Built in 1915 in the Romanesque Revival architecture. 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.
“Zollinger Company Building is a historic grocery warehouse building in Piqua, Ohio at 101 S. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article S. Zollinger Company Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 36 National Register listings in Miami County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1915, Romanesque Revival architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Piqua City. The History of Miami County, Ohio, published 1880; Centennial History. Troy, Piqua and Miami County, Ohio, published 1909 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Piqua City - 306 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 335 specimens collected within 10 miles of Zollinger, S., Company Building between 1835 and 1973: 303 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | 1835 | Frank | |
 | unnamed | 1897 | F. L. Stevens | Sugar Grove. |
 | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | Sugar Grove |
 | Carex albursina E.Sheld. | 1835 | Collector unknown | |
 | Carex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig | 1835 | Collector unspecified | |
 | Gentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, in ditione civitatis Miami |
 | Cercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy |
| Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy | |
 | Phyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.Winter | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
 | Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck. | 1899 | Young, WU | |
 | Daedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers. | 1906 | Fischer G. C. | Troy |
 | Polyporus radicatus Schwein. | 1909 | Thomas | Troy |
All 335 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Zollinger, S., Company Building: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piqua Minerals | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Piqua Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eldean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eldean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pique Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spring Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piqua, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 27 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Lightning | Piqua | 1 killed | Lightning struck a man near a tree at a city park. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A tree fell on a pickup truck due to thunderstorm winds. One person in the truck was injured. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $100,000 | Several recreational vehicles were blown over at a dealership due to thunderstorm winds. A roof of one of the show rooms was significantly damaged. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $50,000 | Many trees and power lines were blown down across the county. In Piqua alone, at least 130 trees were knocked down, 12 homes damaged severely, and 3 vehicles were nearly destroyed. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $50,000 | A roof was blown off a hanger, damaging three small planes. Several trees were also downed, one damaging a house. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $10,000 | A tree fell onto a house in Piqua. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $10,000 | Several power poles were downed. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $8,000 | Several trees downed on homes along Washington Road, causing minor damage. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $6,000 | Several trees were downed in the Piqua area as well as in Newberry Township. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $5,000 | Several trees and branches were downed in the Piqua city limits due to thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Piqua | $5,000 | Several roads were flooded due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Piqua | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $4,000 | Two 24 inch diameter trees were downed at the intersection of US Route 36 and Casstown Road. A few large tree limbs were downed along Miami-Shelby County Road. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Piqua | $4,000 | Several trees downed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $3,000 | A tree was knocked down on a car at the intersection of OH-66 and Washington Ave. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $3,000 | A large tree was down on utility wires on Covington Avenue due to thunderstorm winds. A small tree was also downed nearby. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Piqua | $3,000 | High water was reported countywide. The worst flooding was in the Piqua area. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $3,000 | A few trees and power poles were downed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $3,000 | Power poles were downed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $3,000 | A thunderstorm produced strong winds which knocked down numerous trees and a power line. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $2,000 | An elevated fast food sign was blown over. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $2,000 | One tree was downed in town. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Piqua-Lockington Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $1,000 | A large limb fell onto a garage on Cottage Avenue. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Piqua | $1,000 | Interstate 75 at Eldean Road was impassible due to high flowing water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $1,000 | A tree was reported down in Piqua due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $1,000 | Large branches were broken due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Piqua | $1,000 | High water was still occurring on area roadways due to previous flash flooding. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Piqua | - | A tornado briefly touched down. No damage occurred. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | - | The wind gust was estimated by the observer. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Piqua | - | A gust of 60 mph was estimated with the hail as well. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Piqua | - | A tornado briefly touched down northwest of Piqua, doing minor damage to fields. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Piqua | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fort Piqua Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
 | Piqua High School | 0.5 miles | 1996 |
| Rial, York, House | 0.7 miles | 1986 | |
 | African Jackson Cemetery | 0.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Arrowston | 1.1 miles | 1980 |
| Twin Arch Stone Culvert | 4.1 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000903 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Miami County | All 36 listed properties in this county. |
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