Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
One of 95 National Register listings published here for Stark County · listed in 2006 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Upper Downtown Canton Historic District in 2005, burning about 31 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 burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Upper Downtown Canton Historic District: 8 past producers, 8 producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Ohio Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Canton, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Sme Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Motts and Dehoff Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stark County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Suzie Strip Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suzie Strip Mine Clay and Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| American Sand & Gravel Plant #2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beldon Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Beldon Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
6 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Stark County Democrat | 1833 to 1912 |
| Der Vaterlandsfreund Und Geist Der Zeit | 1837 to 1845 |
| Ohio Staats-Bote | 1846 to 1851 |
| Der Vaterlandsfreund | 1845 to 1846 |
| Der Vaterlandsfreund Und Westliche Beobachter | 1836 to 1837 |
| Der Vaterlandsfreund | 1833 to 1836 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Palace Theater | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | St. Edward Hotel | 0.1 miles | 2005 |
 | St. John's Catholic Church | 0.1 miles | 1975 |
 | St. Peter Church | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
 | Dewalt Building | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Mellett-Canton Daily News Building | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000202 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Stark County | All 95 listed properties in this county. |
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