Adams, George W., House

sheathed in clapboards, probably poplar, a characteristic wall treatment for houses of this period. It is basically a temple-form house, without the collonaded portico found on more pretentious temple-form residences. Its gable-end orientation is toward the south, featuring a three-bay facade with the main entrance offset to the right. This lower third is of panel wood. The original door itself has been replaced. The corners of the house, on the front and rear, are trimmed with plain cornerboards which termiante porated into the roof treatment is a molded fascia which extends. on all sides. The facade the original character of the interior is intact, including a handsome open-string stair in removed.

Secondly, a recessed one-story porch area near the north corner of the east wall The house stands on a 1.5 acre tract north of the village of Dresden and south of the statement which follows, Adams was a prominent miller and had a mill nearly; no remnent of the mill exists today.

CONDITION UNEXPOSED DATE MOVED DETERIORATED UNALTERED FAIR EXCELLENT First, an early one-story rear section with an asymmetrically-placed gable roof has been XGOOD into molded entablatures.Fenestration features exclusive use of six-over-six sash which entrance consists of the characteristic trabeated doorway with fixed transom and side- The George W.Adams House is a rectangular residential structure of wood frame con- features a pediment with a full cornice return and a tympanum of flush-set boards.The fireplace chimney and a kitchen stove chimney at the rear of the house. the hallway, and the original woodwork.Two alterations have taken place to the house. integrity of the structure.

rear has a partially.returned cornice.Two chimneys break the plan of.the roof:a central are set in plain casings.The house has a slate gable roof of mp derate pitch.Incor- -RUINS struction, set on a tooled sandstone foundation.

village itself does remain from the early 1830's. However, these structures are executed in the vernacular, and this house clearly stands out as the last remnant of the Classical Revival hereabouts. It embodies various elements of the Greek Revival, including its compact, block-like massing, its gable-end orientation and pedimental embellishment, and interior and exterior trim. (perhaps a 1og house) until his income and security permitted him to build this Adams became the largest landholder in the area, owning more than 14,000 acres. As his wealth increased, Adams apparently decided that his Greek Revival although he retained title to the older house.

1400-1499 ART EDUCATION X1800-1899 BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD RELIGION MILITARY SCULPTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LITERATURE TRANSPORTATION XINDUSTRY _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _CONSERVATION XARCHITECTURE X_POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _COMMUNICATIONS _PREHISTORIC est known surviving example of pure Greek Revival architecture in northern Muskingum _COMMERCE _ENGINEERING _1700-1799 -1500-1599 Adams' Miils),with his brother Edward.Later they built their mill at Dresden, It was built for G.W.Adams became the foremost industrialist _1900- -THEATER -1600-1699 - MUSIC -LAW COMMUNITY PLANNING. SPECIFIC DATES and entrepreneur of this area. He first opened a flour mill at Preston (now not far from his house.

It seems likely that Adams lived in a smaller dwelling at Dresden, the first of its kind built west of the Ohio River. He operated it home no longer met his needs or adequately reflected his position. In 1856 he mile to the northeast.