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Paige, David R., House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 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

one of 75 National Register listings in Lake County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Lake County.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 21--29 W. Main St., Madison, 44057
  • When was it listed? 1975-12-23
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Madison MRA (AD); Madison MRA
  • Township. Madison township
  • National Register reference number. 75001450 - 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.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 338 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 338 specimens collected within 10 miles of Paige, David R., House between 1885 and 1975: 248 Animalia, 47 Plantae, 33 Fungi, 10 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, A.W. Cusick; R.H.Guckert, Adams J. M. R. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Werner, Wm. C.Thompson
Specimen of Puccinia P.Micheli ex Haller, 1768Puccinia P.Micheli ex Haller, 17681894W. A. KellermanLane Avenue
Specimen of Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & SwinglePuccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle1895W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1885W. C. WernerThompson
A photograph of the species Peronospora corydalis, not of this specimenPeronospora corydalis de Bary1885Collector unspecifiedMadison
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias herodias Linnaeus, 17581887Zetlitz, A.Madison, Ohio
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1887Zetlitz, A.Madison, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893not recordedGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1893not recordedGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451893not recordedGrand River, Painsville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1893A. WoolmanGrand River, Painsville, Ohio

All 338 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 waterspout, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1999Thunderstorm WindMadison$200,000Several dozens trees downed. Seven homes suffered minor roof and structural damage from fallen trees. An additional home suffered major structural damage when a twelve ton tree fell on the roof of an upstairs bedroom. The roof over the bedroom was destroyed and one of the exterior walls was split by the tree. The split in the wall allowed heavy thunderstorms rains to spill into the ground level of the house causing significant water damage. The remaining walls of the home were bowed by the weight of the tree. Two barns and seven cars were also damaged by fallen trees.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMadison$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees in the area. Numerous homes in the area were damaged as a result of the downed trees.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMadison$18,000County dispatch reported several power lines brought down by thunderstorm winds in the town of Madison.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMadison$15,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted tree. The tree fell onto a house.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMadison$12,000County Dispatch reported numerous trees and power lines down in Madison.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMadison$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
June 2002HailMadison$10,000Quarter size hail was observed five miles south of Madison. The hail damaged the grape crop at a vineyard.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMadison$8,000Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and several large tree limbs.
May 2014HailMadison$5,000Broadcast media and county dispatch relayed reports of quarter size hail in Madison.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Madison and in Leroy Township.
May 2002HailMadison$5,000Dime size hail was reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMadison$4,000A few trees were reported down in Madison Township.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMadison$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000no account filed
June 2024Flash FloodMadison-Reports of widespread road flooding in North Madison and Madison in eastern Lake County, with some roads closed due to flowing water. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in a 60-75 minute period.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMadison-Several large tree branches downed in Madison.
March 2023HailMadison-Hail up to penny-size one-mile south of Madison.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMadison-Several trees were blown down on Route 84 near Route 528 in Madison.
May 2014HailMadison-Penny to nickel sized hail was observed.
May 2011HailMadison-Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
April 2011HailMadison-Penny size hail was observed.
August 2011HailMadison-Penny sized hail was observed.
June 2011HailMadison-Penny to quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2006HailMadison-Penny size hail was observed.
July 2000WaterspoutMadison-Several waterspouts were observed on Lake Erie just off shore from Madison.
July 2000HailMadison-no account filed
May 1998HailMadison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake County

Map coverage status

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

2,158 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

facing the street (north), together with a two-story wing to the east. Its facade is articulated by four two-story pilasters which support story windows, with clapboard siding above. It is shown in photo- XALTERED prominent corner caps.The frieze brackets consist of pierced or The south and east elevations have had the original fenestration Sometime after 1863, and possibly as late as 1885 because AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Paige House is representative of early commercial activity in northern Ohio, and is the home and business place of an important Adam style houses in northeastern Ohio, but made especially interest- was born in Vermont in 1806, and became a farmer, merchant, and Addison Kimball, Paige's future brother-in-law and the son of Lemuel seven years, and was instrumental in the organization of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, later part of the Lake Shore & After Paige's move, the hotel was operated by various proprietors, houses apartments and various offices.

1400-1499 1700-1799 RELIGION ECONOMICS ART BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION SCIENCE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD MILITARY THEATER AGRICULTURE LITERATURE 1900- XARCHITECTURE _COMMUNICATIONS Addison Kimball _PHILOSOPHY supported the Lake Erie Seminary in Painesville and was a vestryman ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC Kimball, an early settler of Madison. Paige married Nancy Kimball _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT PREHISTORIC Michigan Southern and still later the New York Central.He also David R. Paige shortly after his arrival in Madison in 1832.

Paige _TRANSPORTATION _CONSERVATION millinery store was operated in the west wing.Today the building among them a Mrs.Colter late in the century.It is not known who _ENGINEERING The structure was built as a residence, store and hotel for - INVENTION of the Episcopal Church.He retired to Painesville in 1863. was responsible for the architectural alterations.Around 19o0 a in 1837,and operated his business in Madison for thirty years. -1500-1599 Hesserved as associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas for _INDUSTRY _SCULPTURE -1600-1699 ing because of the pastiche of styles. XCOMMERCE - MUSIC _LAW early citizen. Architecturally it is one of perhaps the dozen best "general man of business." The house and hotel were built by

The whole case file for this property - 2,158 words, 20 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 75001450, 20 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Kellogg, John, House and Barn0.1 miles1980
Cheese-vat Factory0.2 miles1980
Brick Vernacular House No. 10.2 miles1980
Gilbert, Jane, House0.2 miles1980
Winans, Dr. J. C., House0.2 miles1976
Brick Vernacular House No. 20.2 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75001450 in Record Group 79.
Lake CountyAll 75 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • 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.
  • 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.