National Register reference number.05000753- 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.
Then and now
1901 to 1992
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
MKS. PAETHENIA A. ELSBKEE ; P. 0. Lewis Center ; was born in the Empire State, Putnam Co., Aug. 26, 1827 ; daughter of James Fowler and Polly (Clawson) Fowler ; there were nine children in the family, Parthenia being the youngest. On the mother's side of the family, they trace their ancestry to the British Isles, being of Scotch-Irish descent. The parents of Parthenia moved to this county when she was but 6 years of age, and located in Orange Township, where they remained until their death - the mother in 1866, and father in 1869. Parthenia was united in matrimony tp Gustavus Elsbree. In 1827, he was born in this township, a son of C.
MKS. PHEBE K. EVAKTS ; P. 0. Westerville ; was -born in Sullivan Co., N. H., April 21, 1819 ; she is a daughter of John George ; her mother's name before marriage was Fannie Breton ; Mrs. Evarts' grandfather was a participant in the war of 1812 ; she came to this State with her parents when she was but 3 years of age ; they first settled in Noble Co., where they lived seven years, and, in the year 1829, moved to Orange Township, on the east side of Alum Creek, where they purchased land, and remained until their death - her father in 1865, -and her mother in 1867 ; Mrs. Evarts remained with her parents (having taught school some) until her 19th year. She was then married, April 26, 1838, to Elijah Sackett, a native of Pennsylvania ; they movted to Brown Tdwnship, where he died soon after. She returned home to her father's ; remained until her marriage with Phil 0 P. Evarts; he was born in New York ; after the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Evarts they moved to her former place of abode in Brown Township, where they lived six years ; then moved to Berlin ; lived there until March 21, 1860, when her husband met with his death; she subsequently moved to the old homestead, where she now lives ; she has but one child, Edgar, born in 1845; he is married, and resides in Berlin, on the land belonging to the estate. Mrs. Evarts was for many years a member of the Baptist Church, having' made a profession when she was but 16 years of age. She has 125 acres of land on the homestead, where she lives.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 2,758 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Gooding House and Tavern between 1850 and 1975: 2,589 Animalia, 92 Plantae, 71 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa, 1 Chromista.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A C Whitney, A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan 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.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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) X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our - 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 Period of Significance high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. L D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield Significant Dates information important in prehistory or history.
(Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person - A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) - B removed from its original location. Cultural Affiliation - 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.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 05000753, 76 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
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.
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.
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.
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