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Nomination for Packard, James Ward, House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,914 words across 21 pages, filed in 1985. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

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From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

OMB No. 1024-0018 SEP 30 1985 1. Name 2. Location 319 Oak Knoll Avenue, N.E. street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of state Ohio . county X occupied - agriculture X private X private residence - religious - - in process - yes: restricted - government - scientific - other: 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 160 High Street, N.W. Ohio 44483 - yes _federal _ local 155 039 both Category code Accessible transportation entertainment Warren date structure educational Ownership object commercial received historic park district industrial site Inventory-Nomination Form not represented Status (3-82) being considered James Ward Packard House Ohio public Trumbull County Recorder of Deeds Type all entries-complete applicable sections Public Acquisition Myron and Katherine Summers House date entered National Park Service 3.
Classification National Register of Historic Places has this property been determined eligible? 6. Representation in Existing Surveys depository for survey records Present Use title John and Gail Baker See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms United States Department of the Interior x Not Applicable work in progress military NPS Form 10-900 For NPS use only and or common Xbuilding(s) - museum 10-31-87 Expires Trumbull 7. Description X excellent X unaltered - good - moved date _ fair - unexposed extending to the north is atwo and one half story wing occupled primarlty by two.in depth and has an exterior chimney at the north-end (photo #2). facing Oak Knoll Avenuehas a one story, flat roof semi-ellipticaf portico Itself is of cross and Bible design with a semi- elliptical transom and!
Most of the windows have 6/6lights flanked by louvered shutters painted a cast stone sills and for the lintel bricks are laid on end or built with an six lights. (photo #6). and west facades have a prominent entablature at the roofline, being the entablature, porticoes and window sash, are painted white while the gray.
Condition ruins creating an interesting architectural paradox.A handsome exterior feature of Check one Georgian Revival style of architecture fashionable at the time of construction major visual and architectural element of the structure is a two story flat quiet, tree shaded residential neighborhood of comfortable brick homes built massive exterior chimneys at both the north and south ends and a slate casement windows in each bay with nine Iights and transom windows above with has a full basement and is of masonry construction in Flemish bond with The James Ward Packard House is a distinguished and handsome example of the The main portion of the house is rectangular in plan with five bays across the The north and south exterior walls form a parapet at the roof while the east Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

original intention to the existing two story portico in order to allow a view sidelights with leaded glass windows (photo #4). the Packard House are three.large windows:Two on the west facade and one on sets of-three columns and pilasters with lotus leaf capitals (photo #3).The during the same era as the Packard House #l). supported by four-fluted Doric order columns and two pilasters The door in 1923-24.The structure was built by local inventor and auto magnate J.W. X original site main facade and two bays deep. Attached to the main block of the house and one story porte cochere. However, Mrs.
Packard changed the architect's frame with a broken pediment, pilasters and corner rosettesa The east entry house taper at the second level and are pierced by small casement windows left without a paint finish and the slate roof material adds mottled shades of deteriorated forest green color and a crescent moon motif at the top.The windows have into the garden from the second floor stairway landing through the tripartite roof portico on the west facade of the house.The portico is supported by two architectis drawings indicate that this feature was originally intended asa Packard as his local residence.The two and one half story detached building embellished with modillions.The classical details of the house, including shingled gable roof with a large eyebrow dormer on both the east and west the south.These bay windows allow large amounts of sunlight into the dining arch for attic windows #5).The massive chimneys on either end of the United States Department of the interior pantry, cold storage, servant sitting room and back staircase.
A full basement houses laundry facilities, storage, a small party room, walk-in vault, and heating, water, elevator, and central vacuum equipment. between Warren and the Packard's home in Lakewood, NY. Mrs. Packard's niece, residence of J.W. Packard, its unaltered appearance and excel lent maintenance staircase.
(3-82) Inventory-Nomination Form 1924,including much of the interior furnishings which belonged to Mr.and National Park Service OMB NO.1024-0018 National Register of Historic Places is surrounded by a stone wall which is somewhat curious as the material does is able to contain five automobiles plus there is also an upstairs apartment landscaping are truly a primary product of Mr.Packard's Inventive genius and make the home a significant local reminder of one of the community's most The second floor has four bedrooms, three full baths and a dressing room plus west between the house and Roselawn Avenue (photo #8).Most of the property The interior of the residence features spacious rooms trimmed with marble plus The Packard House is a very handsome and very competently executed example of which are located the elevator and office, and eventually ends at the dining completion of the house, Mrs.Packard survived until I960 dividing her time shed roof dormer on each side of the gable (photo #7).The house and garage which J.W.
Packard greatly contributed. not complement the color,materials,finish or style of the house #9) date entereo NPS Form 10-900-a Page two and may well have been added at a later date. received Expires 10-31-87 The attic level, used for storage and a billiard room, is probably the most spatially distinguished room in the house having a Far NPS use only Continuation sheet addition to the elevator, all four levels are linked by an enclosed spiral Warren's robust prosperity during the first decades of the 20th century to three servant bedrooms. Both the interior and exterior are essentially unchanged since completion in one-and-one-half story garage built at the same time as the main house of stand on a spacious city lot with a pleasant sunken lawn and garden on the maintained the house much as the Packards had planned and furnished it.
sun room open off the hall to the south while the library is on the north side imported hand-painted wallpaper and a grand staircase.The living room and high barrel vaulted ceiling.Other rooms in the attic are used for storage. built for the chauffeur.This apartment is evidenced on the exterior bya 8.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below -. archeology-prehistoric - community planning - archeology-historic - agriculture - sculpture X engineering exploration settlement. - industry * transportation - politics/government _ invention -other (specify) Builder/Architect Keich, 0'Brien & Hoster of Warren CRITERIA B & C 1924 until his death in 1928. A particularly lavish embodiment of Georgian Revival characteristics,this residence was commissioned By J.W. Packard-in the earty 1920s to the Warren-architectural-firm' of Keich, 0'Brien interior spaces and the grounds surrounding the residence, reflect the social -reputation were vital to the growth and prosperity of Warren, Ohio. His Inventive bent resulted in many advances in the electronic and automotive development: in these areas.
manufactured incandescent lamps, transformers, dynamos, motors, electrical 1600-1699 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 commerce 1800-1899 communications architecture Period humanitarian education theater science music military social/ law Specific dates 1898,and encountered numerous problems during the 50-mile trip from Cleveland Lehigh University.in Pennsylvania where he earned a degree in mechanical became part of General Motors Corporation. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) an "automatic advance and retard on the spark, an invention of J.W.Packard -conservation The James Ward Packard House has significance as an excellent example of the -prehistoric Company in I902.Production of the Packard automobile at the Packard Electric Georgian Revival architectural style and as the home of James Ward Packard ---economics ventures and community Involvement; J.W.Packard continued this tradition, automobile after he purchased a Winton automobile in Cleveland on August l3, --art sold to General Electric in.1903,and.in 1932 the Packard Electric Company X.1900- _literature .
landscape architecture.__ religion - Philosophy Interior and exterior design, together with a highly formal arrangement of but also achieved reknown in his own right, most notably for his association flelds which have provided benefits nationwide and encouraged further position held by the Packard family at the time it was bullt and the well-known and respected in the Warren community for its successful business 1924 with the Packard Motor Car Company.Mr.Packard's business interests and characteristic elements of the Georgian Revival style.The Packard family was Ohio Automobile Company was incorporated;it became the Packard Motor Car Incorporated The Packard Electric Company (later known as the New-York and and an innovation for the automobile industry.On September 10,1900,the 9.

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 2 acres Quadrangle name - UT M References of Mr. Bloom (346 Roselawn) and Dr. Rogers (359 Oak Knoll). -_ state 11. Form Prepared By August, 1985 1985 Velma Ave. (614) 466-1500 ) 394-4653 street & number Ohio 44483 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Chief of Registration 43210 Easting date Northing Warren county code Zone telephone national Ohio Columbus name/title organization Trumbull County Historical Society October 1984 Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature Warren Tribune-Chronicle,21 May 1984.
city or town Acreage of nominated property Ohio Historic Preservation Office List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: 309 South Street For NPs use only Quadrangle scale 1: 24,000 L45/6,513,2,0 Sylvia Gillis, National Register intern Interview with Myron Summers III on 26 July 1984 and Terry Martin on 20 August 1984. Greg Griffith and John Fowley according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.
As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 GPO 911-399 Montclair N.E.;on the west by Roselawn N.E.;and on the north by the properties Not Applicable The property is bounded on the east by Oak Knoll Avenue, N.E.: on the south by SHPD OMB No.1024-0018 Item number 8 Significance have a steering wheel instead of a rudder. and his wife, Elizabeth G. Packard, resided at 185 N.Park Ave.,an impressive The Packards' niece, Katherine Summers, occupled the home and maintained the grandeur associated with it during the Packards' residency.
supporting the eastern portico, pilasters, a broken pediment over the west received Inventory-Nomination Form (3-82) reliability during its early years in Warren,due largely to the persistence Classical Revival residence that now houses the Buckeye Club and is included The Packard automobile gained a nationwide reputation for its performance and dimension to the variety of styles represented.The Packard House is National Register of Historic Places forming arches adds greatly to the high degree of exterior detail.The National Park Service The Georgian Revival residence built for J.W.Packard fits well into the rich position as county seat.The area has many fine examples of Queen Anne, of this Georgian Revival house, enriched by the wealth of architectural detail Detroit.Neither of the Packard brothers moved to Detroit with the company; Classical Revival, and Italianate residences and the Packard residence adds throughout the interior spaces and on the exterior facades.
especially noteworthy in this context for its successful application of the main house and is roofed by a high barrel vaulted cathedral ceiling. well designed and classical detail seen through the use of Doric columns finest woods for interior paneling and details also contributes to the lavish in the Warren Commercial Historic District.Mr.Packard occupied the Georgian Prior to constructing his residence at 3l9 Oak Knoll Ave.,N.E.,J.W.Packard Page two 20,1928,and Mrs.Packard continued to reside there until her death in 1960. United States Department of the Interior Revival residence he commissioned in the early l920s until his death on March and inventiveness of J.W.Packard in solving each problem which arose.Among J.W. gave up his position as manager but continued as president until I909.
date entered NPS Form 10-900-a Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio furnishings and ambiance created by the Packards during their lifetimes, until entrance, a roofline entablature running the width of the east and west Parquet floors, leaded glass doors on the library bookcases, intricate plaster For NPS use only architectural tradition found in Warren, a tradition encouragedby its classical detalls and formal arrangement which characterize the Georgian porch at the east entrance provide focal points for these two facades full of two-story porte cochere at the west entry and the one-story semi-elliptical or alterations have been undertaken and the property retains the elegance and Continuation sheet James Ward Packard House interior space is the third floor game room which covers the entire area of designed and planted under Mrs.
Packard's direction by Hall-Herrie Landscaping work, and cove moldings are all contributing elements to the successful design her death in l982.Although some effects of age are apparent, no renovations his many patents was the "H" gear slot; the Packard was also the first car to OMB No.
1024-0018 (3-82) Page three Continuation sheet date entered Inventory-Nomination Form National Park Service particularly fine example of this style which continues to impact today the J.W.Packard's standing in and contribution to the Warren community.As an Because of its grant scale and beautifully kept grounds, maintained by the National Register of Historic Places 1924,the residence has added significance for the Warren community as a received United States Department of the Interior Item number 8 Significance Packard family until 1984,the residence has always stood as a reminder of NPS Form 10-900-a James Ward Packard House unaltered expression of the Georgian Revival architectural style built in Far NPS use only WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Packard, James Ward, House SEP 30 1985 Working No.
. Fed. Reg. Date: 0 Wappeal L sample -request _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description - yes 7. Description -excellent J unaltered - original site J moved - fair - summary paragraph - boundary selection Category Condition Date Ownership 85003577 resubmission ruins completeness REJECT deteriorated Discipline clarity Status Reviewer Trumbull County Recom./Criteria Substantive Review: owner objection alterations/integrity 6. Representation in Existing Surveys nomination by person or local government Public Acquisition _substantive reasons discussed below Accessible Federal Agency: Present Use Reviewer's comments: NR decision Check one Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Has this property been determined eligible?
("R" June 1984) -good OHIO unexposed Entered in 8. Significance - summary paragraph Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By Signed Date state context Builder/Architect completeness justification of areas checked national local applicable criteria title Photographs Maps clarity Quadrangle name State Historic Preservation Officer signature 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of exception Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) relationship of integrity to significance 10. Geographical Data relating significance to the resource Acreage of nominated property Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Phone: .
Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below 25 Aug. 1984 Trumbull County Historical Soc. Packard House to left Greg Griffith View to NNE on Oak Knoll Avenue Trumbull County, Ohio J.W. Packard House J.W. Packard House 25 Aug. 1984 Photo #2 Trumbull County Historical Soc. house from Oak Knoll Avenue. Greg Griffith Trumbull County, Ohio View to the SW of NE corner of 25 Aug. 1984 Society Greg Griffith Trumbull County Historical J.W.Packard House porte cochere Trumbull County, Ohio View to the E of west entryand Photo #3 J.W. Packard House 25 Aug. 1984 Photo #4 Trumbull County Historical Soc. Trumbull County, Ohio Greg Griffith View to W of the east entry. J.W. Packard House 25 Aug. 1984 Photo #5 Trumbull County, Ohio Trumbull County Historical Soc. Greg Griffith View to N of the south facade. 25 Aug. 1984 Photo #6 Trumbull County Historical Soc.
Greg Griffith Trumbull County, Ohio Corner with bay windows. J.W. Packard House View to N of west facade and SW J.W. Packard House 25 Aug. 1984 Photo #7 Trumbull County Historical Soc. east facades. Greg Griffith Trumbull County, Ohio View to the NNE of south and J.W. Packard House 25 Aug. 1984 View to N across garden to garage Photo #8 Trumbull County Historical Soc. Trumbull County, Ohio Greg Griffith 25 Aug, 1984 Photo #9 with stone wall. Trumbull County Historical Soc. Trumbull County, Ohio Greg Griffith J.W. Packard House View to NNE of SW corner of house J.W. Packard House 25 Aug. 1984 Greg Griffith from Oak Knoll Avenue. Trumbull County Historical Soc. Trumbull County, Ohio View to the WNw of east facade Trumbul1 County, Ohio . 25 Aug. 1984 Trumbull County Historical Soc. J.W. Packard House from garden.
Greg Griffith View to NE of W facade of house 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WARREN QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WARREN, OHIO