Nomination for Christman, Daniel, Homestead

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name 2179 U. S. 35 West (1/2 mile west of Eaton) NA not for publication street & number city, town Eaton vir . 3. Classification - public _ unoccupied X agriculture X building(s) -X private -park _ structure - work in progress X private residence - in process -x yes: restricted .government - yes: unrestricted .transportation 4. Owner of Property city, town 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Preble County Recorder's Office Preble County Courthouse, East Main Street 6. Representation in Existing Surveys has this property been determined eligible?

- local 039 both Category date yes Accessible site museum object Columbus educational commercial entertainment Eaton state Ownership other: Status June, industrial district historic religious being considered Inventory-Nomination Form date entered title Ohio Historic Inventory Public Acquisition (3-82) Ohio Present Use National Register of Historic Places Type all entries-complete applicable sections military and/or common National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Dr.Richard H. and Cynthia D.Mitchell scientific NPS Form 10-900 For NPS use only 'code NA vicinity oft - county - Preble Ohio 45320 1982 7. Description X excellent X original site . ruins X altered _moved date central recessed door has a transom and side lights.

(Early pictures show a small, simple frame enclosure of the porch, as well as the frame second floor room, are most likely The interior of the house is in excellent condition, although one room has been slightly the house, with the exception of the hall and living room, which have random-width oak of five to six inches. Two fireplaces with the original mantels are in place, with one still The siding of board and batten is original. The nearby barn (c. 1857) has a stone foundation, brick ground floor walls, board and batten siding, louvered windows, and a metal roof. Two Condition unexposed usable. good fair later alterations.) Check one other outbuildings survive and are included in the nomination. smoke-darkened timbers with hooks for hanging meat.Adjacent toit is the summer kitchen, Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

entry hall has a winding staircase of cherry.The floors are six-inch poplar boards throughout altered with the addition of two windows in the 1940s).The windows are six over six with shown on early pictures have been removed.) An addition to the right rear seems to be quite early.The brick appears to be of the The Daniel Christman House is a Greek Revival dwelling of brick with a entrance porch which has been removed.) There are five bays on the front (south) side and same origin as that used for the front section of the house. -There are two bays on both the east and the west parts of this addition, with an insert' porch on the east side. (The' A brick smokehouse in excellent' condition is behind the house.

Its form--brick with cantilevered frame roof--is a classic smokehouse design, and its interior features include cate that cornice boards may have originally been attached just below the eaves.) The deteriorated unaltered two on the west side of the original rectangular section of the house.(The east side was altered.The yellow poplar painted trim is complete and of very high quality.The main with a brick fireplace still kitchen has been incorporated into a garage.) The gabled roof is standing seam metal with plain boxed eaves.(Marks on the walls indi- 8.

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Significance X agriculture . sculpture . music X 1800-1899 _ commerce - philosophy The -transportation -other (specify) The Daniel Christman Homestead is significant in the area of agriculture, for it flax and, at the time of the flourishing of the Christman Homestead in 1870, was among the brick farmhouse survived, along with the key outbuildings--the smokehouse used for processing the farm's products, the summer kitchen adjacent to the smokehouse, and a large barn. The 1400-1499 1600-1699 1500-1599 communications 1700-1799 architecture politics/government invention Period archeology-historic conservation art engineering humanitarian industry literature military education science exploration/settlement prehistoric 1900- social/ law 1886,when he was murdered by an axe-wielding vagrant to whom he had given shelter for the Ohio agriculture.

The Christmans were the original settlers on the homestead.The land had been purchased producing region and Preble was one of its leading counties.It was a prime producer of is a well-preserved example of a nineteenth-century homestead typical to Preble County Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The homestead remained in its original condition well into the twentieth century. The _economics Areas of Significance-Check and justify below with the erection of the house in1856and the barn in 1857.Christman prospered during the - archeology-prehistoric _ religion from the federal government by Daniel Christman's father in 1812. Daniel, who was born in the county, acquired the homestead in 1848. He developed the farm into its present state night. The murderer was later lynched by a mob in the nearby town of Eaton.) Builder/Architect Unknown Civil War and was able to add 160 acres to the original homestead in 1872. (He lived until community planning landscape architecture present owners are working to preserve the homestead as much as possible in its nineteenth- a significant segment of the agricultural history of Preble County and southwestern Ohio.

top fifteen counties.in the state in corn production.Tobacco and wheat were also important Specific dates 1856-1857 in southwestern Ohio.The southwestern section of the state emerged early asa key crop- 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References History of Preble County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (Cleveland; H. Z. Williams, 1881), p. 159 1915), p. 320 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangle name _ - state :code 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national .local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation 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 Easting county Northing Zone date Attest: name/title organization List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Entered in the city or town Dayton UTM References Chief of Registration I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Teresa Prosser and Marian Mitchell Eaton North according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

Netional Register Eaton Register.Dec 923.1886.Jan 6.13.1887:Eaton Democrat.Dec 1623.1886 Ohio Regional Office 5 HA go southwest 400',go northwest 160!to point of beginning. For NPs use only *16/ 16/9/9/790/ northwest side of driveway, go northwest 140', go northeast 439', go south-southeast 370', R. E. Lowry, History of Preble County, Ohio--Illustrated (Indianapolis; B. F. Bowen, street & number 7 North Main St. telephone (513) 228-6271 5.072 Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 1"= 100' AREA PRDPOSED VETERINARY HOSPITAL Smoke - US: ROUTE 35 CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VETERINARY HOSPITAL GAR LIMITS BARN FRONTAGE Preble Co. Daniel Christman Homestead HOUSE DANIEL CHRISTNAN HOMESTEAD bOUNdARIES NAt'I Reg Eaton, OH WOULO BE BUILT IN/ DRIVE WAY DRAWN BY: R.MITCHELL 2000 ft. PLAT OF LAND AND BUILDINGS BEING PURCHASED BY CITY SHED National Park Service Christman, Daniel, Homestead Fed. Reg.

Date: - RETURN _ REJECT. Recom. /Criteria - Discipline- Date Due:u - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 4. Owner of Property Location completeness resubmission clarity summary paragraph alterations/integrity Action: 7. Description Reviewer Preble County owner objection boundary selection 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 3. Classification Entered in the nomination by person or local government NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1 Register .Nomination returned for: Federal Agency: ruins Working No. Roviower's see continuation sheet justification of exception 11. Form Prepared By - Photographs - Date - Signed context completeness summary paragraph clarity checked Maps Other relating significance to applicable criteria relationship of integrity 8. Significance 10.

Geographical Data justification of areas the resource 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification -- loca: Phone: 202 272 -3504 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 9. Major Bibliographical References Eaton, Ohio Teresa Prosser The DANIEL CHRISTMAN HOMESTEAD Regional Office 5HA Looking NW at facade and E side 6/81 Photo #2 6/81 Looking NW at summer kitchen and The Daniel Christman Homestead smoke house Regional Office 5HA Teresa Prosser Eaton; Ohio Baton, Ohio Regional Office SHA Photo #3 6/81 Looking NE at barn Teresa Prosser The DANIEL CHRISTMAN HOMESTEAD Eaton, OH Regional Office SHA Photo #4 6/82 Teresa Prosser The DANIEL CHRISTMAN HOMESTEAD Looking NW at front facade. H DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES EATON SOUTH, OHIO EATON SOUTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OHIO-PREBLE CO.

1960 UTM REFERENCE September 24, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief Department of Registration 440 G St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Enclosed are seven new National Register nominations and one resubmission. All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the Hull, Patrick, House Maple Creek Site, 33 CT 52 Christman, Daniel, Homestead St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church Please let me know if you have any other questions. State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, enclosures Montgomery Resubmission Geauga Seneca Clermont County Preble Belmont Carroll Frasier Houses WRL/BP:jb Summit New Submissions Ohio Historic Preservation Office and structures National Register of Historic Places Chester Township District School #2 The Eagles Building Dear Ms. Shull? Akron YWCA Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500