Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Dewalt Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,883 words across 15 pages, filed in 1982. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 82003645, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

United States Department of the Interior received JUN 1 8 199 1. Name and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of Can ton _ state -county - -district . public X unoccupied - agriculture . museum X building(s) _ structure X work in progress - educational - private residence _ site _ entertainment yes: unrestricted L military Pa. 17603 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Ohio 44702 has this property been determined elegible? - December, 1981 - local depository for survey records both Accessible Category code transportation government Lancaster commercial industrial Ownership religious Status Dewalt Building being considered object historic 2. Location Public Acquisition Stark date entered Xprivate Owen Kugel scientific park Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Ohio 8 North Queen Street 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Present Use Inventory-Nomination Form 3. Classification Type all entries-complete applicable sections National Register of Historic Places Stark County Office Building 5. Location of Legal Description congressional district 16th (Regula) in process See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 4. Owner of Property For HCRS use only 122 Market Ave. N. code 151 Ohio Preserv ation Office FHR-8-300 (11-78) I-71 and 17th other:VAcAmr X no - federal - yes date Columbus Ohio Historic Inventory title Ohio 43211 _ excellent X original site . ruins X altered -moved Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

the central window is a single, unadorned element of plate glass. Flanking these The Dewalt Building is in the center of the first north of the intersection for office and commercial reuse. Condition tradition. fair 7. Description The fenestration of the two top stories features stone drip stones and lintels which The Dewalt Building is a narrow, three-story commercial block whose street-facing cornice features a central cartouche surmounting a corbelled molding beneath which formerly the market or public square at the center of town--and the Stark County Check one wall of the building and faces Piedmont Street to the east.
X deteriorated - unaltered The first, or commercial storefront, story is infilled with tem- ements in relief suggesting the brackets and fleurons of bulldings of more elaborate date facade features a yellow brick fabric with stone enrichment.The stone-faced classical bases. immediate area, the Dewalt Building is one of only two structures that read, the street facade of the building and adapt its considerably altered interior was most probably built in an earlier period as a separate entity, abuts the rear overtop four transoms.The side windows repeat the clear lights of the transoms; is enscribed the legend "Dewalt Block."The frieze features a series of brickel- - good 8.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric _ conservation - science _ economics . literature _ education - military . social/ - engineering .music X_ 1900- - industry - politics/government _ invention Specific dates c. 1895; c. 1922 Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) ance of her commercial center. In feeling and scale, it suggests the architecture as a series of earlier related structures that stood on this site, a family whose dating from the sale of the property to Daniel and George Dewalt, brothers, by the original owner, George Stidger, who bought the lot in the original land purchase and Daniel, Phitlip, an early Canton settler from Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, was well Building, George built a successor the the Spread Eagle, a hotel which he called the Eagle.
Not to be outdone, Daniel built a rival hotel on the opposite side of Daniel's second wife, Eliza, had meanwhile razed his house and built(1860) a commercial owned, managed and altered the property, leasing and adapting it for a variety of 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 humanitarian theater agriculture Xarchitecture sculpture on the corner of Market and Tuscarawas catty-corner from the site of the Dewalt tlement period. Tuscarawas Street just west of the courthouse.In the waning decades of the 19th law parently encouraged the Dewalts to undertake a facelift of the building to keep up with its fancier surroundings.
buildings of inferior architectural quality.The Dewalt Building has, therefore, but both he and George had commercial interests in other properties in the immed- one of four buildings in the five-block area surrounding Canton's public square to Once having clearly been the center of Canton's commercial activity, these sur- buildings dating from the early 20th century that once stood on the east side of known for his proprietorship of an inn situated on the public square, the Spread transportation other(specify) The Dewalt family's interest in the property is first mentioned in the records as Daniel apparently had a house on the site of the Dewalt Building for a period of years, skyline for a number of years.
- communications Market Street, only two remain, the Dewalt Building and its neighbor from those past made for nearly 150 years by the Dewalt family who built this building as well retain features of the architecture of the late 19th and early 20th century appear= fancy twenties, the Harter Bank.All other structures from these and earlier days ownership of the property dates from 1840. 1920's when the construction of a new building, the Harter Bank next door,ap- -art - archeology-prehistoric - - community planning landscape architecture - religion X 1800-1899 _exploration/settlement - philosophy Eagle, known for fine food and lodging throughout northeast Ohio in the early set- Block, was built on the site where it remained a critical feature of the Canton Builder/Architect Unknown iate area, some of which echoed those of their father.
In the late 19th century, 1400-1499 archeology-historic Period Xcommerce roundings have since undergone a number of transformations.Of the six to eight structure on the old Stidger property.Thereafter, successive generations of Dewalts during the first decade after the platting of Canton in 1807.T of Canton's more considerable past, and its name recalls the contributions to this The father of George 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property - less than one Quadrangle name Canton East UMT References Parcel # 02-03492, N. part of lot 2, City of Canton List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries - state 11. Form Prepared By Mary Le Reeb, Preservationist Bebruary, 1982 street & number 511 County Office Building ex. 264 state Ohio 44702 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 4516320 date county Easting Northing code Zone Deed name/title Attest: Chief of Registration State Historic Preservation Officer signature Verbal boundary description and justification 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Entered in the Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: National Reglster For HCRS use only 10. Geographical Data I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Danner, John, Old Landmarks of Canton and Stark County (Logansport, In.: B. F. Bowen, 1904) city or town _ national GPO 938 835 468360 organization local Stark County Regional Planning Comm. Keeper of the National Register Can ton For HCRS use only date entered Continuation sheet Item number received Page Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Inventory-Nomination Form entreprenurial vigor of one of her earliest families.
National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior FHR-8-300 (11-78) Dewalt Butlding, Canton, Stark County, Ohio in its ragged block and of all those once owned and prized by the Dewalt family, NPS Form 10-900-a EXP. 12/31/84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Item number Dewalt Building, Canton, Stark County, Ohio Significance # 8, page 2 Although modest in scale, the Dewalt Building is a good representative of a commercial story building in a commercial row, combined classical details with a new emphasis on The Dewalt Building is being nominated with the understanding that the storefront will restoration is in fact, already underway.
Page received Inventory-Nomination Form date entered Continuation sheet National Register of Historic Places OMB NO.1024-0018 ment) if not specific detailing were influenced by Chicago style buildings.These be rehabilitated in accordance with plans which have been approved by this office.The example of this style in downtown Canton. For NPS use only and vernacular adaptations in the upper midwest.The Dewalt Building is the primary (7.81) Inited States Department of the Interior Dewalt Building, Stark County, OHIO, Fed. Reg. Date: 2./,8 - RETURN National Register - Reviewer _ Recom. /Criteria _ see continuation sheet 1. Name Location 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7.
Description original site _unexposed resubmission REJECT appeal Accessible Category alterations/integrity Condition completeness ruins deteriorated Ownership Date clarity Action: summary paragraph boundary selection unaltered Federal Agency: excellent 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Public Acquisition 3. Classification Working No. Check one NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Date Due: Jational Park Service - sample - technical corrections cited below Present Use EVALUATION / RETURN SHEET Substantive Discipline moved 8-2-8 Status NR decision owner objection Nomination returned for: nomination by person or local government _substantive reasons discussed below Describe the present and original (if physical appearance LACCEPT. 616182-1819 8. Significance the resource relationship of integrity justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.
Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer Certification ._ state .local - Date - Phone: 202 272-3504 Signed context completeness clarity Maps Photographs checked applicable criteria justification of areas summary paragraph Other UMT Reterences Specific dates national Bullder Architect The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: title relating significance to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to State Historic Preservation Officer signature Verbal boundary description and justification Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name Canton, Stark, OH Central Canton MRA Dewalt Building Building B Photo: M. Reeb Date. Better ( Who Is The Citiz Date: 1981 Dewalt Building Canton, Stark, OH Central Canton MRA Building B Photo: M.
Reeb Canton, Stark, OH Date: 1981 MRA Central Canton Dewalt Building Photo: M. Reeb Building B CANTON EAST, OHIO CANTON EAST QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SUR 75 MINUTE SERES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE TIME OF CAL 2. ADDRESS (Tel. No. if noeded) De Walt Block June 1978 OFFICE TELEPHONE REPORT FHR-8-227 mw RO. 3. SUBJECT, PROJECT NO., ETC. 4. DETAILS OF DISCUSSION NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL FROM (Name) Cindy me Leod June 16 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places National Park Service 440 G. St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed are new National Register nominations and one nomination returned been approvedby the state review board and the appropriate notification procedures have been followed. St. Stephen Church and Rectory Mosgrove, Dr.
Adam, House Sharp, Samuel, Residence Underwriters Salvage Corps Woodruff, William, House Barber-Whitticar House Canton Public Library Schuffenecker, August, Building Lebold, John, House Reeves, Jeremah, House and Please let me know if you have any questions. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/DS: jb Hocking enclosures Tuscarawas Sincerely, Butler Stark Wood Delaware Athens NATIONAL Hamilton Name: REGISTER Trumbull County: Ohio Historic Preservation Office New Nominations Onesto Hotel Carriage House Floral Hall Champaign Dewalt Building City National Bank Building Eagle's Temple White's Mill Ohio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500