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Hueston House Nomination
Hueston House Nomination
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED
AND/OR COMMON
The Davidson House
QLOCATION
STREETS! NUMBER
1320 Four - M i l e Creek Road
—NOT FOR PUBLICATION
CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
H a m i l t o n / t * ' - ^ yi^i^i.^Y OF ~ Thomas N. Kindness
STATE CODE COUNTY CODE
Ohio 039 Butler 017
CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS ; P R E S E N T USE
—DISTRICT —PUBLIC ' -^OCCUPIED AGRICULTURE __MUSEUM
)^_BUILDING(S) X-PRIVATE —UNOCCUPIED —COMMERCIAL —PARK
—STRUCTURE —BOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS —EDUCATIONAL X-PRIVATE RESIDENCE
_StrE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS
—OBJECT —IN PROCESS —YES; RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC
—BEING CONSIDERED — YES; UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION
^NO -MILITARY —OTHER;
HOWNER OF PROPERTY
NAME .
Hueston Farm's I n c o r p o r a t e d
STREETS NUMBER
6175 Park Road
CITY, TOWN STATE
Cincinnati VICINITY OF Ohio
QLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION
COURTHOUSE, ' " ' '
REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETc B u t l e T County Courthouse
STREETS NUMBER
F r o n t S, Second S t r e e t s
CITY. TOWN STATE
Hamilton Ohio
Q REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS
TITLE
An H i s t o r i c a l P r o f i l e o f E a s t e r n B u t l e r County
DATE
1974 —FEDERAL —STATE —COUNTY XLOCAL
DEPOSITORY FOR
SURVEY RECORDS
Miami Purchase A s s o c i a t i o n
CITY, TOWN STATE
Cincinnati Ohio
DESCRIPTION
CONDITION C H E C K ONE C H E C K ONE
Tod'\y the original stone portion remains. The roof i s covered with wood
shingles and there i s a plain wood cornice. Paneled shutters have been added
at the windows and a classical architrave surrounds the entrance. On the west
end of the house i s an open, gable-roofed porch. The open porch continues
across the end bay at the rear of the house. There i s a two-part, two-story
frame addition extending north from the rear of the house. I t covers the
four remaining bays across,the rear. There i s a screened i n porch along the
west side of the addition. The other sides have 6/6 l i g h t windows. The
porch and addition were b u i l t i n 1938. T.« i,;. , ,,r'
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Matthew Hueston (1771-1847) was bom i n Franklin County, Pennsylvania. His father
was k i l l e d by Indians when Matthew was only two. Matthew trained as a tanner and
currier and i n 1793 floated down the Ohio to Cincinnati where Gen. Anthonly
Wayne's expedition was being organized. In time he became f u l l time commissary *
at ^ r t Washington and served the same position with Wayne's army during 1794-95.
He then set up an army store at Fort Greenville and another at Fort Washington.
He lost much of his money during a long i l l n e s s , but eventually paid o f f his
debts and accumulated a large reserve with which he purchased land i n 1800. i .
Hueston's f i r s t farm was located four miles south of Fort Hamilton i n 1802.
Here he b u i l t a log house which he ultimately transformed into "Hueston's Tavern",
complete with ballroom. This was only the start o\f his land acquisitions, f o r
he was to become the largest land holder i n Butler County.
On April 15, 1802, Matthew Hueston married Catherine Davis and they moved to his
F a i r f i e l d Township farm. They remained here u n t i l 1813 when he b u i l t a handsome
stone mansion on Four-Mile Creek In Hanover Township. Near the home he established
a g r i s t m i l l , saw m i l l , and tenant houses. The Hueston's had nine children.
In the beginning of the 19th century, Hueston took an active part i n the Ohio
m i l i t i a and became a colonel of the Second Regiment. During the War of 1812, upon
the surrender of General William Hull to the B r i t i s h forces at Detroit, Hueston
offered his services to the government and became the purchasing agent for the
contractor of the Northwestern army. This m i l i t a r y organization was under the
command of the future president, William Henry Harrison.
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Q M A J O R BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ^
A History and Biographical Cyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio. Westem Biographical
Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 1882.
Butler County Atlas and Pictorial Review. Hamilton, Ohio, Republican Publishing Co 1914
Cone, Stephen. Biographical and Historical Sketches: A Narrative of Hamilton and I t ' s
Residents. Hamilton, Ohio: Republican Publishing Compnay, 1896 ~
Heiser, Harvey Alta. Hamilton i n the Making. Oxford, Ohio: The vississippi Valley Press 1941
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA
ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY leSS than One
UTM REFERENCES
9 Co
ALix^ F P ^ P <^ P I 14.517,111.1. 01
ZONE EASTING NORTHING ZONE EASTING
J INORTHING
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VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
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LIST ALL STATES A N D COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
FORM PREPARED BY
NAME/TITLE
As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 8 9 - 6 6 5 ) .
hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register a n d ^ r t i f y that it has been evaluated according to the
criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park
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DATE
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BRANCH CHIEF
KEEPER
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO No. 7
ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
STATE OHIO
Neime Location
Also N o t i f i e d
Hon. Howard M. Hctzenbauia
lion. John E. Glcna, J r . Stcte IIlBtoric rreseirvatlosi O f f i c e r
Hon, Ti;oma I I . Kindness Dr. 'ihonaa H. Saith
Hon, John 11. /uslibrook Director, The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Socioty
lloo, VJillina K. llsrsha Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue
Ctoluabua, Ohio 43211
Regional Director, Midwest Region
^fsSO^ Mott/js 9/26/77
DATE:
DOE
SEP 16 1977
LOCATION:
STREET & NUMBER 1320 Four Mile Creek Rd.
eTY.TOWN
CONGIIE!>!>IUNAL DISTRICT
8 th
VICINITY oiHamllton
COUNTY code
STATE Ohio 039
Butler • 017
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