Nomination for Krug House

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places 1. Name of Property historic name other name/site number 2. Location not for publication vicinity zip code 45322 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property X private X building(s) - district _ public-State - public-Federal . Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources greviously listed in the National Register 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. _ does not meet the National Register criteria.

Signature of certitying official State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. Natlonal Park Service Certification 1, hereby cerity that this property is: _entered in the National Register _determined eligible for the National _ determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register other (explain:) Date of Action Date site state structure county Noncontributing Union NATIONAL REGISTER Montgomery code (Rev. 8-86) Registration Form Ohio National Register The Krug House See continuation sheet. object JUN S 9 1992 street & number 3473 Sweet Potato Ridge Road In my opinion, the property_ _ meets 6-17-92 USDINPS NRHP Registration Form Montgomery Co., OH 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC/single dwelling 7.

Description Architectural Classification Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) OTHER/Pennsylvania Farmhouse walls - porches of the house. There are thirty windows with original exterior shutters, original six-over-six double hung sash and eight shoot the accompanying photographs. Two early photographs (views1,2) of the house taken in 1915 and1926 show that the most recent restoration has been true to the original design of the house. Current shots of the house from attic while the back is one story plus attic. The foundation is twenty-four inches thick, made of Ohio limestone. All wood with mortised and pegged construction. shutters. Two doors onthe downstairs east porch have been sealed off on the outside by covering the door frames with board and batten siding. There are thirty windows with original shutters.

Windows on the first and second floors ventilator windows as well as those in the basement and first floor were originally equipped with screens that now are stored in the attic. Window sills and lintels are of sandstone. Of particular interest is the ventilation system in the rear sections of the house. The west side of the house (view 6), and close-up (view 7) of the west outside wall show the cut stone floor drain that is built into the corner of the attached summer kitchen in the back of the house, a small grilled opening that ventilates the crawl space under the and terminates on an interor wall in the main kitchen. A close-up of the east outside wall (view 8) shows an additional located directly above the larder. Two additional ventilator windows are visible from the rear porch of the house (view room.

The ventilator window to the right of the back door provides cool air for the summer kitchen. Also visible from the back porch is the concrete exterior of the large 4 ft x 8 ft beehive bakeoven located in the summer kitchen. See continuation sheet x BRICK (The Krug House) STONE/imestone Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Krug House is a classic example of a two-story brick rectangular Pennsylvania farmhouse. It retains its original exterior doors. The house is 31 ft wide by 76 ft long and is situated on 2.2 landscaped acres in Randolph A sketch of the property is attached (continuation sheet, page 6) that shows location of all structures, i.e., the the northeast and southeast, respectively (views 3,4), show that the front half of the house consists of two stonies with Original, five-panel doors remain throughout the house.

The house as built had eight exterior doors, one off the north porch, five off the east porches and two off the front porch (view 5) which retain their original wooden door are made of wood, with six-over-six double-hung sash with irregular glass lights and original cast iron window locks. and wall ventilator windows are of single sash construction with interior shutters and exterior cast-iron grills. All architectural features are the double front doors complete with orginal door shutters, three wood porches including house faces the road on the south. Cultivated farm fields lie to the west and north, and a farm pond lies to the east. underneath the main kitchen floor, and the small one on the upper wall is a vent for the original kitchen sink drain. The 9).

That seen in the upper left of the picture opens into the back attic stairway, opposite the door into the meat-curing roof foundation SYNTHETICS/iberalass USDUNPS NRHP Registration Form (The Krug House) CONTINUATION SHEET Montomery Co., OH SECTION 7.1 which can be cleaned out from the back of the house. A small back stairway that runs east out of the summer kitchen (view 12) leads to the meat-curing room that is directly above the larder, a room that is partially underground. The through a small screened window (view 14) in the wall opposite the back stairway ventilator window. All these features potatoes, apples, squash and other garden produce. described ventilator window on the west side of the house brought in outside air through a wooden duct that runs stood (view 16).

The square trap door in the ceiling covers the opening to a wooden air duct in the attic that connects to the central chimney and served the same purpose as a modern day "range hood," since a natural draft was created the vented sink could drain into a drywell on the east side of the house while the well water could be diverted into the larder to cool milk, butter, and other perishables placed in troughs and on shelves. old brick house. house. A sketch that shows the rooms on the first and second floors is attached (continuation sheet, page 8). Photo locations have been indicated by number. The bakeoven retains its original hand-wrought iron door (view 10).

The aware of two other beehive bakeovens located in Randolph and Clay Townships that do possess the dual chimney of the house have been preserved.Indeed, the meatroom today provides excellent storage during the winter for transoms above all doors on the first floor (including the doors to the basement and second floor stairway), and the access hatch in the attic roof, cool breezes fromthe basement circulate throughout the house and air-condition it even through the kitchen crawl space to an inner wall located to the right of where the original woodburning cookstove features discussed in the narrative plus alterations made in 1983 by the current owners are shown on the first and of Union expands. A spring is located on the northeast portion of the 2.2 acre parcel and remnants of the old spring house foundation are left.

Two other structures exist on the nominated parcel -a three car garage with workshop and front) to insure that smoke is drawn up and out so that none gets into the summer kitchen. Many such bakeovens of construction, date to the 1880s and could have been built by the same persons who constructed the oven at The meatroom has plastered walls and a beamed ceiling from which meat could be hung from hooks for curing. Cool air connects to a wooden shaft that runs to the back chimney (view 15). Additional fresh air could enter the meatroom were available from the combination of a dug well and cistern located beneath the main kitchen floor. Wastewater from the penod of construction with two fruit orchards, herb garden and berry patches.

Junipers, spruce, pine and USDINPS NRHP Registration Form CONTINUATION SHEET Montgomery Co., OH SECTION 7 .2 Cement troughs removed for New Laundry Room New Kitchen New Bath and two SECOND FLOOR -- FIRST FLOOR SCALE - 10 FEET PER GRID Simulated Closets added Fireplace added (The Krug House) Hall,New Bath and (10,11) (227.71) STORAGE CLOs Door sealed 17.8 x13.0 7.6 x6.6 (13,14) (260). 12x15.0 10XL Montomery Co., OH USDUNPS NRHP Registration Form 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) _N/A Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates 1879 - 1880 Significant Person See continuation sheet x The Krug House is worthy of inclusion on the National Register under Criterion C and method of construction. The original owners of the Krug House emigrated to Randolph Township during the present in their unaltered state and that are associated with early 1800s Pennsylvania Dutch construction (Ref. 3) engineering principles to the design of an air circulation and ventilation system that utilizes exterior vents, wooden Over 75% of the residents of Montgomery County in 1850 were emigrants from Pennsylvania while more than 82% of the residents of Randolph Township had been born in Pennsylvania (Ref. 2). This "resettlement" of the area took moved further west and northward.

The large influx of members of the Reformed Mennonite, German Baptist, River and the church was erected soon therafter. It is located on Main St. in Englewood and is still in use.

Architecture Builders Engineering Cultural Affiliation The Krug House Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Applicable National Register Criteria - 1850s and were part of the broad pattern of westward migration of Pennsylvania religious settlers that took place include the beehive bakeoven, poplar wainscoting, six-over-six window sash with wavy glass, original iron window wood stoves (no fireplaces), transom windows above all first floor doors to facilitate air flow and windows in top panels Brethren and United Brethren in Christ churches, led to an increased period of growth for Randolph Township and the The story of The Krug House in particular begins with the emigration of Samuel M. Herr and his family from (Ret.

12) The ninety-acre farm situated on the north of what is now Sweet Potato Ridge Road, was part of lands that following the completion of the National Road through Ohio in 1838 (Ref. 1, 2).Original architectural features still soft water in the main kitchen, cast-iron grills on exterior vents and ventilator windows, flue openings in every room for the kitchen sink drain, a wooden duct in the attic that served as the "range hood" above the cookstove, and stovepipe system that used excess heat from the stove to dry fruit in the fruitdryer located in the attic. the Mennonite church was established in Englewood in December 1883, construction lots were purchased in 1890 nationally USDUNPS NRHP Registration Form (The Kiug House) CONTINUATION SHEET Montomery Co., OH SECTION 8 .1 of the house (J. Hawthorn, J. P. Swartley, H. McMullen and J.

Willhelm) indicated that the house was completed on June 5, 1880 and that the four builders were Reformed Mennonite craftsmen from Medway, Ohio.It is historically children are buried in the Reformed Mennonite cemetery in Medway. Those involved with the construction of the Krug House were justifiably proud of their accomplishments since many of them signed their names (Harnish, Schaffer, Metz) on walls in the attic (view18), and, of course, four of the and it is likely that research into their histories may identify more houses built by these same individuals. It is even more his father's death. That house, situated one quarter mile west of The Krug House, was completed in 1882-1883 describes such a system for private dwellings, although the importance of proper ventilation, especially in the Winter, was discussed as early as the 1850s (Ref. 19).

Some attention was paid to ventilation systems in commercial buildings County, Ohio and he, his wite Augusta and five sons moved to the farm. Photos (1,2) in this nomination are but two of continued to operate the farm as a rental property until May 1983 when he sold the house and 2.2 acres to the current selected to receive the first lonic Columns Award givenby the Montgomery County Historical Society for a residential restoration. Randolph Township where he purchased the farm of David Warner, which was adjacent to the ninety-acre farm owned Her brother Henry inherited the other farm. (Ref. 14) Benjamin and Susanna then proceeded to erect a "new house" that preserved the best of early 1800s design features along with the comforts expected in an 1880s home.

The substantial brick house." significant that the Krugs chose as their builders, men of the Reformed Mennonite religion who still resided in during this period (Ref. 16). Three of the four builders of this house as well as the Krugs and seven of their ten cupboard and an interior wall. Houses of similar exterior design are found in the Medway, Clarke County, Ohio area bakeoven that is separate from the house which may reflect the more traditional thinking of Henry's mother, Mary, who over twenty-five, now in possession of the current owners, that were taken by the Deubners from 1915 to 1935 (the year Augusta died). Over the years, the house was the site of several "Deubner Day Reunions." (Ref. 21). In 1942, south of the Krug House. During the period from 1942 to 1981, the house was occupied by many different tenant by Samuel M. Herr. (see copy of Everts plat map of 1875 and U.S.

Geological Survey Map of West Milton Quadrangle, house is a statement of Mr. Krug's economic status in the community. Indeed, his biography listed in The Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio (Ref. 15) states that "This Mennonite religion and had its own bishop (who was John Harnish, father of Amos B. Harnish, the housepainter) builders left the signed date block (Hawthorn, Swartley, McMullen, Willhelm) hidden between a built-in pantry dough (according to tax records) and is of Pennsylvania Dutch design, but has a summer kitchen complete with beehive part of The Krug House is not found in the house built for Henry Herr nor has any literature reference been located that the farm was sold to Gladys and Louis Jacobson who resided on a farm in section sixteen of the township, west and families, and it suffered from benign neglect.

In 1972, Mrs. Jacobson deeded the farm to her son, Thomas, who CMB Approval No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Montgomery Co., OH The front portion of the Krug farmhouse typifies the Pennsylvania farmhouse similar to that of peasant dwellings from Switzerland and the Rhine Valley, and a four bay facade featuring two centrally located entry doors. The first manifestation of this floor plan in America was the Continental is the broader front parlor room and a smaller rear chamber. These house were built by German settlers in the Mid-Atlantic cultural region until about 1770.( Ref.4) Double Pile house type and the Continental Central Chimney house type. Rather than the off-centered, 3 bay facade, a Pennsylvania farmhouse's four bay facade is symmetrically arranged, reflecting Georgian influence.

Further Pennsylvania farmhouse, the main difference being that the front parlor is now end elevations are strictly Georgian with two symmetrically placed windows per and the symmetrical ly arranged gable end window openings mask the three room floor plan of the core structure. Although a small hall, bathroom and closets have been added to the back room, the traditional floor plan of the kuchen, evidence the fenestration pattern of the German farmhouse type. One has been setting. The Krug house maintalns a high degree of historic integrity and is Section number Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places (The Krug House) The type is characterized by a 3 room floor plan that is narrow kitchen with central fireplace. Behind the chimney on the other side, floor. (Ref.4) zimmer and kleine zimmer is still evident.

Three farmhouses in Montgomery County are Iisted in the National Register. A Pennsylvania German settlement of Montgomery County. The Pennsylvania farmhouse type represents a synthesis of the English Georgian building type. NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number - The Krug House, Montgomery Co. OH Hawthorne, J. Swartley, J. P. Mc Mullen, H. Continuation Sheet Builders: National Register of Historic Places Wilhelm, J. Page USDINPS NRHP Registration Form CONTINUATION SHEET 9.1 Montgomery Core 9. Major Bibllographical References 1. Rust, O. G. History of West Central Ohio, Vol. II, Historical Publishing Co., Indianapolis, IN., 1934, p. 466. 2. Wilhelm, H. G. H. The Origin and Distribution of Settlement Groups - Ohio 1850, Project #J82-011, Department of Geography, Ohio University, 1982. Williams, H.

L.; Williams, O.K. Old American Houses, 1700-1850, Bonanza Books, New York, 1967, Ch. 3 and 5. Vol. 15, 1983, No. 2, pp. 69-82 6. Census Records of the United States, Population Statistics, 1810 through 1880. 7. Heck, E.L. The History of Englewood and Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, Englewood, OH, by the author, 1969. Page, Hoyne and Co., Chicago, IL, 1882, p. 54-64. Musser, D. The Reformed Mennonite Church, Its Rise and Progress with Its Principles and Doctrines, Second Edition, Inquirer Printing and Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA, 1878, Ch. VII, pp. 305-308. 12. Heins, G. Atlas of Montgomery County, Ohio, 1851. 13. Ref. No. 8, p. 56. 16. Ref. No. 9, Ch. VIl, p. 327. Montgomery County, Ohio. 20. Smead, I. Ventilation and Warming of Buildings, Boston, MA., 1889. 21.

"The Deubners - Descendents of Four Brothers Who Came to Darke County, Ohio in 1850," a family history compiled by the Deubner Reunion Committee, 1984. 17."Biography of Mrs. Mary Herr," in Ref. No. 8, p. 298. County, Ohio. 1897, p. 987. 1969, pp. 42-43. (Tr.c Krug House, 18. Gravestone in "Old Warner Cemetery" located on Sweet Potato Ridge Rd., one quarter mile west of The Krug House, and "Last Will and Testament" of Mary Herr, Docket XVI, page 399, Will Book N, p. 576 of the Wills of 19. Downing, A. J. The Architecture of Country Houses, 1850, reprinted by Dover Publications, Inc., New York Milspaw, Y.J. "Reshaping Tradition: Changes to Pennsylvania German Folk Houses," Pioneer America, Beers, W.H. "Randolph Township," by E. F. Warner in The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Culver, 10. Brian, L. A Geneological Index of Miami Valley Pioneers, Ohio Section, Montgomery County, p. 69.

11. "Biography of Henry Herr," in A. W. Bowen's Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of 14. Herr, Samuel M. "Last Will and Testament, "Docket IX, page 40, Will Book I, p. 334 of the Wills of Montgomery 15. "Biography of Benjamin Krug" in Ref. No. 11, pp. 1001-1002. USDINPS NRHP Registration Form Montgomery Co., OH Previous documentation on file (NPS): _ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested. X State historic preservation office previously listed in the National Register Other State agency previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # _ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10.

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Geographical Data B Zone Verbal Boundary Description East, Randolph Township, Montgomery County, State of Ohio and is part of the 92.28 acre tract conveyed to Thomas Boundary Justification The 2.204 acre tract encompasses the Krug House itself, a new three-car garage/workshop and garden shed. 11. Form Prepared By Organization _ Street & Number 3473 Sweet Potate Ridge Rd. _ Zip Code 45322 Northing Other State Easting University Owner 4418960 Telephone(513)-873-2791 Union Local government due North-South).

Federal agency UTM References Specify repository: City or Town Ohio (The Krug House) MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES: See See Continuation Sheet Acreage of Property:2.2 acres The 2.204acre tract containing the Krug House is in the Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Town 5, Range 5 located at 3473 Sweet Potato Ridge Road, is 240 ft wide (lot line runs due East-West) and 400 ft deep (lot line runs sites of the original house, barn, fruit orchards and spring house and provide an historic setting for the large house. Date August 5, 1991 A16 Name/Title_SueC.Cummings USDINPS NRHP Regiuiration Form The Krug House Montgomery Co., OH LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS ATTACHED TO THE NOMINATION Montgomery County, Ohio Sue C. Cummings, photographer, April 1991 Negatives: S. C. Cummings EARLY VIEWS 1. View of the house from the Southeast side yard, taken in 1915 by a member of the John C.

Deubner family at the time they purchased the house. View of the house and barns from the Southwest, taken from the side of the road in 1926 by a member of the John C. Deubner family. CURRENT VIEWS 3. View of the house from the Northeast, taken from the back driveway toward Sweet Potato Ridge Rd. 5. View of the house from the Southwest corner of front yard. 6. View of the house from the Northwest from the peach orchard. 7. Close-up view of the West side of the house showing cut stone floor drain at rear of attached summer kitchen, kitchen wall (refer to photo 16 for interior shot). 10. View from inside the summer kitchen of the wrought iron door of the beehive bakeoven. 11. View of the brick interior of the beehive bakeoven with ash pit cover shown in foreground.

opposite the rear wall ventilator and the screened opening in the upper rear corner that leads to the wooden duct that connects to the back attic chimney. duct from the meatroom that connects to the back attic chimney located on the upper left wall. 16. Interior view of the main kitchen that shows the grilled floor vent (connected by a wooden duct to the west and tin liner for the fruit dryer. A.B. Harnish, the first painter of the house. on the landing. CONTINUATION SHEET Photos 1 9. Close-up view of back porch, taken from Northeast, that shows the ventilator window that opens into the back provided a draft for the original kitchen stove, and round hole in the ceiling that directed heat through the kitchen stovepipe into the fruit dryer in the attic. 17. View taken in the back attic that shows the wooden shaft for the "range hood, "part of the wooden fruit dryer 4.

View of the house and part of the garage from the Southeast side yard. 8. Close-up view of the East side of the house showing small grilled vents for cistern (lower left), kitchen skink brick wall leading up to the meat-curing room (refer to photo 13 for interior shot). summer kitchen, and concrete exterior of the beehive bakeoven in the summer kitchen. room. The ventilator window has a screened inside shutter and glass single sash. 15. View from the top of the stairs in the back attic, looking down toward the meatroom, that shows the wooden ventilator window), square cover in the ceiling over the wooden shaft leading to the central chimney that 18.

View from the top of the stairs in the third floor, front attic, showing interior roof construction and signature of USDINPS NRHP Registration Form The Krug House) CONTINI IATION SHEET Montgomery Co., OH PINES AND SPRUCE APPLE ORCHARD STRAW BERRY - RASPBERRY PATCH - < 240 FEET PEACH ORCHARD - JUNIPERS 3473 SWEET POTATO RIDGE ROAD HERB HOUSE NORTH PATCH GARAGE GARDEN SHED SPRING ARBORVITAE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE APPEAL: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST : ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR 6/30/92 7/14/92 8/14/92 7/30/92 MULTIPLE REVIEWER DATE DISCIPLINE RETURN OTHER: PERIOD: PDIL: SAMPLE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 8/12/92 under Criterion A.

REJECT NOMINATION ACCEPT PROPERTY NATIONAL: Krug House REQUESTED ACTION: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SLR DRAFT:N COMMENT WAIVER:N LESS THAN 5O YEARS: _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _architectural classification Areas of Significance--Check and justify below _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria _relating significance to the resource _relationship of integrity to significance _justification of exception _other GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage _verbal boundary description boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _presentation _ Phone current FUNCTION historic DESCRIPTION materials Period Builder/Architect CLASSIFICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY Date SIGNIFICANCE Signed Specific dates _count _photographs OTHER COMMENTS _sketch maps _context Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance one paragraph) USGS maps UTMS _descriptive text Monto Montgomery Ohio A.

B.HARNISH 1880 -1900-192 PAINTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WEST MILTON QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WEST MILTON, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center 982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 JUN S 0 1992 Fax: 297-2411 June 26, 1992 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Enclosed are three (3) new National Register nominations. All the appropriate relationship to Criterion A, which is not claimed in the present nominated under both Criteria A and C, but it is the opinion of this office our opinion, however, that the property is eligible for listing in the Register under Criterion C. We would be most interested in any comments you or your staff may have regarding this matter.

Please contact me if you have any questions. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer SOCIETY Montgomery 614/297-2470 County Geauga Medina NATIONAL Enclosures REGISTER HISTORICAL New Submissions Krug House Fox-Pope Farm SINCE 1885 Old Dague Farm Site Crossing Site) Dear Ms.Shul1: notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. We request a substantive review of the KrugHouse nomination for its documentation. The State Review Board resolved that the property should be that the documentation does not justify significance under Criterion A. It is OHIO Sincerely