Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Miamisburg Mound

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 2,154 words across 18 pages, filed in 1970. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 70000511, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR X State (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) FEB 2 8 1972 AND/ OR HISTORIC: 039 co 3.
CLASSIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC X Public - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: - Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Military Montgomery Commercial Religious Government LOCATION Both Transportation Educational ACCESSIBLE Site OWNERSHIP CATEGORY Columbus District Agricultural Entertainment DATE Mound Road 113 STATUS NAME Restricted Yes: Structure Scientific 1971 Private NATIONAL Park Unoccupied CODE Being Considered Industrial Building The Ohio Historical Society Ohio Museum Federal Private Residence Miami Twp.
Index of Archaeological Sites COMMON: 1982 Velma Avenue Miamisburg Mound State Memorial Object Public Acquisition: Division of Archaeology, The Ohio Historical Society STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) 1939 ff. REGISTER DATE OF SURVEY: TIE, RECEIVED DESCRIPTION (Check One) X Excellent - Good - Deteriorated - Ruins - Unexposed - Unaltered 877 feet in circumference at its base and is 70 feet high, although The base of the mound occupies an acre and a half of space. CONDITION provisions with The Ohio Historical Society. For the purposes of this nomination, the mound proper is included The Miamisburg Mound is located one mile southeast of Miamisburg in the mound landscaped.It is now covered with trees and ground cover, only.The entire State Memorial area encompasses 37 acres, approximately Fair One hundred and sixteen steps lead to the summit.
About the time that it was acquired as a State Memorial, scars of were built, fences erected both at the base and top of the mound, and of the mound dating about 1830. X Original Site as it has been since the early l800's according to a primitive painting previous amateur excavations were eraced, the steps to the summit one-half of which is leased to the City of Miamisburg for a golf course. Miami Township on a loo foot high bluff.The mound proper measures PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) * Pre-Columbian! SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

about eight feet from the summit. At 24 feet, the explorers struck to build such & monumental earthwork, probably constructed in nineteenth century, the Mound has been a noted landmark. 9 1971 Commerce Architecture Communications Conservation Military SIGNIFICANCE Aboriginal GIST Transportation Engineering losophy Prehistoric Science Theater Literature itarian Landscape Invention Social/Human- Agriculture Sculpture Industry Religion/Phi Music The Mound was originally constructed by the prehistoric Adena American settlers to the Great Miami River Valley early in the A complete scientific exploration of Miamisburg Mound has never The Mound and surrounding area became a park when Charles Kettering Miamisburg Mound is the largest prehistoric burial mound in Ohio, increments over a long period.
Education edge and overlapped like shingles on a roof.The probe continued Mrs.E.J.Miller donated an additional two and a half acres in 1936. 20th Century land with its mound to The Ohio Historical Society in 1929. Mr.and Indians, 500 B.C.-400 A.D.The work probably dated from late Adena been conducted.In 1869,a group of citizens sunk a shaft to to a depth of two feet below ground level. O Political Art and reputedly in the eastern United States:Since the arrival of determine the purpose of the mound and locateda single skeleton AREAS OF One or More as Appropriate)

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF À PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: AUG 9 FORMPREPARED BY Stephen C. Koleszar, Field Archaeologist CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law Nationa l Register.
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 Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic/Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: FEB 2 3 1972 GP 0 901.087 039 LONGITUDE Degrees Seconds DATE NATIONAL Local LATITUDE ATTEST: Minutes Ohio COUNTY Columbus STATE ORGANIZATION 3/1/71 Degrees Minutes Seconds CORNER CODE ms, Archives of The Ohio Historical Society The Ohio Historical Society Mississippi Valley, Smithsonial Contributions to 1982 Velma Avenue Knowledge, Vol. I, 1946. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES STREET AND NUMBER: NAME AND TITLE: Name Register Title I sufficient locational information. Comments: A Class fication (Item#3) incomplete. Owner o: property/location of legal description necessary. Descriptios (Item #7).
36 acres in the nomination, which would appear to include considerable area of 1971 SIGNED Comments: or deficiencies does not necessarily insure that the nomination will then satisfy The attached National Register Inventory-Nomination form is being returned to the initiation of our professional review:.Correction of these technical errors Conments:We are hesitant to include without further substantiation the entire Insuffi ient map coverage of property. to include just the mound and immediate protective buffer. you.office for clarification of the information indicated below. National Register criteria in full. Geographical location codes missing or No bibliocraphy. Xerox forms unaccaptable.Perhaps the acreage should be somewhat reduced Loneitude anc latitude coordinates.
Clarification or co@rection of the items noted above must be made prior to Acreage of iomination not Statement of Significance Form ts not signed by the State Liaison officer (Item June Y, 1971 N.ME OF PROPERTY AUG REGISTER Does other archeological material fall into the overall tract? If so, what is it? Thank you. minimal historical significance Please explain why this entire area'is included. EASE RETURN THIS FORM WHEN THE PROPERTY IS RESUBMITTED Other. 20.11.39.00 33 Entry adi ED 5/28/7 FEB 2 3 1972 REGISTER NATIONAL WORKING NUMBER 526.70.30 KEEPER 9/2/71 70000511 Elle CHIEF, OAHE APR 13 1971 RECEIVED ARCHITECT RESUBMIT Car DAYTON 3.
OHIO 300 North Garland Avenue ROLLYN PUTERBAUGH NPS Number 2-23-72 PROPERTY CF THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) 3 1972 STREET AND NUM BER: REGISTER Mound Road CITY OR TOWN: U. S. G. S. Miamisburg Quad. TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. 1965 Montgomery 039 REQUIREMENTS DATE COUNTY Form10-301 STATE CODE MAP REFERENCE Ohio SCALE: PROPERTY MAP FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SOURCE: AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER LOCATION AUG NAME COMMON: 1:24,000 113 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES MIAMISBURG QUADRANGLE MIAMISBURG, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MIANISBORG appropriate Reprosentacives have also bean notifled.
A loaflet 10/27/70 SMarusin:naf NOV 1 0 1970 and Historic Preservation The Ohio Historical Society Ohio Historical Center BASIC FILE RETAINED IN HR Bntered in tho National Register Sincerely yours owaer.Please withhold any publicity on this until you have received Enclogures Ernest Allan Connally Chief,office of Archeology Dear Mr. Porter: Director Mr.Daniel R.Porter We are pleased to inforn you that the historic properties listed on H30-HR - Ross County, Ohio Morgan County, Ohio Jackson County, Ohio Meigs County, Ohio Franklin County, Ohio Ohio Co. Land Office Auglaize County, Ohio Highland County, Ohio Darke County, Ohio Tuscarawas County, Ohio Mercer County, Ohio Fort St. Clair Site Preble County, Ohio Jefferson County, Ohio Warren County, Ohio Willíam H.
Harrison Tomb Wyandot County, Ohio Carroll County, Ohio Stark County, Ohio Montgonery County, Ohio Gallia County, Ohio Brown County, Ohio W. P. Snyder, Jr. Steamboat Fairfield County, Ohio Glendower Buffington Island Rankin House Buckeye Furnace Adena Stowe House Indian Mill Miamisburg Mound Fort Hill Big Bottom Our House Schoenbrunn Site Flint Ridge Seip Mound Fort Recovery Site Leo Petroglyph Fort Jefferson Site Putnam House Properties added to the National Register of Historic Places William McKinley Tomb Tarlton Cross Mound Hanby House Campbell Mound Hamilton County, Ohio Washington County, Ohio McCook House Cnadenhutten Massacre Site Fort Laurens Site Fort Amanda Site Licking County, Ohio Friends (Quaker) Meeting House OHIO Washington, D. C. SMarusin: naf Mr. Melvin Ohio Historical Center, Coltnbus, Ohlo 43211 United States Senate 10/27/70 NOV 1 0 1970 GEORGE B. HARTZOG, JR.
Duplicate letter sent to: Hon. Willfam B. Saxbe Hon- Stephen M. Young Dear Senator Young: Meigs County, Ohio Franklin County, Ohio Washington County, Ohio Ohio Co. Land Office Licking County, Ohio Auglaize County, Ohio Highland County, Ohio Darke County, Ohio Fort St. Clair Site Preble County, Ohio Jefferson County, Ohio Warren County, Ohio William E. Ilarrison Tomb Wyandot County, Ohio Stark County, Ohio Montgomery County, Ohio Gallia County, Ohio Brown County, Ohio V. P. Snyder, Jr.
Steamboat Fairfield County, Ohio Rankin House Buffington Island Indian Mill Flint Ridge Tarlton Cross Mound Glendower Buckeye Furnace McCook House Fort Jefferson Site Fort Laurens Site Putnam House Leo Petroglyph Big Bottom Hanby House Properties added to the National Register of Historic Places Fort Recovery site Mercer County,Ohio Tuscarawas County, Ohio Campbell Mound Seip Mound Gnadenhutten Massacre Site Hamilton County, Ohio Schoenbrunn Site Fort Amanda Site William McKinley Tomb Fort Hill Morgan County, Ohio Carroll County, Ohio Stowe House Jackson County, ohio Miamisbuxq Mound Friends (Quaker) Meeting House Ross County, Ohio OHIO Our House NOV 2 7 1970 Nashington, D. C. BASIC FILE Sincerely yours, GEORGE B. HARIZOG, JR. Mr. Melvin Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43211 10/27/70 Mr.Daniel Ohio Historical Enclogures SMarusininaf Hon. Donald E.
Lukens Entared in the National Register A leaflet explaining the Hationel Register ig enclosod. Warren County, Ohio Montgomery County, Ohio Glendower Properties added to the National Register of Historical Places OHIO April 8, 1971 National Register 801 - 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Historical Society-owned prehistoric and historic landmarks, which State Daniel R. Porter Härrison, William H., Tomb Neo Petroglyph McKinley, William, Tomb Miamisburg Mor d DRP/eg REGISTER Director Sincerely, Buffington Island Putnam House Fort Laurens site NATIONAL Hanby House Fort Amanda site Fort Recovery site McCook House Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Buckeye Furnace Vw. P.
Snyder, Jr., steamboat Encs.Completed National Register Forms for the following State Memorials: Seip Mound National Register of Historic Places forms and attachments for 3l state/ohio Glendower Stowe House Fort Jefferson site Campbell Mound VAdena Rankin House IGnadenhutten Massacre site Big Bottom Fort St.Clair site Indian Mill ohio Company Land Office UFriends (Quaker) Meeting House Schoanbrunn site Our House Flint Ridge Interstate 7l and 17th Avenue Taflton Cross Mound Dear Dr. Bill: Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper RECEIVED. Memorials were provisionally added to the National Register November 10,1970. historical society/ohio historical center/columbus,ohio 432ll/telephone I614) 46g-4663 Fort Hill I - Mr. Winge Director Sincerely yours, William J.: Murtagi IR - w/cy inc.
Interstate 71 and 17th Avenue rio historical society/ohio historical center/columbus, ohio 432l/belephone (614) 469-4663 August 6, 1971 Dr. William J. Murtagh, Keeper Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation 801 19th St., N. W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Tariton Cross_State Memorial, Seip Earthworks, Flint Ridge, the nominated property as requested, in others we have retained the original acreage nominated, but have given additional we have reduced the acreage to include only that portion of the picnic grounds for the Memorial and in itself does not at present include, except for visitor facilities, prehistoric been confusing longitude and latitude. Therefore those applications which I transmitted to you on May 21 and which Accordingly, if you will return these applications to me, I Henceforth, we will not submit applications for Ohio landmarks attributes.
The National Register instance transposed longitude and latitude information. Iam returning herewith corrected National Register forms for the following nominated, state-owmed prehistoric landmarks: National Park Service the State Memorial which contains heavy concentrations of justification for such retention. In the case of Flint Ridge, letter and which is identified on the U.S.G.S.map is merely I also regret to inform you that Mr. Steve Koleszar of our Dear Bill: you acknowledged receipt of on June 7 contain in almost every will see that this error is corrected both on the forms and on application forms has only recently been informed that he has 1071 flint pits and quarries. the maps attached.I am very sorry for this slip on our part. The park which you mentioned in your made as requested. August 0, 1971 which are located in Greenland.
These forms are: Hartman Mound, Eagle Township Works I Mound, Aberdeen Mound, Great Mound, Fairfield Township Works I, Union Township Works II, (D.S.) Mound State Memorial, Wright Brothers Mound Group, Fort Mound, Frankfort Works Mound, Hill-Kinder Mound, and Cemetery Daniel R. Porter Sincerely, DRP/pd Mound. Director Enclosures Thank you for the consideration of these matters. Mann Mound, Newlove Works, Enon Mound, Pollock Works, Williamson Miami, -Workman Works, Alligator Effigy Mound, Glenford Fort Hueston Woods Park Mound, Spruce Hill Works, Campbell (T.C.)