Nomination for Stengel, John S., House

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OMB NO. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections : Stengel, John House and/or common Montgomery County Juvenile Court Annex street & number _ not for publication Day ton city, town - vicinity of X state - county - public X occupied _ agriculture X building(s) - private _ commercial -park _ structure work in progress _ educational - private residence _ site - entertainment _ religious - object - in process - yes: unrestricted X government - scientific - industrial - transportation - military - other: Board of County Conmissioners Montgomery County Ohio Ohio 45422 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Ohio Historic Inventory has this property been determined eligible? - yes X no .local depository for survey records Ohio Historical Society Chio 43211 Location 039 museum both 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Accessible Category Montgomery EXP. 12/31/84 date code Columbus Ownership Mar 3. Classification Status 5. Location of Legal Description district historic being considered 4. Owner of Property National Register of Historic Places The Montgomery County Recorders Office Public Acquisition Inventory-Nomination Form 45i West Third Street 1. Name For NPS use only Present Use date entered National Park Service NPS Form 10-900 325 West Second Street title Ohio Chio - original site Foley calls this an "Edwardian Villa" to distinguish the style from Queen Anne, a fine point which makes considerable sense. That Victorian Queen Anne Style is the villa built to be viewed from the southeast on the alley side of a deep and narrow The west side was butted up close to a neighbor (currently a parking lot).

The notion of the free standing Victorian house is compressed into an urban package. The two part facade of the leading transverse gable block sits on a high central limestone steps with rail lead to a veranda that has a very low rail with butter joints and the voids are punched with limestone lintels and sills and double The tower on the left has two three bay stories of curved double hung sash win- Over the second story in each bay is arecessed caste panel with festoons in relief. The third story is an observation deck with decorative wrought iron rail intercolumnation has been framed in to create additional interior space. The right part of the facade has a veranda scaled to the urban streetscape. door is on the left. A double hung sash window is on the right with its lintel in a belt course.

On the second story over the veranda is a Chicago window with eliptical art glass transom in stone jambs and gauged brick arch. The eaves are box cornice angle columns and Adamseque decorated Tympanum. The east side has double pedimented gables. The leading block has two bays on the quarry faced battered basement. The left bay on the first floor has a three a decorated corbel. A Palladian window with blind center panel and lunette (chimney brick panels and bonnet decorated with garlands. mirrors the front block except that the left panel of the Palladian window is blind. In the rear of the original house is a rectangular block addition containing a hospital wheel ehair ramp to all three stories and the basement. first floor following the curve of the oval drawing room and providing a window to the Condition 7.

Description pitch (drawing room) the Palladian window is again blinded by the flue. hung sash. deteriorated table and cap. All of the limestone trim is brush hammered with tool margins. Straight limestone cap. The tower on the left has steps leading down to an English basement. Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

Check one Straight front limestone steps ascend to a limestone stoop that services a recessed -fair xx excellent XX altered slightly battered coursed quarry faced ashlar limestone basement with limestone water- and Tuscan colonnade supporting a polygonal pavilion roof with wide eaves. The Ionie wood columns rest on limestone plinths and quarry face pedestals. The columns support a cornice with modillion brackets. The rectangular main entrance with original part transomed eliptical window with stone quoined jamb and arch. Between stories is side entrance angled into first floor in front of the rear block. There are two A paneled and bonneted inside wall chimney is in the front pitch of the roof. paneled and bonneted inside wall chimneys at the peak (great hall) and on the front The left side is much more functional, built to be pressed close on the lot line. ruins unexposed great hall.

There is a stone belt course between stories. The gable is parapet with These steps are sheltered by a modern metal hood.The walls are pressed brick with OMB NO.1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Stengel, John, S., House, Dayton, Montgomery County, OHl, Continuation sheet Item number paneled and bonneted chinmey (dining room) at the rear edge of the front block. the rear is a one story porch (framed in) and the ramp block which projects close The interior entered through a small paneled foyer is focused around a large has a newel post with decorated panels, turned baluster, paneled strings and a three part art glass mullion window with eliptical transom, over the second flight. In the tower is an oval drawing room entered through a curved double doorway. On dining room has a coffered ceiling.

Trim in the public area is classic with partially fluted jambs and cornices over the doors. Case work is the service area has pulvinated architravel frames. Several rooms have been partitioned. The second story chambers are focused around a large open stair hall. The classic case work is the same as in the first floor public areas. The attic above has been partitioned into offices. The house is located on a main thoroughfare in the government district. It is completely surrounded by modern architecture. Inventory-Nomination Form date entered National Register of Historic Places EXP. 12/31/84 For NPS use only Page 1 -reeeived The rear transverse gabled block is deeply recessed behind a two story front to rear block with cornice and connecting gable roof. There is a free standing under the open well stairs that ascend the west wall.

The three flight stairway give access to the dining room on the left and service hall on the right. The the east side is a library with offices to the front. At the rear two "V" angled doors (7-81) Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - prehistoric - archeology-historic . law - science _ literature . military X social/ - music - commerce _ exploration/settlement - philosophy - politics/government - transportation c. 1895 deck, symbolic veranda, high quarry faced basement, double lateral gable roof plan and Adamsesque/Georgian Revival detail reminds us of the residential dignity that was "downtown" before urban renewal swept it away. The house is one of the very few nineteenth century residential structures extant west of Main Street, once Hospital from 1923 to 1946. It is now occupied by County Court offices and its future is under review.

John Stengel, a merchant, had the house built then lost it to bankruptcy in George Geiger bought the property from Mutual Home and Saving Association and subsequently sold it to Dr. William A. Gravett D.O. who made it a hospital. Private at first it became a non-profit instituation as Dayton Osteopathic Hospital in 1940. Dayton Osteopathic Hospital built Grandview across the river and moved out in 1946. The building went mixed use commercial for a decade until architecture including interior is still in place, considering the widely varied use the building has seen for two generations. 1700-1799 1800-1899 1500-1599 1400-1499 economics conservation communications education theater industry engineering 1600-1699 Xarchitecture humanitarian invention 1900- sculpture 8.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) -agriculture - other (specify) -art _ archeology-prehistoric - community planning Queen Anne Style residential architecture remaining in Dayton's central business district. The narrow urban villa with its tower crowned by an observation The John S. Stengel House (c.1895) is the only remaining example of Victorian Period Builder/Architect Unknown Public Record - deeds Records of the Dayton Osteopathic Hospital Quadrangle scale - _ state 208 west Monument Avenue street & number city or town Ohio 45402 The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature National Register Reeper of the National Register Dayton code county Easting date organization November Northing Zone Attest: 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 1:24,000 Loren S. Gannon Jr. 11. Form Prepared By name/title Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Landmarks Renaissance Corp UMT References 10. Geographical Data Entered in the I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Chief of Registration For Nps use only All of lot 531 in the continuous lot numbers of the City of Dayton according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Ohio William Directory of the City of Dayton, 1926 Quadrangle name Dayton North X local Stengel, John S., House MAR 2 1 1983 - RETURN Federal Agency: - Recom.

/Criteria - Discipline - technical corrections cited below .substantive reasons discussed below Name 3. Classification 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description Working No. 2. Location completeness dates alterations/integrity resubmission clarity summary paragraph Reviewer Action: Montgomery County 6.Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government Date Due: 4. Owner of Property owner objection see continuation sheet Entered in tha .Nomination returned for: Fed. Reg. Date: Iational Park Service OHIO appeal comments: boundary selection National Regrster Substantive Review: IATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REJECT. ruins 2-7-84 justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Signed context completeness checked Date clarity summary paragraph Other 10.

Geographical Data Photographs applicable criteria 11. Form Prepared By justification of areas 8. Significance the resource relationship of integrity relatiny significance to Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Facade and east side from the 16/740050/4404690 southeast Loren Gannon August 1982 John S. Stengel House Dayton, Chio Day ton, Onio #2. Facade aud west side from the 16/740050/4404690 southwest Loren Gannon August 1982 #3. Second Street environment from 16/740050/4404690 the east Loren Gannon August 1982 Dayton Ohio Join S. Stengel Hiouse John S. Stengel House #4. Great hall toward the stairs 16/740050/4404690 Dayton, Ohio (west wall) EXIT Dayton, Ohio 16/740050/4404690 and library from the stairs Loren Gannon August 1982 Great Hall toward the foyer, John S. Stengel House Dayton, Ohio #6.

Upstairs Hall toward the street and stair beyond the desk 16/740050/4404690 Loren Gannon August 1982 DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Dayton, Ohio UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DAYTON NORTH, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION OHIO-MONTCOMERY CO. March 14, 1983 Department of Registration 440 G. Street, N.W. Enclosed are fourteen new National Register nominations. All anpropriate notification procedures have been followed for the submissions. Farmers Branch of the State Bank of Ohio Commodore Apartment Building Oakland Cemetery Chapel and Superintendent's Residence and Office Clement, George S. Hruve Riverview Apartments - St. Ann Roman Catholic Church Complex St.

Mary Roman Catholic Church Stengel, John S., House Stormont, David, House Catawaba Island Wine Company Paulding County Carnegie Library Mellett/Canton Daily News Building Please let me know if you have any questions. State Historic Preservation Officer Fulton Cuyahoga Sincerely, County Butler Erie Paulding Stark Montgomery Ottawa Lucas Enclosures WRL/DS:vb Brown Muskingum REGISTER RECEIVED NATIONAL Ohio Historic Preservation Office New Submissions Spitzer Building Dear Carol: The Rentschler House Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places W. Ray Luce Ohio Historical Center I-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500