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.
“The Hopewell Division No. 63, of the sons of temperance was organized at Mount Liberty, October 11, 1875, by State Deputy A. The following is a list of the charter members: J.”
History Knox County, Ohio (1881). Machine-read text.
one of 35 National Register listings in Knox County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
An account from the chapter on Liberty township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Of these children one is renowned as having built Fort Wintermoot, near Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. One was said to have been killed in the massacre of the Wyoming, one killed in battle, one uniting his fortunes with the British removed to Canada, where his descendants now reside, near Fort Erie, and who are reputed to be quite wealthy.
The chapter on Liberty Township in History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest; a Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881 names Mount Liberty. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
There are very few relics of the Mound Builders to be found in Liberty township. About the only ones deserving mention are located on the property of J. D. Higgins, one mile east of Mount Liberty. On the hill north of Mr. Higgins' residence is a mound about thirty feet in diameter, and was originally eight or ten feet high, but is at present very much reduced in height by being plowed over. It was opened by Mr. Higgins, who, however, found nothing but the traditional ashes and charcoal.
Miss Sadie Jackson, A. C. ; Miss Emma Hawkins, J. S. ; Benson Bishop, O. S. ; Mrs. Mary J. Jackson, P. W. This was not the first organization of this character in Mount Liberty. From 1840 to i86o,a lodge of the Sons of Temperance and a lodge of Good Templars were in existence, and both did a good work. Whiskey was in common use in those days and the evil grew so rapidly that the people were generally alarmed, and these lodges sprang up all over the country. The lodges in Mount Liberty were both in a flourishing condition many years, and many a middle-aged man of today attributes his freedom from the habit of drinking to the solemn pledges and oaths taken in those organizations, Arnold Bishop whose name appears above, was long a member of one or both of these organizations. Dr. McGugin, a farmer and a man of a good deal of ability and influence in Mount Liberty, was saved from a drunkard's grave by the old organization of the Sons of Temperance. The good they accomplished cannot be computed by figures. They very nearly or quite accomplished the objects for which they were organized, and passed away about the beginning of the war.
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 Liberty Township - 9,782 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 Mount Liberty Tavern between 2012 and 2012, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 785 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mount Liberty Tavern between 1835 and 1974: 739 Animalia, 41 Fungi, 4 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. P. Morgan; Ellis, Adler, K. K. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fusicladium Bonord. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
 | Pestalotia De Not., 1841 | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | No locality on label |
 | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | Kellerman | |
 | Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, s.loc. |
 | Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1863 | not recorded | USA, NNO-, OHIO*, GHOTA RIVER , |
 | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1877 | not recorded | unspecified |
 | Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1879 | Willard L. Maris | |
 | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
 | Ascochyta Lib., 1830 | 1883 | Kellerman | |
 | Nummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke | 1883 | W.A. Kellerman | |
 | Phyllosticta lappae Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
 | Phyllosticta persicae Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann |
All 785 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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.
of the original length. The tavern has a three bay front, and is Greek Revival style tavern building.The building is rather small with six lights over six.On the west side are three such windows built on a brick foundation.The foundation isa full story in
time a stop on the Columbus Road, outside Mount Vernon. about two years then closed it. Apparently, Thatcher enjoyed DEC 1 9 1973 Conservation Commerce Engineering Communications Architecture Aboriginal losophy Military Landscape REGISTER Literature Invention Music NATIONAL itarian constructing mills as he built another sawmill south of Mount Education Political Industry that time, Mount Liberty Tavern has remained a private residence.
it for several years.Mount Liberty Tavern was built circa Mount Liberty Tavern is a good example of a Greek Revival tavern Liberty which he immediately sold.In 1847 Thatcher built yet Mount Liberty Tavern was the second tavern to be constructed after Bagg's occupancy, the tavern became a residence.Since Thatcher, Sr.Mount Liberty Tavern was hosted by Thatcher from 1832,and first opened its doors for customers in 1833.Samuel another saw and grist mill near Mount Liberty. 1833-1838.In 1838 Thatcher rented the tavern toa Mr.Baggs, Though a small tavern, some data is known about its builder.
Thatcher's first project in the area was a sawmill built in Religion/Phi- The building and operating of taverns were a sideline for Samuel Agriculture and opened a new hotel on the eastern edge of the village.It in the area.Francis Wilkins built the first in 1827,and operated Thatcher, Sr. who was a prolific builder, built the tavern. RECEIVED Other (Specify) PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (I1 Applicable and Known) built circa 1832 (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Theater Art is not known whether Baggs continued to operate the tavern.But 1827 just north of Mount Liberty.In 1839 he built a carding in Ohio.Though in a state of neglect, the tavern was at one
The whole case file for this property - 1,466 words, 11 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 74001539, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County Infirmary | 4.2 miles | 1986 | |
 | Loveridge, Richard and Ann, House | 7.5 miles | 2009 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001539 in Record Group 79. |
| Knox County | All 35 listed properties in this county. |
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