Nomination for Burdsal, Samuel, House

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1. Name and/or common street & number 1342 Broadway Street - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - state X occupied _ agriculture - museum X building(s) X private -park X work in progress _ structure X private residence _ site . entertainment _ religious X yes: restricted - government - yes: unrestricted - transportation . other: 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Hamilton County Court House, Recorders Office Room 208, Court and Main Streets 1.

Cincinnati Historic Inventory _ yes x no #2 federal Location Accessible code Category both commercial educational First Status Ownership object industrial Historic District Nomination historic military district congressional district scientific public being considered Cincinnati Inventory-Nomination Form Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Mushkat/Burrow House Type all entries-complete applicable sections Public Acquisition Present Use National Register of Historic Places See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 3. Classification 6. Representation in Existing Surveys United States Department of the Interior Ohio in process Fred Mushkat and Sandra Burrow FHR-8-300 (11-78) For HCRS use only date entered 1982 Ham i l ton date 1. 1978 2. 1979 depository for survey records county 039 City of Cincinnati Planning Commission Samuel Burdsal House 7.

Description X original site X good X altered _ moved date The house is a two story brick with full basement, stone foundation, and with six bays in the original ell. A two story shed-roofed porch is to every seventeenth rows. The windows are six over six double hung.The' front entryway is offset to the right(south) with a fanlight over the door. built in 1978 remains. The rear of the property has four garages, alleg- edly built in the 1920's to hold 'hearse' carriages. In the interior, most of the original Federal detailing remains. Originally all rooms had a Federal style fireplace most of which were flanked by two shallow closets. After renovation and modernization, five fireplaces remain. The rooms have baseboards and chair rails, which are work consists of stripping, repairing, and repainting the woodwork and Condition deteriorated ruins excellent fair unexposed walls.

unaltered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

Check one random width pine.The doors are six paneled with box locks.Nearly all bond; the sides are Common bond with bond courses varying from every sixth dwelling.Originally an isolated house on the outskirts of Cincinnati, way have been bricked over.Currently, the house is being restored along the residential neighborhood is now lined with Italianate style buildings.

more detailed in the front two rooms on the first floor.The floors are of brick construction.A bathroom was added on the first floor.A twen- tieth century porch was removed from the front elevation;a wood flooring located on the side(south) elevation.The front of the building is Flemish newel post and banister leading to the second floor.The two side bays in Federal lines to its original condition.The majority of the remaining tin gabled roof.The main block has three front bays and two side bays rooms and porches have multiple entryways.The front hallway has a cherry the main block and a north facing doorway in the first floor rear hall- date Built circa 1834,the architecture is a Federal design single family In the 1860's a room was added to the rear of the building on each Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric .science _ sculpture X architecture - social/ X 1800-1899 _ theater - politics/government % other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) and is said to be the first brick house built on Broadway Street, one of cinnati on a wooded lot, where the original owners could "look across the fields down to the river and watch the boats go by, fields that are now notes that "all beyond them was forest land and the edge of the grove near the forest surrounding the house was replaced by residential houses, and Cincinnati, and is one of the oldest residences in the downtown area. Until 1888 the house was occupied by Samuel Burdsal, a pioneer drug- gist who owned a drugstore across the street from the courthouse from 1832 son, who frequented his store. 1. The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 18, 1885 2. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August 2, 1883 3. The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 2, 1883 4. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, July 10, 1888 5. The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 29, 1888 6.

'Noted Loungers', Samuel Burdsal, Cincinnati Historical Society 1600-1699 1400-1499 1700-1799 1500-1599 commerce economics communications invention literature Period industry military transportation conservation archeology-historic engineering art music unknown Builder/Architect agriculture 1900- humanitarian law (locally significant person) -archeology-prehistoric community planning 8. Significance Specific dates built circa 1834 was a prominent citizen whose acquaintances included William Henry Harri- Cincinnati's oldest streets. The house was built on the outskirts of Cin- _education - philosophy house is one of the few remaining examples of Federal architecture in .landscape architecture - religion According to an 1885 newspaper article' , the house was built in 1834 exploration/settlement 9.

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Major Bibliographical References The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 2, 1883 August 2, 1883; July 10 1888 June 29, 1888 The Cincinnati Post, July 25, 1974 : Cincinnati, Ohio 10. Geographical Data 4193, Page 1622, Hamilton County, Ohio Records. Please see continuation sheet. -_ state 11. Form Prepared By date July 21, 1981 street & number 1342 Broadway Street telephone (513)241-8779 _ national X local 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Récreation Service. county code Easting Northing name/title Zone Chief of Registration Attest: date State Historic Preservation Officer signature UMT References Keeper of the National Register organization 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register The Hamilton County Recorders Office, List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Quadrangle name Covington, Kentucky The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: For HCRS use only SHPO December 18, 1885 GPO 938 835 Verbal boundary description and justification City of Cincinnati, Outlot No.

8, Deed, Book As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 Quadrangle scale7.5 minute Fred Mushkat The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, city or town Situated in the City of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and Beginning at a point in the East line of Broadway, 228 feet, 6 inches South of Liberty Street; thence Southwardly with the East right angles with Broadway 170 feet, more or less, to the West more or less, to the East line of Broadway and the point of beginning.

Page received Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places FHR-8-300(11-78) date entered United States Department of the Interior Item number line of Broadway,50 feet to a point; thence Eastwardly and at Spring Street,50 feet to a point;thence Westwardly,170 feet, line of Spring Street; thence Northwardly with the West line of For HCRS use only being a part of Outlot No.8 thereof, described as follows: National Park Service EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Working No. Fed. Reg. Date: FFB 1 - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below A. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description . Representation in Existing Surveys 7.

Description Y completeness 1983 Location Date REJECT alterations/integrity RETURN Classification Name maps resubmission 6-12-82 clarity boundary selection owner objection Action: Substantive Review: nomination by person or local government Summary paragraph omination returned for: Federal Agency: United States Department of the Interior Date Due: C ACCEPT_ Recom. /Criteria Accept appeal NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NR decision Reviewer's comments: justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data V12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Signed clarity checked completeness summary paragraph context Date Photographs applicable criteria 8. Significance justification of areas Other Maps relating significance to the resource 1. Form Prepared By Burdsal, Samuel, House - Negative with house owners Front of house (w+selevation) Photo No.

1/8 Camera facing Northeast Photographed July 20, 1981 Photo by Sandra Burrow Cincinnati, Ohio Front of house (West elevation) Photo No. 2/8 Photographed July 20, 1981 Northeast Camera facing North by Cincinnati, Ohio Burdsal, Samuel, House Photo by Sandra Burrow Burdsal, Samuel, House Photographed July 20, 1981 Cincinnati, Ohio Photo by Sandra Burrow 3/4 view, front of house; Photo No. 3/8 Camera facing Northeast Photographed July 20, 1981 Side Porches; camera facing Burdsal, Samuel, House Cincinnati, Ohio Photo No.

4/8 Photo by Sandra Burrow Northeast (south elevetion) Burdsal, Samuel, House Rear of house; camera facing Cincinnati, Ohio Photographed July 20, 1981 Photo No.5/8 Negatives with house owners West by Northwest Photo by Sandra Burrow Photo by Sandra Burrow Camera facing East Cincinnati, Ohio Photographed July 20, 1981 Front door, front hallway, and first floor side porch Photo No. 6/8 Negative with house owners Burdsal, Samuel, House Burdsal, Samuel, House from front door Negative with house owners Photo No. 7/8 Front hallway, as seen Photo by Sandra Burrow Photographed July 20, 1981 Cincinnati, Ohio era facing north upstairs front hallway, cam- Photo by Sandra Burrow Photographed July 20, 1981 Burdsal, Samuel, House Master Bedroom, seen from Cincinnati, Ohio Photo No.

8/8 Negative with house owners UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COVINGTON QUADRANGLE COVINGTON, KY.-OHIO Cincinnati, Ohio STATE OF KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 84 ELLSWORTH LOVE - chaIrman HERBERT W. STEVENS DIRECTOR OF CITY PLANNING SAMUEL T. BRITTON ROOM 222. CITY HALL ROBERT J. BRODBECK CINCINNATI. OHIO 45202 THOMAS B. BRUSH PHONE 352-3471 ERWIN E. HOFFMAN L. MONTY ERB SYLVESTER MURRAY February 1, 1982 Mr. W. Ray Luce I-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Mr. Luce: 1. Grace Church 2. The Bernard Ratterman House 3. The Samuel Burdsal House 4. Gilbert Row 5. The Moses Goldsmith Building 6. Underwriters Salvage Corps 7. The Sycamore, 13th Street Grouping 8. The William Groesbeck House 9. The Charles Broadwell House 10. The John H.

Endebrook House growth and expansion was acknowledged, despite the fact that the Historic Adele Cramer AC: rmc Equal Opportunity Employer 1980-1981 meeting. Sincerely, ALL-AMERICA CITY Conservation Board questioned their nomination on an individual basis. Ohio Historical Center State Historic Preservation Officer and Endebrook Houses and their historic association with Cincinnati's early The Historic Conservation Board acknowledged its support of all ten nominations. reviewed by the Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board at its January 25,1982, Cincinnati which will go before the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory ADMINISTRATOR. This letter is in regard to the nominations of buildings in the City of LAND USE AND ZONING City Planner II ESTELLE B.

BERMAN - VICE CHAIRMAN The contribution to a potential historic district of the Groesbeck, Broadwel1 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Board for final approval February 5,1982.The following ten nominations were April 13, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull, Acting Keeper APR 2 8 1982 440 G Street, NW Dear Ms. Shull: appropriate notification procedures have been followed and the Burdsal, Samuel, House Goldsmith, Moses, Building Ratterman, Bernard, House Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company We are recommending that the following nominations receive a substantive Broadwel1, Charles, House Endebrook, John H., House Groesbeck, William, House Please let me know if you have any questions.

State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, Housing enclosure Highland Name Mahoning Hamilton Clermont REGISTER County review: Ross-Gowdy House RECEIVED WRL/DAS:jb Ohio Historic Preservation Office Meyer-Phillipp House Mother Thompson House Sycamore-13th Street Grouping Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places state review board has approved each nomination. Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 W.Ray Luce NATIONAL