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.
one of 21 National Register listings in Wood County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Wood County.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Perrysburg Township. Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio; Its Past and Present, published 1897 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers establishment of the township, its early history, justices of waynesfield, perrysburg township, officials, pioneer reminiscences.
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 Perrysburg Township - 68 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hood-Simmons House between 2002 and 2002, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 October 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 266 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hood-Simmons House between 1875 and 1975: 226 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Lose, Aborn, R., Angle, E. (Eric) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1907 | L. L. Redick | Perrysburg |
 | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1908 | not recorded | Maumee |
 | Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1920 | L. L. Redick | Perrysburg |
 | Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1875 | Langdon | Indian Hill, Kane County |
 | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
 | Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
All 266 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hood-Simmons House: 2 plants, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumee Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lime City Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Maumee Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perrysburg, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 32 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Hail | Perrysburg | $600,000 | Hail to tennis ball size fell for several minutes and accumulated on the ground to a depth of over six inches at some locations. The hail plugged many storm sewers causing water to back up into the basements of several homes. Dozens of vehicles and many homes were damaged and hundreds of trees were completely stripped of leaves. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $250,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated to be as much as 70 mph caused considerable damage in Perrysburg. Dozens of trees and at least three utility poles were toppled. A few homes were damaged by fallen trees. Scattered power outages were reported. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $250,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew over two fully loaded semi trucks six miles east of Perrysburg near the intersection of Interstates 80/90 and 280. Both trucks were severely damaged. The roof of a large building nearby was also torn off. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Perrysburg | $250,000 | Lightning struck and nearly destroyed a house in Perrysburg Township. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Perrysburg | $125,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was observed. Many cars were damaged. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | $75,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported. A few vehicles sustained minor damage from the hail. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $75,000 | Several trees were uprooted causing damage to several homes. Utility poles and wires were also reported down from the thunderstorms. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds overturned a moving semi truck on Interstate 75. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Perrysburg | $35,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported six miles east of Perrysburg near the intersection of Interstates 80/90 and 280. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. One of the trees heavily damaged a car and a second caused minor damage to a home. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $30,000 | A few trees were reported down. One tree landed on a house and caused some minor damage. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Perrysburg | $25,000 | On March 12th an ice jam formed on the Maumee River. By the 14th the ice had backed in the town of Perrysburg. A farm sustained damages when about two feet of topsoil was removed in an area farm with thousands of dollars in economic loss. The Buttonwood Park in Perrysburg also sustained damages but no buildings were impacted. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and damaged a house. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped a couple power poles and large tree limbs. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $20,000 | A tree and several large limbs were reported down. Numerous power lines were also reported down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a lot of trees. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | $15,000 | Half dollar size hail was observed. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | $15,000 | Half dollar size hail was observed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $15,000 | Several large tree limbs and power poles were reported down. Siding was also blown off a house nearby. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many large tree limbs across the county. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Perrysburg | $7,000 | Ping pong ball size hail reported in Perrysburg. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $5,000 | Several large limbs were reported down throughout Perrysburg. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $5,000 | Several large trees were reported down. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two trees. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and one large limb. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $3,000 | Two large trees were reported down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Perrysburg | $2,000 | Quarter sized hail was reported with this storm. The duration of the hail event lasted nearly a minute. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed one large tree limb. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Willow Lane in Perrysburg. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb along Indiana Avenue. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds ripped three rows of shingles off a two-story family home. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds measured at 42 mph downed one large tree limb. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | - | Numerous utility poles downed from Perrysburg to Millbury. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | - | Several trees and branches down in Perrysburg. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysburg | - | Semi blown over on I-75 two miles SE of Perrysburg. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| November 2011 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny to nickel size hail was observed. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Quarter size hail was observed. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was observed. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny sized hail occurred with this thunderstorm. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Perrysburg | - | A funnel cloud was observed along Interstate 75 near Perrysburg. Trained spotters tracked the funnel for several minutes as it drifted slowly northeast. Although persistent rotation was observed, the funnel did not come in contact with the ground at any time. The funnel may have been a cold air funnel. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Perrysburg | - | Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of roads in Perrysburg and nearby Northwood. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Perrysburg | - | no account filed |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Perrysburg Journal | 1853 to 1861 |
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.
A simple window is in the pediment.The broad fascia PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) X] 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1857 - Political - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Invention - Science - Landscape STATEMENT OF
Platted in 1816, Perrysburg became the county seat During the height of Perrysburg's prosperity, James of Julia Simmons, who had lived in it for sixty years. House, but the house is so isolated from the district by Commerce Conservation Communications losophy Transportation Architecture Aboriginal Engineering REGISTER Theater Education SIGNIFICANCE RECEIVED Art Literature Music itarian Agriculture Prehistoric Pre-Columbian NATIONAL Religion/Phi- Industry on its shipbuilding activities and its prominence The Perrysburg Historic District is near the Hood-Simmons Sculpture Social/Human- terminus nearer Toledo signaled the end of Perrysburg non-conforming buildings that it cannot be considered part The present owners have begun much-needed repairs on the of the district. asa commercial center.
Hood operated a successful dry goods store at #1 and in 1870 the county seat was moved to Bowling The building is a very fine example of Greek revival Military of Wood County in 1824. Its growth depended largely 1857 and had this fine home built for him. Green.The building of the Miami-Erie canal with its asa shipping center.Cholera struck a blow in 1854 Illinois, 1896. Publishing Committee, Historical Society, Toledo, Ohio.
The whole case file for this property - 1,513 words, 11 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 74001652, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Schaller Memorial Building | under 500 feet | 1990 |
 | Old Wood County Jail | 0.1 miles | 1969 |
 | Perrysburg Water Maintenance Building | 0.1 miles | 1990 |
 | Yeager, John J., House | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Spafford House | 0.4 miles | 1974 |
 | Fort Meigs | 1.2 miles | 1969 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001652 in Record Group 79. |
| Wood County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
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