Nomination for Diver, John, House and Storebuilding

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received AUG 1 6 1982 1. Name Diver, John, House and Storebuilding and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - state - code - county - 3. Classification - public - unoccupied - agriculture .building(s) * private - park - work in progress - private residence .object . in process - yes: unrestricted . military 4. Owner of Property Ohio 44411 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. title None has this property been determined elegible? _ federal - - local depository for survey records Location 039 both museum Category Accessible government educational entertainment commercial Ravenna date transportation structure Portage Deerfield site Status industrial historic Ownership religious date entered Ohio other: scientific being considered Inventory-Nomination Form Type all entries-complete applicable sections 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Public Acquisition Larry Fischer Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service congressional district ll - J. Wm. Stanton Portage County Courthouse Present Use 9465 Akron-Canfield Road National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms For HCRS use only FHR8-300 (11-78) * district X no - yes None 7. Description _ excellent -unaltered X original site X good X altered _moved date corner, altering the original symmetrical appearance. In the gable end is an front to rear, to the living room, dining room, and finally the kitchen ell. The tions, are identical, with slender half columns and an entablature with three Adam- Directly above are two bedrooms, each having identical fireplaces and simply constructed mantels.

The upstairs hall has, in addition to the bedrooms, an attic The kitchen is two steps down from the dining room, an unusual feature in leads up to a bedroom, presently partitioned in half, and down to the basement, the beaded paneling on the north wall and entire ceiling, hardware, woodwork and barricaded with wooden bars fitted diagonally into forged holdings. Condition beneath. deteriorated unexposed Most of the original woodwork here still retains the early grained finish.A stairway Check one the Federal vernacular style.Laid in common bond, all exterior walls and two elliptical fanlight. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The interior entrance to the store is under the hall stairs.The store runs the esque sunbursts.The window and door detail have concentric circles in the corner This is a residence and storebuilding constructed of brick and measuring 4o'by other three;it has no flue.Delicate door and window trim complement the narrow latter being added after the original construction. a small porch facing south.The west facade has the main entrance with side lights The long central entrance hall contains a large stairway with a curved cherry and a transom, as well as one entrance into the store with a transom.The south wall cupboard and a dry sink. Evidence shows a chair rail once lined three walls.

inally one room;it was partitioned into three ca.1970.Names, dates, sketches, ca.1910 when the exterior doorway was added.The room above the store was orig- entrance and one to the bath, originally a storage room.A large 7'by 9'arch elevation has another store entrance.A doorway added ca.1910 is in the southeast this area.A 5'by 6' fireplace and mantel are on the west wall between a built-in was installedca.1970 for access to the southern part of the structure. _ruins banister and a door opening onto the back porch. This hallway gives access, from living room and the dining room are partitioned by three large, hinged paneled blocks with fluted trim around each opening. The four windows have raised panels doors, a cash drawer beneath a large maple counter, and shelving. Another counter business stencilling and caricatures were found under the old wallpaper.

main block and a dirt floor under the kitchen. Three of the exterior doors can be date fair cornice and returns found in all three gable ends.The kitchen ell on the east has full width of the house and is ca.l6'across.Original features include horizontal and a stove were added ca.1895. The stairway on the east wall was changed 180° interior walls are 13 thick.The main block stands ona sandstone foundation.The 45',with a main two-story block and one-and-a-half story kitchen ell.Itis in - archeology-historic _architecture - social/ _art X 1800-1899 X commerce - philosophy _ communications other (specify) ca. 1830 Center was intact. Since then, the nineteenth century building anchoring the southeast corner has been irreversibly altered, the Methodist Church (1874) ized in 1806. Daniel Diver, a native of Germany, arrived in 1803 with his wife and three sons, Daniel, John and Samuel.

John Diver settled at the with a separate store area, although there are no external indications of to the north of this dwelling, and conducted the hotel nearly to the end of owner, Isaac Wilson, owned and operated the general store at the center, in 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 1600-1699 conservation economics transportation invention theater politics/government industry engineering science humanitarian education agriculture literature Period sculpture music exploration/settlement Specific dates 1900- law and contracted with the government to carry mails.The store was operated property. A carpenter by trade, he erected bridges and many dwellings in the on the west side.Thus the John Diver house is an important surviving structure addition to serving as postmaster for twenty-five years. Isaac W.

Smith, settlers of the township and is a well-preserved example of the late Federal nephew of Wilson, never owned the property but operated the store for years Areas of Significance-Check and justify below is abandoned and deteriorating, and modern commercial establishments encroach standing at the village center in Deerfield.It was built by one of the original 8.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) a key figure in Deerfield's early history and was described in early manuscripts in its setting. Indians in the area.About 1834 he erected the Diver House at the center his life.The next owner of this house, Alexander H. Wilcox, twice owned the 1816 to 1835,during which time this house was built asa private residence -prehistoric separately from the owners of the building until the 1950s. military - archeology-prehistoric - landscape architecture _ religion center with his father and helped clear the land. He owned this property from community planning Deerfield Township was first settled in 1799-1800,and the township was organ- 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References History of Portage County(Chicago, 1885), 416-423. (Kent State, 1971), 51-58. Quadrangle name - 132 feet by 132 feet and containing 0.4 acre, being the lot on which the - state 11. Form Prepared By Larry Fischer, Owner, and Eric Johannesen, regional preservationist Ohio 44411 The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: X local . 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 hås been evaluated SHP Thereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 216-584-6385 county date code Northing Easting telephone Zone Deerfield name/title building stands.

organization Less than one Attest: 1:24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification Barr Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Library). October 1980 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Quadrangle scale UMT References Chief of Registration State Historic Preservation Officer signature Gustav Azboth,Survey of Historic Architecture in Portage County Before 1860 Acreage of nominated property List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 10. Geographical Data city or town For HCRS use only Deerfield Township Lot 30, measuring street & number GPO 938 835 9465 Akron-Canfield Road Entered in the United States Department of the interior National Park Service Diver, John, House and Storebuilding, Portage Fed. Reg. Date: REJECT Federal Agency: _ Recom. / Criteria _ see continuation sheet Present Use Public Acquisition 5.

Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys - deteniorated - unaitered -. ruins alterations/integrity Location 7. Description completeness resubmission dates Substantive summary paragraph boundary selection Discipline County, OHIO, Reviewer owner objection 3. Classification clarity 1. Name Nomination returned for: nomination by person or local government Category 4. Owner of Property Date Due: Accessible ercellert good . RETURN - sample - request - appeal - moved _ unexposed Working No. NR decision Entered in the Ownership Hational Register Condition justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By _ local completeness clarity checked Signed Maps context Photographs Date Other applicable criteria summary paragraph Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to the resource 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 8.

Significance Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Specific dates Verbal boundary description and justtfication State Historic Preservation Officer signature relating significance to relationship of integrity netional Bullder Architect ..state UMT References Statement ot Significance (In ene peragraph) Photo: Larry Fischer, 1982 Diver, John, House, Deerfield, Portage Co., Ohio Negative: Owner View of facade from southwest STOP Portage County, Ohio Diver House and Storebuilding, Deerfield, Photo: Larry Fischer, 1982 View of southern facade Negative: With house owner Portage County, Ohio Photo: Larry Fischer, 1982 View of northwest corner Diver House and Storebuilding, Deerfield, Negative: With house owner Portage County, Ohio Photo: Larry Fischer, 1982 View of eastern elevation Diver House and Storebuilding, Deerfield, Negative: With house owner County DEERFIELD QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 4541/300 North Diver, John, House August 10, 1982 County; the Wright House, Hamilton County; and the Ropes Building we feel have been addressed in the nomination form.

The Miller House eligibility on a signed continuation sheet that is enclosed with the Miller, Orlando, House AUG 1 6 1982 First Reformed & First Lutheran Ratterman, Bernard, House Please let me know if you have any other questions. Hamilton Cuyahoga Resubmission Ropes Building County Name Portage Churches Franklin NATIONAL Clermont Stark REGISTER YWCA Roas-Ihhardt Farm and Winery Enclosed are ten new National Register nominations and one resbumission. Wright House Diver House and Storebuilding Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ms. Carol Shull Grace Church Chief of Registration New Submissions Krumm House All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the Department of the Interior Dear Ms.

Shull: Snow Houses National Register of Historic Places 440 G Street, NW Hamilton County - and Wright House duringthe ERTA Part 1 certification process which Ohio Historical Center 1-71&17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 We are recommending that four of the nominations receive a substantive review: the Krumm House, Franklin County; the Miller House, Franklin form. Sincere Questions arose on the Krumm House, Ropes Buildings, was approved by the state review board but I have questioned its basic RECEIVED