Nomination for Roas-Ilhardt Farm and Winery

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received AUG 1 6 1982 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Weedy Valley Farm and/or common - 3233 Cole Road, street & number - not for publication city, town New Richmond Me, X vicinity of - state - county - _ district - public _ unoccupied _ agriculture _ museum X private -park - structure .both work in progress . educational X private residence _ site .entertainment _ object X yes: restricted . scientific - yes: unrestricted _ transportation _ other: % Cardinal Creek Farm, Route #1, Dyer Road . Ohio 45121 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. has this property been determined elegible?

- yes December, 1980 _ federal _ local Ohio 43211 025 039 Category date Accessible Batavia code Ownership government Columbus historic commercial Status industrial Georgetown Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service being considered Ohio Historic Inventory date entered Inventory-Nomination Form Present Use religious George Hammon and Jon Graeter 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Ciermont County Courthouse National Register of Historic Places 5. Location of Legal Description 1. Name Ohio Type all entries-complete applicable sections Public Acquisition 270 Main Street 3. Classification ROAS-ILHARDT FARM AND WINERY military in process FHR8300 (11-78) 4. Owner of Property United States Department of the Interior For HCRS use only building(s) title 2. Location N A depository for survey records 45103 Clermont Ohio Historical Society 7.

Description x excellent * original site - good X altered _ moved _ fair Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

original walnut chairrails, Federal style mantels, cross paneled doors, and built-in this rural farmhouse. style portico and balustrade were constructed at the same time. None of the nine-over- Directly to the rear of the main house is the winery, an equally substantial embodiment of stone architecture. Constructed at the base of a steep hill, the winery features mounted by large, single stone lintels. Again, as described in the main house, the be replaced with a compatable, two story frame wing.

Finally, the continuity of textures in this rural setting are handsomely employed in Condition ruins and reeded posts.A mortise-and-tenon china cupboard with glass doors flanks the consists of an off-center doorway and six-over-six double hung windows(not original) Check one shop was moved to its present location circa 1930 and is being renovated.Adjoining it is characteristic to Federal architecture, are slightly smaller than those on the first cupboards.Particularly handsome are the paneled cupboards incorporated into the room fireplace is distinguished by a skillfully carved mantel with ovulo type cornice corners of the building are enhanced by tooled blocks of stone.The four bay fenestration interior end chimney.

Finally, the small unenclosed addition to the south facade will Aesthetically, the main house was altered when a two story frame wing with portico was separated by a central stairway and hall.Many of the rooms are distinguished by their the large cattle barn with raised limestone foundation and mortise-and-tenon oak beam fireplace, while a sturdy cherry and walnut balustrade maintains the simplicity of Immediately north of the winery exists a one roofed springhouse.It too is built a ground level entrance at the rear elevation for the second floor (much like a bank barn). six and six-over-six window sash is original. While the walls are laid in random limestone, the window and entrance bays are sur- the simple stone smokehouse and limestone wall which fronts the property.

farmhouse is a two story rectangular "I" plan dwelling constructed of local surface A small four pane attic window flanks the chimney flue on each gable end. _unexposed into the side of the hill and is linked to the winery by a stone retaining wall.To the The Roas-Ilhardt Farm.and Winery, located in a-secluded valley in Pierce Township, is the post-l900 period. _ deteriorated - unaltered massive stone lintels and chiseled cornerstones. The second story windows, as is The interior floor plan is characteristically simple: two large rooms on each floor with open hearths.

The low gable roof is covered with ribbed metal and also has a large with wooden slipsills.Both floors on the interior feature large whitewashed rooms north of the house and winery are the frame blacksmith shop and cattle barn.The blacksmith construction.It appears the vertical board siding and louvered air vent cupolas are of FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet Inventory-Nomination Form received Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service date entered Page Item number United States Department of the Interior For HCRS use only FHR-8-300 (11-78) ROAS-ILHARDT FARM AND WINERY - prehistoric .

archeology-historic - conservation .law _ science X agriculture - sculpture X architecture - social/ - music _ commerce _exploration/settlement - philosophy _ theater - 1900- - politics/government _transportation - other (specify) It is not known precisely when the complex was built, although evidence suggests Matthias Roas, a German immigrant, purchased the property in 1850 and immediately made improve- However, all attempts toward documenting the existence of a winery on this property before 1880 have been unsuccessful. After this early period, sometime around 1890-1910, it is known in Cincinnati. After the Ilehardt family sold the farm in the early 1930's, subsequent a dairy farm. The farm's present owners, who purchased the property in 1980, are 1800-1899 1700-1799 1600-1699 1400-1499 education 1500-1599 engineering communications invention industry economics humanitarian Period 8.

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Significance owners allowed the vineyards to go unattended but maintained the buildings and operated Builder/Architect Matthias Roas The Roas-Ilhardt Farm and Winery is significant as a manifestation of the early German born settlers lived in the area later to become Pierce Township (Pierce Twp.was partitioned settlement into Pierce Township and also as it represents the distinctive features of setting and for its historical associations with the wine industry in southwestern Ohio. ments thereon.Roas spelled Roos) was among the first Germans to settle the Ten actively engaged in the preservation of this outstanding rural setting. that the Ilhardts had extensive vineyards and indeed supplied wine for the Gibson Hotel Areas ofSignificance-Check and justify below literature Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) and 1870 Census listed six German families as "tending the vineyards" along Ten Mile Creek. Can also be spelled Ilehardt or Elhart military -art - archeology-prehistoric - community planning - landscape architecture_ - religion Specific dates c. 1849-1850 nineteenth century stone vernacular architecture. These features, particularly the with eight other families, to Ten Mile Creek from Germany by the Archer family. Benjamin interior woodwork and stone masonry wall surfaces, reflect a sophisticated degree of buildings in such close proximity is atypical of this region and seldom seen on contem- thirty acre farm and improvements.Oral testimony claims the Ilhardts were brought, along from Ohio Township in1853).Following in 1858,the farm was owned bya series 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Clermont County Inventory Book: 1858, Pages 152-155. 10. Geographical Data approx. 2.8 acres Acreage of nominated property - 1: 24 000 Quadrangle scale - UMT References _ state 11.

Form Prepared By May, 1981 3911 Oak Street #17 street & number Ohio 45227 city or town 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), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature county 513/271-3062 code Easting date Withamsville Northing organization Zone Cincinnati telephone name/title Attest: Chief of Registration List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Quadrangle name For HCRS use only 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Clermont County Courthouse, Recorder's Office. Stephen C.

Gordon Clermont County Tax Dup1icates,1843-1880. Clermont County Probate Court, Will Book H, Pages 187-189. southern boundary, meadow as southwestern boundary, hill as northern boundary. Begin at according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. GPO 938 835 Entered in tha SHPO FHR-8-300 (11-78) 1000 .Mr Ebersale 10%a 1870. Res received Item number Page 400.A date entered Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service PIERCE Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet ROAS-ILHARDT FARM AND WINERY United States Department of the Interior 169.a See:C.E1hart,30 acres For HCRS use only 65.a. H.Behymer 50.a 30.0 1000A 74.a 7673 Everts, Atlas of Clermont Co. Thope 34.a AesB.Archer LER IDonaldson - 45.0. 40.a 23.a B.H.Moore WR.Nash 1671 PWeiglet3 73.0.

T.WBrailbury 58.0 (325) 24340 "HShumaher B.tole nz.a . Roas-Ilhardt Farm and Winery, Clermont Date Due: Recom. /Criteria - -see continuation sheet __ technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location Classification Public Acquisition Accessible 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description - excellent - deteriorated - _ originai site resubmission dates completeness National Register Discipline clarity REJECT Condition RETURN Category Reviewer summary paragraph alterations/integrity Federal Agency: Entered In the Action: owner objection ruins 6. Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government _substantive reasons discussed below County, OHIO, United States Department of the Interior unaltered Nomination returned for: National Park Service Status Ownership Check one Present Use Working No. S/L good Fed. Reg.

Date: - NR decision EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET _ altered _moved appeal ACCEPT unexposed Substantive Review: boundary seiection Cneck one 930/82 2278 8. Significance relationship of integrity justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification context completeness clarity Signed Other checked Photographs Maps Date applicable criteria justification of areas summary paragraph the resource UMIT Reterences Specific dates Acreage of nominated property Verbal boundary description and justification - state State Historic Preservation Officer signature Statement of Significance (in ene paragraph) relating significance to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Cuadrangle name Roas-Ilehardt Farm and Winery 2.

3233 Cole Road, Pierce Twp., Cler. Co., 3. Steve Gordon 4. January, 1981 Owner 6. Main house and barn, looking northeast 7. Photograph #1 of 6. Ohio 2. 3233 Cole Road, Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio 3. Steve Gordon 4. January, 1981 Owner 6. Main house, front elevation, looking North 7. Photograph #2 of 6. 1 ROAS-ILEHARDT FARM AND WINERY 1. ROAS-ILEHARDT FARM AND WINERY 2. 3233 Cole Road, Pierce Township, 3. Steve Gordon 4. january, 1981 6. Main House, wall cupboard, first floor 7. Photograph #3 of 6. dining room. Clermont County, Ohio 5. Owner 1. ROAS-ILEHARDT FARM AND WINERY 2. 3233 Cole Road, Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio 3. Steve Gordon 4. January, 1981 6. Main house, fireplace detail 7. Photograph #4 of 6. Owner 1. ROAS-ILEHARDT FARM AND WINERY 2. 3233 Cole Road, Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio 3. Steve Gordon 1ooking northeast 7. Photograph # 5 of 6. 6.

Winery, south and west elevations, 4. January, 1981 1. ROAS-ILEHARDT FARM AND WINERY 2. 3233 Cole Road, Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio 4. January, 1981 6. Cattle barn, south and west elevations, 7. Photograph #6 of 6. looking north. Steve Gordon UTN: 16/ 737600/4321370 WITHAMSVILLE, OHIO-KY. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 84 15 WITHAMSVILLE QUADRANGLE August 10, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places 440 G Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms. Shull: All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the review: the Krumm House, Franklin County; the Miller House, Franklin County; the Wright House, Hamilton County; and the Ropes Building /Roas-Ihhardt Farm and Winery Miller, Orlando, House AUG 16 1982 First Reformed & First Lutheran Ratterman, Bernard, House Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/DS: ib Churches Resubmission Hamilton Franklin Portage Cuyahoga Name RECEIVED YWCA Ropes Building Stark NATIONAL Clermont New Submissions REGISTER County Grace Church Wright House Ohio Historic Preservation Office Enclosed are ten new National Register nominations and one resbumission.

Chief of Registration Snow Houses was approved by the state review board but I have questioned its basic Department of the Interior Krumm House Diver House and Storebuilding We are recommending that four of the nominations receive a substantive eligibility on a signed continuation sheet that is enclosed with the we feel have been addressed in the nomination form:The Miller House Questions arose on the Krumm House, Ropes Buildings, Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus,Ohio43211 (614) 466-1500 and Wright House during the ERTA Part 1 certification process which form. Sincer Hamilton County.