Nomination for Simmons, Edwin H., House

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NPS Form 10-900 DEC 2 41990* and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets 1. Name of Property 2. Location street & number city, town zip code county Wood 3. Classification Category of Property X private X building(s) listed in the National Register _ As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this NationalRegister ofHistoric Places and meets the proceduraland professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

1, hefeby, certify that this property is: determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Date of Action 43551 Perrysburg structure Date REGISTER NATIONAL Noncontributing site district public-State public-Federal public-local object vicinity state Total historic name Registration Form National Register of Historic Places 10302 Fremont Pike National Register. other names/site number See continuation sheet. State/Federal Agency Certification National Park Service not for publication 5. National Park Service Certification State or Federal agency and bureau determined eligible for the National United States Department of the Interior Signature of certifying official Number of contributing resources previously removed from the National Register. Ownership of Property entered in the National Register. Number of Resources within Property (Form 10-900a). Type all entries.

Name of related multiple property listing: Signature of commenting or other official - OMB No. 1024-0016 (Rev. 8-86) Register. See continuation sheet. In my opinion, the property Ohio This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking"x"in the appropriate box or by entering 12-14-90 221/ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description foundation - walls _ Wood - Wood shutters aluminum canopy put over the door. The west elevation of this addition contains another X See continuation sheet garage.

Vernacular Stone Architectural Classification roof other Materials (enter categories from instructions) Asphalt Shingle Describe present and historic physical appearance. The gabled roof of the core structure contains two brick chimneys located astride the DOMESTIC/single dwelling Two rear appendages are located on the east side of the house.The appendage attached to funeral door and second floor window are located on the gabled section's elevatlon that Weatherboard (Clapboard) (enter categories from instructions) and above each post. original shutters and hardware still attached.The front door and funeral door have an balustrade tops the parapet roof of this later addition.

forms the crook of the L-plan.All windows are the original 1/1 double hung sash with house Is still in agricultural use.The only outbuilding that remains Is a ca.1911 ridge line.Wide eaves and plain raking boards,or fascia boards, mark the roof - wall The Simmons House is a balloon frame,two-story Gabled-Ell structure built in 1887.It is The gabled portion and the eave oriented portion of the facade are each two bays wide.A located on the corner of Route 20 and Simmons Road and is surrounded by mature trees and simple molded cornice..A small.#indow.was later added to the east elevation and a with simple capitals. A front porch runs along the eave orlented section of the facade. The porch is supported motifs.

board, shed structure is attached to the north elevation of the original appendage.A an early twentieth century wire fence.The 40 acre farm historically associated with the a half gable roof.A rectangular shed addition was added to the appendage in 1938. The house Is L-plan In shape and has a one story rear appendage with a false front masking delicate incised:arabesque pattern;.are located on the fascla board below the porch roof doors.All doors and windows are capped by lintels containing Incised Eastlake Influenced the:house.was.built as-part of the original structure. The false.front..iscapped.by a NPS Form 10-800-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Edwin H.

Simmons House, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio The Hairpin design fence, consisting of Interlacing U-shapes, Is constructed of woven features include original baseboards, windows and door surrounds, carved walnut fireplace Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service garage door has been replaced. decorative finials are located at regular intervals throughout the length of the fence. Current photos show the horizontal member at the arch.'s spring Iines.It appears that the United States Department of the Interior three chimneys have been altered, the stack on the rear appendage being covered with to development pressures. Alterations to the house have been minor.The roofing material was replaced in 1965.All automobile.The gable roofed outbuilding is constructed of vertlcal board.

The original The rear door was moved to the south elevation. Also,located on the property is a garage built ca. 1911 for the family's "Overland" fence was raised, probably to facilitate cutting the grass. Vertical posts with cement and the remaining two losing their corbeled chimney caps.Significant interior (8-86) Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Lxlocally Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Rapids. During the early settlement period, area agriculture was predominately subsistence Located along an old sand ridge, the road had a major impact on the settlement of the.:: The law allowed one or more property owners of an effected area to petition the X See continuation sheet ARCHITECTURE Architect/Builder Significant Dates Significant Person and the City of Perrysburg became a processing and marketing center for farms in the thousands of miles of open ditch transformed the waterlogged soils of the Black Swamp Into connecting Maumee and Perrysburg to the western edge of the Connecticut Western Reserve.

during this period led to the rapid agricultural development of the former swamp region Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) the most productive agricultural land in Ohio. surrounding the City of Perrysburg. 1920.The most active period of open ditch construction in the state was between 1880 and the last areas of the state to be settled, the Black Swamp was a desolate wilderness. as the most suitable site, as it was the most navigable area at the foot of the Maumee Perrysburg Township islocated along the Maumee River in the Black Swamp region.One of 1887.

In 1816 Congress.passed an act providing for the Cultural Affiliation of which had natural drainage.The majority of open ditches were built between 1870and Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) type that represents the historic farming and homesteading activitles of Perrysburg The current location of Perrysbirg was chosen statewide nationally county to construct open surface ditches.The county commissioners then assessed the Township.The house was built in 1887, during the period when the construction of survey and platting ot a town in the area.

level farming.By the 182o's agriculture was becoming a more economically viable venture The Simmons House is being nominated under Criterion C as an intact example of a building landowners for the cost of the ditch construction.Once drainage ditches were dug farms Immediate area and along the river.Perrysburg was chosen as the Wood County seat in NPS Form 10-900-# OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Edwin H. Simmons House, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio from his father, Robert Simmons, and constructed the current house. The property has late-19th century rural, or small town house type. Revolution,new woodworking machinery, such as scrollsaws, chisels, and power lathes made Victorlan Gardens: The Act of Beautifying Suburban Grounds, by Frank J. Scott, refers to design. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Infrequent use.

The porch posts and brackets on the Simmons house, along with the window and door automobile.The vertlcal board construction indicates the utilitarian function of the nomination for the Perrysburg Historic District describes the area as a textbook of. located on applied elements,rather than being incorporated into the structure's overall United States Department of the Interior the scrolled porch brackets and Iintels contain Incised decorative motifs that evidence dimensional wood ornament.As a result of the technological advances of the Industrial Two additional contributing elements located on the property are the garage and the fence. woven wire fences as being more expensive than rod-iron fences, but also readily available without this door.The noticeable lack of wear on the door's sill indicates its I-House form abutting a perpendicular wing.

The roof ridge of the half-l and the wing are because they were "ready-made." The City of Perrysburg has a number of structures listed in the National Register. The American architecture.Included In the houses listed In the National Register or recorded In the Ohio Historic lnventory are five Gabled-Ell types.Only one house In the historic The Simmons house Is an L-plan Gabled Ell.The structure's plan consists of a half remained in the Simmons family since 1879. Section number 8 Page. type evidenced by the Simmons house is the porch, located on the front of the A distinctive feature of the Simmons house is the funeral door, located on the front porch The garage was bullt prior to 1911, In order to house Edwin Simmon's.

"Over land" on the same level -a defining feature of the type.Another characteristic of this house eave-orlented wing and containing Jigsaw decoration.The Gabled Ell was a common mid- to The Simmons house reflects this trend.The porch is supported by table-leg posts,.and Simmons bought 40 acres from Elijah N. Knight.In 1887 Edwin H.Simmons acquired the land ornament on vernacular house types in an attempt to emulate popular-architectural styles. (8-86) sculptural ornament easy to mass produce.This often resulted In the application of The Simmons farm was acquired by the family in 1879.On January 16th of that year, Robert elevation of the gabled wing.

Prior to World War Il funerals were held in the home and the deceased was laid out in the parlor.The side door to the parlor made it possible for structure.The woven wire fence-Is the other contributing element.An 1870 book, Iintels, indicate Eastlake style influence. This style is characterized by three NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Edwin H. Simmons, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio district evidences Eastlake Influence, but is considered high style Queen Anne, rather examp les of mid- to-late 19th century architecture. The houses in this district include fit onto narrow urban lots.

Like the Simmons house, a few of these structures display The City of Perrysburg Historic Preservation Plan notes that the Boyce Farm, located at homesteading activitles that once surrounded the town proper, but are becoming the Simmons farm, also making it a threatened reminder of the area's early homesteading of its original fabric. Alterations are limited to one chimney stack covered with cement farmland. Continuation Sheet activities. Eastlake influenced applied architectural ornaments.The difference is in the massing of the two house types.

Sandusky and Plum Streets in Perrysburg, was significant for representing the farming and National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Increasingly rare due to development pressures.New development surrounds the 40 acres of The nominated property displays a high degree of integrity; the house retains a great deal United States Department of the Interior represent a Gabled -Ell type with Eastlake decoration on the front porch.The Boom Town Historic District in Bowling Green (also in Wood County)is significant for its excel lent than a vernacular house type.None of the recorded propertles In Perrysburg Township In 1950 and the roofing material being changed in 1965.In 1981 the garage door was Section number 8 Page 3 abbreviated version of the Gabled Ell; the eave oriented wing being greatly shortened to but the 40 acres historically assoclated with the property are still being used as X See continuation sheet Ipreliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) - State historic preservation office Jrecorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.

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

Geographical Data Rd. TR 01 Secor PT S40A: Office as Parcel No. P57-02701-01. 11. Form Prepared By street & number - _telephone _ (419) 874-4898 city or town - _state Ohio Perrysburg University Easting Zone Northing Local government organization UTM References Other State agency 10302 Fremont Pike Specify repository: Verbal Boundary Description previously listed in the National Register with the nominated buildings and structures. Boundary Justification 9.

Major Bibliographical References 1.830 acres Federal agency Acreage of property has been requested previously determined eligible by the National Register The 1.830 acres consists of the dwelling and a garage and lawn historically associated Primary location of additional data: Previous documentation on file (NPS): designated a National Historic Landmark The following is taken from Wood County Tax Duplicate: Parcel No.P57-02701-0l, Other November, 1990 _ zip code 43551 date NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Edwin H. Simmons House, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, OHIO Section number _ Freed, Elaine. "Fences." Old House Journal, Vol. VII, No. 2, February 1979. Groules, Michael and Pauley, Michael J. City of Perrysburg Historic Preservation Plan, July, 1986. Noble, Allen.

Hood Brick and Stone: The North American Settlement Landscape, 2 Vols. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. "Passing of a Pioneer," Perrysburg Journal, April 1918. "Post-Victorian Domestic Architecture," Old House Journal, Clem Labine, March 1982, p. 55 Scott, Frank J.Yicterlan Gardens: The Act of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1870. Wilhelm, Peter W. "Draining the Black Swamp: Henry and Wood Counties, Ohio,1870-1920." Northwest Ohio Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 3, Summer 1984. BIBLIOGRAPHY Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Harper, Glenn."Rural Historic Resources of the Black Swamp Region of Northwest Ohio." "Death Takes Ed.H. Simmons," Perrysburg Journal, April,1918. 1990 (8-86) NPS Form 10-800- OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Edwin H.

Simmons House, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio Edwin H. Simmons Home Wood County, Ohio Photographed by Stemley Gechara I Photographed on June 14, 1990 Negatives in possession of bullding owner: Mary E. Cranker South elevation, facade, facing north. US 20 in foreground Front porch, south elevation, facing north Interior vlew, parlor Interior, second floor hallway Copy of 1911 photograph showing Edwin Simmons and family in front of "Over land" background.

Perrysburg Township National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet South elevation,facade,facing north Back yard with garage, facing north East garrage elevation, facing west National Park Service Northern or rear elevation facing south United States Department of the Interlor Interior, front bedroom walnut mantle Section number PHOTOS Page Interior view, dining room This information is the same for all photographs. Porch detail East elevation, facing west Copy of 1887 photograph showing Edwin Simmons and house shortly after construction NPS Form 10-900 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Edwin H.

Simmons House, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio Section number - SIMMONS HOUSE FIRST FLOOR NOT TO SCALE KITCHEN Continuation Sheet PARLOR Page National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior CLOSE National Park Service ROOM VNORTH (8-86) SITTINL FURNACE PANTRY NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Edwin H. Simmons House, 10302 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio Section number - Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places BEDROOM National Park Service United States Department of the Interior SIMMONS HOUSE NOT TO SCALE CLOSET TOWNSHIP 1,3& 4 U.S. RANGE - FEDERAL.

STATE or INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS ~ WATERWAYS ) CEMETERY INCORPORATED CITY, VILLAGE or BURROUGH - DWELLING or FARM UNIT SEE PAGE PERRYSBURG LEGEND TOLEDO,OHIO RAILROADS EAST PART Location of Site diseussed---- COUNTY OT TOWNSHIP ROAOS TWP -C-C- C- CANAL -W-VL LEVEE U.S RESERVE- ROSSFORD TRUST ATD SUBDIVISIONS Ohio subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, 1n the nomination documentation. DISTRIBUTION: Wood Multiple Name Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation Property Name: notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included National Register property file SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Amended Items in Nomination: Edwin H.

Simmons House Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) which date from later than that year.Jeff Winstel with the Ohio Signature of the Keeper The Period of Significance for this resource needed to be there are two contributing wire fence and a garage) SHPo says that the Period of Significance should be extended to officially amended to extend the Period of Significance to 191l.

Date of Action The nomination is now NRIS Reference Number: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE APPEAL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: Y COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : Historian 12/24/90 2/07/91 1/25/91 REJECT DATE MULTIPLE RETURN DISCIPLINE ACCEPT NATIONAL: PERIOD: PDIL: OTHER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N(see attached SLR Z/N 1/09/91 DATE OF PENDING LIST: _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _architectural classification _descriptive text _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _context _relationship of integrity to significance -justification of exception _other _acreage _verbal boundary description _boundary justification -presentation current FUNCTION materials DESCRIPTION photographs Builder/Architect SIGNIFICANCE historic Period BIBLIOGRAPHY CLASSIFICATION Phone Date applicable criteria ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Signed _count OTHER COMMENTS GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMs USGS maps - sketch maps 10 05 N-2 N-5 2 23 WOOD COUNTY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ROSSFORD, OHIO PERRYSRURG HOUSE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ROAD CLASSIFICATION 41083-E5-TF-024 SIMMONS 32'30 28