Nomination for Keyt, Gideon, House

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OMB NO.1024-0018 EXP. 12/31/84 received APR 2 7 1982 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Keyt, Gideon, House street & number Chagrin River Road at Deerfield Road - not for publication 22nd district, Ohio city, town - vicinity of (Chas. Vanik) - county 3. Classification _ district - public - unoccupied - agriculture _ museum X bullding(s) X private _ commercial - park _ structure - both _ educational X private residence . entertainment _ religious - object . in process - yes: unrestricted - government - scientific _ industrial - transportation X no - military _ other: 4. Owner of Property Monroe Cole, M.D. 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. has this property been determined eligible?

- yes _ local depository for survey records Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center 44040 Location Category Accessible 5/78 date code Ownership Status Bywaters historic title being considered site Ohio Cuyahoga Inventory-Nomination Form Public Acquisition Cleveland 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Xstate Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historic Inventory Gates Mills National Park Service work in progress Cuyahoga County Administration Building United States Department of the Interior For NPS use only 1. Name 1219 Ontario Street NPS Form 10-900 and/or common Cole, Dr. Monroe, house city, town Columbus Ohio 43211 035 039 X excellent X original site X altered _ moved middle part; and the library addition of Thomas Jones (about 1930) the south wing.

boards remain, as well as the main structure in the room, the fireplace. The Maple Land Co. addition more than doubled the size of the house. By its Neo- The library and porch to its west were added in the early nineteen thirties by Mr. & Mrs. with vaulted 12 foot ceiling and arched south window. A marbled paneled fireplace is paneling over the living living room (old billard room) mantel and east door as well as Neo-Classical decorations over the around the door jambs. The living room and decorations were added to the south wall of the dining room. The room:was enlarged Condition unexposed ruins fair Check one wing at the north and directed west from the main structure. more elaborate version of the original doorway.The interior decorations are unknown. Museum were placed in the northwest and northeast corners. 7. Description braced-frame bank barn is also located on the property.

The north wing is a story-and-a-half Greek Revival farmhouse with a center door with The description of the house maybe divided into three parts corresponding to three River and Chagrin River Road and standing on a sloping knoll approximately 1-2 historically been with the house and featuresa curved access driveway.A small The original Gideon Keyt home forms the north the Maple Land Co.addition the _ unaltered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

entablature. Dormer windows were added 1902-04. The first floor consisted mainly Classical revival architecture, especially the four massive Roman Doric columns, it also designed the Tiferth Israel Temple in 1924. The library is a 20 x 25 foot room additions or historical periods. The main axis is north-south, facing the Chagrin of what is now the "Keeping Room", There is little decoration. The original floor deteriorated Nominated area of approximately four acres include the wooded and grassy lot which has dining room north wing) mantel and fireplaces were redesigned.Column increased the home's elegance and presence many more times.The new entrance was a Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic .law X architecture .music - philosophy .communications - other (specify) 1834, 1904 the early 20th century.

The first period was that of the Village's settlement, exemplified by Gideon Keyt born of the early settler of Gates Mills, but also of the westward migration of the Anglo- Saxons to and/across the new world. Anne (born September 10, 1810, Westfield, N.J.) and her husband Col. Ezra Eddy (born August 17, 1805, Randolph, Orange Co., Vt., married to Sally Anne in Lodi, N.Y. dairy farmer on 160 acres where the present home was built two years later (1834). The This structure now houses the Gates Mills Historical Society and is located on Old 1834 were those of Col. Eddy, George Sherman and Luther Battles and are second in age Gideon Keyt lived in the house until his death April 6, 1888. He is buried a few son, James Edward (born August 17, 1816 at Lodi, N.Y., died January 18, 1909). James built the present bank barn in September 1891.

1600-1699 1500-1599 commerce 1700-1799 1400-1499 transportation education invention conservation engineering art industry theater Period politics/government humanitarian 8.

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Significance Specific dates science literature agriculture sculpture social/ 1900- exploration/settlement military represents historically and architecturally the two main periods of the development Revival architecture then spreading from the East and South to the Western Reserve. and settled on forty acres in Mentor, Ohio.Finally Gideon moved to Mayfield Township, Gideon Keyt practiced his trades and became a reasonably prominent citizen of the town. Mill Road at Epping, just west of the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club. Other homes built in growth of the village as a Western Reserve mill town, and the house was enlarged into _economics Gideon Keyt, a cobbler by trade, moved to a farm in Lodi, Seneca Co.,NY. in 1812. Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) In June 1828 he brought his family, including his now married daughter Sarah X_1800-1899 The 1834 structure was remarkably similar to the Southwick house also built in 1834. in Westfield,Essex Co.,N.J.July 31,1788.Not only was he a prototypical example a Neo-Classical estate during Gates Mills'revival asa suburban commuter village in _ archeology-prehistoric community planning _ landscape architecture - religion October 18, 1827) via the Erie Canal to Buffalo, N.Y. then via boat to Fairport, Ohio only to that built by Joseph Leuty in 1832.

Builder/Architect unknown The Gideon Keyt house, renamed "Bywaters" by its fifth inhabitant a half century ago, hundred meters south of the house in South Cemetery.The house passed to his eldest structure north wing of the present home) was clearly an example of the Greek Ohio in 1832.Hebecame estab1ishedas a cobbler,but worked during the day asa 9.

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Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangle name - Mayfield Heights _ state Monroe Cole, M.D. date 10-20-80 Home : street & number 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature code county 216/432-4650 Northing date organization Easting Zone national Attest: name/title Chagrin River Road Verbal boundary description and justification Chief of Registration 11. Form Prepared By List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries UMT References The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Keeper of the National Register Gates Mills city or town Pictorial History of Gates Mi1ls Mills,1976) p.74.

For NPs use only × local Permanent Parcel # 843-34-008 as recorded in Vol. 13514, p. 871, Cuyahoga County Records. according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register L4616 51910 telephone Ohio 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Office ACREAGE NUT VERIFIED 45 /915 61910 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Keyt, Gideon, House, Chagrin River Road at Deerfield Rd., Cuyahoga, Ohio Item number Page 2 of 2 Country Calender Vol. I, No. 6, October 1905) "... the little old house was acquired founder of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue; Mrs. Carried Richards; W. Lineberger, former Uncer Secretary of Defense; and the present owner Dr.

Monroe Cole. received date entered Inventory-Nomination Form transformed into a large billard room, have received a second story with projecting National Register of Historic Places Subsequent inhabitants were Dr.T.C.Martin;L.S.(or S.L.) Smith; Thomas Jones, agricultural-artisan village toa Cleveland suburban village,the early story-and-a- Virtually the entire village was purchased by the Maple Leaf Land Company for develop- For NPS use only OMB NO. 1024-0018 EXP. 12/31/84 Continuation sheet Significance ment into a suburban community, a concept made possible by the parallel construction development of the town and the house. As described by S. Prentiss Baldwin (The dormer windows, the carved doorway remains unchanged, while the kitchen and woodshed, roof and massive columns." Thus, with the transformation of Gates Mills from an of the interurban Cleveland Eastern Railway.

This comprises the second stage of proportions by and for city folk wishing for an archtypical New England Village. (7-81) half Greek Revival farmhouse was transformed into a Neo-Classical home of generous By the turn of the 20th century the village of Gates Mills appeared to be a backwater. United States Department of the Interior Fed. Reg. Date: Reviewer _ Recom. /Criteria - Date Due:_ _see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description - unaitered resubmission completeness alterations/integrity clarity Discipline owner objection maps RETURN boundary selection summary paragraph good 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government _substantive reasons discussed below Federal Agency: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES .Nomination returned for: National Park Service ruins excellent REJECT. Ownership Check one - original site EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Seterioratec 1983 Working No. Substantive Review: moved -appeal fair Aecessible 2-1190 relating significance to justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification - Date - Signed completeness summary paragraph Maps context checked Photographs clarity Other applicable criteria justification of areas the resource Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet 8.

Significance relationship of integrity - local Phone: 202 272-3504 Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to netional 1. East facade, looking West. Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH Monroe Cole, Gates Mills. 1981 Keyt, Gideon, House Monroe Cole, Gates Mills. 1981 Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH 2. East facade, looking NW. Keyt, Gideon, House Keyt, Gideon, House Monroe Cole, Gates Mills. 1981 3. North elevation, looking Sw. Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH Keyt, Gideon, House 4. South and west elevations, looking NE. Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH Monroe Cole, Gates Mills. 1981 looking West. 5. Portico, south wing, Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH Keyt, Gideon, House Monroe Cole, Gates Mills. 1981 looking West. Gates Mills, Cuyahoga Co., OH Keyt, Gideon, House 6. Doorway, north wing, Monroe Cole, Gates Mills.

1981 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES MAYFIELD HEIGHTS QUADRANGLE MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO 4595/690 North DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Keyt, Gideon, 17 466/590 East Gates Mills, Cuyahoga GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (614) 466-1500 Ms. Carol Shull, Acting Keeper National Register of Historic Places APR 2 7 1982 Department of the Interior 440 G Street, N.N. Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed are seven new National Register nominations and two resubmissions. Rural Chapels Along the War of 1812 Auglaize Trail Allen, Putnam and Van Wert Keyt, Gideon, House English, William, House East Main Street Historic District Lewis, Samuel, House Please letme know if you have any questions.

State Historic Preservation Officer Enclosures Coshocton Highland Richland Cuyahoga Resubmissions Name County Darke NATIONAL Stark RECEIVED New Nominations REGISTER Muskingum Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ridgewood Historic District Brighton-Dryden Historic District Canal Fulton Historic District Johnson, Thomas, House nations and all have been approved by the state review board. The appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new nomi- April 16, 1982 Ohio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 W. Ray Luce WRL/DS:vb Sincerely