Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Medina County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
The chapter on Wadsworth City in History of Medina County and Ohio, Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Medina County, Giving an Account of Its Aboriginal Inhabitants ... Pioneer Incidents, Its Growth, Its Improvements, Organization of the County ... Biographical Sketches; Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc., Etc. .., published 1881 names Wadsworth. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
D. E. CRAXZ, physician, Wadsworth ; was , born Oct. 31. 1854 ; is a son of William and Mary (Druschal) Cranz. the latter a native of Pennsylvania, the former of Germany - both, however, moving to this State in early life, residing, after marriage, in Holmes Co. for several years, afterward moving to Summit Co., where they now reside. Dr. Cranz enjoyed the advantages of a district school until about 17 years of age, and afterward attended Buchtall , College, at Akron, two years, beginning the i study of medicine with Dr. Childs, with whom j he studied four years, graduating, in the meantime, at Hahnemann Medical College. Chicago, 1 111., in February, 1877, and locating. March 14, ! 1877, in Wadsworth, where he has been practicing ever since, being the only homoeopathic physician in the place, and has established a I large practice. He was married. Feb. 26, 1880. j to Mary E. Butts, born July 28. 1857, whose ! parents were John and Mary Ann (Leacock) ; Butts, who were natives of Pennsylvania. i They moved to this county in 1852, and en- : gaged in hotel-keeping at Wadsworth until about 1864, when the mother died. The father then went to Ashland, where he engaged in the 1 ! restaurant business. Mrs. Butts embraced the opportunity for educating herself, attending the Presbyterian Institute at Wyoming. Penn.; j also, the Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston. Penn. Dr. Cranz is a member of the Reformed Church ; his wife, of the Methodist Episcopal | Church. Both are consistent Christians, and esteemed by their neighbors.
THOMAS' JEFFERSON D AGUE, minister, ; Wadsworth. Hague's Collegiate Institute is very pleasantly located in the village of Wadsworth. Its grounds consist of about 10 acres I of land, a part of which is beautifully laid out j in walks and drives, and ornamented with ever- | greens and other trees, and clusters of shrubs j and tlowers. The main building is a massive brick, 65x35 feet, three stories high above the basement, and contains about thirty rooms. : The first floor is devoted to the use of the school, for recitation and waiting rooms ; the i second contains the chapel and family rooms of the Principal ; the third is devoted to the use of the assistant teachers and boarding students. The original cost of the property was about Si 7,000. The total expenses of a student boarder in any department, exclusive of books, clothing and traveling expenses, are 8200. The institute was organized in 1S7G. at Chillicothe. Ohio, and graduated its first class in 1S77. The object of the institute is threefold: 1. To prepare young men most thoroughly for admission to our best colleges. 2. To provide a thorough course of collegiate instruction for young ladies.
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 Wadsworth City - 9,907 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in 2009, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 63 specimens collected within 10 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church between 1891 and 1975: 53 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05], C. Sabrosky, Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
 | Eucamptonyx Perkins, 1907 | 1917 | J. Houser | Western Ohio |
 | Plantago cordata Lam. | 1891 | F. E. Lloyd | Selsville, north of Columbus |
 | Galba Schrank, 1803 | 1906 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Chippewa Lake |
 | Polyporus pinicola (Sw.) Fr. | 1906 | Humphrey, Clarence | Silver Creek, coal mine |
 | Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. | 1911 | Hopkins, L.S. | Chippewa Lake |
 | Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Granger Twp., Medina Co., Ohio |
 | Rana sylvatica LeConte, 1825 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Granger Twp., Medina Co., Ohio |
 | Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) | 1937 | Kukowitch, R. F. (R. Frank) | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH |
| Smerinthus jamaicensis Drury, 1773 | 1937 | Kukowitch, R. F. (R. Frank) | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH | |
 | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1938 | F. Bartley | |
| Crabronidae | 1939 | K., R. F. | Chippewa Lake, Medina Co., OH |
All 63 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koontz Sandstone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Koontz Ss Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Wadsworth Brick No 4 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Number 4 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Number 5 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Number 5 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hammond Brothers Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keiper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Keiper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silchuk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadsworth, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | 3 hurt | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Wadsworth | $500,000 | A tornado briefly touched down, ripping the roof off a middle school and downing numerous trees. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | $75,000 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported. Some vehicles were damaged. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and many large limbs. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wadsworth | $20,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $15,000 | Law Enforcement reported numerous large tree branches down over a quarter mile stretch which caused structural damage to 3 homes. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Several large trees downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed in Wadsworth and Seville. An estimated sixty mile per hour wind gust was reported along the Medina/Wayne county line. A grain field was flattened in the Wadsworth area. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $4,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several small trees near the intersection of Interstate 76 and State Route 57. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | A tree and large limb was reported down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs near Wadsworth. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $1,500 | Tree fell onto a car about one-mile north of downtown Wadsworth. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Hail up to quarter-size in Wadsworth. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Trained spotter in Wadsworth estimated a peak gust of 65 mph from passing QLCS. Also noted downed tree limbs and shingles blown off roofs. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | Several trees down one mile southwest of Wadsworth. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A large tree was blown down. This storm report was from social media. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A measured 60 mph wind gust was recorded with the thunderstorm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | A measured wind gust of 60 mph was recorded with this thunderstorm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | Hail up to quarter size was observed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Wadsworth | - | 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.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
The whole case file for this property - 1,168 words, 10 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 73001506, 10 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadsworth Downtown Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2024 | |
 | Matthew Chandler House | 4.2 miles | 1978 |
| Sharon Center Public Square Historic District | 5.1 miles | 1980 | |
 | Seville Jail | 7.1 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001506 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Medina County | All 31 listed properties in this county. |
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