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Photograph of Dr. J. C. Winans House
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Winans, Dr. J. C., House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 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 1976 · 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. 143 River St., Madison, 44057
  • When was it listed? 1976-04-26
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Madison MRA (AD); Madison MRA
  • Township. Madison township
  • Architectural style. Eastlake Movement
  • National Register reference number. 76001461 - 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.

Fires near this property

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Winans, Dr. J. C., House between 2002 and 2002, burning about 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 341 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 341 specimens collected within 10 miles of Winans, Dr. J. C., House between 1885 and 1975: 250 Animalia, 48 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 Geranium molle, not of this specimenGeranium molle L.1886WernerLake Co., Painesville
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

All 341 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

4,208 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

there was originally a cupola at the center of the hipped roof which work. The majority of it is lathe turned, some is jigsawn, and a and curved shingles, the organic relief in the porch gable and the been very freely worked. the second floor. Newel and balusters are lathe turned. To the right old woodshed, now enclosed. On the second floor are three bedrooms 1975 CONDITION UNEXPOSED DATE MOVED RUINS individual floral motifs. REGISTER RECEIVED XALTERED and a former ballroom with a large framed opening connecting to an NATIONAL altered to make three windows. Across the hall, the front parlor still orchestra podium.Woodwork around doors and windows consists of woodwork in various sawn, turned and gouged patterns remains.

The small amount is carved and gouged.The lathe-turned elements include _EXCELLENT This is a two-and-a-half story frame house with characteristics vertical and horizontal molding with corner blocks decorated with the porch columns, balusters, and the spindles that form the lower Eastlake fantasy utilizing the same kinds of millwork.The oral - DETERIORATED of the entry is the former doctor's office. The original mahogany CHECK ONE was once part of an older house.

Directly behind the stairway is front wall in this room once had a single large window which has been UNALTERED combinations of jigsaw and lathe work.Also jigsawn are the pointed the old kitchen, which has undergone some modifications, and the tradition says that it is.the former cupola, but if so, the parts have of both the Victorian Italianate and Eastlake styles.Basically it is a has the original single "picture" window.

Read the complete 4,208-word case file.

Statement of significance

DEC 9 1975 ART PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC INDUSTRY BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE MILITARY REGISTER SIGNIFICANCE RECEIVED NATIONAL _COMMUNICATIONS ECONOMICS, and Winans families. This house is considered the most outstanding example of the flamboyant expression of Victorian design or more exuberant use of the _TRANSPORTATION Traditionally, the older rear part of the house was built by Eastlake style in Lake County, Ohio.

According to Campen, "no more 1700-1799 It was moved to the present site around 1868-1870.Dr.J.C.Winans _CONSERVATION - EDUCATION _COMMERCE Eastlake portion of the house around the older section ata date X1800-1899 -PREHISTORIC _1600-1699 -LITERATURE - RELIGION INVENTION' -SCIENCE - THEATER - MUSIC -LAW - - 1400-1499 _1900- COMMUNITY PLANNING PHILOSOPHY home is important in local history for its associations with the Kimball _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT Lemuel and Abel Kimball, the original settlers of Madison Township. ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC variously estimated from 1876 to around 1880.In 1878 Dr.Winans and being a rising member of the profession," O

The whole case file for this property - 4,208 words, 31 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 76001461, 31 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
Gill, H., Houseunder 500 feet1980
Paige, David R., House0.2 miles1975
Gilbert, Jane, House0.2 miles1980
Cheese-vat Factory0.2 miles1980
Hendry, Francis, House0.2 miles1980
Talcott, Joseph, House0.2 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76001461 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.