Nomination for Gasche, Charles, House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service DEC 1 6 1988 This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name Gasche, Charles, House other names/site number Ames House, Howey House 2. Location street & number I not for publication city, town Jvicinity state Ohio code 169 zip code 44691 3.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property A private X building(s) Jpublic-local Jpublic-Federal Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register - State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this National Register ofHistoric Places and meets the procedural and professional reqüirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. Signature of certifying official State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: Zentered 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 code Noncontributing REGISTER object site structure Date public-State Registration Form NATIONAL Wooster district Total 3192 National Register of Historic Places National Register. See continuation sheet. (Rev. 8-86) 340 Bever Street In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. N/AL . Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation sandstone Gothic Revival Describe present and historic physical appearance. 1849.

The foundation is cut sandstone with a tooled stone water table, and the walls are six-over-six, double hung sash with ornamental metal crowns, stone lug sills, and original with overhanging eaves and brick chimneys at the end, and there are prominent S-shaped brackets with pendants in the front gable, with a large pendant at the gable apex. A rear side of this wing has fancy millwork-filled arches between the square wood roof supports. style front porch, with slender turned columns and a spindlework decoration, was added ca. In 1919 the rear wing was raised to 2-story height, but only the gable end was The interior floor plan is largely unchanged, with original oak woodwork and a fine walnut in the parlor prior to 1900. clapboard sided building with two six-over-six double hung windows on each side and from downtown Wooster prior to 1870.

Before being moved, it was a printing shop for metal brick other Italianate walls wood Architectural Classification See continuation sheet (enter categories from instructions) wood shutters.Windows on the other facades are rectangular six-over-six with stone lug gable, and octagonal attic windows in the side gables. The roof is standing seam metal staircase that has a carved newel post and turned balusters.Oak pocket doors were added DOMESTIC/single dwelling bricked.Metal pressed to resemble brick was used on the side facades. one and a half story gable-roof wing was added ca.1860-65.An arcaded porch on the south Two outbuildings still survive on the property.The carriage barn is a gable roofed, The Charles Gasche House is a two and a half story, T-shaped brick building constructed in common bond brick.

A narrow, projecting, gabled central bay dominates the 3-bay front A one-story brick enclosed porch extends off the north facade of the wing. The Queen Anne roof Wooster's first newspapers. The second outbuilding is a shed roof, shiplap sided shed. grain-painted wood pilasters and ornate scrolls.The front windows are segmental-arch, 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Cultural Affiliation The Charles Gasche House is significant under Criterion C for architecture, as one of the two most distinctive Gothic Revival residences in the city of Wooster, and as a locally The Gothic Revival style became popular in the 1840s due largely to the efforts of Andrew Jackson Downing.

Downing published two successful pattern books, Cottage Residences and The Gasche House, with its three-bay front facade, steeply pitched side gable roof, projecting central cross gable, ogee gable window, and arcaded side porch, is one of the House, which embodies additional Gothic elements such as drip molds and carved In evaluating local architectural context, only the John Jeffries House (at 745 Pittsburgh half story house has a three-bay front facade, drip molds, and a steeply pitched poorly repointed, giving the house a "raw" appearance; it is not listed on the National Register. The John McSweeney House (N.R.

7-30-74), a two-story side-gable house, exhibits only a few elements of this style, and has suffered from alterations such as bricked-in windows; the house was listed on the Register for historical rather than architectural style; it has a large rear addition and the interior was converted to apartments. The X See continuation sheet 1849 Architecture Significant Person Unknown Significant Dates Architect/Builder remaining half dozen Gothic Revival buildings in Wooster are frame structures exhibiting components of the contemporaneous Italianate style. State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. significance.The John Sloane House likewise has only elements of the Gothic Revival windows with decorative metal crowns, and brackets in the front gable are typical the 1860s.

Jnationally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) two best-developed Gothic Revival houses in Wooster. However, unlike the John Jeffries verge-boards, the Gasche House is unique in its application of Italianate elements to a Ave.) stands out as a more "classic" example of the Gothic Revival style. This one and a cross-gable roof with ornamental verge-boards, but the brick has been cleaned and rather Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: unique example of the Gothic Revival style combined with Italianate decorative elements. The Architecture of Country Houses, in which he championed the Gothic Style for domestic 1andscape.I

The rest of the file

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

Major Bibliographical References Ohio." Unplublished manuscript on file, College of Wooster, Dept. of Art, 1985. 1984, pp. 197-208. J preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: LX State historic preservation office previously listed in the National Register Other State agency previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Other recorded by Historic American Engineering Specify repository: Record # 10. Geographical Data UTM References Verbal Boundary Description City of Wooster, Lot #1616 Boundary is based on legally recorded lot lines. 11.

Form Prepared By name/title _ Jeffrey De Brown/Regional Coordinator organization - September 19, 1988 (216) 438-0404 city or town _ _ zip code 44702 Canton Northing University Zone date telephone Easting state Ohio See continuation sheet Local government Federal agency Previous documentation on file (NPS):N/ A Ohio Historic Preservation Office Brown, Scott C."A Romantic Era in Architectural Taste: The Gothic Revival in Wooster, has been requested Boundary Justification McAlester, Virginia. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf. Acreage of property less than one NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Charles Casche House, Wayne County, OH National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Gothic Revival style and Italianate elements.

Section number 8 Page - only elements of the style, and all without exception have had extensive alterations or the Gothic Revival houses in Wooster,and is unique in the city for its combination of the (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Continuation Sheet Gasche, Charles, House, Wayne County, OH Gasche, Charles, House, 340 Bever Street, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. Photograph by J.D. Brown, April 1988, negative at the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. This information is the same for all photos. no. 2. View of west and south facades, looking E-NE. View of the former carriage garage's east and south facades, looking west. National Register of Historic Places Interior view of staircase,looking west. National Park Service "no. 4.

Section number photos_Page NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NOMINATOR: STATE N SIR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 12/16/88 1/13/89 1/30/89 MULTIPLE PROPERTY DATE RETURN DISCIPLINE REVIEWER ACCEPT RECOM./CRITERIA NAME: Entered in the DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: Gasche, Charles, House DATE OF 45TH DAY: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REASONS FOR REVIEW: National Register _resource type ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _sketch maps _presentation FUNCTION current acreage materials count clarity Period context historic DESCRIPTION BIBLIOGRAPHY SIGNIFICANCE Builder/Architect CLASSIFICATION completeness Date architectural classification Signed summary paragraph other justification of areas checked relationship of integrity to significance Specific dates applicable criteria Phone verbal boundary description relating significance to the resource STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION boundary justification USGS maps Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to justification of exception GEOGRAPHICAL DATA OTHER COMMENTS Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of Significance one paragraph) -photographs UTMS descriptive text Wayne Co., OH Wayne Co., OH Photo +2.

Wayne Co, OH Photo # 3. Wayne Co., OH Photo #4. OHIO-WAYNE CO. T5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) WOOSTER QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WOOSTER, OHIO Gesche, Charles House : GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Telephone 263-5246 Vi. Clyde Breneman RECEIVED OCT 1 7 1988 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR WOOSTER, OHIO 44691 Dear Dr. Ray Luce: I am aware of the nomination of the Gasche house at 340 N. Bever Street in Wooster, Ohio for the National Register of Historic Places. Under the National Register process, I realize that JCB: ss Mayor Municipal Building I do support this nomination. October 1l, 1988 I have the right to comment, but hereby waive that right. Sincerely 340 N. Bever St. October 11, 1988 Dear Dr. Ray Luce: Please be advised that we would like to waive our James and Josephine Howey Sincerely, National Register of Historic Places.

right to comment in regard to the nomination of the Gasche house at 340 N.Bever Street in Wooster, Ohio for the Wooster, Ohio 44691 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 December 9, 1988 Ms. Carol Shul1, Chief National Register of Historic Places P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 request an extension of the 1 October 1988 deadline for the new photograhic Light, Jacob, House Gasche, Charles, House Please contact me if you have any questions. Ws.

Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL : ame SOCIETY 614/297-2470 Cuyahoga Enclosures County Fayette Wayne REGISTER HISTORICAL NATIONAL Sincerely, New Submissions Dear Carol: notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.We requirements; the photographs with adhesive labels and/or marking pen were National Park Service Department of the Interior Union Steel Screw Office Building submitted to our office before the deadline. Enclosed are 3new National Register nominations.Al1 of the appropriate DEC 1 C 1988