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1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? 17. Date(s) or Period Yes X (Lot 184) Less than 1 acre 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 35. Plan Shape L-plan 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private * Altered D 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved O 9. U.T.M. Reference if known 37. Condition 401 Third St., Portsmouth, 0. 25. Open to Preservation Structure O Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 11. On National Endangered? By What? Part of Estab. Yes 27.
Other Surveys in Which Included District Hist. Dist.? Visible from 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) :haracter in the basic building form, materials, clerestory and window treatments, and roof 4. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 5. Sources of Information istory of Lower Scioto Valley, 1884. Page 237-38. 46. Prepared by J. Wiiliams for )xford, Ohio: 1982 47. Organization 49. Revision Date(s) 1863 614/466-1500 Good Front none Foundry Exterior Works Manufacturing/Industry Easting Side and Portsmouth Underway? Register? Potent'? SOCIETY Italianate Scioto Cement Northing unknown Machine Eligible?
Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works HISTORICAL the original cast iron hoodmolds remain in place to give the building brick bearing Interior anborn Insurance Maps Frontage on Road (Explain warehouse gable-asphalt shingles significant as an example of industrial architecture from the mid-19th century in Portsmouth. Portsmouth Cement and Lime Co. The foundry building meets National Register criterion C.The structure is architecturally Criterion C Public Road? The foundry building is an L-shaped brick structure with hip and gable Boneyfiddle Association OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Miami University,Portsmouth: Architecture in an Ohio River Town. 22. Present Use )ccupies corner location;site contains no outbuildings but has a large storage yard.
401 Third Street with pairs of round-headed windows set in recessed brick panels with rooflines anda raised clerestory running the length of the main block :russ_construction. (cont'd) Ohlo Historic Preservation Office 5. Other Name(s) 391 Library Park S., Cols. 13. History and Significance Executed in an Italianate style, the foundry retains its architectural and industrial 1982 Historic Name Other Lime Zone Site bond brick common bond brick corbelled brick at the cornice.While several windows are bricked in, Name(s) Boneyfiddle MRA, Portsmouthy Scioto County, Ohio 401 Third Street in, while the remaining opening is intact.
A square-headed opening also exists at the north end of the structure, the original location for the Other features of the space include early wood sliding doors at the Since the clerestory form, Italianate detailing, and overall integrity of this building have survived intact, the foundry is the best remaining The development of the iron industry in 19th century Portsmouth industrial buildings remain, as the majority of Portsmouth's later 19th and from this period, the Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works is the most beginnings in 1854 in the firm of Ward, Murray & Stephenson, which built a distinguished. massive timber trusses supporting the gable roof.The clerestory which business manufacturing all of the cars for the Scioto and Hocking Valley north and south ends of the building.
Boneyfiddle are of later construction and are not architecturally originally admitted light to the interior is intact but has been covered gable ends on the north and east sides of the structure. foundry operation which contributed to Portsmouth's industrial growth The Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works was a significant and long-lasting Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works Street and built the existing foundry building. incorporated in 1872 as the Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works.The in the second and fourth bays.The second bay has been partially bricked of the city.Of the two foundry buildings which still stand in Boneyfiddle early 2oth century industrial development occurred to in the eastern half converted to a boiler factory.In 1863,Stephenson's interest in the firm was purchased by William and E. B.
Moore, and it became known as Murray, largest in the State of Ohio for machine casting and was used to produce At the time of its construction, the new foundry was said to be one of the brought several related industries to the community during the1850sand History and Significance from OHI): Architectural Description from OHI): The interior of the building is unaltered, with exposed brick walls and 1860s, including stove works and machine shops. Very few of the older much smaller brick gable roofed building with no distinguishing characteristics and little integrity. Other industrial buildings in iron and brass machinery, engines, and boilers.
The company was example of 19th century industrial architecture in the older section of the foundry on the west side of Jefferson Street.The factory had a good railroad spur into the building.Other round windows are located at the Boneyfiddle MRA, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio page 2 occupant - Contibuting buildings: 1 Non-contributing buildings: 0 Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works most recently been the home of Portsmouth Cement and Lime, the current functioned during the 1920s as a location for car and wagon storage and has foundry continued to operate at this location until about 1913.It Scioto County, OHIO I1. Newman, William, House 12. Odd Fellows Hall No. 1 Keeper 2 15. Purdum--Tracy House 16. Reed, Joseph G., Company 19.
Steindam House Date/Signature Name State District Attest Continuation Sheet Page Section number Thematic Group Nomination/Type of Review National Register of Historic Places National Park Service 20. Streich Apartments Machine Works United States Department of the Interior Multiple Resource Area National Register Boneyfiddle MRA Mational Register 14. Portsmouth Foundry and NPS Form 10-900-e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 18. Sixth Street Historic (8-86) WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET OCT 2 6 1987 Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government Federal Agency: - - sample Lappeal _ 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 J excellent -unaltered -original site summary paragraph - boundary selection moved Ownership Accessible Category Condition Date yes deteriorated request completeness REJECT Discipline alterations/integrity Reviewer Status clarity Recom./Criteria unexposed Scioto County Working No. Substantive Review: Nomination returned for: Public Acquisition resubmission owner objection Reviewer's comments: Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance NR decision Present Use Check one Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works (Boneyfiddle MRA) good fair ruins 8.
Significance J summary paragraph J applicable criteria - justification of areas checked J relating significance to the resource - context J relationship of integrity to significance - 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 - Phone: - GPO 918-450 Builder/Architect Date Signed title state completeness UTM References national Specific dates clarity Quadrangle name Maps 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Photographs Verbal boundary description and justification Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance