Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Riley Specialty Shoe Company

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 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 7 National Register listings in Hocking County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 14 Gallagher Ave., Logan, 43138
When was it listed? 2023-03-10
Category. building
Township. Falls township
National Register reference number. 100008686 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

41 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Riley Specialty Shoe Company between 2006 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Arson/incendiarism	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
1 May 2018	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Wayne National Forest	INBODEN
1 May 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	2243
3 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 April 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wayne National Forest	BUG
24 April 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 April 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 April 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15165
18 April 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	7885

Every fire recorded in Hocking County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 2,861 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,861 specimens collected within 10 miles of Riley Specialty Shoe Company between 1839 and 1975: 1,963 Animalia, 532 Plantae, 315 Fungi, 35 Protozoa, 11 Bacteria, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. N. Bragg, A. Schrader 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Diderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Fr., 1829	1890	Detmers, Freda	Sugar Grove
Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.	1891	M. Craig	Sugar Grove
Gymnoconia peckiana (Howe) Trotter	1892	W.A. Kellerman
Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.Gray	1839	W. S. Sullivant
Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.	1839	W. S. Sullivant
Saxifraga sullivantii Torr. & A.Gray	1839	W. S. Sullivant
Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.Gray	1839	W. S. Sullivant
Ricciocarpos natans (L.) Corda	1840	W. S. Sullivant
Rudbeckia sullivantii C.L.Boynton & Beadle	1840	W. S. Sullivant
Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv.	1841	not recorded
Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs	1841	W. S. Sullivant
Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid.	1842	W. S. Sullivant

All 2,861 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 Riley Specialty Shoe Company: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hocking Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
General Hocking Plant	Brick Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Hocking Plant	Brick Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Azbell Stone Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
General Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
General Hocking Clay and Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Hocking Valley Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Logan Mine	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hocking County

Storms near this property

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 47 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 10 flood, 3 flash flood. The reports record 10 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2006	Lightning	Logan	10 hurt	Ten people were injured, one seriously, from a lightning bolt that struck the outdoor pavillion they were standing under. All ten people survived.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Logan	$40,000	Fourteen homes sustained damage from high water in the Carbon Hill area. Several roads were flooded across the county.
November 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$20,000	Numerous trees were downed throughout the county.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$10,000	Several trees fell on a business, causing minor damage to the building.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$8,000	The roof and trusses were torn off of a garage and barn. Trees were also downed.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$7,000	Numerous trees and power lines were reported knocked down.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$7,000	Multiple trees were reported knocked down across the county, but most reports were from the Logan area.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Several trees were downed across southern Hocking County.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Numerous trees were knocked down throughout the county, including in Logan.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Multiple trees were down around Logan due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	A thunderstorm produced strong winds which knocked down a few trees.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Trees down in several locations across the county.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Numerous trees knocked down.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Several trees downed.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Trees were downed south of Logan on State Route 93.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$5,000	Trees were downed, especially on the north and east side of town.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$4,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Several trees were downed in the Logan area.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Several trees were downed county wide due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Many trees were reported uprooted due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	A few trees were knocked down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	A few trees were knocked down across the northern part of the county.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Four trees were knocked down.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	A thunderstorm produced strong winds which knocked down trees in the county.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Thunderstorms produced strong winds which knocked down large limbs and a tree.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Trees were knocked down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Several trees and large limbs were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Trees and power lines downed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	Trees downed.
April 2002	Hail	Logan	$3,000	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$3,000	no account filed
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Several trees were downed.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	A large tree snapped midway up due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Numerous large tree branched were also downed.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Two trees were downed.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Two trees were knocked down.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	Large limbs were knocked down.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$2,000	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Logan	$2,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$1,000	A tree was downed along Stagecoach Road.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$1,000	A tree was downed.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$1,000	A tree was downed onto Blosser Road.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$1,000	A couple of trees were knocked down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$1,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Logan	$1,000	Two trees were downed.
August 2007	Hail	Logan	$1,000	no account filed
March 2026	Flood	Logan	-	High water was reported over State Route 664 and Sauer Kraut Road.
February 2022	Flood	Logan	-	High water was reported along State Route 664.
May 2022	Flood	Logan	-	Standing water was reported at the intersection of State Route 664 and Sauer Kraut Road.
August 2022	Flood	Logan	-	High water was reported in several locations across Hocking County, including along State Route 93 near Ewing.
February 2019	Flood	Logan	-	Several roads remained closed due to flooding.
April 2018	Flood	Logan	-	High water resulted in a closure of a portion of State Route 93 north of Logan.
April 2018	Flood	Logan	-	High water was reported on some area roadways.
May 2018	Flood	Logan	-	High water was reported on some roads in Logan.
June 2016	Flood	Logan	-	A half foot of water was reported on the road.

Every storm recorded in Hocking County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. 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 Hocking Sentinel	1871 to 1906
The Democrat-Sentinel	1906 to 1935
The Ohio Democrat	1886 to 1906

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
McCarthy-Blosser-Dillon Building	0.3 miles	1984
James, Charles Worth, House	0.3 miles	1980
Logan City Hall	0.4 miles	1980
Inter County Highway 360	2.6 miles	2002
Woodruff, William H., House	2.8 miles	1982
Inter County Highway 360	3.5 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100008686 in Record Group 79.
Hocking County	All 7 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.