Nomination for Ollie's Tavern

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NPS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES This form is for use in nominatingor 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 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 other names/site number_ 2.

Location street & number N/A not for publication City or town * vicinity code - State/Federal Agency Certificatio: As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this ] nomination L request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of *] meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant State of Federal agency and bureau National Park Service Certification Date of Action Uentered in the National Register. LI See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the C removed from the National LJ other. (explain:) RECEIVED Date comments.) state 12-18-94 Register. National Register of Historic Places National Register.

New Carlisle 3 zip code 45344-9508 Registration Form historic name National Park Service Ohio Ohio Historic Presevation Office Signature of certifying official/Title 10516 Marquart Road Ollie's Tavern DEC 2 7 1996 by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property I hereby certify that the property is: 1-25 57 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.( See continuation sheet for additional Ollie's Tavern Name of Property .

Classification Ov nership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) -private - site Structures Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use 7.

Description Early Republic: Federal Domestic/Hotel district roof Historic Functions object public-local foundation Architectural Classification public-State public-Federal Noncontributing Total Brick walls Materials other Domestic/Single Dwelling Asphalt Shingle (Enter categories from instructions) Narrative Description Current Functions in the National Register building(s) County and State Number of contributing resources previously listed the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) Clark, OH United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Section number_ Ollie's Tavern Clark County, OH The building known as Ollie's Tavern sits on 2.22 wooded acres at the corner of Marquart Road and State Route 235, approximately 2 miles north of the town of New Carlisle in western Clark and is sited at the crest of a gentle slope rising from the highway (Photo 1).

An I-house built in 1838, Ollie's Tavern consists of a two and one-half-story, single pile plan with a one and one-half-story kitchen ell. The symmetry and balance of the facade show a Federal both of which feature wood framing and vertical plank-board siding with asphalt shingle roofs Constructed of load-bearing brick walls laid in common bond, the house rests on an eight-foot- constructed of logs shaved on the top only, with bark remaining on some logs. The masonry walls vary from three to seven bricks thick. The symmetrical facade consists of three one-over-one windows and two doors evenly placed on doors of the first level are located in the middle and on the far east side of the facade. The outer wood and glass doors front inner wooden doors with three-light transoms. Though these outer porch. The windows rest in wooden frames with shallow sills and virtually no lintels.

The wood is a combination of locust, ash, and poplar. A row of bricks above the frame of each window and one windows directly above the windows and doors of the first level and identical in size and The east elevation once contained two doors, but neither remains (Photo 3). One was replaced by a 1/1 window similar to others in the house while one was bricked in entirely. The upper level of the east elevation includes a 1/1 window directly above and similar to the window on the first level. Two gable windows are above this second level window. The left retains its two over two sash while the opening on the left was replaced with louvers. frame construction.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places doors are not original, they do copy the pegged paneling of the original door located on the back deep brick foundation with an outside cellar entrance.Two-thirds of the foundation floor is County near the edge of Miami County in west-central Ohio. The house fronts Marquart Road the first level with five one-over-one windows directly above on the second story.(Photo 2) The influence.Behind the house sit a shed(ca.1910) used as a garage and a small privy door is laid vertically in a flat arch design. The second story of the facade includes five one-over- United States Department of the Interlor Page 2 Clark County, OH The rear of the main structure inlcudes a window to the west side and two doors to its right under the porch overhang (Photo 4).

The center door sits in a frame similar to the frames on the facade but is a single wooden door with a narrow, long pane of glass under a single-light transom. The door to its left is shorter and wider than the others with no transom but rests in a wooden frame as well. The upper level of the rear elevation has two 1/1 windows on the right side placed symmetrically to those on the facade and directly above the window and door under the porch on the first level. The frames and sills are the same as those on the facade. The left side is met by the roof of the kitchen ell. The first and second levels of the west elevation are solid brick with no openings (Photo 5). However, the elevation includes two gable windows similar to those on the east elevation.

The window on the left side of the gable-end flush chimney was replaced with louvers, while the right retains its original two over two sash (Photo 6). The kitchen ell meets the main structure at its middle and creates an L-shaped porch (Photo 7). Recessed under the roof overhang of the ell are a window to the right and an original inner door fronted by an outer door in the middle with a three-light transom. Both walls under the porch and kitchen overhangs are covered with cedar paneling. The remainder of the kitchen ell wall to the north of the recessed part of the wall is brick with single window smaller and narrower than the windows of the main structure but in a similar wooden frame.

The north wall of the kitchen ell The east wall of the ell fronting Route 235 includes a 6/6 window on the right and a 1/1 on the The gable roof includes a single gable-end flush chimney at the west end, an interior gable end chimney in the north end of the kitchen ell, and a later exterior chimney on the east elevation of the kitchen ell. The roof consists of wide rafters and boards underneath sheeting and asphalt bricks along the cornice line of the facade indicates the presence of a deeper entablature at one Though the window frames of all but the attic and loft windows are not original, original wrought iron latches, knobs, and hinges remain on the two doors of the facade and the door of the kitchen ell, as well as the upper bedroom doors (Photos 10, 11, 12, 13, 14). time.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Section number 7 shingles.The original roof covering was wood shakes.Evenly-placed openings of missing National Park Service has a small six-pane gable window asymmetrically placed on the left side gable-end (Photo 8). left with an external chimney in the middle(Photo9). United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number Uille s 1avern Clark County, OH The interior of the house consists of five rooms on the ground floor and three on the second, with a loft over the kitchen section. The interior has wide ash floors and mainly poplar woodwork. and there has been a wall added on the ground floor dividing a room to make a hall and a bathroom.

The ladies' parlour, the dining room, and the hall feature a chair rail mounted into the side of the fireplace on the west exterior wall. The fireplace in the parlour is surrounded by simple Doric pilasters on each side, an entablature with rectangular cornices at each end, and a simple beaded mantle, all of which is original and constitute good examples of Federal-style elements (Photo 19). The large, shallow cooking fireplace in the kitchen no longer has a mantel, but a full full 180' turn two-thirds of the way up (Photos 15, 16). The balustrade is original and very simple There is one door with the two seats being undivided on the interior. Continuation Sheet is metal. The garage continues to be used for its original purpose.

Two outbuildings are on the property.Both are non-contributing as they are It is of wood frame construction with wood siding and the original cedar shake The outhouse remains in working condition and is still used on occasion.The Page 3 in design (Photo 17). The inner walls are brick covered with plaster. The only original lathe wall is on the second floor, cupboard remains to the side of it (Photos 20,21).A stairway rises out of the main hall making a second building is a garage constructed in the early 1920s.It is wood framed plaster (Photo 18).

In the ladies' parlour, there are floor-to-ceiling built-in cupboards on either The roof United States Department of the Interlor Section number - Ollie's Tavern New Carlisle, OH Photographer: Catherine Steele Date: Winter 1994-1995 Negatives at 10516 Marquart Road, New Carlisle, OH Facade and west elevation, looking NE West and north (rear) elevations, looking SE West elevations, looking E Bedroom door and latch, looking W 6. Balustrade, looking N Fireplace, shelves, and chair rail in ladies' parlour, looking NW Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places All information above applies to each photograph National Park Service Cooking fireplace in kitchen, looking N Ollie's Tavern 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of significant in our past. LxC Property embodies the distinctive characteristics represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack L D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. C B removed from its original location. [ C a birthplace or grave. 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. Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency [ previousiy listed in the National Register ] Federal agency L previously determined eligible by the National * Local government L University ] designated a National Historic Landmark L! Other 1 recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey LTrecorded by Historic American Engineering Record # religious purposes. 1838 Register Bibilography Architecture Architect/Builder Property is: individual distinction.

Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/A Significant Person B Property is associated with the lives of persons Name of repository: Significant Dates A owned by a religious institution or used for Criteria Considerations Cultural Affiliation our history. -unknown Period of Significance County and State for National Register listing.) (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Name of Property (Enter categories from instructions) of a type,period, or method of construction or (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) D a cemetery. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Clark, UH (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Ollie's Tavern Name of Property 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of Property - (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) LI See continuation sheet (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By Molly Leugers, Intern June 6, 1996 (513) 873-2815 _ state_0H _zip code 45435 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 SHPO or FPO.) street & number 10516 Marquart Road _ telephone_(513) 845-9071 _ zip code 45344-9508 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This informationis 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.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time forreviewing of this ferm to the Chief, Administiative Services Division, Naticnal Park Service. P.O. Eox 37127, Washington, DC 200:3-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Papenwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.

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Response to this request is required to obtain United States Department of the Interlor Ollie's Tavern Clark County, OH Ollie's Tavern is nominated to the National Register under Criterion C as a good example of both symmetry and simplicity of its facade, and its interior woodwork, particularly that of the fireplace. indicative of the type of building constructed for use as a public house or tavern. Ollie's Tavern includes several features of the Federal style of architecture, most notably the simplicity and symmetry of its facade and the parlour fireplace. Rachel Carley describes the pilasters, entablature, and mantel of the ladies' parlour fireplace are also highly representative of the Federal style. Like most Federal dwellings, the structure is of brick and features relatively simple, classically-inspired interior details..

owner, John Olinger, and built from bricks fired on the property in 1838,2 Ollie's Tavern fronted the old Troy and Springfield Road, whose name was changed in the 1860s to Marquart Road in honor of a local family.3 The previous name of the road indicates its role as one of, if not the Company, 1994), 91. 2 Tax Duplicate - Auditor, Clark County, Ohio, 1839. 3 1870 Atlas, Clark County, Ohio. Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Section number Page Ollie's Tavern is also significant as a type of building used as a tavern in the early- to mid- National Park Service rooms placed according to necessity rather than adherence to a defined design.The Doric "conservative."l Ollie's Tavern certainly fits this description with its symmetrical facade and tavern.

Federal influences are most evident in the use of brick as the major building material, the the vernacular Federal style of architecture as well as the type of building historically used as a Federal style in her The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture as"chaste"and However, Ollie's Tavern is most notable for its earliest role -that ofa tavern.Named for its Page - nineteenth century in Ohio. Its original floorplan, including rooms for rent, a-taproom, public dining room, and outside stairway, as well as its location on a historically significant road, are Section number . Ollie's Tavern Clark County, OH major, roads between the towns of Springfield to the east and Troy to the west. The distance between the two towns is twenty-eight miles.

In an era when most traveling was by oxen and the upper limits of a day's travel was seven miles, three tavern were built, seven miles apart, between Springfield and Troy. Ollie's Tavern was the middle of these three taverns.4 The other two taverns no longer survive. Though no conclusive evidence exists as to how long the structure was a tavern, most small taverns in west-central Ohio had closed by 1850 if they were not along a canal, major turnpike, or railroad. As a small tavern that likely served local travelers and workers, Ollie's Tavern certainly would have been among those that closed Ollie's Tavern shares its construction and basic floorplan with many of the typical small taverns in the Midwest. Most featured a large public room with a tap room at one end with a dining room slept in the second floor bedrooms, and the hired help stayed in the attic.

Many of these taverns were constructed of brick fired on the property. Tavern historian Rhea Mansfield Knittle noted, "Frequently (the brick) was poor grade and was bonded without attempt at pattern. The walls were broken by the window frames and an entrance in the center front and the rear." Ollie's Tavern fits that description. It housed a tap-room where the first-floor bathroom is now located, a public dining room, a ladies' parlour, a family bedroom, two small private bedrooms to rent, a kitchen, and a loft. There was an outside stairway to the loft for the servants. known taverns on the National Road near it, such as the Pennsylvania House in Springfield, Ollie's Tavern nevertheless served an important fuction, particularly for those workers from the mills at the nearby town of Dodo.

Unfortunately, its history is not as well recorded or preserved as that of the larger taverns, but its architecture, floorplan, and former function are testimony to its significance. 4 The History of Clark County (Chicago: W.H. Beers and Co., 1881), 700. Continuation Sheet National Park Service National Register of Historic Places to the rear. The kitchen and pantry were often in an extension or ell. The guests and the owner United States Department of the Interlor importance of taverns similar to it throughout Ohio.Though much smaller than the more well- Ollie's Tavern is significant as a testament to its former tavern capacity as well as to the 5 Knittle, Rhea Mansfield, Early Ohio Taverns (Ashland, OH: The Ohio Frontier Series, 1937), p. 11. United States Department of the Interlor WORKS CITED 1870 Atlas, Clark County. Springfield, Ohio: Clark County Historical Society, 1977.

Auditor, Clark County, Ohio. Resident Land Tax List, 1839. Carley, Rachel. A Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1994. History of Clark County. Chicago, Illinois: W.H. Beers and Company, 1881. Knittle, Rhea Mansfield. Early Ohio Taverns. Ashland, OH: The Ohio Frontier Series, 1937. Continuation Sheet Section number National Register of Historic Places Ollie's Tavern National Park Service Clark Coounty, OH Page National Park Service Section number _t0 Situated in the County of Clark, State of Ohio, and Township of Pike, and being R 10, M.R.S. east line of the quarter section, S 05 degrees 05' 50" W., 859.35' to the place which feet to a point; thence leaving the roadway, N 05 deg. 25'E., at 24.01 feet passing an iron pin pipe; in all 433.48 feet to an iron pipe; thence, S 85 deg.

03' E., at 166.14 feet passing an iron pipe, in all 203.00 by the rights of way of the two public roads. Taken from Quit Claim Deed 9013087, filed 11 June 1990, Recorder, Clark County, Ohio.

Page Continuation Sheet established the beginning point of this description and the extreme northeast corner road centerline; National Register of Historic Places corner of the southeast quarter of said Section 26,measure along the road and the and lying within the bounds of the southeast quarter of Section Numbered 26-T3- From the point in the Dayton-Lakeview Road (Rt.235)which identifies the northeast United States Department of the Interlor of the parcel of land to be described;the point falls 3.l4 feet west of the present acres more or less.0f this amount,0.636 of an acre is occupied feet to the place of beginning,containing an area of Two and Two Hundred Sixteen- driven down in the centerline of the road pavement;at 56.08 feet passing an iron United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service Section number - icreage of 2.216 is considerably smaller than the original lot size of forty acres, the present boundaries include the main significant.S Likewise, the reduction in size has not resulted Page Continuation Sheet The boundary includes the house and two non-contributing National Register of Historic Places in the loss of any structures significant or insignificant to the historical integrity of the property.

Clark County Auditor,1838 Real Estate Tax List. outbuildings that have historically been part of ollie's Tavern Though the present and maintain its historical integrity.T ollie's Tévern Clarkc.. Pike Tap.

Ohio sketch map 585°- 03' 2.216 Acres 0.636 Acres Road centerline 511.40 in road footage N64-15'30"w Marquart Rd Scale 1"-60' EXTERIOR PHOTO VIEWS 181.49 203.06 Dack Porch Floor Plan and Photo Viws Ollie's Tavern Cupboard Main hall fire placc Kitchen Ollie's Tavern "b , L1 Floor Plan and Photo Views Clark , OH Small bedroom Second Floor 9.91 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : DATE TELEPHONE MULTIPLE REJECT RETURN DISCIPLINE REVIEWER 12/27/96 2/10/97 PDIL: RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: Entered in the VACCEPT DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF PENDING LIST: National Register DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 125.97DATE 1.9.97 Ollle's Tavern Ollie's Tavern Ollie's Tavern Ollie's Tavern Clark ,OH Otlie's Tavern Clark, OH Clark.OH Ollieslavern DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES 16 755970 4429990 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY NEW CARLISLE QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NEW CARLISLE, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Fax: 297-2496 December 20, 1996 National Register of Historic Places National Park Service P.

O. Box 37127 Washington, D. C. 20013-7127 NEW SUBMISSION Loudonville City Hall & Opera House If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. Amos J. Loveday, Jr. COUNTY 614/297-2470 Ashland Cuyahoga SOCIETY Sincerely, enclosures Clark HISTORICAL Humphrey Concrete House Myers Block/Home Company Building State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Historic Preservation Office Dear Ms. Shull: procedures have been followed for these new submissions. SINCE 1885 Enclosed please find four (4) new National Register nominations. All appropriate notification Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration Ollie's Tavern