Built in 1888 in the Beaux-Arts. 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
“The Miami County Courthouse is an historic building in Troy, Ohio, United States. Built from 1885 to 1888, it was designed by noted Ohio architect Joseph W.”
Wikipedia article Miami County Courthouse (Ohio), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 36 National Register listings in Miami County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1888, Beaux-Arts, by Joseph W. Yost.
National Register reference number.75001490- 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 364 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Miami County Courthouse and Power Station between 1835 and
1975: 331 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
7 workings within 5 miles of Miami County Courthouse and Power Station: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.
No historic map-sheet match is published
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a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
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From the nomination file
3,210 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
by a raised pediment, corner attics with subsidiary domes district of Troy, Ohio (population 17,186). deck has a pair of windows representative of a doorway of the pavillions and the receding curtain walls are 1/1 CONDITION finial. Moved Ruins cornice on the first floor and paired engaged columns with wrought iron dome is ribbed with rounded rectangular by brackets with panels and single statues instead of a group.
having a semicircular arch supported on pilasters.The of windows have semicircular moldings with keystone and the of the dormers vary including replacement of the colonettes flanking paired columns are engaged, and decorative details foundation wall in the three bay receding planes and the cor- double hung sash with semicircular molds and keystone.The In the hip roof above is a massive pedimental dormer entrance pavillions over a one story rockfaced foundation central and corner pavillions faced in beaux-arts classic The classic main entrance is preceded by a one story with pilasters and a panelled cove arch flanked by paired site just two blocks from the Public Square commercial doors are segmental plain with transom, the second tier pair The central drum is banded bya monumental portico The solid rails of the main entrance are more decora- three windows of the curtain are connected with common windowsin each bay and an allegorical statue representing Monumental stairways lead up to the four central are similar to the main with the exception that flush double of Kentucky White Marble with colonettes in antis and an The building is a 144' square on a high foundation with tive than the other three.
(Check One) panelled marble attic with a wrought iron dome capped bya detail.
with wheat, wine and oil. Band contests, illuminations years under construction, it was occupied in January, 1888. APR3O 1975 NATIONAL 1885-1888 Conservation Troy. Commerce Military Communications Transportation Landscape Architecture Engineering losophy Industry Education itarian Invention REGISTER Literature Music Aboriginal investigation approved Troy and the new court house plan. Social/Human- Urban Planning Political power plant was the first electrical generating plant in Sculpture communities and neighboring counties. A sealed copper box county seat. Religion/Phi.
rest a simmering feud between Piqua and Troy over the The Miami County Court House is truly a magnificent delegation from Piqua objected but the assembly after an of memorabilia was placed in the stone and it was sprinkled Troy requested an enabling act from the Ohio It is a mark of the attitudes of that time in history when The building was designed by architect J.W. Yost of Columbus and built by contractor T.B.Townsend of legislature in 1884 for a court house to cost $150,000.A Other(Specify) a small rural county of only 40,0o0 souls built a court AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) The building of the new court house brought to final Zanesville. The cornerstone was laid with much ceremony Three Art "county capitol" noted for its elegance and proportions.
and the inevitable speeches marked the occasion. RECEIVED
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 75001490, 21 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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