson family until 1897.James Lenox, a son-in-law, Lenox purchased the homestead from his father's estate in 1868. _1600-1699 purchased the property from Mrs.Wilson in 1845.Lenox had come to the county in and is the earliest brick house found in west central Ohio. - CONSERVATION ENGINEERING The house was constructed by John Wilson in 18l6.Born in Grayson County, _INDUSTRY ters, serving on the Board of Commissioners for the county at its inception in l8l9. The house was vacated as a residence in l967. _EDUCATION _ECONOMICS -1900- MUSIC The John Wilson - James Lenox House is historically significant because, as character.
In addition, the interior retains Federal detailing rare to this area in Shelby County.Its construction pre-dates the organization of both the county Johnston House at the Piqua Historical Area three miles to the south.Even though quarter of section seven where the house is situated.By the time he died in l84l,

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Atlases of Shelby County, 1875, 1888. Piqua Daily Call, April 24, 1979. The Sidney Daily News, Bicentennial Edition, July, 1976. Sutton, History of Shelby County, 1883. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Less than one QUADRANGLE SCALE 1124,000 tion; on the east by a driveway; and on the north by a line 50' from and parallel to the STATE : 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER St. Rt.
703 419-586-2365, Exte 53 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), 1 hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Servic STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER ~KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION: GPO 921-803 CODE Celina DATE NORTHING COUNTY ORGANIZATION TELEPHONE LOCAL WOBC Historic Preservation Office UTM REFERENCES ZONE EASTING ACREAGE NOT VERFIED side of the building.
QUADRANGLE NAME Sidney Quadrangle Plaque erected by the Shelby County Historical Society, located on Houston Rd. VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES DATE 12/31 79 ATTEST: ZONE Connie M.
Porcher Ohio Nominated property is bounded on the west by a fencerow; on the south by a line of cultiva- July1979 144l59580 Photos - ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Review - Send-back _ 2- 3-81 Re-submit - United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service CONTROL OTHER HAER Maps HISTORIAN ARCHEOLOGIST REVIEW UNIT CHIEF National Register Write-up TECHNICAL Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF aea settlement, KEEPER Working Number 1-29-80312 Mary Ann Brown, JAN 2 9 1980 Ohio John Wilson - James Lennox House Ney Bern, Sidney vicinity, MAR 27 1980 Facade of house, photog facing SE New Bern, Shelby, Ohio MAR 2 7 1980 North side & wing of House JAN John Wilson House JAN 2 9 1980 Photog facing south Shelly John Wilson HouseAN 2 9 1980 Connie Porcher, July, 1979 South gable end of house Shelby, Ohio 1980 New Bern, Photog facing north lhellyco New Bern, Shelby, Ohio fireplace mantel Detail of downstairs Connie Porcher July, 1979 County, Ohio MAR 2T 1980 JAN 2 9 1980 Wilson-Lenox House, New Bern Vicinity, Shelby Photo: Mary Ann Brown, July 1979 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office View of roof framing County, Ohio MAR 2T 1980 JAN 2 9 1980 Wilson-Lenox House, New Bern Vicinity, Shelby Photo: Mary Ann Brown, July 1979 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office View of fireplace mantel County, Ohio MAR 2T 1980 Wilson-Lenox House, New Bern Vicinity, Shelby Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Photo: Mary Ann Brown, July 1979 View of corner stairway 6.S MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SIDNEY, OHIO i N4015_W8407.5/7 6 UNITED STATES SIDNEY QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WASHIN REGISTER ROAD CLASSIFICATION Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey STATE OF OHIO NATIONAL' U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE TIME OF CALL 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. if needed) June 1978 OFFICE FHR-8-227 TELEPHONE REPORT Ohio SHpo 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION