Nomination for Thorp, W. A., House

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) PH 0681920 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AUG 11 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DEC 4 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 22 - Charles A. Vanik - VICINITY OF * STATUS PRESENT USE DISTRICT UNOCCUPIED -WORK IN PROGRESS LIN PROCESS -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY Mrs. Selma Kemmerle 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 1977 035 COUNTY OBJECT CODE Columbus DATE LOCATION Ohio Historic Inventory Cuyahoga Cleveland Ontario SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC Ohio Ohio Historical Society INDUSTRIAL GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE TRANSPORTATION MILITARY ACCESSIBLE RECEIVED PARK SITE OWNERSHIP Mayfield Heights CATEGORY STRUCTURE PRIVATE STATE PUBLIC PUBLIC ACQUISITION NAME DATE ENTERED COURTHOUSE. Cuyahoga County Administration Building _EDUCATIONAL BEING CONSIDERED 4508 Rainbow Road 6183-6185 Mayfield Road TITLE _COMMERCIAL Ohio 44121 _BOTH XBUILDING(S) _OTHER: FOR NPS USE ONLY - MUSEUM _PRIVATE RESIDENCE _ENTERTAINMENT South Euclid - RELIGIOUS Thorp, W. A., Hous e DESCRIPTION -ORIGINAL SITE *GOOD _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

of the renovations, the Thorp house remains a well-preserved and CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED FAIR EXCELLENT CHECK ONE single-bay one-story addition. scrollwork.Italianate influences are found in the bracketed bay window and porch cornices and the shaped window surrounds.The surrounds have influences.The two-story rectangular frame structure stands on a high given over almost completely to twentieth century commercial development. and corner boards which suggest the building's structural system.Other the wall dormers and second-story side elevations. This is an excellent example of a Stick style dwelling showing late Italianate central wing with an attached truncated bay, flanked by side porches and grates.Alterations include the repositioning of the right front entrance, shoulder architraves and incised geometric ornamentation.

Narrow, several new rear openings, and the addition of storm windows. In spite Stick style.features include banded, scalloped, and rectangular slate roof wall dormers, breaks the strict rectangularity of the facade. This effect The house has its original wood gutters and some early cellar window is continued on the rear by a central wing flanked by a full porch and a one-over-one window sash, used throughout the house, are paired in architecturally distinctive.nineteenth century dwelling in an area now _UNALTERED DATE and scalloped shingles in patterned groups. These are framed by beltcourses Characteristic of the Stick style is the arrangement of narrow clapboards dressed ashlar foundation and is crowned by a gabled slate roof.A projecting -RUINS AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ECONOMICS SCULPTURE X ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X1800-1899 COMMERCE TRANSPORTATION _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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1700-1799 1886 ART LAW PERIOD PHILOSOPHY THEATER BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE SCIENCE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SIGNIFICANCE LITERATURE INDUSTRY MILITARY distinguished structure, which has survived virtually intact, is one of importance in the township history, make the Thorp house one of the _COMMUNICATIONS to California via New York and Panama. Upon his return, he married and This exceptionally detailed Stick style house was built in 1886 by W.A for its patterned surfaces, beltcourses and cornerboards reflecting the _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _CONSERVATION the most outstanding nineteenth century buildings in Mayfield Heights, and one of the best examples of the Stick style in Cuyahoga County. area's most significant residences.

a township trustee and member of the Mayfield Board of Education _ENGINEERING _RELIGION - INVENTION he again journeyed to California.He remarried in 1863 and moved to -1500-1599 settled in Warrensville Township.Following the death of his wife in 1859, -1400-1499 W.A. Thorp was born in 1832 in Warrensville, Ohio. In 1852, he traveled -1600-1699 -1900- _MUSIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING house's structural frame, variegated siding, ornate gable scrollwork, These features, in conjunction with Thorp's Thorp, a wealthy farmer and township trustee. The architecturally - shaped surrounds. It is also interesting for its use of Italianate ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC cornice bracketing. As an excellent example of the Stick style, the Thorp house is noteworthy 10

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF-NOMINATED PROPERTY 1:24, 000 QUADRANGLE NAME | QUADRANGLE SCALE - VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION County permanent parcel numbers 861-17-18 and 861-17-19 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - COUNTY - 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Claudia Wielgorecki, Preservation Intern STREET & NUMBER .

TELEPHONE CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER CHIEF OF REGISTRATION GPO 921-803 CODE February 216-721-5722 DATE ORGANIZATION Cleveland NORTHING Mayfield Heights LOCAL Western Reserve Historical Society The nominated property consists of the lots identified by Cuyahoga Ohio ATTEST: UTM REFERENCES 10825 East Boulevard ZONE EASTING Less than one Cuyahoga County Portrait and Biographical Record (Chicago, 1894) 9 MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ZONE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Review - DEC 4 OTHER KEEPER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Entered Send-back Re-submit TECHNICAL Photos National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry REVIEW UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 BRANCH CHIEF Working Numberg.

11. 78. 3 83 4 12.1-28 OK 8.15.28 Property State CONTROL T. Fisher W.R. H.S. 1. Facade, looking NW AUG 11 1978 DEC 1978 Mayfield Heights Cuyahoga Ohio Thorp, W. A., House T. Fisher W.R. H.S. AUG 11 1978 DEC 4 1978 2. Facade and west elevation, Mayfield Heights Cuyahoga Ohio looking NE Thorp, W. A., House W.R. H.S. 3. North and east elevations, AUG 1 1 1978 DEC $ 1978 Mayfield Heights Cuyahoga Ohio T. Fisher looking Sw Thorp, W. A., House Thorp, W.A., House UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MAYFIELD HEIGHTS QUADRANGLE RECEIVED OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEC 4 Thorp, W.A., House Aldrich, Aaron, House St. Patrick's Catholic Church Honorable Ronald M. Mott1 Dr. Thomas H. Smith Honorable Thomas A.

Luken Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Location 12/22/78 Defiance STATE Brecksville Sauer-Watson House Director Knowlton-Bourn House Defiance County Bay Village Date Entered Mayfield Heights Name Hamilton County Cincinnati Also Notified Cuyahoga County State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Delbert L. Latta Hamilton County Memorial Building ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER The Ohio Historical Society Honorable Charles A. Vanik Interstate 7l at l7th Avenue 1978 Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr.

2 OTHER NAMES: -COUNTY (12)SOURCE of NOMINATION - FEDERAL - deteriorated «SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT - 2 2O NOT INTACT-O - Unknown Ounexcavated - No Access -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 "first'O -COMMERCE-G - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 - SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 I COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION - 12 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 J ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL-30 - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY -20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 major alterations : 26) architectural style(s): landscape architect / garden designer: () interior decorator: )builder/contractor: IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 1978 Midwest Cuyahoga ASSOCIATION CONDITION STATE historic events: artisan: INSTITUTIONAL: artist: Mayfield Heights PERSONAL: EVENTS: ENGINEERING-11 CURRENTLY: master builder: WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET LOCAL vicinity of if state who prepared form?

NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP Dexcellent URBAN PLANNING-31 city/ town 6183--6185 Mayfield Rd. Ounexposed IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno Daltered Coriginal site Bfunctions 6NPS REGION Oruins Omoved Dgood NAME as it appears on federal register: 4 Thorp, W. A., House 11)CONGRESS. DISTRICT 17)features: BO UNKNOWN-4 WO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 {I AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : 'only' D - LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21] 035 date ETHNIC engineer: GROUP PRIVATE ORGANIZATION reviewers initials UNKNOWN-6 dates of initial construction: NOT APPLICABLE-8 NAMES give role & date Dfair Adate of entry: