Nomination for Schmick, Charles Nelson, House

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OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior FEB 0 4 1991 (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property Location street & number city, town Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property X building(s) 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 Signature of commenting or other official National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: determined eligible for the National determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper 44431 029 None site Leetonia Date structure district public-local public-Federal Total object public-State state NATIONAL Registration Form National Register. Ohio See continuation sheet.

other names/site number Number of contributing resources previously entered in the National Register. National Park Service 1-30-91 removed from the National Register. Signature of certifying official Noncontributing National Register of Historic Places historic name not for publication 1l0 Walnut Street State or Federal agency and bureau Number of Resources within Property N/ALvicinity zip code Date of Action (Rev. 8-86) Name of related multiple property listing: NPS Form 10-900 250 Xprivate Register. L and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. Register. See continuation sheet.

county N/AL This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual propertiesor districts.See instructionsin Guidelines Columbi.ana for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x"in the appropriate box or by entering 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) foundation _ Queen Anne other - Describe present and historic physical appearance. colored and etched window glass. passes under the north side porte cochere, along the north side of the house, past the The house is 95 feet x 35 feet, four bays wide, nine bays deep.

The front block of the house has four rooms, the middle wing has two rooms, the back wing is one room with a under bearing walls and brick chimney plers.:The front of the house has 10 foot.i6 Inch: X See continuation sheet Shingle Clapboard Stone Architectural Classification walls Slate (enter categories from instructions) present the grandeur expected from the residence of Leetonia's most prominent capitalists.

survives in its historically appropriate setting on Leetonia's main residential north- A high-style example of a Queen Anne, suburban residence, the Charles Nelson Schmick House displays fine workmanship in its interior and exterior wood construction details, and the The house is intact and relatively unaltered in its reconstructed appearance following a DOMESTIC/Single Dwelling In the front yard are the same trees shown in an early undated photograph.The same ceilings,and the attic floor has 7 foot 6 inch ceilings.The balloon frame walls are 2x reconstruction of the 1892 porch,removal of the library panelling, doors and mantelpiece, severe fire in 1892.Alterations Include removal of a 1920's classical revival porch and The house faces a residential street lined with residences of the mid to late 18oo's and 6's on 16 inch centers.

This building was.originally sited behind.the residence on.lot.820. south street, together with two garages (1920's) (Picture #1 82). The house and Its site as its nelghbors. There is a concrete street curb, a sandstone street sidewalk, a curved door of both garages to Elm Street, on the west side of the lot. Several mature oak trees 1927-29 to a lot on Summit Street where it is the Woods-Rettig Funeral Home (Picture 13). roof The exterior expresses high style Queen Anne details with Georgian Revival ornament married to the earlier late-ltalianate kitchen wings which survived the 1892 fire. and major preservation maintenance in 1988-90.

The three-story, sixteen room residence front sandstone walk, and brick-paved straight driveway lined with sandstone curbing which bed in the front, south yard and an iron bird bath in the front yard.The 1896 Leetonia early 20th century 10,11,12).This building has similar setback and slde yards cellings; 9 foot 8 inch ceilings are in the two wings.The second floor has 9 foot 8 inch NPS Form 10-900-d OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Charles Nelson Schmick House, 110 Walnut Street, Leetonia, Columbiana County, Ohio Section number 7 On the front and south sides, the first floor and second floor are covered in flush board has an oriel porch with broken arch and pillared front opening and a rounded hood covered spindle turned tracery, and brackets which support the roof.

On the north side, the first floor, two consoles which support the double second story windows, and a hooded, and north and south dormer peaks have metal, cut cresting. The front porch is a modern construction of the 1892 porch (Pictures #1 & 2). It replaces standing seam metal shed roof with gable roof embellished with peak ornaments over the in the most important rooms have 1/1 sash with small, colored, bevelled and etched panes windows and attic windows have1/1sash with small pane transoms of colored, pressed hall window is composed of small, fixed sash glazed with bevelled glass and gold colored, The windows in the two wings are 4/4, plain, hung sash. All windows have plain, bevel led mutins.

Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places on the first and second floors, embellished with decorative banding incorporating panels Window shape and treatment vary throughout the house.Many first and second story windows curved,projecting roof with Georgian Revival cornice with modillions. five-part built-up brackets, spandrel brackets, spindle tracery below the frieze and National Park Service United States Department of the Interior facade and an oval oculus window on the second story stair landing, on the north side. a Classical Revival porch probably constructed during the 1920's.The present porch hasa projecting triple library windows have pilasters on plinths between each window of the has fish-scale sawn shingles with 4" exposure (Pictures#1 &2). The front third floor vase-turned ornamental ralling. This is the only porch. golden yellow panes in each corner.

Other Queen Anne windows have colored, pressed glass 4-1/2" exposure and the same cornice detail as its abutting wing. projection with domed roof and glazed lantern.The porch is supported by turned columns, siding (Picture #3).The porch separates the first and second floors.The third floor The gable roof is covered with clipped corner slate shingles.The tower dome, main peak, surrounding the upper sash.In these windows, the colored glass is port wine red with front and south side entrances and a porte cochere.There is a southeast corner circular with bell shaped dome #1).Its cornice has a fascia decorated with Georgian OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Charles Nelson Schmick House, 110 Walnut Street, Leetonia, Columbiana County, Ohio corner tower (Picture #5).

The stair turns twice, with a landing at the inglenook and the The double parlors on the south side of the hall have mahogany baseboards, window and door architraves (Picture#8). The carved, columned, foliate mantels with overmantels and the The dining room, which is west of the second parlor, has a half-timbered ceiling, wainscot this kitchen, on the northwest, is a pantry with beaded poplar board sheathing on walls the tower, above the inglenook. All the front bedrooms (Picture #9 - front east bedroom) Continuation Sheet National Park Service United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places The second floor reflects the room arrangement of the first floor.A bathroom occupies previous owners.

The kitchen has a half-timbered walnut ceiling with beaded board,diagonal infill.The chimneys were made of red, wire-cut brick with narrow, flush joints.Each chimney has survive on the dining room/kitchen chimney. and overmantel are oak with foliate carved corners.The room over the kitchen,plainer and ceiling. bedroom.They have pained, poplar base molding, window and door architraves. Doric columns on plinths framing the wide doorway joining the two rooms also are mahogany. earlier dining room in 1892.

The library,at the west end of the hall,has had its woodwork and mantel removed by with overmantel.A bank of six windows with transoms and under panels was added to the stove flues survived from 1870 and were extended to fit the new roofline in 1892.All than the other bedrooms, was divided long ago into a bathroom (with fireplace) and a NPS Form 10-900-a Section number _ 7 - Page - 3 heavy, round pendants under each newel. The bannister is a tracery of spindle turned massive, corbelled caps and inset square or rectangular panels.

The elaborate flue pots north side of the kitchen has a pantry with built-in cupboards,an enclosed rear stairs panelling with a sunflower top band,built-in quarter-circle corner cupboards and a mantel blocks.Woodwork is deeply cut mahogany or birdseye maple.The bedroom above the dining and the bathroom have the same base moldings and door and window architraves with corner The entry hall is dominated by an oak stairway with inglenook and fireplace built into the beaded, vertical board wainscot,plaster walls and ceiling.Its floor is pine.Behind second rise #6).The stairs are massive, with foliate, carved newel posts and and entry to the basement.The summer kitchen behind the kitchen has oak-grained poplar, NPS Form 10-000-8 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Charles Nelson Schmick House, 110 Walnut Street, Leetonia, Columbiana County, Ohio The third floor was added in 1892.it has a bath and three bedrooms with simple, mitred, #13), about 1930. The east garage has a dirt floor, cracked main beam and badly rotted roof. nomination. Continuation Sheet pained door and window architraves and baseboards.The doors show evidence of original The two non-contributing garages are nearly square with cross gable roofs.Each is one rectangular with a double crucifix, gabled roof plan.There is shiplap siding on the oak graining. United States Department of the Interlor value of the residence, $590.00 in the 1901 taxes.This structure is not included in this has exposed interior framing of widely spaced 2x 4's.Windows are mostly 6/6.

Each The original carriage house #13),which was moved one block north in 1927-29,is Section number _ 7 - Page - 4. story, has clapboard siding, corner boards and simple fascia and cornice molding. Each appears to have been constructed after the removal of the original carriage house (8-86) Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Architecture Builders: Moreland & Test-Salem, Ohio-. State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. Charles Nelson Schmick, who played an essential role in the establishment and particular. Also, lt is a fine, relatively untouched, local example of high Is prominent, rare surviving example of a local industrialist's resldence. Most late nineteenth century town residences of business leaders were long ago demolished or Revival house in Sebring, but no similar residences in Lisbon, Alllance, Columbiana, East Liverpool,or Wellsville. 1,800 citizens by 1870 (Ensign, p. 243). Nearby, in a neighborhood cal led Grafton, another blast furnace and:coal mine were established by John Graff and Henry King..In 1867 (Worman, p. 57).

X See continuation sheet 1892 Industry 1874-1900 Commerce Charles Nelson Schmick Architect/Builder Period of Significance Unknown Architect Significant Dates Significant Person Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) This prominent,single family dwelling fulfills National Register Criteria A, laid out the town,built a company store and worker housing, and chartered a bank between residences.

style Queen Anne architecture, the grandest of a number of local Queen Anne Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: In 1870 David Ames Gerrish,uncle of the only founding capitalist who moved to and lived building is a significant residential symbol of the rise of Leetonia as an Leetonla Iron and Coal Company, these men built two blast furnaces and a rolllng mill, reorganization of the Leetonla Iron and Coal Company into the Cherry Valley Iron and Coal Ex/locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) commercial development of the region and the village of Leetonla, in In Columbiana County, a county whose reputation has largely been galned by the success of Industrialized Columblana County towns had such houses, but in many of these towns, the Leetonla Is a classic American iboom town, founded by out-of-town capitalists for the: extractlon of the "inexhaustible velns of coal" (Ensigh, p.

239). Under the name of the Company, the new president, Edwin J. Warner, purchased the Gerrish house in 1874. At the nationally manufacturing related to locally found natural resources, the Charles Nelson Schmick House Industrial center of coal mining and iron productlon, making the property 1866 and 1869.From a single farmhouse in 1865,Leetonia grew to an incorporated town of in Leetonia (Leetonia_Reporter,18 and 25 June 1897),built the original imposing OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Charles Nelson Schmick House, 110 Walnut Street, Leetonia, Columbiana County, Ohio next reorganization of the company, Charles Nelson Schmick purchased the house, in 1879 Cherry Valley Iron Company, as well as a founder of the bank that would later become the and Steel of Plttsburgh and Schmick moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1900. In 1903 John (Ensign, p.

331) and in 1878 was a founding officer of Schmick and Company, a private bank (Leetonia Reporter, 22 and 29 July 1892). In 1907, both men were Indicted for the son's "misapplication of bank funds" from the Plain Dealer, 17 March 1911). Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places 1945).

working man,"often acting as mediator "to have misunderstandings and differences adjusted Charles Nelson Schmick descended from a mercantile family which owned stores at the National Park Service Leetonia considered both Charles Nelson Schmick and his son W.Harry Schmick McKeefrey, principal owner of another coal mining and pig iron manufacturing site in active in the county and state Democratic Party, serving in many offices (Leetonia NPS Form 10-900-a which became the First National Bank of Leetonia (Leetonia_Democrat,1 December 1887; Mahoning County seat,Canfield (Canfield_Weekly_Herald,24 January 1867;Ensign,p.331; 1881;Leetonia_Democrat,12 November 1886).He owned more than a dozen local properties in father of any guilt in the matter (Cleyeland Plain Dealer,10 November 1908),and 57),purchased the house.The McKeefrey heirs sold the house In 1945 (Record_of_Deeds, treasurer of the Leetonia Board of Trade (Leetonia_Reporter,7 April 1893).He was also over the February 1908,and 21 July 1911) and also committee which built a new church in 1900 (Leetonia Reporter,9 February 1900).He was a First National Bank of Leetonia.

The Cherry Valley Iron Works sold out to Republic Iron Leetonia, the Salem Iron Company (founded in 1888 as the Grafton Iron Works, Worman, p. Woodall, p. 11). While in Leetonla, Charles Schmick was active in the political and religious life of the region. He was Postmaster of Leetonia from 1886-90 (Woodall, p. 5). member and frequent president of the local school board (Leetonla True.Press, 20 August addition to the Cherry Valley Iron Works (Leetonla Water.Records, 1891-95) and was run for Congress, he "would get the vote of every Amalgamated member in the district." The father never went to trial, partly because It is belleved that he suffered a stroke knowledge, and therefore, dropped the charges against the father. However, the son Willlams p. 46).

Three years later he wassecretary of the Cherry Valley Iron Works in the end, the Federal Judge ruled that the son acted alone, without the father's pleaded guilty to just one of the thirty charges flled against him and exonerated his subsequently served two and a half years in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary (Cleyeland He served as president of the Presbyterian Church congregation and chairman of the family bank (Cleyeland Leader,1 January 1908;Cleyeland Plain_Dealer,1 January 1908). NPS Form 10-900d OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Charles Nelson Schmick House, 110 Walnut Street, Leetonia, Columbiana County, Ohio John Mckeefrey was another locally prominent industrialist who lived in the house.

he was president of the Leetonia Railroad, the Leetonia Coal Company, the Atlas Coke prominent in his church, frequent president of the local school board, a founder of the significant to the community, his industrial and civic achlevements are not associated steeply pitched roof, one-story porch with porte-cochere, and textured shingles all make richness of moldings, panelling, timbered ceilings, carving, glazed tile work, cut stalned towns where great wealth was amassed during the late 1900's, only Salem has surviving Is the most outstanding, grand example of the 15-20 Queen Anne houses constructed dur ing the industrial success of 1885-1900. (Survey - Driving Tour).

Constructed in 1870 as a late example of Italianate architecture (Record_of_Deeds, 1870; replacement of the front porch with a heavy, Classical Revival porch about 1920 and the removal of the interior woodwork from the library in the mid-1970's. The designer of the 1892 construction is unknown, but the general contractor and Salem craftsman David B.

Burford was responsible for the slate roof, spouting, and heating, while Ruben Probert was the plasterer (Salem Republican_Era, 12 March 1892; Salem undertaken in September and November 1892 by Henry Layer, a carpenter, and William nine room Italianate, L-plan of two storles to a thirteen room Queen Anne, T-plan of three rebuilt; the kitchen, summer kitchen, and servant room in the wing probably were not National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet different businesses involved in extracting and using natural resources in Western National Park Service with the house. and etched glass work that symbolizes the most elaborate Queen Anne houses in America.

This house is the outward representation of all that a Midwest industrialist hoped to Bailey and Fowler print), the front ten rooms of this house and the three attic rooms were native of Ireland, he grew up and was educated in Pittsburgh.He worked for several stories Water Records,1892-93).All of the main public rooms were altered or built new following a fire on Sunday,10 January 1892(Leetonia_Reporter,15 January 1892; The Charles Nelson Schmick house's Irregular massing, dominant front gable, corner tower, subcontractors are known. Joseph P. Morland and John Test, of Salem, Ohio, supervised the Biennial_Directory, pp. 28, 78, and 97). The interior finishes and wallpaper ing were Bashold, painter and decorator, respectively, both of Cleveland, Ohio (Literal "Writing On furnaces were known as McKeefrey & Company. With the inclusion of his two sons in the changed.

accomplish with his business and financial success.Of the many neighboring industrial occurred prior to his occupancy of the Charles Nelson Schmick House.Although he was Leetonia Board of Trade, and other local boards.McKeefrey's most productive years the building a good representative of the Queen Anne style.The house also displays the Pennsylvania and Ohio.He came to Leetonia in the 1880's when the Grafton furnaces were Salem_Republican_Era,15 January 1892).The only major alteration since 1892 was the 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Books : Ensign, D.W. & Co., History of Columbiana County, Ohio. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1879; reprint Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc. 1976. Whipporwill Publications, 1984. Williams, H.Z. History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Vol. II. Cleveland: H.Z. Williams & Brother, 1882. Service, 1966. -preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: State historic preservation office Survey # Record # Property Owner: Barbara Hendricks 110 Walnut St, Leetonia, OH 44431 10. Geographical Data with frontage on Walnut Street (102') on the northeast, on Leetonia Village lot 819 11.

Form Prepared By _ date October 1990 street & number 44 Audubon Road Leetonia, Ohio state Ohio Phone (216) 427-2887 organization University 44431 Northing Local government Boundary Justification has been requested See continuation sheet The boundary delineates the property historically associated with the nominated structure. UTM References Other State agency Specify repository: Verbal Boundary Description recorded by Historic American Buildings designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Engineering previously listed in the National Register other Zone Easting Federal agency 38298 Butcher Road The Charles Nelson Schmick House occupies three Leetonia Village lots Previous documentation on file (NPS): to the northwest Elm Street on the southwest on Leetonia Village lot 817 to the south

previously determined eligible by the National Register Acreage of property - less than l acre / Barbara Hendricks _ date - .telephone (216) 757-8986 _ zip code44514 Zone OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Schmick, Charles Nelson, House Section number Photos Page 1 Leetonia, Ohio Barbara Hendricks, photographer February 1990, date of phtograph 110 Walnut St., Leetonia, Ohio, location of negatives 3. - South elevation, house Garage #1, located immediately behind house East and south elevation, house 3a. Garage #2, located behind garage #1 east elevation, date of photograph, October 1990 West elevation, house Interior, stairway landing Copy of period photo, south elevation Interior, stairway and coffered ceiling Interior, bathroom under stairway Interior, front parlor Interior, back parlor 10.

Origial Carriage House, not on nominated property Continuation Sheet National Park Service Columbiana County Charles Nelson Schmick House National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Information below is the same for all photographs unless otherwise noted NPS Form 10-900-e south and west elevations, date of photograph, October, 1990 (8-86) GERRISH-SCHMICK FOUSE - LEETONIA, OH 2-10- 90 FLOOR 02 4681012 Peoples Fed SAv & lOAN (110) 60 S. E/ Vrabel Jr. 160 200 250 2-10-90 Morreli Ohio Dole Leetonia, Columbiana County R.N. Theil Pt.816 Carl. ; R Deffenbaugh DiCKSON 1820 W. R.s L.L.Lutz Schmick, Charles Nelson, Hsez6o 818 Linda Jones First Presb. church 8211 Columbiana Ohio subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, National Register property file DISTRIBUTION: Charles Nelson Schmick House Multiple Name in the nomination documentation.

for detailed explanation. Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD This property is listed in the National Register of Historic notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included Amended Items in Nomination: This property does not qualify for National Register Criterion A.

Date of Action County: Property Name: State: Signature of the Keeper See letter to State Historic Preservation Officer dated3/27/91 NOMINATOR: STATE LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PDIL: N PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : 2/04/91 3/14/91 DATE 3/21/91 REJECT MULTIPLE REVIEWER RETURN NAME: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: OTHER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REASONS FOR REVIEW: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF 16TH DAY: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N REQUEST: Y SAMPLE: RECOM./CRITERAM STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _architectural classification _descriptive text _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _context _relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception __other _acreage -verbal boundary description current FUNCTION materials Period historic DESCRIPTION Builder/Architect BIBLIOGRAPHY SIGNIFICANCE CLASSIFICATION Date boundary justification Phone ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _count Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to OTHER COMMENTS GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Signed Specific dates Areas of Significance--Check and justify below _resource type Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS _photographs _presentation _sketch maps USGS maps Schmick, Charles Nelson, Hse Columbiana Couuhy, OH Schmick, Charles Nelson, Hause #3 10 OF 10 NNNNN 702 -05 Schmick, Charles Nelson, the #4/ 10 SCHMICK CHARLES COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO Schmick, Charles Nelson, Hre Columbiana Comnty, OH Schmick, Charles Nelsel, Hre Schmick, Charles Nelson, touse #810 Schmick, Charles Nelsin, Hre #9#10 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC SCHHICK HOUSE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SALEM QUADRANGLE SALEM OHIO LEETONIA, OHIO 17 520220 UNITED STATES SCALE 1:24000 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N4052.5 - W8045/7.5 ROAD CLASSIFICATION Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 (614) 297-2470 January 28, 1991 Ms.

Carol Shull, Chief P.O. Box 37127 of two other leading industrialists, David Ames Gerrish and John McKeefrey. Leetonia, president of the Cherry Valley Iron Works, and treasurer of the New Submiss ions Col umbiana SOCIETY County REGISTER HISTORICAL NATIONAL house, and the house currently resembles the structure during Schmick's period of tenure. notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.

Mckeefrey's productive years were not concurrent with his occupancy of the Ohio Historical Center resemblance to the Italianate structure occupied by Gerrish and that Dear Carol: Enclosed are two (2) new National Register nominations.All the appropriate Charles Nelson Schmick was not a significant individual in the local context Ottawa Wolcott House SINCE 1885 Charles Nelson Schmick House National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Leetonia's Industrial and commercial development because it had been the home Department of the Interior FEB 0 4 1991 1am requesting a substantive review of the application of Criterion A for the Washington, D.C.

20013-7127 Industry in the local context, being the founder of the First National Bank of OHIO Leetonia Board of Trade.These events occurred during his occupancy of the Schmick House nomination.The nomination was submitted to the Ohio Historic National Register staff pointed out that the existing house has no physical Sites Preservation Advisory Board under Criteria B and C.The board felt that Ms. Carol Shull January 28, 1991 Page 2 Cleveland, Ohio. nomination, Columbus, Ohio, Franklin County. W. Ray Luce WRL/ Jw: dh Enclosures Cuyahoga Sincerely, nrohp/trans.rev State Historic Preservation officer Register.The building is currently being dismantled and moved to the Crawford Auto Museum, at the Case Western Reserve Historical Society in McDonald's Drive-ln Restaurant Please contact me if you have any questions.

In addition, please send us a copy of the Short North Historic District Iam also requesting that the following property be removed from the National MEETING REPORT ORGANIZATION: PHONE: REPORT: DATE: DIVISION: PROJECT: OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION PARTICIPANT: STAFF MEMBER: LOCATION OF MEETING: MAR 27 199 Dr. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Dr. Luce: Thank you for your letter of January 28, 1991, requesting a substantive review for the nomination of the Charles Schmick House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1991. After a careful review, we have determined that the Schmick House meets National Register Criteria B and C of two other locally prominent industrialists, David Ames Geerish and John McKeefrey.

While National Register Bulletin 32,Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Properties Associated with Significant Persons, explains When Gerrish occupied the house, it exhibited the characteristics of the Italianate style of architecture. After his occupancy, the building suffered a fire and was redesigned into its current Queen Anne style.Because of life of one person who achieved significance as an industrialist while living at the house, Criterion B, not A, be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the National Register. Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places BASIC FILE RETAINED IN 413 SYS:WPS.1:ANDRUS/DISK:SCHMICK H32(413) 400-RF 413-RF applies.

Historic Preservation Division FNP:DAT:ANDRUS:3-27-91 Interagency Resources Division with the property.The nomination form also clearly demonstrates that McKeefrey achieved his major accomplishments as an industrialist prior to his association with this building.Because the building reflects the Ohio Historical Society that a building associated with a succession of persons important in a given field of endeavor might qualify under for its association with the life of important local industrialist Charles Nelson Schmick and as an outstanding Nelson Schmick House, Columbiana County, Ohio.We are pleased to inform you that the Charles Nelson Criterion A (for being associated with a pattern of important events), this would not apply to the Schmick House.

We hope that this guidance will prove useful in future evaluations of the National Register Criteria.Ifwe can example of the Queen Anne style of architecture in the community.The building also served as the residence Sincerely