Nomination for Mill Worker House No. 4

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OMB No. 1024-0018 1. Name of Property street & number not for publication 3. Classification X private X building(s) .sites _ objects Historic Mill-Related Resources of Liberty & 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this 5. National Park Service Certification LXentered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) _ 041 district structure Delaware code public-Federal NATIONAL Registration Form National Register. National Register of Historic Places Ownership of Property public-State state 1, hereby, certify that this property is: removed from the National Register. United States Department of the Interior Noncontributing listed in the National Register Name of related multiple property listing: 2.

Location Number of contributing resources previously National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and profeesional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. National Park Service historic name city, town other names/site number Number ot Resources within Property State or Federal agency and bureau determined eligible for the National Date ot Action (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. Total Category of Property 244l Stratford Road Signature of certitying official Signature ot the Keeper 7-3-91 the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable."For functions, styles, materials, La vicinity zip code 43015 and areas of significance, enter onty the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets 143 Dete Register. See continuation sheet.

public-local 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 Mill Workers Home #4 (cc. 1851-1866) 2441 Stratford Road associated with the Stratford Paper Mill. shingles and is a moderately pitched gable. The cornice line features a small cornice with returns and fascla boards- The facade.. elevation contains a gable window and a central door flanked by two windows. Side walls 7. Description Limestone See continuation sheet foundation Asphalt walls (enter categories from instructions) other Architectural Classification Describe present and historic physical appearance.

uncoursed rubblestone structure is a part of a row of mid 19th century mill worker houses Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) Other: single pen elevation contains an off-center door. Materials (enter categories from instructions) height and has three front bays and two side bays.

The uncoursed rubble limestone construction material was locally quarrled and is the signature building material for the facade's gable window which is 6/6.The front entry door,which is not original has two door entrances.All the windows are double hung sash and contain 9/6 glazing, except the structure,rectangular In shape and has a gable front orientation.It is 1-1/2 storles in DOMESTIC/Single Dwelling Located between the east bank of the Olentangy River and Stratford Road, this single pen, arched glazed panels, over two smaller blind panels. The door is set well inside the thick Wood roof each have two windows that line up with the windows on the opposite wall.The back Setback approximately 20 feet from the road,this residential building is a detached community of Stratford during Its milling perlod.The roof is covered with asphalt stone wall.The back door contains one glazed.

square.panel of:two rectangular blind Period of Significance c. 1851-1858 Community Planning & Deyelopment MIll-Related Resources of Liberty and Delaware Townships, Delaware, County, Ohlos Historic In 1850Inlot 13 was owned by the mill owners, Willlams and Andrews. Tax records show Shelly on Inlot 13: Between 1851and 1866 there were only. modest increases. In taxes, the 1859 Delaware County deed(45-249)referringto property being conveyed to the M.E. Industry 1851 Architecture Architect/Builder Significant Person Significant Dates Unknown Certitying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: that this lot was valued at s100. The 1851 valuation for the property was s400., significance to the areas of Industry and Community Planning and Development, and property type F.3., "Mill Worker House".

Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) remained so for several years. Cultural Affiliation 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Information. School District #10 - Delaware Township for the purpose of building a.schoolhouse. Also, of a 625 acre farm owned by Colonel Forest Meeker from c:18t1-1838.In1838 the land.was Mill Workers House #4 is being nominated for the National Register under Criterion A for Applicable National Register Criteria A 8 D IX ocally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) The land on which the structure 'Is focated, now known as in-lot #13, was originally part addition to part of inlot 15) being the east end of lot 14 heretofore deeded to School to local bellef, Delaware County deed (31-53) dated June 14, 1850 shows this property State significance of property, and justity criteria, criteria considerations, and arees and periods of significance noted above. Stratford Road (inlot 13) described above.

Tax duplicates also support the above purchased by Judge Hosea Williams and Caleb Howard for the purpose of constructing housing Criterion C for representing a distinctive building type that was Important to the Worker House f3 was constructed on the north side of the same parcel, inlot 13. circa 1850-51) was located one lot north of the small,one story building at 2441 until 1859 when the tax Jumped to $750.. 1n 1860 the tax dropped back to S416. and United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Mill Worker Home #4, 2441 Stratford Road, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio Mr.Kllllan, a previous owner of 2441 Stratford Road, removed a stone foundation this was the foundation of the old stone schoolhouse. The nominated property is significant for its association with the development of the adjacent to the former mill site, were constructed and owned by the mill owners.

the 19th century British factory system. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places central entry facade. construction evidenced this description.Any ornament was limited to the door and window profile, construction materials, proportions,fenestration and setback and setting. The Olentangy River corridor ,more workers were needed at the Andrews and Perry Company to surrounds.Mill Worker House #4 evidences some of the characteristics of a single pen surrounding elementsof the built environment and the generally open feeling of the area Page - Section number - immediately north of inlot 13's lot line on inlot 14 in the 1970s.

It is very Iikely that textile and paper milling towns of the 1830's, the Stratford mill village consisted of the small hamlet with single family houses, located in a pleasant rural setting and grouped setting helped to counter perceptions of a crowded and degrading existence associated with only essential living space. The nominated bullding's small size and solid limestone The essential features of the bulldings design remain intact.

These include the roof The property is also significant under Community Planning and Development for its strong paper milling industry in Stratford.With the introduction of paper milling in the to attract a steady pool of workers.As a result, the limestone houses,located in a row help convey the historic assoclation with the mid 19th century rural mill village.The association with the mill village, company town.Like the New England river valley building hashad no major alterations and exhibits a high degree of integrity. The house is significant as an example of a building type associated with the milling 9. Major Bibllographical Reterences X See continuation sheet -preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) X State historic preservation office recorded by Historic American Buildings recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # See USGS map for related MPD .

telephone _ _ state organization Local government Northing Easting Zone Other Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/ A Federal agency nominated structure. Other State agency city or town street & number has been requested Verbal Boundary Description 10.

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

Geographical Data Boundary Justification University designated a National Historic Landmark previously listed in the National Register Specifty repository: Primary location of additional data: 11. Form Prepared By Acreage of property less than one acre one foot due east of the western exterior wall of the nominated structure and is previously determined eligible by the National Register Survey # The building is located on the portion of the inlot historically associated with the - date - _ date May, 1991 _ zip code - UTM References name/title Unlted States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places date. (c. 1900?) 1870, 1880. Delaware County Tax Records, 1850-1915, County Auditor's Office, Delaware County Deed Records, Delaware County Recorder's Office, S. Census, 1850. Preservation Office, 1976-1991.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: "The Memoirs of Norman Dewey Perry." Unpublished manuscript, no Section number - Forry, David. "History of Stratford Methodist Church." Unpublished Delaware County Courthouse Mill Worker House #4, 2441 Stratford Road, Delaware County, Delaware, Ohio pamphlet, 1958. Ohio Historic Inventory forms, Delaware County, Ohio Historic U.S. Census. Abstract of the Statistics of Manufactures. Seventh Ohio." Unpublished manuscript, 1946. Correspondence from Grace Lavender to Mrs.A.C. Farmer concerning Marston, Mrs. William. "Paper Mills at Stratford, Delaware County, U.S.Census.Manufactures of the United States.Eighth U.S. National Park Service Continuation Sheet U.S. Census. Schedule 4., Products of Industry, Delaware County, book, Inc., 1976. History of Delaware County and ohio.chicago:o.L.Baskin& Co., U. S. Census, 1850. Buckingham, Ray. Delaware County Then and Now.

Delaware History Norman Dewey Perry, July 4, 1963. Mill Worker House #4, 2441 Stratford Road, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio Section number . I. FORM PREPARED BY: Sandra Davies, Regional Coordinator Columbus, OH 43211 Telephone 614/297-2470 Stratford Road Edited by: Jeff Winstel, National Register Manager Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Richard Noll Johnnie Wygant Martha Babington Delaware, OH 410 Bunty Station Road 45 Stratford Drive 2263 Stratford Road United States Department of the Interior Jean Ball, Project Chairperson Assisted by the following residents of Stratford: Judy K. Brozek Art Ten Eyck 1982 Velma Avenue National Park Service Ohio Historic Preservation office 944 W. Orange Road OMB Appronal NO 10240018 Mil1 Worker House #4, 2441 Stratford Road, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio Section numberPHOTOS Page Date: June 1990 1. S.W.

Elevation Interior National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet National Park Service Photographer:Richard Noll United States Department of the Interior Location of Negatives: Delaware County Historical Society FLOOR PLAN DELAWARE COUNTY MILL WORKER: HOUSE #4 Mill Workers Hause #4 MuL WORKER'S HOUSE not to scale Delaware , vic. #4 AND #5 - BOUNDARY BETWEZN MILL WORKER HSE STRATFOR D MILLWORKER Scale20Rodsloan Inch WARE DELAWARE OH INDEPEN House #4 7LBlinn Fr Sholly STRATFORD, DELAHARE COUNTY, OHIO 2) M1l1 worker House #2 8) Forrest Meeker House and Farm 9) Stratford Methodist Episcopal Church 10) MIl1 worker Boarding House Non-contribut ing properties: O RIVER HISTORIC MILL-RELATED PROPERTIES LON-HEAD DAK 4) Mil1 worker House 14 6)Norman D. Perry House & Farm 7) George Bieber House and Farm MILLRACE OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor Historic Mill-Related Resources of Liberty and Delaware Townships MPS Substantive Review c 1. Bieber, George, House and Farm Katered in the 2. Bieber, James, Saw Mill Ruins 3. Meeker, Forrest, House and Farm 7. Mill Worker House No. 5 - 8. Perry, Norman Dewey, House 9. Stratford Methodist Episcopal Church 10. Hinkle, James, Woolen Mill Rüins and House Page COVER Continuation Sheet Section number National Register of Historic Places Dotermined Eligible Date Listed National Park Service National Reglete 10/3/9/ Mational Regiats OHIO 10/351 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Mill Worker House No.

4 NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE OTHER : N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : 10/03/91 DATE 9/20/91 8/19/91 PROPERTY DISCIPLINE REVIEWER RETURN RECOM./CRITERIA ships MPS DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: Historic Mill-Related Resources of Liberty and Delaware Town DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 91001434 REJECT MULTIPLE ACCEPT APPEAL: REFERENCE NUMBER: _count _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _historic _current _architectural classification _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 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage -verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION -sketch maps _presentation OTHER COMMENTS materials FUNCTION Period DESCRIPTION SIGNIFICANCE CLASSIFICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY Builder/Architect Signed Date Phone Specific dates Areas of Significance--Check and justify below -photographs Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance one paragraph) USGS maps UTMS descriptive text MILLWORKER HOUSE $4 Delaware Couwly, MILLWORKER HCUSE #4 DELAWARE COUNTY, CHIO MILL WOKKER HOUSE # 4 DELAWARE COLNTY, CHIO MILL WORKEK HOUSE #4 Photo 64500478 Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property