Nomination for Harris, Franklin, Farmstead

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 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 Harris, Franklin, Farmstead historic name - other names/site number 2. Location street & number N/A - not for publication city or town - LS vicinity code OH code 029 zip code 44460 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Signature of certifying official/Title State of Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification Z entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet.

- determined not eligible for the J removed from the National - other, (explain:) - Date Salem state RECEIVED Ohio Register. comments.) National Register Registration Form National Park Service National Register of Historic Places 10-6-97 Ohio Historic Preservation Office United States Department of the Interior 3525 Depot Road Date of Action 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 . county Columbiana Historic Places*and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.

(L] See continuation sheet for additional I hereby certify that the property is: 2 1997 2280 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking x"in the appropriate box or 11.249 Harris, Franklin, Farmstead Columbiana Co., Ohio Name of Property 5. Classification (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Lx private X building(s) - public-local _ sites - public-Federal - structure - object - Total 6. Function or Use 7.

Description foundation - sands tone walls - other _ Noncontributing slate Eastlake Architectural Classification public-State roof Narrative Description Current Functions Materials in the National Register Number of contributing resources previously listed Number of Resources within Property Historic Functions wood Category of Property AGRICULTURE/animal facility AGRICULTURE/storage County and State (Enter categories from instructions) Queen Anne Ownership of Property Name of related multiple property listing DOMESTIC/single dwelling 7agricultural outbuilding (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Continuation Sheet Franklin Harris Farmstead Columbiana County, Ohio The Franklin Harris Farmstead residence is a 2 1/2 story, wood frame, Queen Anne style house located in rural Butler Township, about four miles south of the city of Salem in Columbiana County.

The farm complex consists of the house, a bank barn, three sheds, and a modern metal shed situated on 16.5 acres of land (4 acres nominated, see below). Completed in 1894, the Harris house rests on a sandstone block foundation and has an irregular, somewhat L-shaped plan with a projecting front bay. The side-gabled imbricated slate roof has slightly lower cross gables to front and rear. Exterior wall treatment consists of clapboard siding, narrow cornerboards, and horizontal string boards encircling the house between the first and second floors which also serve as lintels for the one-over-one double- hung windows. The projecting centered bay on the east-facing facade separates a pair of shed-roof entry porches which feature spindlework balustrades and bracketed roof supports with pendants and millwork ornamentation (photos 1 and 2).

The front bay's pedimented gable displays some of the most detailed ornamentation on the entire house, with vertical siding, a bracketed cornice, bargeboards, and extensive use of scroll-sawn millwork decoration (photo #5). On the north elevation two Queen Anne windows, with multicolored small panes surrounding a larger clear pane, mark the staircase's intermediate landing between the first and second floors. Similar windows are present in both of the pedimented side gables, which are finished with board-and batten siding and panelled bargeboards with bullseyes. A recessed entry porch in the rear corner of the south-side gabled bay has ornamental wood trim similar to that on the front porches (photo #3). The only notable alteration has been the addition of a slender exterior brick chimney on the south elevation about 1995, reflecting the addition of central heating to the house.

The interior floor plan and architectural features of the Franklin Harris house are virtually intact. Original woodwork throughout the 14-room house includes chestnut floors, four-panel doors with ornamental hardware, two enclosed staircases, and carved door and window surrounds with bullseye corner blocks. Ornate fireplaces with complex mantels are found in it. A narrow breakfast room between the dining room (at the southeast corner of the house) and the kitchen still has its original wood benches and iron coathooks. The kitchen is distinguished by its brick fireplace containing an iron crane, beaded vertical wainscoting in two contrasting types of wood, iron clothes hooks (photo #9), and the original cupboards in the adjacent pantry. The second floor includes five bedrooms, one of which is now converted to a bathroom, and a "drying room" at the rear of the house.

date to the original construction of the house, and a large modern metal shed or garage is included in the nomination since the house is being nominated solely under Criterion C. Description counted as a non-contributing building (photo #7). Only the immediately adjacent property is the front parlor (at the northeast corner of the house, photo #8) and in the sitting room behind National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Outbuildings include a large bank barn and three gable-roof sheds(photo #6),all of which United States Department of the Interior NP& Form 10-0004 OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor Section number _ / Columbiana Co., Ohio House Barn Shed Page Continuation Sheet National Park Service Franklin Harris Farmstead Nominated Property Approximately 4 Acres Hoopes Road SKETCH MAP National Register of Historic Places (8-86) (not to precise scale) NPS Form10-900- Road Modern Depot Road Harris, Franklin, Farmstead Columbiana Co., Ohio Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) -A owned by a religious institution or used for - 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. Cameron, Albert (architect of Salem, OH) 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.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 State Historic Preservation Office - Other State agency - previousiy listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previousiy determined eligible by the National - Local government L University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other -recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey J recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # 1894 Bibilography Register Architecture Architect/Builder individual distinction. religious purposes. Significant Dates Significant Person Period of Significance Cultural Affiliation Property is: County and State Criteria Considerations Areas of Significance Narrative Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria our history.

distinguishable entity whose components lack (Enter categories from instructions) Primary location of additional data: Name of repository: (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) for National Register listing.) B Property is associated with the lives of persons Previous documentation on file (NPS): CFR 67) has been requested (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Harris, Franklin, Farmstead Columbiana Co., Ohio Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property - (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) - 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 Jeffrey D.

Brown/Regional Coordinator - date June 23, 1997 street & number - city or town - _ state Obie - zip code 44720 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. (Complete this item at the request of SHPO o: FPO.) Roger and Beverly Williams 344 Castleton Rd. N.E. - telephone 330-494-2405 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 18.1hours 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 Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. Zone name Easting Photographs Maps Canton Northing Additional items Continuation Sheets Additional Documentation Boundary Justification name/title Property Owner North Canton (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) organization - Ohio Historic Preservation Office A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information isbeing collected for applications tothe National Register of Historic Places to nominate of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O.

Box37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Verbal Boundary Description 201 Third Street N.E Continuation Sheet Franklin Harris Farmstead Columbiana Co., Ohio Statement of Significance The Franklin Harris Farmstead is nominated under Criterion C as a significant and remarkably intact rural example of Queen Anne style architecture. The residence is the more intact of two known Queen Anne houses in rural Butler Township, and is one of only five This house exhibits many of the architectural features that define the Queen Anne style, imbricated slate roof with cross gables of slightly different heights are characteristic of Queen Anne design.

Features such as the narrow cornerboards and horizontal string boards; projecting bays with pedimented gables displaying ornate bracketed cornices, vertical and board-and-batten siding, bargeboards, and fancy scroll-sawn millwork ornamentation; and the recessed side porch and paired front porches with spindle balustrades and more millwork ornamentation; all reflect the Queen Anne ideal of avoiding flat or plain surfaces. The intact interior further exemplifies Queen Anne/Eastlake styling. Fireplaces with distinctive complex mantels, wainscoting in two contrasting types of wood, gable and staircase windows with multicolored small glass panes surrounding larger single panes of clear glass, carved door and window surrounds with bullseye corner blocks, and the raised panel doors with decorative hardware, are all features that contribute to the significant design of this house.

Notable examples of Queen Anne houses in rural settings are uncommon, as most a distinction between rural and urban Queen Anne houses in Ohio. The rural examples tend to be more restrained in their designs, lacking some of the more exuberant detailing which houses of Queen Anne design are known in Columbiana County. A house just east of New the style that is also probably National Register eligible. The remaining three include a house on Woodsdale Road (Butler Township) that has had alterations which reduce its integrity, and vernacular houses on Georgetown Road (Knox Township) and Buffalo Road (West Twp., OHI# COL-555-7). The Franklin Harris house is thus one the two most significant and intact rural examples of Queen Anne architecture recorded in Columbiana County.

Franklin Harris, born in Butler Township in 1830, was the grandson of Isaiah Harris, who came to Columbiana County from North Carolina in 1804. Franklin Harris enlisted in Company G, 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in July of 1861. He served in various capacities until the fall of 1863, when he was discharged. Harris worked the next 25 years for the Buckeye Engine Works at Salem, after which he purchased 124 acres in Butler Township and 40 more acres in Salem Township. He primarily raised dairy cattle and livestock, and resided at this farm until his death in 1914. The nominated property remained in possession of the which achieved its greatest popularity from about 1880 to 1905.

The irregular plan and Franklin (West Township), with a wrap-around porch and corner turret, is a fine example of often characterizes high style Queen Anne houses in urban settings.Only four other rural National Register of Historic Places rural Queen Anne houses documented in the county. buildings of this style are usually found in town and urban contexts.There also appears to be National Park Service United States Department ot the Interior Continuation Sheet Franklin Harris Farmstead Statement of Significance (cont'd.) Harris family until 1994-95, when the house and 16.5 acres were sold at auction to the Scant information about the work of architect Albert Cameron seems to have survived, although it is known he designed the Prospect School in Salem (COL-858-3), a Romanesque Columbiana County. present owners.

National Park Service Columbiana Co., Ohio built 1903 in late Queen Anne style. The Harris house is his only known work in rural National Register of Historic Places Revival edifice built in 1897,and the Pilmer House in the village of Homeworth (COL-94-1), United States Department of the Interior Sectlon number 8 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Columbiana Co., Ohio 1894-1895 Architects, Builders and Contractors' Directory of Ohio. R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers; Detroit, Michigan, and Columbus, Ohio. Cameron, Albert 1894 Unpublished architectural drawings for the Franklin Harris House, in McCord, William B., editor and compiler Publishing Company, Chicago, pp. 780-781. Moss, Roger W., and Gail Cashey Winkler 1987. Victorian Exterior Decoration. Henry Holt & Co., New York.

Omoto, Sadayoshi 1963 "The Queen Anne Style and Architectural Criticism." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March issue, pp. 29-37. Boundary is defined as a four-acre square, bounded on the north by Hoopes Road and on the east by Depot Road, located in the southeast quarter of Section 24, Butler Township, larger 16.5 acre tract identified as tax parcel #02-01460.000 and recorded in Vol. 478, p. 199 of the deed records of Columbiana County. The boundary includes contributing outbuildings and their immediate setting, but does not significance, and not for association with the agricultural history of the township. Anon. Bibliography include the entire parcel acreage since the property is nominated only for architectural Boundary Justification 1905 History of Columbiana County and Representative Citizens.Biographical Columbiana County, Ohio.

The nominated property comprises the northeast corner of a Franklin Harris Farmstead National Park Service Verbal Boundary Description United States Department of the Interior possession of the current owners. NPS Form 10-000- Sectlon number 9, 10 Page EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: NOMINATOR: STATE N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N V ACCEPT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: RECOM. /CRITERIA DATE TELEPHONE 12/08/97 11/20/97 10/24/97 RETURN DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE REVIEWER OTHER: PDIL: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DATE RECEIVED: Entered in tho DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: Harris, Franklin, Farmstead REQUEST: N SAMPLE : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Columbiana REJECT PROPERTY REASONS FOR REVIEW: 11.24.97DATE Phate by J.D.

Brown, 9-1996 Negative at Q.H.P.O. (NERCO) FRANKLIN HARRIS FARMSTEAO Negative at O.H.P.O. (NE RCO) Photo # 2 of 9 Negative at. O.H.P. O. (NERCO) Photo by V. D. Brown, looking NE FRANKLIN HARRIS FARMSTEAD Photo#5of9 FRANKLIN HARRIS FARMSTEAD Photeby J.D. Brown, 9-1996 View of outbui dings,. Negative af O.H.P. O. CNE RCO Salem vicinity Calumbiana Co., Ohio Negative at O.H.P.O. (NERCO) Photo #9 of 9 OHIO-COLUMBIANA CO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC LISBON QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE OF OHIO LISBON, OHIO Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Fax: 297-2496 October 15, 1997 SINCE 1885 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places National Park Service (2280) 1849 C. Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20240 Enclosed please find two (2) new National Register nominations.

All appropriate notification NEW SUBMISSION If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. State Historic Preservation Officer COUNTY 614/297-2470 Columbiana SOCIETY enclosures Sincerely, Franklin HISTORICAL The Kahiki Franklin Harris Farmstead Dear Ms. Shull: procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Amos J. Loveday, Jr. OHIO