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OMB No. 1024-0018 Payer, Harry Franklin, Estate (East Point Manor) and or common N/A street & number city, town N/A vicinity of state Ohio - public _ unoccupied - agriculture - bullding(s) X private - commercial - park _ both - work in progress - educational X private residence _ entertainment _ religious - in process X yes: restricted _ government - scientific -- yes: unrestricted _ industrial _ transportation - military _ other: 4. Owner of Property Doris Conway Gerald Medema and James Auvil 2. 2931 Prospect Pt. Drive 1. Fort Lauderdale 1. Florida 2. Villa Hills courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. title Dept. of Natural Resources Survey has this property been determined eligible? _ yes citv.

town 039 Location Accessible code Category county structure site Spring-Summer-1979 Status date entered historic district nventory-Nomination Form object (3-82) Public Acquisition Ohio National Register of Historic Places Bowling Green Ottawa See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 315 Madison St. Ottawa County Courthouse Middle Bass Island N/Anot for publication 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 3. Classification Type all entries-complete applicable sections Ohio Coastal Zone Management National Park Service United States Department of the Interior South Shore Drive 5. Location of Legal Description NPS Form 10-900 For NPS use only _being considered Port Clinton 1. Name 3600 Galt Ocean Drive, 8-F 2. Kentucky X no _ local - museum Expires Ownership 10-31-87 Present Use 7.

Description _X original site X good X altered - moved of the island's East Point Peninsula and included at least half a dozen and remodelled. For the purposes of this nomination, only the manor house and the riding stables, both of which were constructed after 1925, and their the nominated area include the manor entry gate, a stone pump house, a: concrete block storage bullding, a frame residence and a small cabin, the meadow, fields of alfalfa, a vegetable garden, orchards, vineyards and a nine-hole watered golf course (1&2). During the day, guests at the estate could enjoy hunting, golfing, horseback riding, swimming, boating, sailing and During the late 1950's and early 1960's later owners broke up the great Today East Point is a typical summer resort community with its own Description: Stable Complex rubble stone retaining wall(586).

It was originally part of the Lutes Condition ruins unexposed fair excellent Check one Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

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surrounding grounds will be considered. Additional structures located within second floor windows highlight the building's south face while a loft a long narrow peninsula extending easterly from the northeast corner of the residences such as the Erie/Lutes House, the North Shore House and the Brack courtyard and a tool shop now converted into a residence (4).The circa manor house for a fine concert or dance from its rooftop pavilion. 1865 barn is 32'x 25'rectangular building of rubble stone construction latter three of which-do not contribute to the nomination. _ deteriorated - unaltered buildings, including the manor house, riding stables and guest and worker the 1925establishment of the manor, and most have been substantially altered buildings, now scattered among the summer cottages which dot the lakeshore.

The riding stables complex is located half way to two-thirds of the way out on the East Point Peninsula and consists of an old barn, an open date opening is found on the west.An apparent second loft opening on the East Point Manor on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie encompassed virtually all set into a slight incline.Door.and window openings are treated with exposed rafters above a narrow frieze board and its truncated hip roof is either plain stone or wood lintels.A brace of double-hung 6/6 light OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio blocks of various dimensions and consists mostly of limestone with some multi-colored glacial stone interspersed. The large circa 1960 The now open 56'x 54 courtyard originally housed a number of horse Payer - Middle Bass Ohio - 1936.

quickly to the ground, while before the pillars the walls decline gently, Page Inventory-Nomination Form round-arched casement window under the parapet gable.Other notable Similar to the tool shop, the courtyard's rubble stone walls contain stone which guards a north doorway.Both the north side chimney and the parapet United States Department of the Interior Item number features four coursed stone pillars of smaller dimension limestone topped Three other structures are located on the stables property.Just west of National Park Service by concrete spheres as well as the primary wood entrance gate which is National Register of Historic Places is flanked by coursed stone pillars with spherical and vase-like west wall and an original sliding door protects a modern patio door which farmstead and may have been used as a wine press house (3).

The north wall of the barn and the south wall of the tool shop are Continuation sheet 1 contains a ring of stones arranged to spell;East Point Manor - H.F. stalls along its east and west walls and also dates from (19),while to the south and along the lakeshore are a small NPS Form 10-800-e Opposite the old barn and on the north side of the courtyard is the former now provides entry into the tool shop. The courtyard's cobblestone floor of all shapes and sizes including various multi-colored glacial stones chimney display paired round-arched openings.

incorporated into the courtyard walls.The courtyard's main east wall roof terminating in a plain gable on the west and in a parapet gable on the east.The building's rubble stone wall treatment features large stone features are a north side chimney and a semi-circular rubble stone wall which contrast with the dull tan and gray of the predominant limestone. replacement windows have plain slip sills and include a large picture tool shop.The 32'x 22' building was constructed in 1936 with its gable NPS Form 10-800-e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 2. Description: Manor House pillar also dividing the two car garage (14).

Inside, the high-ceilinged pavilion serves as a central core area with hal lways connecting the main room with two guest bedrooms, bath and master bedroom on the east and with the kitchen, utility/caretakers' rooms, exterior prevades the interior as well, as both the hallways and the National Register of Historic Places Page Inventory-Nomination Form Item number Continuation sheet octagonally shaped with a vertical emphasis, and bulging from the center National Park Service supported by metal columns.With the exception of the northernmost face, Iimestone laid in a rubble stone pattern with steeply-pitched gable roofs exposed rafters beneath the wide overhanging eaves and a frieze-like solid United States Department of the Interior central room have solid stone slab floors and interior walls finished with house was built between 1925-1926 and consists of a central pavilion with sills.Entrys include a back kitchen door, twin garage doors and the exterior faces of the pavilion consist of four long narrow divisions wood board above the window line and behind the shielding scallops.

pillars support the copper-infilled west end gable, with the central pavilion's north face, asolid stone chimney/bell tower, is constructed of Situated near the far eastern end of the long narrow East Point peninsula, the East Point Manor House reflects its geographic setting in its long The central pavilion is the single most dominant element of the manor openings infilled with copper sheet.The roofline further features roofline and produce a buttressed effect.Similarly a triad of stone rectangular in shape and emphasize the horizontal, the pavilion is Multi-paned casement windows in bands of two, three or four are the rule, protrudes above the gable near the central pavilion on the west while a of multi-paned glass windows and doors separated by high two-tiered NPS Form 10-00-B ONB Approval No. 1024-0016 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio field stone.

Other notable features include the fireplace, sol id oak door southward to the lake, while an equally large back yard contains Payer Estate includes: stables complex: barn manor entry gate 1 structure 1 object 6 total Non-Contributing Page concrete block storage Inventory-Nomination Form and window framing, round-arched gazebo stairway entry and box-like frame cabin Item number pump house National Register of Historic Places tool shop two-story frame house Continuation sheet manor house courtyard (horse stalls) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service hand-crafted wood chandeliers all found in the central room (17). 3 buildings hardwoods, evergreens and a sizeable private garden.

3 total dates from the 1960's is found thirty to forty yards northeast from the 1 site flat concrete slab roof/platform with iron canopy frame,sits below the slowly-deteriorating rubble stone pump house built in 1926 and topped by a An expansive front lawn populated with hardwoods and cedars extends bank along the lakeshore (8).A small non-contributing frame cabin which -_ archeology-historic -- science - agriculture ._ economics __ literature - sculpture -* architecture ... education - military - social/ -- engineering - commerce - theater X. 1900- - communications X politics/government -transportation - other (specify) Specific dates 1925, 1936 Criteria B & C Cleveland city solicitor under Newton D. Baker, President Woodrow Wilson's however, in private practice, where he was touted as "Cleveland's greatest of State Cordoll Hull.

As an Assistant Secretary of State, Payer served as as arbitrations, treaty matters, narcotics, aviation and free entry. More In November1933, due apparently to differences with Secretary Hull, Payer 1500-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 1400-1499 industry humanitarian 1800-1899 topics. prehistoric 8.

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Significance associated with the estate include the riding stables and the manor house. and 1932,and was a well-known public speaker on legal and psychological Executive Committee on Commercial Pol icy,whose task it was to coordinate Areas ofSignificance-Check and justify below Roosevelt in June of 1933 as one of six assistant secretaries under Secretary East Point Manor is significant as the summer estate of Harry Franklin Payer, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Brain Trust." Prominent structures Statement of Significance

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(in one paragraph) of structures notable for its use of locally available building materials. unusual example of the work.of.its designer, the noted Cleveland architect J. the major accomplishments of Frankl in Roosevelt's first term. -conservation Payer had compiled a list of achievements that would have ensured him a behind the United States November 17,1933recognition of the U.S.S.R.,one of he served as special counsel on foreign and export matters.He .invention _law -.archeology-prehistoric - - community planning -art - music Milton Dyer, while the stables complex is an architecturally interesting group managed national ly-known Progressive Mayor Tom L. Johnson's first mayoral Secretary of War during World War I. Payer found his real fame and fortune, chief legal advisor to the State Department.

His duties included deal ing with Period Harry F.Payer came to national prominence with his appointment by President proponent within the Roosevelt Administration for an early recognition of the international political questions which involved important legal problems such moved from the State Department to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Council Bar Association, serving as its president for three terms between 1929 with Solviet Russia, particularly trade regulations.He was a leading specifically, Payer was deeply involved in the resumption of normal relations 1925 to 1932.Harry Payer also was one of the founders of the Cuyahoga prominent place in the legal and political history of the State of Ohio. trial lawyer," and as a proponent of judicial reform, serving as one of three .. landscape architecture.. religion NPS Form 10-000- OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio Continuation sheet 4 development of national export policy, creation of Import-Export banks and In addition to his official position as assistant Secretary of State, Harry leading newspaper of the day noted, "unofficial titles are more important, in Harry L.Hopkins, Rexford G. Tugwel and Raymond Moley, Payer's close friend In fact, the very impetus behind the building of the East Point Manor may well island retreat, including the members of the Cuyahoga County Bar Association Page National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form Item number height of his legal and political career.During this period many prominent cooperating unit.

academic ranks which has been credited with formulating many of the pol icies Manor became Harry Payer's personal country club and served as his summer and in those cases involving the then new fields of personal injury and workers prominent among these is his permanent residence in Cleveland Heights, which having already acquired a widespread reputation as a successful trial lawyer. Natlonal Park Service United States Department of the Interior he resigned to return to his legal practice. remained the lord of East Point Manor until his death in 1951. import and export trade.Payer remained at the R.F.C.,where he worked on adopted under Roosevelt's "New Deal."Lead ing members of this group included weekend retreat during the latter half of the 1920's and into the 1930's, the individuals from Cleveland and Washington D.C.

were entertained at Payer!s Payer unofficially was a member of "Roosevelt's Brain Trust," and as one (not on the National Register). is considered among the finest residences in the Cleveland metropolitan area have stemmed from his success in the courtroom, particularly from his success who on occasion held their annual summer picnics there.Although he Other buildings associated with Harry F.Payer are still extant.Most Harry F.Payer began construction of his Middle Bass Island estate in 1925, OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio Page 1. Statement of Significance: Manor House excel lent example of the work of its architect, J. Milton Dyer. The manor house was the focal point of Payer's Middle Bass Island estate, a favorite Dyer, a prominent Ohio architect of the early 1900's whose works bridged Club in Cleveland, the J.

Pickands House in Bratenahl, the Lake County Court House in Painesville, the Cleveland City Hall, the Cleveland architects of his day, his designs were frequently characterized by an Yet, and notwithstanding these newer influences, with its steeply pitched wood and stone, the manor house still exudes the heavy masculine Old World Continuation sheet century. Inventory-Nomination Form National Park Service getaway where Payer entertained his friends and associates from the worlds Flavor of an English or Teutonic hunting club. National Register of Historic Places The East Point manor house is significant for its association with the wall construction; and the incorporation of both a geometric design and central core or living area in its octagonally-shaped central pavilion. J.

Milton Dyer received his education in architecture at Case University himself as one of the most versatile and original architects in Cleveland. United States Department of the Interior 1926 by Alfred Schnurr of Sandusky, Ohio under the direction of J. Milton Item number NPS Form 10-000-e gable roofs, groups of multi-paned windows and almost overpower ing use of the gap between the traditional architecture of the late 19th century and the more functional Frank Lloyd Wright inspired forms of the early 20th are an emphasis on horizontal and vertical elements in the home's basic the Lake Erie Islands region.

The manor was one of only a few large private estates known to have existed in the region while the manor house Dyer was considered a transitional architect and exemplary of the work of prominent Ohio attorney and political figure Harry F.Payer and as an Cleveland office in 1900.Although he designed buildings into the 1940's, the more functional and/or Wrightian influences found in the manor house Examples of Dyer's work include the Brown Hoist Building and the Tavern The East Point Manor and manor house are something of an incongruity in Athletic Club and the Cleveland Coast Guard Station.Ail but the first of Dyer was most productive during the early 19oo's when he established CMB Approval No. 1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 2.

Statement of Significance: Stables Complex Islands area and significant for lts attention to design and excel lence of and his island stable reportedly included a number of Irish jumping structural reminder of the recreational, country club atmosphere of his Lake Erie islands, island bullders have long relied on local ly available Island, and further incorporates a pre-existing stone barn into the Page Continuation sheet island retreat. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form National Park Service activities.Horseback riding was one of Harry Payer's favorite avocations structures typical of the stone architecture found in the Lake Erie The riding stables complex is significant for its association as a largely constructed in 1936, the stables complex is illustrative of these supporting structure within the Middle Bass Island estate of Harry F.

slightly over the years with no major additions or alterations. stone and limestone,the latter reportedly quarried on nearby Kelleys overall layout. Item number United States Department of the Interior the outline of a few of its fairways, the stables complex remains a NPS Form 10-800-8 Payer's private golf course was abandoned long ago, leaving behind only existing structures were simply renovated for some new use. Although detail.

hardhead stone peculiar to the region.New construction frequently made Payer.The stable complex is also an architecturally interesting group of two tenets of island building.The complex is constructed of glacial With the difficulty and expense of importing building materials to the use of old material scavenged from razed structures and in many cases diversions enjoyed by guests at Payer's island retreat.Moreover while horses.Along with golfing, horseback riding was one of the primary have been built in the area. The East Point manor house has changed but the estate as the center of one of the estate's major recreational itself is by far the earliest Frank Lloyd Wright inspired structure to NPS Form 10-800-B ONB Approval No.

1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio Page 4 As with the East Point Manor and manor house, the Payer riding stables is altered to include two residences, it still retains much of its original area. Inventory-Nomination Form National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior the Lake Erie islands region and a private riding stables rarer still Item number Natlonal Park Servlce for artistic embellishment not commonly seen in area outbuildings. Although the complex is no longer used as a riding stables and has been character and is one of the more unusual structural groups in the island Continuation sheet Payer's stables complex also shows an attention to design and a preference rather unique in the islands area.Large private estates were rare within Interview with William Gill, Harry F. Payer's step-grandson, December 8, 1984.

UT M References the 2 major structures, other contributing structures, and the grounds surrounding those state N/A date May, 1986 street & number - national As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 code 10.

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Geographical Data date county 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification organization 11. Form Prepared By 9. Major Bibliographical References name/title Acreage of nominated property Parcel 1 is 1.6 acres; Parcel 2 is 5.4 acres. Attest: Verbal boundary description and justification State Historic Preservation Officer signature local The boundary description for East Point Manor consists of 2 separate parcels which include Historical Society, 1979. (See continuation sheet) Johannesen, Eric. Cleveland Architecture, 1876-1976. Cleveland: The Western Reserve The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: Quadrangle scale _ 1 :24 ,000 Port Clinton Keeper of the National Register 229 Alice Street History of Lake Shore, Ohio.Vol. III. New York: Lewis Historical Publ. Co.,Inc.,1952. city or town For NPs use only structures.

The boundaries of the 2 parcels are shown in red on the accompanving survey tax Ohio 43452 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 Nationat Park Service. SHPO I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Northing Kyle Johannsen, Historic Preservation Consultant Zone Easting ONB Approval No. 1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio CONTINUATION OF ITEM #9 4. Payer, Harry F. "Scrapbooks", manuscript collection, Center for Archival Col lections Bowl ing Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Put-In-Bay, County of ottawa and being a part of sublots 7 and 4, East Point Subdivision No.

4 and said line produced northerly; on the south by Bass Island, bounded on the west by the east lines of lot 180 East Point Page National Register of Historic Places South Shore Drive.

Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet National Park Service Item number Subdivision No.8 and lot 181 East Point Subdivision No.9;on the south Swartz and Margaret Swartz by deed recorded in Volume 242, page 13, Parcel 1 (Stable Complex) description:Situated in the Township of County of Ottawa and being part of sublots 2 and 3,East Point,Middle Lake Erie;on the east by the east line of lot 205 East Point Subdivision Parcel 2 (Manor House) description:Situated in the Township of Put-In-Bay, Subdivision No.4,bounded on ;the west by the west line of lot 204 East Point,Middle Bass Island and all oflots 205 and 205 in East Point United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-000-s 9 & 10 Ottawa County Deed records; on the north by the south right of way line on No.4 and said line produced northerly; and on the north by a line drawn parallel to and 216.5 feet northerly from the north right of way 1ine of WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Payer, Harry Franklin, Estate APR 21 19871 | Fed.

Reg. Date: owner objection Federal Agency: _ Lappeal Lrequest Date Due: _ - see continuation sheet 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description -excellent - unaltered -original site - moved J fair yes ruins Category resubmission Accessible completeness Ownership deteriorated Status unexposed sample REJECT good alterations/integrity OHIO clarity Action: Condition Substantive Review: Ottawa County RETURN Recom./Criteria Public Acquisition Reviewer's comments: Working No. summary paragraph NR decision Has this property been determined eligible? Nomination returned for: Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Present Use nomination by person or local government boundary selection Check one 6/2/87 8.

Significance Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) relating significance to the resource justification of exception Other 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to _ _ Phone: _ GPO 918-450 Date national title state Period Maps UTM References 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Photographs summary paragraph Signed Specific dates Verbal boundary description and justification justification of areas checked Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Quadrangle name Payer. context clarity completeness applicable criteria NPS Form 10-900 OMB No-10249018 (Rev.

8-86) United States Department of the Interior MAY 0 11990' and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. Name of Property other names/site number Payer, Harry Franklin Estate 2. Location street & number X not for publication N/a vicinity zip code 43446 Classification Category of Property X private X building(s) _ structures Name of related multiple property listing: 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this /National Register of Historic. Places and meets the procedurat and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Ventered in the National Register.

determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. Idetermined not eligible for the other, (explain:) - 123 code Noncontributing site object Date district public-local public-State NATIONAL public-Federal Total REGISTER East Point Manor Registration Form National Register. Ohio National Register of Historic Places listed in the National Register Date of Action historic name This form is for use innominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines See continuation sheet. Number of contributing resources previously Signature of certifying official 5. National Park Service Certification removed from the National Register.

National Park Service South Shore Drive Number of Resources within Property state State or Federal agency and bureau Ownership of Property Signature of commenting or other official city, town Xnomination Jrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the county Ottawa In my opinion, the property Middle Bass Island 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Domestic/ Secondary Structure 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation Limestone roof Copper Describe present and historic physical appearance. and occassionally the two are separated entirely by the waters of Lake Erie, the peninsula near the eastern tip of the peninsula, overlooking the lake.

Historically, Payer's East Point Manor contained approximately 100 acres, acres of open meadow, fields of alfalfa, a vegetable garden, orchards, vineyards and a nine-hole watered golf course(1-2). At least eight structures, including the manor house, pump house, entry gate, riding stables and guest and employee residences were In its long, narrow 184' X 25' rectangular floor plan, the East Point Manor House stone pattern with steeply pitched gable roofs of verigated copper sheet, terminating casement type windows and are found in groups of two, three or four. Entries include back kitchen door (15), twin garage doors and full-length, multi-paned glass double doors hallways extend across the front, broken by two-tiered, coursed-stone pillars which pierce the roofline, producing a buttressed effect(16). A triad of stone pillars the manor's two car garage (17-18).

X] See continuation sheet Iron other Copper Tudor Revival reflects its geographic setting on the East Point Peninsula.The basically one story Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) further features exposed rafters beneath overhanging eaves and a plain wood board above Prairie School Island.The area where the main island and peninsula connect is low-lying and marshy Domestic/ Single Dwelling wings(3-6).The wing sections are constructed of native limestone laid in a rubble with heavy slanting rubble stone sills(l4).The windows themselves are predominantly wing near the pavilion while a second stone chimney abuts the far eastern wall(l2-l3). in scallops(7-ll).A rubble stone chimney protrudes above the gable roof of the west Domestic/ Camp.

and the nearby pump house, both of which were constructed in 1925-1926 will be considered. similarly support the copper-infilled west end gable, with the central pillar dividing walls Limestone encompassing virtually all of the East Point Peninsula. The estate originally featured manor house was built between 1925-1926 and consists of a central pavilion with flanking the window line and behind the shielding scallops.Window openings are typically recessed Both chimneys display rectangular openings infilled with copper sheet.The roofline in the breezeway connecting the garage with the remainder of the home.Screened-in Some have been destroyed while others are now separated from the manor house NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ohio, Ottawa County the horizontal, the pavilion is octagonally shaped with a vertical emphasis, and, bulging from the center of the building, interrupts the rectilinear flow initiated by the wings. The pavilion is topped by an open gazebo with a low-pitched gable roof supported by metal face, a solid stone chimney/bell tower, is constructed of rubble stone with small rectangular openings as in the other chimneys and additionally features a round arched opening with hanging bell (20). Inside, the high-ceilinged pavilion serves as a central core area with hallways and with the kitchen, utility/caretaker's rooms, breezeway and garage in the west wing(2 chandeliers (22-23). lake, while an equally large backyard contains hardwoods, evergreens and a private garden.

(26-27) - Continuation Sheet window framing, round-arched gazebo stairway entry and box-like Czechoslovakian wood National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior A slowly-deteriorating rubble stone pump house sits below the high bank along the lakeshore. The central pavilion is the single most dominant element of the manor house and with iron canopy frame(24-25).A small non-contributing frame cabin which dates from the and the central room have solid stone slab floors and interior walls finished with field as a dormitory by a small boys choir school which operated at the manor during the 1960's Section number - 7 - Page 1 stone.

Other notable pavilion features are its large stone fireplace, solid oak door and high two-tiered rubble stone pillars topped by concrete vases.Awning-like verigated The rustic flavor of the home's exterior pervades the interior as well.Both the hallways faces consist of four narrow divisions of multi-paned glass windows and doors separated by The pump house also was built in 1926 and is topped with a flat concrete slab roof/ platform copper roof sections with scallops project out over each face(19).The pavilion's north OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number - #1 East Point Manor Ottawa County, Ohio # 8 Same as above Middle Bass Is., OH location of property, photographer, K. Johannsen Continuation Sheet Unknown September 1985 National Register of Historic Places Middle Bass Island November 1989 Circa 1930 same for all following photographs.

Photograph List Ohio Preservation Office and location of negatives is the Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Park Service Camera facing ne. East wing- camera facing ne. West wing- camera facing s. United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a Please note: The name of property, Page OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ohio, Ottawa County Section number _ / Continuation Sheet Same as above National Register of Historic Places Cabin- camera facing ne. Camera facing n. November 1989 Pumphouse- camera facing sw. National Park Service September 1985 United States Department of the Interior Pavilion- camera facing n. West wing- camera facing e. NPS Form 10-900-a Page (8-86) 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance Cultural Affiliation Dyer, I.

Milton Schnurr, Alfred State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Dyer, a prominent Cleveland architect of the early to mid 1900's, and is quite unique within The manor house was constructed as a summer home for the manor owner, Harry Franklin behind the United States' November 17, 1933 recognition of the U.S.S.R., one of the major foreign policy accomplishments of Roosevelt's first term. Ohio under the direction of J. Milton Dyer , a prominent Cleveland-based architect of the Architecture 1925-1926 Architect/Builder sation cases may have been the impetus behind his building East Point Manor.Blackballed by as his own private country clubs.His lakeside estate included horseback riding trails and near the midpoint of Dyer's career still illustrates his eclectic architectural approach.

Significant Person See continuation sheet recognition of the Soviet Union and was credited with performing much of the background work Significant Dates Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) manor house for a fine concert or dance from the manor house's rooftop pavilion. combination of Old World Tudor or Teutonic elements with newer functional and/or Wrightian The manor house itself was built between 1925 and 1926 by Alfred Schnurr of Sandusky, fields of personal injury/ workers compensation. In fact, Payer's success in worker compen- the Lake Erie Islands region.

a 9-hole golf course.During the day, guests of the estate could enjoy hunting, East Point Manor is significant under criteria C as a very fine example of the eclectic early 19oo's whose work bridged the gap between the traditional architecture of the late Payer was also touted as "cleveland's greatest trial lawyer"and was a pioneer in the Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: LX locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) idioms. The home is further significant as an example of the work of its architect, J. Milton expert in international law. From June to November of 1933 Payer served as an Assistant many of the social clubs of his day, Payer purchased over 100 acres on Middle Bass Island horseback riding, swimming, sailing or fishing.

In the evening, guests could retire to the tenets with newer functional and Wrightian elements. The East Point Manor, although designed Delano Roosevelt.Considered to be among that close group of advisors known as Roosevelt's "Brain Trust",Payer was a leading proponent within the Roosevelt Administration for the early 9. Major Bibliographical References Interview with William Gill, Harry F. Payer's step-grandson, December 8, 1984. Historical Society, 1979. Ottawa County, Ohio Mortgage and Deed Records. Payer, Harry F. "Scrapbooks", manuscript collection, Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Primary location of additional data: has been requested X State historic preservation office Survey # Geographical Data Acreage of property 5.4 acres Verbal Boundary Description Situated in the Township of Put-in-Bay, County of Ottawa and State of Ohio and being part of sublots 2 and 3, East Point, Middle Bass Island, bounded on the west north by the south right of way line of North Shore Drive. 11. Form Prepared By organization N/A date February 9, 1990 street & number 229 Alice Street _telephone (419) 734-2337 _ state Ohio _zip code 43452 Zone Easting 1952. Northing University Local government See continuation sheet Other Federal agency UTM References previously listed in the National Register old estate.

Specify repository: previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark Record # recorded by Historic American Buildings recorded by Historic American Engineering Ohio Historic Preservation Office Other State agency buildings and the surrounding grounds and is one of the larger remaining parcels of the name/title Kyle Johannsen Previous documentation on file (NPS): No.9;on the south by Lake Erie;on the east by the west line of property conveyed to T.L. preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Swartz etal.by deed recorded in Volume 242 Pg.13,Ottawa County,Ohio Deed Records;on the by the east lines of lot 180 East Point Subdivision No.8 and lot 18l East Point Subdivision Johannesen, Eric. Cleveland Architecture, 1876-1976. Cleveland: The Western Reserve city or town Port Clinton NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service East Point Manor, Middle Bass Island, Ohio, Ottawa County On the one hand, the manor house displays many classical architectural elements. The Old World look of an English or Teutonic hunting club. On the other hand, the manor house also contains several modern and/or Wrightian elements. open-air, screened in hallways incorporate and blend the interior and exterior spaces. The manor's heavy use of limestone, believed to have been quarried on nearby Kelley's Island, shows a use of native materials. And, lastly, the central pavilion functions as an interior opened his Cleveland office in 1900.

Although he designed buildings into the 1940's, Dyer has shown in his work flexibility, a sense of propriety, the utmost technical competence, flexibility and versatility, his designs ran the gamut from personal residences to large in Cleveland, and civic buildings such as the Lake County Court House in Painesville and the today is a typical summer resort community, at one time the East Point Manor totalled over J.Milton Dyer received his education in architecture at Case University in Cleveland Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places is also a strong geometric influence in the rectangular wings and octagonal pavilion.The symmetry.With its steeply pitched gable roof, horizontal groupings of small pane windows the Lake Erie islands region.

United States Department of the Interior grape economy brought on by Prohibition.Lastly, the manor house is also the only Frank East Point Manor has also always been something of an incongruity in the Lake Erie and additionally studied for five and a half years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.He islands area.Although the estate was subdivided in the 1950's and 1960's and East Point central core or living area. 1920's when therewas little construction in the islands due to the decline in the region's was most productive during the early 19oo's when he established himself as one of the most Athletic Club in Cleveland;industrial building such as the Brown Hoist Building (l902) Cleveland City Hal1 (1916)and Cleveland Coast Guard Station(1940) in Cleveland.

Section number 8 general floor plan - a pair of wings flanking a central pavilion, displays a certain classic There is a composition of horizontal and vertical elements in the home's basically low in ten to twenty acre allotments, and what few large land holdings there were, were typically rectilinear profile, broken by the high central pavilion and roof piercing pillars.

There design of the manor contrasts sharply with the basically vernacular architecture found in Page (8-86) civic and industrial buildings.Examples of Dyer's designs include residences such as the versatile and original architects in Cleveland.The Architectural Record said of J.Pickands House in Bratenahl; social clubs such as The Tavern Club (l905) and the Cleveland UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NAME : 6/15/90DATE NOMINATOR: STATE DETAILED EVALUATION: Y REJECT - ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 5/01/90 MULTIPLE REVIEWER RETURN ACCEPT DATE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF PENDING LIST: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: PROPERTY DISCIPLINE RECOM./CRITERIA East Point Manor NStovian _count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _current _architectural classification _descriptive text _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria _relating significance to the resource _context _relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage _verbal boundary description _boundary justification FUNCTION other DESCRIPTION materials Period Builder/Architect CLASSIFICATION SIGNIFICANCE BIBLIOGRAPHY historic Date Specific dates Phone ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION justification of areas checked Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Areas of Significance--Check and justify below OTHER COMMENTS Signed _sketch maps Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS USGS maps -photographs _presentation U.S.A.- OHIO" OHAWA COUNTY-C.1925- MIDDLE BASS ISLAND, EAST POINT- "Harry F Payer Estate" 710 27 4 Unknoun 5.

Hayes Presidential Centa, Fremont, Ohio APR 2 I 198T 6. 160Kinig NE - golf course green and HAYES CENTER Neg #4773 Permission 3. circa 1930 APR 2 1 198 U.S.A.-- OMIO.. OHAWA COUNTY.. MIDDLE BASS ISLAND, 4. Un Known 1. East Pounit Manor Ohio 1. East Point Manor House 2. Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 3. Fall 1985 5. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio 6. Looking northeast Fremont, Ohio 43420-2796 4. Kyle Johannsen 7.5of27 2. Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 3. Fall 1985 4. Kyle Johannsen 5. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio 6. Looking southwest Fremont, Ohio 43420-2796 1. East Point Manor House APR 2 1 1987 Ohio Ottawa County 2. Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 3. Fall 1985 4. Kyle Johannsen 5. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio 6. Looking west 1. East Point Manor House 7. 13 of 27 Ohio East Pint Manor Ottawa County 2.

Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 3. Fall 1985 4. Kyle Johannsen 5. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio 6. Looking north R.B. Hayes Presidential Center 1. East Point Manor House APR 21 1987 Fremont,Ohio Ohiu 2. Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 3. Fall 1985 4. Kyle Johannsen 5. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio 6. Looking east R.B. Hayes Presidential Center Spiegel Grove 1. East Point Manor House APR 2 1 1987 Fremont, Ohio 43420-2796 7. 18o±27 Oh iu OHawa County Ottawa County East Pant Manor Ottawa County Fremont, Oho 43420-2796 Ohiu R.B. Hayes Presidenti., Cem i East Paint manor Ohio ad With out Written Permissior Ohio East Paint Manor R.B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio 1. Cabin - non-contributing structure 2. Middle Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio 3. Fall 1985 4. Kyle Johannsen 5. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, Ohio 1 HAYES 6.

Looking northeast - PUBLICATION OR PUBLIC DISPLAY PROHIBITED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION - ove 3420-2796 'ntial 17-351290-4617190 UTM: EAST POINT NANOR OTTAWA COUNTY PUT-IN-BAY QUADRANGLE Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 WRL : ael Guernsey SOCIETY County Enclosures 614/297-2470 New Submissions HISTORICAL Sarchet-Burgess House Ottawa Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Dear Carol: Niles Interurban Combine #21 State Historic Preservation Office Franklin Please contact me if you have any questions. Enclosed are 3 new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate Payer, Harry F., Estate (East Point Manor) 15 April 1987 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 OHIO W.Ray Luce notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.

APR 2 1 1987 M*Y 0 11990 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 Aprll 19, 1990 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 In regard to the East Point Manor re-submission, the amended nomination the initial submission. Specifically, the nomination is not being submitted under criterion Band the category of the property is listed as building(s) W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/JW: dh SOCIETY 614/297-2470 Enclosures HISTORICAL County Cuyahoga REGISTER nrohp/trans.rev New Submissions Fairfield Sincerely, please accept them as they reflect the present character of the property.

Ohio Historic Preservation Office rather than discontiguous district.Although some of the photographs included in this nomination have attached labels and were taken over two years ago, Ottawa East Point Manor McDonald's Drive-in Dear Carol: Please contact me if you have any questions. reflects the comments made on the April 21, 1987 Evaluation/Return Sheet for Rock Mill Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Enclosed are two(2) new National Register nominations and one re-submission. NATIUNAL