Nomination for Long--Mueller House

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OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MAR 2 6 1987 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and/or common street & number 986 Laurelwood Road city, town - state Present Use - public - unoccupied - agriculture _ museum X building(s) X private - park _ structure - both _ work in progress X private residence _ site X yes: restricted - government . scientific _ being considered - yes: unrestricted _other: Mrs. Linda L. Ambrose courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Montgomery County Recorder's Office has this property been determined eligible? - yes -federal . local depositary for survey records Location county Dayton 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys Category Accessible date transportation entertainment None code Ownership educational Kettering title commercial historic object industrial district military Status religious received Ohio (3-82) 5. Location of Legal Description 3. Classification National Register of Historic Places N/A vicinity of Public Acquisition Long-Mueller House Inventory-Nomination Form 4. Owner of Property Type all entries-complete applicable sections For NPS use only RECEIVED JUN - 2 1986 N/Ain process 1. Name N/A not for publication 451 West Third Street NPS Form 10-900 Ohio 45419 X excellent X original site X altered moved date - fair Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

The Federal block has a flemish bond brick facade with six course American bond on the The main additions are a screened-in porch on the east end, a sunroom-library on the west end, a vertical addition over the original rear wing to the left rear, and a large Library a flat roof. form. Where new work (1927) interfaces with the old,molding has been replicated. Windows closed in the alteration have been put to use asshelves or cupboards, retain- ing the molded and paneled surrounds. The overall impression of the interior is on a high stone foundation to the rear. 7. Description Condition 1827 edition of Asher Benjamin's The American Builder's Companion.In interfacing sides.

The large main doorway has a stone lintel and sill with molded framing members garage has 6/6 double hung sash windows with gauge brick straight arch and brick sills The house is located on a residential street in an upper class subdivision with the additions a century later, the original molding patterns were replicated and new torically significant architectural composition is the result. widely spaced houses on well-landscaped lots.There is a vintage brick springhouse The interior is delicately molded and paneled.The doors are six-panel.The surrounds cates the older 6/6 double hung sash windows otherwise.The large addition over the extremely handsome. high to a Tuscan entrance porch with a returned pediment. panels between (front and rear).

Three bays of two part casement windows are on the employs a mixture of Greek and Tuscan classicism which appears to be based on the appropriately proportioned.The large additions have hipped slate roofs and the side.The vertical addition has one three part casement in the kitchen, but dupli- usually sensitive 1927 alteration using Georgian Revival features.This Federal house hung sash and blinds.There is a heavy terminal molding under the overhanging eave. Check one wide lock rail.The windows have a gauged brick straight arch, stone sill, 6/6 double There are inside end chimmeys.The gable roof is polychromatic patterned slate. _ruins _ unaltered The Long-Mueller House is a c1828 Federal farmhouse of distinguished quality with an un- that support a four light transom and sidelights. The door has eight panels with a unexposed deteriorated light the large basement working spaces.

Straight steps with wrought iron rails rise The rectangular plan brick house rises out of a side hill on a high foundation of coursed transom on the first level and two part casement on the second level with brick Areas of Significance - Check and justify below _ conservation X 1800-1899 X 1900 - industry _ invention - other (specify) Specific dates C1828 and 1927 Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) with sidelights, and is covered by a Georgian Revival porch featuring a broken pediment (see continuation sheet) Peter Long (b.1797 - d.1879) sold 130 acres in Washington County, Maryland, moved to Ohio and bought the quarter section farm in VanBuren Township (now Kettering) on 27 August 1828 for $1,300.00. He outlived three wives and married a fourth who survived him. Seven of his thirteen children lived to participate in the estate. He farmed this land including re-use of closed window surrounds and duplication of woodwork. The house remained in the family until son Ernest's widow died in 1981. VanBuren Township experienced explosive growth during and after the Second World War. work in the region for twenty years has found this to be the oldest example and the addi- tion to be the best of their period in Kettering local history. There is nothing to commerce compare.

economics communications transportation engineering education humanitarian Period theater philosophy music exploration/settlement 8. Significance politics/government literature sculpture law social/ Reverend John Gottlieb Mueller (1861-1933) was a highly respected minister with two growth and renovation has had a disastrous impact on the historic resources.Survey Amelia P. Schneider in 1895. She was an active aid in her husband's ministry. They military significant under Criterion C. ranked 6/6.windows with double-hung sashes..The main entrance has a four light transom is now all upper-class suburb. until 1857, then sold it to John Treon for $10,500.

He retired to Dayton.The farm _science 1700-1799art - prehistoric - archeology-prehistoric - community planning landscape architecture religion _ archeology-historic -_ agriculture X architecture The core is an excellently conserved Federal Style 1927. The house has been faithfully rehabilitated by the present owner avoiding any had two sons, Carl and Ernest. He was highly respected for a high level of sensitivity siderable business interests on the side. He purchased the Peter Long House in 1927. It was Mueller that insisted on the very sensitive character of the rehabilitation Before that time it was completely rural with only a couple of small crossroad service alteration to its historic features.

The rectangular plan Federal house features five- 1500-1599 1400-1499 1600-1699 farmhouse of c1828.The alteration is a highly sensitive Georgian Revival addition of areas.The township was incorporated as the City of Kettering in 1955.The effect of successive Lutheran congregations in Dayton.He arrived in Dayton in 1894 and married -art Quadrangle scale 1;24,000 UT M References tract and all of a 0.40 acre tract described in deed book 2368, pages 692-694, Parcel 1. For a more detailed description, see attached. - state city or town -local As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

State Historic Preservation Officer signature Chief of Registration county code Centerville date Acreage of nominated property Easting organization Northing Zone Attest: 10.

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

Geographical Data name/title 11. Form Prepared By national 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification S. W. Clark Publishing Co., 1909. Located in the County of Montgomery, City of Kettering, and being part of a 2.7l5 acre 9. Major Bibliographical References telephone 513-885-4912 Verbal boundary description and justification Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Historian Benjamin, Asher The American Builder's Companion ed.) List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register For NPS use only street & number 10,001 Lebanon Pike 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Montgomery County Deed Records. New York, Dover Publishing Co., Inc.

, (reprint 1969). OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Long-Mueller House, Kettering, Montgomery Co., Ohio Continuation sheet 1 Item number 8, 10 #8. Significance, continued six panel doors, and woodwork with fluting and bullseye corner moldings. #10. Major Bibliographical References (continued) Yowell, Margaret and Everett. "Peter Long." Unpublished Geneological Research Paper, 1985. Page date entered Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places received For NPS use only NPS Form 10-900-a Ambrose, Linda. "Rev. John Gottlieb Mueller." Unpublished Research Paper, 1986. (3-82) Long-Mueller House, Kettering, Montgomery Co., Ohio COUNTY QF MONTGOMERY, CITY DI 1, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: OF SOUTHERN BLVD. AND LAURELWOOD ROAD: 100.00 FEET TO A P.C.

POINT: CORNER OF SAID 0.40 ACRE TRACT: THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID 0.40 ACRE TRACT, SOUTH 13 Z1 DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST, 17.67 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT: THENCE ALONG A NEW DIVISION LINE, NORTH 6 DEGREES 00 MINUTES CONTAINING 1.8243 ACRES MORE OR LESS. NORTH 84-0398 THENCE DEGREES PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ARC LENGTH 145.89 1.8243 ACRE TRACT FEET. 07 MINUTES WEST, TRACT. LENGTH 53.O4 FEET, BEARING NORTH 83 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 56 SECONDS Exhibit "A" ACRE SITUATE IN -HE STATE NF OMIO. KETTFRING, AND BEING PART OF A 2.715 ACRE TRACT AND ALL OF A O.40 PAGES 692 - 694, PARCEL THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF LAURELWOOD ROAD RADIUS 1818.48 FEET, ARC ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT.

EAST, 243.06 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING: MINUTES OF LAURELWOOD ROAD, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID O.4O ACRE TRACT: SAID O.4O ACRE TRACT: WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Montgom ery County Fed. Reg. Date:S Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal Lsample J request L 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 Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7.

Description -excellent -unaltered _J original site - moved summary paragraph Accessible ruins Category dates resubmission Ownership REJECT fair Status alterations/integrity unexposed yes Condition completeness Reviewer Discipline deteriorated 87000637 OHIO RETURN clarity Substantive Review: Long-Mueller House boundary selection Working No. 23/87- Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Recom./Criteria Present Use Check one MAR 26 1987 good ACCEPT Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) J summary paragraph J applicable criteria J justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource relationship of integrity to significance Jjustification of exception 13. Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date - - 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 Builder/Architect Period title context Maps clarity completeness 8.

Significance _national Specific dates _state #1 General perspective view from including spring house Gannon May Landmarks Renaissance Corporation near the road (northwest) Long-Mueller House Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio 986 Laurelwood Road Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio Gannon Closeup perspective from the Landmarks Renaissance Corporation May northeast showing facade and porch Long-Mueller House 986 Laurelwood Road #3 Closeup from the southeast Long-Mueller House Gannon May Landmarks Renaissance Corporation showing the east side Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio 986 Laurelwood Road additions Gannon Long-Mueller House May Landmarks Renaissance Corporation Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio from spring house showing the Rear and west side perspective 986 Laurelwood Road #5 Parlor mantel into the sunporch addition, replicated molding Landmarks Renaissance Corporation Gannon Long-Mueller House May Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio 986 Laurelwood Road May Gannon Long-Mueller House Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio Landmarks Renaissance Corporation 986 Laurelwood Road window casework showing adaptive use of Parlor rear (south) wall May.

'86 Gannon Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio Pella Rolscreen windows, Long-Mueller House Landmarks Renaissance Corporation 986 Laurelwood Road new idea in 1927 Sunporch north end with Landmarks Renaissance Corporation Gannon Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio May Long-Mueller House 986 Laurelwood Road original and altered work Dining Room, from hall door into southeast corner, May Gannon Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio Long-Mueller House wall with original casework Landmarks Renaissance Corporation 986 Laurelwood Road Dining Room front (north) #10 Hall stairway, original Gannon May Landmarks Renaissance Corporation Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio Long-Mueller House 986 Laurelwood Road Gannon Long-Mueller House Landmarks Renaissance Corporation May Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio used as cupboard 986 Laurelwood Road West bedroom, window case #12 Library north end Gannon May Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio Long-Mueller House Landmarks Renaissance Corporation 986 Laurelwood Road Landmarks Renaissance Corporation Gannon East bedroom, one closet Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio original, one replicated Long-Mueller House 986 Laurelwood Road May Gannon Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio May 986 Laurelwood Road Landmarks Renaissance Corporation Long-Mueller House Spring house from the east 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC DAYTON SOUTH, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-MONTGOMERY CO ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus.

Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 March 20, 1987 Ms. Carol Shul1, Chief P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20213-7127 Schoolhouse, Pickaway County. Scioto Township District No. 2 Schoolhouse W. Ray Luce WRL: bp MAR 2 6 1987 SOCIETY Montgomery Enclosures County 614/297-2470 Cuyahoga Fulton HISTORICAL Fayette Pickaway Fairfield Long-Mueller House Franklin Sincerely Robinson-Pavey House Jones-Read-Touvelle House State Historic Preservation Office Department of the Interior New Submissions Colonial and Euclid Arcades National Register of Historic Places appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new am asking for a substantive review for the Scioto Township District #2 Enclosed are nine new National Register nominations.All of the Dear Carol: John Artz Farmhouse National Park Service William McCafferty Farmhouse George J.

Doerzbach House The Old Peace Lutheran Church Please contact me if you have any questions. OHIO Erie