Xenia Carnegie Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 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 30 National Register listings in Greene County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Greene County.

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. 194 E. Church St., Xenia, 45385
When was it listed? 2015-02-24
Category. building
Township. Xenia city
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 15000041 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 957 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 957 specimens collected within 10 miles of Xenia Carnegie Library between 1870 and 1975: 713 Animalia, 142 Plantae, 100 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A JOHN, A. H. Bauer 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
Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans	1922	William Bayard Taylor; G. H. Conklin	Clifbore[sp?] Gorge
Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.	1923	Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor	Clifton Gorge
Bidens bipinnata L.	1870	J Y Bergen; T L Bergen	Yellow Springs
Rhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger	1873	Collector unspecified	Clifton
Rhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb.	1873	not recorded	Clifton
Thamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl.	1875	H. J. Biddlecome	Clifton
Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp.	1876	not recorded	Clifton
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger	1876	Mrs. Spence
Bryum affine (Blandow ex Funck) Brid.	1876	Collector unspecified	Clifton
Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac.	1876	H. J. Biddlecome	Clifton
Geocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees	1876	not recorded	Clifton
Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dumort.	1876	H. J. Biddlecome	Clifton

All 957 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 Xenia Carnegie Library: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Armentrout Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Armentrout Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Haines Road #419	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Phillips Sand and Gravel Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Richards and Son Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Xenia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Xenia Plant No. 414 & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Xenia Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Xenia Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this property

60 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Xenia, the town this property stands in, in 80 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 42 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 7 flood, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 100 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
September 2000	Tornado (F4)	Xenia	1 killed, 100 hurt, $15,000,000	A violent tornado that moved at 65 mph hit the town of Xenia for the second time in 26 years damaging some of the same areas that were hit in 1974. Along the path of the tornado, around 250 homes were either damaged or destroyed, over 40 businesses were damaged or destroyed including the local Wal Mart, Kroger, and Tire Discounters, and 6 churches were damaged. A strip mall was nearly destroyed, cars were thrown from the Highway 35 bypass into ditches, 4 semi-trailers were thrown up to 400 yards, and most of the buildings were damaged or destroyed at the Greene county fairgrounds. In Sugarcreek Township, which is to the southwest of Xenia, an additional 14 houses and 3 barns were damaged and some crops were destroyed on a narrow path. Over 10,000 residents were without power for at least 1 day.
May 2004	Hail	Xenia	$30,000	Seven trees were also downed along Home Avenue on the south side of town.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$12,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and powerlines, and tore part of the roof off of a multi-unit apartment building.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$10,000	Several trees were knocked down, including one that fell on a parked car.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$10,000	Several trees were knocked down across the county, and one in town landed on a house.
May 1998	Tornado (F0)	Xenia	$10,000	A tornado briefly touched down ripping a roof off a home and knocking down numerous trees.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$6,000	Numerous trees were downed in the Xenia area.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$6,000	Numerous trees and large limbs were downed.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$5,000	Several trees were uprooted and damaged near the Greene County Fish and Game Association.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$5,000	Trees and power lines were knocked down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$5,000	Trees and power lines downed.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$5,000	Trees downed.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$4,000	Numerous trees were blown down.
October 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$4,000	Trees were knocked down in town along with several trees downed in the eastern third of the county.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	A tree was downed onto some power lines on McDowell Street.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	A large tree fell on a house on Chestnut Street.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	A tree was downed near Highway 68 and another tree was downed on power lines and a shed near Parnell Park due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
March 2007	Flood	Xenia	$3,000	Numerous roads were flooded and closed across the county.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Trees were knocked down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Trees were downed.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Trees and powerlines were downed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Large tree limbs were downed on South Detroit Street.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Two trees were knocked down on a house.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Numerous trees were downed across the southeast part of the county.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Xenia	$3,000	Roads had to be closed due to high water.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Large tree limbs and power lines were reported down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Trees knocked down.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$3,000	Numerous trees down across the county.
June 2008	Hail	Xenia	$3,000	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$2,000	Trees were reported down between McDowell Street and Home Avenue.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$2,000	Large tree limbs were downed.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$2,000	Large limbs were knocked down.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	A tree was downed.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	A spruce tree was downed.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	A tree was downed at the intersection of Ledbetter Road and State Route 380.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	A large tree was snapped in Xenia due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	Large tree branches were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$1,000	One tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Xenia	$1,000	Streets were closed due to 2.3 inches of rain in under 2 hours.
June 2020	Flood	Xenia	$500	A basement was flooded in Xenia.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$200	A large tree branch was downed along Walnut Street.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	$100	One 3 inch diameter branch was downed.
March 2020	Flash Flood	Xenia	-	Several roads remained closed across the county due to high flowing water.
March 2020	Flood	Xenia	-	Several roads remained closed due to high water from earlier heavy rainfall.
June 2020	Flood	Xenia	-	Flooding was reported on Antrim Road.
August 2018	Flood	Xenia	-	Some high water was reported on a few streets.
June 2018	Flood	Xenia	-	High water was reported over Route 380 near Washington Road.
November 2017	Flood	Xenia	-	A few roads were closed due to high water.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Xenia	-	There were reports of flooded streets in Xenia. The depth of the water was ten inches.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	-	The spotter estimated the speed of the wind gust.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	-	Trees were reported down on roads due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2009	Hail	Xenia	-	Hail covered the ground in Xenia.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Xenia	-	Winds gusted to 70 mph.
July 2024	Hail	Xenia	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Xenia	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Xenia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

1 paper 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
Ohio Standard and Observer	1897 to 19??

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
East Second Street District	0.2 miles	1973
Conner, Alexander, House	0.2 miles	1987
Bank Of Xenia	0.2 miles	1973
Hollencamp House	0.2 miles	1980
Millen-Schmidt House	0.3 miles	1976
Patterson, Samuel N., House	0.4 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 15000041 in Record Group 79.
Greene County	All 30 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.