Nomination for Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company

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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Inventory - Nomination Form The Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company The Reed Warehouse and or common 572 E. Liberty street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of Present Use .district - unoccupied - agriculture X building(s) X commercial -park - work in progress -educational in process - yes: restricted X yes: unrestricted Mr. and Mrs. Ken Walkerly courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Ohio Historic Inventory has this property been determined eligible? - yes depository for survey records Ohio Historical Society, Historic Preservation Office Col umbus 2. Location 6. Representation in Existing Surveys museum transportation date entertainment Category county 039 government Accessible code site religious structure Status other: Ownership local historic industrial object title 1981 5.

Location of Legal Description 43216 scientific Wooster 44691 1. Name Ohio Public Square National Register of Historic Places Public Acquisition date entered private residence Wayne County Courthouse 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property For NPS use only NPS Form 10.900 state Ohio military See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries - complete applicable sections X private -both X no federal X state public being considered (3-82) X original site X altered between these two sections between 1923 and 1930.

There is not a central entrance; rather, there are two small entries on the the basement level of the south facade, there are windows identical to those When built, this part of the building housed a display area on the first story, stock storage on the second story, woodturning, upholstering, and painting shops on the third story, and crate storage in the basement. Area "B" measures 52' x 74' and consists of two floors laid out in the same fashion as Areas "C" and "D". Originally it was divided equally into east and east facade of this section. Condition unexposed ruins moved deteriorated fair excellent unaltered Check one 7. Description Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

the first floor and provided more storage for body stock on the second story. factory and the structure has been altered only by a minor addition in the wheel rims on the second story; the west half contained a blacksmith shop on diagram and shown in photo #3) faces Spink Street on the east and is two basement level.The roof is of a shed design for drainage purposes. (labeled as Area "A on the attached diagram and shown in photos #1 and 2) long portion of as "D"on the attached within each bay are recessed. A long, narrow, rectangular pattern is recessed roofline. The windows, which number over one hundred, are identical, each with a segmental arch with double radiating voussoirs and a stone lug sill. The interior of the building is primarily unobstructed open space with thick floor. The north wall of the basement is a rock face block foundation.

On Traces of a painted sign for the Wooster Tractor Sales are visible on the The Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company was built in 1908 to house a buggy facing south onto East Liberty Street,the main thoroughfare of Wooster.This west halves. The east half stored wheel stock on the first story and buggy above the other on each of the three upper levels. The window groupings portion of the building is three stories high with an exposed basement.The stories tall without a basement.Area "c" was originally a narrow two-story above each bay.The flat piers between each bay form a continuous surface divided into eight nearly identical bays.Windows are paired and placed one on the remainder of the building and two large garage door size openings. The building is brick laid in a header bond pattern.

The south facade is 1920s.The building was constructed in an "L"shape with the base of the "L" OMB NO. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service For NPS use only Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Factory, Wayne County , Ohio Item number Area "C" originally was a two-story passage between areas "B" and "D" and has Four large garage door size entrances connect both floors of Area "B" and "D". The walls of Area "C" are built of brick laid in a header bond pattern and are approximately twenty-six feet high. Area "D" consists of two floors, each measuring 2350 square feet and is built vertical support for the second floor, and the ceiling height is twelve feet Inventory-Nomination Form received National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a date entered Page 2 of Areas "B"and "D",reflecting the fact that these were once exterior walls.

similar in design to those on the exterior face into Area "C" from both floors into the hillside on the north end of the lot. The ground floor is concrete and the second floor has wide wooden planks. Wide wooden beams provide the since been enclosed, making it a narrow, long room of 900 square feet. It is for stock. Traces of a painted sign remain on the north facade (photo #4). (3-82) two stories tall with a dirt floor and exposed wooden ceiling. Windows Areas of Significance-Check and justify below X commerce exploration settlement X 1900- X industry politics government X transportation _invention other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Criteria A & C The Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company is significant as an example of Wooster's important industrial heritage that centered around the rich counties in agricultural products since the late nineteenth century and the industrial base has historically been closely linked with that tradition. The Gertenslager building is also significant as one of the few examples of intact practical industrialists of the period. Built in 1908 as the Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Co., it served this continued to expand through 1945. Subsequently, the factory building has contained such diverse businesses as a farm implement dealership, a general the president of the Gertenslager Co. served as director of the Wooster Board of Trade in 1909.

Development of the area in which the factory stands occurred largely after The factory was conveniently located to railroad lines, but there were concentrated complexes found elsewhere in Wooster, and in the area to which the Gertenslager Co. moved at a later date. Wooster's industrial development was slow compared to its larger neighbors to major roads and rail lines and its role as the seat of government for a large prosperous county would lead one to expect a larger size community, yet it is slightly smaller than the nearby towns of Ashland and Medina, both of which successful economy. 1908 1600-1699 1700-1799 1400-1499 1800-1899 communications 1500-1599 economics conservation education engineering philosophy archeology-historic literature humanitarian theater archeology-prehistoric science music art prehistoric agriculture sculpture 8.

Significance Xarchitecture law social/ storage company. military Specific dates _communityplanning landscape architecture agricultural lands of Wayne County. Wayne County has been one of the leading turn-of-the-century industrial architecture in the city. Its straight-forward truck bodies. Henry Gertenslager also began manufacturing automobile tops and that by 1930 the company had moved to an even larger complex where it The Gertenslager family founded this successful local business and managed and relatively few other large commercial complexes nearby when it was built. This were founded later than Wooster. Nevertheless, it has an active, varied and Builder Architect unknown functional characteristics are typical of the structures designed by the purpose through 1925 when the business had become simply the Gertenslager Co.

changed some with the passage of time, but the area never contained the large religion Period Sanborn Maps for Wooster: 1911, 1923, 1930, 1945. Wooster in 1876 Acreage of nominated property less than 1 acre Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 UT M References of downtown Wooster, on Lots 657, 658, and 774 of Cunningham's Addition to the City of - state date July 1981/ September 1985 city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Chief of Registration U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 date county Easting code 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Zone Northing Attest: Wooster national 10. Geographical Data 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Columbus name/title street & number 1985 Velma Avenue 11. Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature Wooster Township Plat Maps 1900-1981. Verbal boundary description and justification List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 2-13-86 For NPs use only × local Douglas, History of Wayne County.

Quadrangle name Located on the northwest corner of East Liberty Street and Spink Street in the first ward , Ohio Historical Society Ohio 43211 telephone 614-466-1500 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 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. organization SHPO NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Factory, Wayne County, Ohio Item number In its early history, Wooster was largely a rural farming community.

In 1876, the manufacturing interests included harness makers, saddlers, buggy trimmers, shoemakers, blacksmiths, and cabinetmakers, basically the types of enterprises Company, a company which made steam engines in Wooster in the mid to late 19th century, and McDonald and Company, which manufactured threshing machines to be Preserving Co., Buckeye Aluminum Co., various building material manufacturers, century. A state experimental farm was also located near Wooster. The Gertenslager Co. factory building is the only large industrial complex to also represents turn-of-the-century industrial architecture in Wooster, but has suffered major alterations and additions and is much smaller in scale. It is also representative of the industrial and commercial activity so The building has served as a landmark for Wooster since it was built.

The large scale, the interesting use of the brick for decorative detail, the which contribute to its significance as a local example of industrial manufacturing factory and today as the headquarters for a moving and storage company, closely connects it to the industrial and commercial heritage of (3-82) Page National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form received date entered For NPS use only designed to serve the town and surrounding areas of an agricultural based sold over a wide area and which, in 1873, was the town's largest employer, types of major businesses such as steel production, oil refining, and rubber production which transformed many Ohio cities. Instead, its industrial heritage has been marked by the steady growth of small industries--the Wooster name a few which were flourishing in the early decades of the twentieth survive in nearly original condition.

Market was built ca. 1881 in a High Victorian Italianate style and is a more represents another period of development. Annat's Annex, located in the 100 brick warehouse built ca. 1900 in a style similar to that of the Gertenslager vital to Wooster in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. architecture. Its function throughout the years, first as a carriage having "hundreds of hands" at its factory. Wooster failed to receive the economy.The Wooster Brush Company is the town's oldest business and dates The Minglewood lce Factory building Bauer Manufacturing manufactured Iadders),and The Toycraft Co.,to Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio 52 ft. 74 ft. 183 ft. 118 ft. NORTH 56 ft. LIBERTY STREET SPINK STREET Sketch Map: Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Factory 180 ft.

WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: s - RETURN nomination by person or local government owner objection Lappeal Lsample LJ request J NR decision Reviewer's comments: _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 J excellent J unaltered J original site Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph yes Accessible moved resubmission completeness Ownership Category dates Status REJECT ruins Reviewer alterations/integrity Discipline deteriorated Recom.Criteria clarity unexposed Action: Wayne County Substantive Review: Public Acquisition boundary selection Working No. Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company Condition Check one Entered in the Present Use fair ("R" June 1984) good Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) - summary paragraph relating significance to the resource Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Signed _ Phone: - GPO 918-450 Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Period Date context title Builder/Architect Maps completeness clarity 8.

Significance applicable criteria justification of areas checked UTM References relationship of integrity to significance The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: justification of exception _national _state _local MOVING Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio Photo by David Broehl, 1981 South facade of factory building Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio Photo by Sylvia Gillis, 1985 Columbus, Ohio Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company View of factory building from the southeast Negative filed at Ohio Historical Van Lines Moving & Storage Reed Wooster Ohio UNITED Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio Photo by David Broehl, 1981 View of factory building from the northeast Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio Photo by Sylvia Gillis, 1985 Columbus, Ohio Negative filed at Ohio Historical Society, View of north elevation of factory building Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) WOOSTER QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO WOOSTER, OHIO Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey SCALE 124000 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 December 30, 1985 SINCE 1885 Ms.

Carol Shull, Chief National Park Service Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Dear Carol : Enclosed are eight new National Register nominations and one resubmission. Ward House, Summit County, Ohio. Kirkwood, Joseph, House Bel mont Del aware Wood lawn Farm Chateau Laroche Marmon, Martin, House Wright Cycle Company Shop/ Wright and Wright Printing Offices Finley, Ebenezer, House Please contact me if you have any questions. SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Montgomery Logan Guernsey County HISTORICAL Fayette Wayne Resubmission Sincerely, Enclosures WRL:bp New Submissions Ward House State Historic Preservation Office High House National Register of Historic Places Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company Summit All of the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these JAN 1 6 1986 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 W. Ray|Luce