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

Nomination for Townsend, William T., House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 779 words across 6 pages, filed in 1982. 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 82001448, 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.

The nomination, in full

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

OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 515 W. Washington St. Basement? Yes M 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Materialshing 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 2. Present Use Avartments 35. Plan Shape irregular 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition EX Private K 9. Coordinates Altered D in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved O Condition U.T.M. Reference 322 E. Adams St. 25. Open to 38. Preservation Structure O Building IX Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included District Visible from Hist.

Dist.? 41. Distance from and 20° x 111:0 was built by William T. Townsend, one of Sandusky's earliest merchants. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Hansen, At Home in Early Sandusky (Sandusky, 1975) Erie Co. tax records 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1844 offices. Poggiali Zone Side Register? Sandusky Senne-Guss Erie Front limestone Easting Underway? Lat. Northing Site Long. Interior ashla Eligible? Ohio Historical Center The two story porch has the original cut work and brackets.There (Explain Ohio Historic Preservation Office Old House Guild Frontage on Road There are two stone hitching posts on the tree lawn. The house went to Pitt and Mary Townsend Cooke after William and his wife died of cho- Public Road?

Photo lar with quoins and the sides are rock faced coursed ashlar.Win dows have stone lintels and sills and there is a stone water table. if knownRichard & Marilyn alianate features added about1870.A small addition in brick& Old House 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity Italianate - Gothic Revival 3. Washington smooth & rock faced Exterior very good 15. Name of Established District The front is smooth faced coursed ash- are brackets along the roof line. The house was enlarged, and It- The house sits on a large lot in an area that is mostly multi-family dwelling and Lot 65 & part of Lot 63, Washington St. 43. History and Significance Significant because of the fine use of the native limestone, this Architecture dwelling intersecting gable- William T. Elizabeth Apartments He also owned Townsend, 19th Century use of native limestone. Potent'i?

aline of steamships and a hotel and he helped finance the Mad River& Lake Erie RR. OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only Entered Nomination/Type of Review "71. Converse-Mertz Apartments 72. McKenster-Groff House - 73. Harper, Rice, House - 74. Boy with the Boot Fountain 75. U. S. Post Office *77. Cable, Frank, House 78. Wichman's Grocery 79. Lotz, Henry, Store Bing's Hotel Attest Date/Signature Keeper Name National Register received Continuation sheet Thematic Group Sandusky Multiple Resource Area State Substantive Review Inventory-Nomination Form Multiple Resource Area National Park Service Entered in the National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Item number NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) Ohio Townsend, William T., House (Sandusky MR.A) Fed. Reg. Date: Federal Agency: - - NR decision Reviewer _ Recom.

/ Criteria - _ see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location Pubiic Acquisition 7. Description Condition - deteriorated _ unaitered - original site . altered dates resubmission completeness Entered in the REJECT clarity Discipline Erie County ruins Action: Nomination returned for: nomination by person or local government _substantive reasons discussed below Ownership summary paragraph 3. Classification alterations/integrity 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 5. Location of Legal Description owner objection 4. Owner of Property ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES moved lited States Department of the Interior Accessible Status Itional Park Service Date Due: good Check one - sample .unexposed Working No. Substantive Review: Category Present Use 1072182-10/23/82 fair justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.

Geographical Data Quedrangle neme - 11. Form Prepared By completeness context checked Maps Signed Date Other clarity Photographs applicable criteria summary paragraph relating significance to 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas 8. Significance the resource relationship of integrity . netional _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Phone: 202 272-3504 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Aoreege of nominated property tate northeast. Townsend House # 83 South & West sides looking Sandusky, Erie County. Ohio. Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000649 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet