Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Griffin, A. B.,--O. H. Griffin House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,447 words across 19 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 85000485, 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.

NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 MAY 22 1987 A.B./O.H. Griffin House, 409 South Walnut St., Ravenna, Portage Co., OH 8 May 1987 3/7/85 as: Griffin, A.B., House 409 S. Walnut Street Ravenna, Ohio 44266 A.B. Griffin/O.H. Griffin House and or common: N/A 7. Description 8. Significance date title Name historic: Chief of Registration Continuation Sheet Attest: State Historic Preservation Officer signature National Park Service the attached Statement. Optional NPs Verification of Changes Please substitute the Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

on the original form with National Register of Historic Places 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Request for Changes Please Make the following changes to the property entered in the Register Keeper of the National Register United States Department of the Interior Please change any reference of the "A.B.Griffin House" to the Section number 1, 7,8 Page SHPO NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 MAY 22 1987 A.B./O.H. Griffin House, 409 South Walnut St., Ravenna, Portage Co., OH 8 May 1987 The A.B. Griffin/O.H. Griffin House, built in 1843, is significant as a fine craftsman, A.B. Griffin. style (e.g., a molded entablature, end returns, and entablature hood over the door), and, as a gable front, two story timber frame structure, is a typical house type from this period in the Western Reserve region of Ohio.
Well maintained with very little alteration, this structure along with the A.B. Griffin built the house in 1843, and lived there until 1847. Griffin is the house on the adjacent lot. Like his brother, O.H. Griffin was also a cabinetmaker, though he never gained the prominence of A.B. The house was allowed to fall into a state of disrepair, until the present owner A.B. Griffin (A.B. lived there until his death in 1900), the A.B. Griffin/O.H. two structures, the A.B./O.H. Griffin House contains the finer examples of 1843 today. Centennial Exposition. Continuation Sheet Page Specific Dates Section number example of Greek Revival architecture in the Western Reserve in northeast interior craftsmanship intact.
Portage County Historical Society.Griffin gained some small measure of While the structure on the adjacent lot has more historical association with National Register of Historic Places 8. Significance National Park Service national importance when his work was exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Ohio.The house is additionally significant for featuring the work of a local purchased the property and restored the structure. structure on the adjacent lot built and lived in by A.B.Griffin) are United States Department of the Interior In 1847,A.B.Griffin sold this house to his brother,0.H.Griffin,and built A.B.
Griffin Architecturally, the house contains typical elements of the Greek Revival Builder/Architect considered as perhaps the most outstanding cabinetmaker from the early period the finest examples of this particular common house type remaining in Ravenna of Ravenna's history and examples of his work have been preserved by the Griffin House is significant in its retention of the artisan's work.Of the remained in the O.H.Griffin family until c.1930.More recently,the house NPS Form 10-800-d OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 MAY 2 2 1987 Section number - STATE OHIO Date/ Signature 1. Griffin, A. B.,--O. H. Griffin House COUNTY Portage Attest Keeper Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Nomination/Type of Review United States Department of the Interior (NAME CHANGE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION) NAME CHANGED FROM: Griffin, A. B., House to Name below.
WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Griffin, A. B.,--O. H. Griffin House Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: - owner objection Federal Agency: _ Jappeal -sample Jrequest L NR decision - 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 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7.
Description I excellent -unaltered J original site - moved summary paragraph ] boundary selection dates Accessible ruins resubmission REJECT Ownership Condition Category Status completeness alterations/integrity deteriorated Portage County RETURN clarity Action: Substantive Review: Nomination returned for: Public Acquisition Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance nomination by person or local government Has this property been determined eligible? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NAME CHANGE Reviewer's comments: Present Use Check one good Reviewer _ yes unexposed fair 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - summary paragraph J completeness relating significance to the resource Other 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to . - Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Comments for any item maybe continued on an attached sheet context state Builder/Architect Signed Period clarity title national Maps applicable criteria local Specific dates UTM References Acreage of nominated property justification of areas checked Photographs Verbal boundary description and justification relationship of integrity to significance 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) justification of exception The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Quadrangle name NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 6 1985 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1.
Name Griffin, A.B., House street & number -not for publication city, town - vicinity of . state _ unoccupied X building(s) X private _commercial - work in progress X private residence . entertainment X yes: restricted - government - yes: unrestricted 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description - yes X nº _ federal depository for survey records 039 133 both museum Category Accessible None code date county transportation structure Ownership Ravenna educational historic object Portage Status district religious site industrial park other: public military Ohio Inventory-Nomination Form scientific local Present Use received FEB Public Acquisition being considered National Park Service 2. Location date entered National Register of Historic Places title 3. Classification Gladys Mileski agriculture 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Type all entries-complete applicable sections 409 South Walnut Street in process United States Department of the Interior 449 South Meridian Street has this property been determined eligible? For NPS use only (3-82) MAR 7 1985 courthouse,registry of deeds, etc. MAR Portage County Recorders Office 7. Description X excellent . deteriorated X original site X altered moved date The A.B. Griffin House is a two story, three bay, rectangular timber frame structure. Reserve dating from this period. A gable end building, the structure has a fully with end boards. The entrance is a molded, six paneled door with a molded entablature hood and flanked Much of the interior remains intact.
Of particular significance is the parlor, which Condition ruins unexposed unaltered not original.Originally the paired windows at front were a single casement window Check one head and flanking, fluted pilasters.The mantel was probably executed by Mr.Griffin. below the frieze board; there was no second story window at the rear of this side. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance developed entablature in the Tuscan order and gable returns.The siding is clapboard the structure if not original. The interior of this section is built on five levels and contained the cabinet shop of A.B.Griffin.At the south side of this section by smooth faced pilasters.At the rear of the north facade is another six panel door main block of the building. -fair with hood.The windows are six-over-six double hung sash many with original lights.
isa one story shed roof porch with square posts and balustraded rail adjacent to the Areas of Significance-Check and justify below X architecture - music X 1800-1899 X. politics government - other (specify) A.B. Griffin Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Criteria A & C The A.B. Griffin House, built 1848, is significant as a fine example of Greek Revival for its historic associations with A.B. Griffin, a local artisan and politician in the A.B. Griffin built the house in 1848 and lived in it until his death in 1900. Mr.
Griffin was a cabinet maker, whose work was exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial 1848 1600-1699 1400-1499 1500-1599 commerce communications 1700-1799 conservation theater economics transportation archeology-historic engineering education invention philosophy humanitarian industry military literature Period Builder/Architect science exploration/settlement Specific dates prehistoric social/ agriculture sculpture business district. law of predominatly late nineteenth century historic fabric. Mr.Griffin's workshop.Much of the house's trim work may be attributed to Mr.Griffin. finest houses in Ravenna dating from this period. 1900- one and one-half story section of the building with five interior levels contained offices of Town Clerk, Treasurer, Justice of the Peace and Mayor.As fourth Mayor of 8. Significance formative years of Ravenna.
Mr.Griffin was also a local politician in the formative years of Ravenna.He held the - archeology-prehistoric - community planning landscape architecture _ religion fully developed entablature, gable returns, entablature door hoods . - -), and as a The owner of both, Gladys Mileski, has recently Ravenna, Mr. Griffin helped layout the courthouse green, which is central to the Ravenna Exposition and which is preserved at the Portage County Historical Society.The rear two story timber frame structure with gable front and clapboard siding is the common architecture in the Connecticut Western Reserve in northeast Ohio.It is also significant Architecturally the house contains typical elements of the Greek Revival style, (i.e., proportions of the A.B. Griffin House. Ohio.Well maintained and with very little exterior alteration, this is one of the 9.
Major Bibliographical References History of Portage County, Ohio. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885; reprint ed., 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name - Quadrangle scale 1:24000 UT M References - state 11. Form Prepared By June 16, 1984 street & number 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 code 1957. county date Easting Ravenna name/title Northing Zone national Attest: organization Verbal boundary description and justification Ohio 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 3-7-85- State Historic Preservation Officer signature List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 252 Pratt Street Portage County Historical Society, Inc., 1972.
Xlocal Chief of Registration The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: city or town A rectangular lot lots 60and 26. SHPO For NPS use only Holm, J.B. Portage Heritage. Ravenna, Ohio: Portage County Historical Society, Inc., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 less than 1/2 acre according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Acreage of nominated property OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior Griffin, A.B., House, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Item number 9 Page 2 received Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service date entered Ravenna Republican, 31 August 1899; 21 June 1900.
(3-82) For NPS use only NPS Form 10-900-a WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Griffin, A.B., House Date Due: - nomination by person or local government _ REJECT - owner objection -appeal -sample J request J NR decision 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 Has this property been determined eligible? 7.
Description - unaltered - original site J moved summary paragraph Condition Category resubmission dates completeness yes Ownership Status alterations/integrity unexposed Reviewer Accessible ruins Discipline deteriorated Portage County clarity RETURN Entered in the boundary selection see continuation sheet Substantive Review: Action: Recom./Criteria 2.48 Working No. Reviewer's comments: Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Check one Present Use Federal Agency: Public Acquisition excellent National Register ("R" June 1984) FEB 85000485 FEB61985 OHIO LACCEPT good fair 8. Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J relating significance to the resource I relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 11.
Form Prepared By _ national State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date . Builder/Architect Signed context completeness title applicable criteria Maps clarity UTM References local Photographs 10. Geographical Data 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Specific dates Verbal boundary description and justification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to justification of areas checked summary paragraph Quadrangle name Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Acreage of nominated property _state Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - Phone: - Period Griffin, A. B., House Ravenna, Portage County, Onio C. Tim Jones - Photographer 44266 6/84 Ravenna Negs: C. Tim Jones, 252 Pratt St.,R Griffin, A. B., House Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio C.
Tim Jones - Photographer Negs: C. Tim Jones, 252 Pratt St., Ravenna Photo 2: view looking northwest 44266 Heuse 409 Griffin, A.B., House Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio C. Tim Jones - Photographer 44266 6/84 Negs: C. Tim Jones, 252 Pratt St., Ravenna Photo 3:view of front entrance on west facade Griffin, A.B., House Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio C. Tim Jones - Photographer Photo 4; yiew of south facade - 44266 6/84 Negs: C. Tim Jones, 252 Pratt St., Ravenna Griffin, A. B., House Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio C. Tim Jones - Photographer Negs: C. Tim Jones, 252 Pratt St., Ravenna Photo 5: view of interior trim 44266 6/84 Griffin, A. B., House Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio C. Tim Jones - Photographer Photo 6: view of mantel 44266 6/84 Negs: C.
Tim Jones, 252 Pratt St., Ravenna Ravenna RAVENNA QUADRANGLE RAVENNA, OHIO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey ROAD CLASSIFICATION 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 May 8, 1987 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 nomination which was listed 3/7/85. County, Ohio, to be inaccurate, including the date of construction, and the W. Ray Luce SOCIETY 614/297-2470 HISTORICAL Department of the Interior National Park Service length of association with A.B.Griffin.This new information necessitates a National Register of Historic Places State Historic Preservation Officer Dear Carol: WRL/AEL/ipg Sincerely, procedures have been followed.
Additional research which resulted from the new nomination, proves some of the The properties in the new nomination and amendment are adjacent to each other Please contact me if you have any questions.All of the proper notification name change for the listed property, to more accurately reflect the ownership. Ohio Historic Preservation Office information on the property listed as A.B. Griffin House, Ravenna, Portage Enclosed is one new National Register nomination and one amendment fora and both were originally constructed and occupied by Alexander B.Griffin. OHIO