Nomination for Crystal Lake Stock Farm

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NPS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior received MAR | 3 1986 street & number - not for publication city, town X vicinity of . state . county - 3. Classification . district . unoccupied x building(s) - museum X private _ commercial - park - structure - work in progress _ religious - in process X yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted . industrial - military _ other: 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. - yes x no 039 transportation government both Category Accessible NONE date code educational site Ravenna Ownership object historic Status agriculture 2. Location entertainment Inventory-Nomination Form being considered public (3-82) scientific title Thomas House 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Public Acquisition Ohio Present Use Type all entries-complete applicable sections See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Portage County Recorder's Office National Register of Historic Places 4655 Hayes Road has this property been determined eligible? depository for survey records National Park Service Crystal Lake Stock Farm Willis A. Thomas 1. Name 449 S.Meridian Street For NPS use only and or common _ private residence _ federal - local 133 10-31-87 Portage Expires X excellent X original site _ ruins X altered _moved The Crystal Lake Stock Farm farmhouse is a 2-1/2 story L-shaped structure with The dominate architectural element is one story encircling, pedimented porch brackets. The stoop to this entrance is missing. at the rear of the one story room, which contained servants quarters. This Condition section.

unexposed Exterior: chamfered posts. 7. Description structure opens on this balcony. recessed, paneled dutch door with multi-paned glass and an elaborately molded windows are modillion blocks.The roof has a balustraded rail.A second posts with beaded corners and simple brackets.At the east corner is a large The main alteration to the building has been the removal of a small addition The windows are predominately one over one double hung sash with multipaned Check one either side of the entrance. There is a pedimented dormer window on this shingles. The structure is sided with clapboards.

with a wood shingled turret at the west end.The porch roof is held by square At the front of the structure is a shallow 2-1/2 story projecting bay.The section has been replaced with a one story patio with flat roof held by Queen Anne elements built in the 1880s.The cross gable roof is covered with house with exposed lateral wall moved to the site at time of construction. On the first story at the middle of the east wall of the structure is a The most unique feature is the central 1-1/2 story saddle notched hewed log The front entrance is at the center of the log wall, and there are windows on the bay.At the attic level are small paired windows. the rear. -fair .deteriorated _ unaltered upper sash, many with original colored lights. There is a central chimney on - good projecting above the one story room.

There is an exterior add-on chimney at House: and bracketed cornice.There are large paired windows at the front and side slate.The main block has elaborately molded pediments inset with wood bay has paired front and single side windows at the first and second story Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

paneled door.The door has a projecting, shingled hood with large carved the main block.At the west end of the log section is an exterior end chimney Off of the front west end of the structure is a one story room with flat roof OMB NO. 1024-0018 Crystal Lake Stock Farm, Ravenna, vic., Portage County, Ohio wall, is a balustraded rail with carved newel post. The mantlepiece is carved, and there is a repeating carved fan motif Most of the trim has been painted, though many of the doors retain the closet. keystone. Interior: Continuation sheet Item number Page Outbuildings: Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places National Park Service turned posts.The exterior of the fireboxes and hearths have painted tiles. the time of construction and probably built in the first decade of the porcelain basins.

The fireplace in the dining room at the rear of the music room and an upstairs graining, as well as the turned wood knobs.The door surrounds have carved To the west of this room is the one story parlor.The room has paneled above the mantel.The exterior of the firebox and hearth have painted tiles. Another upstairs bedroom has a bay window with window seat.This window opens The fireplace has a paneled mantlepiece and a firebox with a stone arch with United States Department of the Interior At the rear of the room is the main staircase with paneled wall, and an outer The central parlor is the log section of the structure moved to the site at The interior of the structure has elaborate trim and is very well preserved.

Originally the pine trim of the house was grained in the manner of the music The room off of the east side of the log section is a raised music room.This The interior living space is on five levels. hood.There are two cupolas on the slate roof. loft and a trap door on the floor originally giving access to the cellar. carriage house 80' x 40' in dimension.The frame structure is covered with on to a balcony.A staircase with balustraded rail leads to a cedar lined Approximately 1oo' west and north of the structure is a two story gable axis (3-82) NPS Form 10-900-a dale entered has simple Neo-classical styling. The firebox contains a pot crane, and the one over one double hung sash with multi-paned upper sash many with original walls and pine floors.The mantlepiece is original to the log structure and NPS Form 10-900-a OMB NO.

1024-0018 Crystal Lake Stock Farm, Ravenna, vic., Portage County, Ohio Non-contributing buildings 2 (3-82) bowling alley. Inventory-Nomination Form Page National Register of Historic Places Item number National Park Service tool shed. Continuation sheet United States Department of the Interior other frame sheds are on the site but are non-historic. The interior of the carriage house has tongue and groove panel ing.At the cornice with wood shingles above.To the side of this section is a one story On the front east side of the carriage house is a one storey landing to the date enterec Expires 10-31-87 received rear on the west wall are four stalls.On the second floor is a duck pin Behind the carriage house is a frame corn crib on a brick foundation.Two second floor.The door is paneled with lights.The shed roof has a molded 8.

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Significance -_ archeology-prehistoric - community planning - agriculture _ literature - sculpture X architecture .music X 1800-1899 .theater - politics/government - transportation Criteria A and C with late nineteenth century agricultural production in Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio, banker and manufacturer, who maintained a summer home on 1884 Mr. Hays moved the summer home, a 1-1/2 story log house, to its present into dairy production. Architecturally, the C.L.S.F. was one of the most The C.L.S.F.

in the 1890s, at the height of production, had an output of 1,000 included the farmhouse, carriage house, and corn crib, which are still present, as well as a 200'x45' stock barn, a steam operated creamery, a silage barn, a poultry house (Plymouth Rock and leg-horn chickens and bronze turkeys In 1941 Harold Thomas, the present owner's father, bought the nominated log structure (i.e., exposed beams, plank walls, pine floors, mantle piece and brick hearth), as well as, the original grained trim in the music room and sinks and painted basins. In addition the farmhouse, carriage house, corn maintain the agricultural atmosphere of the site. 1700-1799 1600-1699 commerce 1500-1599 1400-1499 humanitarian engineering education industry archeology-historic Period military science -conservation Builder/Architect unknown prehistoric 1900- Specific dates law quarter of the nineteenth century.

farmhouse changed hands several times and fell into disrepair. The structure presently retains a high percentage of its original character. social/ _economics The interior is very well preserved containing the original elements of the Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Holstein cattle, at a time when many farmers throughout Ohio put their land property also dated from this period. ..communications early nineteenth century 1-1/2 story log house into the central section of the Hayes met with financial difficulties in the 1920s and was forced to sell the servants quarters was removed and a patio added.The two small sheds on the The C.L.S.F.farmhouse was built by William J.Hayes c.1884.Mr.Hayes was a The Crystal Lake Stock Farm (C.L.S.F.) is architecturally significant as a farm in 1925,though he was able to live at the house until his death sometime site and constructeda Queen Anne style house around the cabin (see - other(specify) barn and grounds were lighted from a gas well on the farm.

pounds of milk per day and 200-250 pounds of butter a week, and was one of the after.From 1925 until 1941 the land was portioned off and sold.The --art ..invention - exploration/settlement - -philosophy c. 1884 were raised on the farm), an ice house, wagon shed and tool shed. The house, Queen Anne style farmhouse with the unique feature of the incorporation of an structure.The C.L.S.F.is also significant for its historic associations elaborate farmhouses in this vicinity of Portage County built in the last crib and two non-historic agricultural sheds along with the rural setting Crystal Lake (near the present site of the farm)in the early 1880s.About 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Akron Beacon Journal, August 21, 1966. Atlas of Portage County, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio: H.B. Stranahan & CO., 1900. Cleveland Press, June 21, 1982. 10. Geographical Data _ state C. Tim Jones August 18, 1985 street & number 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification code county organization date Easting Zone Northing Ravenna Attest: national Quadrangle name Preservation consultant Acreage of nominated property approx. 3 acres Verbal boundary description and justification 460 Madison St. The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature name/title UTM References Chief of Registration Quadrangle scale 1:24000 11.

Form Prepared By List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries city or town National Register 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated The boundary of the Crystal Lake Stock Farm is a rectangular lot with 432' fronting Hayes according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. Xlocal Ohio For NPs use only (216) 297-7564 GPO 911-399 Road and 300! fronting St. Rt. 5 in Lot 17 of Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio.

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register telephone Keeper of the National Register 415513|820] WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Crystal Lake Stock Farm MAR I 3 1906 Working No. - Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 4/10 nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: - Jappeal Jrequest _ see continuation sheet _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 - unaltered J original site J ruins - boundary selection Ownership sample Accessible Category resubmission unexposed alterations/integrity Status dates deteriorated completeness yes moved Recom./Criteria REJECT Reviewer Discipline clarity RETURN Portage County fair Action: ACCEPT Substantive Review: Public Acquisition Nomination returned for: Condition good excellent summary paragraph Check one Present Use Entered in tho NR decision Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance 2-3-87 Reviewer's comments: 8. Significance summary paragraph clarity Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11.

Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature _ Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Date Signed Builder/Architect title context completeness local Photographs Maps state UTM References Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Verbal boundary description and justification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to justification of exception relationship of integrity to significance applicable criteria 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas checked The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: relating significance to the resource Specific dates Acreage of nominated property Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Quadrangle name _national Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio May, 1985. Northeast Facade facing southwest. 252 Pratt St.

Crysatal Lake Stock Farm Photos by - C. Tim Jones Negs at - C. Tim Jones, Consultant Ravenna, Ohio Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio May, 1985 Negs at - C. Tim Jones Ravenna, Ohio 44266 tion facing north Central south facade showing log sec Crystal Lake Stock Farm 252 Pratt St. Photos by - C. Tim Jones Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. Photos by - C. Tim Jones May, 1985. Negs at - C. Tim Jones, Consultant Ravenna Ohio 44266 Front south facade facing north 252 Pratt St. Crystal Lake Stock Farm Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio May, 1985. Ravenna Ohio 44266 facing northeast Crystal Lake Stock Farm Carriage House, sothwest facade 252 Pratt St. Photos by - C. Tim Jones Negs at - C. Tim Jones, Consultant Ravenna, Ohio August, 1985 northwest South and east facades looking Crystal Lake Stock Farm - Corn Crib 460 Madison St. Photo by C. Tim Jones Negs. at; C.

Tim Jones, consultant Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio May, 1985. Northwest facade facing southeast Crystal Lake Stock Farm 252 Pratt St. Ravenna Ohio 44266 Negs at - C. Tim Jones Photos by C. Tim Jones Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio May, 1985. Ravenna, Ohio 44266 Photos by C. Tim Jones Crystal Lake Stock Farm 252 Pratt St. tion) Interior - central parlor sec- Negs at - C. Tim Jones, Consultant Photos by C. Tim Jones, Consultant. May, 1985- Ravenna Ohio44266 piece Interior - west parlor mantel- Crystal Lake Stock Farm 252 Pratt St. Negs at - C. Tim Jones Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. May, 1985. Ravenna, Ohio 44266 Interior- upstairs mantelpiece Crystal Lake Stock Farm 252 Pratt St. of two similar) Negs at - C. Tim Jones, Consultant. Photos by C. Tim Jones Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. May, 1985.

Interior- main staircase Crystal Lake Stock Farm Photos by- C. Tim Jones 252 Pratt St. Ravenna, Ohio 44266 RAVENNA QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RAVENNA, OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 March 4, 1986 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.o. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Carol : New Submissions Barrett, George, House W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Office MAR I 3 1986 SOCIETY 614/466-1500 Greene Washington Portage County HISTORICAL Enclosures National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Enclosed are two new National Register nominations and two resubmissions. All Golden Eagle Wine Cellars Watertown Historic District Ottawa Ohio Historic Preservation Office Crystal Lake Stock Farm Department of the Interior Please contact me if you have any questions.

WRL:bp Sincere of the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new New Submisslons