Nomination for Tubbs--Sourwine House

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(Cc: 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places RECEIVED This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the 1. Name of Property historic name - 2. Location - not for publication street & number L vicinity city or town - zip code . _ county _ State. 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination Signature of certifying official/Title Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State of Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification ] See continuation sheet. _ determined not eligible for the - removed from the National _ other. (explain:) 44865 139 Richland Ohio Registration Form Register.

Plymouth Tubbs-Sourwine House Date National Register V entered in the National Register. request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properies in the National Register of 49 Railroad Street Date of Action architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional Searle House Bed & Breakfast other names/site number I hereby certify that the property is: Xmeets does not meet the National Register criteria.I recommend that this property be considered significant Dept. Heacl comments.) 12-18-98 Richland County, Chio Name of Property County and State 5.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Check as many boxes as apply (Check only one box (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) X private X building(s) © public-local - district - public-State O site - public-Federal - structure -object - Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 6. Function or Use Current Functions Enter categories from instructions 7.

Description LATE VICTORIAN: Second Empire walls _ Narrative Description foundation SLATE Materials roof Tubbs-Sourwine House WOOD Architectural Classification DOMESTIC/single dwelling Noncontributing other WORK IN PROGRESS (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) STONE Historic Functions National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Tubbs- Courwine House, 49 Railroad St. Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio The Tubbs-Sourwine House, 49 Railroad Street, was built between 1867-1870 in the Second Empire The defining stylistic characteristic of the Tubbs-Sourwine House is its Mansard roof with imbricated slate. The roofline is punctuated by a series of 10 hooded dormer windows and two corbelled brick chimneys.

There does not appear to have been iron cresting on the roof based on a historic cornice that features carved wood brackets and a carved wood frieze. The frame house has double hung 2/2 windows topped with highly decorative bracketed lintels. The by the current owner who may re-install them at a later date. The center bay of the house features a two story porch. The chamfered posts have remained, however, the decorative railing on the second floor had been removed prior to the rehabilitation, probably owing to deteriorated wood. The original clapboard siding had been covered by aluminum siding circa 1960. After the house was purchased by Mrs. McCollum, the aluminum was removed. The original wood siding is now exposed. Fortunately, it was found to be in good condition with the exception of a few boards which have been replaced with new wood. The house was repainted in 1998.

Original interior features include a central wood staircase with a carved newel post, ballusters, and railing, paneled double doors, and the yellow pine interior woodwork. The original plaster walls were replaced with drywall. There are several exterior alterations to the house. The rear sun porch that was probably added in the late 1920s was enclosed in the 1960s. A rear stair from the sun porch roof to the attic level, a rear dormer window opening was altered, and a wheelchair ramp on the north side were added in 1998 to accomodate conversion to a bed and breakfast. The property also includes a non-contributing frame garage with a metal roof located on the north side of the lot which was built after 1945 a small pond or wading pool behind the house that had been added by the Sourwines.

Physical Description: original shutters were removed by the Sourwine family, however, the shutters were found in storage 8 361 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Style. The property is located in a residential neighborhood at the southeast corner of Railroad and Mills Streets. The former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lineand avacant railroad depot are located east of the house. The Fate-Root-Heath Company factory is located southwest about one block from the house along the railroad tracks. The house and a garage built in 1940 sit on a lot that measures 147' x photograph of the house taken in the early 1920s. The mansard roof rests upon a decorative bracketed 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance L 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 X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack =c.1867 (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) -A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - 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. Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

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Major Bibliographical References Primary location of additional data: Ex State Historic Preservation Office - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 - Other State agency CFR 67) has been requested C Federal agency - previously listed in the National Register - Local government L University - Other - designated a National Historic Landmark - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # Bibilography Register Architecture Unknown information important in prehistory or history. Architect/Builder religious purposes. Significant Person Ohio Historic Preservation Office (Cite the books, articles. and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Property is: Criteria Considerations previously determined eligible by the National Period of Significance D Property has yielded.

or is likely to yield, individual distinction. Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation our history. Applicable National Register Criteria represents the work of a master, or possesses significant in our past. for National Register listing.) County and State Name of repository: Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A (Enter categories from instructions) (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Tubbs- Sourwine House, 49 Railroad St. The Tubbs-Sourwine House, built c. 1867-1870, is being nominated under Criterion C as an excellent and the only local example of the Second Empire style in Plymouth.

This style originated in France during the 1850s when Napoleon III began a major building campaign utilizing the distinctive into the attic space. The Second Empire style could be found in Ohio buildings constructed between ca. 1855-1885. Common elements in this style which are present in the Tubbs-Sourwine House consist of the Mansard roof with patterned slate shingles, roof dormers, classical ornamentation, bracketed cornice arches and lintels, 2/2 windows, and a two story frame porch with chamfered posts and trim. The Tubbs-Sourwine House is the only Second Empire building in the village of Plymouth. Thirty one village buildings have been recorded on Ohio Historic Inventory forms including 20 houses, a railroad (National Register of Historic Places, 2/22/1996). The predominant styles represented are Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, and vernacular.

A relatively small number of Second Empire style buildings were constructed in Richland County, primarily in Mansfield. These included the Courthouse, the First Street School, and several residences. All of the other known examples were built of brick but most have been demolished. The Second Empire brick Tobias House in Bucyrus (Crawford County) has a portico similar in design to the Tubbs-Sourwine House. The use of clapboard as the exterior wall material for the Tubbs-Sourwine House is unusual in Richland County. The land at 49 Railroad Street was first owned by Isaac Peck from 1823 to 1850. S.M. Robinson purchased the property in 1850 until selling it to Henry Tubbs in 1867. No records exist which document the construction date of the house, however, based on the style, it was probably built between 1867-1870. Henry Tubbs was the owner of the village planing mill.

Given his line of business, it is possible that Tubbs may have furnished the lumber to build the house. Little information is that he was a man of means. His mausoleum in Plymouth Greenlawn Cemetery was designed in the Greek Revival style with four columns and doric capitals, an indication that he died a wealthy man. In 1903 the house was sold to Albert T. Shafer. From 1919-1997 the property was owned by the Biographical information on the Sourwines was incomplete. Long time residents remember Claude Plymouth. In the 1960s the house was used as a rooming house for railroad workers. Vera Sourwine, the last member of the family to own the house, worked atthe Fate-Root-Heath Company located near Significance: Sourwine (1951-1961),Clinton and Claude Sourwine (1961-1970) and Vera Sourwine(1970-1997).

Sourwine family:Ethel Gertrude Sourwine(1919-1924),Charles and Mary Sourwine (1924-1951), Mary available concerning Tubbs who lived in the house until his death in 1903.However, one can speculate NPS Form 10.900-a SMB Acproval No. 1024-0018 Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio Section number depot, the public library, 7 commercial buildings, and the Plymouth Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel Sourwine worked for the Youngstown, Canton & Akron railroad and later became Postmaster of Mansard roof. This unique design exhibits a double pitched roof that allowed more room and light Page United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Tubbs- Sourwine House, 49 Railroad St. Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio advent of the railroad stimulated growth. In 1853the first edition of the Plymouth Advertiser was published by James G.

Robinson and David Ross Locke, who later gained fame as the satirist "Petroleum Vesuvious Nasby." and Gunsaulus Company, founded in 1881, which manufactured brick and tile machinery. It became after the Civil War. In 1997, the Tubbs-Sourwine House was purchased by Plymouth native Eleanor Searle McCollum. Now known as the Searle House, it is undergoing restoration as a Bed & Breakfast. Page Continuation Sheet After the Civil War, the village began to attract industry. The most important company was the Fate company also manufactured locomotives and in the 1930s changed its name to Plymouth Locomotive The village was first settled in 1815 and incorporated by the Ohio legislature in 1838. In 1845 the Plymouth is a village of approximately 2000 people. It is located within Huron and Richland Counties. agricultural implements. In 1932 it developed and manufactured the "Silver King" tractor.

The National Register of Historic Places Derrick Corporation. The architecture of the Tubbs-Sourwine House reflects the growing prosperity of the village as it grew Section number - NPS Form 10.900-a Company. In 1996 it became Plymouth Industries International, a subsidiary of the American Hoist & the Fate-Root-Heath Manufacturing Company(1904) which made com shellers and other types of NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Tubbs- Sourwine House, 49 Railroad St. Art Work of Richland and Crawford Counties. Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1894. Reproduction, Inc., 1979. Graham, Alexander A., History of Richland Countv, Ohio, Its Past and Present. A.A. Graham & Co., Outlook '97 for the Plymouth & Shiloh Area Communities. Joint publication of the Plymouth Picturesque Huron County, Ohio. Norwalk: Laning Printing Company, 1896.

Plymouth Area Historv, Plvmouth, Ohio. Plymouth Area Historical Society, 1989. Williams' Ohio State Directory, 1878-9. Page Bibliography Section number 1880. Clippings files, Plymouth Public Library. Baughman, A. J., ed. The Heritage Collection Biography and History of Richland County. Unigraphic National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Gordon,Stephen C.How to Complete the Ohio Historic Inventory.Ohio Historical Society,1992. Advertiser newspaper and Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce, 1997. Co.,Ohio 8-86) Richland County, Ohio Tubbs-Sourwine House Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.) 3 5:97:2 0 - See continuation sheet Boundary Justification 11. Form Prepared By Sandra Davies, Field Services Coordinator July 10, 1998 (revised 11/4/98) _ date 567 E.

Hudson Street street & number _ telephone city or town state_ Ohio Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. 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.) Eleanor Searle McCollum 3435 Westheimer Road, Apt. 1100 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.

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Paperwork Reductions Projects (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503 43211 name 297-2470 Easting Maps Zone Photographs Texas Columbus organization Northing Additional items UTM References name/title Ohio Historic Preservation Office zip code (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) less than one acre County ana State 11:7 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sneet.) Hous ton 77027 Ohio United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Tubbs-Sourwine House, 49 Railroad St.

Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: The boundary is the village lot historically associated with the Sourwine House Page Continuation Sheet BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION: Section number 10 Lot 163, Plymouth Corporation United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Tubbs-Sourwine House, 49 Railroad St. Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio OUTLOOK 97 - THE PLYMOUTH Advertiser - Page 9 49 Railroad St. Page HURON PLYMOUTH Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Section number RICHLAND CAST United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Tubbs- Sourwine House, 49 Railroad St.

Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio Section number - BUSINESS WEST BROADWAY -TUBES-SOURWINE HOUSE Page National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet RAILROAD UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: REFERENCE NUMBER: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : RECOM. /CRITERIA 99000094 DATE REJECT RETURN PROPERTY TELEPHONE DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE REVIEWER 1/08/99 2/05/99 2/22/99 ACCEPT APPEAL: SAMPLE: Tubbs--Sourwine House NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NAME : REQUESTED ACTION: DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N NOMINATION 1/20/99 PERIOD: DATE OF PENDING LIST: LESS THAN 5O YEARS: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 49 RAILROAD ST. PLYmOUTH ON Photo 1 M18 Photo 208 49 RAKROAD Sr.

PLYmoUTH OH Phato 3 018 TUBBS-SOURWINE HOUSE 49 RAILROAD ST. PLYMOUTH, OH Tubhs-Sourwine Hause Photo 701 8 Nou. 199 8 Firgt floor Shaircase Tubbs- Sourwine tlouse UNITED STATES RICHMOND SHELBY QUADRANGLE SHELBY, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1960 Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey RIPLEY N4052.5 - W8237.5/7.5