Major Bibliographical References Original Research by Adele Blanton, 1977 Ole' Montgomery, 196/ Articles from MONTGOMERY MESSENGER, 1976-77 The Montgomery Story, Ken McDermott, Editor, 1947 Atlas of Hamilton Co., 1869 Tax duplicates, Ford, History of Hamilton Co.. 1882 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle scale _ 1:24,000 - state 11. Form Prepared By Mary Ann Brown, Executive Director street & number The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: X 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 For NPS use only /hereby certify hat this property is included in the National Register Keeper of the National Register code 513-721-4506 Easting county organization date Northing Madeira 8/86 Cincinnati Zone Attest: telephone national Miami Purchase Association name/title Ohio45214 Quadrangle name Verbal boundary description and justification Acreage of nominated property 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Chief of Registration List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated city or town 812 Dayton St. less than l acre 43415a110 Old Lot #2; New Lot #59 7789 Cooper Road- all of New Lot #60 7795 Cooper Road- all of New Lot #59 Ohio UTM References Form No.
10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM MONTG OMERY"SALTBOX"HOUSES, Montgomery, Hamilton Co., OH CONTINUATION SHEET had married Felter sisters. The brothers-in-law were Jacob In 1804, a year after Ohio became a state, the orientation Cincinnati to Chillicothe, the first state capital. At Chillicothe, the pike joined up with Zane's Trace so that even to Columbus, the route east went through Montgomery. With the improved travel route, a second group of settlers, some rela tives of the first group, came from Montgomery, New York in 1806-07. and #5 in 1810 to Cornelius Snider, one of the original six men RECEIVED the east-west trail until they found high land at an intersection the houses.
of the village shifted when Congress determined that funds should mills at the Little Miami River and the Mill Creek because it was DATE ENTERED Saltbox House on Lot #2,according to local records.
making it difficult to determine how long each family lived in along the north-south trail through Montgomery, and soon taverns, power was not ideal and had to be run by horse, according to an be appropriated to build State Roads.A toll road was constructed Among them was Lodowick Weller, the man who built the Brick Snider bought an entire section of land north of present day contradictory from the period between 1795 and 1826,thereby lots for the village of Montgomery across the intersection.The shops, and hotels were built to serve the many who traveled from not yet a state, and Cincinnati would not be incorporated until lots were on both sides of the east-west trail that connected the duplicates, one parcel of the 4 sections of Lot #2 is still owned Cooper Road before 1816,and it is believed that he sold Lots #4 FOR NPS USE ONLY Weller owned all of Lots #l-6 on the south side of (Hev.
10-74) ITEM NUMBER #8 Nathaniel Terwilliger, and Cornelius Snider. In 1796, and lived in the Frame"Saltbox House. In the 1826 tax invest in and establish a grist mill. The location without water PAGE considered to be the most important route at that time.Ohio was Western Country. The mill stood at the southwest corner of the when the state capital was changed to Zanesville, and eventually six families, three were Felter brothers and the other three men eye-witness account in the 18l6 book Thomas Travels Through the with another trail which went north from the Ohio River.Of the Montgomery.Terwilliger bought 160 acres and in 1802 1aid out 31 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses, Montgomery, Hamilton Co., OH first subdivision and new streets, including Weller, Snider, West and Sycamore as Main Street, and the main street of the Original Plat became Mechanic Street, and later Cooper Road. adaptation of a two story linear plan with a central chimney, commonly built brick "saltbox" house, a curious feature is that the addition has four Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places additionally significant for exhibiting early construction techniques and Montgomery Road remained the most important road going east out of Cincinnati illustrate the interlocking construction technique used for strength.In the the back frame saltbox really adjoining structures. 1700-1760.The plan was expanded to the rear to give increased interior space were built.
through to the north.When Weller saw that the village of Montgomery would by the New England colonists during the Pre-Revolutionary period, from c. remain in this community which has developed so rapidly since 1950 is additions to Federal style buildings.Although commonly referred to locally United States Department of the Interior may have been built with the saltbox roofline originally, not as an addition.
grow on a north-south axis, he bought the land on the west of the new National Park Service which made the house warmer in the harsh Northeastern winters.Some houses frame "saltbox" house, the summer beam and the exposed eaves at the ceiling Lodowick Weller helped shape the village after 1815 when Montgomery was The "saltbox"houses are also eligible under Criterion Cas unusual examples The orientation of the village shifted again, this of a local interpretation of a New England building type. They are self-contained box with the salt box addition attached to the rear. In the route through Montgomery. When Columbus was finally selected supporting walls of massive timbers, thereby making the front brick house and time to the west a bit when a new route, present day Montgomery Road, was cut until the end of the nineteenth century. described as having about a dozen houses.
Both earlier main roads in Montgomery Road and to the north of the original plat.There he platted the as"saltboxhouses,"these two houses were constructed after the period when 7789 Cooper Road - Lot 60 7795 Cooper Road - Lot 59 - 79.38 52.10J 384.20 SUR 7789 7795 frame AVE 2-st 234. 1-st Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses, Montgomery, Hamilton Co., OH Cooper Road 194.25 126 P.B.187 P.60 P.2.8 41.83 New Lot 59 MONTGOMERY "SALTBOX" HOUSES Old Lot 2 vey EXHIBIT B 163 657 133.65 New Lot 60 428.92 [764] 118.05 58633E N3012E 170. SUR 15753820f 7789 Cooper Road - Lot #1 7795 Cooper Road - Lot #2 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses, Montgomery, Hamilton Co., OH Sycamore Township Jas. I Ross ATLAS MAF OF HAMILTON COUNTY 1869 Dorinda MONTGOMERY EXHIBIT A Buchinghan 492 d. 15A.
WASO Form - 177 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Date Due: _ Federal Agency: - Lappeal -sample _request _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description J yes 7. Description - excellent -unaltered - original site - moved summary paragraph - boundary selection ruins Accessible resubmission Ownership completeness Category dates unexposed REJECT Condition Status fair deteriorated Hamilton County RETURN clarity 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Action: see continuation sheet Substantive Review: alterations/integrity Present Use Nomination returned for: Check one owner objection Public Acquisition NR decision Has this property been determined eligible?
Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Montgomery Saltbox Houses Reviewer's comments: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES nomination by person or local government UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1. Name (R" June 1984) Fed. Reg. Date:-2/2/88 Reviewer ACCEPT 28-87 8. Significance -summary paragraph relating significance to the resource Other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - national _state _local State Historic Preservation Officer signature GPO 918-450 Date context Builder/Architect Phone Signed completeness clarity Photographs Maps justification of exception title Specific dates Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to applicable criteria 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification UTM References Acreage of nominated property relationship of integrity to significance Quadrangle name Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) justification of areas checked Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio North Facades 7789 (right) and 7795 (left) Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio PHOTO1.
Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, B/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Photo #2/22 Facing SW, East & North Facades 7789 8i2 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio FALL '86 West Shell AVAILABLE 721-4200 RETAIL SPACE FRANK RAEON Montgomery, Hamilton County, Dhio Facing South, 7789 Photo #3/22 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Facing Southeast, 7789 one story earlier part 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Photo #4/22 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses 7789 and 7795Cooper Road Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Interior, Fireplace = 7789 Montgomery7 Hamilton County, Ohio 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Photo #5/22 Photographer& Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, B/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Fireplace Detail = 7789 Photo #6/22 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio BEAUJOLAIS Montgomery "Sal tbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Interior, 7789 Photo #7/22 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Interior, 7789 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Montgomery, Hamilton County,Ohio Photo #8/22 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Second Floor Interior, 7789 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photo #9/22 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Interior, Lean-To Ist Floor, 7789 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Photo #10/22 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Stairway, Lean-To Addition, 7789 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Brown,8/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photo #11/22 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Dhio Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Stairway, 7789 Hontgomery "Saltbox" Houses 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Photo #12/22 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Negatives: Miami Purchase Association.
Photo #13/22 Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 Lean-To Rafters, 7789 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 8i2 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 2nd Floor Interior, 7789 Photo #14/22 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery Hamilton County, Ohio Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Cellar, 7789 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Photo #15/22 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny B/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Facing NE, Rear - 7789 (1), 7795 (r) Photo #16/22 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery; Hamilton County,Ohio Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Facing NE, West Elevation 7795 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photo #17/22 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Negatives: Miami Purchase Association 812 Dayton_ Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Facing SW, 7795 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photo #18/22 Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86chto LANDMARK Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses 789 and 7795 Cooper Road Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Facing South, Door - 7795 Photo #19/22 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Photographer: Mary Ann Browny 8/86 Facing West, 7795 Photo #20/22 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Facing Southwest, Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Photo #21/22 Negatives: Miami Purchase Association Interior, 7795 Front Section Photo #22/22 Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses 7789 and 7795 Cooper Road 812 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio Photographer: Mary Ann Brown, 8/86 N39075-M8415/75 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MADEIRA QUADRANGLE JUN I 6 1987 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ROAD CLASSIFICATION MADEIRA, OHIO Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus.
Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 June 11, 1987 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Conner, Alexander, House W. Ray Luce WRL: ael SOCIETY Enclosures County Lorain 614/297-2470 Greene Hamilton Resubmission Sincerely, Geauga Batavia House HISTORICAL National Register of Historic Places New Submissions National Park Service Duane Block Please contact me if you have any questions. State Historic Preservation Office Montgomery "Saltbox" Houses All of the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the new Dear Carol: Department of the Interior OHIO