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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Meek, J.F., Buildings

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,612 words across 12 pages, filed in 1985. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 85000033, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 NOV 2 I 1984 1. Name X building(s) and/or common 2. Location street & number city, town - state 3. Classification - public _ unoccupied - agriculture X private _ commercial - work in progress _ entertainment X yes: restricted - government _ yes: unrestricted . industrial - military Ohio 43812 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 6. Representation in Existing Surveys _ yes X no has this property been determined eligible?

_ federal _ local depositary for survey records 039 both none museum transportation Category code Accessible educational county Ownership date site object structure Status religious Coshocton other: historic district received Public Acquisition being considered park title Inventory-Nomination Form date entered Coshocton County Courthouse private residence Main Street Type all entries-complete applicable sections (3-82) Present Use National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Jerome Croft in process Lawn Avenue vicinity of See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 scientific For NPS use only 4. Owner of Property Ohio - not for publication yes 7.

Description X original site _ ruins X altered _ moved X fair lined streets with lawns, although strip commercial developments and Standing prominently on the site is the J.F. Meek House, a large three-story Also on the property is an apartment building, or what might be described as unexposed Condition deteriorated excellent unaltered residential character with no significant changes. survives in good condition. The interior features finely crafted quarter-sawn oak woodwork.The main colored brick with limestone trim and has undergone few alterations and are strictly residential areas.

hip roof crowns the main portion of the building and is accented by large This property is located at a prominent corner on a major east-west street Check one north of the downtown and are surrounded by other residences along tree- The front hallway has been altered in that a smaller stairway leads directly and contains five living units, each of which has front and rear porches. Each unit has a living room, dining room and kitchen downstairs with three Exterior changes consist of the loss of an elaborate balustrade on the lower three-story wing which is crowned by a gambrel roof. At the end of porch and the enclosure of the east end of the porch into a sun room. is the use of molded brick to form curved corners at the edges of the brick building which is ornamented by porches, stone sills and lintels, an through Coshocton's residential district.

elaborate cornice, and an animated roofline. A broad front porch, supported probably by the original owner. with tall ceilings and original light fixtures, wired for both electricity each unit. covered with slate and accented by half-timbered gables. date hallway. ceilings. A massive building and around door and window openings. The buildings lie just east and gables with Palladian windows on three sides. finish and features unusually thin joints cemented with dark red mortar. construction, suggesting that they were made early in the building's history, The first floor is used as office space but retains its original These changes were done in the same fashion as the original this rectangular rear wing is a small two-story wing.All of these sections appear to be original construction. are present;the windows feature elaborate leaded glass panels.

Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance

Description of the property

Long rectangular window and door openings by pairs of wooden columns on massive stone piers, extends across the main to apartments on the second floor and is separated from the rest of the The second floor features spacious rooms The third floor is a single large room with plastered walls and The building is crowned by a massive gable roof which is Extending to the rear is a facade and along the east side. The brickwork has a hard In the center of and gas. Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below . community planning X architecture X commerce other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) engraved trays for Coca-Cola, which have today become popular collectors' Meek subdivided his main house into two living units. only two such row-house units in the city, the other being diagonally sophisticated English-inspired Tudor style, the only such apartment 1600-1699 1800-1899 communications 1500-1599 1400-1499 theater 8. Significance philosophy art transportation invention education and English-derived Tudor architecture in the city. engineering archeology-prehistoric archeology-historic science industry music Period humanitarian Meek first became prominent locally as publisher and editor of the prehistoric exploration/settlement commercial advertising, a field which was just then blossoming as a major social/ sculpture agriculture -politics/government building in town.

The Shaw-Barton Company, a leading business in town, produces calendars school in Pennsylvania, Kiskiminetas. Meek continued to live in this house leading local industrialist and newspaper publisher whose innovative work law The J.F.Meek Buildings are significant for their association with a in detail and was probably designed by the same architect or builder but has developer in Coshocton and built a number of business blocks, some of still living here in l9l6,naming the units after his son's preparatory _economics _conservation specialty advertising center largely as the result of the efforts of J.F. military rare in Coshocton and this building is unusually finely crafted ina literature They are fine examples of late Queen Anne As a result of national enterprise. He formed the American Art Works and produced elaborately information prominently displayed.

Meek was also a prominent The only other is the present YWCA building, a few blocks from here. Specific dates 1898 and 1916 1700-1799 religion group of buildings with such an association. landscape architecture It has some similarity architecture of the buildings. Coshocton is today a major calendar and as Coshocton's leading industry.of secondary significance are the This house is a large and well-preserved example of Queen Anne style which artistic calendars are distributed with the advertiser's name and Early twentieth century apartments are opposite at the same intersection. Meek.More calendars are produced in Coshocton than in any other American architecture and survives in relatively good condition. building from the era which can compare in size and ornament with this house X1900- 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References N.N. Hill, History of Coshocton County, Ohio, A.A. Graham & Co., Newark, O., 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 UT M References _ state 11. Form Prepared By Ohio 44109 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 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.

code county date Easting organization Northing Zone Attest: Cleveland National Register Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature national city or town Acreage of nominated property Chief of Registration The nominated property is bounded by Chestnut St.on the St. Information supplied by the current owner List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries name/title less than one on the alley on the driveway on the west. For NPS use only 14415.81420 Steven McQuillin, Independent Preservation Consultant (rev.

7-84) street & number Entered in the Keeper of the National Register date March 1983 3515 Archwood Avenue Quadrangle name Coshocton, Ohio WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Meek, J. F., Buildings NOV 2 /1984 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: L -appeal J sample J request . see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ - technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7.

Description _excellent - unaltered -original site - moved resubmission Category Condition REJECT dates yes ruins completeness Status alterations/integrity Ownership Discipline Reviewer clarity unexposed RETURN Recom./Criteria deteriorated Action: fair Coshocton County good Public Acquisition boundary selection owner objection Substantive Review: summary paragraph Federal Agency: National Register Reviewer's comments: nomination by person or local government Present Use Working No. NR decision Has this property been determined eligible? Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Check one Accessible Entered In the 2-8S 8. Significance completeness relating significance to the resource justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Verbal boundary description and justification 11.

Form Prepared By _national State Historic Preservation Officer signature . Phone: - Comments for any item maybe continued on an attached sheet Date Builder/Architect Signed context Photographs Maps clarity local justification of areas checked Specific dates 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Quadrangle name UTM References Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to summary paragraph relationship of integrity to significance applicable criteria Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _state title Coshocton, Onio Bob Reymount Collection Steven licQuillin, photographer larch 1983 J.F.Meek House Coshocton, Ohio Ilarch 1983 front & side, looking NW Bob Reymount Collection Steven ifcQuillin, photographer J.F.leek House Coshocton, Ohio rear & west side, looking SE J.F.leek House Steven lcQuillin, photographer larch 1983 Bob Reymount Collection J.F. lieek House Coshocton March 1983 Steven licQuillin, photographer JFMH-4 Bob Reymount Collection Coshocton, Ohio iiarch 1983 Steven IĆ­cQuillin, Photographer apt.

bldg, front, looking iwW Bob Reymount Collection J.F.Meek House negs : Cos hocton Y. w,C.A. COSHOCTON QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY West Lafayette J.F. Meek Buildings OHIO-COSHOCTON CO. COSHOCTON, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION STATE OF OHIO

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Coshocton city, in the words of 1909.

1909, Coshocton City

Chapter Xix

Miscellaneous Matters - 1. The Pre-Historic Race. 2. Ancient Burial Grounds. 3. Meaning of the names Muskingum, Tuscarawas, and Walhonding. 4. Prose Legend of the Walhonding. 5. Heckwelder's Famous Ride. 6. Temperance Crusade among the Indians. 7. The Gnadenhutten Massacre. 8. Curious Stories Touching Captives Reclaimed by Boquet.

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