Major Bibliographical References Waterman Family, Vol. 3, Hartford Connecticut, Conn. Historical Society, Randell and Allied Families, Frank A. Randell, Chicago, 1943.
UMT References Verbal boundary description and justification Beginning at a point on the west side of Zig Zag Road, being the NE corner of the tract nominated herein, proceed south 140' until reaching the intersection of Zig Zag and List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Miami Purchase Association Revised December 1980 street & number 10037 Windzag Lane city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preseryation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89- 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 1869 Montgomery 793-2076 county code Easting state organization Northing Zone 1954.
national name/title telephone date 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 10. Geographical Data Keeper of the National Register Bernice Jockisch 11. Form Prepared By Ohio Chief of Registration For HCRS use only UIM NOT VERIFIED Memories of the Wilderson Family, Rev. Israel Wilkerson, Jacksonville, I1l. Cooper Foads. Thence proceec west 175' along the north side of Cooper Road, thence (cont.) GPO 938 835 Acreage of nominated property Approximately .5 acre date 3/30/81 Federal Register Date _ Determination of Eligiblity Multiple Resource Area - Object Thematic Group - District Photos 3 Check if Appropriate: State Staff State Request for Review I Local - 2nd Return Keeper's Decision to Review I. Evaluation of Resource (cont. on back if necessary) II. Evaluation of Nomination | Adequate 1. Descriptive Statement 2. Significance Statement 3. Concepts/Integrity 4.
Concepts/Criteria 5. Concepts/Boundaries 6. Contextual Evaluation General Comments (cont. on back if necessary): See Attached _ National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Good dnr-3 Comments Maps Nomination Name Other ACCEPT Within: Site Poor Structure Action: Short Format Yes No Substantive Review On Nomination Form Nomination prepared by: Fed Nom or Request-Agency Working Number4-9-81-113 REJECT Bldg(s) Wilder-Swaim House Front Facade & Side Wall Montgomery, Ohio Cooper Road County, Ohio Photo: Bernice Jockisch, 5/80 Negative: Montgomery Historical Society View of facade and eastern end wall from south Wilder-Swaim House, Montgomery, Hamilton APR 9 MAY 20 1981 Decorative Frieze board Wilder-Swaim House Cooper Road, Montgomery, 0.
beneath eaves - Federal influ County, Ohio APR MAY 20 1981 1981 Negative: Montgomery Historical Society Wilder-Swaim House, Montgomery, Hamilton Photo: Bernice Jockisch, 5/80 View of cornice on facade Exposed masonry on lower Cooper Road, Montgomery, 0. Wilder-Swaim House igniting clapboard chimney to prevent heat from Wilder-Swaim House, Montgomery, Hamilton Co., : MAY 20 1981 Negative: Montgomery Historical Society Ohio Photo: Bernice Jockisch, 5/80 View of eastern end wall APR Hamilton Co., Ohio MAY 20.198 UNITED STATES N3907.5W8415/7.5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MADEIRA QUADRANGLE UTM Reference: 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC MADEIRA, OHIO City of Montgomery Phone: (513) 891-2424 October 24, 1980 Mr. David A. Simmons Ohio Historic Preservation Office I-71 g 17th Avenue Dear Mr.
Simmons: the Wilder-Swaim House, we are happy that this house is being considered for placement on the National Register of Florence W. Kennedy CC: Gene McCracken, Chairman APR 9 Sincerely, Mayor REGISTER NATIONAL Recreation Commission Historian and Manager Historic Places.The City is glad to recommend this action. On behalf of the City of Montgomery, the owner of National Register Program 10101 Montgomery Road - Montgomery, Ohio 45242 Columbus, Ohio 43211 RECEIVED Ole' Montgomery P.O. BOX 42198 APR 9 1981 I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Re: Wilder-Swaim Farmhouse nomination of the Wilder-Swaim Farmhouse to the National 1. Historically, the migration of the Wilder settling of Sacramento parallels the Great Movement west of our early settlers. The included in a television series such as Attachment #2 - a clipping from the Northeastern Suburban Life of 11/12/80. Newsletter.
rendered. REGISTER RECEIVED NATIONAL The Montgomery Historical Society heartily endorses the Montgomery's civic and cultural organizations Mr. David Simmons, Register of Historic Places. Ohio Historic Site Preservation Board printed in the City of Montgomery Mr.Bruce Goetzman has most ably presented the architec- National Register Program resource center financially and with services Dear Mr. Simmons: of the Wilder-Swaim Farmhouse as a historical December 1, 1980 considered, and we would like to offer the following observa- tions that may add weight in favor of this nomination.
brings such dramatic impact to the Wilder survivors of the l846 Donner Pass tragedy tural features which make this l832 home worthy of being have pledged to help support the preservation "How the West was Won." marriage of the two Wilder sons to the APR 9 See Attachment # - a release to be Montgomery Historical Society family from the Mayflower landing to the history it would seem contrived if it were Mr. David Simmons December 1, 1980 letter of 1/20/78 to the Montgomery cc: Mr. Fred Mitchell, R.P.O. APR91981 REGISTER NATIONAL MOD/dm Senator Richard Finan Sincerely, Montgomery Historical Society RECEIVED Recreation Commission. Thank you for your consideration. The Montgomery Historical Society's goals note brief notes in margin. Mary S.
O'Driscoll, President Page 2 Attachment #3 - For quick reading please Representative Dale Van Vyvan APR 9 for use of this house are set forth in the Montgomery Historical Society The Wilder/Swaim Farm House, Montgomery's latest landmark, has an exciting history that is rich in ties to the Great American Migration from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Montgomery could count only 270 citizens in 1832 when James and Susan Wilder, along with their six children, came from Chepachet, Rhode Island to settle here. They came by the "scenic" route, using steam boat and Erie Canal barge to touch base at Providence, New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland Portsmouth, and finally Cincinnati, where James' brother Stephen, had come a few years before. Stephen sold James 76 2/3 acres of land, bounded by what are now Cooper and Zig Zag Roads, for $2900.
James Wilder was a direct descendent of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and great apostle of religious and political liberty, and William White, one of the 102 Mayflower excited by the tales of the riches of California, left the orchards of Montgomery to settle in Sacramento where they lost their hearts to and married two sisters of the Donner family. These sisters had been tiny survivors of the tragedy that occurred in the severe winter of 1846-47 at what is now the famous Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The story of this sad event has been told and retold in books, movies and on TV, and Donner Pass is now a National Historical Landmark To bring the story back to Montgomery, a Wilder daughter. Elizabeth, married James S. Snider of the family of Cornelius Snider, the leader of the original settlers of Montgomery.
They lived on the site where Chester's Road House now stands Daughter Harriett married William Hiatt, and lived where the Technical Center is today - just south of Cross County Church, Montgomery's best known landmark, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Bernice Jockisch and RECEIVED Highway. The Wilders were members of the Universalist Mary S. O'Driscoll APR 9 1981 REGISTER NATIONAL SUBURBAN Life Northeast To Place a Classified Ad Call 731-7170 By 3:00 P.M. Monday Display Advertising & News Call 531-0234 Vol. XX No. 15 White Circulation 731-4200 Wilder-Swaim house Phone 531-0234 Historic, education center 20c NEWSPAPERS CIACULATION INTEGRIT Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1980 for Montgomery, James Wilder, a descendent of both the founder of Rhode Island education center if city the house include space their way Nov.
5 stating its intent to it as a place where "arti- activities may be under make sound, White said. Added member of the city ree- reation commission work. structurally tween and oficials and civic group Montgomery council and the Montgomery His- restore and preserve the estimated that the project Very tentative plans for restoration project. 4415 Montgomery Rd. $50,000. club and an offer from the landmark and to establish Kiwanis to restore a room sharing money was used approved a resolution may be a possibility if the in Montgomery's future taken and where suitable LAST YEAR $9.000 of house is added to the INC. $16,000 in federal revenue $40,000 to the remaining S6,000 is January 20, 1978 Mr. Sam Silliman, Chairman Montgomery Community Hall Schoolhouse and Montgonery Roads Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 Dear Mr.
Silliman: would be done and where students and teachers could come to do research tion and early pioneer village life. been very generous in giving us space, but we have long since Many high-school, college students and teachers call on us for material tor their studies, and they need a central location visiting the area for brochures and information on the more readily if we had a central location. We could more easily handle requests for information on APR 9 1981 Montgomery Historical Society NATIONAL RECEIVED Montgomery Recreation Commission location. REGISTER outgrown that space. Our Need: I am writing to ask the Recreation Commission to consider our request Ole Montgomery P.O. BOX 42198 MONTGOMERY, OHIO 45242 1) At the present time, our files are divided between Sycamore preservation of old buildings and homes from a central to check and recheck their writings. Mr.
Robinson, Head Librarian has for term papers, advanced degrees in community development and preserva- other would be'a Montgomery Historical Society office where Society work Mr. Sam Silliman January 20, 1978 Page 2 Village in Sharon Woods. Local antique experts from our local or- saleable, some permanent gifts). Donations could be collected for group viewing of this room. like atmosphere was desired, and made available to local organi- zations for a fee. 3) Local artists could display their paintings. Swaim Farm House could become a tourist center where visitors and organized tours such as the Tourcrafters could come to learn highlight of the tour is when the students go into the Universalist the inside of a home built in 1809, which they have previously seen only from the outside.
APR 9 1981 profession, library, preservation, .art, architectural professions The living room, dining room and kitchen could be used for teas, tivities such as the following: is needed. Montgomery's Need: receive credit for two weeks of volunteer work at an area business ganizations could furnish a room with 19th Century items (some Elk Lick House in Miami Purchase Association's l9th Century could conduct their own walking tour of Historic District. nominee for National Register status. 4) Gifts could be sold as a source of revenue. At the present time, all Montgomery sixth-graders are conducted about Montgomery through slide programs and a guided tour of the house.
Brochures could be available so that visitors and tours cal Society can provide work for those interested in the legal A student work/study program is being formulated whereby students the Swaim Farm House as a community focal point combining many ac- Nr. Sam Silliman January 20, 1978 Page 3 The Swaim Farm House could be a community project with specific Businessmen's Club, Kiwanis Club and City government and commissions. Mrs. Foster Aldrich, living on the second floor, could be the times during which time a Montgomery Historical Society member to members who live within the block. will, of course, be necessary so that all people involved can put forth The Montgomery Historical Society Mary S.
O'Driscoll, President 9790 Zig Zag Road APR91981 Specifics: Chuck Abbott Jack Page Sincerely yours, Mary Koerner Ted Catino Diane Poehlman Bill Niehaus Nancy White Ray Walther written materials.(i.e.M.W.and Fridays from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. The M.H.S.office could be opened at other times by a phone call The above suggestions are envisioned possibilities. Further discussions APR 9 resident caretaker (dusting, and answering phones, etc.). The house could be open to the public on certain days at certain would be there to supply visitors and students with information or ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER STATE OHIO MAY 2 0 1981 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Mx. W. Ray Luce Lake Central Region, HCRS Columbus, Ohio 43211 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.
Montgomery Location Eady/bjr/5/26/81 Name Wilder-Swaim House Date Entered Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation officer Also Notified Honorable John Glenn Hamilton County Ohio Historical Society Honorable Willis D. Gradison, Jt. OHIO
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