Built in 1812. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1975. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“Eliphalet Ferris House is a registered historic building in Mariemont, Ohio, listed in the National Register on May 29, 1975. The house was constructed in 1802 or 1803, or built or expanded in 1812.”
Wikipedia article Eliphalet Ferris House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 314 National Register listings in Hamilton County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1812 · one of 9 National Historic Landmarks in Hamilton County.
National Register reference number.75001431- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 7,367 shown
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 7,367 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Ferris, Eliphalet, House between 1819 and
1975: 4,132 Fungi, 1,836 Animalia, 933 Plantae, 414 Protozoa, 30 Unrecorded, 22 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by 14753, A. Braun, A. F. Braun and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
6 workings within 5 miles of Ferris, Eliphalet, House: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Titanium, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Mariemont, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2013: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
A supercell reintensified over the southeastern part of the county creating hail to golfball size at Mariemont and to quarter size near Ashbury. Trees were also blown down in Mariemont.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
1,987 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
four light transom and narrow 6/6 double hung sash windows which floor opening. The addition on the eastern side is L-shaped, and it is three bays level and an 18/18 double hung sash window near the south and a facade is blank except for a small 6/6 window at the attic level. a restoration in 1930's, it was discovered the plaster of the MAR 1 4 1975 interstices.
CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER RECEIVED The eastern addition was originally two floors.However, the facade there is a single door entry with paneled transom and two double hung sash windows with stone sills, gauged brick lintels which has subsequently.been plastered over.There is a narrow facade, laid in Flemish bond with Queen's closer headers, has an double hung sash window with louvered shutters over each first entry to the right near the east side.The entry has a recessed upstairs rooms was embossed and painted in a repetitive pattern Exterior:This is a two and a half story red brick building with way to the roof..The roof beams are exposed with plasteree is a one and a half story gable roof addition The main south facade of the one and a half story portion, there are two 6/6 double hung sash windows which flank the chimney at the attic and a bulkhead cellar entrance near the front of the house.
stairs to the the chimney flues are corbeled to form 12/12 window near the north on the first level.On the north the house as do the bead and butt doors. 12/12 windows to the west of the door.To the left of the door and louvered shutters. At the second level, there is a 12/12 with a 6/6 double hung sash window on each side. On the east in the eastern addition is a small 6/6 window.
The Eliphalet Ferris House is one of the oldest structures (1774-1859) was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Jeduthian Ferris (born 1737), a Revolutionary War veteran. In bought 480 acres for $285 which they divided equally among The house was used as a residence until 1923 when it was used mont, a development begun by Mary Emery in the early 1920's. half-timber/Tudor style.
Following its use as a construction headquarters the house was restored by the local chapter of the At the present time, it is occupied by an architect's MAR 1 4 1975 Commerce Social/Human- SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Communications Conservation Transportation Military losophy Aboriginal Theater RECEIVED REGISTER Literature itarian Agriculture NATIONAL Music Political Sculpture Education 1799 he married Catherine and shortly afterward, moved Religion/Phi. This developement consists of and attached Daughters of the American Revolution and used as an antique as construction headquarters for the planned community of Marie- office and an educational research firm.
It was also known as whiskey Hollow because of the nearby still SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) West with his brothers Joseph and Andrew. Prior to 1800 they 1802-1812 Art operated by Joseph Ferris.Eliphalet Ferris was a farmer. residences, schools and shops, many of which are designed in July 21,
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 75001431, 12 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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