Nomination for Sprague, Jonathan, House

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Sprague, Jonathan, House AND/OR COMMON Wob Lowell o R.F.D. 1 -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT A VICINITY OF STATE ( PRESENT USE X_BUILDING(S) - WORK IN PROGRESS XPRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -ENTERTAINMENT _IN PROCESS - YES: UNRESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY Ralph P. Stout R.D. 1 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS LOCATION HISTORIC Washington 039 DATE CODE Marietta COUNTY ACCESSIBLE 167 TITLE OBJECT EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE CATEGORY RECEIVED CLASSIFICATION NAME RELIGIOUS OWNERSHIP DISTRICT STATUS XAGRICULTURE COURTHOUSE.

DEC 7 Ohio _COMMERCIAL DATE ENTERED 10th Miller NONE _TRANSPORTATION _INDUSTRIAL _UNOCCUPIED _GOVERNMENT Putnam Street at Second Street XPRIVATE -SCIENTIFIC - MILITARY _PARK _BOTH _PUBLIC FOR NPS USE ONLY XNO -SITE -_MUSEUM -OTHER: STREET & NUMBER -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE *GOOD _MOVED DATE. The facade of the house faces south, southwest. It has a five bay front, with a central doorway which has a flat arch with a central keystone. Above the door Above each window are flat, keystoned arches in sandstone. The second story has two 9/9 light windows. The back of the house faces the river, north, northeast, two irregularly spaced windows. The window to the left is located under the first glassed, one retains wooden bars. Throughout the interior the woodwork is of black walnut and the floors are of western end.

The opening is framed by pilasters with beveled molding edges and a remain, but the mantelpieces have been replaced. In the third story fireplaces simple pilasters with a frieze with decorative cutouts to form figure 8's, at each end and in a central panel, and a simple mantel shelf. The eastern end wood strips at each end and in the center, and a simple mantel shelf. In the to the attic. CONDITION EXCELLENT DETERIORATED RUINS FAIR third story the windows are framed in walnut but the side openings are plastered. XALTERED The Jonathan Sprague House is a three and one half story Federal style building CHECK ONE There is a rounded stairwell which leads from the second to the third story. constructed of cut sandstone, located on a bank above the Muskingum River.

- UNALTERED - UNEXPOSED cement block in 1948.The eastern gable end has a single window which has always The upper story is two bay, with 9/9 light windows. At the roof line plastered over in the interior. At the ground level are two small openings, now DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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is a four light transom. Flanking the doorway are two 12/12 light windows. has a wood plank which covers the upper portion. It has 4/8 lights. Both walnut beams that originally extended through the sandstone to form the floor on each side, with flat arches with a central keystone. These windows have 12/12 the rafters are boxed. The roof is covered with metal sheeting and there are white ash. The lowest story houses the original kitchen, which contains a large plain frieze and simple mantel shelf. Square walnut panels fill the window and mantelpieces remain on either end. In the western end the mantelpiece has There is a straight enclosed stairwell, enclosed by walnut paneling, that leads There isa window in the northern end and the other window isbricked in and Form No.

10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM Sprague, Jonathan, House and Barn, Lowell Vicinity, Washington County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET 1 consists of two cross beams of oak, each one supporting two inclined purlin RECEIVED posts.Each of the purlin posts has braces projecting outward.The main DATE ENTERED There is a barn, contemporary with the house, that is composed of three bays, was replaced, and is covered with corrugated metal sheeting. FOR NPS USE ONLY ITEM NUMBER 7 replaced in 1923 with pine. It is possible that the early siding was of poplar, which is the most prevalent tree in the woods. In 1923 the roof located approximately 300 feet from the house. The supporting structure beams measure 30 x 45 feet and are joined by hickory pegs. The siding was PAGE AREAS OF

Statement of significance

was a carpenter, farmer, settler, and millwright. At the age of 21 he came to of Campus Martius. In April 1789 he and his family helped settle and build the Waterford Garrison, where they lived until after the peace treaty with the settle the Ohio lands, they were eligible for property in the Donation Lands built the famed Island Mill, a wing of which was built out into the Muskingum The nearby City of Marietta is generally considered as the first permanent settle- ment in Ohio and the Northwest, with the initial settlers arriving in 1788. sentation of this early architecture executed in stone, which still retains a large construction, is a similar manifestation of this early architectural heritage.

LAW ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION EDUCATION RELIGION PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SCIENCE THEATER SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION INVENTION LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY 1400-1499 X1800-1899 _PREHISTORIC XEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMUNICATIONS MILITARY _PHILOSOPHY _ENGINEERING with a number of early 19th century properties reflecting the Eastcoast styles and The Jonathan Sprague House represents the earliest stone house, and one of the Indians was signed.Having fought in the Revolutionary War, and having helped -1500-1599 -1600-1699 _SCULPTURE _COMMERCE River to secure water power.The method of payment was toll. - 1700-1799 _ECONOMICS _1900- - MUSIC earliest barns to be found in Washington County. The builder, Jonathan Sprague, Coal Run, cleared the land, and in 1800 completed the stone house. In 1803 he features familiar to the first settlers.

The Sprague House is an excellent repre- Washington County is therefore important to the architectural history of the state within the Ohio Company Tract.After1791 he located in Adams Township opposite

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES THE BARN, A VANISHING LANDMARK IN NORTH AMERICA by Eric Arthur and Dudley Whitney. A & W Visual Library, 1972. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - 3 acres UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Beginning at a point designated by a sycamore tree (said to have been mooring for the due west 200+ ft. to a point 50t ft. from township road No. 32; then due south 800+ ft. to a pont 600+ NE of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; then due east 200+ feet to a point 800+ ft. NE of B & 0 Railroad; then due north 800+ ft. to point of beginning. 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Nancy Stout, Regional Preservation Officer Marietta College Preservation Office January 15, 1977 STREET & NUMBER 614-373-4643 ext.

261 CITY OR TOWN Ohio 45750 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL Y As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 892.453 CODE Marietta ORGANIZATION DATE TELEPHONE STATE COUNTY NORTHING Marietta College ZONE EASTING Entered In the SPRAGUE FAMILIES IN AMERICA by Warren Vincent Sprague.Tuttle,1913.

LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the L4,317,818,1,01 Island Mill) which stands approximately 200 feet NE of Sprague-Stout farmhouse; then ZONE EVALUATION / RETURN Sprague, Jonathan, House Working No. L2 Recom. /Criteria - _ see continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed bølow Name Location 3. Classification Owner of Property 5. Location of Legai Description 7. Description REJECT dates completeness clarity SHEE summary paragraph alterations/integrity RETURN Washington County Action: boundary selection Discipline 6. Representation in Existing Surveys resubmission owner objection Substantive Review: Federal Agency: Entered in the Nomination returned for: Date Due: Fed. Reg.

Date appeal NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Reviewer nomination by person or local government justification of exception - Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification - Photographs - Date - Phone: 202 272-3504 Signed completeness context checked Maps clarity applicable criteria 8. Significance summary paragraph justification of areas the resource relating significance to 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By relationship of integrity -- loca: Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Photo by Nancy Stout, 11/79 Sl perspective SPRACUE-STOUT HOUSE University, Zanesville, Ohio Washington Co., vic.

Lowell, Ohio Neg.WAS-9-5-1,filed at Ohio Photo by Nancy Stout, 11/79 Negative MAS-9-5-4, filed at Chio University, Zanesville, Chio East elevation SPRAGUE-STOUT HOUSE Washington Co., vic. Lowell, Ohio Photo by Nancy Stout, 11/79 University, Zanesville, Chio SPRAGUE-STOUT HOUSE South gable end Washington Co.,vic. Lowell, Ohio Neg.WAS-9-5-3,fi1ed at Ohio Sprague - Stout House Washington County vicinity, Lowell, OH Photo by David Sirmons, Oct. 1982 Neg. filed at OHIPO NE elevation,looking southwest Sprague - Stout House Barn, west elevation, looking east Washington County vicinity, Lowell. OH Photo by David Simmons, Oct. 1982 Negative filed at OHPO UNITED STATES LOWELL, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LOWELL QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC)| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROAD CLASSIFICATION DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N3930w8130/7.5 Ms.

Carol Shull, Chief Department of Registration 440 G Street, N.W. All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new Breese, Griffith, Farm Herrington, John House and Herrington Bethel Church Rock Hollow School Kettering, William Property Sprague, Jonathon, House Hull, Patrick House St. Matthews Protestant Episcopal Church Sandusky Multiple Resource Please let me know if you have any questions. W. Ray Luce WRL: BP:dd NATIONAL Madison Morgan Washington Delaware County Athens Erie Hamilton Sincerely, Franklin Encl. Carroll Stark Licking REGISTER Muskingum Summit Ohio Historic Preservation Office Allen December 1, 1982 Swetland Residence Dear Carol: New Submissions Cisler Terrace Second Presbyterian Church Enclosed are fourteen new National Register nominations and three resubmissions.

Delaware Public Library Center Inn West Side Planing Mill Akron Public Library Withrow High School National Register of Historic Places 10State Historic Preservation Officer 1982> Washington, D.C. 20240 Athens B&O Train Depot Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500