Major Bibliographical References code date 2/83 Easting state telephone 10. Geographical Data Zone Attest: local name/title 11. Form Prepared By Wright State University 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature Mary Ann Brown, Regional Coordinator Ohio I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries see continuation sheet with map. Acreage of nominated property Ca. One (see continuation sheet #l) For NPS use only Intered in the Interviews with owners, 1976, 12/1982, 1/1983. according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. Beers, History of Miami County, l880. National Regioter OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.
10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service state of direpair. They rebuilt the limestone block walls that were lacking mortar behind the original blockhouse for space that was used as a bedroom, study and Curtis, and her husband, returned to her childhood home, the house acquired a utility room and pantry behind the third kitchen. Included in the nomination are two outbuildings that date from the nineteenth other is a stone springhouse that is across the driveway near a swimming pool. A modern garage, that is not included in the nomination, is attached to the last Item Number 9 Major Bibliographical References Miami County History, edited by Leonard Hill, 1953. A History of Miami County, Montgomery Printing Co., 1917. Centennial History of Troy, Piqua & Miami County, Ohio, Thomas Harbaugh Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., 1909.
Sidney Daily News, Bicentennial Publication, 1976. Consultation with David A. Simmons, OHPO, Feb/1983. Page (3-82) received date entered Inventory-Nomination Form NPS Form 10-900-a National Register of Historic Places When Mr.and Mrs.Leonard G.Ray purchased the house in 1931,the property was in a For NPS use only Item number and replaced the rotted floor of the 1825 kitchen. A two-story section was added kitchen was changed into a dining room. In 1956 when their daughter, Mrs. William century. One is a brick smokehouse that sits to the east of the house, and the addition of the house by a breezeway and utility room. JOHN MINOR DYE BLOCKHOUSE BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION walk in an easterly direction along Le Fevre Road for about 200 feet until the north for about 200 feet until you reach the intersection (A).
Lost Creek Brick smokehouse Children' Stone springhouse LeFevre Road John Minor Dye Stone Blockhouse limestone ridge is reached south and follow the ridge for about 260 until you meet the east side of Children's Home Road the road Beginning at the intersection of Children's Home and LeFevre Roads, Rome Road feetuntil you reach ata 90°angle and proceed west for 250 feet T Dilbone Farm - URBANA - CASSTOWN FLETCHER DAYTON River killed PIQUA Spring Dilbones STONE BLOCKHOUSE Loy Road Rout MIAMI COUNTY JOHN MINOR DYE State Route David Gerrard Lost Creek 01d EYALUATION / RETURN SHE Dye, John Minor, Stone House Federal Agoncy: - Reviewer Recom. /Criteria - Discipline Name Location 4. Owner of Property 5.
Location of Legal Description OHIO summary paragraph RETURN completeness alterations/integrity Miami County comments: Action: clarity -technical corrections cited below 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description resubmission boundary selection nomination by person or local government Substantive Review: 3. Classification owner objection _substantive reasons discussad below .Nomination returned for: see continuation sheet National Park Serice Bntered in the Date REJECT Fed. Reg. Data Working No. NATIONAL REGISTER OF - appeal 8. Significance justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By Signed completeness checked context Maps Date clarity Other Photographs applicable criteria summary paragraph justification of areas 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet the resource relating significance to Aoreage of nominered property. Phone: 202 272 -3504 relationship of integrity Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Casstown vicinity, Miami County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, 1/83 Photographer facing north by northeast JOHN MINOR DYE STONE BLOCKHOUSE Front and south facades Negatives owned by Wm. & Louise Curtis, owners Casstown vicinity, Miami County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, 1/83, Negatives owned by Wm. & Louise Curtis, owners Photographer facing southeast JOHN MINOR DYE STONE BLOCKHOUSE Front and north facades Casstown vicinity, Miami County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, 1/83 Photographer facing north JOHN MINOR DYE STONE BLOCKHOUSE Close-up of south facade Negatives owmed by Wm.
& Louise Curtis, owners Casstown vicinity, Miami County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, 1/83 Negatives owned by Wm. & Louise Curtis, owners Photographer facing southeast north and west sides of brick summer kitchen JOHN MINOR DYE STONE BLOCKHOUSE Casstown vicinity, Miami County, Ohio Mary Ann Brown, 1/83 Negatives owned by Wm. & Louise Curtis, owners Stone springhouse, north side Photographer facing south by southeast JOHN MINOR DYE STONE BLOCKHOUSE TROY QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO TROY, OHIO OHIO - MIAMI CO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS N 40C0W8407.5/7.5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mr. David 4. Simmons Columbus, Ohio 43211 It was splieed and pinned, and the contracter thought it would together, and measuring the Kingpost braces, that the Kingpost sat 19 inches from where my father sawed the log off (to the south) north sat almost under the eaves of the house.
The mortise and two cut-off pleces, and they are tenoned. It was not directly in front of you (to the east) but was over to work, and he and I have been playing detective all day today, the Kingpost truss sat in our attic. and have had some success.We think we have established where come from an old barn to use as the kitchen ridgepole.Bill Dear David: system removed, because by sawing one place, and unpinning others, The floor at that point shows some notching etc.The brace to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office It's a rather long story.When we built our kitchen,and brought way my mother remembers it. She told us today that the system pieces of beam that were spliced together would indicate that stored the old beams from the attie (2 pieces) in our garage, the Kingpost.
Bill has also established,by putting the logs left in the attic the floor over a heavy beam that ran east and west.This is the cross beam did not come clear to the south wall, but ended over had been fitted under the U shaped iron strap in the center of tractor to use the original beam that the Kingpost sat on.However, spliced logs to make 272 inches of main log.After putting the this is so.She claims my father had ne trouble getting the it lifted right out. or approximately one foot from the temporary wall my father put in. All these measurements put together would indicate that the In reply to your letter of Feb.4th.Bill has put his memory Feb. 6, 1983 not be good to use it.
Consequently, we bought & beam that had sat on the floor, but as you entered the attic from downstairs, The contractor sawed two feet off both braces, and we have added logs together the way they were,we located where the main log all the truss system down from the attic,Bill wanted the con- 10k feet long, and the brace to the south was s feet long. tenon fit perfectly by measurement.The brace to the north was these two feet to the total measurements.We also have these INk bedroem wall.) Bill also believes that the pins from the Its entirety by using all the original material. (Howefer, it If we can do anything more, let us know. Thanks so much for your Enc. Rough drawing John M. Dye bleckhouse interest. attic system went down through this wall between the two rooms. The whole thing is here in any case.
is an old though the chair rails were removed from the east Most sincerely, closet in the west bedroom has a rail on the south and the west end of the west bedroom along the whole wall -making two closets the one in the south bedroom has a rail on the east and south. The has probably always been there. We found chair rails in the closets, We also have determined that the wall between the two rooms upstairs entered by the original door to the west bedroom.Sinee there is his drawing is out of proportion, but you can get the picture of Also, Bill wants me to explain to you that he is no artist, and Bill and I have decided that we could retore the truss system in Louise Ray Curtis how he thanks it was.
C/c Mary Ann Brown a chair rail on the east wall of the cleset, we feel sure that it These closets were made by my father when he enelosed the south side by side.The one that connects to the south bedroom is would take some doing to put the three saued-off pieces together.) o that
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