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.
“The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial is a presidential memorial in Niles, Ohio, built in honor of William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States. Built between 1915 and 1917, it is a 232 by 136 by 38 ft Beaux-Arts marble monument with two wings.”
Wikipedia article National McKinley Birthplace Memorial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 32 National Register listings in Trumbull County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Trumbull County.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 160 specimens collected within 10 miles of McKinley Memorial between 1890 and 1975: 144 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bednarik, K. (Karl), Berry, R., Buker, W.E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alternaria panax Whetzel | 1909 | W.P. Warren | Garden of Warren |
 | Equisetum fluviatile L. | 1936 | Howard, R. | Warren. |
 | Lycopodium lucidulum Michx. | 1936 | Howard, R. | Warren. |
 | Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. | 1890 | Ingraham, R.H. | Niles |
 | Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph.Wood | 1892 | Ingraham, R.H. | Ailer |
 | Hemitrichia vesparia (Batsch) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1893 | not recorded | Evansville |
 | Metatrichia vesparia (Batsch) Nann.-Bremek. ex G.W.Martin & Alexop., 1969 | 1893 | not recorded | Ohio: Evansville |
 | Neogale Gray, 1865 | 1894 | William Harvey Brown | WARREN |
 | Perlesta decipiens (Walsh, 1862) | 1899 | R. C. Osburn | Fowlerville |
 | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1905 | not recorded | Niles |
 | Guignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1905 | Spencer, L. G. | |
 | Plasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni | 1905 | Spencer, L. G. |
All 160 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of McKinley Memorial: 3 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | 1950 | |
| Copperweld Corp/ Warren, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Republic Steel/ Niles, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Thomas Strip Steel/ Warren, Ohio | Iron | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niles, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Niles | $100,000 | Video of several inches to foot deep water rapidly flowing through backyards up against homes in the Bentwillow Drive neighborhood in Niles. Reports of several basements flooded in this area. A pond overflowed onto Niles Vienna Road in Vienna Township, where a car hydroplaned through the flowing water and ended up submerged in the pond. KYNG ASOS nearby reported 2.36 of rainfall in a 40 minutes period. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph along Interstate 80 near Niles. Many trees were downed in Warren and Niles. At least one house was damaged by fallen trees in Warren. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Niles | $25,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $10,000 | Several trees downed. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $5,000 | The Sheriffs Office reported a few trees blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts in Girard. A large pine tree was also uprooted in Niles. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Niles | $5,000 | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Niles | $5,000 | Dime size hail was reported. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $2,000 | Two large trees were reported down. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of tree limbs. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niles | - | City-wide power outages from numerous trees down in Niles. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Niles | - | Heavy rainfall with estimates around 2 inches fell across the upper Mahoning River Basin on January 12th. Flooding across Trumbull County produced damages to MetroParks in Braceville and Warren Townships. Numerous local roads were closed due to flooding. ||Road Closures. |Roads in Warren City and Township, Farmington, Lordstown, Weathersfield, Southington, Hubbard City and Township, Johnston, Brookfield, Vienna and Champion, were reported flooded.|Addison Road, between Route 82 and Route 62 in Brookfield|State Route 87 between State Route 543 and State Route 45|Pine Avenue SE in Warren|Several roads near Eagle Creek Road, including a portion of Barclay-Messerly, Nelson Mosier Road, and Braceville-Robinson Road|Route 45, just north of Calla Road in Beaver Township|Western Reserve Road, between Youngstown-Salem Road and Knauf Road in Canfield|The Salt Springs Road exit off of Interstate 680 northbound ||The Mahoning River was elevated with flooding reported at the Eagle Creek at Braceville (Phalanx Station) which crested at 12.9'. Leavittsburg and Warren reached moderate flood stages. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Niles | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Niles | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Niles | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Niles | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Niles | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Niles | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Niles | - | Dime size hail was observed. |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Niles | - | Heavy thunderstorm rain caused extensive street flooding by the Eastwood Mall. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Niles | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Niles | - | no account filed |
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.
of imposing size and most graceful design.It is open to the sky in The Court of Honor is supported by twenty-eight monolithic marble columns and promises to be a major financial problem. The Memorial Park was originally designed to occupy the entire square,
Act by the 61st Congress, 3rd Session, signed by President Taft on March 4, 1911, to perpetuate the name and achievements of William to erect or maintain this Memorial, only private donations were- The McKinley Memorial was built on the site of the little school house that he first attended, and within 1/2 block of the home in which he the ,accidents of passing years to house the collection of Mckinley who revere the virtues of our Twenty-fifth President, as one of the The Mckinley Memorial, is important to Niles since it occupies the major green space in the heart of the city of Niles, and, is a major focal and commercial life. received. Conservation Architecture Transportation losophy memorabilia. Communications Commerce Aboriginal was born.
Science itarian Theater Agriculture Music Pre-Columbian Landscape Social/Human- Sculpture point, consciously and subconsciously, for a downtown fighting for its The Memorial has been praised by insurance adjusters during the years economic viability in the face of shopping center competition. for premium evaluation as being safe from destruction by fire or by The National McKinley Birthplace Memorial was.incorporated under an The Memorial houses one of the most notable collections of the relics McKinley.It is significant that no public funds have been received most loved of all Presidents.
The Memorial has become a Mecca for people from all parts of the world Art Military of McKinley to be found in the country, and is a most suitable place 18th Century PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) for the preservation and display of such, relics: i. - Other (Specify) Religion/Phi AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 9.
The whole case file for this property - 2,551 words, 20 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 75001544, 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Niles Masonic Temple | under 500 feet | 2006 |
 | Ward-Thomas House | 0.5 miles | 1984 |
| Seely, Dr. John W., House | 2.6 miles | 1972 | |
 | Barnhisel, Henry II, House | 3.4 miles | 1982 |
 | McCorkle, Almon G., House | 4.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Packard, James Ward, House | 4.3 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75001544 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Trumbull County | All 32 listed properties in this county. |
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