Nomination for Pottorf, Henry and Mary, House and Farmstead

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NPS Form 10-900 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior JAN 3 O 1995 by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A"-for "not applicable," For functions, entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. Name of Property 2. Location street & number city or town - L vicinity state - 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, i hereby certify that this X nomination L request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of State of Federal agency and bureau National Park Service Certification entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet.

determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other. (explain:) Mechanicstown comments.) 10-18-94 CAR-44-2 Register. National Register Registration Form National Park Service Ohio National Register of Historic Places NAnot for publication other names/site number Signature of certifying official/Title 4071 Meter Road architectural classification,materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property - nationally statewide [S locally.

( See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO Date historic name Pottorf, Henry and Mary House and Farmstead This form is for use in nominating orrequesting determinations for individual properties and districts.See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item-by marking xin the appropriate box or Oept.Head, Carroll Co., Ohio Name of Property 5. Classification Check only one box [X private IS building(s) - public-local - district - public-State - site - public-Federal - structure - object - Total Function or Use 7. Description -Materials "- -.

slate, asphalt shingle sandstone Noncontributing brick roof foundation other Current Functions Narrative Description Agriculture/Animal Facility County and State Agriculture/Agricultural Outbuilding Greek Revival walls Number of contributing resources previously listed Architectural Classification Domestic/Single Dwelling Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Category of Property wood Ownership of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) Name of related multiple property listing in the National Register Henry & Mary Pottorf House & Farmstead (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Henryand Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead, Carroll County, Ohio The Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead is a complex that includes a 19th Century farmhouse and several outbuildings.

Located in a rural setting near the village of Augusta in north-central Carroll County, Ohio, the assemblage is a typical farmstead the Pottorf House floor plan includes a central hall and 4 uneven room divisions sandstone block, and the walls are constructed of red brick laid in a common bond transom, and a second-floor door above, also with sidelights. The one-story entry porch has small brackets and millwork in an arcaded design, with a rooftop balustrade for the second-floor doorway. Evenly spaced double-hung 6/6 windows have stone lug sills and lintels. The side gable roof displays a plain box cornice with returns and chimneys at each end. The slate roof is not original, but replaced a wood shingle roof in circa 1900. A one-story gabled rear wing had recessed porches on both sides, which were enclosed in 1940 and 1970. The interior floor plan has been preserved, The Barn (No.

5) is a large wood frame bank barn (or raised building of the basement) configuration. It was built in 1914 on the foundation of a previous barn. Measuring 60 feet by 62 feet, with an overall height of 58 feet, the barn is capped by a slate- covered gable roof. The Milk House (No. 4), built in 1940, is a small rectangular building constructed of southwest corner of the barn, it was added to the farm when electricity was introduced to the region, making the use of electric milking equipment possible. An earlier milk house (No. 3) is located several yards south and west of the barn, immediately adjacent to the well. Constructed in 1920, this small rectangular building of hollow tile masonry with an asphalt shingled gable roof contains a pit, in which milk plaster.

Page Section number details, the house appears to be a close derivative of a Pre-Classic I-House; however, pattern.The five-bay, symmetrical facade features a central entry with sidelights and and still retains a high degree of integrity, with original woodwork, staircase, and Natlonal Register of Historic Places in the region. Continuation Sheet created by historic non-loadbearing frame and plaster walls. The foundation is dressed The dwelling is a two-story brick I-house built in 1858. Featuring fine Greek Revival National Register of Historic Places Carroll County, Ohio cans were placed to be cooled by water from the well. Page Section number pump and still provides fresh drinking water.

Continuation Sheet National Park Service The well, believed to pre-date the construction of the house, features an old hand United States Department of the Interior Henry and MaryPottorf House and Farmstead, National Register of Historic Places Parlor Bath Utility Page Section number Kitchen Porch National Park Service Continuation Sheet Dining Room Henry and Mary Pottorf United Statee Department of the Interior (Carroll County, Oll) 13 Dow Hall llouse National Register of Historic Places Carroll County, Ohio 1 Home Built 1858 Page Continuation Sheet Section number Henry and Mary Pottorf 3 Milk House Built 1920 Ilouse and Farmstead 5 Bank Barn Built 1914 Mete-Rd-Twp.269 Henry & Mary Pottorf House & Farmstead Carroll Co., Ohio Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

for National Register listing.) - A Property is associated with events that have made - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. XX 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 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) -A owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. within the past 50 years.

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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.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 XX State Historic Preservation Office L Other State agency -previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National L Local government - University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1858-1940 architecture Register Unknown religious purposes. Criteria Considerations Property is: Architect/Builder individual distinction.

Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation Applicable National Register Criteria Narrative Statement of Significance County and State Period of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Areas of Significance Significant Person our history. Primary location of additional data: Name of repository: a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A information important in prehistory or history. G less than50 years of age or achieved significance CFR 67) has been requested (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Bibilography Carroll Co., Ohio 10. Geographical Data (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By - date 11-1-92/5~13-94 street & number 4071 Meter Road - state OH.

- zip code 44651 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) (Complete this item at the request of SHPOor FPO.) Robert and Bernice MeClester telephone _ city or town 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 seq.). Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

Easting name Zone organization Mechanicstown Photographs Continuation Sheets Maps Northing Additional Documentation Boundary Justification Additional items Verbal Boundary Description UTM References See continuation sheet Property Owner Henry & Mary Pottorf House & Farmstead County and State Name of Property Acreage of Property 1.72 acres (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 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.

Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of 4|9,9|320 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead, Carroll County, Ohio The Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead is significant under Criterion C in House. In addition, considered together the assemblage of buildings makes up a good example of a typical Carroll County, Ohio, farmstead. Built in 1858, the house appears to be a derivative of a Pre-Classic I-House, which normally features two uneven rooms on the first floor, a central entry door and no centered entry of a Pre-Classic along with a central hall and laterally divided rooms, which might be a transitional element between the Pre-Classic and formal Classic I- House. Taking its name from the "I" in Indiana, Illinois, and lowa, states where the 1820 to as late as 1890.

With its Greek Revival details, a decorative front porch, and a rear ell, the Pottorf House is quite typical of the eastern Ohio I-House. Further, it also displays many of the architectural elements that distinguish the Greek hung windows, flat stone lintels and sills, and central entry with sidelights and transom, are characteristic Greek Revival elements. The second floor central doorway is distinctive, and the plain box cornice with returns typifies this style. The Victorian retains a high degree of exterior and interior integrity, and has been in continuous use The farmstead is a good representative of typical agricultural architecture in northern surveyed by the federal government under The Land Ordinance of 1785. It was Since its organization, the county has retained a rural character and an agricultural base.

Coal mining, oil drilling, and other mineral industries have also played an important part in the regional economy. From existing historic sites survey files, a composite of the typical regional historic farm can be formulated for comparison with the Pottorf farm. Page Continuation Sheet Section number as a farmhouse since its construction. central hall.However, the Pottorf House displays the symmetrical facade and entry porch is original and is compatible with the house design.The Pottorf House the area of architecture.The house is a good local example of a Greek Revival 1- United States Department of the Interior Revival style. The five-bay, symmetrically balanced facade with multiple-pane double- Carroll County. Organized in 1832, the county was part of the original Seven Ranges settled mainly by people who originated in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.

type is most common, the I-House was also very prevalent throughout Ohio from Section number - Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead, Carroll County, Ohio At least 35 complete farmsteads in the northern seven townships of Carroll County Materials are mostly brick or wood frame but several log or stone dwellings have also been recorded. Only a few 20th Century house forms, such as Bungalows and Foursquares have been recorded. Data on outbuildings, although limited in scope of investigation, indicate that most farms contain or contained some form of bank barn (or raised basement barn). Data forms on file do not distinguish types of barns, but from historical background it have been recorded. Ancillary outbuildings include silos, springhouses, smokehouses, corn cribs, summer kitchens, and various other sheds.

With its extant buildings consisting of a Greek Revival I-House, a wood frame bank barn, two 20th Century milk houses, and a well, the Pottorf farmstead exemplifies integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, some interesting specimens of agricultural architecture from both the 19th and 20th Built for Henry and Mary Pottorf, this house and farmstead is more noted locally as the birthplace and childhood residence of the Pottorf's grandson, John. Born in 1874, son educator. He began teaching in 1904, went to Canton in 1907 as principal of Central centuries. Page have been recorded in the Ohio Historic Inventory.Many other single agricultural Queen Anne, and various vernacular one and two-story gable front specimens.

the complex illustrates a changing complexion of farms in the region and displays Continuation Sheet prevalent architectural style for rural houses is Greek Revival in various forms.The most prevalent form is the I-house type.Other styles represented include Italianate, agricultural architecture in the study area--northern Carroll County.Retaining dwellings and outbuildings have also been recorded.This data shows that the most National Register of Historic Places National Park Service traditions.At least one of the recorded barns appears to be a Pennsylvania (or threshing floor accessed by an earthen embankment.Only a few 2Oth Century barns United States Department of the Interlor of Seymour and Mary Shaw Pottorf, John L. G.

Pottorf became a prominent local of McKinley High School from its opening in 1918 (at that time the largest high school German/Swiss) barn.Regardless of type, almost all of the barns have a raised seems likely that many of the barns would be influenced by Germanic building Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead, Carroll County, Ohio John Pottorf's contributions to Canton education. Continuation Sheet Page Natlonal Register of Historic Places Section number National Park Service 197Os, the old school was renamed the Pottorf Education Center in recognition of United States Department of the Interior in the country) until 1946.After construction of the new McKinley High School in the Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead, Carroll County, Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES & Co., Columbus, 1984; and C. Tim Jones/S. Gordon, Columbus, 1984. Deed and Tax Records.

Carroll County Recorders Office. Gordon, Stephen C. How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory Columbus: Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 1992. Manfull, Emma Pottorf. Personal Interview with Bernice Reid McClester, 1945. Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Ohio Historic Inventory files. Carroll County. Tinkley, Mary Pottorf. Personal Interview with Bernice Reid McClester, 1971.

Page Natlonal Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet "Carroll County Historical Overview and(Survey)Final Report."Benjamin D.Rickey Section number National Register of Historic Places Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead, VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION southwest corner is approximately 50feet southwest of the southwest corner of the house foundation, at the edge of Meter Road (T-269), and whose southern boundary BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION Page Section number Continuation Sheet National Park Service Carroll County, Ohio The boundary of the nominated property includes the contributing resources and the land area historically associated with the farmstead. follows the edge of Meter Road (T-269) in a northestward direction. United Statee Department of the Interior PHOTOGRAPH DATA 4071 Meter Rd., Augusta Twp., Carroll In possession of the owner, Bernice McClester.

The following information is the same for photographs 6, 10-12: J. D. Brown. Ohio Historic Preservation Office, NE Regional Office. Bernice McClester. National Park Service The following information is the same for all photographs: Name of photographer: Natlonal Register of Historic Places County, Ohio. August 1992. Continuation Sheet Property name & address: The following information is the same for photographs 1-5: Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead Location of negative: Date of photograph: Carroll County, Ohio United Statee Department of the Interior Page Section number Photos Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead. Carroll County, Ohio Description of views: Photo #1: View of setting, showing portion of house and barn, looking northeast. Photo #2: View of front facade, looking north. Photo #3: View of east facade, looking west.

Photo #4: View of east and rear facades, looking southwest. Photo #5: View of west facade looking east. Photo #6: Interior of House, staircase, looking north. Photo #7: Interior of House, door to second floor porch, looking south. Photo #8: Interior of House, fireplace in parlor, looking west. Photo #9: Interior of House, wainscoting & woodwork details, dining (rear ell), looking Photo #12: Springhouse (milkhouse), looking northeast. Page (milkhouse). south. Photo #11: Barn, west (front) and south facades, looking northeast.

Continuation Sheet Natlonal Register of Historic Places Section number Photo Site view looking west, east facade of house and springhouse National ParkService UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE REJECT DATE 3/03/95 RETURN MULTIPLE 1/30/95 REVIEWER National Register RECOM./CRITERIA 3/16/95 EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET OTHER: DATE RECEIVED: Entered in the VACCEPT DISCIPLINE REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: Pottorf, Henry and Mary, House and Farmstead LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PDIL: N SLR DRAFT: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Carroll PROPERTY NATIONAL: S MARY, HOUSE Neg .at O. H. P.O House. POTTORI.

HENRY à MARY, HOUE Neg- at OHPO Neg. at O. H. P.O. Neg - at O. H.p.O. Mechanicstown vic., MINERVA QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES MINERVA, OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey 1960 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPH Ohio Historic Preservation Office : Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 TERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVIO National Park Service January 24, 1995 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull. Keeper Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Dear Ms. Shull: Mother of Sorrows Church Pottorf. Henry and Mary. House Please contact Barbara Powers of my staff if you have any questions. W.

Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer 614/297-2470 Madison SOCIETY Marion HISTORICAL County Columbiana New Submissions Chapel and Farmstead Salem Methodist Episcopal Church Carroll National Register of Historic Places Farmers National Bank Enclosures Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church Ashtabula Enclosed are six new National Register nominations.All the appropriate ECEIVL JAN 30 1995 P.O. Box 37127 notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Sincerely