Nomination for Fabing, Frederick, House

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OMB NO. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 EXP. 12/31/84 United States Department of the Interior APR 2 7 1983 1. Name street & number 201 South Park Avenue - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - state - county _ district - public - unoccupied - agriculture X private X commercial -park work in progress . educational X private residence - site - religious _ object _ in process * yes: restricted - government . scientific - yes: unrestricted _ transportation . military - other: 4. Owner of Property Dx. John H. Gray, D.O. 5. Location of Legal Description street & number - yes _ federal - local depository for survey records N/A Location Category Fremont Accessible code both date Ownership Sandusky structure industrial Status entertainment received historic Public Acquisition title Inventory-Nomination Form 3.

Classification being considered Park Avenue Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use date entered For NPS use only 6. Representation in Existing Surveys See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms National Register of Historic Places National Park Service has this property been determined eligible? Ohio Xbuilding(s) / FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE . museum X no 7. Description X original site X altered _ moved date metal curbs and dormers, ornamental metal hoodmolds with shell detail, enriched cyma- paired brackets, dentils, embellished modillions, narrow paneled frieze boards, and a square tower also with a projecting cornice. maple newel post, a marble mantel, and original woodwork.

Other details of the house include 2/2 light double hung windows in most openings, excluding Alterations to the house involve an early (pre-1874) addition to the east elevation which Both, the single story porch on the north elevation and the third level patio on the south elevation of the addition have been altered. The porch posts and foundation were and residence c. 1950. The basic plan of the house is unchanged, however, with the exception of the room arrangements in the addition. The house sits on a corner lot along the main street in Fremont, in a primarily residential has been added adjacent to the house to accomodate the office use. Decorative paving are the original legal definitions of the relevant part of inlot #290 (formerly inlot #124 of the plat of Sandusky).Lot #290 was apparently divided in the earty imentteth century.

Condition ruins Check one Significant interior details include the front hall stairway with a decorative birds-eye reversa consoles supporting an elaborate projecting cornice with Distinguishing features of this style include a flat-sided mansard roof with ornamental the paired windows in the tower with decorative surrounds.Storms and screens have been Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

area with many school and public buildings in the near vicinity.Parking The Frederick Fabing Residence isa three common bond brick structure ona changed after the turn of the century and the fence of the patio was sensitively remodeled -fair - excellent .deteriorated _ unaltered X good added to the openings.. There is a partial basement beneath the house ( not under addition). blends with the original design. A cupola was originally situated atop the square tower. Ornamental iron cresting was also once on the cupola and atop the mansard roof. within the past few years. The interior of the house was converted into a combined office extant.

slate walk leads to the house's main entrance.The boundaries selected for this nomination bricks form the walk along Park Avenue Main Street)and part of the original Areas of Significance - Check and justify below _ archeology-historic - agriculture _architecture - military - music - 1800-1899 - philosophy _ theater .industry X politics/government - transportation X other (specify) include a flat-sided mansard roof with ornamental metal curbs and dormers, elaborate front hall stairway with newel post, a marble mantel and woodwork. Fabing's involvement in public service was extensive, but particularly important were 1600-1699 1859 1700-1799 1500-1599 1400-1499 utilities communications community.

commerce education engineering Unknown Period art Builder/Architect literature science exploration/settlement sculpture law Specific dates 1900- social/ hoodmolds and projecting overdoor, and projecting cornice with brackets, dentils, modillions for its association with Frederick Fabing, an individual significant in Fremont's past, _invention and his serving as treasurer of the Sandusky County Agricultural Society (l869). Fabing s other contributions to Fremont include the construction of the Fabing& Heim block, humanitarian 8.

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) two year old gas works in 1862.The business, called the Fremont Gas Works after 1867, overseeing the development of Fremont's first water works. -prehistoric where he lived out his entire adult life in Fremont. - conservation his years served as city council member, 1865 and 1873-6. Fabing, a native of Lorraine, France, arrived in Fremont(then Lower Sandusky) in 1844 _economics an opera house (both demolished),the founding of the lst Brass Band and the Lifeguard Band, and the end of which he was president.In l882 Fabing was one of the first three trustees FREDERICK FABING (l832-l906) was noted as"one of the oldest established businessmen in _ archeology-prehistoric _ landscape architecture _ religion a paneled frieze, and a square tower.

Significant interior details include the original community planning characteristics of the French Second Empire style of architecture.It is also significant fitting and plumbing, Mr.Fabing was one of four gentlemen who purchased a floundering early twentieth centuries and are more vernacular. Significant details of this residence Fremont area.The majority of residences in Fremont date from the late nineteenth and the city"of Fremont in a county biographical record.In the profession of gas and steam to Fremont in 1857,having been successful.He married in 1858 and built this residence in '59 * Snádusky County Courthouse Records: Recorder's Office, Map Room. * Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Sandusky & Ottawa, J.H. Beers & Co.: Chicago, 1896. Quadrangle scale - _ state 11.

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Form Prepared By November 15, 1982 Ohio 43221 _ national _ local code county Northing Easting date organization Zone Attest: Columbus, Chief of Registration name/title 1:24,000 Keeper of the National Register Verbal boundary description and justification Acreage of nominated property Kathy A. Mast, Historic Preservation Consultant East Fremont city or town 9. Major Bibliographical References The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Quadrangle name * Fremont City Directories 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification State Historic Preservation Officer signature UMT References 10. Geographical Data telephone 614-457-3582 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. Less than l acre.

I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register the north line 67 feet; thence in a southerly direction on a line parallel with the west line *Sanborn Insurance Map of Fremont & Sandusky Co.,1910 Apart of Inlot Number 290 described as follows: 82 feet to the south line; thence ina westerly direction on south line 67 feet to the south- As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966(Public Law 89- *Fremont and Sandusky Co.,compiled by Workers of the Writers Project of WPA, Ohio,1940. For NPs use only * Historical Atlas of Sandusky Ce Ohio Beginning at the north west corner of said Inlot 29o; thence in an easterly direction on Hational Register 665),I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Fabing, Frederick, House Fed. Reg. Date: - REJECT.

Federal Agency: - Reviewer _ Recom. /Criteria - -technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussed below Name 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 7. Description Location alterations/integrity clarity dates summary paragraph completeness resubmission owner objection 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Sandusky County nomination by person or local government 5. Location of Legal Description comments: Date Due: .Nomination returned for: see continuation sheet Discipline. lational Penk Service Working No. Substantive NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES good Action: Moved justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By _ netiona! - local Phone: 202 272 -3504 completeness Signed clarity context Date checked Photographs Maps Other applicable criteria 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification relating significance to the resource 8. Significance Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to relationship of integrity Specific dates UMIT Reterences Verbal boundery description and justification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - state State Historic Preservation Officer signeture justification of areas summary paragraph Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet title Fremont OH Kathy A. Mast Facade (west) & North elevations THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE November 1982 20l South Park Avenue 991 Manor Lane PATIENT ONLY! PARKING Kathy A. Mast NOvember 1982 West & south elev. - ne THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE 991 Manor Lane, columbus OH 20l South Park Avenue Fremont OH Kathy A.

Mast THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE November 1982 North elevation(+addition) -west Fremont OH 20l South Park Avenue 991 Manor Lane , Columbus OH Kathy A. Mast 991 Manor Lane, Columbus OH Window detail - east THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE 20l South Park Avenue Fremont Ohio NOvember 1982 Kathy A. Mast THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE 991 Manor Lane, Columbus OH November 1982 Entrance detail - east 20l South Park Avenue Fremont OH Fremont OH Kathy A. Mast November 1982 South elev., rear add. - n.e. THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE 991 Manor Lane, Columbus OH 20l South Park Avenue Kathy A. Mast Interior stairway THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE November 1982 20l South Park Avenue 991 Manor Lane, Columbus OH Fremont OH Kathy A. Mast 991 Manor Lane, Cols.

OH THE FREDERICK FABING RESIDENCE November 1982 20l South Park Avenue 1874 Atlas sketch Fremont OH FREMONT EAST QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) FREMONT EAST, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR April 14, 1983 Ms. Carol Shull 440 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Jeffrey, Malcolm, House Buchwalter House-Applethorpe Farm Fabing, Frederick, Residence Akron Post Office and Federal Building Jaeger Machine Company Office Building Please let me know if you have any questions. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL: BP:dd Resubmission Franklin Sandusky Sincerely, Chief County Encl. Summit New Submissions Enclosed are four new National Register nominations and one resubmission.

Department of Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Register of Historic Places Ross Dear Carol: All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500