Nomination for Bartlett, Joseph and Rachel, House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) FEB 0 8 1990 United States Department of the Interior 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. Name of Property other names/site number Cole, Sardis and Margaret House 2. Location street & number not for publication city, town zip code 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property X private x building(s) _ structures Jobject Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _ State/Federal Agency Certification National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. 5.

National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Jentered in the National Register. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) 143 Noncontributing site district state public-State public-local public-Federal Fremont Total Date Ohio Registration Form National Register. See continuation sheet. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Number of Resources within Property removed from the National Register. State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of certifying official Bartlett, Joseph and Rachel House 212 South Park Avenue Signature of commenting or other official historic name Date of Action N/ALvicinity This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.

See instructions in Guidelines As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentationstandards for registering properties in the In my opinion, the property Jdoes not meet the National Register criteria. 43420 county Sandusky First United Methodist Church Parsonage 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7.

Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation _ The Bartlett House is a detached, two story frame dwelling/office surmounted and dominated trees, unified set-backs and spacing and several Victorian-era iron fences defining gravel alley, The Bartlett House sits immediately north of a late-19th century brick base of the tower, and has two sets of double-doors enclosing a small, tile-floor windows topped by a moderately peaked architrave, with a small floral ornament at the All windows, except those on the rear elevation, are double-hung, one-over-one sash types. The other dominant facade element is a c. 1910 porch which is found at the northern, first The north elevation is two bays in width, featuring paired windows on the second floor. An Italianate style porch dominates the first floor, rear corner of this elevation.

The Restoredto its original condition by the present owner, the porch is highly detailed with LX See continuation sheet Wood Stone/Limestone other Asphalt Italianate walls flat-roofed. Wood/Weatherboard Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) HEALTH CARE/Medical Business/Office Second Empire Describe present and historic physical appearance. RELIGION/Church-related Residence dormer windows rising between raised wood panels.The central entry is elevated at the DOMESTIC/Single Dwelling Basically rectangular in plan, the Bartlett House features a four bay facade and a two bay brackets at either side.Above the entry at the second floor level is a set of paired and rows of dentils at the juncture of the fascia and eave overhang.The porch is streetscapes,including one at the northern property line of this house.Adjacent toa church and manse to the south.

surmounted by this peaked architrave scaled to the size of the particular window or door. Integrity, exhibiting fully-developed characteristics of the Second Empire and Itallanate above the roofline, culminating in a steep pyramidal roof which is pierced by peaked floor level. Supported by twp large square, paneled columns which rest on stone bases roof moldings and mansard dormers are significant identifying elements.The house faces due north side elevation.The facade is dominated by an extended entry tower which rises vestibule. The entry is sheltered by a peaked wooden canopy supported by heavy incised center. All of the other windows and doors on the facade and north elevation are porch shelters a side entry which is now the main entrance to the medical offices. mid- and late-19th century residences that have been converted to public, commercial and NPS Form OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior ornamental floral-inspired latticework at the base, a balustrade, chamfered columns with simple incised capitals from which incised brackets rise, and a fascia of quatrefoils at The rear elevation has been altered more than the other elevations, with three sets of windows installed c. 1910. A one story frame extension, while original to the design, kitchen and basement. The south side elevation faces the alley, and features a one story square bay inset with a original windows are found at the second level above the bay, but they are not paired. foundation is rough-hewn ashlar limestone blocks with beaded mortar joints.

Entering the Bartlett House via the double-door main entry, a small vestibule with inlaid, geometric-patterned, polychrome tile flooring is found before the second set of paneled originally were parlors and possibly the dining room. The medical offices are entered via the side porch on the north elevation which leads to a Entrance to the former family parlor is gained via a set of multi-paneled, rounded pocket The door frame has unusual carved, pilaster-like side moldings with fluted bases, narrow Page Continuation Sheet reception area. National Park Service doors which are functional:These are unpainted walnut with original cast-metal hardware. National Register of Historic Places junction beneath the eave overhang.

The overhang is moderate and is supported by two The entire structure is capped by a classically inspired cornice at the eave.A narrow room was remodeled in the Mission Style with plain oak molding baseboards and window trim, and a new wooden door which utilized the hardware of the original door.A modern entry is found in the one story extension and leads to a back hallway with access to the Joseph and Rachel Bartlett House, 212 S. Park Avenue, Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio Section number - leading to the wooden deck. The roof is flat. paired and grouped windows and a c. 1910 porch. The windows are single sash, casement modest size, incised brackets at each corner face. Narrow corner boards define the wall staircase with walnut newel, balusters and railing.

A doorway from the hallway into the The medical offices utilize three rooms on the first floor which bathroom, installed by the present owners, is located along the south side of this The the second floor. facade porch and has the square columns and balusters and dentil molding.It too is flat there is no access to the ground floor.The mansard roof atop this elevation featuresa lone central dormer window and a square brick chimney at the southern end.A first floor pair of original windows and topped by a small cornice with delicate brackets.Two other double doors.Inside,a narrow hall leads to the kitchen at the rear,as well as toa (8-86) OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Section number _ taper ing mid-sections and a paneled and incised capital. The top is an elliptical arch consisting of several molded, curved sections.

The woodwork in this room is all natural with glazed doors is found at the southwest corner of the room, flanking both walls. A The original formal parlor, now a private office, is entered via a pair of new oak paneled however, original and duplicates in design the door frame between the waiting and reception rooms. In this doorway arch is a new leaded-glass transom installed by the furnishings, wallpapers, light fixtures and carpeting. A plaster floral-medallion is windows, however the door itself features an unusual four-panel design which is centered both stone (outer walls) and brick wall surfaces.

Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service renovations.The window molding is natural and consists of several sets of rounded The entire structure of the home is plaster-finished, except for the basement which has wooden rosette is found within this oculus.This door also retains its original hardware. National Register of Historic Places walls just below the ceiling.Other notable features of this room include a black metal elaborate plaster floral medallion in the center of the ceiling. NPS Form 10-000-e Joseph and Rachel Bartlett House, 212 S.

Park Avenue, Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio plaster molding/picture rail is located just beneath the ceiling, and there is an The found at the center of the ceiling, and a plaster molding/picture rail runs around the fireplace and mantel which were remarbelized for the current owners as part of the rounded moldings that create a compound-like effect.Ac.1910 Mission Style oak bookcase doors installed by the present owner to separate the two spaces.The door frame is, around a molded oculus about a third of the way up from the bottom of the door.A small molding around the door that leads to the front hallway is identical to that of the (8-86) 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) local example of Second Empire/Italianate residential architecture. The wood siding and Second Empire/Italianate style combination, perhaps in concert with the Fabring House across the street at 201 So. Park, the Bartlett House featured a mansard roof with peaked dormers, a towered central entry, incised hoodmoldings, delicately carved porch details ancestral home of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Fremont, founded in 1813, first was known as Lower Sandusky in reference to its location battle, combined with American victories on Lake Erie under Oliver Hazard Perry and at Fort Meigs (NHL, Wood County) under William Henry Harrison in 1813, ended British and in 1822 and changed its name to Fremont in 1849.

1872-73 Architecture Architect/Builder locally Significant Person Significant Dates See continuation sheet Period of Significance rare examples of the Second Empire including the Fabring House (NR Iisted 5/26/1983)are Applicable National Register Criteria Cultural Affiliation The Bartlett House originally was occupied by Joseph R.Bartlett and his wife Rachel fashionable homes during the mid and late 19th century.Expansion of this area continued State significance of property,and justify criteria,criteria considerations,and areas and periods of significance noted above.

Lower Sanduskyin 1833.He studied law under his had served The Bartlett House was erected about 1872-73 at a time of steady growth in this section of War of 1812,including a decisive victory of Col.George Croghan over British and Indian Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) 1815 that officially ended the War of1812 and opened the Northwest Territories for (Mitchener) Bartlett. A noted name in the county, Bartlett is representative of prominent men of his era.

He was born in 1830 near Tiffin, Ohio and moved with his family to them corner entrance tower is a distinct form for this style combination in Fremont.The other associated with architect-designed residences of the period.Executed in the fashionable on the lower reaches of the Sandusky River.The area saw considerable activity during the Indian resistance in the Northwest Territories and set the stage for the peace treaty of and a plethora of finely carved and molded wood and plaster finishes on the interior. troops at the Battle of Fort Stephenson along the Sandusky River on August 2,1813.This The Joseph R.Bartlett House at 212 So.Park Avenue is significant under Criterion C asa in a southwest pattern until becoming contiguous to "Spiegel Grove (NR/NHL),the Methodist Church, 1822-1947. (At Birchard Public Library) Deed/Mortgage Transfer Books, Sandusky County Recorder, 1845-Present. 6.

Basil Meek. History of Sandusky County. 1909. preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: previously determined eligible by the National Register Survey # Other recorded by Historic American Engineering Record #.

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

Geographical Data Verbal Boundary Description - The lot is approximately 82-1/2 by 132 feet in size. 11. Form Prepared By name/title - Ted J. Ligibel October 20, 1989 street & number- 2036 N. Kennison . state - zip code 43609 Zone Northing University Easting Local government UTM References Federal agency Other State agency Birchard Public Library Boundary Justification Hayes Presidential Center Library has been requested State historic preservation office 9. Major Bibliographical References Specify repository: previously listed in the National Register See continuation sheet designated a National Historic Landmark Previous documentation on file (NPS): recorded by Historic American Buildings Fremont East Quadrangle, Ohio The boundary is the lot (304) that historically has been associated with this property.

The Lake Erie and Western Railway Gazetter and Directory.Col.B.Proudfoot and Co The Bartlett House Occupies all of Lot 304 in the original section of Fremont. Publishers. Lafayette, Ind., 1879-80. Homer Everett. History of Sandusky County, Ohio, 1812-1882. Cleveland, H.Z. Williams One Century and a Quarter History, Commemmorated October, 1947. Hayes Memorial and Company. Chicago, 1896. Acreage of property less than one city or town- and Bros., 1882. (1972 reproduction by Unigraphic Inc. Evansville, Ind., 1972) Toledo date organization Historic Resources Consulting OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number - as mayor of Fremont from 1850-52 and again in 1855-56. Joseph Bartlett was admitted to with his father's former partner, Thomas Finefrock, for many years. Joseph Bartlett also served as Town Recorder in 1859 and 1860.

Bartlett, like many other men of prominence at the time, distinguished himself during the in July,1861 and by November of 1862, with this company in active duty, was appointed finally Colonel in June, 1865. the community grew, so did his financial means, resulting in the construction of the house erected on one of Fremont's major streets (then known as Main Street), two blocks south of Later, he was instrumental in establishing the local Law Library as well. of Sandusky County, having been born in the county in 1842. His education was interrupted 1866 and they settled on a large 240 acre farm in Sandusky Township, and worked the land until their retirement from farming twenty-six years later.

In 1892 they moved to Fremont Cole was an active member of the local 100F Lodge, and serve as president of the family until 1913, when it was sold to Mabel Bowlus, who owned it for seven years until By far the longest tenure of any ownership of the house has been that of the First Page 1920. Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places in the Sandusky River Valley.In 1851,this congregation erected a brick church adjacent in honor of its most famous members and benefactors, President and Mrs. Rutherford Hayes, and was instrumental in founding the Sandusky County Bar Association in the late 1870s. Bartlett returned to Fremont decorated and well-respected and as his social standing in at 212 So.Park Avenue.Bartlett and his wife first purchased an interest in the property and purchased the Bartlett House.

founded in 1822 by the Rev.James Montgomery.It is one of the oldest organized churches was adjacent to one of Fremont's oldest churches, the former First Methodist Church of Joseph and Rachel Bartlett House,212S.Park Co.,Ohio United States Department of the Interior This lated until his father's death in 1859, whereafter he continued the practice of law by the Civil War when he was forced to leave his studies at Oberlin College and return to on Park Avenue when they bought Lot 304 in 1863.In 1872 they purchaseda mortgage and the local bar in 1853 and formed a partnership,"B.J.Bartlett& Son",with his father. NPS Form 10-900-a Inspector General of the Second Division of the 'Army of the Cumber land' under Generals the family farm, north of Fremont.

He married Rachel Hyatt, also of Sandusky County, in for fifty years.The First Methodist Church, now known as Hayes Memorial Methodist Church The Bartletts continued to reside at this property until 1892,when it was purchesed by Sardis B.Cole and his wife Margaret (Hyatt) Cole.Sardis Cole was a long-time resident General before being promoted to Major in 1864,Lieutenant Colonel in March,1865 and Civil War by raising a company of soldiers.He erected 'Company F of the Forty-Ninth Ovl OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Register of Historlc Places Joseph and Rachel Bartlett House, 212 S. Park Avenue, Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio Section number _ to the site of the Bartlett House, at the corner of Birchard and So. Park. This church First Brethern Church of Fremont. In 1970, the Bartlett House returned to private family ownership, and has had two other owners previous to the current owner, Dr.

Cynthia L. Evans and her husband william while the interior has been both restored and remodeled as Dr. Evans' Psychiatry Offices most of its original detailing including walnut door and window moldings, a complete As noted earlier, the exterior also retains its vintage appearance and continues to residential development of Fremont. Page Continuation Sheet walnut staircase and railing, plaster ceiling medallions and a marbelized metal fireplace.

National Park Service United States Department of the Interlor (first floor),and as a single apartment floor).The first floor interior retains brick church in late 1888.The 1888 building remains intact,although it now houses the maintain its position of prominence asa major contributing element to the early was replacedbyalarger brick edificein1885 and due toa fire in 1888,by yet another NPS Form 10-900- the structure.The exterior has been faithfully restored to Its c.1910 appearance, The following information is the same for each photograph: Name: Joseph R. Bartlett House, 212 So. Park Ave.

City/State: Fremont, Ohio Date of Photo: August, 1989 Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Facade tower detail, looking west-up Photo 4 North side and rear elevations, looking southeast Photo 5 Detail, north elevation side porch (now entrance to offices), 1ooking southeast Photo 6 Street scene, looking southwest past Bartlett House toward church; Continuation Sheet Negative Location: with Ted Ligibel National Register of Historic Places National Park Service United States Department of the Interior former church parsonage (brick) visible next to Bartlett House Facade, looking west NPS Form 10-000-e OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 Bartlett House, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio Section number - Facade and north side elevation, looking southwest EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET 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 2/08/90 MULTIPLE REJECT DATE RETURN 3/25/90 DISCIPLINE REVIEWER OTHER: RECOM./CRITERIA NAME: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: Bartlett, Joseph and Rachel, House REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION 3/09/90 PROPERTY ACCEPT -resource type _descriptive text _sketch maps _presentation FUNCTION current DESCRIPTION acreage count clarity other context materials photographs architectural classification SIGNIFICANCE BIBLIOGRAPHY Period CLASSIFICATION verbal boundary description completeness historic Builder/Architect Date relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception applicable criteria Specific dates summary paragraph boundary justification justification of areas checked ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION relating significance to the resource Phone USGS maps Areas of Significance--Check and justify below GEOGRAPHICAL DATA STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION OTHER COMMENTS Statement of Significance one paragraph) Signed UTMS Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to JOSEPH R.

BARTLETT HOUSE FREMONT, SANDÜSKY CO. OHIO PHOTO 1OF 6 CINTHIA L EVANS- JOSEPH R. BARTLETT HOUSE FREMONT, SANDUSKY CO, OHIO JOSEPH R. CARTLETT HOUSE FREMONT SANDUSKY CO, OHIO JOSEPH R.'BARTLETT HOUSE FREMONT, SANDUSKY CO. OHIO ENTRANCE JOSEPH R. BARTLETT HOUSE FREMONT, SANDUSKY CO. OHIO PHOTO 5 OF6 JOSEPA R. BARTLETT HOUSE PHOTO 6OF 6 UTM FREMOUT OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FREMONT EAST QUADRANGLE FREMONT EAST, OHIO 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) S 41 22'301 - State Route PROPERTY LOLATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17:324 FEB P R 1090 Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 January 31, 1990 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington DC 20013-7127 Bartlett, Joseph R., House Please contact me if you have any questions. W.

Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer WRL/JW: dh SOCIETY 614/297-2470 Sandusky County HISTORICAL New Submissions Perry nrohp/nat410.r Sincerel Dear Carol: The Glenford Bank notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Enclosed are two new National Register nominations.All the appropriate