Adams-Gray House

The Adams-Gray House is a wood frame structure 34 stories in height, built upon a from the east side of the north wall. The only addition to the property is a gable-roof wood frame detached garage, 25' x 24' joined to the rear of the ell by a 9' breezeway. The garage was built in 1973 by Clyde Graves, a Nashport, Ohio, contractor. No major structural changes have been made; a large window was added to the east wall in 1963 during a kitchen above noted alteration, all windows are original and intact, and are of a predictable six- sympathy. for the original character of thehouse..At this time the original external the east slope of the wall and the original kitchen chimney rises at the ridge of the roof.

The interior of the Adams-Gray house has been somewhat remodeled, but great care has manufactured at the Union Foundry at Zanesville, Ohio and were first offered for sale in northern Muskingum County, with the Coshocton County line running through the ell of the is a large woodframe hip barn, located east of the house. It is in a fine state of repair CONDITION UNEXPOSED XALTERED remodeling. XEXCELLENT DETERIORATED UNALTERED FAIR RUINS The doors are trimmed with rather heavy moulded woodwork with corner blocks.A servant's doorway is distinguished by an operable transom and sidelights.,With the exception of the been taken to preserve as much of the original character as possible.There is a broad large brick cooking fireplace intact with all its fixtures.

The Adams-Gray House stands in the village of Adams'Mills Preston)in are paired double hung windows in the gable ends.The house is capped with a slate-covered December,1838.The house features the original 8-panel doors with all escutcheons intact.

The Adams-Gray House is the only Classical Revival inspired house in the village of Muskingum County. It was built in 1840 for Edward Adams (1797-1861) member of a pioneer family and in his own right an outstanding local landowner and merchant. . He was the son of George Adams who emigrated from Farquier County, Virginia, to Muskin- called Adams' Mills. They chose this site because the Ohio-Erie canal, completed in 1828 ran through Preston, thus affording them an adequate outlet for their products. They later established a cooperage at nearby Dresden, thus allowing them complete control over the keep close watch on his business. (1821-1895), who presented it to this daughter Mary Ida, upon her marriage to Springer Gray. the Gray family until 1961, when the present owners purchasedit.

house. He felt that these castings, manufactured in nearby Zanesville, were unusual for ing product of an early Ohio firm which add considerably to the significance of this 1840 property. 1500-1599 1700-1799 LAW 1400-1499 1600-1699 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC 800-1899 EDUCATION 1900- PERIOD ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCIENCE THEATER MUSIC MILITARY PREHISTORIC .COMMUNICATIONS ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC LITERATURE _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT .CONSERVATION After Adams' death in 186l, his widow lived on the property for many years. In l878 INDUSTRY she decided to return to her native Virginia, and sold the property to Horace A.

Smith _PHILOSOPHY Adams' Mills, and is clearly one of the best examples of this architectural style in northern _TRANSPORTATION _RELIGION _ENGINEERING on the"extraordinary examples of cast-iron work' on the facings of two fireplaces in this inflated estimate.The house was built a short distance from the mill so that Adams could SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -SCULPTURE -ECONOMICS INVENTION George w. Adams (1800-1872) and built a large grain mill at the village of Preston, later I.T.