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Photograph of T. Lanning & Co. Department Store
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Lanning, T., & Co. Department Store

Built in 1904 in the Neoclassical architecture. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

one of 20 National Register listings in Tuscarawas County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1904, Neoclassical architecture · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Tuscarawas County.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 226-228 Grant St., Dennison, 44621
  • When was it listed? 2000-04-28
  • Category. building
  • Township. Mill township
  • When was it built? 1904
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 00000420 - 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.

Fires near this property

29 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Lanning, T., & Co. Department Store between 2004 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5305
9 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15776
3 May 2015Debris and open burning1.8 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1142
20 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4905
9 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15602
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15599
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12185

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 501 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 501 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lanning, T., & Co. Department Store between 1851 and 1973: 382 Animalia, 82 Plantae, 35 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Perry, Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 18951894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896Pisidium fallax Sterki, 18961894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 18581895G. Marstonfrom spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki)
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Tuscarawa City
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Lasmigona complanata, not of this specimenLasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Theliderma cylindrica, not of this specimenTheliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1884Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia

All 501 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lanning, T., & Co. Department Store: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Plant Number 5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Urichsville PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Midvale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stewart and Reichman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast Producer
Evans Clay Products, Inc. MillClayPast Producer
Evans Farm PitClayProducer
L and M Mineral Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Superior Clay Corporation MillClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas County

Storms near this property

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennison, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDennison$50,000Law enforcement reported trees down near Dennison.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDennison$45,000The county emergency manager reported numerous trees down and damage to homes in the Dennison area.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDennison$20,000Multiple trees were blown down southeast of Uhrichsville.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDennison$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Pleasant Valley Road Northeast.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDennison$5,000Trees were reported down at the intersection of State Route 800 and Movarian Trail Road.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindDennison$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDennison$1,000A tree was reported down on State Route 800.
July 2015FloodDennison$1,000Stillwater creek reportedly came out of it's banks and flooded a residence near Point Breeze Ridge. About 2 feet of water flowed into yards.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindDennison-Power lines downed by wind.
June 2010HailDennison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscarawas 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.

From the nomination file

6,167 words on record

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

Statement of significance

(Mark 'X' in one or more boxes for Due criteria qualifying the property for Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack 1904 - 1950 Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all boxes that apply.) March 1, 1904 Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) -A owned by a religious institution or used for - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave D a cemetery - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. - F a commemorative property. Architect: Unknown - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years Builder: P. A. Romig Narrative Statement of Significance 9.

The whole case file for this property - 6,167 words, 47 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 00000420, 47 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

4 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
Dennison High School0.1 miles2006
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot And Baggage Room0.1 miles1976
Railway Chapel, The0.2 miles2009
Gnadenhutten Massacre Site5.9 miles1970

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000420 in Record Group 79.
Tuscarawas CountyAll 20 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.