Nomination for Hill, James, House

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NPS Form 10-900 RECEIVED 4T3 National Park Service APR 4 1994 and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property other names/site number 2. Location 1840 West 58th Street not for publication street & number city, town zip code 44102 3. Classification Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Ownership of Property X building(s) X private Number of contributing resources previously Name of related multiple property listing: listed in the National Register - 4. State/Federal Agency Certification National Register ofHistoric Places and meetsthe proceduraland 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, hereby, certify that this property Is: determined eligible for the National determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) Date of Action 035 site CUY-354-3 code Noncontributing Date structure public-local object district public-Federal Total state 3-28-93 public-State National Register. Cleveland INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION National Register of Historic Places Ohio Registration Form historic name See continuation sheet. United States Department of the Interior Entered in the entered in the National Register. removed from the National Register.

for Completing National Register Forms(National Register Bulletin 16).Complete each item by marking"xin the appropriate box orby entering Hill, James House the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this Register. See continuation sheet. county Cuyahoga X nomination Lrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the vicinity James Hill House, Cuyahoga 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) Queen Anne Describe present and historic physical appearance. The James J. Hill House is atwo-story rectangular building measuring about twenty-five by seventy feet. It stands on a narrow urban lot along a residential side street of western Cleveland. The building is one- half block south of Franklin Boulevard and the Franklin Boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District row of fairly typical turn of the century frame dwellings. Lots along this street have quite small front lawns and are closely spaced. Shade trees accent the street, partially obscuring the houses from view. The building is an example of Queen Anne domestic architecture with Eastlake details.

The house displays Side Hallway form and has bracketed eaves and a semi-octagonal south side bay, characteristic of octagonal bay are essentially Queen Anne characteristics. The intricate detailling, as reflected both in the elaborate stonework and the carved wood trim, especially as displayed inthe diagonal wood brackets at - the semi-octagonal bays, are more characteristic of Eastlake architecture. main section is the most elaborate, featuring a cut sandstone base plus abundant sandstone trim in the the main section. It is built of brick with sandstone trim, but uses a coarser common brick as opposed to a kitchen and rear bedrooms. The rear portion of this middle section is an addition. The western section is fairly short and is of frame construction, faced with clapboard siding. Its second floor is an enclosed porch. There is a pair of projecting one-story entryways at the rear.

This final wing was apparently erected when the house was converted from single-family use into a two-family dwelling. While the building's plan is rectangular, two-story semi-octagonal projecting bays accent the east and south elevations. The east (or front facade features a broad sandstone terrace extending across the full width. This terrace was once covered by a front porch, but the lack of any "scars" in the front elevation masonry that would have been caused by the removal of an original front porch, as well as documentary evidence, indicates that the removed front porch was not original. There is no surviving evidence on the building that the house originally had any front porch, although a small frame entrance porch would have been common on a house from this period. Locally quarried sandstone is used as a trim material and is carved into robust and intricate forms.

The quoins accenting the corners and window and door openings features beveled edges and tooling marks. Horizontal string courses above the first and second floor openings have an unusual carved diamond pattern with small half spheres in their centers. These are set below projecting stone cornices. On the [X See continuation sheet brick roof other Eastlake walls asphalt In plan, the Hill House has three distinct sections, reflecting various periods of construction. The front or form of string courses and corner quoins. The middle section is much simpler and lower in height than (National Register pending). The house stands out as a large and elaborate masonry building set among a foundation Sandstone NPS Form 10-900-e OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places APR 4 1994 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION front elevation, solid stone tablets accent the front gable and are intricately carved in the Eastlake style. That at the southern end features elaborate initials of the original owner. The central attic front window gable in front. The semi-octagonal front bay features multi-colored terra cotta tiles between the first and second floor windows. A series of rectangular carved stone tablets are inset in stone panels set above the second floor stringcourse, forming an elaborate frieze at the eaves along the sides of the building. Because of the building's Side Hallway plan, with the main stair running along the outer wall, the eastern portion of the south elevation has no windows.

Instead of a blank wall, the exterior is enlivened by a stone tablet surrounded by herringbone patterned brick. Above, stone quoins outline the form of a window, but the opening is infilled with brick. The broad gable roof has incised vergeboards on its front elevation. Where the gable roofs extend out over semi-octagonal projecting bays, diagonal decorative carved wood supports extend down to stone corbel covering is asphalt shingle. Two massive corbeled brick chimneys crown the main roof, featuring pairs of double hung sash. windows. The frame rear section has a base of rock-faced cement block instead of the carved sandstone of the other portions. The main doorway leads into a narrow entrance hall accented by a curving open stairway to the second floor.

However, instead of having its base at the front entry, the stair is reversed at this house, starting at a massive carved newel set at the rear of the hall and with several winding treads at its base. The stairway then swoops up in one unbroken flight to a second floor hall that features an open railing overlooking the first floor entry hall. The stair balusters and railing are characteristic of the Italianate style. To the north of the entry hall is a large and imposing front parlor. This room is highlighted by a carved white marble fireplace with semi-circular metal grate. The molded plaster ceiling of this room is of an unusual Eastlake-inspired design with elaborate discs and flowers and spears in an essentially rectilinear pattern. Its center is accented by a large and intricate rosette. Original light fixtures are no longer extant.

A set of double doors leads from the front parlor to a simpler north parlor. Behind the entry hall is a intricately formed plaster ceiling and featuring a fireplace made from pressed brick that is molded to form an undulating spiral around an arched fire grate. The rear portions of the building were extensively altered in more recent years as the building underwent rehabilitation of these rear rooms is now in progress. Continuation Sheet RECEIVED 413 has the most elaborate stone carving of any opening.Corbeled brick set in a sawtooth pattern accents the blocks.The broad overhanging eaves are accented by decorated exposed rafter tails.The present roof United States Department of the Interlor Section number..Page. Hill, James House Page _ small parlor that has been converted, apparently in recent years, into a kitchen. The second floor contains several bedrooms.

Directly above the east parlor is an elaborate parlor/bedroom with an deterioration and past alteration, it was decided to remove modernizations and deteriorated plaster. diagonal slender flues accented by corbeled brick tops. Windows have long and narrow one-over-one The middle and rear sections are very simple, but still retain a basic symmetry in the placement of their Cuyahoga Co., OH James Hill louse, Cuyahoga Co., OHl 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates -ca. 1880 Hill, James (additions) State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The James J. Hill House is significant under Criterion C as a remarkably well crafted late nineteenth century brick and stone residence that is a good example of Queen Anne styling and massing with an abundance of Eastlake detail. In a city where wood frame residential buildings were the norm, the Hill House stands out for its exceptional masonry detailing, exemplifying the primary occupation of its builder/owner, who was a masonry contractor and builder.

The exceptional detailing of the main portion of the house is unparalleled in this neighborhood of late nineteenth and turn of the century residences. Distinctive stone quoins with beveled edges and bush- hammered surfaces accents not only the corners but the window and door openings. Unusually formed string courses above the windows and intricately carved stone tablets accent the exterior. The fine exceptional skills of its designer/builder. These features accent an otherwise conventionally planned residence and impart a slightly eccentric quality.

The original building permit unfortunately does not survive but since James Hill took out several permits for alterations and additions and because he is listed professionally trained architect would perhaps have resolved some of the conflicts of the overall design and might have ventured beyond the quite conventional plan used in the construction of this house. elements reflects the owner's emphasis on the masonry aspects of the house's design. A survey of about 150 houses conducted last year in the Franklin boulevard-West Clinton Avenue Historic District prior to its nomination to the National Register revealed that James Hill served as mason contractor on a number of the buildings.

These are among the finest houses of west side Cleveland of this turn of the century period, when Franklin Boulevard became a prestigious address for west side business LX See continuation sheet 1889 1891 architecture Architect/Builder Cultural Affiliation Significant Person prestigious lot on a side street a half-block south of Franklin.Here he built his elaborate house among a brickwork includes herringbone patterns and corbeled sawtooth accents at the gables.They betray the conventional for the period, but is still imposing.Perhaps the use of lesser grades of wood and stock trim Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) The fine craftsmanship displayed on the exterior is also evident in the primary interior spaces.

Here, elaborate plaster ceilings with heavily detailed rosettes and Eastlake-inspired corner elements are present. and professional people. Instead of building his own house on Franklin, Hill chose a decidedly less X)locally in the city directory as a mason contractor, it is possible he designed and built this house. A more Two finely crafted fireplace accent major parlors.Woodwork, including the stairway, is fairly NPS Form 10-900-e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Section number - Hill may have designed this house with robust and intricate masonry trim asa means of displaying his abilities to potential clients. While no building permit exists for the original portion of this house, James Hill appears in the Cleveland City Directory during the 1880's at this address, formerly 257 Wavery Avenue.

Therefore 1880 seems like a close approximation for the time of construction of this house. On March 7, 1889 James Hill took out a permit for a kitchen addition. On October 19 of the same year, he took out a permit to build a barn. This is no longer standing, as only the house exists on this lot. On June 9, 1891, he took out a permit to build a brickporch measuring eight feet by twenty-two feet by nine feet that was estimated to cost $250.00. Given the dimensions and brick construction, this is almost certainly the front porch, which was removed probably for the brick extension of Hill's 1889 kitchen wing. It had an estimated cost of $1,100.00, which could have built a substantial addition. The permit indicates an addition size of twenty by fifteen feet with a height of thirty-two feet, with eight inch brick walls and a slate roof.

A permit was taken out March 11, Murphy took out a permit December 16, 1927 to build a porch. Although the front porch Hill apparently added in 1891 no longer exists, the house survives in an otherwise fine state of preservation with its elaborate main portion intact and unobscured, the later additions being confined to the rear. Even with the loss of this porch, the house appears as a complete entity, without any evidence that a front porch ever existed. Indeed, a full-width front porch would have concealed or obscured important details such as the terra cotta panels and stone corbeling between the first and second floors. National Register of Hlstorlc Places Cuyahoga Co., OH Continuation Sheet Hill, James House row of fairly ordinary frame dwellings.

Hill might have selected this lot because of its presumably lower costor he may simplyhave wished to liveapart from his clients.It also seems reasonable to assume that perhaps twenty years ago. In 1911, then-owner E. A. Murphy took out a permit for a dwelling addition, 1913 by Murphy for a shed addition, possibly the frame section at the western end of the house. Anna Page (8-86) James Hill House, Cuyahoga Co.. OIl 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References Cleveland City Directories from 1878-1890 ] See continuation sheet Previous documentation on file (NPS): L preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested Lx 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 Jrecorded by Historic American Buildings - University Survey # Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property - less than one acre Verbal Boundary Description Sublot 76 of Outlot 49 of the City of Cleveland. Boundary Justification The boundary of. the nominated property is based on the legally recorded lot lines of the parcel historically associated with the property. 11.

Form Prepared By Steven McQuillin, preservation consultant organization _ Steven McQuillin & Associates date September 1993 street & number 3515 Archwood Avenue telephone (216) 749-3515 city or town - state Ohio _ zip code 44109 Other Easting Zone Northing name/title Cleveland Local government Specify repository: Federal agency 1911 Sanborn Map UTM Reterences The nominated property is contained within the legal description as follows: City of Cleveland Bui1ding Permit Numbers 548,1025,3354,3960,432 A,09688M,3621 E. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Cuyahoga DATE OF 16TH DAY: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N REQUEST: N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM.

/CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N MULTIPLE DATE 4/04/94 REJECT RETURN REVIEWER 5/05/94 PERIOD: DISCIPLINE 5/19/94 PDIL: SAMPLE: OTHER: NATIONAL: NAME: DATE RECEIVED: Entered in the PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LESS THAN 5O YEARS: REFERENCE NUMBER: 94000415 NOMINATOR: STATE 4/19/94 DATE OF PENDING LIST: REASONS FOR REVIEW: National Registen DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: VACCEPT -resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION FUNCTION DESCRIPTION acreage materials BIBLIOGRAPHY CLASSIFICATION Period presentation clarity architectural classification photographs historic sketch maps SIGNIFICANCE completeness descriptive text other Builder/Architect boundary justification applicable criteria summary paragraph Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Phone Date justification of exception verbal boundary description relationship of integrity to significance Specific dates relating significance to the resource USGS maps OTHER COMMENTS Areas of significance--Check and justify below UTMS Signed _current _count _justification of areas checked context JH.3 Ohio Auswt 1993 JH-5 JH- 6 Augut 1993 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) J.J.

HILL HOUSE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CLEVELAND SOUTH QUADRANGLE 4592280 OHIO-CUYAHOGA CO Cleveland, Ohio UNITED STATES LAKE Ohio Historic Preservation Office 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 RECEIVED 41 3OCIETY Carol Shull, Chief of Registration SINCE 1885 National Register of Historic Places APR 41994 P. O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church James Hlill House Lorain Station Historic District If you have questions or comments about these documents, contact this office. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer Cuyahoga 614/297-2470 COUNTY Sincerely, enclosures Columbiana HISTORICAL Archwood Congregational Church Ohio Historical Center National Park Service Dear Ms. Shull: Rose Hill and Community House APR