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Photograph of Scioto Grange No. 1234
Photograph by Don O'Brien, CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Scioto Grange No. 1234

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. 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

“The Scioto Grange No. 1234, in Jackson, Ohio, served historically as a meeting hall, as a school, and as a specialty store. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.”

Wikipedia article Scioto Grange No. 1234, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 10 National Register listings in Jackson County · listed in 2005 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 255 Cove Rd., Jackson, 45640
  • When was it listed? 2005-02-09
  • Category. building
  • Township. Scioto township
  • National Register reference number. 05000030 - 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

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Scioto Grange No. 1234 between 2006 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 1,141 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,141 specimens collected within 10 miles of Scioto Grange No. 1234 between 1899 and 1975: 561 Plantae, 412 Animalia, 162 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Cronquist, A. M. Evans, A.J. Sharp 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 Metzgeria furcata (L.) CordaMetzgeria furcata (L.) Corda1925Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorWhite's Gulch
Specimen of Polyporus dryadeus (Pers.) Fr.Polyporus dryadeus (Pers.) Fr.1925G. T. JonesMill Hollow, Vermillion River
Specimen of Polyporus semipileatus PeckPolyporus semipileatus Peck1928Walter PhillipsMill Hollow, Vermillion River
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)near South Webster, Jackson, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Rorippa Scop., not of this specimenRorippa Scop.1905F. Bartley3 mi south of Jackson
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1915Hedgcock G. G.Jackson
A photograph of the species Eriophyes laevis, not of this specimenEriophyes laevis (Nalepa, 1889)1923Miller, A. E. (August E.)Jackson Co., OH, U.S.A.
unnamed1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Bazzania trilobata, not of this specimenBazzania trilobata (L.) Gray1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Calypogeia trichomanis, not of this specimenCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia bicuspidata, not of this specimenCephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch
A photograph of the species Cephalozia curvifolia, not of this specimenCephalozia curvifolia (Dicks.) Dumort.1924M. A. TaylorWhite's Gulch

All 1,141 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

60 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson, the town this property stands in, in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 7 flash flood, 7 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 2012Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,500,000Scattered locations throughout the county had large trees and branches blown down. Around 8,000 customers lost electric power. Even a nursing home facility did not have power restored until 4 days after the storm.||Damage assessment across the county included 2 homes destroyed and 2 with major damage. The public infrastructure damage assessment was around $600.000.
May 2001Flash FloodJackson$200,000The sheriff reported 20 roads flooded by small streams. A 300 acre freshwater impoundment near Oak Hill spilled over the dam, taking some rocks with it. Water came through the emergency spillway as it was designed. About 160 tons of limestone was trucked in, to reinforce the 15 foot dam. A state official said, "it was a catastrophic rainfall."
May 1998Thunderstorm WindJackson$200,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindJackson$100,000Trees were knocked down along Beaver Pike and around Hammertown Lake. Furniture blew through one window of a house. At least one house sustained roof damage.
July 2000HailJackson$50,000The sheriff's department and the public both reported large hail that damaged a few vehicles.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindJackson$50,000Trees were blown across power lines, onto the roof of homes and across one car. The windows were blown out of several homes.
May 1998HailJackson$50,000no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Jackson$30,000A tornado touched down near Mount Zion Road where some minor tree damage occurred and swirl patterns were found in a hay field. The tornado tracked northeastward across State Route 139 where tree damage occurred and an outbuilding was damaged. It continued to skip along causing intermittent tree damage in neighborhoods north of State Route 32. The tornado knocked a tree down onto a vehicle at Hope Haven School then snapped or uprooted several trees, some onto vehicles, behind Rowdy's Smokehouse. This is where the tornado reached maximum EF1 intensity with winds estimated up to 90 miles per hour. ||The tornado then crossed Main Street, ripped a portion of the roof of of the Tractor Supply building, flipped over a parked semi trailer in the parking lot and then caused roof damage to buildings in the Senior Village. Some minor tree damage was then noted to the east of US-35 along Pattonsville Road where the tornado path ended.||This was the 8th known tornado in Jackson County and the 2nd so far this year.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJackson$25,000Multiple trees were blown down in the town of Jackson, some of which fell onto vehicles. Structural damage to commercial and residential buildings were observed, including roof damage in the southern part of the city along and near Route 93, just north of Route 124.
May 1998HailJackson$25,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJackson$20,000Numerous areas of damage were observed along Route 124 in the vicinity of a hospital south of the town of Jackson. The damage included numerous downed trees and power lines, sections of roofs peeled off, and semi-trucks that were flipped over.
May 2011HailJackson$20,000no account filed
May 2006Heavy RainJackson$15,000Localized rains of 2 to 3 inches likely fell in about 2 hours from a small cluster of training thunderstorms. Street flooding occurred from full culverts and drainage pipes. Water damaged carpet at the middle school.
July 2000Flash FloodJackson$15,000Rains of 2 to 3 inches in less than 3 hours caused basement flooding in the town of Jackson and caused streams to block roads in Madison Township.
July 2015Flash FloodJackson$10,000Streams overflowed onto roads. In addition, urban street flooding occurred.
April 2014FloodJackson$10,000Several roads were closed by stream flooding, mostly in the eastern part of the county. A few examples were Keystone Furnace Road, Antioch Road, Moriah Road, and Cherry Fork Road. No structures were flooded.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindJackson$10,000Trees were blown down. Some power lines were also knocked down by the falling trees.
August 2010Flash FloodJackson$10,000Small streams overflowed and blocked roads from the city of Jackson on into rural areas north and east of town.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindJackson$10,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000Trees were blown down along Route 32.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000Several trees were blown down in town.
April 2011FloodJackson$5,000Streams overflowed and blocked roads. No homes were flooded.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000Trees were blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000Several trees and large branches were down in the Limerick to Oakland region.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000Trees downed, some on power lines and across roads.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindJackson$5,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJackson$4,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Rock Run Road near the town of Buffalo.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindJackson$3,000Downed trees and power lines were observed along Jisco West Road, State Route 39, and Petersburg Road.
April 2025FloodJackson$3,000Salt Lick Creek rose out of its banks and started to enter homes.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindJackson$3,000Several trees were downed across the city of Jackson.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindJackson$3,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindJackson$3,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000One tree was blown down near the intersection of Smith Bridge Road and Chillicothe Park. A nearby home weather station measured a wind gust of 80 mph.
February 2019FloodJackson$2,000Several of the low spots along State Route 788 between Jackson and Wellston flooded, closing that stretch of highway.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000Multiple trees were knocked down as a thunderstorm moved through.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000A few trees were blown down around the town.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000Large tree branches were knocked down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000Several trees and large branches fell.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000A few large trees were blown down, resulting in some power outages.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000Large trees and branches were knocked down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodJackson$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindJackson$2,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,500Trees and power lines fell down in Jackson.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000In the town of Jackson, small branches and a power pole were downed.
July 2018Flash FloodJackson$1,000Following a couple inches of rainfall in around an hour, high water covered some roads in Jackson County. This included Main Street in Jackson and several roads in Wellston.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000Large branches were blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000Large branches were blown down and siding was torn off a house.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000Several large tree branches were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindJackson$1,000Trees and large branches fell across roads in the vicinity of Bronx Corner.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindJackson$500Branches up to 2.75 inches in diameter were broken from multiple trees near the town of Jackson.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindJackson$500A tree was blown down along State Route 139 in Jackson.
September 2018FloodJackson$500Four Mile Creek flooded, closing a section of Four Mile Road.
June 2025Flash FloodJackson-Athens Street was closed due to high water in the town of Jackson.
July 2025FloodJackson-Huron Street was closed due to flooding from Harris Street to Burlington Road.
April 2024FloodJackson-State Route 788 was closed from flooding between Owen Street and Fairgreens Road.
May 2020HailJackson-Quarter size hail happening at time of call, some stones possibly larger.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJackson-Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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

3,059 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

Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "X" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing) -A Property is associated with events that have made Social History a significant contribution to the broad patterns of - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. - C 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 Period of Significance and distinguishable entity whose components - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

Significant Dates - A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - B removed from its original location. Cultural Affiliation - C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property. - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Builder: Joe Davis-Grange member Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

The whole case file for this property - 3,059 words, 16 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 05000030, 16 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

2 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
Johnson Road Covered Bridge4.4 miles1984
Gibson House6.5 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000030 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jackson CountyAll 10 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.
  • 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.