Martinsville Northside Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“Martinsville Northside Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Indiana. The district encompasses 96 contributing buildings and 11 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Martinsville.”
Wikipedia article Martinsville Northside Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Morgan County · listed in 1997 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded Cunningham, Mulberry, Pike, and Graham Sts., Martinsville, 46151
When was it listed? January 1997
Category. district
Township. Washington township
National Register reference number. 96001541 - 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

36,316 words

The chapter on Washington Township in Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, published 1884 names Martinsville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Two villages have been founded in Washington Township : The first, Wayport, was laid out on Sections 28 and 33, in April, 1851, by Isaac Gillaspy, Thomas Gillaspy and G. W. Smith, proprietors, and James Washburn, surveyor. Sixteen lots were laid out. One store, a blacksmith shop, a post office, etc., sum up the history of the town. Hindo- Btan was laid out in June, 1853, on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 14, by Charles G. Gorr, proprietor, and James Woodbum, surveyor. Twelve lots were laid out on the Martinsville & Bloomington State Road, and just north of the Columbus & Gosport State Road. One store, a few shops and offices also sums up the importance of this little hamlet.

Passage source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, published 1884.

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 Washington Township - 36,316 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Martinsville Northside Historic District: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Cardinal Clay Products Inc.	Clay	Producer
Martinsville Mine	Clay, Stone	Producer
Martinsville Brick Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Martinsville Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Thomas Moulding Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Jones Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Martinsville Aggregate Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Morgan Co. Hwy. Dept.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Morgan County Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this property

60 of 106 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsville, the town this property stands in, in 106 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 55 thunderstorm wind, 30 hail, 10 flash flood, 4 lightning. The reports record 28 injuries. 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
September 2002	Tornado (F3)	Martinsville	28 hurt, $15,000,000	no account filed
July 2004	Lightning	Martinsville	$500,000	A business was destroyed by a lightning induced fire.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$350,000	A large section of the roof on the county courthouse was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Some of the brick walls were knocked loose and some of the support trusses were also damaged.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$250,000	Numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. Over 6000 power outages were caused by this storm.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$200,000	Martinsville had hundreds of homes flooded due to heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Railroad tracks were washed out near Paragon.
September 2005	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$100,000	Heavy rain of 3 to 5 inches from slow-moving thunderstorms over Morgan County caused flash flooding over Centerton and Blue Bluff Roads near Martinsville. The heavy rain caused mudslides in at least two locations on Blue Bluff Road. One mudslide occurred near a home, damaging two vehicles. Damage amounts are estimated.
December 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$100,000	A roof was blown off a Super 8 Motel along State Road 37 on the south side of Martinsville. Also, a sign was blown off a pizza parlor damaging 30 autoimobiles at an auto dealership. Winds were estimated at 70 mph.
August 2000	Lightning	Martinsville	$100,000	no account filed
December 2013	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$50,000	Seventeen homes were reported to have been evacuated in Martinsville.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$50,000	Trees were reported down on multiple homes in the Lake Edgewood area due to thunderstorm downburst winds. Multiple large trees were uprooted as well.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$30,000	At least one home was damaged on Blue Bluff Road north of Martinsville when flash flooding triggered a mudslide.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$20,000	Water rescues were undertaken near State Road 37 and Liberty Church Road due to flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall. State Road 67 was also flooded.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$20,000	Washington Township Fire Department reported multiple water rescues from rising streams and water over the roadways. This flash flooding was due to extremely heavy rainfall.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large branches in the Martinsville area, including a tree onto a house.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$15,000	Several power poles were snapped and power lines were down along the State Route 39 Bypass in Martinsville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Numerous trees were also reported down on county roads between Paragon and Martinsville.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$15,000	Several trees were reported down at 1949 and 1959 Bluebluff Road due to thunderstorm downburst winds.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$15,000	A metal building was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$15,000	no account filed
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$12,000	Half of the roof of an apartment building was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Trees were also reported down in the area.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$12,000	A semi was blown over on the Indiana 39 Bypass just south of West Morgan Street due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$10,000	Power lines and numerous trees were down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$10,000	A garage was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$6,000	A half dozen, 6 to 8 inch diameter trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$5,000	A few trees were downed on to power lines in and around Martinsville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts and saturated ground.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$5,000	Metal signs along the Indiana 39 Bypass were destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$5,000	Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Martinsville	$5,000	Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding.
August 2000	Lightning	Martinsville	$5,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$5,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$2,000	Trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph. Thunderstorm wind gusts downed 8.5 inch diameter tree limbs.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$2,000	Trees downed across the road due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$2,000	Minor damage occurred to the roof and a window at a church due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$2,000	Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$1,500	Power lines were downed near the intersection of Cherry and Mitchell Streets due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree at 240 East Pike Street.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$1,000	A large tree split and was blown down possibly due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. May have been due to lightning.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$1,000	Power lines were downed.
July 2017	Flood	Martinsville	$750	The Martinsville High School parking lot was flooded due to heavy rainfall. Ditches along Highway 37 were full to road level. Other roadways in town were also flooded.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$750	An eight-inch diameter tree was broken due to thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	$250	An 8-inch tree limb was reported down in the downtown area of Martinsville.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	A 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured by the public.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	A 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location.
April 2017	Hail	Martinsville	-	This report originated from a TV viewer.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts in this location was estimated at 60-plus mph.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
May 2009	Flood	Martinsville	-	Lowland flooding occurred along the White River in/near Centerton, Indiana. The river crested 2.4 feet above flood stage on May 14th at a reading of 14.4 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds at scattered locations around the county.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds over a large part of the county.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Martinsville	-	Measured rainfall of 6.52 inches was reported.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Martinsville	-	Measured rainfall of 8.80 inches was reported.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Three to six inch tree limbs were down near Browns Crossing due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Martinsville	-	Measured rainfall of 6.10 inches was reported.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees countywide, including on Musgrave Road, Big Bend, Crooked Creek, and Abraham Road.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple trees and branches.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	A large tree limb was down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	Trees were downed.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Martinsville	-	A large tree was downed.
May 2005	Flash Flood	Martinsville	-	Sater Ditch in Martinsville flooded, spilling onto roadways in Martinsville and threatening three homes, one of which had to be sandbagged.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Martinsville Commercial Historic District	0.2 miles	1998
Morgan County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1996
Martinsville Vandalia Depot	0.3 miles	1991
Morgan County Sheriff's House and Jail	0.3 miles	1996
Martinsville Sanitarium	0.3 miles	2005
Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building	0.3 miles	1997

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96001541 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Morgan County	All 27 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.