Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
From the record
“USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form Significant Dates: Period of Significance past years. Significant Person (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) Lorain County, Ohio removed from its original location. less than years of age or achieved significance within the Architect: Walter G.”
Narrative Statement of Significance, National Register nomination for Grafton School. Machine-read text.
One of 121 National Register listings published here for Lorain County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.08000117- 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 1956
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19011956
The ground it stands on
16,558 words
The chapter on Grafton Township in History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879 names Grafton. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The old-fashioned clock, made fast to the logs, has resumed its forward march, .and with extended hands faithfully nuxrks the passing time, yet moi'C than anything else, constantly reminding of time, and opportunities past, never to return. Only quite recently has its time or speed, its marks of comely face, or perfect form, been questioned; when silently its place of usefulness is yielded, aud in its stead a more beautiful face and form, with gilded hands and nimbler step, is measuring the flight of time. This same old clock, the first ever heard to tick in native land, the first pendulum swung in Grafton township, can now be heard and seen in Elyria this first day of January, 1879. Unlike young America is its slow and even step; its clear yet modest tick sometimes stopping entirely, as if asking "how much longer?" receiving in answer, "be patient, old settler, stand at your post to the last. Truth breaks through your faded face, while your worn and battered hands still point in the right direction."
Log house number second is built where I will settle my eldest brother, Seth C. Ingersoll, with his wife and three little pioneer boys, Ardin, Reuben and Ralph. This was on the lot directly north of my father's, and now owned by Hobart Corning. Seven children were added to their family after coming to Grafton. The first white child born in number four
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,332 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Grafton School between 1853 and 1975: 637 Animalia, 513 Fungi, 150 Plantae, 15 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 4 Unrecorded.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. E. Recksecker, A. E. Ricksecker, A. M. Evans 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Grafton, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud.
The reports record 1 injury. 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.
A tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph occurred about three-miles north of Lagrange. This tornado began behind a residence on OH Route 301, where it snapped the tops of several trees, removed the porch roof completely, and removed portions of the home's roof. As the tornado moved southeastward, it caused significant damage to over a dozen trees, including several mature maple trees. One of these trees fell onto a another home, punctured its roof in several places, and damaged multiple vehicles. The tornado crossed OH Route 301 and damaged additional trees before dissipating soon thereafter.
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
Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information roof Rubber walls other Brick/masonry important in prehistory or history. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the foundation Concrete_ our past. Stone Grafton School criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing) USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Lorain County, Ohio method of construction or represents the work ofa master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.
Architectural classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in NPS Form 10-900-a OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1959 Addition are included in this nomination to the National Register of height, has a concrete foundation, a flat roof and is composed of spotted grey foundation, and a flat roof. It contains identical horizontal bands of similar casement windows, also separated into groupings, but by shallow brick piers entire school building, located directly on the seam between the original building and the addition.
Section carvings). Page CONTINUATION SHEET Narrative: Physical Description of Grafton School Building Grafton School park-like lawn entrance and semi-circular driveway.To the south side of the building is an open parking area, bordered by residences. To the rear(east) of school building, the very strong, horizontal banding of casement windows on the Y-intersection of two suburban, residential streets.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 08000117, 77 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.
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.
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