Nomination for Andres, Charles, House

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SEP 22 1995 the requested information.If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, 1. Name of Property other names/site number Location street & number X not for publication city, town zip code Ownership of Property X] private J public-Federal _structures - Name of related multiple property listing: listed in the National Register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 Signature of certitying official 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Ventered in the National Register.

determined eligible for the National determined not eligible for the other, (explain:) 43446 123 Registration Form site county Date public-local district vicinity Ottawa public-State Noncontributing object Total United States Department of the Interior Classification Ohio state 9-14-95 See continuation sheet. historic name Middle Bass Island removed from the National Register. National Register of Historic Places Number of contributing resources previously National Park Service National Register ofHistoricPlaces and meets theprocedural and professional requirements set forth in36 CFRPart 60. State or Federal agency and bureau Number of Resources within Property Signature of the Keeper (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. Fox Road Signature of commenting or other official RECEIVED 413 Category of Property National Register. Date ot Action OLO No.

1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets In my opinion, the property Charles House Andres, (Rev. 8-86) 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description foundation - walls _ other - Describe present and historic physical appearance. Large, square, single-pane windows, also topped by highlighted by a wide frieze board, bisected by a running band of round arched molding, with the upright. scroll ornament sits beneath the face board. The porch roof is supported by chamfered sawn and windows.

A round arch supported by doric column pilasters is located between the kitchen Although the Andres residence has recently been restored by its current owners to X] See continuation sheet Limestone Weatherboard Italianate Asphalt Architectural Classification The main front Greek Revival roof Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) Materials (enter categories from instructions) AGRICULTURE/agricultural field deteriqration over the years, it has been painstakingly restored so that the house today is pedimented hoodmolds with drips.

nearly mirror its original appearance there are a handful of alterations and/or additions The Charles Andres House is a two-story, gable front and wing residence.The T-shaped The Andres House is of wood frame construction and sits atop a random field stone and grout The interior of the Charles Andres house is functionally plain.A wide baseboard is DOMESTIC/single dwelling and back entranceway while a stairway with mahogony balustrade and turned balusters leads the corbelled trim.The' front porch has also been slightly altered.The original porch was gable roofed home is of vernacular or folk design with details of both Greek Revival and foundation.

The walls are treated with clapboard siding and feature endboards and a plain pedimented hoodmolds with drips are found beneath the front-facing west gable and under the supported by scroll brackets while the face board displays dentils and paneling. Sawn wood now gone while the central chimney is now topped by a concrete cap and no longer displays Italianate influence.Although the residence has suffered the effects of neglect and balustrade with turned balusters and truncated sawn columns.The overhanging eave is The roofline is Andres, Charles, House, Ottawa County, Ohio floor and single pane window beneath it on the first floor, appear to be either alterations Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places the original based upon remaining pieces, photographic evidence and silhouette dimensions.

the northeast of the home, but it was razed a number of years ago. United States Department of the Interior the property isa circa 1930 gable roofed one car garage which features exposed rafters, Section number - Page . narrow bevelled siding and endboards.14The garage is located approximately 40feet Also although the back porch is constructed in like manner to the front porch, this appears southeasterly from the southeast corner of the back porch.A large barn originally stood to to be an addition.Two windows in the back of the wing,a double-hung sash on the second The Andres homestead sits back approximately 250 yards from the islands main north-south Dense hedgerows mark both the north and south property lines.T The only other building now on 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

During the late 1800 s and early 1900 s Ohio ranked third among the states, behind at a premium, was that it was a form of land use that could support a family on only a few Of the twenty-nine Middle Bass Island subscribers listed in the 1874 atlas, twenty-two were 1866-1922 Agriculture Architecture Significant Person See continuation sheet Significant Dates German immigrants.

Charles Andres was in many ways typical of the many small winegrowers who constituted the The Charles Andres House is significant historically for its association with the Lake All twenty-nine of the Middle Bass subscribers listed included grape-growing among their Erie Islands winegrowing district and architecturally as an excellent example of the of Ottawa County and Kelleys Island and Sandusky in Erie County.In fact he Bass Islands Applicable National Register Criteria Islands region was one of the most prominent winegrowing districts in the United States. Many of the Bass Island winegrowers were immigrants from Germany who settled on the business in Sandusky and were a major sub-group within the populations of the Bass Islands.

Architect/Builder a township which includes South Bass Island, Middle Bass Island and North Bass Island in Ethnic heritage Period of Significance Andres House is one of the best preserved examples of the island's vernacular architecture. One reason for the popularity of grape growing on the islands, where land was valued the leading industry of that time in Put-In-Bay Township, Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Wine growing was by far acre vineyard than an average farmer could from a 160 acre farm. employed for the production of fruit. Nineteenth Century.During the latter half of the 18o0 s until Prohibition, The Lake Erie islands in the 1850 s and 1860 s.A large number of these German immigrants were from the Cultural Affiliation were long known as the "Wine Islands".

E locally Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) vernacular Italianate/Greek Revival residences, popular in the region in the mid to late In 1880 only California and Missouri, in the production of wine. During that time the leading wine occupations. By 1879 415 acres of Middle Bass Island total 750 acres were planted in statewide nationally subscribers named in the atlas listed grape-growing or wine-making among their occupations. Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.

vineyards.An 1885 guide book of the area described the island as being exclusively estimated income per acre for Bass Islands vineyards was over $200.o0/acre.Even into the producing region in the state was the Lake Erie Islands region centered in he Bass Islands early 1900 s it was claimed that an island grape grower could make more money from a ten SEP 2 2 1995 Andres, Charles, House Ottawa County, Ohio The winegrowing industry of the Lake Erie Islands peaked during the late 1880 s and old by the early 1900 s and less productive, due perhaps in part to the winegrowers failure employment in other fields.

Charles Andres was in many ways representative of the small, independent wine growers his vineyards were abandoned shortly thereafter as his only son, Charles, sought his fortune The Golden Eagle was founded by another Middle Bass resident, Andrew Wehrle, who, like Andres, basement with a large outside cellar entrance. highlighted by a wide frieze board with molding and sawn brackets with drips. The 1874 Ottawa County atlas and a c.

1900 map of the island indicate that during the to the elements and 12 have been significantly altered through additions, aluminum siding and Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Andres likely grew native Labrusco grapes in his island vineyard such as Catawba, Concord National Park Service late 1800 s there were approximately 35 permanent residences on Middle Bass Island.Of these turned spindles and/or lace-like spandrels, sawn ornament and cornice-line brackets. Victorian homes remaining on the island. the 1800 s. As a community, Middle Bass Island was known during the late 1800 s for its many balusters, dentils, paneling, sawn ornament and scroll brackets, while the cornice-line is in the furniture/mortuary business in Sandusky.

Folk Victorian residences are typically either front-gabled, side-gabled or gable front retired and left the vineyards, succeeding generations, faced with old vineyards and low approximately one-half of Andres' 17 acres was planted in vineyards.Andres died in 1910 and INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION The Charles Andres House displays many of the identifying elements characteristic of United States Department of the Interior greater monetary return and a number of island vineyards were replanted into orchards. the ornate detailing of the porches and cornice-line contrast sharply with the functional The style is defined by Victorian detailing on an otherwise simple house RECEIVED 413 The Charles Andres residence is also significant asan excellent example of the vernacular and wing in form. the Andres House is in the best state of repair and maintenance.

known to have operated their own "basement wineries"and the Andres home featuresa full fine residences and the Andres house is one of the best preserved of these vernacular a number of factors. more costly and less productive, the growing of peaches, apples and other fruits offered a of the Bass Islands. An immigrant from Baden, Germany, Andres settled on Middle Bass Island in 1854. In 1866 Andres purchased 17 acres of land in the center of the island and by 1874 Although not much is known about Andres' winegrowing activities, it is likely that he Further identifying features of the style include ornate porches with details such from California to markets in the to put needed nutrients back into the already thin soil. With the culture of grapes becoming grape and wine prices, showed less interest in the winegrowing industry and sought was affiliated with the Golden Eagle Winery.

The Golden Eagle was the only large winery was a German immigrant from Baden. The Golden Eagle purchased grapes from growers not only on Middle Bass, such as Andres, but also from growers on other nearby islands, as the winery Section number Midwest and East, caused grape and wine prices to fall. The island vineyards.were becoming Lastly, the original winegrowers were themselves growing older.As these older growers Increased competition from growers in nearby states such as Missouri folk Victorian architecture popular in the Lake Erie Islands region during the later half of this vernacular architectural style.The residence is in form a gable front and wing and 35 residences 14 have been destroyed.0f the remaining 21 residences 3 have been abandoned Section number _ Andres, Charles, House, Ottawa County, Ohio Continuation Sheet National Park Service Page finest wine cellar in the country.

National Register of Historic Places An 1880 article in the Boston Journal of Commerce called the Golden Eagle the United States Department of the Interior Some production figures include the manufacture of 225,0o0 gallons of wine in 1875,250,000 ga1lons in 1879,700,000 gallons in 1880,and in excess of 400,000 gallons in 1887. 9. Major Bibllographical References Hardesty, 1874. 2. Interview with Van Andres, December 15, 1994. Johannsen, Kyle. "The Winegrowing Industry of the Lake Erie Island Ottawa County, Ohio Deed Records. X See continuation sheet J preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Survey # Record # Acreage of property _ of Sub-Lot 2 of Great Lot No. 7, Middle Bass, more definitely being described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of the main north and south road, sometimes called 11.

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Form Prepared By street & number _ telephone. (419) 734-4060 city or town - _ zip code . state - 43452 Zone University Easting organization date Ohio Boundary Justification Northing UTM References Federal agency State historic preservation office Other State agency Port Clinton Other previously determined eligible by the National Register previously listed in the National Register Kyle Johannsen 10. Geographical Data has been requested designated a National Historic Landmark Specify repository: recorded by Historic American Engineering 1.93 acres Local government The verbal boundary description reflects the legally recorded boundary lines for that part of 426 E. Fourth Street Verbal Boundary Description from the Dieperink parcel by hedgerows, and consists of abandoned fields and scrub growth. the house, garage and barn site as well as approximately 2 acres of the original farmstead.

The balance of the original Andres property is owned by other owners, is physically separated Primary location of additional data: recorded by Historic American Buildings the original Charles Andres farmstead now owned by Mr.and Mrs.Martin Dieperink.It includes name/title Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/ A Region." Thesis Bowling Green State University, 1983. McAlester, Virginia and Lee McAlester. A Field Guide to American Nichol's Handy Guide Book to Put-In-Bay, Middle Bass and Kelleys Situatedin the County of Ottawa, State of Ohio and Township of Put-In-Bay and being a part County Road No.154,which point is North 1340.7 feet distant from an iron monument marking the intersection of the center line of said north and south main road with the center line Andres, Charles, House, Ottawa County, Ohio Section number _ Sandusky Register, various articles.

Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Ryall, Lydia J. Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands. Norwalk, Ohio: The American Publishers Co., 1913. Section number _ Andres, Charles, House, Ottawa County, Ohio Thence; northerly in the east line of Sub-Lot 2 a distance of 125.0 feet, thence; Westerly 682.6 feet more or less to the centerline of the said Main Road, thence; South Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service of the Cemetery Road so-called, thence; south 82 degrees and 46 minutes East along the National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior existing fence line 667.0 feet, more or less to the east line of said Sub-Lot No.2, 125.0 feet to the place of beginning containing 1.93 acres of land. Andres, Charles House Middle Bass Island, OH Ottawa County, Ohio c.

1885 c. 1930 September, 1994 Photograph List Page camera facing south Charles Andres House Unknown Section number Photos camera facing northeast National Park Service Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Register of Historic Places Kyle Johannsen camera facing east United States Department of the Interior Continuation Sheet and location of negatives is the same for all photographs and is therefore only listed once. C.1870 Please note: the name of property, location of property, photographer, date of photographs, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 National Park Service Section number - subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, Date of Action National Register property file Continuation Sheet DISTRIBUTION: Page Charles Andres House National Register of Historic Places Signature of the Keeper Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation in the nomination documentation.

Property Name: notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Multiple Name Amended Items in Nomination: United States Department of the Interior The form has Address Restricted checked;the SHPo has clarified is defined as ending in 1922 but there is no justification provided to explain why this date was selected;the SHPo has informed us that it should end in 191o with the death of Mr. Ottawa 95001196 Date Listed: 11/6/95 that this was a typographical error. The Period of Significance (8-86) Andres.The form is officially amended to make these changes.

NRIs Reference Number: County: state: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PDIL: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS: REJECT RETURN 11/06/95 TELEPHONE DATE MULTIPLE 10/19/95 9/22/95 PERIOD: OTHER: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NAME: DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: LESS THAN 50 YEARS: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/NIsee attached SLR Y/N ACCEPT Charles Andres Huse Charles Aneuee House Charles Andres.House #50F 14 Charles Andres House Charles Andres House Charles Aneles Huse TEFAL HONDA Ottawa County, OH Charles Andres House Charles Andes Mouse 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC UNITED STATES PUT-IN-BAY QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Andres, Charles, House - State Route PUT-IN-BAY, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HICHWAYS STATE OF OHIO DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UTM Refs.

Ohio Historical Center 1982 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 Fax: 297-2546 September 18, 1995 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places P. O. Box 37127 SEP 22 1996 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 Enclosed please find two (2) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. NEW SUBMISSION Eagle Cliff Hotel Andres, Charles, House If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. State Historic Preservation Officer Ottawa COUNTY Sincerely, enclosures 614/297-2470 Ashtabula SOCIETY HISTORICAL OHIO SINCE 1885 Ohio Historic Preservation Office National Park Service Dear Ms. Shull: RECEIVED 413 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION