Nomination for Martin, Brooke and Anna E. House

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(Oct. 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 1. Name of Property historic name - other names/site number_ 2. Location N/A O not for publication street & number city or town _ N/A O vicinity state - 3. State/Federal Agency Certification -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registeringproperties in the National Register of Xlmeets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant - nationally - statewide X&l locally.

(L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO Signature of certifying official/Title 4. National Park Service Certification entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the J removed from the National - other, (explain:) comments.) Canton Date Stark Registration Form Ohio Register. Shurman-Martin House 1627 Market Avenue N. National Register National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Date of Action State of Federal agency and bureau National Park Service MPR 2 T1998 RECEIVED 2280 DEC 22 entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items.

As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination I hereby certify that the property is: 44714 In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.( See continuation sheet for additional REC'D BY O: Brooke & Anna E. Martin House Stark County, Ohio Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) * private &i building(s) - public-local - district - site - public-Federal - structure - object Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use 7.

Description other - tile glass brick public-State Noncontributing roof Architectural Classification Total Materials Current Functions Narrative Description Tudor Revival Historic Functions in the National Register walls stucco (Enter categories from instructions) County and State Number of contributing resources previously listed wood Number of Resources within Property DOMESTIC/single dwelling Category of Property Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) foundation - (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) concrete block Natlonal Register of Historlc Places Continuation Sheet Brooke and Anna E. Martin House Section number _7 Stark County, Ohio The Brooke and Anna E. Martin House is a 2 1/2 story residence constructed circa 1911.

It was located on a corner lot at 1221 Cleveland Avenue NW, but the area was increasingly and four blocks north to another corner lot in a residential section of North Market Avenue, to preserve it from demolition for a new Walgreen's drug store. As it did on Cleveland Avenue, the house continues to face east, and it is again located in a neighborhood of compatible period houses. Designed by architect Guy Tilden of Canton in the Tudor Revival style, the asymmetrically massed house is constructed of brick laid in common bond pattern on the first story front porch is also constructed of brick. The tiled pyramidal roof has a prominent and second story triple window groupings on the facade are enhanced by stained glass transoms, and fine examples of stained and leaded glass are found throughout the house.

The double doors in the map room, with full-length Tiffany-style stained glass, are particularly noteworthy, and the dining room displays fine leaded glass windows and two small stained glass windows bearing the Tilden coat-of-arms. The window drapes and wrought metal drapery rods are original. The Martin House interior walls and ceilings are finished in paneled, beamed, or coffered and marble fireplaces are intact, along with a smaller Tudor arch fireplace in the map room. The front entrance, with a leaded glass interior door and a mosaic tiled foyer, faces an in vacuum system and a servant call system between the dining room and the third floor are still functional, and a large free-standing walk-in cedar closet on the third floor has also been preserved.

Bathrooms retain original sinks, fittings, and in the main bathroom, a 4x4x8 foot entirely intact, displaying cupboards with leaded glass doors (photo #10), a commercial-style Even the wallpaper in this and several other rooms dates to the construction of the house. While the foundation walls are new due to moving the house, original basement fittings such as built-in cupboards and a 20-foot long oak laundry table were reinstalled after the move. Narrative Description story, with stucco and half-timbering on the upper stories (photos 1-4). A full-width one parquet and hardwood floors are still covered only with area rugs, and two large, ornate oak commercialized over the past twenty years, and in 1996 the house was moved one block east quarter-sawn dark oak, embellished with finely carved ornamentation (photos 6-8).

The National Park Service marble shower with all of its fixtures and plumbing (photo #11). The kitchen is almost openwork Tudor arch arcaded staircase (photo #5).All lighting fixtures are original, projecting gabled bay on the facade and a lower intersecting gable on the south side.First including art glass chandeliers and wall lamps with Tiffany-style shades (photo #9). A built- United States Department of the Interior Page - stove purchased specifically for this house, and a large built-in refrigerator finished in oak. 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

for National Register listing.) - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of B Property is associated with the lives of persons X C 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 ca. 1911 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 X 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. within the past 50 years. Tilden, Guy; architect (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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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.) - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register - Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National - Local government L University - designated a National Historic Landmark - Other U recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Property is: Bibilography Architecture Register Criteria Considerations Significant Dates religious purposes. individual distinction. Applicable National Register Criteria Cultural Affiliation Significant Person (Enter categories from instructions) our history.

Architect/Builder Period of Significance Areas of Significance Narrative Statement of Significance Primary location of additional data: County and State Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/ A significant in our past. G less than50 yearsof age orachieved significance Name of repository: Name of Property (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) (Miark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualitying the property of a type, period, or method of construction or Brooke and Anna E. Martin House Stark County, Ohio Statement of Significance The Martin House is nominated under Criterion C (Exception B) as a significant example of Tudor Revival architecture, and as one of the most intact and important surviving buildings designed by Guy Tilden, Canton's premier architect from 1885-1920.

A thematic nomination of Tilden's works in Canton was listed on the National Register in 1987, but this house was not identified as a Tilden design at that time. With the demolition of the Case Mansion in remaining in the city, as well as his only known work in the Tudor Revival style. Tudor Revival designs were based upon 16th-century English vernacular architecture, and usually incorporate steeply pitched roofs, brick walls, half-timbering combined with stucco surfaces, windows that are often grouped, and tall chimneys crowned with decorative pots. Interiors feature large halls and rooms, carved woodwork, fireplaces, and leaded glass. The style was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s, with examples dating prior to World War I being less common. The Martin House embodies most of the defining elements of its style with an exceptional degree of integrity.

Its dark brick, stucco, and half-timbered walls; and brick chimneys with terra cotta pots, exemplify Tudor Revival design. Interior features further emphasize the architect's mastery of this style. Large rooms with elaborately paneled and carved oak walls and coffered ceilings, art glass and copper lighting fixtures in designs reflecting the Arts and Crafts influences of the period, oak and marble fireplaces, and the openwork Tudor arch arcaded staircase all enhance the overall Tudor Revival design. Even the kitchen and bathroom fittings, the servant call system, and the push-button wall switches additionally reflect the period when the house was built. 1883 to about 1920.

Many of these, proficiently executed in a wide variety of styles, were versatile, and prolific architect whose designs incorporated a fine attention to ornamental details and a blending of romantic touches from older eras with modern construction technology in a wide range of building types. His commissions ran from modest residences to mansions, churches, schools, and multi-storied commercial and industrial buildings. Many of these were among Canton's most architecturally distinctive buildings, including the Dime Bank, Mckinley Hotel, Lakeside Casino, Case Building, Central Savings Bank, Courtland Hotel, Case Mansion, and numerous other residences, all now demolished.

Five of the extant 13 Tilden buildings known in Canton are listed on the National Register; these are the Canton Public Library (NR 1982), Trinity Lutheran Church (NR 1985), the Fife House, Harvard Company building, and the Belmont (Benders) restaurant (Thematic nom., 1987). The Case Continuation Sheet Guy Tilden was Canton's premier architect, designing approximately fifty buildings from National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service when Canton was rapidly expanding into a major industrial city. Tilden was a skillful, clustered windows with leaded and stained glass; steeply pitched pyramidal roof and gables; Sectlon number 8 Page 2 1990, the Martin House is now the single most significant residential design by Tilden numbered among the most architecturally significant buildings in the city, and span the period Brooke and Anna E.

Martin House Stark County, Ohio Mansion and Courtland Hotel were also listed in 1987, but were demolished in 1990 and 1992. Although only a small portion of his once-numerous works, these buildings still The Martin House is the only known Tudor Revival style building designed by Tilden, and is his finest surviving residential commission.It is significant as a masterful interpretation of its style, and as an added reflection of Tilden's versatility in architectural design. The interior features of the Martin House, in particular, reflect Tilden's attention to even the smallest two dining room windows undoubtedly reflects the architect's esteem for this house.

The Courtland Hotel (1905) also had the Tilden coat-of-arms incorporated into all of its stair railings, and it seems to have been a reflection of Tilden's pride in his finest early twentieth- century designs to include his family crest as a design element. Besides the Fife House, only two other Tilden residences are known to have survived in Canton. The A.M. Dueber and Mrs. John Dueber residences, at 712and 718 West Tuscarawas Street, have both suffered Constructed for Anna E. Martin and her nephew Brooke, this house remained in the Martin family until at least 1970. City directories list Brooke as a student and later a clerk, deceased by 1934, but his widow Minnie continued to occupy the home until about 1959. about 1972, when the house is listed as vacant.

By 1974 the Martin House was owned by was moved from its corner lot at 1221 Cleveland Avenue NW to its present location, also a corner lot in a residential neighborhood and directly across the street from the site of Guy designed by Tilden and demolished in 1990, was just north of the Martin House at 1717 N. prior to construction of a new drug store. Due to commercial development, its original location has lost its residential character; thus the new location is actually more in keeping with the original character of the house's first site, and meets the requirements for eligibility Irene Shurman and has remained in the Shurman family up to the present. In 1996 the house under Exception B.

Tilden's former residence at 1626N.Market Avenue(demolished).The Case Mansion, details integral to a cohesive overall architectural design.Use of the Tilden coat-of-arms in Continuation Sheet National Park Service Market Avenue.Moving the Martin House was necessary to preserve it from demolition United States Department of the Interlor National Register of Historlc Places Mrs. Katrina Henrich, the daughter of Brooke and Minnie Martin, then resided there until losses of integrity that rendered them ineligible for the National Register (OHSPAB 1987). convey Tilden's masterful ability to work successfully in wide range of architectural styles. and the 1920 census describes him as a second helper in a steel plant at age 29. Brooke was Sectlon number 8 Page 3 Brooke & Anna E. Martin House Stark County, Ohio Name of Property 10.

Geographical Data Acreage of Property - - See continuation sheet (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By _ telephone 330-438-0404 city or town - - state Ohio - zip code 44702-1231 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) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) - telephone street & number - Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is 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 for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect 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. 330-452-9523 Zone name organization Canton Photographs Maps Northing Ohio Easting Additional Documentation name/title Continuation Sheets Boundary Justification UTM References Additional items Darlene and Louis Shurman Jeffrey D. Brown/Historic Preservation Administrator Verbal Boundary Description less than one 1627 Market Avenue N.

County and State (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. 201 Third Street NE properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain 44714 4|68|820] [45|18|180] Natlonal Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Brooke and Anna E. Martin House Architecture in Canton 1805-1976. The Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio, 1976. Akron, Ohio. Published annually (later biannually), relevant volumes from 1910-1974. 14th Census of the United States 1920. State of Ohio, Stark County, Canton Johannesen, Eric The Architectural Legacy of Guy Tilden of Canton. Ohio History, Vol. 82(3-4): 124-141. The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, 1973.

Shriver, Amy, and Jeff Brown Guy Tilden Thematic Resources. Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, listed on July 27, 1987. Verbal Boundary Description The nominated property occupies lot number 02-32269 in the City of Canton. This lot is situated on the southwest corner of Market Avenue North and 17th Street NW. Boundary is based upon a legally recorded lot description, and includes the entire city lot on the northwest corner of Cleveland Avenue NW and 12th Street NW, one block west and Anonymous Bibliography Boundary Justification Township, Canton City. Enumeration District 10, Sheet 8B, lines 97-100. Canton Official City Directory.Compiled and published by The Burch Directory Co., upon which the nominated property now sits. The original location of the house was a lot Stark County, Ohio National Park Service four blocks south of its present location.

United States Department of the Interlor Albacete, M.J. Sectlon number 9, 10 Page. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM. /CRITERIA DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N TELEPHONE REJECT RETURN DATE DISCIPLINE 2/05/99 1/21/99 ACCEPT 12/22/98 REVIEWER OTHER: SAMPLE: EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET PDIL: REQUEST: DATE RECEIVED: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: National Register REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Stark Entered in the Neg. at SCRPC, Canton Phote by J.D. Brown, 3-24-1998 Photo by J. D. Brown, 3:24-1998 Neg. at S.C.R.P. C., Canton FRAGILE Interiar viêw d staircase 1627 Market Ave. N., Phato by J.D. Brown, 3-24-1998 Photo # 8 f 11 Photo by U.D.

Braun, 3:24-1998 1627 Market Ave. N. Phato by J. D. Brown, 3-24-1998 Negative at S.C.R.P.C., Canton Canton, Stark Co., Ohio Martin, Brooke f Anna E., Howe 1627, Market Ave. N., Phato by V.D. Brown, 3-24-1998