Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1925.
“Drexel Theater, also known as Drexel Theatre, is a historic Art Deco and Art Moderne theater located in Bexley, Ohio. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 2015.”
Wikipedia article Drexel Theater, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 343 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 59 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. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Drexel Theater in 2007, burning under an acre in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 9,801 specimens collected within 10 miles of Drexel Theater between 1814 and 1975: 7,838 Animalia, 1,266 Fungi, 549 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokīn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
 | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
 | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
 | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
 | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
 | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
 | Carex bullata Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Carex comosa Boott | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 9,801 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Drexel Theater: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Asarco Columbus Smelter | Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Columbus No. 210 Plant and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bexley, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Bexley | $80,000 | Thunderstorms that produced locally five to seven inches of rain inundated the east side of Columbus during the evening. Street flooding occurred from Bexley north to Gahanna with numerous road closures. Several homes in Bexley neighborhoods had flooded basements, with high water forcing 25 families out of their homes. Seventeen structures sustained major damage from flooding. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bexley | $10,000 | Several trees and large limbs were also knocked down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bexley | $4,000 | Numerous trees were downed near State Route 16 and Hampton Road. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bexley | $3,000 | Large limbs were knocked down across the southeast side of Columbus. There were also a few trees blown down in the western suburbs. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bexley | $2,000 | Several large tree branches fell onto power lines in the North Remington Road area. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bexley | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs were knocked down along and near East Broad Street in Bexley. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Bexley | $1,000 | A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of State Route 104 and US Route 33. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bexley | $500 | Numerous large tree limbs were downed in the Bexley and Whitehall areas. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Bexley | - | Hail from 0.75 to 0.88 inches fell near Bexley. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Bexley | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Bexley | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bexley | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Bexley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital University Historic District (Boundary Increase) | under 500 feet | 2013 | |
| Capital University Historic District | under 500 feet | 1982 | |
 | Hanford Village George Washington Carver Addition Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2013 |
 | Franz Huntington House | 0.5 miles | 1980 |
 | Frederick A. Miller House-Broad Gables | 0.8 miles | 1985 |
 | Franklin Park Conservatory | 1.0 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000322 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Franklin County | All 343 listed properties in this county. |
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