Nomination for Corbusier, John William Creswell, House

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OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service AUG 2 1 1989 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 historic name Corbusier, John William Creswell, House other names/site number 2. Location street & number N/A not for publication 226 College Street city, town N/A vicinity code OH zip code 44236 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property x private 1 buildings J public-State _structures _objects Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously Architectural and Historic Properties of Hudson, Ohio 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 certifying official State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Mentered 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:) Date of Action Noncontributing 153 site Hudson public-local district National Register of Historic Places NATIONAL Total Date Registration Form state public-Federal county Summit See continuation sheet. National Register.

NPS Form 10-900 for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering 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. Xoomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets Ohio (Rev. 8-86) Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC/single dwelling 7.

Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) Toundation Slate Describe present and historic physical appearance. of a trio of houses built at the north end of College Street, which includes an Italianate addition, a 9' x 21' two story bay with casement windows is carefully matched to the The interior plan is open, with a large entry hall and stairwell with curved polished oak stair rail. The floors are made of oak, and the trim is oak and walnut. the late 1970s. Domestic, Commercial, Civic and Institutional Architecture, 1907/1925, relating to Historic Context Statement 4, Historic Restoration; the Ellsworth Years, of the Multiple roof brick stucco walls other See continuation sheet Property Documentation. first floor are large.eighteen light casements with stone surrounds and drip mouldings; original house.

story with wooden braces underneath the overhang.The second story is stucco with limestone trim around the windows and entry.The entrance is recessed under a stone arch Architectural Classification Tudor Revival corner of College and High Streets, adjacent to Western Reserve Academy.It was the third and its double doors each have an arched light with elaborate tracery.Windows on the (enter categories from instructions) with a twin-gabled dormer and decorative finials.A prominent gable pierces the facade 226 College Street is a two-and-a-half story Tudor Revival style house designed by John A circa 1950 wood frame garage is sited at the far southwest corner of the property and is the windows on the second floor are slightly small twelve.light casements.A 1987 rear William Creswel1 Corbusier in 1917. The house is sited well back on a large lot at the non-contributing.

The original lot extended 155 feet farther west and was subdivided in The building retains integrity of design and setting.The property type is F/I, Villa and the Pierce House built in 1855.The house features a steeply pitched hip roof 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Signiticance Significant Dates Significant Person John William Creswell Corbusier The house at 226 College Street is significant under Criterion C in that it was designed workmanship, feeling and association. Corbusier was born in Rochester, New York in 1878. He studied architecture in New York Covenant, 11205 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio (1911) (in association with the national firm of Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson), the Church of the Saviour, 2537 Lee Road, Cleveland thirty churches throughout the United States before his death in 1928. He came to Hudson in 1913. He had done previous work in Hudson for James W.

E11sworth in the building of the house at 53 Aurora Street, a brick Neo-Classical residence, which the renovation of the Straight and Son Cheese Storehouse, adapted for use as a club house. His move to Hudson coincided with the date of one of his major projects for Ellsworth, the 226 College Street in 1917, and lived in it until his death in 1928. By 1917 Tudor Revival was an extremely popular building style in the suburbs, but was was the first Tudor Revival building in Hudson and is still one of the very few in town designed, Corbusier designed it in the same spirit as found in all his revival style architecture. The Chateauesque Salmon Halle building, the Georgian Revival Seymour Hal1 X See continuation sheet 1917-1928 Architecture Architect/Builder State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.

the first Tudor Revival house in Hudson.The house was the personal residence of today.Although the Corbusier House is unlike the other more classical buildings he Lx locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Corbusier. It has retained integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He married Katherine Lyman in 1905 and moved to James W. El1sworth presented to the Congregational Church for use as a parsonage, and in unknown in the smaller exurban villages such as Hudson, Ohio. The J.W.C. Corbusier house Certitying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Heights, Ohio (1928) and the grand French Provincial Villa of Salmon P. Halle on Park Road design and construction of Seymour Ha11 of Western Reserve Academy in 1913.In 1917,he Cultural Affiliation 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References See Multiple Property Documentation Form Van Tassel, David D. and John Grabowski. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. 1987. - See continuation sheet preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: 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 # x Other recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property app. 2175 acres UTM References Verbal Boundary Description In the village of Hudson, County of Summit, situated at the northwest corner of the Street 250' and west on High Street 481.29'. Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By name/title - organization .

_ date 2/14/89 street & number 83 Aurora Street _telephone 216/650-1520 - state Ohio _ zip code 44236 Northing Zone Federal agency has been requested University Local government associated with the property. Specify repository: Lois Newkirk Hudson Heritage Association Boundary is the extent of the lot on which the dwelling house is situated and historically Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A Zone Easting intersection of High Street and College Street, the property running north on College city or town - Hudson OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior and the Neo-Classical El1sworth Hall, like the Tudor Revival Corbusier House, were all new half-timbering on stuccoed walls; large, multi-light windows; and a recessed entry way.

It relates to Property Type FII, Domestic, Commercial and Civic Architecture, 1907/1925, and relates to Historic Context 4, Historic Restoration: the Ellsworth Years, of the Multiple Property Documentation. interpretations of old European styles of architecture.The Corbusier House is an National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet NPS Form 10-000- John William Creswell Corbusier House, Hudson, Summit County, OH Section number _ 8 Page roof with sharp cross-gable and paired dormer windows;second story decorative OMB Approvel No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interior Corbusier, J.W.C., House, 226 College Street Historic and Architectural Properties of Hudson, Ohio (MPD) Date of Photographs: 1988 Location of Negatives: Hudson Heritage Association Photographer: Lois Newkirk 1. East elevation, facade 2. Roof detail, looking north 3.

Rear, looking east 4. Northwest elevation 5. Looking southwest 7. Rear addition 8. Front entry, facing east Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service NPS Form 10-900-e John William Creswell Corbusier House, Hudson, Summit County, OH Section number Photos Page _ Rear view, looking northeast 9. Window detail, east facade - New Addition 2 1/2 Brick and Frame w/ Basement Corbusier, John William Creswell, House Architects Inc. 155.00 High Street Exception Frame Garage College Street 60' 483.00' 84'6" 250.00' 9.06 Frame Shed 481.29' 154.99' 20'0" 61'3" 21'-6' 127' 20'3" M.0.61.68N ' 18'01 S 89 27'56 E Hudson, Summit County, Ohio OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor Section number - SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD Date Listed:10/5/89 subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, the nomination documentation. fer) Signature of the Keeper Date of' Action The nomination form lists 2175 acres as being nominated; this is tor Criterion C, yet the period of significance is not confined and agrees that the period of significance should be 1917. Page Summit State National Register of Historic Places DISTRIBUTION: Continuation Sheet Multiple Name County The property is nominated just John William C.Corbusier House notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation National Park Service an obvious typographical error.

Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) National Register property file Property Name Amended Items in Nomination: This property is listed in the National Register of Historic to the building's date of Powers with United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number - Summit County, OHIO 1. Corbusier, John William Creswell, House 4. Porter, Orin, House Page COVER Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Date Listed Substantive Review Hudson MPS 3. Izant, Grace Goulder, House 2. Hudson Historic District (Boundary Increase) - I 10/5/89 EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Corbusier, John William Creswell, House NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: N PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.

/CRITERIA 8/21/89 9/21/89 MULTIPLE DATE DISCIPLINE PROPERTY RETURN ACCEPT NAME: DATE RECEIVED: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: Hudson MPS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: APPEAL: N REQUEST: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N/see attached SIR YÁN REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION REFERENCE NUMBER: 89001451 10/05/89 PDIL: OTHER: SAMPLE: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1015/89 _count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _justification of exception GEOGRAPHICAL DATA verbal boundary description _boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _presentation current photographs context FUNCTION clarity Period materials acreage DESCRIPTION historic BIBLIOGRAPHY completeness other Builder/Architect CLASSIFICATION Date SIGNIFICANCE applicable criteria sketch maps architectural classification descriptive text summary paragraph Phone justification of areas checked Specific dates relationship of integrity to significance Signed relating significance to the resource OTHER COMMENTS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Areas of Significance--Check and justify below USGS maps Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS Corbusier, J.W.c., House Hudson, Summit County, Olt OH 153 FRMT FRCADE Corbusier, J.W.C., House 2/9 Hudson, Sumnit County, olt 153 ROOF DETAIL Corbusier, J.W.C., House Corbusier, J.W.C.

House 4/9 Hudson, Sumnit County, Olt Corbusier, J.W.C., House Corbusier, T.W.C., House Hudson, Summit County, OH OH 153 OH 153 Corbusier, J.W.C., House Hudson, Sumnit County, OH Corbusier, J.W.C., House Hudson, Summit County, Olt FACING EAST Corbusier, J.W.C., House 99 Hudson MPS, OH OH 153 Please refer to the map in the for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64500479