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Photograph of Saunders Seed Company
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Saunders Seed Company

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 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 36 National Register listings in Miami County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.

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. 101 W Broadway, Tipp City, 45371
  • When was it listed? 2010-04-13
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Historic Industrial Resources of Tipp City, Ohio 1840-1959
  • Township. Monroe township
  • National Register reference number. 10000194 - 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.

The ground it stands on

78,966 words

This property stands in Monroe Township. Miami County Ohio Federal Population Census, published 1850; The History of Miami County, Ohio, published 1880; The History of Miami County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of Miami County; Constitution of the United States; Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1880 gives that township a chapter of its own.

The chapter covers the township.

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 Monroe Township - 78,966 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 267 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 267 specimens collected within 10 miles of Saunders Seed Company between 1835 and 1975: 237 Animalia, 17 Fungi, 10 Plantae, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 Quercus macrocarpa Michx.Quercus macrocarpa Michx.1835Frank
Specimen of UredoUredo1897Prof. W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Polyporus radicatus Schwein.Polyporus radicatus Schwein.1909ThomasTroy
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Carex albursina, not of this specimenCarex albursina E.Sheld.1835Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex emmonsii, not of this specimenCarex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig1835Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Gentianella quinquefolia, not of this specimenGentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, in ditione civitatis Miami
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus1896Skinner C. W.Troy
A photograph of the species Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, not of this specimenCeratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula (Berk. & Broome) Nann.-Bremek., 19751897Thaxter, R.USA, Florida, Cocoanut Grove
A photograph of the species Mermis Dujardin, not of this specimenMermis Dujardin, 18421897F. JohnstonNew Carlisle
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 17661898Collector(s): L. KumleinMilton, Ohio

All 267 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Saunders Seed Company: 6 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Tipp Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tipp Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cassel Sand & Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tipp City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tipp Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Troy PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Troy Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vandalia Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Miami County

Storms near this property

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tipp City, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindTipp City2 hurt, $100,000Numerous trees were downed on the northwest side of Tipp City. Two people received minor injuries when a tree fell onto a house on Arapaho Trail. Trees also fell on several other houses in the area. In addition, athletic fencing was damaged at Tippecanoe Middle School.
May 2014Flash FloodTipp City$1,300,000Water rescues were being performed across the county, but especially in the Troy and Tipp City areas for people being trapped in cars stranded by flash flooding. The flash flooding was caused by heavy rainfall.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindTipp City$250,000Numerous large trees were sheared or uprooted. Nineteen loaded trailers were overturned and two air conditioning units were blown off a roof at a distribution center. Eight wooden high voltage electric poles were snapped. Another semi trailer was overturned on a highway. These occurrences were due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 1999Tornado (F1)Tipp City$250,000The tornado pushed cars off of the road, peeled siding from houses, downed several trees, damaged storage buildings and destroyed several campers and RV's on a sales lot.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTipp City$10,000Numerous trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A few power poles were downed.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A few trees were downed and an outbuilding was damaged.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A tree fell on a house.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000Structural damage occurred to a building due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A tree fell onto a car due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000Trees were reported down in the southern portion of Miami county.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTipp City$4,000A few power poles were downed on Main Street.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindTipp City$4,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000Trees were knocked down in the 100 block of East Main Street.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000Several trees and large limbs were knocked down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000A few trees were blown down
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTipp City$2,000One tree and power lines were downed.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindTipp City$2,000Several large concrete barriers were blown over at a construction site on State Route 202.
July 2013Flash FloodTipp City$1,000Maintained roads were closed by high water due to heavy rainfall.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTipp City$1,000A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTipp City$1,000One tree and several large limbs were downed in Monroe Township.
May 2014FloodTipp City-Several city roads were under water due to heavy rainfall.
December 2013FloodTipp City-State Route 571 was closed due to high water caused by earlier heavy rainfall.
September 2011Heavy RainTipp City-High water was approaching homes due to heavy rain.
June 1998Flash FloodTipp City-Several hours of heavy rainfall caused roads to be closed, including Interstate 75 near Tipp City.
February 2023HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2019HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2014HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2014HailTipp City-no account filed
September 2011HailTipp City-no account filed
July 2011HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2010HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2010HailTipp City-no account filed
June 2002HailTipp City-no account filed
July 2001HailTipp City-no account filed
May 1998HailTipp City-no account filed
June 1996HailTipp City-no account filed
June 1994HailTipp City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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

5,770 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 Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property Enter categories from instruction for National Register listing) XA 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. - 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. - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

Significant Dates (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. - C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property. Architect/Builder -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 - 5,770 words, 39 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 10000194, 39 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Detrick Milling and Distilling Companyunder 500 feet2010
Dye, John Minor, Stone House5.3 miles1983
Culbertson, Robert, House5.6 miles1975
Dunlap, William K., House5.7 miles1976
First Presbyterian Church5.7 miles1976
Overfield Tavern5.8 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000194 in Record Group 79.
Miami CountyAll 36 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.
  • 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.