Nomination for Harper Mausoleum and Harper, George W., Memorial Entrance

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OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) JAN 1 2 1988 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines 1. Name of Property 2. Location street & number North Cemetary, S.R. 72 city, town Ohio code Classification Ownership of Property _ buildings X structure _objects Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register - 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 procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. Signature of commenting or other official 5.

National Park Service Certification I hereby, certify that this property is: Eentered in the National Register. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 057 site public-State public-local private public-Federal NATIONAL district state National Register. Cedarville Total Date Registration Form historic name See continuation sheet. other names/site number National Register of Historic Places Noncontributing Number of Resources within Property Signature of certifying official National Park Service State or Federal agency and bureau Category of Property not for publication United States Department of the Interior (Form 10-900a). Type all entries.

NPS Form 10-900 vicinity and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets Xnominationrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, In my opinion, the property county Greene RECEIVED The Harper Mausoleum and George W.Harper Memorial Entrance for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x"in the appropriate box or by entering zip code 45314 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7.

Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation - walls - Late 19th and 20th Century Revival Other: Egyptian Revival Describe present and historic physical appearance. tree-lined cemetery road divides. Roughly cubical, approximately 20 feet on a side, the mausoleum is elevated on three bases: a concrete foundation, a narrow plinth of polished, rosy, Milford pink granite, and a two foot base of bases are set between the piers, three on each side, and also flanking a protecting the clear lights above, and bronze panels below, initialed GWH and female holding lilies is the only furnishing. Granite Co. Inc., Xenia, Ohio, Keene, New Hampshire.

roof Bronze Granite other Architectural Classification Marble Poured Concrete See continuation sheet of roll molding.The cornice is also plain except for the vulture-and-sundisk Dominating its own specially designed entrance to Cedarville's North Cemetery, the same Victorian white granite of which the building proper is constructed. (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Battered corner piers, plain except for vertical roll molding at the corners, The entrance is ornamented with roll molding, the vulture-and-sundisk relief, window is protected by an ornamental bronze grille and is surmounted bya vulture-and-sundisk embellished window cap and a date stone,1915.The facade Generally in excellent and intact condition, the mausoleum exhibits some minor which flank the two tiers of steps leading to the entrance.

is dominated by a pair of lion-sized granite sphynxes on projecting pedestals The mausoleum bears the following incised 1abel:The George Dodds & Sons spalling of the base, and has suffered the loss of the original stained glass in the rear window. FUNERARY/mausoleum VMH. The doors are labeled Detroit Mausoleum and Equipment Works, Detroit, the Harper Mausoleum is situated on a curbed grassy mound around which the support a plain frieze separated from a cavetto cornice by a horizontal band and the name Harper.Double bronze doors have lotus flower and bud grilles Smooth, engaged columns with palm leaf capitals and relief on the front face. marble slabs occupying the floor space.A nearly lifesized marble statue ofa OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service Section number Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places of an additional two acres given to the cemetery by Mrs. George Harper after the death of her husband. the cemetery and leads on axis from the mausoleum out to the edge of the United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a The Harper Mausoleum & Memorial Entrance, Greene County, Cedarville, Ohio cemetery terminated by the George Harper Memorial Entrance.The entrance which define pedestrian entrances.The southern such entrance also features a white granite stone monoliths set on Milford pink granite bases and topped by similar ornate cast iron gate.The mausoleum and memorial entrance are part The mausoleum is encircled by a gravel road.The tree lined road traverses (8-86) dentils and the words "George W.Harper"and "Memorial Entrance"carved in the 8.

Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Person George Dodds & Sons Granite Co. Inc. State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. (ca.

1906) in Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery, the Brown memorial in Pittsburgh's In a miniature parallel, boasting a population of less than 2,000 at its X See continuation sheet 1915 Architecture Architect/Builder locally investigation occurring in the Middle East during the three decades bracketing traditional funerary imagery reflecting the symbolism of Egyptian afterlife, Significant Dates The granite mausoleum displays influences of Egyptian architecture and has similar details to the overall mausoleum, and double bronze doors with the turn of the century with dissemination of this material peaking circa The Harper Mausoleum and George W.Harper Memorial entrance are significant the mausoleum on a circular mound in direct axis along the tree lined roadway which creates a distinct visual impact and reorientation of the small rural heyday at the turn of the century, Cedarville in rural Greene County had its cemeteries of the large cities whose ascendance paralleled in time the worldly own local success and benefactor in George Harper, who died there in 1908 at Homewood Cemetery, and the Erb mausoleum in Salem Fields in Brooklyn.

North Cemetery located just outside Cedarville. suggests dissemination of this material peaked circa 1900-1905.

Graceland Cemetery by Louis Sullivan,1887),the Dodge mausoleum *A survey of articles under "Egyptian Antiquities"in Readers Guides,1890-1918, Cultural Affiliation Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Xenia, Ohio; Keene, New Hampshire - an influence which coincided with and was inspired, in part, by archaeological Outstanding examples of this genre are generally to be found in the grand statewide nationally vulture-and-sundisk motif.Two lion-sized sphynxes flank the doorway, which lotus flowers and bud grilles.Of particular distinction is the placement of examples of early 2oth century funerary architecture and landscape design with palm leaf capitals supporting a cavetto cornice with rolled molding and 1900-1905*The mausoleum features battered cornice piers and smooth columns Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: success of those memorialized in them-- the Ryerson tomb in Chicago's the age of 83.Founder in 1881 of the first bank in Cedarville on the basis The Cedarville Harold, November 10, 1908; June 9, 1916.

Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Bibliographic Album of Greene and Clark Counties. Chicago, 1890. Dodds Monument Company, Xenia. Records and Publications. "How the Rich are Buried," Architectural Record, Vol. 10, No. 1, July, 1900. Monumental News, Vol. 28, July 1916, passim. X See continuation sheet Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: X State historic preservation office recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.

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

Geographical Data A Circular mound, 30 feet in diameter, bounded on all sides by the southernmost leg Boundary Justification Includes the area designated for the mausoleum and the memorial entrance in a two-acre 11. Form Prepared By date 5-15-87 _ state - _ zip code 45435 University Zone Northing Local government UTM References Verbal Boundary Description Specify repository: designated a National Historic Landmark previously determined eligible by the National Register 9. Major Bibliographical References recorded by Historic American Buildings Federal agency Other State agency organization SW-OHPO, Wright State University for additional grave sites. has been requested within the 2-acre parcel.The remainder of the parcel donated by Mrs.Harper is used previously listed in the National Register Harper Memorial Entrance to the west edge of S.R.72.

of the cemetery driveway and along said road 1o0 feet west including the George W. Survey # Zone Easting Other Michael Ragon, The Space of Death, trans. Alan street & number Dept. of History, 410 Millett Hall telephone 513-873-2815 Acreage of property - Ohio less than one acre. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 The Harper Mausoleum & Memorial Entrance, Greene County, Cedarville, Ohio Harper mausoleum became, and still is, a local landmark, exhibited and Woodland Cemetery, the Bronx, is featured in Memorial Art, Ancient and Mead & White), the Carew mausoleum, Cincinnati, and the C.W. Post Memorial Finally, in the context of Egyptian-influenced funerary architecture in southwest Ohio, the Harper mausoleum compares very favorably with the Greeneville mausoleum (NR); the Huffman mausoleum, Woodland Cemetery, Dayton; Creek.

Continuation Sheet New York.Today it stands to remind us that an unabashed sense of maintained with pride by the Township.

So community expectations were properly met when in due course the childless National Register of Historic Places significance as well.A nearly identical structure, the Arents mausoleum in National Park Service of wealth accumulated in the cattle business and invested in large land holdings in Ohio and Missouri, Harper contributed generously to his church and national prominence just after the turn of the century, and published a participation in the cultural mainstream (Cedarville also had its Opera House, company history and design book featuring its finest work --including the monument firm for the erection of a splendid mausoleum worthy of Chicago or now on the National Register) characterized a still largely rural America in in the Egyptian style, designed by Carrere and Hastings) in Battle to Cedarville College, and built himself one of the village's finest houses.

United States Department of the Interior Modern:Illustration of the World's Most Notable Examples of Cemetery the Ball mausoleum in Muncie, West Point's Battle Monument (designed by McKim, NPS Form 10-900-a entirely appropriate to the individual and his community, nonetheless the in 1859 and still in business today in Xenia) was at the height of its Page Harper mausoleum along with the Perry Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, the Huston Memorial at South Charleston, and the Hayner mausoleum at Troy. the early years of this century.Viewed in 1915 as a manifestation of success Section number 8 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 The Harper Mausoleum & Memorial Entrance, Greene County, Cedarville, Ohio Section number - Lloyd Warner, The Living and the Dead, A Study of the Symbolic Life of Xenia Daily Gazette, November 14, 1908; June 2, 1916 Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places National Park Service United States Department of the Interior (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 Harper Mausoleum and Harper, George W., Memoria Fed. Reg. Date: nomination by person or local government _ REJECT owner objection Federal Agency: - Lappeal J sample Lrequest Reviewer's comments: _ technical corrections cited below -substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Present Use 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys 7. Description -unaltered - original site J moved summary paragraph boundary selection Accessible resubmission Category dates fair completeness Condition Entrance Ownership Status alterations/integrity Reviewer Discipline unexposed Recom./Criteria Greene County deteriorated ruins RETURN clarity excellent Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Public Acquisition Nomination returned for: see continuation sheet Substantive Review: Date Due: Check one NR decision Has this property been determined eligible? 2-11-88 yes 88000115 Working No. 8. Significance - summary paragraph relating significance to the resource Other 9. Major Bibliographical References Acreage of nominated property 11.

Form Prepared By State Historic Preservation Officer signature GPO 918-450 Date Signed Builder/Architect context completeness national title clarity Phone: Maps state UTM References local applicable criteria Photographs Verbal boundary description and justification justification of exception 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: relationship of integrity to significance justification of areas checked Quadrangle name 10.

Geographical Data Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Specific dates Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Period Cedarville Harper Memorial Entrance and Harper Mausoleum Greene County Ohio 45314 North Cemetery, SR 72 mausoleum, facing NW ll-8 North Cemetery, SR 72 2/6 Mausoleum (rear), facing E Greene County Cedarville Harper Mausoleum Ohio 45314 Sandra Shapiro, Negs: SWOHPo Ohio 45314 Mausoleum, facing W Harper Mausoleum Cedarville Greene County North Cemetery, SR 72 11-86 Sanc@ra Shapiro, Negs: swOHPO Ohio 45314 Sandra Shapiro, Negs: SWOHPO Cedarville North Cemetery, SR 72 Greene County Harper Mausoleum Mausoleum, facing NE HARPER Ohio 45314 Sandra Shapiro, Negs: SwOHPO facade detail, facing NW Cedarville Harper Mausoleum Greene County North Cemetery, SR 72 Cedarville Greene County Harper Mausoleum North Cemetery, SR 72 detail, facing W Sandra Shapiro Ohio 45314 Negsi SWOHPO CLIFTON, OHIO Cedarville, vic., Greene County, Ohio CLIFTON QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UTT: 17259055 1404040 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC State Route Harper Mausoleum and George .ilarper N3945 w8345/7.5 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 January 5, 1988 Ms.

Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 123 - 137 E. Fourth St. Historic District W. Ray Luce WRL : ae Enclosures Hamilton County 614/297-2470 Greene SOCIETY Delaware HISTORICAL The Harper Mausoleum and Felkner-Anderson House Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places George W. Harper Memorial Entrance Enclosed are 3 new National Register nominations.All of the appropriate Dear Carol: Ohio Historic Preservation Office New Submissions State Historic Preservation Office SINCE 1885 Please contact me if you have any questions. JAN 12 1988 Sincerely, OHIO notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.