Nomination for Boulter, Cedric G., and Patricia Neils, House

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NPS Form10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) RECEIVED 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 historic name _ Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House other names/site number N/A 2. Location N/A D not for publication city or town _ L vicinity As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this Ixl nomination - nationally & statewide - locally. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept. Head State of Federal agency and bureau 4.

National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: pignature of the Keeper S entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National - other, (explain:) . Date Register. Registration Form Hamilton state National Register Cincinnati, National Register of Historic Places National Park Service 3. State/Federal Agency Certification United States Department of the Interior Signature of certifying official/Title Date of Action by entering the information requested.

lf an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for"not applicable."For functions, Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO street & number 1 Rawson Woods Circle OH county- -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of March 24, 1999 X meets does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant code 061 zip code 45220 comments.) Ohio HistoricPlaces and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.In my opinion,the property Hamilton, Ohio 5. Classification Ownership of Property Kx private L public-local - public-StateR - site - public-Federal Structure -object - Total 6. Function or Use 1.

Description Modern Movement: Wrightian/Usonian - Noncontributing district foundation Historic Functions Concrete other roof Asphalt Narrative Description Wood Current Functions in the National Register Materials Architectural Classification Boulter House Number of contributing resources previously listed County and State (Enter categories from instructions) Category of Property Domestic/single dwelling Number of Resources within Property Name of related multiple property listing Name of Property (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) (Check only one box) (Check as many boxes as apply) Kx building(s) walls Concrete blocks, glass National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G.

and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH The Cedric and Patricia Neils Boulter House is a Usonian House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in hillside. The Boulter residence follows the same type of plan that was used, but not built, for the only looks over and onto the living room below, but has a balcony at the study, projecting outdoors at the southwest corner. A broad terrace contained within a retaining wall overlooks the hillslope, and a living room from the second-story bedroom, its west extension becoming an exterior balcony. The Douglas fir, used as a structural system (employing a transverse twin beam and post design). This H. Howe's drafting tables. The Boulter, however, conceals a second floor to the rear, while Lovness is A.D.A. Edita Tokyo. pp. 54 & 117. 1998. as a playroom for their two sons, it later became a guest room. design.

elegant transom windows above the living room glass doors are made of boards in a concentric pattern, William Storrer describes the house as: "The Boulter house is concrete block and Philippine mahogany 2 Ibid. p.117. confirmed by Ben Dombar and Patricia Boulter). The mullions in the glazed wall are load-supporting colored cement floor, square equal to three concrete blocks on a side. A balcony juts into the two-story Continuation Sheet surface while in horizontal joints it is normally recessed. This emphasizes the horizontal nature of the beautifully sculptural quality to the northwest elevation." covered porch by the entry has a view in two directions (Photos #1 - #3).

A later addition was planned square glass inserts in the central portion.These mitre on the half-unit at each end and give a the common practice in Wright's later Usonian houses, the module is marked out in the Taliesin red- 1954. This two story Usonian residence contains approximately 2500 square feet on a 0.5-acre wooded United States Department of the Interior stained Taliesin red; the stair treads suspended from above are African mahogany (This has been work in Wright houses is apparent in the laying of the block; grouting in vertical joints is flush with the 3 Ibid. p.117 This statement by Pfeiffer is not entirely accurate since the Boulters planned the addition Pfeiffer² as having"differed [ from other Usonian houses] in that the second story bedroom area not 1Futagawa (ed),Yokio;Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (text).Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951 - 1959.

living room facade is the forerunner for the Don Lovness house[391, T5507;1955] both were on John The Boulter House is built of concrete block, plate glass, and wood, the latter stained Taliesin red. As is for guest accommodation at the far end of the porch as a separately detached room and bath. The terrace retaining wall on the south side of the house is battered. A technique used in nearly all masonry United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH -structural hangers from the transverse twin beams through the bedroom closets-a trompe l'oeil effect).

The closeness of this and other rectilinear designs with interior full-length balcony to the solar this view from the southwest is the most powerful, with the perpendicular horizontal-sided balcony and reinforcement added. There was also steel plate reinforcement added to the carport roof and the cantilevered chimneybreast for the living room fireplace. (The Cincinnati building code dated from 1890 and was not revised until the 1960s). The step-back concrete block system, designed by Wright line, so the design was amended by Dombar, with Wright's approval, to conform with city requirements. This was completed in 1958. 4 William A. Storrer. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press. Chicago flat roofs soaring above (Photo #3).

From the street below, to the south, the terrace parapet seems to Cornwell, the first is a 1955 "straightforward" version that was realized from it. According to Walter the Storrer plan; this contributes to the dramatic prowlike effect as seen from that direction; altogether Code Division. This included objections that the kitchen window was not fireproof and the carport was (1993) pp.407-408. Thus the main house designed in 1954 is a linear, split-level design with an upper level bedroom Continuation Sheet hemicycle concept may be seen in two other projects. Both were on the board of Gibbons Gray further heightens the vivid diagonal effects. The house itself, of course, is set boldly at a diagonal to therefore designated a breezeway. The supervising architect for construction was Ben Dombar, a former apprentice of Wright's at the intersection above which it perches. single story".

(Wright used an ingenious structural system for the bedroom balcony over the living gallery with three bedrooms, a bedroom/study, and a bathroom (Photo #4).At the lower level is the E.Langsam, architectural historian, the Boulter South Terrace is angled to the southwest as shown in annex was a contravention of the city regulations because the eastern end went beyond the property Taliesin.Dombar made structural changes in which the cantilevered balcony had steel plate form the foundation of the house, and the westward slope of the ground in which the terrace wall is set room which appears be cantilevered from the north wall of the house:in fact it is supported by main living area, kitchen, and dining area.The annex, originally built as a large playroom and attached for the south terrace wall, was not steel reinforced originally as required by the city. The design of the #5).

Wright's design for the main house encountered problems with the City of Cincinnati Building bathroom, separated from the main house by the carport, was designed by Wright in July 1957 (Photo United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH All built-in furniture was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. In the second level study there is a fitted desk, closet, and custom-built bed. A fitted dressing table, a closet and custom-built single beds are situ. In the first floor living room, fitted bookshelves, benches, and cupboards were designed by Wright There is also a significant amount of original loose furniture designed by Wright, which remains in the Wright, as were the built-in bookshelves, oak wood paneling and closet in the annex (Photo #12).

Construction of the main house was completed in 1956. In December 1989, Ben Domber was appointed consulting architect to assist in the design of a study within the carport area, linking the annex to the main house. Proposals were submitted to John Ottenheimer of Taliesin Associated Architects, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona. Plans were 1991. The design was built in accordance with all of Wright's original detailing, including external House, at "Fallingwater' 1935. The Boulters occupied the house between 1955 and 1989, when it was purchased by David Gosling, room (which is a quarter level down, setting the north wall of the house partially into the hillside). (Photo #7).

In the entry gallery, between the first floor living room and the second floor bedrooms, the African Continuation Sheet house, including an oak dining table (1954) and six oak dining chairs (1954); a mahogany coffee table both levels are Philippine mahogany.The stairs are four feet wide from entry down into the living (1954); two mahogany end tables (1954); four upholstered mahogany stools (1954) and two armchairs and include twenty-foot high drapes designed by Wright and manufactured by Schumacher Photos #8 - designed by Wright and manufactured by Henredon (1955); though the armchairs were not specifically 5Not dissimilar from the design of the external staircase over the waterfall at the Edgar J.Kaufman completed in June 1990 and construction commenced in November 1990 and was completed in May house in September 1989 included all built-in furniture, loose furniture and drapes designed by Wright.

found in the three bedrooms.Wright designed curtains for all of the above rooms and these remain in State of Ohio Eminent Scholar in Urban Design, at the University of Cincinnati. The purchase of the mahogany stair treads are suspended by rods from above Photo #11). All paneling in the main house at fenestration and internal mahogany paneling using the same four-foot grid module as the original house designed for the house. In the kitchen all built-in cupboards, closets, and countertops were designed by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH In October 1996, major structural damage, due to hillside subsidence, occurred to the south terrace of and Co., who drilled three boreholes, and a report from the geotechnical consultant engineer, Mark Lockwood, Inc.

(March 18,1997), revealed that the house had been in the process of gradual collapse from 1.5H:IV to 2H:IV, underpinning on the eastern side was recommended as well as reconstruction of the south terrace, following Wright's original design. Test boreholes revealed bedrock of weathered also installed and in June 1998 the exterior and interior of the house were stained in accordance with architect, in accordance with the original Usonian design concept (Photo #6). In September 1998 both bathrooms were refurbished as well as the kitchen. drawings and specifications prepared by Roenker Engineering Inc. (Structural engineers). Roof failure shale with limestone layers ranging from 9.2 feet deep to 11 feet deep.

which was carried out in June 1998, under the supervision of Bruce Goetzman, consulting restoration growth by David Gosling.A new central air conditioning plant and a new central heating furnace were the main house and the north and eastern corners of the annex.A geotechnical survey by H.C.Nutting Continuation Sheet Wright's original colors of Taliesin red (Cherokee red). The annex required complete reconstruction In July 1997 Cummings Engineering Inc.,were appointed to carry out the underpinning with contract also occurred during this period and Ray St. Clair Roofing Inc.,were appointed to install a new National Register of Historic Places Section number_7 composite flat roof. The originally exposed concrete block podium-terrace was treated with off-white Page_4 latex paint (gray in 1989) to cure the growing problems of internal and external fungus and lichen 8.

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Areas of Significance - A Property is associated with events that have made - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. XXC 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 distinguishable entity whose components lack W D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) religious purposes - 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 50years. Benjamin Dombar, Superyising Architect 9.

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Form Prepared By name/title _Dr David Gosling, State of Ohio Eminent Scholar in Urban Design August 27, 1998 street & number College of DAAP city or town Cincinnati Submit the following items with the completed form: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of SHPO or FPO.) name - Dr. David Gosling and Miriam Gosling street & number 1 Rawson Woods Cirdle a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). 45221-0016 date Easting state Photographs Additional Documentation Northing UTM References telephone Maps Ohio Boulter House Verbal Boundary Description County and State Representative black and white photographs of the property.

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45220 University of Cincinnati telephone (513) 556-3284 A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH Lloyd Wright's Usonian design system of house construction. The Boulter House, built in 1955-56, was one of Mr. Wright's last Usonian designs to be completed before his death in 1959. The house is Wright's work in the Cincinnati area from the architect's Usonian period and one of only nine integrity and meets the requirements of Criteria Consideration G for properties less than fifty years old Frank Lloyd Wright and Usonian Architecture Chicago, but soon established his own practice, developing theories of "organic" architecture.

His materials and structure, machine manufacture and geometric precision of design were some of the The term "Usonian" stood for United States of North America with an "T" inserted to describe the residents of a culturally reformed United States, or North America. It has been attributed to both Samuel Butler and Frank Lloyd Wright. Mr. Wright used the term to broadly describe most of his 140 houses constructed from 1936 until his death in 1959. Some of these were far from small, modestly However, some of his predictions were to prove incorrect. For example the very small galley-like the Usonian house was designed specifically for families with relatively modest income. In the spaces plays an important role in family life.

Evolving from the earlier, mid-western Prairie house, the Usonian house responded to the changing lifestyles and modern housing demands of a whole nation in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Usonian works principles. principles he stood for. The design of the Boulter House embodies virtually all of Mr. Wright's housing has been researched and evaluated by many eminent scholars. architects. Wright commenced his career in the late 19th century under the tutelage of Louis Sullivan in suggested that in the post World War Two era, with rising prosperity, the kitchen would become less Continuation Sheet The importance of Mr. Wright's work in designing Usonian architecture and its influence on post-war residences in Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The residence has a high degree of design priced residences.Wright first presented his Usonian manifesto in Architectural Forum in 1938.

additionally important because of the"split-level"balconied format and combination of materials.The houses blended into their natural surroundings by the use of low lines and rough materials. Clarity of kitchens which he termed'workspaces'were often linked to inadequate dining spaces. Wright Boulter House possesses exceptional significance as it constitutes only one of two intact examples of The Cedric and Patricia Neils Boulter House is significant under Criterion C as an example of Frank Section number_8 Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is regarded by many as the most renowned of America's 20th century Page_1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number_8 Page_2 Boulter, Cedric G.

and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH comprised the second great productive period in Wright's very long and influential career, as nearly the 1937 Herbert Jacobs House of Madison, Wisconsin. Following the Jacobs House, in a period of less than 25 years, over 100-Wright-designed Usonian Houses were built in the United States (Peterson, best preserves itself, a coating of clear resinous oil would be enough. Only the floor mat of concrete Usonia was ideal for Wright: of affordable, beautiful housing for a democratic America. Storrer 6 Wright designed within the twin beam and post system for Boulter House, tubular incandescent lights square needs waxing; no plastering in the building; no gutter, no downspouts."(p.73). 1998). used for illuminating paintings.

According to Patricia Boulter, commercially available lights did not suggested that "The Usonian concept was Spatial- the space within to be"lived in"- not structured. and the quiet space- the bedrooms, in another. Typically this meant a ninety-degree or 'L' plan, laid out necessary... a carport will do; the old fashioned basement, except for fuel and heater space was always a and bric-a-brac are unnecessary because walls may be made to include them; no painting at all. Wood Continuation Sheet are still available. Regarding painting the Douglas Fir structural system was stained externally and living room, a room shared by all the family. Usually on one side of it is a'window wall', fully glazed In his book The Natural House Mr.Wright espoused the theory of Usonian architecture and established General Electric Co. to manufacture narrower tubes to meet this requirement.

Though rare, those tubes immediately adjacent for convenience. Active space, the living room, extends the plan in one direction light fixture, throwing light upon and down the ceiling.Light will thus be indirect; furniture, pictures one-half of those works were the small or moderate-sized Usonian houses. The first built Usonian was heat the house the"Hypocaust way"in or between floors.We can make the wiring system itself be a utilities, and similar places with the'Housewife'at heart of domestic activities.Dining space was downspouts were a contributory factor to the1996 subsidence caused by the sliding hillside. on a grid of squares, a significant simplification of the Prairie cruciform.The principal space is the internally "Taliesin Red."Two downspouts were built adjacent to the north wall and lack of Spatially and structurally, the masonry core was important.

This "workspace" - kitchen, laundry, the following principles:"visible roofs are expensive and unnecessary;a garage was no longer meet insurance company requirements because of fire danger.Wright apparently persuaded The National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH carport sheltered the automobiles, but Wright did not waste a client's funds on walls around it, so A Usonian house's structural characteristics from 1935 on included a concrete slab floor providing plasterboard, but to refer to a sandwich-type of assembly, a laminate of three layers of wood boards center-insulating layer was often plywood Again, contemporary living contradicts this, where the large, often two story great room is seldom of Taliesin Associated Architects, Taliesin West, Arizona. swollen feet by many tenants. 12) A.D.A.

Edita. Tokyo. Japan. 1988, p. 54. Lewis House in Tallahassee, Florida... of a two story design rectangular inform, but likewise making the bedrooms on the second level open onto the mezzanine overlooking the living room. The scheme began first as an adoption of the fir tree house, first used for the Lake Tahoe Projects of 1922." study in the carport area, a long picture gallery was created based on a suggestion by John Ottenheimer 8 In the case of the Boulter House, there was no entrance gallery and the entrance lobby was used except for entertaining and the family room or den (often in a basement) becomes the primary perspective drawings of each house are interesting, the California house shown surrounded by avoiding garages. focus for family activities.

Continuation Sheet Description)° This unbuilt project designed in 1952, is virtually identical except the Boulter residence gravity heating? and the masonry core. Wright used the term 'dry wall', not referring to contemporary 9Floor slab gravity heating was adopted in many countries (during post WW II era). In Great Britain it comparatively small.When the annex was linked to the main house in 1991,with the construction of a United States Department of the Interior Parallel in design to the Boulter residence is the Horace Sturtevant residence (See Narrative was used in many public housing projects, but was later abandoned because of medical complaints of The Sturtevant House is described as"similar to (Wright's) solar hemicycle houses, such as the George Section number_ 8 Page_3 from floor to ceiling. A 'gallery', the term preferred by Wright to "hallway' leads to the bedrooms?

A screwed together, procuring a modified batter effect, eliminating conventional two-by-four studs. The 10 Yukio, Futagawa (ed) Bruce Books Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959, (volume is a few units longer and eventually gained the guest bedroom addition beyond the carport. The related United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number_8 Page_4 Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH evergreens, that in Ohio by redwoods. The graphic techniques used for the perspectives are different. Pennsylvania sited just below Kentuck Knob. The South terrace is strikingly similar to that of the Boulter House though it is constructed of local sandstone, not concrete block. The plan, however, is on History of Boulter House Patricia Neils Boulter was the daughter of Henry J.

Neils, who commissioned Mr. Wright in 1949 to design a home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Patricia requested Mr. Wright to design her future home letter to Mr. Wright requesting him to design a house and he replied November 14,1953, in his usual neighborhood of Clifton, near the university. The Rawson family were major landowners and dedicated contract was drawn up in May 1954. Preliminary drawings were completed in September 1954 and final drawings in November 1954. A survey of the site at 1'O" contour intervals with all trees plotted Continuation Sheet concrete blocks, with cast patterns and perforations. The edges of the blocks were half-circular grooves stacking of the blocks and inserting them with steel and concrete avoided the customary mortar joint. construction (Bruce Pfeiffer 1990; King, Personal Communication, December, 1998).

The simpler process was one that non-skilled labor could perform and reduce the labor building costs. By 1954 the Usonian system had been perfected and several variations of the basic design had been yards, plans for the houses could be varied as desired and the home owner could participate in the built.The design addressed the problem of creating a systems-built house that could make beautiful, a hexagonal grid.The original landscape proposal designed by Mr.Wright is shown in a perspective when she married and he agreed.Patricia and Cedric Boulter were both professors of Ancient Greek subsequently met Mr.Wright in New York City to show him extensive photographs of the site and a The Boulter residence perspective represents more closely Wright's iconic graphic style.

The Sturtevant and Classical Archeology at the University of Cincinnati.After their marriage Cedric Boulter wrote a In March,1954 they purchased the last remaining lot in the Rawson family subdivision in the and as they were stacked, one upon each other and one next to each other, rods were inserted into the perspective does not. A similar design in the Hagan (1954)(S:377;T:410) residence, at Chalkhill, enigmatic style'Dear Cedric Boulter:We will. Send details"and signed Frank Lloyd Wright. initialed by FLW (Colored print in Gosling archives). IN 1989, Mr. Gosling attempted to return the a large portion of their property, Rawson Woods, as a nature preserve for the city of Cincinnati. Boulter grooves, running both horizontally and vertically. Concrete grout was added to seal the grooves. The moderated cost housing available on a large scale.

The Usonian system called for specially made Mr. Wright's intention was that forms for the blocks could be massed produced and bought in lumber United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number 8 Page_5 Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH from the main house by a carport, was designed by Mr. Wright in 1957 and built in 1958. would not have allowed for the 2500 square foot house to have been built on one level. The plan follows one that was designed, but not built for the Horace Sturtevant residence in 1952. The house has a second story bedroom area with an interior balcony that overlooks the living room and its west extension becomes an exterior projected balcony at the northwest corner.

The house retains all of its In the 1880s and '90s many of the original estates were developed with handsome residences on Hannaford (& Sons), and Lucien F. Plympton. The extension of urban street car lines to Clifton Avenue were located on Clifton Avenue south of Ludlow Avenue, along with a series of hospitals. Their proximity led to a concentration of administrators, faculty members, and students, as well as other " Walter Langsam, Personal Communication, December 23, 1998 District." Clifton, located on a hilly plateau north of downtown Cincinnati, is a distinctive historic, of nearby Spring Grove Cemetery. Among the outstanding surviving mansions from this period are generous grounds, often by distinguished local architects such as James W. McLaughlin, Samuel Continuation Sheet original design features and built in furniture designed by Mr. Wright.

There is a significant amount of century estates were landscaped in the Civil War era by Adolph Strauch, the chief landscape architect George K. Shoenberger House (intact but part of a retirement community), but there are many others. History of Clifton Neighborhood! that served the residents, the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College (now University) Clifton also became an institutional center at the turn of the century.Aside from the existing churches on Ludlow/Jefferson Avenue, the commercial core of the area introduced apartment buildings and denser but still compatible residential development throughout what is known as the"Gaslight example of Mr.Wright's late Usonian Automatic architecture and has been well maintained by both the site of earlier farms, Clifton has evolved compatibly for a century and a half.

Several of the mid 19th owners with frequent consultation with the Taliesin Fellowship. architectural, and landscaped suburban community. Established as an exclusive village in the 185Os on original loose furniture also designed by Mr.Wright for the house.The Boulter House is a good was prepared at that time. Construction of the house was completed in April 1956.An annex, separated The Boulter residence is one of only a few two story Usonian houses. The steep hillside O.5-acre lot "Oakwood" the Henry Probasco House"NR,1972, still in private hands) and"Scarlet Oaks, the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G.

and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH related professionals, within the Clifton residential district, affecting the social as well as architectural first "Modern" or International Style houses were built opposite the future site of the Boulter House: the Gale and Agnes Potter Lowrie House, 20 Rawson Woods Circle (1933-34, by Potter, Tyler & Just before and after World War II, residents of Clifton began seeking out more challenging sites, particularly around the periphery of the built-up areas, where steep, wooded hillside sites became more Usonian Architecture in Ohio: Context three houses designed by Wright in the Cincinnati area: The Boswell residence, the Tonkens residence and the Boulter residence.

The 1954 Gerald Tonkens residence (NR, 1991), is a renowned example of Wright's Usonian Automatic Architecture and is considered to be a major statement in the history of this particular type. Sitting on six acres of land, the house is constructed of prefabricated pierced concrete blocks. The Boswell residence, designed by Wright in 1956, but completed after his death, is not regarded by some architectural historians, including William Storrer, as totally genuine mainly because of the numerous alterations made to Wright's design. individual architects' own residences. Among these, the Boulter House is outstanding yet compatible. former Taliesin fellow Benjamin Dombar (supervising architect of the Boulter House), as well as many 1930s by outstanding local Modernist firms such as Garriott & Becker, Carl A.

Strauss & Associates, were embraced, as alternatives to traditional or conventional design, especially by clients associated with the University of Cincinnati. There are numerous examples of fine contemporary design since the setting. Concomitantly, more"modern,"adventurous and experimental styles and structural solutions Continuation Sheet attractive and even challenging to architects and builders, who often tried to maintain the natural Architecture, Art and Planning),and the adjacent 1935 Denman House. first residences were traditional Tudor and Colonial Revival houses of high-quality design and craftsmanship, taking advantage of the sloping topography.During the mid-1930s two of Cincinnati's Streets and sub-divisions like Rawson Woods Circle and nearby Belsaw Place were laid out between character of the neighborhood.Many artists and architects have chosen to live here too.

and on the wooded periphery of large properties between the World Wars.Rawson Woods Circle's Martin;(now the home of Jay Chatterjee, dean of the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Section number 8 Page_6 The Boulter House is one of only nine residences in Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. There are United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Section number 8 Page_7 Boulter, Cedric G.

and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH The Penfield residence, designed in 1953 in Willoughby Hills, Ohio (NR, 1997), has a similar linear second level there are three bedrooms and a bathroom, though without a gallery overlooking the living stained red, with large, two-story plate glass windows on the south side and concrete block retaining heating and laundry equipment Continuation Sheet 12 National Register of Historic Places Nomination. Continuation Sheet, Section No. 7, page 1. principles, and is worthy of nomination because of its original form. plan form to that of the Boulter residence. It is smaller in area but includes the same sequences of The Boulter House is an archetypal example of Usonian design, embodying virtually all of Wright's room as is the case in the Boulter residence.

Like the Penfield residence, the Boulter residence was The Boulter residence is quite different in design from the Tonkens residence.As an example of built with no basement or attic, though the Boulter residence has a small basement chamber for central walls as well as a cantilevered roof.i2 spaces at first floor level (entry, living, dining and work space areas as continuous space)At the Usonian architecture, it is more"organic"in appearance, utilizing a Douglas Fir structural system, NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils,Hs Section number - Hamilton County, Ohio ivisits to him. They understood didn't have to plaster it, o . Toy describe a Frank Lloyd it would Wright anstruction, - Lovely. Gerald. and Rosali Were saying you could put .home belongs very different from most houses.

The , Tonkens family (there about the home they wanted Cedric G. Boulter Home, 1 Rawson Woods Circle sheep from the goats,' meaning that my real friends that really honesty Page Boswell. (8-86) Enquirer Reporter Wright's Work Lives On supports out. the American civilization should By Alan Linn National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Mrs. Tonkens said. over." Johnson Wax building in Racine personal friends of Mr. Wright have a true American form of under cop National Park Service nder the ceiling. Soon they explain since they first talked to him built more than 20 years ago. architecture just as the great Our home is America 1959. The Yo-ton truck on the celling are two been Cincinnati. ami Rd ..a Frank Lloyd creation [is new today although it was designed houses i. ers of one of the -Enquirer Photu pleted about 2l years ago.

"Frank Lloyd Wright believed to"Mr. 10 APRIL 1959. wouldn't stand under the cell descriptions of structures - c.and Mrs designed, by Mr. Wright. Any the :first statements and then one by -likely .to hear fro Ooyners redundant alongside the emo-they have been lived with for g who loved his art for people and individually American. "second honest and sincere in. his life times. They have his letters side of this house and it's the People and democracy. They really you're CINCINNATI ENQUIRER own- civilizations that preceded it. make it beautiful. The builders "Mr. Wright was completely themselves obvious." "When he built my home he The Wrights house to continue their The.Tonkens' love to live in it. The. Tonkens' home is. con-It seems to say: A family lives never stay up. cover it, or put frills on it to had to knocr America-not that he once had edly s genlus.

The house suya man.of such genus," Mrs. Ton United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH 1) Taliesin Archives, Scottsdale, Arizona. No. T.5043 2) Storrer Archives, Newark, New Jersey (nos. S.379 and S.379a) 3) Taliesin drawing nos: (T5403) (2) General Plan 1/4" = 1'0"1954 1/4" = 1'0" 3/8" = 1'0" 3" = 1'0" 3/4" = 1'0" No 533 - 9096. (Taliesin) 1958 Perspective (initials) by Frank Lloyd Wright. August 1954. original prints current owner: Dana Gosling 4) Benjamin Dombar alterations to carport. File 1272 Sheet 1, January 1990 June 1990, August 1990. 5) David Gosling. Revisions to Benjamin Dombar. June 22, 1990 6) Restoration, including underpinning. Roenker Engineering, Inc., June 1997. Drawings 51 & 52. 7) Restoration of annex, Bruce Goetzman architect.

Drawing No 98-468, April 1998 (4) Sections (1) Plot Plan (5) Framing Continuation Sheet Major Bibliographical References (3) Elevations Guest Suite Primary Documents 1954(Revised 1955) (w/No 823) A) Archival records: (9) Revised Stair National Register of Historic Places (8) Work Space (6) Millwork and Details (7) Heating Plan Number_9 Page_1 Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH Alofsin, A. Frank Lloyd Wright: An Index to the Taliesin Correspondence. New York: Garland Publishing. 1998. Constantino, Maria. Frank Lloyd Wright. New York: Crescent Books. 1991. A.D.A. Edita Tokyo. pp. 54 & 117. 1998. King, Sarajane. Personal Communication. December, 1998. Langsam, Walter E..,Bea Lask, and Juanita Stork, "Mid -Twentieth-Century Non-Traditional Langsam, Walter E. Personal Communication. December 23, 1998. Lind, Carla. Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses.

San Francisco: Archetype Press; Pomegranate Artbooks. 1994. Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. September, 1988. Sargent, John, Frank Lloyd Wright. New York Library of Design. 1958. Sharp, Michael. A Pictorial History of the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. London, England and New York, USA: PRC Publishing. (This publication is forthcoming and includes the Boulter Storrer, William A. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog (Foreword by Henry-Russell Hitchcock), Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press. p. 379. 1974, 1978, 1982. of Historic and Contemporary Architecture and Interiors in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Bibliography: Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, November 12, 1994. Continuation Sheet residence). 1999. Langsam, Walter E., with photographs by Alice Weston.

Great Houses of the Queen City: 200 Years National Register of Historic Places Peterson, Chery."Iowa Usonian Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1945-1960." National Register of Futagawa (ed), Yokio; Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (text).Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959. Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society of the Museum Center at Union Terminal,1997 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Residences in Clifton."A Guide for a Tour Sponsored by the Isaiah Rogers/Ohio River Valley National Register of Historic Places Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, House Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH Storrer, William A. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Guide to Extant Structures. Newark, New Jersey: WAS Productions. Map No.12. 1990. Storrer, William A. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. Chicago & London: The University of Wright, Frank Lloyd. An Autobiography.

New York: Horizon Press. 1977. Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Living City. New York: Horizon Press. 1958. Bibliography: Continuation Sheet Chicago Press. pp. 407-408. 1993. Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Natural House. New York: Horizon Press. 1954. National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Section number_9 Page 3 NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Boulter, Cedric G. and Patricia Neils, Hor Hamilton County, Ohio U.T.M. Reference 16/714040/4336340(center of site) 0.5 acre rectangular cornersite Verbal Boundary Description historically associated with the nominated building. Continuation Sheet The boundary is based upon legally recorded lot lines and descriptions and includes the property Deeds Record of Hamilton County, Ohio: Vol4346 page 158.

Boundary Justification Site Description and fronting approximately 175 feet on the north side of Rawson Wood Lane. (8th Series Book National Register of Historic Places The nominated property is located in the Clifton Neighborhood of the City of Cincinnati, Ohio. the Plat Records of Hamilton county;said parcel being of the dimensions as shown on said plat 53,page214A Parcel No.215-67-105 and106,Consolidated).Prior instrument reference of It consists of all of lot number eighteen(18) and the east one-half (1/2) of lot number nineteen Section number 10 Page - (8-86) NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Boulter, Cedric G.

and Patricia Neils, Hous Hamilton County, Ohio Address: 1, Rawson Woods Circle, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Photographer: David Gosling Dates of Photographs: March 1998, August 1998 Description of Views: #1 Exterior view of South-Southwest elevation #4 Exterior view of South elevations of Main House and annex #5 Exterior view of South-East elevation #6 Exterior view of South-East elevation of annex #7 Exterior view of North-West elevation #10 Interior view of Upper level gallery looking South West #11 Interior view of Staircase to second level gallery #12 Interior view of kitchen looking east Page Section number PHOTOS (8-86) Continuation Sheet Negatives: In possession of photographer National Register of Historic Places The following information is the same for all photographs: Name of Property: Cedric and Patricia Boulter House #8 Interior view of Living area looking west #2 Exterior view of South-West elevation(a) Upper Level ower Level TERRACE GALLERY BATH PLANTER Basement Patricia Neils and Cedric G.

Boulter Residence and Addition BED BED 2 BED 3 CLSTORY ABOVE OPEN TO UIVING BELOW PICTURE GALLERY LINE OF BALCONY STORAGE STUDY KITCHEN RENOVATION AND EXTENSION TO THE BOULTER RESIDENCE CINCINNATI, OHIO. SITE PLAN NORTH WEST ELEVATION SOUTH EAST EILFMATION EXSTING GUEST VING ENTRY SAN INN.

= 67251 BOULTER HOUSE - SITE PLAN RAWSON WOODS LN 6871 117' BOREHOLE 116' 70.8 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: 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 REJECT TELEPHONE DATE RETURN 4/01/99 MULTIPLE ACCEPT 5/16/99 4/29/99 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DATE RECEIVED: REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: Boulter, Cedric G., and Patricia Neils, House STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Hamilton PROPERTY DISCIPLINE elevation Boulter Hs. Cincinnati, Oh (March 1998) Souih-South.west Boulter Hs. Cincinnati, Oh Elevation (a) CAngnst 1998) Angnot 1998) @south. west Cincinnati, oh Boulter Hs. Cineinnati, Oh Boulter Hs. Main house+ NOR 11109 9II3N-11AU 477 Cincinnati, oh (Angust 1998) Boulter Hs.

Boulter Hs. Cincinnati, Oh of annex (August 1998) Boulter Hs. Cincinnati, Oh (March 1998) ONortn.west elevatian Boulter Hs. Cincinnati, Oh Foreground: Dining chair west Cincinnati, OH Boulter Hs. (Mar0n 1998) Cincinnati, oh Boulter Hs. Upper love ga llecy koking Cincinnati, OH Boulter Hs. Cincinnati, OH Boulter Hs. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) CINCINNATI WEST QUADRANGLE CINCINNATI WEST, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UATM REFERENCE OHIO-HAMILTON CO Boulter, Cedric 4 Pat. Neils, Hs, HAMILTON CO., OH CINCINNATI UNITED STATES 6/714040/4336340 REC'D BY OHPO JAN 2 9 1999 January 28, 1999 Suite 720 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 352-4880 (513) 352-4853 Fax Leon A.

Meyer Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board c/o Barb Powers, Department Head, Planning Inventory & Registration Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 Dear Barb: At its meeting on January 25,1999, the City of Cincinnati's Historic Conservation Board Boulter House located at 1 Rawson Woods Circle in Cincinnati with the condition that the document be edited to eliminate any redundancy and vagaries. for it's association with the noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright who is regarded by many as one of the most renowned architects of 20century America. The Board voted directed staff to forward the Board's support to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.

Caroline Hardy Kellam City Planner City of Cincinnati Sincerely, CHK/chk City Planning Department Equal Opportunity Employer Two Centennial Plaza 805 Central Avenue The Board found that the house is eligible for the National Register under"criterion C" voted to support the National Register nomination for the Cedric G.and Patricia Neils unanimously that the Boulter House is an important resource in the Cincinnati and Director of City Planning Ohio Historic Preservation Office 567 East Hudson Street Columbus, Ohio 43211-1030 614/ 297-2470 Fax: 614/ 297-2496 Visit us at www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/ SINCE 1885 March 26, 1999 Ms. Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register, History & Education Programs Mail Stop 2280, Suite 400 1849 C. Street, NW Washington, D. C.

20240 NEW SUBMISSION Cary House/Pleasant Hill Academy If you have questions or comments about these documents, please contact this office. COUNTY Hamilton Belmont Sincerely, enclosures SOCIETY Kinney Farm HISTORICAL National Park Service State Historic Preservation Officer Boulter House notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions. Enclosed please find three (3) new National Register nominations. All appropriate Amos J. Loveday, Jr. Dear Ms. Shull: OHIO