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Photograph of Jeremiah Service House
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jeremiah H. Service House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“Service House, also known as Old Republic, is a historic home located at New Carlisle, Indiana. It was built in 1860-1861, and is a two-story, square plan, Italianate style brick dwelling with additions.”

Wikipedia article Jeremiah Service House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 101 National Register listings published here for St. Joseph County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Service, Jeremiah H., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 302 E. Michigan St., New Carlisle, 46552
  • When was it listed? March 2000
  • Category. building
  • Township. Olive township
  • National Register reference number. 00000216 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

11,271 words

The chapter on Olive Township in History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880 names New Carlisle. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Among the oldest settlers of Olive township we may mention that man of great memory, Mr. Barvilla Drnliner, of New Carlisle, who was born July 7, 1807; Joseph Adams and wife, of section 31, the oldest couple now living in the township. Mr. A. made his start in the West by splitting rails, at 50 cents per 100, while boarding himself lie has made as many as 500 rails in one day. The young men uf to-day would as soon try Dr. Tanner's experiment of fasting iO days as to make 500 rails in one day. Jacob Kush, who was born in Ohio in 1806, is now living on section 36, one of our oldest pioneers. He held tiie plow for the first furrow ever turned in this township, and he also helped to i-aise the first cabin here, which belonged to his brotiier Israel Hush, who was afterward the first Justice of the Peace, and died in 1837. Jacob is still a lively and energetic man. Asher White was a boy of only 16 years of age when he came here in 1830. His biography is given more in full on a subsequent page.

Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.

This part of Indiana was surveyed in 1830 by "William and Noah Brock, the latter running the base lines, and the former dividing the land into sections; and this township received its name in honor of the wife of Charles Vail. She is still living in New Carlisle. Mr. v., who settled here in 1830, was alterward elected County Judge. After the survey of the township, the first Justice of the Peace acted as County Commissioner until the regular annual election.

Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Olive Township - 11,271 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jeremiah H. Service House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hunt Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

Storms near this property

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Carlisle, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2007Tornado (EF0)New Carlisle$13,000Local residents south of New Carlisle reported seeing a funnel pass over several rows of trees, causing some damage to the tree tops. The funnel subsequently touched down in an open field and moved rapdily east. A section of an irrigation system was twisted and destroyed in an open field. In addition, strong winds entered an open barn area resulting in much of the roofing material being removed. The winds also weakened the supports causing partial structural failure to a lean-to. A combine in the lean-to sustained some damage. A large tree also fell onto the residence causing some roof damage. Debris was thrown a few hundred feet into an open field. It appears that the tornado lifted shortly after affecting the residence. No injuries occurred with the brief touch down. The irrigation system damages has been estimated at $13,000. Damage estimates to the house and barn are to be determined.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle$5,000Large tree limbs and a few trees down in New Carlisle.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle$1,000Powerlines down across SR 2 at County Line Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines down in New Carlisle. Some trees fell onto homes. No injuries reported. Time estimated from radar.
July 2023Heavy RainNew Carlisle-Rain total of 5.20 inches since 11 PM EDT.
June 2021FloodNew Carlisle-Water rose quickly in ditch and field after a 60 minute downpour, then receded after rain rate diminished.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-The public reported downed trees and power line damage along railroad tracks near this location.
June 2014HailNew Carlisle-The public reported hail from the size of quarters to nearly half dollars.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-County highway officials reported a tree down onto Highway 2, near the county line. The tree was blocking all west bound lanes.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-Local media reported a tree was blown down across a road in New Carlisle.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees down in New Carlisle.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in new Carlisle.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-Law enforcement reported power lines down northwest of New Carlisle.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in New Carlisle.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
March 2019HailNew Carlisle-no account filed
June 2019HailNew Carlisle-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Carlisle-no account filed
July 1996HailNew Carlisle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Joseph County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
New Carlisle Historic District0.3 miles1992
Haven Hubbard Home2.0 miles2013
Studebaker Clubhouse and Tree Sign2.7 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000216 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Joseph CountyAll 101 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.