Nomination for Zottman House

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OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior JUL - 9 1996 by entering the information requested. Ifan 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. 1. Name of Property historic name - other names/site number - 2. Location U not for publication N/A street & number - city or town - vicinity state _ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this KX nomination -request for determination of eligibilitymeets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Xmeets does not meet the National Register criteria.

I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally - statewide [X locally. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office - OH SHBO In my opinion, the property meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. ([] See continuation sheet for additional National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Date of Action - entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the - removed from the National - other, (explain:) comments.) Date Portsmouth Register. National Register Ohio Registration Form The Zottmann House National Park Service National Register of Historic Places RECEIVED 2280 Entered in the The 1835 House State or Federal agency and bureau NPS Form 10-900 7-1-94 1l Offnere Street NAT.

REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional 145 zip code 45662 Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Dept. Head Scioto County, Ohio Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) [X private X building(s) - public-State _ sites - public-Federal _ structures - object Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use 7.

Description foundation STONE Noncontributing BRICK ASPHALT DOMESTIC/HOTEL public-local roof Architectural Classification other Total Narrative Description DOMESTIC/SINGLE DWELLING Current Functions walls Historic Functions The Zottmann House GREEK REVIVAL STYLE (Enter categories from instructions) Materials Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Category of Property MID-19TH CENTURY (Check only one box) (Check as many boxes as apply) (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) district the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number - The Zottman House is located six blocks east of Portsmouth's downtown business district in a residential area that until construction of the floodwall had an unimpeded view of the Ohio surrounding neighborhood is comprised of diverse collection of late 19th and early 20th thoroughfare that runs south over the levee/floodwall to the Ohio River boat landing. A 60' the house's south and east elevations, has been refurbished with a 1940s cement floor over the brick foundation. The nearly square two and one-half story house(36.5' x42.5) features a hipped roof with added around1900.The north, east and south elevations are relieved by three-bay, wooden porches with pent roofssupported bychamfered posts mark the south and east elevations.

The south elevation, which faces the Ohio River, exhibits a vertical line in the and then enlarged ca. 1855 into a Four-over-Four house. However, the location of the vertical have been a two story, side hallway house. Page Description symmetrical fenestrations. The detailing is simple and noticeably restrained. Simple, three bay Continuation Sheet (8-86) brick bonding pattern that clearly marks where the two portions of the house were joined. century high style and vernacular brick and frame dwellings. proximity to the Ohio River.

The house is bounded on its eastern side by Offnere Street, a The Zottman House, separation in the bonding pattern suggests the western two-thirds of the house may originally front porch along the house's south elevation.The original brick and stone porch located on Information provided by the owner claims the house likely was built as a small brick cottage exterior elevations are laid in common bond, unpainted brick. Plain sandstone lintels and sills and wooden louvered shutters frame the one-over-one window lights, the latter probably Situated on a densely wooded, one-half acre lot, the Zottman House sits immediately north of hills dominate Portsmouth's southern horizon, clearly marking the course of the river. The farmyard/nature sanctuary at the south elevation of the house.Complementing the unpainted paired end chimneys and two gabled roof dormers, the latter likely added ca. 1910.

All unpaved footpath, covered by a canopy of tree foliage, leads from the river roadway to the National Register of Historic Places brick walls of the Zottmann House is a 40'x 6'natural red-brick walkway which parallels the River.While an earthen floodwall now blocks visual access to the river, the verdant Kentucky Portsmouth's main floodwall, and is one of only a few historic houses still sited in close Scioto County, OH NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number - water table (plinth) and the entablature is spartan in form and detail. Access to the original foot of a set of cement-covered original brick stairs. Located underneath the rear two-thirds porcelain-covered, cast-iron sink, representing the 1910 modernization period.

The 1855 east wall expansion exhibits a north parlor of approximate 19x15 ft. dimensions, with an east parlor's ceiling features a decorative chandelier, electrified during the installation of public in the 1835 wing is flat faced 5.5" wide; in the 1855 section, the flat-faced woodwork A walnut staircase leads to the second-floor corridor. A large unpainted, built-in wooden Page with dove-tailed joints support the first floor of the house, producing the cellar's 6' ceiling. floor bath room exhibits its original cast-iron, claw-foot tub and hot water reservoir installed closet, ca. 1910, dominates the north hallway. Three bedrooms comprise the west wing and now serving as the owner's office, are the original floor-to-ceiling china cabinets, with wood- measures 4" in width. All ceilings on the first floor are 11 ft. in height.

The original kitchen framed doors, and the only functioning fireplace. Noticeable in the kitchen are the 3 ft. high The Zottman House, of the house, the brick-floored cellar is divided into four rooms. Broad wooden floor joists exhibit handsome feathered graining. The first floor west wing includes an original dining utilities.A double archway with its original drapery rod connects the parlors.All woodwork two master rooms complete the east wing. Distinctive on the second floor is the original, A long, narrow center hallway, with its original 6.5" wide wood flooring is distinguished by tongue and groove wainscot wood trim, which borders each wall, and a functioning white The Zottman House interior retains many of its historic architectural and structural features. Continuation Sheet facing doorway. A smaller, south parlor measures about 15x15 ft.

and features a distinctive are in situ along with the simple trabeated Greek Revival chimneypieces. Several of the doors non-functioning, antique gas-light fixture featured in the northwest bedroom.The second- An intriguingly narrow brick-walled space measuring 35' x 6? makes up a central room. Distinguishing the facade is a recessed trabeated entrance with simple rectangular sidelights enameled black cast-iron chimneypiece with an arched opening and firebox grate.Each brick cellar is gained from the screened patio through an original wood plank doorway at the Scioto County, OH Description (continued) an original walnut staircase with circular newel post.Most of the original six paneled doors Presently this contains the furnace for the home's steam-heating system. pantry located at the rear of the center hallway has been converted into a bathroom.

NPS Form 10-900-a room and kitchen, each measuring approximately 16'x15'. Distinctive in the dining room, (8-86) and transom.The east elevation features a narrow central doorway and transom.There is no OME Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number - during the 1910 modernization period. With the exception of the center, west bedroom, each of the four other rooms have simple trabeated fireplaces like those on the first floor. An attic stairwell and closet form the interior division between the two east-wing master radiators, representing the mid-19th century central heating technology. Today all of the and definitely predates 1900.

Although not historic fabric, the open wooden porch located Another building located on the property, also considered a contributing element, is a prefabricated garage known as the carriage house. Likely ordered from a Sears, Roebuck & noncontributing outbuildings: an 8' x 20' single story frame animal shelter house located concrete block two car garage built ca. 1950, located near the northwest corner (rear) of the porch. Page panels set on a concrete foundation. Two hinged doors for vehicular access and a single door Woodwork and doors in each bedroom match those of the 1855 downstairs expansion period. The Zottman House, interest to this otherwise utilitarian building. Included on the property are two (2) bedrooms. Wood-plank boards form the floor of the open, full-size, unfinished attic room. It Description (continued) light pastels.

attached to the northwest corner of the house features horizontal board siding on its interior is apparent the rooms are supplied steam heat via their original, antique cast-iron and brass along the west wall (rear elevation) of the first floor does not detract visually from the house. Co. mail-order catalog circa 1925, this 20' x 18' garage is constructed of light gray metal for human passage mark the front of the garage. Embossed decorative panels add visual house.A small swimming pool was recently constructed in a fenced space west of the open The Zottman House retains most of its architectural integrity.The frame summer kitchen Scioto County, OH NPS Form 10-900-a approximately50 southwest of the house.The other non-contributing building is a24'x 24 home's interior plasteredwalls have been refinished with sheathing and dressed in white or (8-86) 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Ci A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Property is associated with the lives of persons C C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of atype, 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, information important in prehistory or history. -A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance 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.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 x State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government L University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey LI recorded by Historic American Engineering 1855 1835-1945 1910 Bibilography ARCHITECTURE Register unknown Property is: Architect/Builder Criteria Considerations individual distinction. Significant Dates religious purposes. Period of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) significant in our past.

Applicable National Register Criteria our history. The Zottmann House Areas of Significance Name of repository: for National Register listing.) Narrative Statement of Significance Cultural Affiliation County and State Record # CFR 67) has been requested (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) Scioto County, Ohio Name of Property (Mark "x in all the boxes that apply.) (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Mark"x"in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Scioto County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property .5 acres - See continuation sheet Latitude: 38 degrees 43' 47" Longitude: 82 degrees 52' 32" (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Joyce A. Foster, Freelance Photographer & Stephen C.

Gordon, Ohio Historic name/title _ May 20, 1995 (614) 353-0629 - 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) Gay E. Smith - telephone (614) 353-1856 - zip code 45662 a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division,National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127,Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

45662-4342 Easting Northing date Portsmouth name organization Zone Photographs Maps Additional Documentation The Zottmann House Additional items Boundary Justification Ohio Continuation Sheets UTM References Preservation Office Verbal Boundary Description Property Owner County and State Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate Estimated Burden Statement:Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing (Describe the boundaries of the property ona continuation sheet.) (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) Name of Property A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

street & number _ 11 Offnere Street 4,2 8,84,20 street & number _ instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Scioto County, OH Statement of Significance The Zottman House (SCI-43-13) is eligible under Criterion C as a representative example of a mid-nineteenth century, Four-Over-Four center passage house type in Portsmouth, Ohio, designed in the vernacular mode of the Greek Revival style. Portsmouth, like so many other cities along the Ohio valley, has lost much of its historic riverfront architecture, primarily a result of repeated flooding and more recently to floodwall construction and urban renewal.

The Zottman House, located 700' from the north bank of the Ohio River, is among very few antebellum houses still standing in Portsmouth's historic riverfront neighborhood. Built ca. 1835 and enlarged ca. 1855, the Zottman House retains much of its original exterior fenestration and details, four-over-four plan and interior fittings. The nominated property also includes a rare prefabricated metal garage believed to have been manufactured by Sears, Roebuck and Company circa 1925. The area immediately north and west of the Zottman House, particularly the seven block section along East Second Street, once featured a remarkably intact collection of larger scale, detached residences (Second Street H. D., 1983), but much of the area was demolished in the 1980s for Shawnee State University expansion.

While scattered examples of brick antebellum houses remain in Portsmouth, notably in the Boneyfiddle Multiple Resource Area on the west side of town (NR 12-87), few examples of the Four-over-Four house type appear to have been built or even survive. Portsmouth's finest example of a Four-Over-Four house is the Eli Kinney House, built in 1849 and listed in the National Register (Boneyfiddle MRA). The Peter Kinney House (SCI-84-13, ca. 1832) also follows the Four-Over-Four plan, but with its raised basement and Ionic portico, it is considerably more neo-Palladian in appearance, and quite different in overall form than the Zottman House. Pictorial histories, photo collections and Ohio Historic Inventory forms indicate the Side Hallway, I House and Shotgun were the predominant house types in Portsmouth before 1880.

As wealth increased after the Civil War, houses became larger and more pretentious, and plans more varied. The Portsmouth Times reported in 1876 how the city had "very fine residences of every mould and style - the Gothic, Ionic, Doric, the Corinthian, Tuscan and Composite - that ancient Greece and Rome, in all their splendor, might have been envious" [Portsmouth Times, 6 May 1876]. Several of these houses revealed a high level of architectural sophistication, but regrettably, many have been demolished or insensitively altered. Page Continuation Sheet The Zottman House, National Register of Historic Places Section number 8 (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number .

Scioto County, OH Statement of Significance (continued) The City of Portsmouth,located at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, was platted in 1803 and 1805 by Henry Massie. Laid out in a traditional grid pattern, the earliest development occurred near the confluence of the two rivers but then spread eastward along the first terrace above the Ohio River. Portsmouth's initial period of rapid growth occurred after 1832, when the first canal boat arrived in Portsmouth from Cleveland via the newly opened Ohio and Erie Canal. Population rose to over 4,000 residents by 1850 and 6,268 in 1860. Commission warehouses were built along Front Street to take advantage of the canal and river trade. Completion of the Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad in 1852 stimulated further trade and industrial expansion.

Yet the very same waterways that sustained Portsmouth's early growth and development also created havoc and destruction. To understand Portsmouth's history one must first comprehend how the floods over the years have impacted the built environment, and in turn the residents attitudes toward the river. The Zottman House has borne the brunt of many floods, and, fortunately, has fared considerably better than many of its contemporaries. The great floods of 1884, 1913 and 1937 still play a major part in local lore, and buildings such as the Zottman House, by virtue of its close proximity to the river and sheer survival, stand as physical reminders of the city's river heritage. Jacob Zottmann emigrated from Prussia to the United States in his youth and migrated from Cincinnati to Portsmouth after 1848.

He purchased the riverfront property and the original single story, two room house between 1852-1853. It is not known who built the original house or who owned it prior to Zottman. The decision to enlarge the house occurred sometime between 1853 and 1855. Based on an on-site examination of the house, the western two-thirds appears to be the original portion; the eastern third likely representing the 1855 The Zottmann family was for more than a century directly involved in the commercial, industrial, and educational endeavors in the community. Jacob Zottman manufactured soap and candles in a factory building that still stands, albeit altered, west of the nominated property. Soap and candle manufacturing continued at this location during the last half of the nineteenth century until the Zottman's entered the laundry business.

The Zottmann Brothers' horse-drawn wood-covered laundry wagons were among the first in the community to expansion. Page Continuation Sheet The Zottman House, (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a CMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number - The Zottman House, Scioto County, OH function in an organized laundry service. The 1881 Portsmouth Directory lists both Henry and Jacob Zottman as residing at a house on Second Street while Annie, Emma and Lena all lived in the nominated house on Offnere Street. By 1908 eight members of the Zottmans were listed as residing at 11 Offnere Street. This was about the time the dormers were added and the interior plumbing and closets were installed. Two of Jacob Zottman's daughters, Emma and Minnie, developed a cottage industry in the center-west bedroom of the house.

By 1910, the two were making and selling hats and related accessories to Portsmouth's public, thus contributing to the fashion industry and social events of the area. Another daughter, Carrie Zottman, served as teacher, principal and eventually supervisor of the Bond and Union Street Schools. Passion for bicycles, as a social and recreational stimulant, led George Zottman in 1896 to become the founder and vice president of the Portsmouth Cycle Club, an organization having 200 members. This tradition has been continued today by the present owner, who offers the carriage house for sheltering bicycles and board in the dwelling for many of the thousands of Tour of the Scioto River Valley (TOSRV) bikers who tour the Scioto Valley each year. From 1945 to 1961 William Zottman was the last family member to reside in the and breakfast inn.

It is significant as a surviving example of a distinctive house type and as a rare survivor of mid-19th century architecture that once defined much of this Ohio River city's historic riverfront building stock. Page Continuation Sheet Statement of Significance (continued) National Register of Historic Places house.Presently known as"The 1835 House,"the house serves as a private residence and bed (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Section number - Scioto County, OH Business Directory of Portsmouth, 1881-82. Deming, Sister May C. Portsmouth, Ohio: The First Hundred Years of Its Economic Development, 1800-1900. Washington: Catholic University M.A. Thesis, 1935. Society. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1986. History of Lower Scioto Valley, 1884 ed. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co., 1884. Kegley, Jim.

"High Notes": "Slabtown, Scioto County, U.S.A." The Scioto Voice, vol. 21, no. 32, August 18, 1994, p.l. Mitchell's City Directory of Portsmouth. Portsmouth, Ohio: Joseph Mitchell publishing co., 1906. Ohio Historic Inventory. Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Feb. 23, Portsmouth: Architecture in an Ohio River Town. Miami University Art Museum, 1982 Portsmouth Times, 6 May 1876. Portsmouth Times Industrial Edition, 1896. The Portsmouth Times, Sesquicentennial Edition, 1815 to 1965. Portsmouth, Ohio: June 5, 1965. Scioto County's Auditor's and Recorder's Offices. Scioto County Court House, Portsmouth, Ohio, 1995. 1976.

Bibliography Page The Zottman House Continuation Sheet (8-86) National Register of Historic Places A History of Scioto County, 1986 ed.Portsmouth Area Recognition National Park Service National Park Service Natlonal Register of Historic Places The Zottmann House, Scioto County, Ohio 11 Offnere Street Scioto County, Ohio 45662 Photographer: Joyce A. Foster Date of Photos: May 6, 1995 and April 5, 1995 Location of Negatives: Gay E.

Smith Portsmouth, Ohio 45662 Looking southwest Portsmouth, PHOTOGRAPHS Looking northeast Camera-Lens Position: South front main entrance doorway Kitchen woodwork and sink Southeast corner boundary Animal shelter East facade and north elevation Property Location: Looking east Carriage house West facade and south elevation Auto garage Continuation Sheet South facade and east elevation Section number Original staircase on first floor Fireplace in south parlor North facade and west elevation Second floor hall closet The above information is the same for all United Statee Department of the Interior flood levee adjacent to property Pre-1937 floodwal1 and post-1937 Page Scene: Photo No. National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Book G at Page 409 of the Record of Deeds of Scioto County, Ohio. Generally known as ll Offnere Street, Portsmouth, Ohio. nine (39).

August 12, 1991 Dorothy K. Deemer, Vol. 842, Page 440. historically included in the 1835 property. Boundary Justification: The boundary includes the house and remaining lot sections which were the same are shown and designated on the duly recorded plat thereof in Verbal Boundary Description: Official Record of Deeds Forty-Four in and to the Thompson Addition in and to said City as The Zottmann House, Scioto County, Ohio Being the East One-hundred twenty feet (120')of Lot numbers Thirty- United Statee Dopartment of the Interior Lot number Forty and the North Twelve feet of Lot number Thirty- National Park Service driveway over the North Twelve feet (l2') of the West Twelve feet of Section number _10 Page Auditor of Scioto County, Ohio Also conveying any right of the Grantor to the use of a private GAY E.

SMITH PHOTOGRAPH KEY I HEREBY CERTFY THAT AN ACTUAL ANO THAT IT IS TRUE AND ACCURATE TO DATE.

20 DEC.8+ IDENTICAL.LINES - SCALE - 1":20" 614-354-8885 3531 NELLZOELLNER OHIO EASEMENT 1835 PORTSMOUTHOHIO SKETCH MAP LEVEE BANK ONE PLAZA OPFNERE STREET THE ZOTMANN HOUSE STREET G WOOL PERT CONSULTANTS G LOVER ATIC COPY SURVEY WAS DONE ON THE TRACT SHOWN rOR - NELL JOB_NO 1380+ KEY PAVEMENT House RECORDED FROM PHOTOSTATIC COPY 774856 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE OTHER : N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE DATE RETURN DISCIPLINE REJECT MULTIPLE 8/08/96 8/23/96 7/09/96 REVIEWER RECOM./CRITERIA Entered in the National Register REASONS FOR REVIEW: VACCEPT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: THE 1835 HOUSE SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO PHOTO No.

1 TOTAL: 14 THE 1835 HOUSE SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO PHOTO NO. 2 TOTAL: 14 THE 1835 HOUSE SCIOTO COUNTY, ONIO PHOTO NO. 3 TOTAL : 14 THE 1835 HOUSE PHOTO NO. 4 TOTAL: 14 SCIOTO COUNTY,OHIO SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO PHOTO NO. 5 TOTAL: 14 THE I3S HouSE THE 1835 HOUSE PHOTO NO. 6 TOTAL: 14 SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO THE 1835 HOUSE PHOTO NO. 7 TOTAL:14 SCIOTO COUNTY,OHIO PHOTO NO. 8 SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO THE 183S HouSE TOTAL: 14 THE 1835 HOUSE TOTAL : 14 SOIOTO COUNTY, OHIO PHOTO NO. 9 THE 1835 HOUSE TOTAL:14 PHOTO NO.10 SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO THE 1835 HOUSE SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO PHOTO NO. 11 TOTAL: 14 THE 1835 HOUSE TOTAL: 14 PHOTO NO.12 Zottman House THE 1835 HOUSE PHOTO NO. 13 TOTAL: 14 SCIOTO COUNTY,OHIO THE 1835 HOUSE SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO PHOTO NO. 14 TOTAL: 14 11 OFFNERE ST.

PORTSMOUT SCIOTO CO ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PORTSMOUTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PORTSMOUTH, KY.-OHIO ZOTTMAN HOUSE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UTM REFERENCE: : UNITED STATES State Route KENTUCKY-OHIO U. S. Route - Statehouse State Senator Mr. Stephen C. Gordon 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Dear Mr. Gordon: I am pleased to offer this letter in support of The Zottman House of 11 Offnere Street, Portsmouth, Ohio to be nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Zottman House is an asset for Scioto County as well as Southeastern measurable. Not only is it in wonderful shape, it is one of the few Federal Style Again, I am pleased to offer my support for the listing of The Zottman House for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. If you should have any questions please feel free to contact me.

State Senator, 17th District Legislators Standing Committees: Education Committee Energy Committee-Alternate Education, Retirement and Aging Advisory Board Legislative Ethics Committee Children's Trust Fund Board 614/466-8156 Finance Boards: Judiciary Committees: Improvement Jan Michael Long Assistant Minority Whip Survey and National Register Manager National Conference of State (Ranking Minority Member) Agriculture 17th District Ohio Senate Very truly yours, Ohio.It is very worthy of preservation.Its significance in American history is un- Physicial Fitness and Sports Commission on Education May 28, 1996 houses still located on the Ohio River.