Nomination for Hoadley, George, Jr., House

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OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) FEB 0 6 1990 and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property George Hoadley Jr. House Location street & number N/Anot for publication city, town N/A vicinity zip code 45208 3. Classification Ownership of Property X private X building(s) Structure Name of related multiple property listing: listed in the National Register - State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National RegisterofHistoricPlacesandmeetsthe procedural and professional reguirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

Signature of certifying official Signature of commenting or other official National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Xentered in the National Register. determined eligible for the National determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 2337 061 code Noncontributing Cincinnati object district public-local Registration Form public-State Grandin Road public-Federal Total state Ohio National Register National Park Service Category of Property historic name site removed from the National Register.

National Register of Historic Places other names/site number United States Department of the Interior Number of contributing resources previously This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines NPS Form 10-900 Entered in the See continuation sheet. Number of Resources within Property State or Federal agency and bureau Date Register. See continuation sheet. Hamilton county 380 In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. 6. Function or Use 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) walls . The George Hoadley Jr. House is a 3-story with full basement wood frame building with a cement stucco covering on metal lath. The c.

1900 Mission Revival style house is located on the east side of Cincinnati in the Hyde Park neighborhood. The house is set house has not been altered on the outside, except for a minor change to the east side carriage house which is shown on a 1883 Cincinnati map. The property has a level front setback, with a depressed driveway on the west side bordered with stone walls. The site slopes downward in the rear, with the basement level fully exposed on the west and rear sides of the house. A frame carriage house with hip roof and the house, while a c. 1920 house is located to the east.

Grandin Road is a narrow two- The hip-roofed rectangular plan house has a square tower with pyramidal roof on the with curved red tiles and has an eyebrow dormer in the front and stuccoed shaped gable The asymmetrical front (north) facade is three bays wide with the pyramidal-roofed tower The wide door is quarter-sawn oak with raised Gothic arch motifs. The doorway is floor is covered with a tile mosaic in green, tan, and rust colors in an intersecting design of diagonal lines.The doorway is flanked by large segmental arched windows on the flanked by two large rectangular windows with 1/1 wood sash and strongly profiled sills, north and east sides with a leading pattern similar to the intersecting diagonal lines seen on the front porch floor. X See continuation sheet road.

foundation Stone roof other Concrete Architectural Classification Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Mission Revival Domestic: Single Dwelling Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) dormers on the sides and rear.The wide overhanging eaves of the roof have tongue-and- Describe present and historic physical appearance. Ceramic Tile groove boards in the soffit with narrow flat brackets.The building has a rough cement stucco covering and wood trim. columns.Round arched recesses are located in the side walls of the entrance.The porch back about 300' from Grandin Road, which is lined with large homes, many dating from c. 1890-1920 and c. 1960-1980. The c. 1903 (with later alterations) Cincinnati Country Club grounds and building lie to the north on the opposite side of Grandin Road. The porch.

The changes to the interior include bathroom and kitchen updating and alterations Houses dating from c. 1980 lie directly to the west of but no lintels. The third story of the tower has a series of three small windows on the doors and is in poor condition. on the east side.A central entrance contains a recessed doorway with a segmental-arched George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio NPS Form 10-800-a OMB Approvel No. 1084-0018 The rear (south) facade's wall surface is flat, except for a first story bay at the and a door. The fenestration on this facade includes large windows in the basement level, long narrow windows on the tirst floor, and smaller windows on the second Lever. Two shaped gable dormers are located in the center of the roof and contain small attic , windows.

The symmetrical five-bay west facade features a large, centrally-located shaped gable 1/1 wood sash are located in the center of the facade on both the first and second visible on this facade and contains six windows and a door. The first floor interior has a central vestibule which contains the main stairway. Door- ways lead from the vestibule into the living room, dining room, backstairway, and office. The stairway has an oak Corinthian column newel post and a wood railing pierced with The long room on the east side of the first story, which extends from the front to the octagonal medallions connected by diagonal beams. The dining room, Just south ot the vestibule, has a narrow mantel with elaborated carving and tall paneled wainscoting. The kitchen adjacent to the dining room was formerly a butler and china pantry, and retains the glass-fronted cabinets.

A narrow back stairway with turned balusters is located on the west side and leads to the second and third stories. The second floor contains four bedrooms and two bathrooms and an octagonal room which The third floor has a central hallway with a series of rooms originally designed for windows which are not glazed, but were left open for ventilation. (continued) Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places plain wood crisscross design. United States Department of the Interior room and made inot doorways to the rooms on either side.A simple wood mantel is located are located above segmental arched windows on the first floor.Three small windows with The basement level is fully exposed on this facade and contains five full-sized windows with 1/1wood sash.A shaped gable dormer covered with cement stucco is located in in the bedroom in the southeast corner.

Section number _ The east facade is distinguished by a full-width wood porch with cement stucco valances shapes. The lattice underneath the porch is arranged in an intersecting diagonal line pattern similar to the front porch floor and tower windows. Two French doors lead out to the porch on the first floor. The second floor has four large rectangular windows the attic level and contains two small windows. The south end of the porch has been slightly shortened in length; the lattice underneath the porch on the south end is a with a quatrefoil and three windows with a leaded pattern. Iwo second story oriel bays as the east side porch. The rough-cut stone foundation at the basement level is also has built-in drawers. Two closets were removed at the south corners of the octagonal the servants' use and for storage.

Some of the interior walls of the room have small east end and a second story bay at the west end which has a chimney through its center. openings in a multi-sided star shape. The second floor landing is framed by three large Page George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio OMB Approval Ne. 1084-0018 Section number - Continuation Sheet Page National Park Service The basement contains the original kitchen space and several storage and utility rooms. National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historlc Places George Hoadley Jr. House PHOTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION The above name and address are the same for all 20 of the following photographs.

Miami Purchase Association for Historic Preservation 1225 Elm Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45210 PHOTO #1 PHOTO #2 View of the front (north) facade PHOTO #3 PHOTO #4 PHOTO #5 PHOTO #6 PHOTO #7 (continued) Photographer facing south Photographer facing northwest Continuation Sheet View of the porch on the east side National Park Service Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio in September 1989. View of the front setback of the George Hoadley Jr.House View of the front entrance 2337 Grandin Road View of the rear (south) facade View of the east side Section number _ 7 The photographer for all 20 photographs is Rita Walsh. All photographs were taken The location of the original negatives for the 20 photographs is: Page George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio NPS Form 10-000-a OMB Approval No.

1084-0018 Section number - PHOTO #8 View of the west side PHOTO #9 View of the back yard and carriage house PHOTO #10 View of the carriage house PHOTO #11 View of the front hall, first floor PHOTO #12 View of the stair railing, first floor PHOTO #13 View of the living room, first floor PHOTO #15 PHOTO #16 View of the stairhall leading between the lst and 2nd floors PHOTO #17 View of the octagonal room, second floor PHOTO #18 View of the mantel in bedroom, second floor (continued) Continuation Sheet Page National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Photographer facing southwest National Park Service Photographer facing southeast George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio OMB Approvel No.

1084-0018 Section number - PHOTO #19 View of the back stairway up to the third floor PHOTO #20 View of tower room, third floor Continuation Sheet Photographer facing northeast Page National Park Service National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interlor 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Significant Dates C. 1900 Elzner & Anderson, Cincinnati, Ohio State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Anderson is significant under Criterion C because it is the earliest example of the firm became famous between 1900 and 1910 for their pioneering use of concrete, most example of the Mission Revival style in Cincinnati. Cincinnati in 1886 to supervise the construction of the foundation of one of Richardson's Revival styles. George Anderson, a member of a prominent Cincinnati family, graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France and then worked as a draftsman in the office of recognized as the artistic member of the pair, while Elzner was proficient in civil en- The house for George Hoadley Jr.

and his wife, Genevieve Groesbeck Hoadley, and their & Hoadley, of which his father had been a founder. George Hoadley Sr. was governor of Harrison, who then sold the property to Genevieve Hoadley in 1900. The property remained X See continuation sheet Architecture gineering. Architect/Builder Significant Person property to the present owner.

Period of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria innovative concrete building tradition for which the firm was widely recognized.The Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Samuel Hannaford g Sons in Cincinnati before joining with Elzner.George Anderson was Cultural Affiliation two children was designed around 1899,based on a date of June 2,1899 stamped on existing Alfred 0.Elzner and George M.Anderson Cincinnati natives, in the Hoadley family until 1988,when George Hoadley Jr.'s daughter-in-law sold the The c.1900 George Hoadley Jr.House by the Cincinnati architectural firm of Elzner q EX locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) notably for their design of the Ingalls Building, the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in the country.

The Hoadley House is one of only two houses designed by the firm with last works, The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Building on Fourth Street. In 1887 Elzner began his own practice in Cincinnati, designing many homes in the Queen Anne and Colonial blueprints. George Hoadley Jr. was an attorney in the firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith, building materials. Although cement and concrete differ in their material composition formed their partnership around 1897. Elzner was educated at the Massachussetts Institute The house was constructed during a period when cement and concrete were still suspect of Technology and worked in the office of H.H.Richardson in Boston.Elzner returned to an exposed concrete exterior.The house is important asa very early and sophisticated 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Deed and lease records, Hamilton County Administration Building Record, Vol. L, No. 5, November 1907 Atlas Portland Cement Co., Concrete Country Residences, New York, New York (1907) George Mortimer Roe, editor, Cincinnati: The Queen City of the West, Cincinnati Times Star (1895) Montgomery Schuyler, "The Buildings of Cincinnati", The Architectural Record, Vol. XXIII, No. 5, May 1908 Henry F. Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, Los Angeles (1956) Carl W. Condit, American Building: Materials and Techniques from the Beginning of the Colonial Settlements to the Present, University of Chicago Press (1968) Joseph S.

Young, A Brief Outline of the History of Cement, (1955) X See continuation sheet Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A -preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: State historic preservation office previously determined eligible by the National Register Survey # X Other Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Verbal Boundary Description The property's legal description is the following: That certain tract of land situated in Section 32, Town 4 and Second Fractional Range of Townships in Miami Purchase of Hamilton County, Ohio, beginning at a stake in the south line of Grandin Road one hundred 11.

Form Prepared By street & number - city or town - Easting Zone Northing date Cincinnati state Historic Preservation Local government organization Rita Walsh/Architectural Historian Boundary Justification October 1989 has been requested The nominated property is the parcel outlined in red on the accompanying plat map. UTM References name/title 10. Geographical Data designated a National Historic Landmark Other State agency Federal agency Architectural drawings and specifications for the George Hoadley Jr.Residence Acreage of property Specify repository: previously listed in the National Register recorded by Historic American Buildings The property being nominated is the parcel which contains the house and outbuilding. Miami Purchase Association for University 1225 Elm Street A. O. Elzner, "The Artistic Expression of Concrete", The Inland Architect and News Oswald C.

Hering, Concrete and Stucco Houses, McBride, Nast, & Co., NY (1912) Universal Portland Cement Company, Representative Cement Houses, Chicago-Pittsburgh (1910) 1 acre (100) feet westwardly from the northeast corner of a certain tract of land heretofore Ohio George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio NPS Form 10-800-a construction; houses were seldom constructed of this material. During the 1870s, a number of firms began domestic production of artificial cement, which was more reliable less expensive, while experimentation with the composition of the material and new building techniques led to a slowly growing acceptance of concrete and cement for materials indicate a continued resistance by the general public.

Acceptance was gradual, aided by technical and popular publications which promoted the crete buildings left unscathed by large fires in Baltimore and San Francisco at the turn of the century provided eloquent testimony to this claim. After domestic production materials' water-resistant and thermal and cooling capabilities were also mentioned. The Hoadley House was used as a promotional feature in Concrete Country Residences, a 1907 publication of the Atlas Portland Cement Company, one of the concrete industry's the growing use of concrete as both a structural and exterior sheathing material for the basement floor and an exterior covering of portland cement stucco on metal lath most prevalent because it was lower in cost and yet produced the appearance of solid not revolutionary, it represents an early use of these materials in Cincinnati.

The Robert Anderson House, which is located near the Hoadley House at 2461 Gradin Road. Revival style house features a cantilevered balcony at the rear slope of the lot, which now has an addition underneath. The Mission Revival design of the Hoadley House is unusual and quite early for the and East, according to Virginia and Lee McAlester in their book, A Field Guide to Continuation Sheet (continued) Page suburban houses. Section number National Park Service National Register of Historic Places cement produced in the United States during the 19th century was used mostly for canal in 1920s gas stations. United States Department of the Interior OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 country, but most of it was of foreign production and was very expensive. Natural practical features of cement and concrete, particularly their fireproof quality. Con- major U. S. companies.

The nationwide publication's purpose was to give exposure to The materials used in the Hoadley House are composed of concrete in the footers and over a wood structural frame. By 1910, this method of concrete construction was the reinforced concrete. Although the use of concrete and cement in the Hoadley House was Hoadley House 1s also the earllest structure, and one of only two houses, by Elzner G early 1890s and is regarded as the West Coast equivalent of the Colonial Revival style. in quality and durability than natural cement. The increased output made the material The style spread across the country and generally dates from 1905-1920 in the Midwest George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio OMB Approval No.

1084-0018 National Register of Historlc Places appropriate style for concrete construction, although the publications also contended that the material's plasticity could be accommodated to any prevailing style. Alfred Elzner's opinion of the style's relationship to the use of concrete is shown in a 1907 article in The Inland Architect and News Record, entitled "The Artistic Expression of "But above all, we cannot well resist the inspiration of the charming Spanish missions of the Pacific coast coun- ot concrete, strongly suggests the same in its simple of these charming buildings were fearless in departing of available materials, and, working as.

they did, under the greatest possible disadvantages, succeeded because they studied the possibilities and logical adaptations true principles of art, in which they were thoroughly grounded, they produced practically a new style, which, and avoided the eccentricities and pitfalls of L'Art possess and guide the designer of concrete today." The Hoadley House was cited by well-known architectural critic, Montgomery Schuyler, in described the Hoadley House as a successful example of the Italian Villa style, seen in the off-center tower, relatively smooth surfaces, and lack of ornamentation, and notes its "newfangled" use of concrete.

Although the house has some architectural similarities the street from the Hoadley House, which is also cement stucco over a wood frame; the in the country and is designated as a National Historical Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service in 1904.The 11-story building is recognized as the first reinforced concrete skyscraper described above;the c.1903 Italian Villa style Cincinnati Country Club building across In publications from c.1900-1910,the Mission Revival style was recognized as the most a 1908 article in The Architectural Record.The article,"The Buildings of Cincinnati" The Hoadley House predates the other concrete structures designed by Elzner G Anderson United States Department of the Interlor American Book Company isconstructedofreinforced concrete but NPS Form 10-000d Section number tries. Here we find an architecture, which, though not of their material. Fortified as they were within the 1904 Herbivora Building at the Cincinnati Zoo, also cement stucco on a wood trame; the treatment of wall surfaces and openings.

The designers however,sacrificed nothing of quiet dignity and repose, hasa brick exterior;and the Bullock Electric Machine Shop (1906).The firm's greatest George Hoadley Jr. House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio NPS Form 10-900# OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Verbal Boundary Description (continued) conveyed to the lessor herein by William H. Harrison by deed recorded in Deed Book property heretofore conveyed by Isaac D. Wheeler to William H. Harrison and John P. to Grandin Road parallel with the east line of the tract hereinbefore mentioned four hundred (100) feet to the place of beginning.

Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Section number _ 10 Page_2 records of Deeds of Hamilton County, Ohio; thence running southwardly at right angles the south line of Grandin Road;thence eastwardly along the south line of Grandin Road one 338,page 302of the Records of Deedsof Hamilton and being the same GRANDIN ROAD Red dotted line indicates nominated property's boundaries George Hoadley Jr. House Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Numbers in circles refer to photographs George Hoadley Jr. House 2337 Grandin Road Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio FIRST FLOOR Library Bench Living Room not show some interior partitions. Numbers in circles refer to photographs and the direction in which they were taken The floor plan is schematic and may Pantry George Hoadley Jr.

House 2337 Grandin Road Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Bedroom Below and the direction in which they were taken SECOND FLOOR not show some interior partitions. Numbers in circles refer to photographs The floor plan is schematic and may Open Bedroam George Hoadley Jr. House Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio THIRD FLOOR Bedroom Built-ins not show some interior partitions. and the direction in which they were taken. Numbers in circles refer to photographs 2337 Grandin Road The floor plan is schematic and may Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio C. 1900 photograph of the George Hoadley Jr. House paid by House Cincinnati Ohio considorations George Hoadley Jr.

GENEVIEVE GROESBECK HOADLY, & w1dow and urmarriod, her heirs and assighs forever, hence running southwardly at right angler The receipt whereof is hereby arknowledged, do os Sell and Convrg to the said HELEN BATON HOADLY- then oe eaatwardly along 2354/520 Hamilton County 'hereby stake in the south line of Grandin Road; Chat Hm11100 NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 2/05/90 3/09/90 3/22/90 MULTIPLE DATE RETURN DISCIPLINE RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME: DATE Entered in the National Register DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: Hoadley, George, Jr., House PROPERTY REVIEWER REASONS FOR REVIEW: _completeness GEOGRAPHICAL DATA FUNCTION DESCRIPTION acreage SIGNIFICANCE count clarity other materials architectural classification BIBLIOGRAPHY historic justification of exception Date context Period Specific dates verbal boundary description Builder/Architect boundary justification summary paragraph applicable criteria CLASSIFICATION descriptive text sketch maps justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION relationship of integrity to significance Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Signed OTHER COMMENTS STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION resource type USGS maps Areas of Significance--Check and justify below _current Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS presentation photographs CINUNNAT, HAMILTON CO, OHIO PHOTO #1 GEORGE HOADUEY JR HOUSE CINCNNATI, HAMILTON CO.,OHIO PHOTO #2 GEORGE HOADLER JE HOUSE PHOTO #3 GEORGE HOADLEY JR.

HOUSE GEORGE HOADUEY JR.HOUSE CINUNNATI, HAMILTON CO., OHIO PHOTO #5 GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE CINCINNATI, HAMILTON CO.,OHIO PHOTO #7 GEORGE HOAPLEY JR. HOUSE CINUNNATT, HAMIGTON CO ,OH7O GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE CINUNNATI, HAMILTON CO. ,OHO GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE GEORGE HOADUEY JR. HOUBE PHOTO #// GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE CINUNNATT, HAMILTON CO. OHO PHOTO #12 GEORGE HOADLEY UR. HOUSE PHOTO #13 GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE CINUNNAT, HAMILTON CO., OHTO GEORGE HOADLEY JR. HOUSE PHOTO# 17 GEORGE HOADLEY UR. HOUSE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ROAD CLASSIFICATION CINCINNATI EAST QUADRANGLE CINCINNATI EAST, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES OHIO-HAMILTON CO. LODONNELL'S RE-SUB.OF PT. LOT | PHILIP GRANDIN'S HOME STEAD SUB. 2337 GRANDIN FOAD P. GRANDIN EST. DB.1336 -R 175 R.O. WEEBETOOK VIEW SUB.,P.B.266 P.65 COLUMBIA HAMILTON Co.

PAGE I-A GRANDIN CINCINNATI SAUNDERS SUB. HAMILTON COUNTY AUDITOR'S PLAT Ohio Historic Preservation Office FEB 0 5 1900 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 January 25, 1990 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Station in Logan, Ohio, these photographs were taken in April of 1988. Hoadley, George, House McFar land, James, House North Main Street Historic District Carroll Township Hall Please contact me if you have any questions. W.

Ray Luce WRL/JW: dh SOCIETY Hocking 614/297-2470 Henry Enclosure Knox HISTORICAL County nrohp/nat408.r Franklin Ladies Comfort Station First Presbyterian Church New Submissions Dear Carol: Longnecker Office Building National Park Service State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, Ottawa In regard to the use oflabels on the photographs of the Ladies Comfort request that you accept these as they pre-date the October 1988 deadline.