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Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) Criteria A & B 5. Other Name(s) 16. Thematic Category Yes S 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period Lot 19 (part) 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays Front 4 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition - Private 5 Altered 5 ). Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address. Moved O if known 37. Condition Lone 25. Open to Preservation Structure C Building S Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 1. On National By What? No O 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 5. Name of Established District of Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio) Distance from and 42.
Further Description of Important Features 13. History and Significance This building was the main structure housing the Mertz and Riddle Carriage Works, later 14. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 5. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by 1884 Sanborn map of Ravenna 47. Organization Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1870 2-84 sandstone Underway? brick Register? Easting Ravenna Prospect streets Side Exterior MAIN Portage National Register nomination Eligible? Long. Site Steven McQuillin good District Ravenna Heritage Association Potent'? office building Ohio Historical Center County with long rectangular windows having rectangular stonelintels and silis. Riddle Properties OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Interior (Explain (Riddle Commercial Buildings of Frontage on Road The storefront has modern aluminum siding, but this has not damaged crown to this tall building.
Northing the original fabric underneath. Ohio Historic Preservation Office This cornice consists of rows of brick arches which form a unique commercial buildings and to the east is a small block and another large commercial Lat. Riddle Commercial Blocksof Ravenna National Register nomination form Otherwise this is a plain building carriage manufacturing bldg Riddle Coach and Hearse Works.It is one of the oldest buildings in the downtown.(over) Public Road? Riddle Block #5 U.T.M. Reference 3.Part of Estab.Yes This is the first of ten buildings built by H.W.Riddle in downtown Ravenna from 1870 to 1914 209 S. Chestnut St. flat, composition unknown No D Ornate corbelled brickwork is used to form a cornice atop the building. 12. Is It No C Ravenna Heritage Assn. fifty foor frontage This building is located on the eastern edge of downtown Ravenna.
To the west are other NIA wood and stone trim this building is directly associated with an activity that had represents the Riddle Coach and Hearse Works. Riddle came to Ravenna from Pennsylvania in the mid nineteenth century and soon became involved in this firm, which he acquired craftsmen, he altered the ethnic character of the community. proceeds from the firm to build a number of prominent commercial As the site of the activities of the firm from its construction in 1870 until the firm's demise in 1926,this building best Through his employment of European immigrant a national reputation in the hearse business.Riddle used the buildings in town. WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Riddle Block #5 (Ravenna Commercial FEB 6 1985 Fed. Reg.
Date: nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - -appeal J sample Reviewer - Nomination returned for: .technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description - excellent - unaltered J original site I moved summary paragraph Category resubmission request dates Condition ruins Status yes completeness Ownership REJECT Discipline alterations/integrity unexposed Recom./Criteria Action: fair deteriorated clarity RETURN boundary selection Substantive Review: Portage County Working No.
see continuation sheet Center MRA) Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Accessible Present Use Check one Reviewer's comments: NR decision Date Due: 3-18-85 8. Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below J summary paragraph relating significance to the resource 9. Major Bibliographical References X1O. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _national _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Builder/Architect Date Signed context completeness Period applicable criteria clarity UTM References Maps Specific dates 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas checked relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception Quadrangle name Acreage of nominated property Statement of Significance