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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) NOV - 5 1999 entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property other names/site number 2. Location N/A O not for publication N/A O vicinity city or town code OH county Lorain code 093 zip code 44035 3.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 entered in the National Register. - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National other, (explain:) comments.) Date state 10-20-99 Elyria Register.
RECEIVED Ohio Registration Form National Register National Park Service National Register of Historic Places United States Department of the Interior Date of Action NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES historic name _ -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets -does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant ] nationally -statewide [x locally. (L See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept. Head street & number- 1497 315 West Avenue by entering the information requested.
lf an item does not apply to the property being documented,enter"N/A"for"not applicable."For functions, Signature Reishahan Lorain County, Ohio 5. Classification Name of related multiple property listing 6. Function or Use 7.
Description foundation sandstone glass Noncontributing object roof structure private public-local public-State Architectural Classification site walls Materials public-Federal other Historic Functions asphalt shingle Colonial Revival Total Narrative Description Current Functions Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register Category of Property Ownership of Property (Enter categories from instructions) Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property DOMESTIC/single dwelling (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) building(s) district wood (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) Lord, Addison, House (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) National Park Service Lord, Addison, House The Addison Lord House is a 2 1/2 story Colonial Revival house located in a residential section of mixed architectural styles, just southwest of Elyria's commercial center and east of the West Branch Black River.
The house faces east on West Avenue, and is adjacent to the Thomas W. Laundon House (NR 10-21-75). Built in 1904, this house exemplifies early Colonial Revival designs that also frequently combined elements of the Anne style. Despite a few minor alterations, there is still substantial integrity of design, location, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. blocks, with a full basement. The exterior walls display a variety of surface treatments, with wood clapboards on the first floor and darker cedar shingles on the second floor and dormers. The demarcation between these is further accentuated by an outward flaring of the bottom three courses of shingles (photos 1-4).
In addition, the front porch railing is finished with a The front portico spans half the width of the facade, and was built with four free-standing restrained neoclassical wood surround with delicate fluted pilasters and a finely denticulated cornice (photo 7). An unusual feature of this window is that it can be slid up into the wall to open it. Above the porch are two second-floor oriel window bays, over which are a pair of pedimented roof dormers (photos 1-2). On the south elevation is a side entrance with a flaring shingled hood that also emphasizes the contrast between the first-floor clapboarding and the second-floor shingling. Other distinctive features on the south side include a wide first-floor window with a transom of multiple round-arch panes, and a large Palladian stained glass window overlooking the interior staircase landing between the first and second floors.
Single pedimented dormers on each side replicate those in front, and all second-floor double- hung windows display upper sash with multiple round-arch panes (photo 6) similar to the transom on the south side window. A semi-hexagonal oriel bay on the north side has a bellcast shingle roof extending onto the second floor wall, and a tall corbeled brick chimney (photo 5) projects above the roof line of the shingled hip roof, which still retains its built-in wood gutters (photo 2). The rear section of the house, slightly narrower than the forward two-thirds, has a gabled roof with cornice returns. A half-width rear porch, with a bellcast shingled roof, is now enclosed (date unknown; photos 3-4).
Continuation Sheet Page Narrative Description National Register of Historic Places late Queen Lorain County, Ohio United States Department of the Interior Section number 7 fishscale pattern wood siding. Basically rectangular in plan, the Lord House rests on a raised foundation of cut sandstone semi-hexagonal window bay and a large single-pane window. Framing the larger window is a and two engaged, slender Doric column porch supports, and a full pediment over the entry. NPS Form 10-000+ United States Department of the Interior Lord, Addison, House The interior of the Addison Lord House is characterized by fine detailing and design which remains almost entirely intact. Paneling, door and window surrounds, and the staircase (photo 8).
The staircase, with simple turned balusters and paneled newel posts, was built with an intermediate landing illuminated by a large Palladian stained glass window (photos 17-19). A six-foot wide single pocket door (photo 9) separates the front parlor from the hall, and a pair of oak pocket doors divides the parlor from the dining room behind it. The parlor's most windows (photos 10-12). The dining room is finished with oak paneling under the bay windows, and contains an unusual built-in china cabinet with angled doors framed by fluted pilasters (photos 13-14). Adjoining the dining room is the former butler's pantry with its original yellow pine cupboard (photo 15). A half-flight service staircase leads from the kitchen to the intermediate landing of the main staircase, from which it can be closed off by a pocket door. A small round window provides light for the enclosed stairs (photo 20).
The second floor is divided into four bedrooms and a bathroom. The two front bedrooms are larger and have bay window seats and walk-in closets with five-panel doors. One of the front rooms has a fireplace, and the other features a small wall cupboard with multipaned built-in cupboard is located in the hallway off the second floor stair landing. One outbuilding, a simple two-bay, side-gable garage constructed of concrete blocks, is listed as a non-contributing building. The iron fencing around the property is a recent reproduction that is compatible with adjacent fences in the neighborhood. The magnolia trees on the lot appear in photographs from the 1940s, and although their exact date of planting is not known, it is reasonable to assume, based on size, that they were planted by the Lords in the 1920s. are all executed in quarter-sawn oak.
In the entrance hall and foyer, the paneled wainscoting, Continuation Sheet Narrative Description Lorain County, Ohio located at the rear of the property (photo 21). Because it is less than fifty years old, it is National Park Service National Register of Historic Places one of the rear bedrooms and a large built-in cupboard in the other.Another ceiling-height glass and a false drawer back that creates a hidden storage space.There is a laundry chute in OMB Approvel Na. 1024-0018 Section number - 7 Page - door surrounds, seven-foot bay window seat, and paneled staircase are especially notable oak columns with Ionic capitals. Flanking the fireplace are two beveled, leaded glass distinctive feature is the fireplace and its mirrored oak mantle supported by a pair of smooth NPS Form 10-000 OMB Approvel No.
1024-0018 Lord, Addison, House Section number - - Page 3 Sketch Floor Plans - Not To Scale Floor Entrance Front First Second Foyer Room Pantry Parlor Continuation Sheet Dining Kitchen Door Bath Porch National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Closet Hall Lorain County, Ohio United States Department of the Interlor LORD, ADDISON, HOUSE LORAIN COUNTY, OH THIRD FLOOR (not to scale ) Bedroom DESCRIPTION Hall Natlonal Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Closet National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Section number - 1 _ Page _ 48 Addison, House Lorain County, Ohio Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance