Nomination for Pershing, Christian, Barn

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RECEIVED JUL - 3 1991 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 FEB 18 1992 1. Name of Property Location street & number off of State Route 39 J not for publication city, town XJ vicinity zip code 44622 Classification X building(s) X public-State _sites _ structures _objects listed in the National Register - 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certity that this property is: determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) 157 code Dover district public-local Noncontributing REGISTER public-Federal Registration Form private state NATIONAL Total Number of Resources within Property National Register. See continuation sheet.

other names/site number This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines Signature of certitying official Signature of the Keeper State or Federal agency and bureau National Park Service historic name Number of contributing resources previously Signature of commenting or other official Ownership of Property removed from the National Register. National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior entered in the National Register. for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "xin the appropriate box or by entering determined eligible for the National Name of related multiple property listing: (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 12-5-91 Category of Property Date of Action Pershing, Christian, Barn Register.

See continuation sheet. county Tuscarawas Date National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. ECEIVE 6. Function or Use 7. Description Other: Sweitzer Barn other _ known as a "Sweitzer" barn, distinguished primarily by a cantilevered forebay, an upper corners of the cantilevered forebay, which also has several threshing doors along its with two rows of twelve wooden louvered ventilators on the east (forebay) facade, double cornice band and exposed rafters set off the symmetrically shaped side-gable slate roof. - See continuation sheet stone slate Vacant foundation Architectural Classification walls (enter categories from instructions) Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Describe present and historic physical appearance.

Materials (enter categories from instructions) AGRICULTURE/agricultural outbuilding wagon doors that open onto the four central bays.Siding.is vertical wood planks, handhewn timbers which apparently were taken from an earlier cabin or barn, as evidenced Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) and there is no associated house or other outbuilding still standing. The Christian Pershing Barn is a large rectangular 2 story barn built no later than ca.1861-65.It is located ina rural setting 3miles west of the city of Dover, level haymow, and lower level livestock bays.

ana plain Framing in the basement level is massive by non-functional notches in the logs.The six-bay upper level is also post-and-beam rows of four such vents on the end facades, and a single row of twelve under the eaves Built on a stone foundation and measuring 42x 99 feet, this barn represents a type roof length.A raised bank on the upslope side of the barn leads to four pairs ofhinged TUSCARAUAS 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) .ca. 1861-65 State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The Christian Pershing Barn is significant under Criterion C, for architecture, as an Sweitzer barns are dual-purpose barns, designed to store harvested crops and to livestock stalls on the lower level and haymows, a central threshing floor, and granaries Sweitzerbarns from other German bank barn types.The forebay usually faces south or east and projects over the lower level Dutch stable doors, thus providing some weather protection for the animals, keeping snow away from the stable doors, and facilitating upslope side of the barn, accessed by an earthen ramp or bank. are the major design elements of this barn type.

Plank siding, wooden louvered vents, are three bays in length, while the Pershing barn, six bays long, is the largest barn Germany and adjacent areas of Switzerland and France (Dornbusch). Christian Pershing, Jr., who built this barn, was born in 1787 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, the grandson of an cattle brought from the West, becoming one of Dover's principal suppliers of beef before his death in 1867. A nearby similar but slightly smaller barn, built by David Johnson Stark County, but the incidence of Sweitzer barns decreases as one moves south, and the In summary, the Christian Pershing Barn is significant|See continuation sheet as an Architecture Sweitzer barn. Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation The Sweitzer barn type first appeared in southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania type is not plentiful in Tuscarawas County.

The Christian Pershing Barn exhibits almost all of the features that denote Sweitzer Significant Person Builder unknown line further distinguish the Pershing barn as a Sweitzer type.The Pershing barn, Architect/Builder Alsatian immigrant who settled in York County, Pennsylvania. Christian Pershing moved on the upper level.The granaries are built into a cantilevered forebay extending over in the mid-to-late l8th century, and its antecedents probably extend bach to southwestern Period of Significance barns. The cantilevered forebay over cattle stalls with Dutch doors, centrally located to Tuscarawas County before 1820,and later built this barn to house and fatten range north, particularly along the route of the old Lincoln Highway U.S.

Rt.30) in the dropping of feed to the stock(Noble).Centered wagon doors are on the opposite, X locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) shelter animals. They are normally 2½ stories in height and built into a slope, with outstanding example of a distinctive barn type known as the Pennsylvania German or however, is an unusually large example of this type. The majority of Sweitzer barns at the same time, burned a number of years ago. This barn type is quite common farther statewide nationally wagon doors, threshing floor, and granaries and threshing doors built into the forebay outstanding example of a Sweitzer barn.Sweitzer barns are not common in Tuscarawas Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: of its type in Tuscarawas County. the framing identical to Dornbusch's Type G),and the symmetrical roof 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Dornbusch, Charles H., with John K. Heyl Pennsylvania German Barns (Allentown: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1958). Ensminger, Robert F. Wood, Brick, and Stone, Vol. 2: Barns and Farm Structures (University of Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A J preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: X State historic preservation office previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Record # 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By street & number 511 County Office Building city or town _ barn.

Northing Canton Zone Other Easting state Local government Boundary Justification Ohio Verbal Boundary Description Federal agency University See continuation sheet The boundary includes the land immediately and historically associated with the UTM References previously listed in the National Register foundation, and whose southwest corner is l6 feet southwest of the southwest corner of its intersection with State Route 39. recorded by Historic American Engineering Other State agency Massachusetts Press, 1984). Specify repository: has been requested The nominated parcel forms a rectangle measuring 66 feet east-west by 140 feet north- A Search for the Origin of the Pennsylvania Barn the barn foundation.This parcel is just east of Brandywine Lane,2ooo feet north of Survey # Noble, Allen G.

_ zip code_44702 south, whose northwest corner is 16 feet northwest of the northwest corner of the barn (216) 438-0404 telephone Jeffrey D.

Brown/Regional Coordinator name/title NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : 2/18/92 DATE 4/03/92 3/19/92 REJECT REVIEWER RETURN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE RECOM./CRITERIA NAME: OTHER: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: DATE RECEIVED: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N SLR DRAFT: N Intored tn the COMMENT WAIVER: N NATIONAL: REASONS FOR REVIEW: National Begiaten __ count _resource type _historic _architectural classification _descriptive text _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _other GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage _verbal boundary description _boundary justification - Phone FUNCTION DESCRIPTION materials context Builder/Architect BIBLIOGRAPHY Period Date CLASSIFICATION SIGNIFICANCE applicable criteria Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Specific dates ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION justification of exception relationship of integrity to significance Areas of Significance--Check and justify below STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION OTHER COMMENTS Statement of significance one paragraph) _current Signed UTMs _photographs _presentation sketch maps USGS maps NORMA JOHNSON Ney at OHPO CNE RCO) Photo by VD.

Brown, Feb. 1991 Interior view of lower-level stalls, Christian, Barn Photo # 3. Dover 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) STATE OF OHIO STRASBURG QUADRANGLE STRASBURG, OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY N4030W8130/7.5 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 614/297-2411 SINCE 1885 February 6, 1992 FE3 18 1992 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief P.o. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 W. Ray Luce SOCIETY Enclosures County 614/297-2470 Franklin Tuscarawas NATIONAL HISTORICAL National Park Service New Submissions Cuyahoga Foster-Gram House REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, Department of the Interior Christian Pershing Barn notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Register of Historic Places John M.

Annis House Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts Ohio Historical Center Enclosed are four National Register nominations.All the appropriate Ottawa Please contact me if you have any guestions. Dear Ms. Shull: