Nomination for Van Deman, Henry, House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service 4 1984 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries-complete applicable sections Van Deman, Henry, House and or common House of the "Hole in the Wall" street & number -not for publication city, town NW vicinity of Ohio Wesleyan West Campus, Austin Hall X state county Delaware code 43015 - public - museum - private - unoccupied - park X structure work in progress X private residence - in process X yes: restricted .government . scientific - yes: unrestricted Kadell D. Shanklin and Robert E. Shanklin -vicinity of Delaware County Court House, Auditor's Office, Registry of Deeds courthouse, registry of deeds, etc.

Ohio Historic Inventory - county _ local both transportation Category educational entertainment Accessible Ownership object date received Columbus Delaware commercial Inventory-Nomination Form site other: Ohio historic industrial MAY Status district National Register of Historic Places building(s) Public Acquisition being considered 2. Location 3. Classification 6. Representation in Existing Surveys agriculture religious 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description (3-82) title North Sandusky Street 1. Name Present Use military For NPS use only date entered state OH 43015 code OH Read (and West Central Avenue) has this property been determined eligible?

depository for survey records Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center yes 6 Darlington Read Check one - excellent * original site moved date - fair Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

An outstanding example of early 19th century American midwestern architecture of the late foundation of stone, sending warmth in winter from its seven remaining fireplaces, retaining coolness in summer within its 15" bearing walls and under the protection of tall shade-trees. lead up from Central Avenue are remembered by thousands of Ohio Wesleyan alumni as the ro- town have dwindled to less than one, the two lots with the wooded surround provide seclusion and a feeling of country in the midst of the growing town. The bricks of the ten room structure are of common bond, a soft red in color. The house measures 46'x 36' at its base, and has a half basement of dry-wall construction while half has sidelights, blind transom, pilasters, shelf entablature, and blank surround.

All wood size the entrance below, having the blank surround of four vertical lights from floor to sawn stone lintels, and originally had 6/6 lights, which have been replaced with 6/1. Photos 1 and 2 show the south end of the house with the stepped end roof gable with bridged chimneys. Between and below the chimneys in the flush wall at attic level is the pure Federal fan or symmetry. Back facade (Photos 2 and 3) has 5/6 bays, the two first floor corner ones serving as frequently used entrances after Darlington Road was cut through in 1911. The SW door has extra one) both have hammered or tooled stone lintels rather than the sawn stone on all other Deman, there was probably a pre-existing house at the NW corner of the present building in a portion of the added gabled roof wing that is now the kitchen.

Photo 5 represents the view spot and city council had to decide a question on which most preferred to remain mute, per- haps due to their own sentimental recollections! The east facade entrance opens to the front hall (Photos 10-11) where cherry-railed stairway Condition unexposed 7. Description bandits were captured there and newspapers across the country spread the word of the hiding and accessible through that Nw door, possibly explaining the extra bay and different lintels.

(west) sides have overhanging eaves with exposed rafters and carved modillions above the flanked by Doric columns with entasis visible.The and door According to tax records,an insurance atlas,and the obituary notice for Mrs.Van ascends 16 risers before curvingup 6 additional risers to upstairs front hall and the lovely X_altered explains further the"Hole in the Wall"but does not tell how it got its name when railroad Federal Period,the brick two-storied home was built,circa 1826-1836,ona hill overlooking -ruins - deteriorated - unaltered came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and built a house that was to remain in the Van Deman name from the small stone porch with symetrical steps, also of stone. frieze, the two center lights casement opening from the front upstairs hall onto the balcony. The front and back six transom lights and the NW has only five.

The latter door and the bay next to it (the place. Neither does the photo tell of citizens who felt a light should be placed above the mantic "Hole in the Wall." Although the Van Deman acres flowing to the west and north of the blank frieze board. The shutterless vertical windows are double hung, recessed with trabeated date is crawl space.The full attic is unfinished.The facade l)facing east and towards Wrought iron curved supports and rail have been added at a later time. In spring native wildflowers spill over the retaining rustic stone the steps that NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation sheet Item number entablatures are shelf design; simple pilaster jambs of mantels employ moulding detail.

An ornate woodburning stove patented 1847 was recently brought from the attic, converted to brought down for use as a sideboard. The Shanklin study and library at the northwest corner original pothook, a shelf mantel, jambs and breast of beautiful walnut constructed with and is probably the former site of the woodburning stove now downstairs. A large family bath next to the smaller center room may represent a division of the two. Alterations have been made with perhaps the covering of the fine old wide-board floors with old Kitchen fireplace detail, (15), hardware--handle with cusp (16). Description received (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places Page 1 is of a brick nicely matching the rest of the exterior. date entered For NPS use only Van Deman, Henry, House, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio gas, and is a cozy feature of the back parlor hearth.

The spacious diningroom's fireplace cherry commode built into the bedroom above was another "Van Deman original" (P.12) was wooden peg nails. An unexplained space area covered over with plaster is speculated to be hiding a wall oven, with large built-in cupboard adjoining. Stairways off the room lead to basement and to upstairs. The center back hall forms a T with the front hall and opens to batch, powder room and closets added to the smaller center room which may have been a born- ing room. Five bedrooms, four large corner ones and a smaller west one, all open off the upstairs back hall. Fireplaces are in three of the five rooms, two with natural walnut man- tels and jambs.

The master bedroom fireplace is of white tile surround, white painted mantel is said to have been the kitchen of Van Deman home as indicated by a large fireplace with Additional photographs of exterior main entrance (13), detail of unmatched bay lintels (14), -archeology-prehistoric landscape architecture * _ religion - archeology-historic _conservation - sculpture X education - social/ X_ 1800-1899 exploration settlement -politics/government other (specify) Builder/Architect N/A Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Van Deman who contributed to the history and development of Delaware and surrounding area center section, center entrance with sidelights and fanlights on gable ends. The Rev. Henry his death was built c, 1826-1836 (exact date unverified). Henry Van Deman was a man of great A circuit rider, he was minister also to the united churches of Liberty and Radnor townships for twelve years, and Ohio Wesleyan history quote a substantial gift that aided in the founding of both colleges of self as a farmer, and horticulturist, W. C.

Campbell cites the large and early orchards of tion that planned the sweep of homes on Van Deman Hill, that provided three houses for primary association is with Henry Van Deman's children, only the brick structure of the nomi- 1600-1699 1700-1799 1500-1599 1400-1499 transportation engineering invention communications commerce humanitarian theater Period industry science prehistoric music Specific dates 1900- The Henry Van Deman house is significant under criteria B for its association with Henry military his wife Kadell. c.1826-1836 early example of residential architecture in Delaware displaying Federal style influences 8.

Significance Areas ofSignificance-Check and justify below of Marion County.Henry Van Deman supported education in Delaware and several sources of Xarchitecture -philosophy reached far beyond the boundaries of his community.As minister for forty years in the local law -economics Henry Vandeman whose knowledge of pomology produced a wide variety of apples held in high children of the family in view of the parent home that crested the top of the hill that over- that was a common practice among the early Ohio pioneers. ..communityplanning .-agriculture ..literature settled in the pioneer town with his wife, Sarah. presbytery, an impressive record, he presided over forty ecclesiastical trials of conduct, the university. He later organized a finishing school in Delaware, and a granddaughter, Miss Enella taught literature there. 1911. Mr. Van Deman died in 1872 and his wife in 1888.

The Van Deman name will long remain late 60s it was sold by the sorority. Present owners are Professor Robert E. Shanklin and through its stepped end roof gable with bridged chimneys, symmetrical facade with recessed looked Liberty Street, Central Avenue and the town.

These houses still remain, however, their art Professor Jarvis Stewart of ohio Wesleyan Department of Art for the sensitive visual percep- in the fields of religion and education.The house is significant under criteria C as an nation has the longest direct association with Henry Van Deman.Of the city lots owned by their parents death.In 194o the house was purchased by the Alpha Mu sorority.During the The Rev.Henry Van Deman also found time to distinguish him- energy:an aggressive leader and a man of stong convictions.His contributions and influences The house Van Deman was to live in until Van called to-the First Presbyterian Church of Delaware,and in1824 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Misc. Deeds & Records, Del. Co. Court House, Tax Records, Auditor's Off., Del. Co. Ct. H. Delaware County Historical Society Maps, atlases of Del. Co. 1830, 1875, Delaware, OH UT M References Corner lots 3033 and 3022. Boundary of 181 feet on Darlington Road and 189 on W. Central Ave. - state 11. Form Prepared By telephone (614) 362-0074, 369-4431 (Bus.) Ohio 43015 State Historic Preservation Officer signature Keeper of the National Register GPO 894-785 code county Easting date Northing Attest: Zone national 1/24,000 Verbal boundary description and justification Delaware Gazette and Herald, The Delaware Presbyterian Church History, 1810,1960 (see Cont.pg) 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 0.78 acreage Quadrangle name National Register List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle scale Chief of Registration The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: name/title city or town For NPS use only Xlocal Professor Robert E. Shanklin and Kadell D. Shanklin, wife 6 Darlington Rd. (home address) 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 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. AL1,Z |3|23/6,7,5 5-31-84 street & number WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Van Deman, Henry, House Fed. Reg.

Date: Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government REJECT _ owner objection Federal Agency: - -appeal -sample -request LNR decision Reviewer's comments: Reviewer . _ see continuation sheet _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description Jexcellent -unaltered - original site summary paragraph ruins moved resubmission Category dates completeness Condition yes Accessible Ownership alterations/integrity Status Discipline RETURN Recom./Criteria deteriorated OHIO good boundary selection Delaware County 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Substantive Review: Working No.

Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Nomination returned for: Present Use Public Acquisition Check one clarity National Register fair MAY MAY41984 unexposed 5-31-84 Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed - Phone: _ Commentsfor any item may be continued onan attached sheet context Builder/Architect title completeness national Maps clarity 10. Geographical Data summary paragraph applicable criteria 8.

Significance Specific dates _local _state Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period 6 Darlington Road, Delaware October, 1983 Delaware Van Deman-Shanklin Home Negative on file at Ohio Wesleyan University Public Relations Department Front Facade looking West Photographer: Gerado Torres Delaware County, Ohio October, 1983 (Also shows "Hole in the Wall", as is, 1983) Delaware Van Deman-Shanklin Home Negative on file, Ohio Wesleyan University Southwest view, looking Northeast Public Relations Department Delaware County, Ohio 6 Darlington Road, Delaware (&West Central Av.) Photo 2 Gerado Torres Photographer: 6 Darlington Road, Delaware Delaware County, Ohio October, 1983 North view, looking south Photo 5 Robert Shanklin Photographer: As above Negative on file, Robert Shanklin Home Van Deman-Shanklin Home October, 1983 Delaware Van Deman - Shanklin Home Photo 10 Negative on File, Ohio Wesleyan University 6 Darlington Road Stairway, cherry rail curved at newel head Gerardo Torres Photographer: Public Relations Department November, 1983 Negative on file, Ohio Wesleyan University Public Relations Department Van Deman- Shanklin Home Photographer: Gerardo Torres Delaware 6 Darlington Road, Delaware County, Ohio Detail of Stairway carving Photo 11 6 Darlington Road, Delaware County of Delaware, Ohio et al Delaware November 1983 Negative on file Shanklin Home Van..Deman-Shanklin Home Photo 13 Main entrance doorway detail of paneling, Delaware County, Ohio October, 1983 Photo 14 Delaware Negative on file at Shanklin home Van.Deman-Shanklin Home 6 Darlington Road Mismatched lintels, West looking East November, 1983 Delaware Van Deman-Shanklin Home Old Kitchen fireplace detail Photographer: Robert E.

Shanklin Negative on file, Shanklin home Delaware County, Ohio 6 Darlington Road Photo 15 Van.Deman-Shanklin -Home Delaware County, Ohio Negative on file Shanklin home Delaware November 1983 Photo 16 Old Hardware Handle with Cusp 6 Darlington Road OHIO-DELAWARE CO. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DELAWARE QUADRANGLE DELAWARE, OHIO UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO N4015 - W8300/7.5