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 36 National Register listings in Miami County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.75001489- 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.
The ground it stands on
64,480 words
The chapter on Concord Township in The History of Miami County, Ohio, published 1880 names Troy. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Among the early settlers, we may mention Aaron Tullis, who came from Kentucky by way of Dayton, in a wagon, with a family of boys, arriving here in 1805 ; William Barbee, who came about 1804 ; Reuben Shackelford, Alexander Telford. In 1806, John Peck, with eight children, Jacob, John, Joseph, Isaac, and four daughters, came from Kentucky and settled on Boone's place, one and a nau miles from Troy. Mr. Peck came in the winter, selected his land and bought loU acres/ with one acre cleared, for $100. It had a little log-cabin on it, one room 16x18. His stock having been brought from Kentucky, nearly all died the second year, losing eleven horses, besides sheep, hogs and cattle, only leaving him one mare, two or three cows and a few sheep. His land was of the best in the country, having four fine springs and good soil.
William Gahagan entered the land Troy was laid out on. He was one of Gen. Wayne's soldiers, and was so proud of it, and referred to it so often, that finally he was called Gen. Wayne. He had three sons and daughter.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 356 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Culbertson, Robert, House between 1835 and
1975: 323 Animalia, 16 Fungi, 12 Plantae, 3 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A V DEL, A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin 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
8 workings within 5 miles of Culbertson, Robert, House: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Troy, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 8 flood, 2 lightning.
The reports record 4 injuries. 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.
A man and his two sons were standing underneath a tree when it was struck by lightning at the Troy Strawberry Festival. The three individuals suffered non life-threatening injuries.
The tornado touched down initially in the southwest portions of the city of Troy and moved northeast through the center of the city. It then crossed the Great Miami River before it weakened and lifted in the far northeast portions of the city.||Much of the damage was confined to trees and roofs, both residential and commercial, as the tornado moved through the city. To the west of the Great Miami River, damage was more intermittent and weak in comparison to areas east of the Great Miami River, where more concentrated and significant tree and roof damage was noted. In particular, areas near Troy High School and along and east of North Market Street saw the most concentrated and higher end structural damage to roofing material. This included the far eastern portions of the downtown area which saw several businesses lose all or portions of their roofs.||Damage was tornadic in nature, especially on the east side of the Great Miami River, where convergent tree damage was easily noted before the tornado rapidly weakened as it left the city. Damage along the path was consistent with wind speeds ranging from 65 to 80 mph, again with the highest wind speeds estimated on the east side of the Great Miami River.
The initial damage occurred near the intersection of Cheshire Road and Dorset Road, where several large tree limbs were downed. Damage became a little more concentrated near the intersection of Armand Drive and McKaig Avenue, where several large tree limbs and a few trees were downed. Tree damage also occurred at an apartment complex along Red Cedar Drive.||The most heavily concentrated area of damage occurred near Drury Lane and Ridge Avenue. Numerous very large, healthy trees were downed, with one trunk snapped at its base, and several other very large branches snapped not far off the ground. A couple of homes also had some minor roof damage. On West Simpson Street, just to|the east, a car was heavily damaged by a falling tree limb.||The damage path became narrower near Terrace Place, Market Street, and West Street. A bank sign was damaged and several more large trees and tree limbs were downed. In the neighborhood south of West Street, a few more homes had minor roof damage, with a fairly consistent area of tree damage observed as far southeast as Walker Street and Dakota Street.||Tree damage was also reported in other locations in Troy, such as Stanfield Road, West Ross Street, and Dakota Street. The rest of this damage is believed to have been caused by straight-line winds with speeds of 60 to 70 MPH.
Numerous trees and powerlines were downed. A building sustained roof damage at the Miami County Fairgrounds. A tree also fell on a vehicle, causing minor damage.
More than 3 inches of rain fell in only a few hours causing creeks and streams to rise out of their banks. Many roads and neighborhoods were flooded and a few buildings and homes were flooded.
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From the nomination file
1,661 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
proportions, sits on a stone foundation and a small cellar under echelon of rooms through the wall of the reentrant angle. The There are two additions to the rear that now form in part separate apartment. The first is a weatherboard three bay addition to the rear or the east side, identifled by shaped head moids, Irom 1874-1913. A kitchen and some utility rooms were added to the west rear by M.S. Wagner in 1913. CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT DETERIORATED UNALTERED room and a dining room, that have mantelpieces and Revival trim. CHECK ONE XFAIR space heaters today.
The third echelon has a central hall with enclosed stairway to remaining four bays on the street side have 2/2 double hung sash with segmental panes in the upper sash.A door enters the second XXORIGINAL SITE that is thought to have been built by Mr. Arger Bright, the owner Two window bays in the side wall have 2/2 double hung sash windows the west..The house was.heated by. the. fireplaces and has only bedroom is on the east side of the hall and two smaller rooms on -GOOD stucco walls. The pediment and entablature are unadorned. The residence. The rectangular one story house has rather squatty simple panelled door to which an Eastlake head mold has been added. windows, shiplap siding and pilasters.
On the west are two plain side of the mantel enter the second echelon of two rooms, a sitting RUINS one-third is recessed to form a five foot deep portico with work trim..A front parlor within the portico has part of the interior wood deck, six fluted Greek Doric columns, panelled wainscoting and The Culbertson House is almost a prototype Greek Revival DATE. the right half of the back portion.The front 8
Statement of significance
An outstanding example of Ohio Greek Revival architecture. textile, flour and saw mills, a distillery, and a slaughterhouse. Daniel Argerbright, owner from 1874-1913, came to Ohio from was Superintendent_until 1876 after which he built spring wagons and operator of five canal boats carrying freight and passengers 1600-1699 ART INVENTION ECONOMICS RELIGION PERIOD SCIENCE EDUCATION house. TRANSPORTATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMERCE LITERATURE _ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC SCULPTURE INDUSTRY between Cincinnati and Toledo.M.S.
Wagner's grandson owns the _1700-1799 _CONSERVATION 1800-1899 MILITARY SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN Town Board of Trustees.In 1838 Culbertson and Company, the brothers _PHILOSOPHY -1500-1599 plus Robert's son-in-law, W.H.H.Dye, owned stores, canal boats, -1400-1499 _THEATER War of 1812,serveda term as County Sheriff and by 1830 was on the _1900- - MUSIC _LAW SPECIFIC DATES Robert H. Culbertson, the builder, was one of the first settlers In 1872 along with a host of prominent Troy men, he incorporated Troy's first large factory, the Troy Wagon and Wheel Works. Argerbright Roy Wagner is in a nursing home and has very limited resources. Mark S. Wagner who became owner in 1913 is most noted as owner The house is somewhat threatened by deferred maintenance. 1841 Ohio.
Virginia in 1840.He became a wagon manufacturer in Tippecanoe, in Troy (l808).He came from Cumberland County,Pennsylvania with in his own shop. He also had a photographic,studio.in,back of, the his four brothers via Dayton as a young man.He fought in the
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 75001489, 12 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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