Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“Witt-Champe-Myers House is a historic home located at Dublin, Indiana. It was built in 1837-38, and is a two-story, Federal style painted brick detached dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Witt-Champe-Myers House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Jackson Township in History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872 names Dublin. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The town of Dublin was laid out by Harmon Davis. The original plat, made out ami signed by him as proprietor, was recorded Jan. 29, 1830. Additions have since been made as follows: First, by Robert Murphy and Eli Brown, trustees for Dempsey Boswell & Sons ; in 1846, by Albertsoii Chappell, Abraham Symonds, Jacob Custer, Beiij. Griffin, John Whippo, J. P. Creager, Caleb W. Witt, Win. McKimmey ; in 1837, by C. AV. Wht; in 1838, by Samuel Schoolfield; in 1868 by Samuel Pierce and Mark H. Perkins. When the town was first laid out, there was not a building on the ground. The first house was a log house built by Isaac King, on what is known as Cook's corner.
Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.
The Dublin Academy was established in 1837, by a joint stock companj". The building was afterward occupied as a public school-house. In 1867 it was taken down, and the present house built, which was dedicated January 1, 1868. Its cost was about ยง15,000. Scholars enrolled, about 450.
Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.
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 Jackson Township - 10,460 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Witt-Champe-Myers 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dublin, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | $5,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | $5,000 | A tree was knocked down onto a house. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | $3,000 | Two 2 1/2 foot diameter pine trees were knocked down. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | $1,000 | One tree was reported down south of Dublin due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dublin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Dublin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Dublin | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dublin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dublin | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin Friends Meeting House | 0.4 miles | 2018 | |
 | Huddleston House Tavern, The | 0.9 miles | 1975 |
 | Cambridge City Historic District | 1.6 miles | 1991 |
 | Conklin-Montgomery House | 2.0 miles | 1975 |
 | Lackey-Overbeck House | 2.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Beechwood (Isaac Kinsey House) | 4.7 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000700 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wayne County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
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