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One of 81 National Register listings published here for Muskingum County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
John Glenn Boyhood Home
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1911.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Glenn, John, Boyhood Home - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 72 Main St., New Concord, 43762
- When was it listed? 2018-12-17
- Category. building
- Township. Union township
- National Register reference number. 100003210 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
The ground it stands on
10,190 wordsThe chapter on Union Township in History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names New Concord. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
From 1803 to 1806, the Reasoners, Speers, Findleys, and Wilsons, from Pennsylvania, settled in the northeastern portion of the township, near the present site of New Concord. Henry Reasoner, having in the year 1804, entered the land on which the town now stands.
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
In the year 1804, Henry Reasoner, trom Pennsylvania, entered the southwest quarter of section one, which he sold to David Findley, in 1806, and, in 1828, Findley laid out the town of New Concord, along the line of the National Road.. .
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
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 Union Township - 10,190 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
39 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of John Glenn Boyhood Home between 2007 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15863 |
| 13 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7926 |
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 1,059 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,059 specimens collected within 10 miles of John Glenn Boyhood Home between 1908 and 1975: 767 Animalia, 289 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813 | 1954 | Betty Dasch | New Concord |
 | Catocala cara Guenée, 1852 | 1954 | Betty Dasch | New Concord |
 | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1908 | A. H. Wright | New Concord |
 | Medicago sativa L. | 1911 | Coleman, J. | New Concord |
 | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Perry Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
 | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Perry Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
 | Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
 | Chondestes grammacus grammacus (Say, 1822) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
 | Coluber constrictor flaviventris Say, 1823 | 1933 | Hope, C.E. | New Concord |
 | Geothlypis formosa (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
 | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
| Allocapnia recta (Claassen, 1924) | 1935 | H.H. Ross |
All 1,059 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of John Glenn Boyhood Home: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westland Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Concord, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $50,000 | A large tree fell on to a house, causing structural damage. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $10,000 | Muskingum County Dispatch reported that trees and power lines were down around the New Concord Area. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported large trees blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $5,000 | Tress snapped along with structural damage in the area. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $5,000 | The public reported multiple trees down in New Concord, some of which fell on cars. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $2,000 | One tree fell onto a house. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on to Harper Avenue. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $1,000 | Trees were reported down on North Liberty Street near Buckeye Street in New Concord. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | Rte 83 was flooded between Bloomfield and Otsego in the northeast part of Muskingum County, beginning at 632 AM EDT. By 835 AM EDT, there was flooding in Adamsville; and along State Rte 16 in Adams Mills. One house was surrounded by water in Otsego area. |
| June 2013 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited 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.
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS New Concord quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | David Stormont House | under 500 feet | 1983 |
 | William Rainey Harper Log House | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Paul Hall, Muskingum College | 0.2 miles | 1973 |
| Muskingum College Campus Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1979 | |
 | "S" Bridge II | 0.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Ralph Hardesty Stone House | 2.9 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003210 in Record Group 79. |
| Muskingum County | All 81 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.