Nomination for United Brethren Publishing House

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NPS Form 10,800 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines (Form 10-900a). Type all entries 1. Name of Property United Brethren Publishing House 2. Location street & number 40-46 S. Main Street/7-21 Fast Fourth Street Na not for publication city, town 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property X private x building(s) J public-local _ sites Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously 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 Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60 Signature of certifying official Ohio Historic Preservation Office --SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5. National Park Service Certification 1, heréby, certify that this property is: Dentered in the National Register. J See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register.

other, (explain:) Jon Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Noncontributing code Dayton REGISTER Date district structure 113 RECEIVED object NATIONAL Total public-Federal Registration Form National Register of Historic Places state public-State historic name National Register. NOV 0 8 1993 Ohio Enterod in the (Rev 8-86 other names/site number county Montgomery zip code 45401 vicinity Centre City Building United Brethren Publisihing House, Montgomery Co., OH 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) INDUSTRY/manufacturing facility 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) foundation - Describe present and historic physical appearance.

concrete brick asphalt other walls Chicago roof See continuation sheet Architectural Classification COMMERCE/business Unlted States Department of the Interior Section number _ Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County (2) the Fourth Street Building, and (3) the Market Street Building. (See Appendix A for sketch) (page 7.4) 1. The Office Building The 1904-1905 section is steel skeleton construction which Therefore, in 1983-1984 these stories were remodeled to reflect the fourth and fifth stories are connected by rusticated stories. DESCRIPTION National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet The United Brethren Publishing House is a fourteen story on Main and Fourth streets were refaced with concrete stucco resulting in a mishmash of mid-twentieth century facades. buff pressed brick.

Originally, the first story was a storefront facade.Over UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE National Park Service office building with five story tower. It was built in the in 1923-1924. is fireproofed with hollow tile. The one thousand ton steel The 1923-1924 section is constructed of reinforced concrete. The The five entire building is faced with Bedford, Indiana gray stone and buildings, the simple, straightforward fenestration is the third story, windows are divided by paneled piers. A dentiled Page cornice divides this story from the upper stories.Windows on right bays on the Main Street facade mark the original 1904-1905 building in style and materials. The left eight bays duplicate the original National Park Service Continuation Sheet UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County cornice tops the fifth story on the right five bays.

entablature divides these stories from the fourteenth floor. rosette soffit. A five-story tower extends up from the fourteenth floor. entablature with heavily moulded dentiled cornice divides the windows which compose the fifth and tenth bays on the main shaft 1. Fourth Street Building: Page pyramidal/truncated hip, standing seam, copper roof. National Register of Historic Places lower stories of the tower from the upper story. This top story MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS Street facade.The primary difference is the three-sided bay The large buff brick mid-section of the building (stories Ionic capitals and have paneled brick corner pilasters.An voussoirs.Rusticated stone piers are at the corners and divide The East Fourth Street facade is very similar to the Main divides this section from the upper stories.

is capped by an elaborate entablature with Unlted States Department of the Interior on stories six through ten. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number . On the eleventh story, windows have stone architrave divides the eleventh and twelfth stories. The twelfth and Windows are 1/1 lights and are divided vertically by brick paneled piers and horizontally by paneled spandrels. thirteenth floors are united by two-story engaged columns with Windows on the fourteenth story are divided by paneled piers. architrave surrounds with continuous lintels with label stops.

fifth and sixth piers and the eighth and ninth piers.A cornice the fifth and sixth bays and the eighth and ninth bays.A second Rusticated brick piers are located at the corners and between the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County 1980s to match the first two stories of the office building. The An entablature divides the third from the fourth story. On the fourth and fifth stories, windows are single and cornice with incised dentil pattern. 2. Market Street Building: A second manufacturing building was attached to the United Market Street and is a two-bay-wide, seven-story building with basement, measuring forty feet wide (Market Street facade) and double doors which give access to the office building. entablature with dentiled cornice and modillions.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places paired and triple 1/1 double hung sash with rusticated piers and stops.A moulded cornice divides the fifth and sixth stories. UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE The sixth and seventh story windows are also single and upper stories (two and three, six and seven) have large NP& Form 10-0004 Street is the result of the extensive remodeling of two late paneled brick piers with' classical capitals. The building is topped by an entablature with paneled frieze and decorated The first story has a commercial storefront and - the fourth and fifth Some nineteenth century manufacturing buildings into a seven-story multilight casement industrial windows. single lights and transoms.Piers with classical capitals divide brick piers.

story windows; fifth story windows have stone sills with label The cornice forms a continuous sill for the fourth paired 1/1double hung sash with stone architrave surrounds and United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Section number Market + building extension office building addition 1922 - 24 Continuation Sheet Page Street 1905 1909 National Register of Historic Places UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE office building APPENDIX A [manufacturing E. FOURTH MAIN building United Brethren Publishing House, Montgomery Co., OH 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: X]locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates . Architect/Builder Charles Herby G. S. Hughes State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.

* See continuation sheet statewide 1903-1943 1923-1924 Architecture nationally Significant Person Social History Applicable National Register Criteria 1904-1905 Cultural Affiliation United States Department of the Interior National Park Service UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County Che United Brethren Publishing House is eligible for the the following points of significance: example of the Chicago Commercial style and is the only tall in the world. 4. The building represehts the rapid development of the between 1890-1930. progressive thought which influenced the development of the American city in the years between 1890-1930. The optimistic efficiently could be used to improve man's condition is illustrated by the attempt of the United Brethren Church to 6.

The Publishing House represents the increasing organizational complexity of profit and non-profit groups in this period as corporations. centuries. office building in this style in the city of Dayton. Publishing House became the tallest reinforced concrete building National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet provide pensions for retired ministers and their families through corner of Fourth and Main.In 1854,a four-story building was 3.The U.B.Building documents the strong presence of the United 1.The building at Main and East Fourth streets is a significant The United Brethren Publishing House was established at National Register under Criteria A and C in the areas of 2.With the completion of the tower addition in 1923-1924,the Brethren denomination in Dayton in the nineteenth and twentieth churches adopted the new and efficient methods of large Circleville, Ohio in 1834.

In 1853, the United Brethren moved specifically and in urban areas generally in the United States Architecture and Social History.This statement will deal with the operation to Dayton, where they purchased the lot at the an ambitious real estate venture. 5.The building is an example of the strong currents of United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County was erected in 1904-1905. described it as (1893: 134): "one of the most important houses not only of this United States and into Canada, Germany, and Africa.

binding, electrotyping, and engraving, and conducts of good books and stationary." largest United Brethren center in the world" (Storms have the church and the board half-scared a good part of the time'" (Ness 1966: 423)- National Register of Historic Places continued to serve the House until the present office building It publishes thirteen periodicals, besides books, enthusiastic description adding: Continuation Sheet UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE constructed on the site.This building with various additions In 1897,William R.Funk was elected publishing agent of the finest and best in the West, and its facilities for The Publishing House flourished in the years following its Dayton the headquarters for the denomination and the 1904: 93). well as a series of economic highs and lows.According to Dr.A.

Section number - the production of books and periodicals are first- The patronage of the House extends over the pamphlets, etc., and does book and job printing, class.

"...(not only has) the business grown by leaps and optimism,his ambitious plans for the House led the business center of attraction which has resulted in making through a thirty-five year period of unprecedented expansion as move to Dayton.In 1893,the authors of New Dayton Illustrated bounds during the fifty years, but it has been the a general retail and wholesale trade in all classes A1904 account of the Publishing House reinforced this Page - 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County ideals which dominated the early part of the twentieth century in historians as the Progressive Era, which was marked by optimistic While they were often disturbed by the abuses of the large Miami Valley, 1890-1929 (1988: 11, 17, 176-177) states: churchmen, active proponents of Protestant Social for morality with one for efficiency..." would create social institutions that would be models Between 1890 and 1929 readers of Outlook, Literary Digest, Municipal Affairs, and dozens of other national publica- tions found articles extolling the 'Dayton model.'" The major goal of the Publishing House in this period fit well with the progressive ideals of Dayton's small group of pensions for retired ministers and their families, a goal which "....They had grand plans, plans propelled by a vision.

"....Prominent business-reformers were also well-known matic and widely copied ways." Continuation Sheet of a rapidly urbanizing society. The positive spirit of the man mirrored the progressive many pioneering features of business progressivism nation with startling organizational and scientific efficiently and morally operated businesses to solve the problems National Register of Historic Places Gospel doctrine....these businessmen coupled a fervor Dayton was a particularly important center of progressive emerge so quickly and receive so much national attention. Grand Plans: Business Progressivism and Social Change in the "....Perhaps in no other area of the country did so HPS Form 10-000-+ of the nineteenth century had ushered in that period labeled by "....The Ohio Miami Valley between 1890-1929 led the the main objectives of the House had been to provide adequate for the nation.

Dayton could be a 'model city.'" attempts at social reform by staunchly Protestant businessmen. Section number corporations, they also had a firm faith in the ability of activity in the years between 1890-1929.Dr.Judith Sealander in Given the right mechanism, they believed that they 8 Page United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County Certainly it was the central theme behind their ambitious program manufacturing building on the rear of the lot facing Fourth also made for new equipment and the modernization of the older stands as a monument to what can be accomplished by a progressive The profits of this real estate venture would be used to commercial development land, would add to the influence and Religious Telescope: July 21, 1923) - The construction of the building began in the spring of 1904.

It was designed by Dayton architect, Charles Herby, and the F. A. Reguarth Company of Dayton was the contractor. building was of steel skeleton construction, fireproofed with was done with hollow brick in order to protect the interior from a large department store, while the upper floors were office besides the first and second stories, which are devoted space. A 1904 Dayton publication boasted that (Storms 1904: 68): National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet "The United Brethren office building is the finest and provide pension funds for the church's retired ministers. UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Section number 8 the Pubiishing House, he stated that the "'Publishing House of expansion in the twentieth century.

prestige of the church and would aid in its "biggest business" a cost of $350,000,and is as near fireproof as mechani- "to take the gospel to the whole world" (Ness 1966: 416) (The provide pensions for retired workers, the United Brethren seemed to become even more determined to meet this commitment. construction of a tall oitice bullding on the land at Fourth and hollow tile. The outside walls were constructed of Bedford stone they had never been able to achieve.

By the twentieth century; Page The cal genius can construct.It contains i91 office Street at a cost of $85,000(Drury 1909:414)..Huge outlays were OMB Approval Na 1024-0018 National Park Service Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County marble, and three elevators are used to convey the well-ventilated and affording good light, points so The building was dedicated on Sunday, January 27, 1904 and was 1904) - operations to a new building located several blocks west.

move reflects the development of Dayton's Central Business District with its emphasis on specialized space and the concentration of business and retail at the heart of the center BUSINESS DISTRICT The construction of the office building in 1904-1905 was a growth of large corporations and the rapid economic growth of the United States brought about the development of the specialized today." Continuation Sheet "The emergence of large industrial corporations in Central Business District.

National Register of Historic Places bureaucracy - a white collar work force centralized in UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE high, was built at the rear of the office building, facing Market to business.Each suite of two rooms has a fire-proof essential in the strenuous life of business as conducted In 1909, an additional manufacturing building, seven stories Pubiishing House moved all of its manufacturing special features of the building is that every office United Statos Department of the Interlor Street (Drury 1909: 414)- By 1915, however, because of the this period was accompanied by the growth of a managerial supplied with hot and cold water. Its halls are of Page and retail purposes. Land values in the central city city.

vault, also closet for wraps, containing a wash-bowl has windows opening direct to the outer air, thus being new downtown office buildings....Central city space part of a real estate boom that was taking place in American Section number 8 completed in the spring of 1905 (DDJ:January 28 and March 26, United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County most industrial cities experienced building booms in land uses became differentiated and specialized for the financial, administrative, and commercial centers. tall office buildings housed banks and insurance the white-collar bureaucracies of the corporations.... Transformation of the urban ore accompanied the indus- city" (Mohl 1985: 41-46) - attitudes towards the operation of churches and church business 1904: 68): By the 1920s, the United Brethren were ready to expand their still eluded them.

In 1923-1924, an eight-bay addition and tower engineers, S. J. Branson and G. S. Bergendahl. According to Carl Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places trialization of urban America....The skyscraper symbolized progressive spirit of its management." UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE "Among the varied industries of Dayton none are better companies, agencies of state and city government, and the United Brethren Publishing House sustains in the pride in the success of the United Brethren Publishing House and in the twentieth century as churches took on the new progressive building was designed by and two Section number . shot up astronomically.

By the late nineteenth century; Most large American cities became regional the new business and corporate domination of the modern Dayton also experienced a building boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, years which saw the known abroad, and few equal at home, the reputation which the city, with its office building towering fourteen the solidity of its business, and bears the marks of the pensions for retired ministers and their families, a goal which Page The New city skyline. this building boom.It also symbolized the growing businesslike scrapers shot up in short order.In this period,..

the sound business principles upon which it operated (Storms skyscraper replace the church steeple as the dominant part of the first time.N United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places UNITED BRETHREN PUALISHING HOUSE the taliest reinforced concrete building in the world. which appear in the United Brethren publication, The Religious advertisement read (March 31, 1923: 31): "And so we appeal to you, not to give, but merely to lend your money to this worthy undertaking.

Your will get your money back again, dollar for dollar, after Lord, a part of this world's goods which he has entrusted to your care, to make the pathway toward the close of lite repaid in the future for your help now, in material, demanded that they give "full power, authority, and control" over was separated from the printing plant, and in 1935 the printing Otterbein Press and office building were out of debt and the two At the 1946 Annual Conference of the United Brethren Church, the net proceeds of earnings of the Printing Establishment of the moral, and spiritual gains...." Continuation Sheet receive 6% interest on your money, payable semi-annually, money will be absolutely safe in this venture; you will Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County Telescope, are a fascinating statement on American attitudes easier for his faithful ministers, and you will be richly offered to purchase the building for $1,450,000, were returned to the United Brethren Church(Ness 1966:446-449, E.U.B.again faced grave financial difficulties with the office become the Evangelical United Brethren Church.But by 1950,the while we are using it in this great undertaking; you Condit (1968: 159), upon its completion in 1924 the building was But despite the nobility of their"grand plans,"the House 458).

Much of this construction was funded by selling bonds to towards wealth and philanthropy in the 1920s. One such their finances to J. Balmer Showers, who became the new Page building. publishing agent in 1933.The business of the office building United Brethren in Christ office were reserved for Section number When the Knott Hotel Interest of New Danot United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Section number _ 8 16, 1952 and became known as the Knott Building. Today, it is building, situated on prime real estate land in Dayton's plans" of this energetic denomination. Page National Register of Historic Places progressive efforts of this denomination to provide adequate Continuation Sheet The United Brethren Publishing House represents the the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. known as the Centre City Building.

Methodist Church),the building reminder of the "grand Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County developing Central Business District, provided a high profile for what was the city's leading Protestant denomination for much of Until the 1970s, the U.B. office building and the Art Deco style UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE their offer was quickly accepted.The building was sold on June presence has faded (the United Brethren is now part of the United United Brethren Publishing House, Montgomery Ce., OH 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References X See continuation sheet -preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested -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 ] Local government recorded by Historic American Buildings *Other Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Specify repository: Record #. Montgomery County Historical Society 10. Geographical Data Verbal Boundary Description associated with the property. I1. Form Prepared By Claudia Watson, Director of Preservation Services February 8, 1993 North Main Street street & number city or town .

state _ zip code 45402 Easting Zone Dayton Northing Boundary Justification University Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/ A Federal agency United_Methodist_Theological_Seminary UTM References Acreage of property Survey # Less than one acre The boundary includes those parts of the city lots that have historically been _ date - Ohio UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Berger, Reverend Daniel. History of the Church of the United New Dayton Illustrated. Dayton, 1893. 1905; April 19, 1905; January 29, 1923; March 31, 1923; April 28, William's City Directories, 1893-1906. 1909. BIBLIOGRAPHY Philadelphia, 1977. Mohl, Raymond. The New City: Urban America in the Industrial Age, Sanborne Fire Insurance Maps, 1947/1955. Ness, John H.Jr.One Hundred Fifty Years: A History of Publishing 1860-1920. Arlington Heights, IL: 1985.

National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County Sanborne Fire Insurance Maps, 191l. Drury, Reverend A.W.History of the City of August 4, 1923. Section number .. Page. . National Register of Historic Places Condit, Carl W. American Building: Materials and Techniques from 1905; May 18, 1905; March 18, 1923; January 28, 1924. United Brethren Publishing House. Religious Telescope. April 5, Sealander, Judith. Grand Plans: Business Progressivism and Social Change in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890-1929- Lexington, Kentucky: 1n the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Dayton, 1966. 1988. Continuation Sheet Brethren in Christ. Dayton, 1897. the First Colonial Settlements to the Present.Chicago, 1968. Gunneman, Louis H.The Shaping of the American Church of Christ.

1923; May 12, 1923; June 2, 1923; June 23,1923; July 21,1923; United States Department of the interior National Register of Historic Places UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Dayton, Ohio: Montgomery County Situated in the City of Dayton, in the County of Montgomery, in the Market streets; then south l15 feet (along South Main Street) to Continuation Sheet National Park Service a point 125 feet south of the southeast corner of South Main and side of the alley; then north along the alley 178 feet to the 63 feet; then west 149 feet to the point of beginning. the northeast corner of South Main and East Fourth streets; then northeast corner of the Market Street Building; then west 54 feet east 203 feet (along East Fourth Street)to a point on the east United States Department of the Interior National Park Service DAYTON: MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO Showing South Main Street facade, upper stories.

Looking east. Street facade. Showing South Main and East Fourth Street facades of the United The 1903-1904 stories 3-5. Looking north. 12. Showing the 1923-1924 office tower, East Fourth Street facade. northwest. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places 17. Showing upper stories of the East Fourth Street Manufacturing right five bays represent the original section of the building. 13. Showing upper stories and tower, East Fourth Street facade. Looking northwest. PHOTO SHEET 18.Showing the top stories of the East Fourth Street Manufacturing left side of the building.

11.Showing detail on the upper stories of the East Fourth Street March 1993 The United Brethren Publishing House 3.Showing details on stories 3-7,South Main Street facade.The Section number _ Photos Page Photographer: Claudia Watson Showing the Showing detail on the bays on the East Fourth Street facade, facade of the office building. Looking north. the south and east. Looking northeast. Looking east. Looking north northwest. Manufacturing Building is the seven story building adjoining the 14. Showing the East Fourth Street facade and the streetscape to Building. United States Department of the Interlor UNITED BRETHREN PUBLISHING HOUSE Dayton: Montgomery County Continuation Sheet Looking southeast. National Register of Historic Places National Park Service 20.Showing the ca.1909 Market Street Building.Looking southeast.

The ca.1909 Market Street Building is towards the left side of the ST. CLAIR 49.5 ; 49.5 VS MARKET 190 228 206 WILKINSON 229 JEFFERSON MAIN 180 251 OUR 238 16.5 210641 227 $240 = 10636 9 OL. 132 -LUDLOW= STONE : 10646 ° 3638 23 Atlas of the City of Dayton Scale: 1" = 200' 446 3639 254 156 10645 3640 203 440 House STATION 204 230 276 445 191 3641 10634 157 PATTERSON BLVD.

153 United Brethren Publishing 24i3 255331 C2.25 52152 -2415 118 1332g F10643* UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE MULTIPLE 12/10/93 11/08/93 DISCIPLINE REVIEWER 12/23/93 OTHER: RECOM./CRITERIA NAME: DATE RECEIVED: Entered in the DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: N SLR DRAFT: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Montgomery REASONS FOR REVIEW: REJECT RETURN ACCEPT NATIONAL: STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION - -current _descriptive text _summary paragraph _completeness _clarity _applicable criteria _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _relationship of integrity to significance other -verbal boundary description _boundary justification .

Phone acreage FUNCTION DESCRIPTION historic BIBLIOGRAPHY materials architectural classification CLASSIFICATION Builder/Architect SIGNIFICANCE Period Signed Date justification of exception _context ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION Areas of Significance--Check and justify below OTHER COMMENTS Specific dates GEOGRAPHICAL DATA Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) _resource type UTMS -count -photographs sketch maps _presentation Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to House is at center/right. 1/21 Stretscape (S. Main St.) The UB. Publishng 2/21 and left side of the building. 3/21 the office building. County, OH Main Street facade of the office building. Showing stories 5-12. Looking east. Looking east. 5/21 Looking north on Main Street. Showing Main + E. Fourth Street facades. 6/ 21 7/21 Showing the E. Fourth Street facade.

building adjoining the office building. United Brethren Publishing House 9 /21 10/21 St. facade. Looking north Showing detasl on the upper stories of the E.HH Showing detail on the upper stories of the E. Fourth Street facade of the office building. Looking north. 12 /21 13/21 Street facade. Looking northwast. streetscape to the south r east. Looking NE. Showing the E. Fourth Street facade + the 14 /21 15/21 Showing E. Fourth Street Facade + adjacent 16 /21 Looking NNW. United Brethren 17/21 Showing the upper stories of the E. Fourth Street United Brethren Publishing House 18/21 Showing the top stories of the E.Fourth Streek Looking SE on S. Main. 19 /21 towards the left side of the photograph. Complex. The ca. 19o9 Market Street Building is Lookrng southeast.

United Brethren Publishing House 21/21 OHIO_ MONTGOMRRY CA DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES DAYTON NORTH, OHIO Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2411 SINCE 1885 National Register of Historic Places NOV 0 8 1993 P. O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 Enclosed please find six (6) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION H. E. Fledderjohann House, Doctor's Office, and Summer Kitchen New Richmond Water Works and Electric United Brethren Publishing House John Kaiser House If you have questions or comments about these documents, contact this office. W.

Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer Sincerely, Portage SOCIETY COUNTY Montgomery Auglaize HISTORICAL 614/297-2470 RECEIVED enclosures Station Clermont REGISTER November 4, 1993 Insco Apartments Building Dear Ms. Shull: Washington National Park Service Luman Nelson House Carol Shull, Chief of Registration