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1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY < SINCE 1885 4. Present Name(s) County Criteria A, B, & C 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 65 Oliver Road Basement? Yes X 17. Date(s) or Period 1 contributing building 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design Wyoming, Ohio Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder Hip & Gable Slate 23. Ownership Changes Addition O Private X Altered O in #42) Moved - 37. Condition 25. Open to Preservation Site O Structure O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National Wyoming Hist. Preservation Comm. By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? P.
Jackson/J. Link 3182 41. Distance from and Anne Style house heavily influenced by the Shingle Style, a most spectacular pile, well preserved. 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings in a wooded setting. 46. Prepared by L. Gannon Guastaferro, Kathy Lang and Marks, Anita S. (editors) 47. Organization Association, Inc. 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 614/466-1500 SOCIETY Hamilton House Residential Front Underway? 4345330 Register? Easting Excellent Zone Exterior Side Landmarks Renaissance HISTORICAL Northing c.1890 Resources #4 (Explain August 1985 shingle style with beveled siding ground floor and shingle Frontage on Road Wyoming Centennial Interior second story.The facade has a gable pavilion left and an The house is significant architecturally as an outstanding example of a Queen Josiah Kirby House Public Road?
pavilion is faced with a large sun porch that has rectang- It is significant industrially for Josiah Kirby inven- Oliver Road is an exclusive neighborhood of upper class homes widely spaced Ohio Historic Preservation Office is a three part mullion window with art glass narrow fixed Hamilton County Recorder's Office of 1.1 acres. Eligible? Unknown The boundary is all of Lot 592, Potent'!? Oliver Road 1. No. Wyoming Historic 33. No. of Bay: Present Use Wall, Treatment 3^ weatherboard & shingle 35. Plan Shape Irregular if known Samuel & Nadine Thomas Wyoming, Ohio 45215 Building X 15. Name of Established District octagonal tower right of the recessed entrance bay. The as the home as boy and adult of Mayor Josiah M. Kirby. Josiah Kirby, the williams Direct 9. U.T.M.
Reference Set 70' Lot 157' Wyoming, Ohio: Wyoming Centennial Kirby Josiah OHIO Cincinnati East ular traceried floor length windows. Quarry cut ashlar Queen Anne Shingle Style Balloon frame 21. Original Use, if apparent On the second floor NIA 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed - Smoke House, D Carriage House Q Summer Kitchen - or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes D Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound O Cultural Materials Noted O OAI No. Roll No. _ chimneys with chimney pots, but less than normal brick decorative for a large Queen Anne. The hip has ridge ornaments. 43.
(continued) Other Type Name the porte-cochere is a semi-circular staircase window in spectacular art Spring House rail on quarry cut ashlar foundation and paired Byzantine columns.The Trade.Politically he was active in the National Union Association for de- was also involved in two railroads and president of the Cincinnati Board of Picture No(s). Barn Type(s) father was inventor of several models of barrel bung making machines.He roof is Queen Anne with central pyramidal and gable pavilions. side lights with octagonal half columns and door with one light and six small Josiah M.Kirby and his brother, the house.Joe led a Code No Each face has Above the cove the Silo 50. House Type No. tower is textured with bands layered butt shingles. The verge boards are decorated. The a truncated hip dormer with small pane upper sash. ing a pyramidal roof with decorative finial.
The right side has an entrance ture. panels. fraying election expenses and serveda two-year term in the state legisla- Above the doorway is a large semi-circular window with art glass glass.A deep two-bay pavilion right is a service wing. There is a dentiled cornice support- tower has single sash windows with art glass transoms. transom.Extending right around the tower isa shaped veranda with a brick gala social life.He was a supersalesman who promoted the new city hall, porch supported by clustered Byzantine columns.The doorway has transom and Alternate bays have small diamond light casement windows. The eaves are heavy dentiled cornice. proachedby straight brick steps with brick rails leading toan entrance The entrance bay is ap- 43. (continued) in a wooded setting.
Wyoming Historic Resources #4 ful real estate venture, Kirby moved to Cleveland, where his propensity for OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY oversell got him into prison. The boundary is All of Lot 97,Page 8,Book 592,Hamilton County Recorder's Office of 1.1 acres. After an unsuccess- trict between Oak and the railroad along Wyoming Avenue. Oliver Road is an exclusive neighborhood of upper class homes widely spaced NPS Form 10-900-a EX.. 12/31/34 Wyoming MRA, Wyoming, Hamilton County, Oh1o Item number 43(revised) Page in detail, glazed with superb art glass and graced by a veranda with beaux-art paired columns, it is eclectic in treatment, looking both details. Inventory-Nomination Form 1900. National Park Service was active in the National Union Association for defraying election ex- National Register of Historic Places landed him in prison.
A late Queen Anne in Shingle Style, the house is architecturally signifi- penses and served a two year term in the State Legislature.He died in and Fire Station at Oak and Wyoming Avenues, as well as the business dis- Continuation sheet Josiah Kirby House United States Department of the Interior It was built at the height of Wyoming's growth as a commuter suburb for real estate venture in 1910.In Cleveland, his propensity for oversell 191o).He was a noted community booster who promoted the new City Hall Josiah M.Kirby resided here both as a boy and as Mayor of Wyoming (7-81y:. Page Cincinnati's captains of industry.Josiah Kirby was the inventor of new trict on Wyoming Avenue.
conservatively backward in basic style and to the future in plan and many railroads and president of the Cincinnati Board of Kirby moved to Cleveland after an unsuccessful NPS Form 10.900-8 Page / 1 1. Baldwin, Joseph W., House Bromwell, Jacob, House 3. Fay, Charles, House 4. Hess, Elmer, House 5. Kirby, Josiah, House 6. Luethstrom--Hurin House 7. Moore, Charles H., House 8. Pabodie, Professor William, 9. Pollock, John C., House 10.
Reily, Robert, House House Name Attest Keeper Date/Signature Continuation sheet Inventory-Nomination Form State dnr-11 National Register of Historic Places (3-82) Thematic Group National Register National Park Service Item number Nomination/Type of Review Wyoming Multiple Resource Area Multiple Resource Area Entered in the United States Department of the Interior OMB NO.1024-0018 rod in the Hational Regiatar WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Kirby, Josiah, House (Wyoming MRA) Working No. - Fed. Reg. Date- Date Due: _ -KACCEPT 8-2.5-86 - RETURN nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ Lappeal Jrequest - NR decision Reviewer's comments: Reviewer _ _ 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 Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description - unaltered - original site - moved ruins Accessible resubmission dates alterations/integrity REJECT completeness Status excellent Category Ownership Discipline yes Recom./Criteria clarity deteriorated 86001634 Action: Hamilton County fair Condition boundary selection Public Acquisition 6. Representation in Existing Surveys summary paragraph Nomination returned for: Substantive Review: Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Check one Present Use sample good Entered i the ("R" June 1984) unexposed OHIO JUL171986 Jational Registen 8.
Significance Areas of Significance-Check and justify below J summary paragraph relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ - Phone: - GPO 918-450 Comments for any item maybe continued on an attached sheet Date Builder/Architect context Signed completeness Period title state clarity national UTM References Specific dates local applicable criteria Maps Verbal boundary description and justification 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification justification of areas checked Photographs Statement of Significance