Heckler Farmhouse

Description of the property

The Heckler farmhouse (named for the property's owner according to an 1873 county atlas) is a simple, unadorned two-story brick residence. has the forms, massing and fenestration, but not the detailing, of the 'is probably circa 1830. The main block is rectangular and stands on a foundation of coursed rubble. meaning is unknown. Windows all appear to be original 6/6 double-hung was once there. CONDITION UNALTERED EXCELLENT DETERIORATED XALTERED FAIR to have been altered.Rather than the present elliptical arch in the by three. transom, the original probably was a simple row of glass panes. The main door appears to be original, though its transom and framing seem CHECK ONE windows and doorways have the same features as those in the main block.

border bands.All door and window openings have brick flat arches above them. Two small four-paned windows are in the gable, crowded up under the eaves. They have stone sills, finished with a stippled surface and smooth The brick walls are laid in common bond; the building measures three bays as those on the front.Even the small rectangular basement windows have pitch is moderate, and the roof is of recently-applied asphalt shingles. stairway to the basement just to its right.Four stone steps lead to the side, replaced by what appear to be small ventilation openings.ia XORIGINAL SITE _UNEXPOSED -RUINS Overhang at the eaves is very slight, and the cornice is plain.

The roof The north and west sides öf the main block each have four windows the same DATE brick flat arches above them.The gable windows are missing from the west of the wing are marks in the brick indicating that a porch of frame construction Attached to the south is a story-and-a-half brick wing.Its foundation, The main facade faces east.

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Statement of significance

Unlike other areas of Ohio, the early buildings (1830-40 period) in the construction seems to have become more common, and there are numerous house is unique and is unquestionably worthy of National Register recognition ECONOMICS 1700-1799 INVENTION PERIOD COMMUNICATIONS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC RELIGION THEATER POLITICS/GOVERNMENT PREHISTORIC ART COMMERCE AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION SCULPTURE SCIENCE CONSERVATION MILITARY LAW ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC this nomination. LITERATURE XARCHITECTURE SIGNIFICANCE Circa 1830 SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN MUSIC and future preservation. _TRANSPORTATION rural brick houses from this later period.

Crawford County area appear to be principally of frame construction.A The Heckler farmhouse is of local architectural significance.Notable for Barns and outbuildings associated with the Heckler farmhouse are not of house is in the Greek revival style.For its immediate geographic area the SPECIFIC DATES Of the two 1830-era brick houses in the Crestline area, only the Heckler -1400-1499 this area of Ohio is the relative scarcity of early brick rural homes. numerous frame buildings from the 1830-40 period, principally in the Greek the only ones seen during this survey which could be dated as early as "windshield survey of the rural areas around Crestline and Galion revealed - ENGINEERING - 1500-1599 X1800-1899 -1600-1699 -INDUSTRY -1900.

-EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 1830-40, and which were of brick construction. After 1840, brick PHILOSOPHY sufficient historic or architectural merit to warrant including them in revival style.The Heckler farmhouse and one other not far away were