Stringer Stone House

150 through Rayland, and the front facade faces away from the high- way, looking over ruined outbuildings to the flats of a river about Main doors to the house are at the second floor level, both front There is no basement, and the ground floor is full-height, with addition there are off-center doors at the ground floor, in the At the rear, a centered three-bay wooden porch is at the second floor. While the front porch could be original, the rear is un- CONDITION main thoroughfare. no lintels. double-hung sash. over six pierce the l8-inch-thick walls on all four sides.In See continuation sheet.

At either end, ground floor and gable windows have six lights over doubtedly later construction.Windows and doors are the same at Third floor windows are evenly spaced across the front and have nearby river would make the ground floor useless from time to time. two bays by five and little changed since its construction in 1836. cornice which is supported by six square wooden columns.Two more It sits about four feet below the line of the others and provides with a light-colored mortar. 200 feet away.Apparently the house has always faced away from the The dark-grey cut sandstone walls are laid in regular ashlar bond the rear as at the front, except for the center third floor window.

Flanking the doorway are four large windows with double-hung sash, The house is set back about loo yards from the present State Route There are two windows on each floor in and in the gable, and all are At the front, stone steps climb to a single-bay central wooden 12 lights over 8.All windows in the house have stone sills and second bay from the end, one each at front and rear. light for the stair landing inside.

parcel of 100 acres. The deed to the property, said to have been signed by President Monroe, passed to John B. Bayless through the local federal land agent, Kimberly. The house and land passed to the Stringer family in 1859 and has Unable to continue maintenance of the house, the family is offering unusually good condition for its age, its all-stone construction Though the house itself is not endangered, a proposed highway route will pass only a few yards in front of the house and poses a Conservation Commerce Communications losophy Architecture Aboriginal Literature Religion/Phi REGISTER SIGNIFICANCE 100-acre parcel of land, the property once boasted24 outbuildings, itarian Political Agriculture Social/Human- Sculpture NATIONAL Education Music Pre-Columbian National Register recognition.

an inn. serious threat to its environment.This makes National Register road, and its distinctive bridged chimneys and flattened ridge line are recognition doubly urgent. his massive stone house at Rayland, as evidenced by his name and but none remains. The ground on which the Stringer Stone House stands was once a The Stringer Stone House is one of the largest stone houses in Ohio. features which make the Stringer Stone House a fine candidate for Military from ground to chimney cap, the peculiar orientation away from the It may well be the finest example of its kind in the state.The JUL 21974 it for sale. Bayless had come to Ohio in 1829 from Maryland.He built his first the date cut into the store above the center third floor window.