Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 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.
“Shandy Hall is the name of a homestead museum located in Harpersfield, Ohio, owned and maintained by the Western Reserve Historical Society.”
Wikipedia article Shandy Hall (Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 36 National Register listings in Ashtabula County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Ashtabula County.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 686 specimens collected within 10 miles of Shandy Hall between 1891 and 1975: 580 Animalia, 90 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Bill, A. B. Fuller, A. Burhanna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | not recorded | Geneva |
 | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
 | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1893 | Woolman & United States Fish Commission | Geneva, Cowles Creek |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Cowles Creek, Geneva, Ohio |
 | Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A.Haines | 1893 | A. A. Bill | Geneva |
 | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1893 | not recorded | Cowles Creek, Geneva, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | not recorded | Cowles Creek, Geneva, Ohio |
 | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
 | Labidesthes sicculus (Cope, 1865) | 1893 | not recorded | Geneva, Ohio |
 | Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
 | Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Ohio |
 | Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) | 1893 | not recorded | Geneva, Cowles Creek |
All 686 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Lightning | Geneva | 1 hurt | A man was struck by lightning while trying to rescue his dog which was also struck by lightning seconds earlier. Unfortunately, the dog did not survive the lightning strike. The man sustained non life threatening injuries and was expected to make a full recovery. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Geneva | $150,000 | A tributary to the Ashtabula River came out of its banks on the evening of May 21st after an estimated 2 inches of rain fell within an hour and a half. The small unnamed creek came out of it's banks near the University Hospital Medical Center near Britton Drive. A trailer park was inundated with several feet of water from this same creek, yet the raised levels of the trailers prevented flooding in the homes. A construction site near the creek sustained significant damages to supplies from the fast moving water. Main Street was closed just west of town due to the same creek's floodwaters. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $150,000 | A thunderstorm downburst caused damage in Geneva. A swath of damage was observed from near Geneva High School northeast to near the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and South Myers Road. A house near the high school lost a large section of roof. Another 8 to 10 homes were damaged in a neighborhood just to the west of South Myers Road and to the south of U.S. 20. Most of this damage was caused by fallen trees and limbs. Many trees were damaged along the damage path which was over a mile in length. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $10,000 | Thunderstorms winds downed a few trees. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $7,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $5,000 | Several trees downed. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Geneva | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $2,000 | A few trees were reported down. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | Several trees downed in Geneva. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | A large tree branch was snapped off. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | The public reported a few trees down from thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Geneva | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Geneva | - | Storms with torrential rainfall combined with saturated ground conditions resulted in flash flooding over Ashtabula County. Several small streams and creeks were already swollen due to recent rains and floods, so the additional inch to an inch and a half was more than sufficient to produce flooding. Several creeks came out of banks, with portions of ST RT 46 closed as several inches of flowing water from a small creek near the town of Rock Creek covered the road. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Geneva | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Geneva | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Geneva | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Geneva | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Geneva | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
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.
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.
construction, set on a stone foundation, it consisted of two ground floor rooms, two upstairs rooms and an open garret, all surrounding from the east ground floor room. Between 1818 and 1828 the house additions, as well as having various secondary rooms, included the turbed at this time. On the south (front) these additions end in its original French wallpaper.The house also retains its original a center chimney.The original stairs go up to the second floor
C. Harper, who was one of the first settlers in Ashtabula County. Alexander Harper was a founding member of the Old Harpersfield from Harpersfield, New York in 1798 and settled (new) Harpersfield Robert Harper was a lawyer, active in state and local politics The significance of the building is twofold: it is a very early and well-preserved Western Reserve area house; and the furnishings, decor and much of the landscaping are original, having once JUN 2 7 1574 Commerce Architecture Conservation Engineering Communications Transportation Military Aboriginal REGISTER NATIONAL Literature Music Theater Agriculture Landscape Political Sculpture Pre-Columbian public affairs. Invention Social/Human- Harper family maintained the house as a homestead until 1938.
"Shandy Hall" was begun in 1815 by Robert Harper, son of Alexander belonged to an important figure in early Western Reserve and Ohio and the first state representative from Ashtabula County.The The house and furnishings have been preserved by the family. Religion/Phi. Education Land Company which was organized to purchase land in the Connecticut Industry AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Western Reserve. Alexander Harper and twenty-five others came only 15 other families in the Reserve at that time. losophy itarian Art Cleveland, 1971. Fitch, Winchester. Western Reserve Historical Society), Unionville, 1912.
The whole case file for this property - 1,774 words, 16 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 74001395, 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harpersfield Covered Bridge | 2.7 miles | 1975 |
 | Eagle Cliff Hotel | 5.8 miles | 1995 |
 | Congregational Church Of Austinburg | 6.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Austin, Eliphalet, House | 6.6 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001395 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ashtabula County | All 36 listed properties in this county. |
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