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Photograph of William Kelley Hardware Store-Hayesville Odd Fellows Hall
Photograph by Don O'Brien, CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kelley, William, Hardware Store--Hayesville Odd Fellows Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 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

“We have not access to the records of the organization of this congregation. The earliest records attainable were made in 1838, at which time Rev.”

A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date (1863). Machine-read text.

one of 11 National Register listings in Ashland County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · 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. 7 E. Main St., Hayesville, 44838
  • When was it listed? 2017-02-23
  • Category. building
  • Township. Vermillion township
  • National Register reference number. 100000662 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Vermillion township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863 - Vermillion Township

Coulter Family

"The Coulter family are known as among the earliest settlers at Perrysville, on the Black Fork. Thomas Coulter (the father of John) was born in the State of New York, and moved from thence with his father to the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, and was living there at the time of the Wyoming massacre.

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The ground it stands on

81,830 words

The chapter on Vermillion Township in A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863 names Hayesville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The original proprietors of the town of Hayesville were Rev. John Cox and Linus Hayes. As the Loudonville and Ashland, and Wooster and Mansfield roads crossed at this point, Mr. Cox concluded that it might be the site of a future town. He accordingly gave notice of a sale of lots, and on the day named a considerable number assembled to attend the sale. The business opened in the forenoon, and the auctioneer, John Shriver, expended his "yelloquence" in vain on the advantages offered, for no bids whatever could be obtained. At noon Mr. Cox despaired of being the founder of a town in this locality, and offered his whole farm for three hundred dollars. Even this offer, however, he could persuade no one to accept.

Passage source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863.

In tills extremity some one suggested that whisky possessed a virtue in these matters which might insure better success. A jug of that beverage was tlierefore obtained, a quantity of poke berries placed in it, and, under the name of "cherry bounce," offered the crowd, who partook of it h^eely. After a little " things worked," tlie services of John Shriver were dispensed with, and T. J. Bull, of Loudonville, mounted a cliestnut stump which stood about the place now occupied by the town fountain, where the principal streets cross, and again offered the first lots in the embryo town of Hayesville. After a little effort the first lot (tlie one now occupied by Armentrout & Son) was sold to David Richmond (a shoemaker) for seventy-five dollars. At the close of the da}- a mere fraction of the land, which at noon he liad offered for three hundred dollars, had been sold for more than twice that amount. Great is whisky, and great are sometimes its conquests.

Passage source: A History of the Pioneer and Modern Times of Ashland County : from the Earliest to the Present Date, published 1863.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Vermillion Township - 81,830 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

5 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kelley, William, Hardware Store--Hayesville Odd Fellows Hall between 2018 and 2020, burning about 2 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 burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
20 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15814
9 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15500
27 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13545
6 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15943
4 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15942

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 380 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 380 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kelley, William, Hardware Store--Hayesville Odd Fellows Hall between 1846 and 1975: 351 Animalia, 27 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Auten, B Zahuranec & party, B.H., H.P., M.A. & R. Rhoades 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 Anthoceros crispulus (Mont.) DouinAnthoceros crispulus (Mont.) Douin1923Mrs. Bayard R. Taylornear Londonville
Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 19161846P. HarwoodAshland
A photograph of the species Ammodramus savannarum, not of this specimenAmmodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1897Smith, D. W.Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Danthonia spicata, not of this specimenDanthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult.1897Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyVermilion Township
A photograph of the species Perlinella ephyre, not of this specimenPerlinella ephyre (Newman, 1839)1899R.C. Osburn
A photograph of the species Tyto alba, not of this specimenTyto alba pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838)1900Fuller, W. J.Sullivan, Ashland, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1902not recordedNo Further Locality Data
A photograph of the species Calopogon tuberosus, not of this specimenCalopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus1909Hopkins, L.S.Round Lake
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1911Hopkins, L.S.Round Lake
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.1911Hopkins, L.S.Round Lake
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.1911Hopkins, L.S.Round Lake
Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) E.B.Alexeev1911Hopkins, L.S.Round Lake

All 380 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kelley, William, Hardware Store--Hayesville Odd Fellows Hall: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bolin and Son Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bolin and Son Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms near this property

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayesville, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash 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 2019Flash FloodHayesville$50,000County Road 1775 closed due to flowing water from Newell Run Creek near Montgomery Township. Minor road damage with pavement lifted.
June 1998Flash FloodHayesville$40,000Flooding occurred from heavy thunderstorm rains on top of already saturated soil. Roads were closed from flood waters. Telephone poles being readied to replace storm damage poles from previous days floated away down County Road 1802.
May 1998Flash FloodHayesville$30,000Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of basements and State Route 60.
May 2012HailHayesville$25,000Quarter to golf ball sized hail was observed. Some minor damage was reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHayesville$15,000A local newspaper reported trees downed southeast of Hayesville. There was also a social media report of roof damage to a barn between Hayesville and Loudonville.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHayesville$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed large tree branches and trees across the area.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHayesville$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs south of Hayesville. Trees and limbs were also reported down in the Loudonville area.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHayesville$10,000Thunderstorm winds snapped several trees in a wooded area south of Hayesville.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHayesville$10,000Several trees were reported down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHayesville$10,000Several trees were reported downed as severe thunderstorms moved east through central portions of the county.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHayesville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees south of Hayesville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHayesville$4,000Thunderstorm winds downed two very large trees.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHayesville$4,000Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHayesville$4,000Trees, limbs and power lines were downed.
May 2014HailHayesville$2,000A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHayesville$2,000A few large limbs reported down.
May 2012HailHayesville-Nickel sized hail was observed.
June 2009HailHayesville-Nickel size hail was observed.
April 2004HailHayesville-Penny size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Hayesville Opera House0.1 miles1976
Vermilion Institute0.4 miles1978
Garst, John, House4.5 miles1982
Lakefork School6.1 miles1982
Anderson Schoolhouse7.0 miles1977
Myers Block--Home Company Building7.2 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100000662 in Record Group 79.
Ashland CountyAll 11 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.