Deardoff, Daniel L., House

over the narrow segmental arch windows.Metal cresting in a circle-and-diamond design A small two-story wing on the east side of the house is partially constructed of Check one The central pavilion on the front facade contains a segmental-arched entry which for bathroom and kitchen alterations. The Daniel L.Deardoff House isa three-story Second Empire style brick farmhouse small one-story addition,ca.1975,is the only alteration to the building's original contains small brackets which alternate with longer ones located at the top of the posts. lintels,a feature shared by the entrance on the wing*s east side which also has a transom. .deteriorated _ unaltered Both the residence and its setting, with large expanses of fields to the south and east appearance.

The interior of the house retains its original integrity as well, except two identical dormers, while the south side contains three; on both sides the dormer supported by slender posts with large delicate brackets. The frieze area ofthe porch bricks from an earlier Deardoff farmhouse near this site, Although it is from the same and is reminiscent of an earlier farmhouse. Its 2/2 windows have plain rectangular stone with simple wood surrounds. The interior of the house is basically untouched, with two into the central hall from the flanking rooms. Smaller; sasymmetrically-placed rooms are X good Tow; a few of the top courses are missing from both chimneys. date fair a different piece of property, is situated about 300 feet east of the connected barns.

which have plain rectangular stone lintels. The full-width porch on the front facade is dominated by a large truncated gable which is topped by a finial in a scroll design. has an ornate hoodmold which features a keystone and scroll designs.All of the windows NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp.

(in one paragraph) The Daniel L. Deardoff House is significant architecturally as a modest version modest when compared to high style interpretations, this residence is actually one of During the ninteenth century, the residents of Franklin Township were primarily engaged in farming activities, with pork and grain as their principal products. These cinnati and Dayton Turnpike and two railroads to the town of Franklin in the northern with its more modest contemporaries in the rural southern region of the township, hands including the nominated structure, which was built around 1883.

The transportation advantages which contributed to the farmers' prosperity and town's transformation to an important industrial center, particularly for paper mills, twentieth century (with the annexation of rural areas for suburban residential develop- ment) has resulted in its boundaries, and those of Carlisle, an adjacent town, to en- compass most of théspreviously rural areas in the northern part of the township. The south of the Deardoff House, which leads into Middletown, an industrial center..

New integrity in both its setting and structures, however, that makes it outstanding in township, primarily in the city of Franklin; which are quite substantial in appearance; township in the late ninteenth century, the Deardoff House is rare in both 1700-1799 1600-1699 1500-1599 1400-1499 economics transportation (CONTINUED) education 8. Significance Period humanitarian music industry Specific dates few decades. the family farm from his father, David, in 1869, who had acquired it in 1855 from his sculpture the township; along some of these roads, short lanes containing suburban residences residential developments have cropped up around Rte. 122,which is about a half-mile original acreage has diminished through the years, some of this land is still in family the township.

Although other farmhouses were constructed in the southern part of the this area.