Nomination for Richards--Sewall House

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NPS Form 10-900 (Oct. 1990) JUN 3 0 1995 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION 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 2. Location street & number N/A not for publication city or town - vicinity . code 021 zip code 43078 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of 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 Y entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet.

- determined eligible for the I removed from the National - other, (explain:) comments.) Date Urbana Register. state Registration Form Richards-Sewall House National Park Service Ohio National Register historic name National Register of Historic Places other names/site number 222 College Street United States Department of the Interior Signature of certifying official/Title Powerr by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional HistoricPlaces and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property -nationally - statewide X locally. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept.

Head LXmeets does not meet the National Register criteria.I recommend that this property be considered significant 5. Classification Ownership of Property [x private & building(s) - district U site - structure L object - Total 6. Function or Use 7.

Description Novelty public-Federal public-State Asphalt Noncontributing Architectural Classification Richards-Sewall House Narrative Description Materials Historic Functions Current Functions in the National Register Education: Education Related Number of Resources within Property Number of contributing resources previously listed Domestic: Single Dwelling Mid 19th Century: Gothic Revival (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) (Check as many boxes as apply) Category of Property Champaign County, Ohio (Enter categories from instructions) Name of related multiple property listing County and State Late 19th Century: Stick/Queen Anne (Check only one box) Name of Property (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) - public-local roof NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio The Richards-Sewall House is a two story frame structure located in an older residential section of Urbana, Ohio. The house is believed to have been built in elements to the western exterior elevation, a winged gable addition to the east, and the addition of elaborate doors, patterned floors, mantels, hardware, and The main portion of the home, constructed in 1853, is characterized by its symmetrically balanced featuring a dominant front facing gable with decorative brackets; a tripled paired, double hung, window with flattened tudor arch crowning appears at the attic level. Paired double hung windows, also with ports, and recessed paneled balustrade spans the entire lower portion of the windows, with drip mold crowning, complete this novelty sided facade.

dominated by an oriel window adorned with imbricated patterned wood shingles and contains decorative brackets along the open eave, and original six over six the original weatherboard siding as well. The rear (northern elevation) of the Richards-Sewall house, retains its molding, and decorative brackets along the wide frieze of the gable. Finally, two The eastern elevation, which forms the "L" shape of the Richards-Sewall house, shows evidence of the circa 1880 remodeling too. One of the most unusual elements of this facade is the winged gable line which is reflective of the Italianate style. Decorative brackets displayed along the open eave are identical to those throughout the exterior of the home.

A variety of window styles are also present on this elevation including bay, two over two, double hung in paired Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places possible this doorway and porch were removed to this portion of the house during entrance displays a carved double paneled door with flanking sidelights.It is floor.A circa 19i7 Arts and Crafts porch with hipped roof, squared pier sup- garage with small two over two windows complete the elevation. the late Victorian remodeling of the home.This section of the home also displays remodeling, serve as the main entrance to the home; while paired double hung introduced the Queen Anne/Stick style elements to the exterior.This facade is frame garage was added to the northern(rear)elevation of the home. The western elevation of the house highlights the circa 188o renovation that Section number - wainscotting within the interior.

In addition, around 1925 a small, one story, flattened tudor arched windows and original shutters, are displayed on the second first floor. A set of carved double doors, installed during the circa 1880 windows, and a cutaway bay window on the lower level. This elevation also shingles. The bay also features a boxed gable, half timbering, paired double hung original weatherboard siding, symmetrically placed six over six windows with drip (8-86) Page contains turned supports with brackets displaying a cloverleaf pattern. The Gothic Revival design.The front facade of the home elevation)is NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio fashion, triple paired with jeweled stained glass panels, segmented stained roofline, and like the front facade of the home, this portion displays novelty The foyer features double carved doors, jeweled stained glass windows, and composed of walnut, oak, and maple are laid in a diagonal fashion with a Byzan- woodwork around the doors and windows the foyer, parlor, sitting room and dining room appear to be a mixture of woods combined to form an elaborate molding with main rooms on the first floor use a variety of woods (oak, walnut, white pine, elaborate fireplace with ceramic tile and a towering bay window adorned with displaying scenes of wildflowers on a black background and a butterfly/bird scene stained glass windows, a pass-through window, and a flattened tudor arch doorway window and acanthus leaf brackets.

Beveled and paneled wainscotting, a flattened tudor arched doorway to the foyer, and a metal marbleized fireplace are the opens to a back hallway containing a back stairway, narrow banded wainscotting, survives in this hallway which leads to the present kitchen and an informal Continuation Sheet The sitting room contains another carved fireplace;handpainted ceramic tile bullseye corners. living room. ascending to the second floor.This walnut staircase features thick turned the structure during a remodeling.Two off-center brick chimneys pierce the acanthus leaf brackets. room features elaborate hardwood floors laid in diagonal and triangle patterns National Register of Historic Places a landing with jeweled stained glass windows and window seat before turning and to a small recessed area are also present in this room.

notable architectural elements in the room.A second door ir the dining room on a white face background surround it.The fireplace also contains the Latin inscription "vivere est agere"which translates:"To Live is to Work".Jeweled balustrade with built in benches.This porch may have been moved to the side of Section number - supervised the circa 1880 remodeling and production of the hand carved woodwork beveled woodwork, and rounded plaster corners. A kerosene lighting hook still glass, and original six over six. In addition, a double French door appears in identical features as the west entry porch with the exception of a Stick style beveled and paneled wainscotting. In addition, an exquisite parquet floor Another set of double doors lead from the foyer to the formal parlor.

This Page (8-86) spindles and rounded newel posts with carved botanical rosettes.The framing and bordering sunburst corners span the entire parlor.Like the foyer, all of the and mahogany) in their design.Other design features in the parlor include an found inside the home. the southeast corner of the "L",and a small gabled entry porch displaying NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Section number _ Interesting features on the second floor include: fireplaces, built-in Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places The informal living room contains a wooden fireplace and chair rail with children and scars from the blackboard may still be seen. with Byzantine inspired patterns and botanical motifs.

Eastlake inspired.The Sewalls used this room asa private schoolroom for their United States Department of the Interior this extremely well-maintained home, displays exceptional raised brass hardware cabinets, and rounded plaster corners in the bedrooms and main hallway. Finally, Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio (8-86) 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

X A Property is associated with events that have made 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 1853 - 1886 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) %A ownedby a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. Sewall, Frank - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. G less than50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years.

Narrative Statement of Significance Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National designated a National Historic Landmark - recordedby Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Bibilography Religion Register Education Criteria Considerations Architect/Builder individual distinction. Richards-Sewall House County and State Significant Person Significant Dates Other Champaign County, Ohio Cultural Affiliation Amos Richards? Local government Period of Significance Areas of Significance Champaign County Library Applicable National Register Criteria 9.

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Major Bibliographical References religious purposes. our history. distinguishable entity whose components lack Name of repository: (Enter categories from instructions) Primary location of additional data: for National Register listing.) Name of Property University a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Property is: significant in our past. L C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) B Property is associated with the lives of persons (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Champaign County, Ohio Name of Property 10. Geographical Data (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By organization Champaign Co.

Preservation Alliance (513) 653-6719 street & number 112 East Reynolds Street- - telephone city or town _ state Ohio _ zip code 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.) Mrs. Lindsay Greene (513) 653-7450 street & number - a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.

Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect 43078 name Urbana 11/16/94 date Zone Easting Maps Additional Documentation Continuation Sheets Photographs Northing Boundary Justification Ohio Additional items Verbal Boundary Description Richards-Sewall House Property Owner County and State (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) 222 College Street 66 x 240 Feet (1/3 acre) Acreage of Property A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is beingcollected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate of this formto the Chief, Administrative Services Division,National Park Service, P.O.

Box37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. UTM References name/title John Eric Bry 4442|700 OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio Urbana, Ohio, and under criterion B for its direct association with Reverend the nation's only Swedenborgian college, and minister of the Urbana's New Church, Swedenborgisnism, or the New Jerusalem Church, was based on a religious doctrine formulated by Emanual Swedenborg, a Swedish engineer and scientist who In 1849 a group of Swedenborgians in Urbana, including Amos Richards, the original owner and occupant of this house from 1853 to 1873, organized a New institution for higher learning in the United States.

By the mid 1850s enrollment at Urbana University reached 112 students and the small community had become the center of Ohio's Swedenborgian movement . a population in 1860 of 4,500. Its nineteenth century residential architecture is not presently known whether the Swedenborgians had any association college, the church and several other Swedenborgians associated with the univer- sity, namely Professor Cathcart, Milo Williams, and Colonel John James. embodiment. Continuation Sheet sought to give practical meaning to religion.According to Swedenborgian thought, historical association with higher education and the Swedenborgian movement in number of Gothic Revival and Gothic vernacular style houses in Urbana. girls dormitory during construction of a new residence hall for the university. and his writings.

nature and spiritual worlds are related to each other according to divine law, The Richards-Sewall House is significant under criteria A for its long Amos Richards selected the site for his house less than two blocks from the National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior The New Jerusalem Church was introduced into the United States in 1784 soon from God and supersede the old church.The Lord could not come again into the NPS Form 10-900-a Built in 1853 and renovatedca.1880,the house servedas the residence from early as 1819,and during a missionary tour of the West in 1831 the Reverend which Sewall had designed in 1880.The house later served as a rooming house and Society in Warren County (18i2).Swedenborgian families were living in Urbana as the nation by the Cincinnati the Turtle Creek Section number _ 8 Richard Sewall, a noted author-theologian and president of Urbana University.

1874-1886 for Reverend Frank Sewall, a pastor of the Swedenborgian Church in and though a divine message, the Heavenly Doctrines of New Jerusalem would come Swedenborginism. Steubenville became the second regularly organized society in According to gazetteers, Urbana "was a flourishing town," a county seat with distinguished by several representative examples of Gothic Revival architecture, world in person, but would instead deliver his message through Swedenborg himself (8-86) Urbana. Page Glendale,Ohio (NHL) who from 1870-1886 served as president of Urbana University, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio society outside Cincinnati, was appointed President of Urbana University. His duties also included the ministry of the New Church, for which he designed a new the New Church.

As a student of theology and philosophy, Sewall authored several published works, notably Christian hymnals and prayer books. Scholarship was a style elements such as the decorative brackets, open eaves, drip mold crowns, imbricated patterned wood shingles, half-timbering details, flattened tudor arches, bay windows, and the elaborate interior are fine examples of craftsman- Springfield in 1849 and added to the small society of affluent New Church (or young Rev. Sewall traveled and studied abroad in Italy, France, Switzerland, and Germany where he attended at the University of Wurtemberg and pursued studies in ments at Urbana University when he resigned his post on June 30, 1886, stating ones built. The library has been increased from something over 2000 volumes to over 6000. Valuable additions have been made to the Cabinet, Apparatus, Laborato- Rev.

Sewall came to Urbana, he again traveled in Europe in 1865, served as Church, and was made President of that body from 1870-71. (8-86) Continuation Sheet good missionaries. National Register of Historic Places chairman of the Foreign Correspondence Committee for the General Convention of Amos Richards and his family.Mr.Richards moved his family to Urbana from the New Church of America. was elected Clerk of the Ohio Association of the New Bowdoin College. He then entered upon the study of the ministry for the New Romanesque Revival style chapel in 1880,and president of the Ohio Association of United States Department of the Interior "When I came here there was an endowment of but a few thousand dollars;now it ship and design of the periods discussed.

later moved to Urbana to accept the position of President of Urbana University After Rev.Sewall's resignation as president of Urbana University in 1886, Swedenborgians)in the city.Not only was Mr.Richards a pioneer member of one of Rev.Sewall was born in Bath, Maine in 1837.He was educated in public incorporators of Urbana University in 1850. The house was built on lots three and four of Ward's Subdivision in 1853 for to preach in 1862. Section number - cornerstone of the Swedenborgian doctrine, consequently good books were seen as The Richards-Sewall House displays the few Swedenborgian Churches in the country, he was one of the original schools and attended Bowdoin College at the age of sixteen in Brunswick, ME where Europe, Sewall returned to the United States and received his Masters Degree from theology, philosophy, and literature inspired by Emanuel Swedenborg. Rev.

Sewall Page also attended the University of Berlin.After his three year sojourn through he received his B.A. degree four years later.After graduating from college the Church and was ordained by the Maine Association of the New Church and licensed Gothic Revival and Stick/Queen Anne In 1869,Rev.Sewall married Thedia R.Gilchrist of New York City and a year NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio for Urbana University from 1904-1907. In 1907 the home was sold to Levi Baker, a farmer, who occupied it until from Ohio State University and started his practice in Urbana in 1901. In 1903 he Greene. Mr. Greene was the founder and President of Urbana Mills, and Mrs.

Greene Urbana today is a remarkably well preserved residential community retaining the Swedenborgian Church (1880), the Thomas Gwynne House (1839, NROHP), and the Richards-Sewall House. National Register of Historic Places preservation and maintenance of the property. Continuation Sheet prominent newspaper man in the state and editor of the Toledo Commercial. The It was during the Foster's occupation the home was utilized as a girls dormitory listed in the National Register.Other Swedenborgian related properties include still resides in the home today, and should be credited for the wonderful County Common Pleas Court.It was probably during the Owen residency that the front porch was remodeled to reflect the Arts and Crafts movement.

was elected as Champaign County Probate Judge and later became Judge of Champaign with the Swedenborgian its three original buildings which are United States Department of the Interior After Rev. Sewall's resignation as president of Urbana University in 1886, 1917 when it was purchased by Judge Thomas B.Owen.Judge Owen was a law graduate the home was eventually rented. In the 189os it was home to Joseph P.Smith a Section number Page - (8-86) Page much of its Swedenborgian legacy.Urbana University, while no longer affiliated In 1925, the Richards-Sewall home became the residence of W.o. and Lindsay NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Officers of the Board. FRANK SEWALL, Prosident. " MILO G. WILLIAMS, JOHN H. JAMES, WM. M. MURDOOE, CHARLES G. SMITH. UBBANA, O., June, 1871, End of Term, J. YOUNG SOANMON, Chicago, II.. HENRY P. Espy, Urbana, O .JACOB L.

WAYNE, Cincinnati, O JouN O. AGER, Brooklyn, N. Y CHABLEs G. SMITH, Urbana, O Trustees. 1871. Page Section number ..1873 Continuation Sheet Executive Committee. ..1875 National Park Service 1851.. URBANA UNIVERSITY. 1867.... National Register of Historic Places 1855... 1853.. 1856.. PROSPECTUS AND CATALOGUE United States Department of the Interior ..1874 1870.... ...1877 ...1872 ..1876 1860.... 1868.. 1854... MILO G. WILLIAMs, Secretary. 1866... J.RANDOLPH HIBBARD, Chicago, Ill.... HENRY T. NILEs, Urbana, O. .FRANK SEWALL, Urbana, O..... .CHAUNOEY GILEs, New York, N. Y. First Appolatment. Name and Besidence. MILO G. WILLIAMS, Urbana, O JoEN H. JAMEs, Urbana, O.... WM. M. MosDocH, Urbana, O.. (8-86) 1850.... CHARLES G.SMITH,TreaSurer. NPS Form 10-900-a Section number - Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by Southern District of Ohio. J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

Page AND HYMNAL PRAYER-BOOK PHILADELPHIA: Continuation Sheet National Park Service FOR THE USE OF National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior FRANK SEWALL, 1867.. THE NEW CHURCH. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) In the Clerk's Omce of the District Court of the Unlted Staten for the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 National Park Service Champaign County Recorders Office, Urbana Book, Volume 1A. History of Champaign County, Ohio, Indianapolis, Beers Publishing Company, 1881, Middleton, Evan. History of Champaign County, Ohio. Chicago: 1917. P. 135. Hawes, 1860. Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 62 (1953) :25-54. Sour, Barbara. History of the Swedenborgian Church. Urbana, Ohio, 1991. Weisenburger, Francis. A Brief History of Urbana University. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University, 1950. p. 15-23.

Lots 3 and 4 in Ward's Subdivision to the town, now the city, of Urbana, Cham- paign County, Ohio. Bibliography (8-86) Boundary Justification Photographs Continuation Sheet Verbal Boundary Description National Register of Historic Places This is the historic property boundary. Richards-Sewall House, Champaign County, Ohio Devoe, William. Atlas of Champaign County, Ohio. Indianapolis:1874.p.35 United States Department of the Interior Champaign County Auditors Office, Urbana Tax Records, 1850-1855. P.61-62,90,238,347-349,848. Smith, Ophia D. "The Beginnings of the New Jerusalem Church in Ohio." Ohio State Smith, Ophia D. "The New Jerusalem Church in Ohio from 1848 to 1870." Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 61 (1952):235-261. Page Section number NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number .

Champaign OH County: subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, Page Multiple Name notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included DISTRIBUTION: Consideration A. Continuation Sheet Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD in the nomination documentation.

The nomination form should have indicated that this property meets National Register Criteria Consideration A (Religious Signature of the Keeper This property is listed in the National Register of Historic National Register property file National Register of Historic Places Amended Items in Nomination: State: Date of Action Richards - Sewell House Property Name: 95000937 Date Listed: 8/14/95 (8-86) NRIs Reference Number: 91192 Patuik NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME : NOMINATOR: STATE REASONS FOR REVIEW: OTHER : N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: L382 6/30/95 TELEPHONE RETURN 8/14/95 DATE REJECT MULTIPLE 7/28/95 DISCIPLINE PERIOD: NATIONAL: RECOM./CRITERIA PDIL: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE RECEIVED: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Champaign 95000937 REVIEWER ACCEPT DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y 3.

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Ray Luce COUNTY Champaign 614/297-2470 enclosures Sincerely, Knox SOCIETY Richards-Sewall House Highland Stark HISTORICAL McKee-Pumphrey Residence Ohio Historical Center NATIONAL REGISTER BRANCH State Historic Preservation Officer Dear Ms. Shull: National Park Service INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Alliance Bank Building National Register of Historic Places SINCE 1885 Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations. All appropriate Ohio Historic Preservation Office notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration Samuel Lyle Log House OHIO