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Photograph of Ann E. Lewis Bernhard House
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Bernhard, Ann E. Lewis, House

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

one of 17 National Register listings in Jefferson County · listed in 2005 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Jefferson 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. 42 E. Main St., Adena, 43901
  • When was it listed? 2005-04-28
  • Category. building
  • Township. Smithfield township
  • National Register reference number. 05000342 - 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

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bernhard, Ann E. Lewis, House between 2003 and 2016, burning about 26 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 April 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 March 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources3626
28 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2011Debris and open burning1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources443
10 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 93 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 93 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bernhard, Ann E. Lewis, House between 1876 and 1964: 93 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, C.H. Kennedy, Clarence H. Kennedy 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
A photograph of the species Circus cyaneus, not of this specimenCircus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Mniotilta varia, not of this specimenMniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766)1876Collector(s): C. G. NewberryYork Township
A photograph of the species Taxonus pallicoxus, not of this specimenTaxonus pallicoxus1924C.H. Kennedy
Halictidae1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Harrisville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Atrichopogon levis, not of this specimenAtrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901)1927not recordedSmithfield
A photograph of the species Bombus affinis, not of this specimenBombus affinis Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631927not recordedJug Run, Smith-field, OH
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1927not recorded"Jug Run, Smith-field, OH"""
Macrophya Dahlbom, 18351927C.H. Kennedy
Macrophya alboannulata Costa, 18591927not recorded
A photograph of the species Perlesta Banks, not of this specimenPerlesta Banks, 19061927Clarence H. KennedySmithfield

All 93 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adena, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
May 1996Flash FloodAdena$250,000no account filed
November 2002Thunderstorm WindAdena$15,000Parts of two roofs blown off on East Main St.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAdena$4,000Numerous trees down on CR 36.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindAdena$3,000At Adena, a tree was reported to be blown down on to a car.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAdena$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAdena$1,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Adena. A tree fell across power lines in Toronto. Large limbs were also downed.
June 2018Flash FloodAdena-Citizens of Adena reported flooding near the bridge in Adena, OH. Multiple homes had flooded yards as well.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAdena-Law enforcement reported a tree down.
August 2003Flash FloodAdena-Several creeks overflowed, flooding numerous roads in Adena and across southern part of Jefferson Co.
May 2018HailAdena-no account filed
June 2016HailAdena-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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

3,630 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 for National Register listing) - A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X 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 and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. -D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

Significant Dates Criteria Considerations (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - B removed from its original location. - 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. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

The whole case file for this property - 3,630 words, 33 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 05000342, 33 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

3 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
Hamilton-Ickes House0.8 miles1980
Lundy, Benjamin, House4.7 miles1974
Friends Meetinghouse4.8 miles1970

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000342 in Record Group 79.
Jefferson CountyAll 17 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.