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APR 1 7 1989 1985 Velma Avenue < SINCE 1885 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) William Hobart vacation house 2. County Miami Cty 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives Hobart Welded Steel House Co 6. Specific Location 28. No. of Stories 995 Polecat Road (between 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 1. City or Town concrete (poured)= Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays Front 3 Side 2 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private & Altered R in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, if known 37. Condition 9. U.T.M. Reference 74 0 36 Site O Structure O Building R 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. 0/her Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District Visible from Hist. Dist.? No 8 41.
Distance from and Frontage on Road 1/3 mi. down access rd 42. Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) Two story, three bay facade with unadorned central entrance. Original 16-light casement windows. Steel gambrel roof with two gabled dormers have been covered with asphalt shingles. Massive internal chimney on the left and screened porch on rear. Underground greenhouse has glass brick roof which forms the floor of the patio to the rear. of the house. the greenhouse and fireplace. In later years the house was used as a conference center for 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Large rural property intersected by the Spring Creek has site (ca. 1850s) burned and all which remains is smokehouse to rear of the steel house. 46. Prepared by Story About the Welded Steel House, sales catalog, ca. 1938. 48. Date 49.
Revision Date(s) | 3/87 1940 614/466-1500 Easting Register? Zone SWOHPO Exterior Underway? vacant fair Potent'? Preservation Eligible? SOCIETY HISTORICAI (Explain Interior painted steel OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY vacation house individual NR nomination 5. Sources of Information Interview with Lucia Hobart Bravo,1l/86, The Public Road? SW Ohio Historic Pres.Office 4|4|41010210 Columbus. Ohio 43211 18 gauge welded 21. Original Use, if apparent 35. Plan Shape rectangle 25. Open to Object O No O steel at the W. Main St. factory, it was delivered by truck to the Polecat Road location. The the Hobart Bros. Co., and currently is vacant. 47. Organization many fruit trees, dense foliage, and an abundance of wildlife. Near the house is a large same Stee Northing Diana Good Cornelisse 53. Farmstead Plan WELDED STEEL HOUSE 51.
Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Smoke House, O Corn Crib or Shed O Privy O Silo O Carriage House O Summer Kitchen O or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Basis for Information POLEÇAT ROAD Owner Collection O Above Ground Earthworks or Mound O 54. Photo Cultural Materials Noted - OAI No. 42. (Cont'd) E pt SE Polecat and 11-1-13 E Pt NE, between Polecat Rd and Spring Creek. Non- steel house is the only nominated structure, thus area nominated extends only 10 ft on all sides of the house. No other structures, and therefore no other portions of this property are included in nomination. Type Other Name Spring House Barn Type(s) contributing structures on the property are:large frame barn, two frame sheds, and brick smokehouse (ca 1850). Total acreage of Hobart property is 1l6 acres however Roll No.
Boundaries of Hobart property on Polecat Rd.are as follows: Polecat-back long ll-l-14 FRAME BARN Code No. STEEL HOUSE Picture No(s).3 Z FRAME SHEDS BRICK SPRING CREEL OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet 995 Polecat Rd., Troy, Miami County, OH (Hobart Welded Steel Houses Thematic Resources) prefabricated at the Main Street factory, it was delivered by truck to the Polecat Road used as a conference center for the Hobart Brothers Company, and it now stands vacant. 1 contributing building the Hobart Dutch Colonial style with its original windows, gambrel roof and gabled National Park Service seen in its smooth exterior walls and rounded corners.The only recent alteration to the and Exception G.
The Hobart welded steel house at 995 Polecat Road is significant under Criteria A and C Set on a heavily wooded estate adjacent to Spring Creek, this house is a good example of Although this house is less than 50 years old, its significance is justified as a continuance of the early 1930s beginnings of the Hobart's venture into steel housing. has many custom designed features including the greenhouse and fireplace.It was later 995 Polecat Road is one of the 21 remaining Hobart welded steel homes.Completely National Park Service Section number - Miami County, OHIO 2. Hobart, E.A., House 3. Hobart, William, Vacation House 4. House at 1022 West Main Street 5. House at 121 South Ridge 1.
House at 145 South Ridge Attest Cover Name State Page National Register of Historic Places Thematic Group Continuation Sheet Multiple Resource Area Nomination/Type of Review United States Department of the Interior Hobart Welded Steel Houses TR Keeper A T OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Substantive Revie NPS Form 100000 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Hobart, William, Vacation House Hobart Welded Steel Houses TR NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: - PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 6/01/89 MULTIPLE 4/17/89 DATE 5/18/89 RETURN PROPERTY NAME: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: APPEAL: N N SLR DRAFT: N REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION 5/02/89 REJECT REVIEWER NATIONAL: OTHER: DATE OF PENDING LIST: _count STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _current _justification of exception ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _photographs _presentation materials clarity context acreage historic DESCRIPTION Period FUNCTION completeness SIGNIFICANCE Builder/Architect BIBLIOGRAPHY CLASSIFICATION Date descriptive text applicable criteria architectural classification Phone justification of areas checked USGS maps sketch maps Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Specific dates boundary justification resource type OTHER COMMENTS relationship of integrity to significance GEOGRAPHICAL DATA summary paragraph verbal boundary description relating significance to the resource Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Signed Statement of Significance