Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.
“Staley House was designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Situated on the shores of Lake Erie in North Madison, Ohio, this home is constructed with stone, in an I-plan form.”
Wikipedia article Karl A. Staley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 81 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 454 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mr. and Mrs. Karl A. Staley House between 1885 and 1975: 367 Animalia, 44 Plantae, 33 Fungi, 10 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.W. Cusick; R.H.Guckert, Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson | 1885 | Werner, Wm. C. | Thompson |
 | Puccinia P.Micheli ex Haller, 1768 | 1894 | W. A. Kellerman | Lane Avenue |
 | Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle | 1895 | W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1885 | W. C. Werner | Thompson |
 | Peronospora corydalis de Bary | 1885 | Collector unspecified | Madison |
 | Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | 1887 | Zetlitz, A. | Madison, Ohio |
 | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1887 | Zetlitz, A. | Madison, Ohio |
 | Acroneuria internata (Walker, 1852) | 1894 | not recorded | |
 | Neoperla clymene (Newman, 1839) | 1894 | not recorded | |
 | Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Moodey, H. S. | near Painesville, Lake, Ohio, USA |
 | Bonasa umbellus monticola Todd, 1940 | 1897 | Ray Densmore | Perry |
 | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Ray Densmore | Perry |
All 454 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 waterspout, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $200,000 | Several dozens trees downed. Seven homes suffered minor roof and structural damage from fallen trees. An additional home suffered major structural damage when a twelve ton tree fell on the roof of an upstairs bedroom. The roof over the bedroom was destroyed and one of the exterior walls was split by the tree. The split in the wall allowed heavy thunderstorms rains to spill into the ground level of the house causing significant water damage. The remaining walls of the home were bowed by the weight of the tree. Two barns and seven cars were also damaged by fallen trees. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees in the area. Numerous homes in the area were damaged as a result of the downed trees. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $18,000 | County dispatch reported several power lines brought down by thunderstorm winds in the town of Madison. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted tree. The tree fell onto a house. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $12,000 | County Dispatch reported numerous trees and power lines down in Madison. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Madison | $10,000 | Quarter size hail was observed five miles south of Madison. The hail damaged the grape crop at a vineyard. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and several large tree limbs. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Madison | $5,000 | Broadcast media and county dispatch relayed reports of quarter size hail in Madison. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Madison and in Leroy Township. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Madison | $5,000 | Dime size hail was reported. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $4,000 | A few trees were reported down in Madison Township. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Madison | - | Reports of widespread road flooding in North Madison and Madison in eastern Lake County, with some roads closed due to flowing water. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in a 60-75 minute period. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Several large tree branches downed in Madison. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Madison | - | Hail up to penny-size one-mile south of Madison. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Several trees were blown down on Route 84 near Route 528 in Madison. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Madison | - | Penny to nickel sized hail was observed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Madison | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Madison | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Madison | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Madison | - | Penny to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Madison | - | Several waterspouts were observed on Lake Erie just off shore from Madison. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Madison Seminary And Home | 2.9 miles | 1979 |
 | Judge Abraham Tappan House | 3.6 miles | 1979 |
 | John J. Jones House | 3.8 miles | 1980 |
| Norfolk and Western Freight Station | 4.0 miles | 1980 | |
 | Brick Vernacular House No. 2 | 4.0 miles | 1980 |
 | Brick Vernacular House No. 1 | 4.1 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000042 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lake County | All 81 listed properties in this county. |
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