Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
2023. 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
“In 1821 David Ladd built a brick kiln; but in the fall he secured a glassblower named Jonathan Tinker, rented his brother Daniel's tannery (erected in 1812), and began the manufacture of bottle glass December 1, 1821, under the title of the Mantua Glass Company, oontinning hero until 1823, when he moved the plant to Kent, where he built a factory. Noah and Noble Rogers settled south of Mantua Center in 1825, and erected a tannery on a lot bought of Oliver Snow.”
History of Portage County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc. .. (1885). Machine-read text.
one of 42 National Register listings in Portage County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
National Register reference number.74001607- 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.
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Mantua township, The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
Judson's first wife in 1804; Wareham Loomis' child, two years old, in 1805; Jacob Blnir, killed at a " raising" in 1807; Mark Moore died in 1812; Sanjuel Jodsoa's wife in 1813; Ichabod Payne in 1S13; Melissa Keed in 181G; Enoch Jndson's aeoond wife died in 1810; Amzi Atwater, son of ilmzi, Sr., in 1810; Caleb, son of Rnfus Edwarda, aboat 1817; Leona^N], son of L orouz ) Chapin, in 1818; wife of Basil Windsor, Sr., in 1818; Martha, ciau^'ht.
In 1821 David Ladd built a brick kiln; but in the fall he secured a glassblower named Jonathan Tinker, rented his brother Daniel's tannery (erected in 1812), and began the manufacture of bottle glass December 1, 1821, under the title of the Mantua Glass Company, C9ntinuing here until 1823, when he moved the plant to Kent, where he built a factory. Noah and Noble Rogers settled south of Mantua Center in 1825, and erected a tannery on a lot bought of Oliver Snow. In 1829 they sold to Elias Converse, whose sons now operate it.
In 1821 David Ladd built a brick kiln; but in the fall he secured a glassblower named Jonathan Tinker, rented his brother Daniel's tannery (erected in 1812), and began the manufacture of bottle glass December 1, 1821, under the title of the Mantua Glass Company, oontinning hero until 1823, when he moved the plant to Kent, where he built a factory. Noah and Noble Rogers settled south of Mantua Center in 1825, and erected a tannery on a lot bought of Oliver Snow. In 1829 tliey sold to Elias Converse, whose sons now oper- Stoit.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 540 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Mantua Center District between 1884 and
1975: 466 Animalia, 67 Plantae, 4 Unrecorded, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. Woolman, Allen, John, Brockett, M. 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
24 workings within 5 miles of Mantua Center District: 12 past producers, 9 producers, 3 plants.
12 still produce. 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
Mantua Center, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report between 2024 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
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
2,587 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
ing with Greek and Gothic revival features. The north facade is the facade into three bays, with the pilasters doubled at the corners. When the building later served as a township school gymnasium annex. The windows have Gothic pointed arches,probably added ata later east end in the early twentieth century.The steeple was restored original character than the other church.It isa plain rectangular with four openings on the second floor and five on the first, includ- church and a town hall.The church retains much more of its Good - Pre-Columbian ! SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF
Statement of significance
Mantua Center is a remarkably intact example of an early nineteenth century crossroads township center, containing as it does College), founded by the same denomination, and among the visiting remodeling of 1872. center, formed in 1806. Their first meeting house, a log building, the present structure. It burned before it was completed, and the town hall, built between 1836 and 1840.
It is architecturally signif- icant because the octagonal cupola, a Greek Revival feature which 1835-1895 Conservation Commerce Communications Military Engineering Transportation Aboriginal Theater losophy SIGNIFICANCE Architecture Science Literature Agriculture Music itarian Landscape The most historically significant building is the Disciples or Invention Education Christian Church, as it is the oldest Campbellite congregation in ings were Amos Morris and Lewis Reed.The membership was building served as a township school annex for many years, and in Political Sculpture Social/Human- President B.A.Hinsdale presided at the rededication after the The Methodist Episcopal congregation was the earliest at the third building constructed immediately.The builders of both build- ity, religious and residential.
In relation to the settlement of the Another preacher was S.A.Willard, father of Archibald Willard The other building on the southeast side of the common was the these public buildings. Industry Religion/Phi- transferred to a new brick church in Mantua Village in 1895.The around 1835-1840.The first settler arrived in 1798,and Mantua present building was built in 1839-1840.The church received spirit- 16th Century ual and financial support from the Hiram:Eclectic Institute and the model for the central figure in the Spirit of'76".Hiram Mantua.Services were heldin homes and a schoolhouse until the pastors from Hiram (a five mile walk) was James A.Garfield. 1968 was designated as a civic center. Ohio.The church was formed in 1827,when Sidney Rigdon left Township was organized in 1810.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 74001607, 17 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.
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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