Nomination for Watt-Groce-Fickhardt House

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OMB No. 1024-0018 National Park Service received JUL 2 3 1985 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms street & number N/A not for publication city, town N/A vicinity of - county - state _ occupied - agriculture _ museum X building(s) X private _ commercial - park - structure - educational - private residence _ religious - yes: restricted - government _ scientific - transportation _ other: 4. Owner of Property Dr. Emily E. Lutz Ohio 43113 5. Location of Legal Description _federal _ local depository for survey records 139 entertainment Category both Accessible yes date code site Circleville Ownership object Public Acquisition industrial district Status Court Street/Franklin military being considered Inventory-Nomination Form Pickaway 3. Classification Present Use title Lutz Residence Ohio (3-82) 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 360 East Main Street 2.

Location National Register of Historic Places Type all entries-complete applicable sections X Not Applicable in process has this property been determined eligible? United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900 1. Name work in progress For NPS use only and or common courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. - public 129 10-31-87 Expires historic Watt-Groce-Fickardt House Pickaway County Courthouse 7. Description - original site _ deteriorated _ unaltered - ruins _moved date N/A foundation. Built in three stages, the original section is the first floor other elevations of this part of the house. The windows are 6/6 light double The second phase of the house is the 2 story, 5xIbay, brick section built in the traditional, I-house plan.: This section was added c. 1852.

The I-house Imbricated slate, It has a projecting cornice, gable returns and two internal walk follows the house on the south,west and north sides. A turn-of-the canopy, steps and railing, fence and walks existing.

On the interior, the floor plan is original with the exception of'a change in Condition fair Check one has an imbricated slate-covered gable roof.There are two internal chimneys, rounded corners and the top sidelight is round-arched.The gable roof has its The front lot is bordered with an iron fence and a herringbone patterned brick the pantry circulation and the addition of a bath on both floors in the rear The second story frame addition to the original wing is the third phase.It basement.The exterior walls are common bond brick with a hammered stone The stair is located in a central hall.The front door is centered in the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

are existing. facade and the openings are symmetrical.Most windows are I/l light double hung with wood louvered shutters and plain stone lug sills and lintels. was a very popular and common style for residences in Pickaway County and - unexposed century photo shows the house painted plus all three sections, the numerous styles of wood trim, doors, cabinetry and mantels and slate) excellent end prior to construction of the front addition.Windows in the 4 bays are 1/1 Iight double hung with wood shutters. Circlevilleat this time.It is one room deep with a.2 over 2room format. since c.I9io.It has a standing seam metal shed roof. as the farmhouse for Samuel Watt's 148 acre farm.It is 4bays wide and 1 bay X good X altered are original 6/6 light double hung windows. A wood canopy adorns the center added c.

187l when a hill was leveled out of East Main Street, leaving the only of the wing which runs perpendicular with the road. It was built in 1826 floor plan attached).Original wide plank wood floors and deep with a door in the southern most bay.There are also doorways on all one centered and one at the north end.A third may have.exis.ted at the south The Watt-Groce-Fickardt House is a two-story,5 X 5 bay residence with a OMB No. 1024-0018 Far NPS use only Continuation sheet Circleville, Pickaway Co, OH Item number 7 This involved adding exterior steps, a landing, and a door (formerly a Page Watt-Groce-Fickardt House National Park Service Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places features of the house, therefore its architectural integrity is maintained.

Alterations to the property include the addition of a car port to the rear and date entered These alterations do not interfere with the basic plan or architectural United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a adaptations to convert the second floor rear section into an apartment Some remodel ing appears to have been done on the interior c. 1970. (3-82) window) in the south bay of the west side of rear.The steps have since been Areas of SignificanceCheck and justify below - archeology-prehistoric - archeology-historic _ agriculture X architecture X 1800-1899 X commerce - exploration/settlement - .communications - politics/government other (specify) Specific dates1826, c.1852, c.1885 "I-house" addition was built in c. 1852 by an aspiring businessman as his family's residence.

The house is also significant under Criteria B for its associations with prominent Circleville businessmen and thus its role in the city's commercial history. in particular, because of I) its prominent location on a hill overlooking the East Main Street, a major east/west thoroughfare, and 3) its strategic setting However, the original two-room plan is evident and the exterior walls and In 1835, as the town of Circleville was expanding, Watt sold most of his farm edge of the town with the rural township to its east, until the McCrea farm 1600-1699 1400-1499 1700-1799 1500-1599 transportation invention humanitarian education theater art 8.

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Significance engineering industry literature incorporated. science Period social/ sculpture openings are unchanged. 1900- -communityplanning and transformation of a midwest rural community. In reviewing the surveyed structures in Circleville, the incomplete nature of -prehistoric The Watt-Groce-Fickardt House is significant under Criteria C as a visually in proximity to the town and country enhances our understanding of the growth I-acre plot on which the Watt house sat was excluded from this subdivision due west of the house consisting of 20 lots.Brockway resided there. -- philosophy -conservation Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) law -economics expanded the town eastward extending its Iimits up to the western boundary of been impacted with the addition of a frame second story added in c.1885. in l839 the Circleville and Washington Turnpike (East Main Street) was A series of additions to the town along East Main Street, from 1830 to 1842 -music military landscape architecture Builder/Architect unknown The Samuel Watt Farm was originally a 200 acre parcel sold to Watt by his The town of Circleville, laid out in characteristics of the "Hall and Parlor" house type. and the environment in this area was rural. Today, this 1826 structure has the l acre parcel of the Watt house.

the survey prevents an accurate representation of other pre-Civil War with two rooms and a gable ridge stretching over the rooms, all religion This property remained at the eastern regardless of the possible existence of other similar properties, this house prominent and well-preserved pre-Civil War residence in which two traditional neighborhood,2) its high visibility above and so near the right-of-way of 1 This house had a 4-bay 3-bay) facing east.At the time of its construction, (due east) was subdivided in l882.At the same time as the town's expansion, the original town of Circleville was to the west (partially in Wattls land) in 1836 and platted his own addition to the town of Circleville in 1839.A as a farmhouse in l826 is modified "Hall and Parlor plan.A classic acreage.The parce1 with the house was reduced from 148 to 115 to 23 1/2 to 18l0,was platted on land owned by Zieger and Watt.By 1820 Watt's farm was 9.

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Major Bibliographical References thru 1910. Historical Collections of Ohio, vol. Howe - Quadrangle name - Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 UT M References - state 11. Form Prepared By date November 19, 1984 street & number telephone (614) 263-3440 Ohio 43202 X local _ national I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register 1820 code county date Circleville organization Northing Continued Zone Columbus Attest: name/title Historic Preservation Consultant Zone Easting List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Kathy Mast Kane 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification city or town Acreage of nominated property .33 acre Chief of Registration 257 West Lakeview Avenue Entered in tha For NPs use only 10.

Geographical Data As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 eeper of the National Register GPO 911-399 *Pickaway Co. *Williams Circleville Directory, l859-60 *Lowenstein & Heineman's Circleville Directory Verbal boundary description and justification Beginning at a stake in the north line of Main Street OMB NO. 1024-0018 For NPS use only addition of the I-house to the south elevation of the Watt house, giving it an 2-story single pile, brick structure with a central hall plan, having 2 rooms John G. Groce, a native of Circleville, had left the town when he was 21 and the Watt house property, he started a dry goods business in addition to curing meats, and particularly hams.

2 city, in addition to being a major landholder, he was a leader in the development of the Scioto Valley Traction Company, Forest Cemetery and First, the placement of the addition reoriented the house to face on the Secondly, its increased size and updated style (not a new style, but a popular being lived in by a businessman, not a farmer. sources. Page Watt-Groce-Fickardt House Inventory-Nomination Form The business of slaughtering and packing pork became important in Circleville National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Architectural information on house types was compiled from research promotion of the Republican Party. United States Department of the Interior one in both urban and rural settings) gave the house an image competitive with chimneys and the ridge running parallel to the street.

company,the W.R.Hosler Co.started up in 1886,becoming the prominent date entered establishments and port was one of the five principal exports on the canal establishment organized in 1837 with Groce's involvement beginning in 1848 Grocels purchase of the Watt property and his addition of the l-house wing packer of the 20th century. In 1852,John G.Groce purchased the1acre property.He iscredited with the received NPS Form 10-900-a Increased its visibility on this growing axis between the town and country. (3-82) conducted by Ohio Historic Preservation Office Staff from various John G. Groce was extensively involved in sharing his business acumen with the improved East Main Street and minimized its set back on the street which marked the transformation of the house from a farm to a town residence.

with the construction of the canal in the early l830s.It remained an over 2,a 5-bay facade with symmetrical openings and a gable roof with end important industry through the 18oos, declining at the end of the century working in the pork business.In l860 he sold the dry goods and concentrated by the l880's he had attained an almost national reputation for his manner of returned with his wife Graham)and five children in 1848.He began (the competitor began operation in I832).John Groce and Son last slaughtered because of outside competition.In l843 there were four pork packing OMB NO. 1024-0018 ones). His son, Frederick Lutz Fickardt joined In partnership with the Fickardt and Son" even after the elder's death in 1896. The grandson, George that in 189l, the I acre lot on which the house sat, was divided into thirds 10.

Geographical Data - Continued the West line of said 50 foot lot 165 feet to stake in the North line of said County in Book 42, page l. 2. History of Pickaway and Franklin County, Ohie, Wms. Bros., p. 233. Page Watt-Groce-Fickardt House National Park Service (3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form Presently, the Watt-Groce-Fickardt House is unchanged in plan and features owns and resides in the house today.

United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places role on the board of directors of the library.A descendent of the family same premises devised to Elisabeth Wolfley by the Will of Caroline Fickardt received place of beginning,containing 33/loo of an acre,more or less and being the additional community activity identified with the Fickardt's was Frederick's H.Fickardt, was also a pharmacist, making the business a three generation Benford by Item Third of the Will of said Caroline Fickardt;thence South with Fickardt's son, Fred Lutz Fickardt. frame addition on the rear section was built by George H. and Carrie limits of the City of Circleville.

date entered In l87l, soon after Fickardt's purchase, the hill was graded out of East Main and wife by deed dated March 1,187l and recorded in Deed Records of said Today these features are distinctive traits of the house.In c.1885,the druggist.In 1839he took over the oldest drug store establishment in In1869 Groce sold the property and in 187l it passed on to another prominent NPS Form 10-900-8 bus inessman, George H. Fickardt.

Fickardt was a wholesale and retail Main Street;thence with the line of said street 75 feet, more or less, to the among Fickardt heirs and houses were built on the lots around the and being the same premises conveyed to said Caroline Fickardt by Henry Renick the 1860s and 1870s.By 1906 there were five the three earlier WATT- GROCE - FICKARPT RESIDENCE CIRLLEVILLE, PICKAWAY COUNTY, O HIO BEDROOM SEWING PARLOR PORCH SELOND FLOOR PLAN NORTH PANTRY BEDROOH 3OO EAST MAIN STREET WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government _ REJECT - Federal Agency: - Lappeal J sample -request Reviewer - _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 Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description - excellent L unaltered - original site - moved summary paragraph resubmission Category Accessible yes alterations/integrity Ownership JUL231985 dates Condition Status ruins deteriorated RETURN clarity unexposed Substantive Review: Recom./Criteria Action: Pickaway County owner objection completeness ACCEPT Watt-Groce-Fickhardt House Working No. Public Acquisition boundary selection Reviewer's comments: good Discipline. NR decision Check one Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Present Use NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 12-4-86 Date Due: Catered in the 82378 ("R" June 1984) OHIO 85001804 fair Wational Hegister 8.

Significance - summary paragraph L applicable criteria -relating significance to the resource - context - relationship of integrity to significance - justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By _local Signed Date Builder/Architect state clarity completeness title justification of areas checked Phone national Maps Specific dates UTM References Photographs The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Quadrangle name Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Facade (south) & east elevation-NW 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Facade (south) & west elevation-NE Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH C. 1910 South and east elevation Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH C.1910 East elevation - W Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E.

Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH C.1900 South and west elevation-NE 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH C.1910 East elevation - SW Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Irom porch of house next door (on Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane C.1910 Looking toward west elev. 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH west). - E 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane Facade & west elevation - NE 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 Facade & east elevation - NW 360 E.

Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Entry details - NW Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 535 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Facade details - N Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH East elevation - NW Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 East elevation detail - SW 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Rear ( north) elevation - S Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH North elevation detail - S Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W.

Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH North elevation detail - S Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH West elevation detail - NE Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH West elevation detail - SE Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Rear lot detail (new garage) - N Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Enclosed porch door - S Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH GFickardt 360 E.

Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 Front door detail 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Interior-entry detail - S Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 Entry woodwork detail 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Front entry from parlor - SE 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Living room trim Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W.

Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Living room bookcase - NE 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH dining & kitchen - N Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 From living room thru to Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Dining room fireplace - N Kathy Mast Kane Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Dining room woodwork - NE Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Dining room door to porch - W Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH Parlor fireplace - W Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W.

Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH Parlor cabinetry - NE Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 2nd Fl. West bedroom - W Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 2nd Fl. West bedroom - NW Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 2nd Fl. West bedroom - NE Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 2nd F1. East bedroom - SE Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 2nd F1. East bedroom - SE Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 360 E.

Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 2nd F1. addition-Sitting room -NE Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH 2nd Fl. Addition - NE Watt-Fickardt Residence November 1984 Kathy Mast Kane 360 E. Main St., Circleville Pickaway Co., OH 2nd Fl. Addition - SE Watt-Fickardt Residence Kathy Mast Kane November 1984 257 W. Lakeview Ave.,Cols.,OH CIRCLEVILLE QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 July 16, 1985 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Carol : W.

Ray Luce SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Guernsey HISTORICAL Preble Ashtabula Acton House County Enclosures New Submissions Stark Watt-Groce-Fickardt House Trinity Lutheran Church State Historic Preservation Office First Methodist Episcopal Church Auglaize National Road First Presbyterian Church Ohio Historic Preservation Office West Fifth Street Bridge of Wapakoneta Middle Bass Club Historic District National Park Service Wheel ing Avenue Historic District everything possible to expedite this nomination. Department of the Interior Enclosed are nine new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate Please contact me if you have any questions.

WRL:bp National Register of Historic Places for the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Massillon, Stark County.Please do Ottawa note that letters have been received from the First United Methodist Church OHIO Pickaway and the Mayor of Massillon waiving their right to comment on the nomination