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Martindale, Samuel, House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 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 117 National Register listings in Montgomery County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · one of 4 National Historic Landmarks in Montgomery 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. NE of Englewood off U.S. 40, Englewood, 45377
  • When was it listed? 1978-05-22
  • Category. building
  • Township. Butler township
  • National Register reference number. 78002148 - 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

15,552 words

This property stands in Butler Township. The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882 gives that township a chapter of its own.

The chapter covers the township.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Butler Township - 15,552 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 660 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 660 specimens collected within 10 miles of Martindale, Samuel, House between 1835 and 1972: 641 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Moldenke, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
Specimen of UredoUredo1897Prof. W.A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Nerodia sipedon, not of this specimenNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)1883not recordedDayton
A photograph of the species Regina septemvittata, not of this specimenRegina septemvittata (Say, 1825)1883not recordedDayton
A photograph of the species Ferrissia rivularis, not of this specimenFerrissia rivularis (Say, 1817)1904Allen, JohnBrookville
A photograph of the species Ascaris lumbricoides, not of this specimenAscaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 17581912M. FloydDayton
A photograph of the species Frullania squarrosa, not of this specimenFrullania squarrosa (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Dumort.1912Henry S. Jewett4 miles north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylloidea, not of this specimenPorella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb.1912Braun, Lucy E.
Taenia saginata Goeze, 17821912C. McleanDayton
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1927Thomas, E. S. (Edward S.) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Near Vandalia, Montgomery Co., Ohio

All 660 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Martindale, Samuel, House: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller Brothers Gravel, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northmont Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northmont Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tipp Stone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tipp Stone Plant No 2 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Wenger Road Sand & Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this property

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Englewood, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$10,000A light pole was snapped and fell onto a pickup truck. Several trees were toppled or snapped off. Siding and gutters were pulled off apartments with several chimneys damaged as well.
June 2008HailEnglewood$8,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$5,000Trees were knocked down along Union Road, and power lines were downed along US Route 40.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$5,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$4,000Several trees and power poles were downed across the roadway near the intersection of Union Boulevard and Wenger Road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$3,000Numerous trees were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$3,000A large tree limb fell onto a house.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$3,000Trees downed.
June 2009Flash FloodEnglewood$2,000High water was reported near the Interstate 70 interchange from West Salem Avenue to Hoke road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$1,000One tree was knocked down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$1,000Two trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$1,000Several large branches were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Heavy RainEnglewood$1,000Roads closed due to water on roadways.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$1,000A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEnglewood$100A few branches were downed.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindEnglewood-A trained spotter estimated the wind gust.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindEnglewood-Winds gusted to 60 mph.
June 2017HailEnglewood-no account filed
March 2012HailEnglewood-no account filed
March 2012HailEnglewood-no account filed
March 2012Thunderstorm WindEnglewood-no account filed
May 2011HailEnglewood-no account filed
May 2010HailEnglewood-no account filed
August 2009HailEnglewood-no account filed
May 2006HailEnglewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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

1,857 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

is a dummy original to the house of 1868. An interior chimney is at bracketed frontispiece. The common bond brick facade has the main doorway in the left bay. is Greek Revival. The original basement kitchen opening out the The windows on the lst floor are casement style, tion with tooled water table on the facade. Greek Revival.The rectangular house sits on a coursed stone founda- The eaves project about 12 inches. DATE. The house has two rear of post 1875 vintage.The rear wing has a recessed porch in -GOOD AREAS OF

Statement of significance

is located nearby as is the site of a saw-oil mill, a gravel pit 1400-1499 1700-1799 1600-1699 ENGINEERING 1918. ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ART CONSERVATION PREHISTORIC PERIOD SIGNIFICANCE EDUCATION AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS LITERATURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER RELIGION INDUSTRY SCULPTURE farmer's home. XARCHITECTURE rear of the building, these alterations do not significantly with Patterson and his industrial policy is an important part of the detract from the architectural integrity of the structure.It _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _COMMUNICATIONS Victorian structure built on a hill overlooking the Stillwater a Vice President of the National Cash Register and the personal _TRANSPORTATION _PHILOSOPHY entreprenurial history of the county, state and nation.

The life of the original owner of the home was significant remains a fine example of a post Civil War, prosperous gentleman completed, he was elected Montgomery County Commissioner and served _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN vast interpretive potential as it is owned by the -SCIENCE The land surrounding the Martindale home, as well as the home _COMMERCE in the 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was discharged in 1864 when -1900- -MUSIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING The Martindale home, built circa 1868, is a stately early there have been a few minor changes and a wooden addition in the ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC valley.

natural and the historical interpretation of the original Martindale meadows conducive to the development of nature trails.Both the The house, clearly showing the Greek Revival influence, physician of John H. Patterson.A man who was intimately involved property will be a tremendous cultural asset to the area. Englewood complex.One of the earliest cemeteries in the township to Butler township and Montgomery County.His family was among through 1875.The property stayed in the Martindale family until In 1926 Dr.Frederick Barr bought the Martindale home.He was _INVENTION Samuel Martindale was a captain is inhabited and is in an excellent state of repair.Although the early settlers of the area.

Read the complete 1,857-word case file.

The whole case file for this property - 1,857 words, 12 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 78002148, 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Krug House1.8 miles1992
Deerwood Farm4.3 miles1975
Flory, Joseph, House4.8 miles1978
Sears, Roebuck and Company5.2 miles2023
Taylorsville Canal Inn6.8 miles1977
Trotwood Railroad Station and Depot6.9 miles1981

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78002148 in Record Group 79.
Montgomery CountyAll 117 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.
  • 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.