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SINCE 1885 4. Present Name(s) Dr. Ream's Office * Henry Burnham Residence 16. Thematic Category : 28. No. of Stories Basement? Yes O SE corner of N. Nain St. and 17. Date(s) or Period Rt. 559 1860 30. Foundation Material If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction Site Pian with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition X Private Z in #42) Moved - Owner's Name & Address, 37. Condition U.T.M. Reterence 4 High St. 4+34 000 25. Open to Preservation Structure = Building X Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? 1. On National No C 27. Other Surveys in Which Included Part of Estab. Yes C District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? Distance from and 2.
Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) Gothic Revival cottage dating from the mid-19th century. It features an intersecting gable roof, pointed arch windows in the front of the building. It has had several additions to the rear. 3. History and Significance so they moved to Mechanicsburg where she was closer to a doctor. He sold the house in 1867, following her death. Mr. Burnham built the large home at 127 N. Main St. in 1880. 4. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Located at a busy intersection on a corner lot. There is some landscaping. lt is in 1 residential area. 5 Sources of Information 46. Prepared by N. Recchie 47. Organization unty recerds B.D. Rickey & Co. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 6/84 residence Underway? Front Easting SOCIETY Exterior Register?
stone Mechanicsburg County agriculture gable/composition Site Champaign unknown OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Northing Specific Location Interior Dohron Wilson (Explain Frontage on Road Gothic Revival Location of Negatives Public Road? wood frame This house is quite similar to the house on the northwest corner of Locust and E.Sandusky. Eligible? City or Town (over) AUG 29 35. Plan Shape rectangular Mechanicsburg, Ohio 430L4 No D No X 5. Name of Established District gables and finely decorated bargboards. The windows on the first floor are double hung 9/6 sash and a porch extends across the ichren Wilson, local historian Altered E The house was built by Henry Burnham, a wealthy Champaign County farmer. His wife was ill Potent'i? several rear additions, all wood frame construction with gabled 127 N. Main was built in 1880.
nomination, however the other two (Rathbun and Barr residences) Acreage others surveyed. Architectural Description Henry Burnham Residence Significance Statement half of the l9th century, many of these farmers chose to live in agricultural economy of the village and surrounding township and of ornamentation originally and many have been significantly same form and materials as the original; and the distinctive This building is also significant as an excellent representation features of the Gothic Revival style remain unchanged. its distinctive form and Gothic Revival detailing more than it is an excellent example of a very common building type in opening of the railroad in l850 provided farmers with easy access Less than one acre This building meets Criteria A & C.It is associated with the SE corner of N.
Main and High Streets Gothic Revival cottage dating from c.l860.It is frame construction, 1 1/2 stories in height, and has an intersecting There are to distant markets. As a result, there were many wealthy farmers rooflines. Mechanicsburg. and Mechanicsburg has always been dependent on agriculture.The This building maintains finest homes in Mechanicsburg.Henry Burnham built two houses The economic base of southeast Champaign County windows and finely carved bargeboards in the gables. gable roofline.Gothic Revival details include the pointed arch Mechanicsburg rather than on their farms. They built some of the in this area from the mid-l9th century on.During the second These buildings had a varying amount In this small community of 1500,there were 45 identified in the survey. have been more altered than this one. OMB NO. 1024-0018 Entered Page , 3 Champaign County.
OHIO Nomination/Type of Review 3. Burnham, Henry, House 4. Church of Our Savior 6. Culbertson, William, House 7. Demand-Gest House 8. Hamer's General Store 9. Hunter, Norvall, Farm Attest Date/Signature Name Continuation sheet Keeper State dnr-11 Barr House Inventory-Nomination Form Item number National Register Thematic Group Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area National Register of Historic Places (3-82) Multiple Resource Area National Park Service 10. Kimball House United States Department of the Interior Baker, Major John C., 5. Clark, Dr., House NPS Form 10-900-a Far Nps use only Bntered in tho Expires 10-31-87 8/29 Entored ia the received7is/s WASO Form - 177 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Burnham, Henry, House (Mechanicsburg MRA) Fed. Reg. Date: 2/4/86 _ACCEPT - Federal Agency: - Lappeal -request L NR decision Reviewer - Date Due: _ .
see continuation sheet _ technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 7. Description -unaltered L original site -excellent J ruins J moved yes sample resubmission Ownership completeness Condition Category Discipline boundary selection fair alterations/integrity Status REJECT OHIO deteriorated clarity Substantive Review: RETURN Champaign County Reviewer's comments: summary paragraph Public Acquisition owner objection Has this property been determined eligible? 5. Location of Legal Description 85001877 Nomination returned for: _substantivereasons discussed below 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Working No. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance