Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1973. 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
“Oak Hill is a historic former farmhouse in the southern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located along Dun Road in Ross County, it is one of the finest examples of sandstone farmhouses in the vicinity of the city of Chillicothe.”
Wikipedia article Oak Hill (Chillicothe, Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 22 National Register listings in Ross County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.73001527- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
26 since 2002
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between
2002 and 2020, burning about 64 acres 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
15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
5
Recreation and ceremony
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Smoking
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,616 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Oak Hill between 1874 and
1975: 1,122 Animalia, 398 Fungi, 84 Plantae, 8 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. C. Kinsey, A. C. Lincoln, A. Cronquist 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
4 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 3 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Chillicothe, the town this property stands in, in 92 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 56 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 6 flood, 3 lightning.
The reports record 1 death and 6 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.
Problems with high water occurred across the county. A roof of a gas station on the west side of Chillicothe collapsed under the weight of the heavy rain.
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.
From the nomination file
1,159 words on record
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 quoted below word for word, 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.
Description of the property
However, the workmanship and many of the details are similar outbuildings but these, with one exception, have disappeared. but after the drought of 1930 only six remained. metrical, with a central entrance doorway and four windows on The railing at the cornice line has disappeared. Sand- stone lintels span the trabeated window openings. g manufactured in Chillicothe, in the northeastern bedroom of the it was when built, except for the kitchen, cornice-railing and of furniture, dating back to the ancestors of the first owner. DEC 1 3 1972 CONDITION REGISTER house. NATIONAL At the rear there is an open well staircase extending to the attic.
A number of large oaks once enhanced the front of the house, The walls of the hall are of solid masonry, and all The house sits on top of a hill beyond the southwestern Fair on each side of the above the hip The house is a two story structure built from locally to many of the other houses built locally at the time. houses he had admired in Philadelphia, Pa.; judging by the edge of Chillicothe. The interior wood- American vernacular adaptation of the Adam style.Family trad- The building is in excellent condition. There is a Franklin stove, The house is as interior walls and ceilings are plastered. RECEIVED A central hall pierces the building from front to back.
The front entrance Oak Hill is a massive two story stone structure of the work and wood mantels are original. Originally it presided over a number of ition has it that G.W.Dun designed the house in the manner of exterior appearance of the is a likely supposition. Good PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian | - 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Landscape - Literature STATEMENT OF
Statement of significance
Allen Smart, noted author, was an owner and resident of the walnut trees, combined with the interior furnishings, provide a memorable glimpse of the past. DEC 1 3 1972 Conservation Commerce Communications Architecture Science Transportation SIGNIFICANCE cothe. REGISTER losophy Theater Aboriginal Prehistoric Engineering NATIONAL itarian Invention Agriculture building.
Music Military Social/Human- Sculpture Education Political 1838-1840 buildings erected in the Chillicothe area during the first Religion/Phi- The house is an outstanding example of the cut sandstone Urban Planning textiles in Philadelphia.In l838 he moved to Chillicothe construction pay tribute to the early prosperity of Chilli- Industry The setting amid the huge oak and black He was born in Scotland and was an importer of Scottish Oak Hill was built in1838-40 by George William Dun. Other AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) half of the 19th century. Charles Art out the years the house has remained in the family. RECEIVED The size of the house and its Archeological and Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, Vol. 23, No: 12.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 73001527, 8 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
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.
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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.
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