Nomination for Rummell Mill

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United States Department of the Interior received MAR 3 1982 date entered APR I7 1982 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town X vicinity of congressional district X state - county Present Use - district Xpublic _ unoccupied _ agriculture X building(s) - private - structure _ both _ work in progress private residence _ site _ in process X yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted -transportation - military - other: Mrs. Royal Grubb courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Richland County Administration Building 50 Park Avenue East Ohio 44906 has this property been determined elegible? - yes - local depository for survey records The Ohio State University Mansfield Campus 039 museum Ownership code Category commercial date Accessible 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys government title Mansfield Ohio educational 2. Location entertainment 1. Name industrial Status Bellville park religious historic 5. Location of Legal Description object National Register of Historic Places scientific being considered Inventory-Nomination Form Public Acquisition August 1980 3. Classification For HCRS use only Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Rummell Mill Ohio Historic Inventory 4. Owner of Property 174 West Durbin Avenue _federal X state Richland FHR-8-300 (11-78) _ excellent X unaltered - original site . ruins _moved date measuring about 33 by 42 feet, and is about 35 feet high at the eaves and about 50 feet has no openings on the first floor. On the top three floors are large doors in the middle to these doors. Erected on a sloping bank, the building appears taller from the river with space on the two upper levels.

It was added in the late nineteenth century when the original belts occupy much of the first floor, which has a lower ceiling height. Most of the equip- manufacturers, the equipment bears patent dates primarily from the 1870's and 1880's. The second and third floors have fifteen foot high ceilings and are supported by massive wood low at the sides, following the slope of the roof, and is lighted by narrow entablature and, like the other levels, is filled with machinery. A large, massive stairway connects Ciear Fork flows about ten feet south of the mill and is normally shallow and swift moving. About a thousand feet upstream the old mill race begins. It forms a mill pond northwest of the building. Another channel once led water into the turbine, through the basement and out the east end of the building.

About one hundred feet east of the mill is picturesque with shade trees and shrubbery and a hilly terrain. The building has deteriorated since its closing over thirty years ago. It is unpainted The mill race roughly parallels the river and has a deteriorated concrete guard lock at its mouth approximately 1000' upstream. Condition unexposed 7. Description covered with clapboard siding.The presence of wide corner boards and a simple massive Check one Window openings are long and rectangular with nine over six sash.The front and sides are all four levels. its sandstone basement exposed.Or the west end of the building is a rectangular lean-to in the northeast corner of the second floor and has weighing scales.The fourth floor is carpenters in 1974.

Located about one mile east of the village of Butler on the banks of the Clear Fork, tall at the peak.This wood frame structure rests ona foundation of cut sandstone and is .deteriorated Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

of each level. A large hoist anchored at the peak of the roof was used to transport material windows except at the ends. It slopes up to a height of about eighteen feet on the center waterwheel was replaced by this more efficient power source. columns joined together in a highly skilled mortise and tennon construction. An office is Inside, the building has only a partial basement toward the river end.The interior is filled with milling apparatus such as separators, purifiers, grinders and so forth.Chutes and trap doors extend throughout.Massive turning wheels connected to the turbine by large entablature with returns on the gable ends give this building its Greek Revival character. the Rummell Mill isa large wood frame structure.The building is rectangular in shape, FHR-8-300 (11-78) date entered R Rummel Mill, Butler Vic.

Item number 7 Page 2 Richland County, Ohio Wheels & belts 1-Cranson Scouring, Polishing and Separating Machine, Huntley Manufacturing Company, Stover Creek, N.Y. (Patent dates of 1885 and 1890) 4-w.D. Gray Roller Mill, E.P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1-Barrel Packer (patent dates of 1883, 1885 and 1888) 1-Huller, Engleberg Huller Company, Syracuse, N.Y.

1-Cranson Scouring, Polishing and Separating Machine (see first floor) 1-Cyclone Dust Collector, Knickerbocker Company, Jackson, Michigan I-InterElevator Flour Dresser, Case Company Fourth Floor First Floor Inventory-Nomination Form Storage bins Chutes and elevators Second Floor Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Bins and chutes 1-Improved Scalping Reel Continuation sheet Partial Inventory of Equipment 2-Two tier reel sifters National Register of Historic Places 1-Millstone and hoist 1-Keystone Milling Separator United States Department of the Interior Third Floor 1- Reliance Purifier 1-Three tier bolter received MAR For HCRS use only Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic _ law - science X agriculture - sculpture X architecture - military - social/ - music X 1800-1899 exploration/settlement - - philosophy .theater .

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(in one paragraph) Rummell Mill is one of the oldest and best preserved grist mills in North Central Ohio. It is the only mill in Richland County to survive with its machinery intact and and an interesting history as one of the early mills of this region that in its day was County's former role as the location of more water-powered mills then any other county Jacob Armentrout first recognized the potential of this site when he constructed a was one of three mills along the Clear Fork which ground corn for pioneer settlers. For was changed and the old water wheel was discarded in favor of more modern turbines. During its last years the building was known as the 0'Sharon Mill. In 1840 Richland County, which was the largest county in the state, had 82 gristmills, in the county, which, added to the gristmills and two linseed oil mills made 190 operating included.

No doubt the presence of the swiftly moving streams in this hilly yet very fertile area played a major role in this industry. In 1860, when Richland County had been reduced in size by the creation of additional counties, it still ranked ahead of as the largest and best preserved mill in the region. 1850 economics 1600-1699 communications 1500-1599 1700-1799 Builder/Architect 1400-1499 commerce education engineering transportation invention literature humanitarian 8. Significance politics/government 1900- Specific dates _conservation was the last water-powered grist mill in this part of the state to cease operations, many years after Rummell sold it, the mill was known as the Butler Mill.The mill race - archeology-prehistoric - community planning _ art which occurred in the later 1940's. It has widespread recognition as a major landmark Ohio. saw mill here in the 1840's.

Usually sawmills were the first type of mill built in an area as they provided lumber for other buildings. Daniel J. Rummell acquired the site from Armentrout and built the present mill about 1850. In the nineteenth century this more than any other county. One hundred and six water powered sawmills were also located mills in this one county. Woolen, carding and other types of waterpowered mills are not landscape architecture - religion a center of commerce and social activity. Rummell Mill stands as a reminder of Richland Period Baughman, A.J., History of Richland County, Ohio, 1908, Vol I, Pp. 371, 1175. Garber, D.W. Waterwheels and Millstones: A History of Ohio Gristmills and Milling, The Ohio Historical Society, 1970, Pp.20-21.

Butler, Ohio Quadrangle name - UMT References across the mouth of the mill race to the northern bank of the river; then east on a line State Steven McQuillin, Regional Preservation Officer, and Eric Honneffer street & number 1680 University Drive telephone (419) 755-4011 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 Natiohal Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. State Historic Preservation Officer signature code county organization Easting Northing Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 10.

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Geographical Data date name/title 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Keeper of the National Register 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Mansfield News- Verbal boundary description and justification Beginning on the south side of TR 349 at the west end For HCRS use only city or town 12/9/80 SAPO about 3 of the bridge over the Clear Fork Mohican River; then west approximately 800'; then south GPO 938 835 state Ohio, 44906 Zone Acreage of nominated property The Ohio State University-Mansfield Campusate August 1980 parallel and 20' south of the race to the river; then north to the place of beginning.

UIM NUI VERITIED Substantive Review: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Date Due:_ Discipline a Het - technical corrections cited below , Location J3. Classification 4. Owner of Property /5. Location of Legal Description .6. Representation in Existing Surveys V7. Description - unaitered resubmission REJECT Name dates alterations/integrity RETURN owner objection Action: boundary selection _substantive reasons discussed below summary paragraph 4-17-82 Federal Agency: nomination by person or local government .Nomination returned for: see continuation sheet Fed. Reg. Date: - - NR decision - _ original site . ruins _ moved completeness Working No. clarity NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES deteriorated Btatus 545 Accessible -Vjustification of areas justification of exception . Major Bibliographical References 11.

Form Prepared By .netional Phone: 202 272 -3504 Signed completeness checked Date Photographs Other relating significance to 10. Geographical Data Significance clarity applicable criteria Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet relationship of integrity 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification the resource Quedrangle name - UNT Reterences - loca Maps Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Butler, Ohio MAR 3 1982 Steven McQuillin RM-1 August 1980 Ohio State University Mansfield Campus front, looking southeast Rummell Mill Butler, Ohio side and rear, looking west MAR 3 1982 Steven McQuillin RM-2 Ohio State University Mansfield Campus August 1980 Rummell Mill Rumme1 Mill, Butler Vicinity, Richland Co, OH Photo: David Simmons, 9/80 View #3 MAR 3 1982 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Showing the wheels and belts on the first floor Rummel Mill, Butler Vicinity, Richland Co.,OH View #4 second floor MAR31982 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Showing the roller mills on the Photo: David Simmons, 9/80 Photo: David Simmons, 9/80 MAR 3 1982 Negative: Ohio Historic Preservation Office Rummel Mill, Butler Vicinity, Richland Co.OH floor View #6 Showing the huller on the second UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BUTLER QUADRANGLE BUTLER, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO STATE OHIO APRIL 7, 1982 Walker, Cristopher C., House Honorable Howard M.

Metzenbaum State Historic Preservation Officer Dr. W. Ray Luce Honorable Delbert L. Latta Honorable Thomas N. Kindness Honorable John M. Ashbrook Columbus, Ohio 43211 Midwest Regional Office, NPS For further information, please call the National Register at (202) 272-3504 Location Notified Delphos Name New Madison vicinity Darke County Butler vicinity Richland County Date Entered The Ohio Historical Society Honorable John Glenn Interstate 7lat17th Avenue and Farm Rummell Mill ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Van Wert County Bredeick-Lang House