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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service JUL 2 8 1993 National Register of Historic Places entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name _ other names/site number N/A 2. Location N/A - not for publication street & number city or town - vicinity - zip code state - 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this KJ nomination Xxmeets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that thisproperty be considered significant Signature of certifying official/Title State of Federal agency and bureau 4.

National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date/of Action - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the J removed from the National L other, (explain:) 147 44883 comments.) Springdale Tiffin RECEIVED Date 7-21-93 REGISTER NATIONAL National Register Ohio Registration Form In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ( See continuation sheet for additional Ohio Historic Preservation Office 318 Sycamore Street entered in the National Register. This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to. Complete the architectural classification,materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions.

Place additional -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of nationally - statewide E] locally. ([ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) by entering the information requested.Ifan item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, Mntlonel Regiate 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Structure Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed 6. Function or Use 7.

Description other - (Describe the historic and current condition ofthe property on one or more continuation sheets.) private roof Wood Springdale district public-local Historic Functions Architectural Classification public-Federal Asphalt object public-State Gothic Total Materials Narrative Description Stucco Slate Noncontributing walls Current Functions foundation Limestone site Number of Resources within Property DOMESTIC/Single Dwelling (Enter categories from instructions) in the National Register County and State Name of Property building(s) DOMESTIc/Secondary Structure (Check as many boxes as apply) Seneca County, Ohio (Check only one box) United States Department of the Interior Natlonal Register of Historic Places Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Springdale is located at 318 Sycamore Street, on the outskirts of Tiffin, Ohio, the county barn, grounds with wall, grotto, a remnant orchard, a wooded area and a stream.

(two rooms wide and one room deep), the house is now cruciform in plan, due to a series of doubled the size of the house, plumbing, electricity and extensive exterior and interior modifications of a more decorative nature during the 1900s and 1910s, and some remodeling The house rests on a limestone foundation and includes a well balanced facade with a used as a porch area. Once open, the porches were screened in the 1970s and are supported board trim, which also appears along the roof line, eaves, gabled edgesand floor remnant of the original design in the late 1960s, by the current owner. Virginia Kildow. The dormers and roof are slate shingled.

Continuation Sheet National Park Service flanked by leaded sidelights.An ornate overhang with arched supporting brackets and seat of Seneca County pendants (added sometime after the house was built),extends forward from the pavilion The second floor facade consists of a steeply gabled central pavilion and two equally steep The two-story Gothic Revival house is situated on a slight rise behind a granite wall. and reconstruction in the 1960s and 1970s. wood entry door with one lancet light is capped bya rectangular leaded glass transom and Built in 1853 in the Gothic Revival style.photograph no.1) shows the house as it appeared in the late 19th century. The nominated property consists of a house, carriage dormers contain a tracery window with mullions subdividing the light to form two lancet pillars is set off by an inset lancet design on each side.

Graceful arched stretchers span French doors off the sides of the pavilion. Split mullion windows look from the interior the distance between the pillars, creating a sense of wholeness.Each porch is entered via by double square pillars next to the pavilion and at the porch corners.Each of the square National Register of Historic Places Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio transoms on the first floor and a tracery window with subdivided lancets on the second A two-story, rectangular addition, designed by Tiffin architect George Netcher, was added double hung openings with a single hood mold and to the rear, a single 1/2 double hung, double hung, and then two single 1/1 double hung lights, all three with hood molds.

The north elevation of the addition contains a similar arrangement of openings but appears more On the south elevation, the second floor is slightly narrower than the first floor, thus del ineates the first and second floors. The addition includes a tall, centrally located corbel led chimney. at the rear of the house, the eye is naturally drawn from the open space at the bottom, up this porch is a bay window on the left, a centrally located back door and a single double Springdale's verticality. the entry way to the parlor, and on the right, the entry to the music room.

Directly ahead Continuation Sheet The rear elevation is asymmetrical and includes a seemingly haphazard arrangement of National Park Service entrance to the basement under a large overhang created by the first floor porch.Looking transoms that serve as entry to the front porches.A little further ahead on the left is the roof of the original building. United States Department of the Interior Most interior alterations are ofa decorative nature and reflect various period styles. Each of the side elevations are quite similar in nos.4,5)The gabled to a side entrance on the back no.8) Section number .Page OMB Approvel No. 1034-0018 - Page - 2 onto a nonexistent patio. The doors are flanked by 1/1 double hung windows and the whole also with hood mold.

One the second floor, front to rear, the arrangement is paired 1/1 Is a mahogany circular staircase leading up at a 180 degree turn to the second floor. A ends of the original building each contain split, double hung, mullioned windows with irregular due to the addition of a second story enclosed balcony near the front, a first openings. An elevation drop of approximately three inches from the front of the house to Much of the interior of Springdale is architectural ly unchanged from the original design.

Gothic newel post with finial serves as the base for the rail supported by delicately second story level.(photo no.9)Cornerboards all around the house serve to emphasize hung window on the right.The rear elevation also includes a large bay window at the The house includes a full basement and several tunnels which were apparently used for the rear creates a raised first floor on the rear elevation.This allows for direct lengthwise from the back of the building.The south elevation of the addition shows good OMB Approvel No. 1024-0010 United States Department of the Interlor the interior handrail, a series of lancet designs created with wood strips, also ascends music room was redecorated in the Neoclassical style about 1910, by a Cleveland decorator named Radcliff. The room has a coved ceiling, which features a hand-stenciled rose design. One foot below the cove is a molded picture rail.

ANeoclassical fireplace with vine and in about 1907 and a heavy wood mantle with a series of evenly spaced arched brackets was room, which is part of the addition to Springdale designed by architect George Netcher. Heavy wood cross beams on the lowered ceiling intersect with wide wood pilasters throughout bookshelves. The walls, between the pilasters above the built-in units and mantle, are no. 13) It was also during this period that the exterior appearance was changed dramatically, with with the application of stucco to the exterior walls. half bath, a butlers pantry including built-in cupboards with glass doors and a 1930s-decor Moving to the second floor, immediately noticeable at the top of the main stairway is a projecting pavilion, the walls of this small room are covered with a hand painted mural of created by the roof of the first floor entry porch. added.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places National Park Service decorated with inset canvas panels that display a hand-painted vine and floral design. Another very significant feature of the first floor is the Arts and Crafts style dining Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio above the string of the stairs is nicely accented by offset bracket designs. As the stairs rice paper wall covering, which was recently painted. This room is also adorned with crown pattern above a series of raised circles. (photo no. 12) A new fireplace was installed These features, combined with a wide crown molding and (the focal point of the room) a large hanging hammered iron lamp, give it a feeling of massiveness. Complementing the wall A library with coved ceiling and picture rail, (photo no. 14) a small breakfast nook, a drawers. (photo no.

15) by Henrich Holmboe, a Cleveland artist. This area receives abundant light from the large the full length. (photo no. 10) large ventilating hood, tile splash shield from floor to ceiling and built-in cupboards and Page the room.The intersections are emphasized with brackets detailed with a half moon design. turned balusters.The spiral of the staircase is emphasized by curved treads.The wood exotic birds.The artist is unknown but in later years the mural was tended and touched up surfaces and lamp are a built-in oak buffet, china cabinets with leaded glass doors, and the removal of the battens and keeping with the then popular Arts and Crafts style)and Section number 7 OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio In front of the sitting room at the top of the landing, a small walkway or hal Iway connects a door to the rear offers entrance to a large bathroom. hall are two additional bedrooms, one with a fireplace, a huge walk-in linen closet with built-in cupboards and drawers, a modern bathroom, and a newly remodeled kitchen. Some of central hallway ends at the rear stairway, which leads down into the first floor kitchen. present location and converted to a carriage house, complete with second floor living previous caretaker and located at the edge of the wooded area, slightly south and west of wooded and harbors several native tree species, including burr and white oak, poplar, gum, variety of bird species, deer, squirrels, raccoons and other wildlife.

A small stream, Continuation Sheet National Park Service aptly named "Gibson's Run," divides this portion of the property. twelve-inch high baseboard and two built-in medicine closets.A door on the south wall serves as a passageway to the attic stairs and to a second-floor enclosed balcony.The National Register of Historic Places Springdale's formal and domestic landscape features also provide evidence of the changes The central hallway is lined with built-in drawers and cupboards for storage.Off of this that have occurred to the property through the years.Most obvious isa large granite wall United States Department of the Interlor the house no.19),the remnant of a working orchard and a deer feeding shed now small butis made roomier by the presence of huge wall dormers mentioned previously.

further back on the property and was used asa barn.In the late 1800s it was moved to its (photo no. 16) The room is decorated only with a plain baseboard and contains a small closet. Due to the steep roof line, the ceiling of this room is steeply pitched, making the room almost triangular in shape. The north bedroom is identical in detail, except that toilet, sink, bath tub and sitz bath, all with original fixtures. The room has a and still later to a rental unit, its current use. The space previously occupied by the reflect this style. The wrought iron arch and sign at the entrance of Springdale, are being restored by the current owner.

Formal gardens, which once graced the rear of the property have disappeared.The remainder of the property to the south and west is heavily The bathroom contains the original tiling on the floors and walls as well as the original leads to a central hallway. black walnut and the oldest known butternut tree in Ohio.The wooded area is home toa (typical of the Arts and Crafts period) added at the time the house was remodeled to Section number Page Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. * B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Period of Significance - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) 1853, 1880, circa-1910, 1936 - A owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Gibson, William H. - C a birthplace or grave. Kildow, w.H. D a cemetery.

- E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50years. Netcher, George 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 XI State Historic Preservation Office - previously listed in the National Register - Local government - University - Other recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey J recorded by Historic American Engineering Industry 1853-1936 Architecture Bibilography Architect/Builder Politics/Government Register Springdale Criteria Considerations Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria Significant Person religious purposes. Narrative Statement of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Federal agency designated a National Historic Landmark individual distinction.

for National Register listing.) previously determined eligible by the National Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A Seneca County, Ohio Other State agency Name of repository: Property is: Record # CFR 67) has been requested (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Significant Dates (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Seneca County, Ohio Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property - (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title _ Glenn A. Harper, Regional Coordinator, OHPO, Tricia Valentine, Hist. Agency Consult.

January 1993 - date city or town - _ State Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Representative black and white photographs of the property. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) - telephone Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seg.). instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service,P.O.

Box37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of 44883 Tiffin name Northing Easting Springdale Photographs Zone Maps Columbus UTM References Virginia Kildow Boundary Justification Additional Documentation Continuation Sheets Additional items organization Ohio Historical Society County and State 9.65 acres street & number 1982 Velma Ave. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. street & number Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing zip code Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. 43211-2497 1 17 National Register of Historic Places Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Under B the house was built by William Gibson, local attorney and entrepreneur.

local and state politician, Civil War General and nationally acclaimed orator. Later it was the home of W.H. Kildow, owner of Tiffin's Kildow Cigar Company, said to be the largest century. Under C, Springdale is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style architecture. In fact, prior to alterations and additions during the early 1900s, the house and grounds appear to have closely resembled the picturesque country estates promoted during the 1840s and 1850s by architect Alexander Jackson Davis and popularized by pioneer landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing, primarily through his two publications, Victorian speeches, (1) including his famous Fourth of July speech at Melmore. Ohio, in 1843. (2) Gibson was born on May 16, 1821 (3) in Jefferson County, Ohio, near the Ohio-Pennsylvania 1841, he left home and attended an academy at Ashland, Ohio, for one year. (Baughman, p.

this role he has been generally referred to as Tiffin's first fire chief. From1844to when the Tiffin schools were organized into a graded system. Gibson served as the clerk of Introduction National Park Service Historical Background Continuation Sheet G.Pennington.He married Martha Cregger in 1847.In 1848,he organized one of the 1852,he campaigned for Henry Clay and Winfield Scott and organized the young men of Tiffin including the first school in Eden township and later worked as a carpenter and joiner.In architect George Netcher and as examples of Neoclassical and Arts and Crafts styling. notoriety as the so-called "silver tongued orator," for his widely acclaimed patriotic Of local significance.Springdale is nominated to the National Register under Criteria B In 1842,he returned to Tiffin and began studying law in the offices of Abel Rawson and R.

William Gibson built Springdale in 1853.By this time he had already achieved United States Department of the Interior Section number _ Page - now Seneca County, near the town of Melmore. Here, Gibson attended public school. 322) the house and grounds are also significant as representatives of the work of local Cottage Residences_and The Architecture of Country Houses.The alterations to manufacturer of high grade"stogies"and cigars in northern Ohio during the early twentieth into a political action committee for Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor.In 1850, border.In the same year he and his family moved to what was then part of Sandusky County OMB Approvel No. 1084-0018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio the first Board of Education.

for 300,000 volunteers) he applied to Ohio Governor Dennison for a commission and for promotion and left the army with the rank of Brigadier General. (7) (Stewart, pp. After the war Gibson returned to the practice of law, which he continued until 1872. In Courthouse Square in downtown Tiffin, where it remains today. (9) label designs for these brands, examples of which were recently donated to the Center for who, along with Kildow's wife, inherited the company from his father and served as remodeled brick and stone building at 56 Perry Street in Tiffin, where it still stands. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places approximately 150 cigar makers and producing more than twenty million cigars annually.

that a monument (including a bronze statue of the beloved war hero) was erected on Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University by the widow of W.H.Kildow's son, largely devoted to public speaking for his party and the Grand Army of the Republic.In In 1880,the Gibson's sold Springdale and moved to Tiffin.During these years his time was the first president of the Ohio Tobacco Association.His cigar factory was located in a During the summer of 1864,he commanded both a brigade anda division in the In 1879,Gibson was appointed Adjutant General of Ohio and to the position of Ohio Canal In 1853,he was the Whig candidate for State Attorney General but was defeated. In 1856, Gibson's military career began in July 1861,when (in response to President Lincoln's call Section number 8 resigned in 1857. However, he was later acquitted of all charges. (4) (Stewart, pp.

25th, Gibson printed and distributed a large recruiting poster and began enlisting men for by the railroad) he founded the town of Gibsonburg. (8) (Meek, p. 324; Baughman, p. 324) Bradford, about which little is known at this time. The property was acquired in the early 1880s by William H. Kildow, a local manufacturer of cigars. Kildow's factory was said to be the largest manufacturer of high grade "stogies" and cigars in northern Ohio, employing (Virginia Kildow interview) Kildow was "Three Twins" brand for his "Tiffin" five cent cigar. Kildow produced his own original Page Commissioner in 1887.While Adjutant General he helped organize the Ohio National Guard.

1891,he was appointed postmaster of the city of Tiffin and held this position until his purchasing a ninety acre tract of land in Sandusky County,previously surveyed permission to raise a regiment.The regiment was accepted by the War Department.On July president until the plant closed in the 1940s. Kildow's"El Pensino," "Western Empire and his famous "old Stock"brand stogies were in United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio her death in 1966. Kildow's son, Monroe, grew up at Springdale and moved back upon his marriage to the current owner, Virginia Kildow, in 1940. After their marriage, the young until moving into the house in the mid 1940s. She established the art department at Heidelberg College in 1943, and was a member of the Heidelberg faculty for thirty-six years.

Springdale remains an excellent example of the detached house or cottage situated in an informal, non-urban or 'natural' landscape, as pioneered by America's first great landscape been an almost exact replica of the so-called 'pointed' or Gothic Revival style built in widespread distribution of Downing's books, specifically Victorian Cottage Residences. As Downing saw it, the picturesque esthetics (characterized by irregular lines, abrupt and quatrefoil barge board trim. Although a reconstruction, this detail was patterned after a mature native trees, a remnant orchard, a stone grotto and a small forested area remain. As noted in Section 7, Springdale was enlarged and remodeled by George Netcher, a interest are the period decorative arts applied to the interior of the house. Most notable watercolor murals in several of the rooms.

The exotic bird mural, which wraps around the coved ceiling of the second floor sitting room, is particularly rare and beautiful. Architectural Significance Equally if not more significant are the hand-stenciled wallcoverings and hand-painted National Park Service Continuation Sheet many of the architectural and landscape features which Downing recommended.Most notable English models could be adapted to American buildings and grounds with the detached country many of the picturesque characteristics common to a Downing inspired country estate. is the Gothic Revival style of the house itself.Though one of the primary distinguishing is the Neoclassical detail of the music room and the Arts and Crafts inspired dining room. 1844,and The Architecture of Country Houses,1850,it is possible that Gibson took the pp.

30-31;Victorian Cottage Residences) Springdale originally embodied and still retains local artist who served as the art supervisor of the Tiffin Public Schools from 1931-1940. features of the board and batten siding which contributed to the overall Though there is no evidence of the gardens which once filled the space behind the Section number _ S - Page - couple lived in the old carriage house (which had been converted to a studio apartment) the manner promoted and popularized by Downing and his collaborating architect, Alexander broken surfaces, a more natural and wild plant growth and rustic buildings) of contemporary or suburban house in one of its Gothic or 'pointed.' Italianate or bracketed and rustic variations, the focal point of an overall scenic composition. (Tishler, William H., Ed..

vertical composition of the house) has been lost, the house does retain its steeply pitched roof, matching dormers and lancet arch windows with tracery. Also of note is the Virginia Kildow is also well-known in the Tiffin community. She is a widely recognized Springdale's grounds also retain inspiration for the design of his house directly from Downing's work. remnant of the original board and isan exact replica. National Register of Historic Places Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio The Arts and Crafts or Craftsman style seems to have particularly monopolized efforts to field stone stairs and retaining wall compliment quite well and are in keeping with the Register Historic District). Sometimes referred to as Tiffin's 'house of seven gables,' gable roof and barge board and a porch with shed roof and barge board are also later additions.

But despite its finely detailed Gothic Revival features, the Bagby house was J. Stewart Johnson notes that despite Downing's untimely death at thirty-six, the sort of home he espoused for his fellow citizens 'the beautiful, rural, unostentatious, moderate Gibson's speaking ability impressed many well-known contemporaries, including General never listened to such eloquence as poured forth for two hours and a half, from the lips of figure rose before me and that was our eloquent Gibson.' (Baughman, Volume I, p. 269) Baughman's History of Seneca County, Ohio. However, Gibson himself refers to the 1821 date in his July 1843 speech. (Baughman, p. 103) designs. Notes Continuation Sheet National Park Service not constructed in a picturesque or pastoral setting so characteristic of Downing inspired such a place.

Netcher's extensive work on the house.Ironically.the stuccoed walls of the house and the combining Gothic Revival, Neoclassical and Arts and Crafts styling. In a city noted for its fine examples of nineteenth century architecture.Springdale has that dominated both architecture and the decorative arts was in vogue during George the interior of Bagby house also was remodeled by George Netcher.An entrance portico with 2) Gibson apparently delivered this speech when he was just twenty-two years old.There In his introduction to the Dover edition of Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses Historical Collections of Ohio.The full text of the speech is published in A.J.

cosmetic changes to Springdale have long since acquired significance in their own right, home for a country gentlemen,'may still be seen in the American landscape.Springdale is been evaluated against what may be regarded as Tiffin's finest example of high style Gothic 3)Various accounts 1ist Gibson's date of birth as May 16,1821 and May 16,1822. United Statee Department of the Interior William H.Gibson of Ohio;'and,Rutherford B.Hayes,'I have just finished the1ife of enlarge and remodel Springdale. Scientist) located at 120 North Sandusky Street (see North Sandusky Street National contributing to a historic property that is eclectic in the best sense of the word. This is not surprising since the Arts and Crafts movement.

are numerous accounts of this event including a description in Volume II of Henry Howe's Phil Sheridan,'Could I speak 1ike that man I would willingly forfeit my stars:'Harriet Patrick Henry.I closed the book and ask myself,'Have we any man like one Springdale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Soon after taking office Gibson discovered that his predecessor, J.G. Breslin, could make up the deficit, forcing Gibson to reveal the truth to state officials. His political opponents exploited Gibson's lack of judgment, embarrassing him and wrecking his political career - (Baughman, p. 194) aided in the development of Bairdstown, Melotsville and Melrose. 9) For a history of this major effort to honor Gibson, see Baughman, pp. 262-269. 10) George Netcher came to Tiffin from Kokomo, Indiana. From 1913 to 1940 he practiced from offices located at 80 S.

Washington Street in Tiffin, a building owned by his are: the Fraternal Order of Elk, River Road and Walker Streets, the Knights of Columbus, North Sandusky Street, Mercy Hospital, West Market Street, Gottlieb house, 128 Sycamore Street, Schmidt house, Cunningham Stable, farm buildings on the Kobflesh estate, American battle." Continuation Sheet during the 1940s. National Register of Historic Places November 1865. National Park Service Standard and the facades of City Bank and Commercial National Bank.

Netcher died sometime not account for all of the money in the State Treasury.Breslin promised to replace the 5) According to Baughman, the recruiting poster was so unique in style and so money if Gibson would give him time.This proved to be a mistake as Breslin was unable to Known as the beardless boys" because of their youth, the Forty-Ninth saw action at the 8)Forty of the ninety acres were surveyed into town lots in August,1871.Associated 6)The Forth-Ninth Regiment was mustered into the United States Army on August 15,1861. United States Department of the Interlor characteristic of General Gibson, that he included it in his history of Seneca County. OMB Approvel No. 1084-0018 Section number - 7) At the Battle of Shiloh, Gibson and Lieutenant Colonel A. M.

Blackman handled the Page father-in-law.Netcher designed numerous Tiffin buildings.Among the most significant capturing forty pieces of artillery and 3,ooo prisoners. The regiment was disbanded in Section number 9 Sprindale, 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio Bigger, David Dwight. Ohie's Silver Tongued Orator, Gen. Wm. H. Gibson. Dayton: United Brethren Publishing House, 1901. Tishler, William H., Editor. American Landscape Architecture, Designers and Places. Continuation Sheet Company. (reprint) Downing, A.J. Ihe Architecture of Country Houses.New York:Dover Publications, 1969. National Register of Historic Places Meek,Basil,Editor.Iwentieth Century History of Seneca County,Ohio and Representative National Park Service Combination Atlas of Seneca County.Ohio.Philadelphia:D.J.Stewart,1874. United States Department of the Interior Citizens.

Chicago: Arnold Publishing Company, 1909. Washington D.C.: The Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Places. Page Baughman, A.J.History of Seneca County, Ohio, Yol.l.Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio, Volume ll.Norwalk:The Lanting Printing MPS Form 10-9004 National Park Service Springdale, Seneca County, Ohio description as recorded in the Seneca County Recorders Office: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 24, and 25 in Hampden Park Addition, Tiffen, Seneca County, Ohio. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION:The boundariesof the nominated property are based on the VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION:The nominated property is bounded by the following legal OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 Section number - 10 Page legally recorded lot lines of the parcel historically associated with the property. Tiffin, Seneca Co. A= HOUSE B= CARRIAGE C= DEER SHED D: GROTTO E= STONE F= ORCHARD G: DRIVEWAY SYCAMORE STREET Springdale FENCE LEGEND RIVER SANDUSKY OHIO SCALE National Register of Historic Places Name: Springdale Seneca County, Ohio The following Information Is the same for photographs 2-19: Photographer: Tricla Valentine Date of Photographs: November, 1992 Location of Negatives: Ohlo Historic Preservation Office, Northwest Regional Office, Center for Archival Collection, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohlo. Orator, General Mm. H. Gibson, by David D. Bigger.

2) facade and north elevation, camera polnted southwest 3) facade, camera pointed northwest 4) south elevation, camera polnted north 6) north elevation, camera pointed south 9) west elevation, camera pointed southeast 10) front stalrway, camera pointed northwest parlor, camera pointed south 13) dining room, camera pointed northwest Ilbrary, camera pointed south 15) kitchen, camera polnted west 16) south bedroom, camera pointed south 17) carrlage house, camera pointed northwest 18) entrance to Springdale, camera pointed northwest 19) grotto, camera pointed northwest Number National Park Service Continuation Sheet United States Department of the Interior Address: 318 Sycamore Street, Tiffin, OH 44885 11) music room, camera polnted southwest 8) west elevation, camera pointed south Page NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF 16TH DAY: 8/26/93 DATE DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.

/CRITERIA MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE DATE RETURN REVIEWER REJECT 7/28/93 9/11/93 NAME: OTHER: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N SLR DRAFT: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments X/N see attached SLR Y/N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Seneca 8/10/93 NATIONAL: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF PENDING LIST: STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _materials _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _relationship of integrity to significance GEOGRAPHICAL DATA - verbal boundary description _boundary justification acreage FUNCTION architectural classification DESCRIPTION OTHER historic SIGNIFICANCE BIBLIOGRAPHY CLASSIFICATION Builder/Architect Period context descriptive text Phone Signed Date Specific dates ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION justification of exception _current _count Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Areas of Significance--Check and justify below _resource type Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS - USGS maps _presentation _photographs OTHER COMMENTS _sketch maps SPRINGDALE, Home from which Gibson entered the Army.

315 Seneca Co., OH Sprngdale Seneca Co, OH Spring dale Seneca Co. OH soringdale Seneca Co. OH Sorinydale Seneca Co. OH Springdale Seneca Co. OH Springdale Springdale Springdale Seneca Co, OH Seneca Co. OH Springdale Seneca Co. OH Springdale Seneca Co. OH Sprinydale Seneca Co.OH Seneca Co OH Springdale Seneca Co OH Springdale Springdale Seneca Co OH Seneca Co. OH- Springdale Seneca Co- OH Springdale Springdale Seneca Co. OH Seneca Co. OH Springdale E: 316750 STATE OF OHIO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) TIFFIN SOUTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TIFFIN SOUTH, OHIO Springdale Senpra County, DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES U. S. Route Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2411 July 23, 1993 SINCE 1885 Carol Shull, Chief of Registration P. O.

Box 37127 Washington, DC Dear Ms. Shull: & Cemetery W. Ray Luce COUNTY 20013-7127 614/297-2470 SOCIETY Enclosures Sincerely, REGISTER Seneca Springdale Hamilton Columbiana HISTORICAL NATIONAL RECEIVED Trumbull National Park Service Wells-Clark-Strouss Residence notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION If you have questions or comments about these documents contact this office. State Historic Preservation Office National Register of Historic Places Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church South Lincoln Ave. Hist. Distr. Twentieth Century Theatre Ohio Historic Preservation Office appropriate Enclosed please find five (5) new National Register nominations.Al