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

Nomination for Broom Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,152 words across 12 pages, filed in 1983. 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 83001976, 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.

FEB 17 1983 1. Name street & number 701 Wheeling Avenue city, town code 039 code 059 _ state - county .district - public _ unoccupied - agriculture . museum x building(s) -x private X commercial -park _ structure work in progress _entertainment - yes: restricted _ military _ other: 4. Owner of Property Richard L. & Betty R. Lenhart 5. Location of Legal Description - local 1977 43725 Location transportation Category Guernsey date Accessible both government educational site Ownership Cambridge object Columbus Public Acquisition industrial historic religious being considered Status date entered private residence title received Inventory-Nomination Form Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service scientific Type all entries-complete applicable sections Wheeling Ave.
Broom Building congressional district 18 DougApplegate National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior 6. Representation in Existing Surveys in process Ohio Historic Inventory 3. Classification Present Use Ohio N/A vicinity of See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms N/A not for publication FHR8300 (11-78) and/or common X_yes:unrestricted courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Guernsey County Court House has this property been determined elegible? - -yes -x no federal x code 7. Description _excellent X original site x good The Broom Building is a 3 story commercial structure, generally rectangular Italianate in character, the structure features three different window config- building.
On the second story, windows are flat-arched, 2/2, set on rock-faced set on rock-faced lintels but with flared brick lintels, some moulded brick Building (Photo 2) features a panelled frieze and egg-and-dart moulding, all Condition ruins unexposed storefront has been altered considerably; otherwise the exterior is essentially Check one intact and original.Plans call for a sensitive redesign of the storefront in common brick and faced with press brick on the principal elevations.The X_altered in a rounded southwest corner 1).The building is built of _ unaltered - moved the cornice, in large block letters, appears the single word, "Broom". fair deteriorated date course set just below the spring of the arch.The metal cornice of the Broom Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

shorter than the lower.Windows on the 3rd story are round-arched,2/2,also Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - archeology-historic _ conservation . law _ science _ economics . sculpture X architecture . education .military - engineering - exploration/settlement - philosophy . theater - industry - politics/government . transportation other (specify) ca. 1890 The Broom Building is nominated for its architecture, being one of a very small city.
It is typical of the Victorian Italianate: style, with its varied surface texture (brick,moulded brick, rock-faced stone, and stamped metad), its tall window proportions, its variation of window form (flat & arches combined with considerable locally-important commercial architecture, much has been lost, and The building was built for Adam Broom, a local grocer who operated his the Practical Business College, during the early years of the twentieth century. After the turn of the century, from 1901-1917, William Harper, also a grocer, ran 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 town. commerce invention art humanitarian music Specific dates Period 1900- communications social/ agriculture X1800-1899 prehistoric his business from this building.
literature few Italianate structures remaining along the principal thoroughfare of this round arches),and its pronounced overhanging cornice.While Cambridge once had 8.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) the Broom Building represents the architecture of the late 19th century in this - archeology-prehistoric . community planning - religion landscape architecture grocery from this site.It also housed one of two Business colleges in the town, 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References (Chicago: C.O.Owen,1895), Pp. 191-192 "Greater Cambridge, Ohio (Cambridge Business Men's Association, 1910),n.p. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property - Quadrangle scale 1:2400 Part of lot 58 in the City of Cambridge; beginning at the SW corner of the _ state 11. Form Prepared By David L. Taylor date July, 1982 state Ohio 43701 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 State Historic Preservation Officer signature 614-452-6237 county code Northing Zanesville organization beginning. date telephone Attest: Zone name/title national Verbal boundary description and justification UMT References 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Chief of Registration Xlocal Keeper of the National Register city or town List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries less than one acre The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: For HCRS use only Zone Easting lot, then E, 22!; then north 75½; then W 22', then S 75½' to the place of street & number GPO 938 835 Quadrangle name Cambridge, Ohio L4/ 419/ 51010/ L414/310/41810 Portrait & Biographical Record of Guernsey County 1027 Sunset Ave. Mational Reglster Fed. Reg. Date: Action: - - RETURN Recom. /Criteria - _see continuation sheet . substantive reasons discussed below Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7.
Description dates alterations/integrity completeness clarity Broom Building summary paragraph Reviewer resubmission Guernsey County nomination by person or local government NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES owner objection Discipline .Nomination returned for: Federal Agency: Date Due: - technical corrections cited below - moved Working No. boundary selection appeal comments: REJECT. Reviower's 12-7-84 ruine lational Park Service unettered 8. Significance justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By _ national - state Maps completeness Other Signed checked Photographs Date clarity justification of areas applicable criteria relationship of integrity summary paragraph context 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification the resource Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet The evaiuated significance of this property within the state is: local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Quedrangle neme _ relating significance to UT Reterences Specific dates BROOM BUILDING Negative filed w/photographer Photo by David Taylor, 1982 Cambridge,Guernsey Co.,Ohio SW perspective, looking NE from corner of Wheeling & Seventh BROOM Detail of cornice, showing metal Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio ornament of window surround.
Negative filed w/photographer cornice & ornament along with BROOM BUILDING Photo by David Taylor, 1982 BROOM BUILDING Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio Negative filed w/photographer Photo by David Taylor, 1982 Storefront before rehabilitation UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAMBRIDGE QUADRANGLE CAMBRIDGE, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION CAMERIDGE January 1, 1983 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 440 G Street, N.W. Please let me know if you have any questions. W.
Ray Luce Hamilton Enclosures Guernsey County REGISTER Cincinnati Gymnasium and RECEIVED NATIONAL New Submissions Broom Building Enclosed are three new National Register nominations.All the appropriate noti- National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historic Preservation Office Dear Carol: Athletic Club Department of Registration East Walnut Hills Firehouse WRL/DS:vb State Historic Preservation Officer fication procedures have been followed for the new submissions. Sincerely