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
“Time worked partial reconciliation but the slumbering opposition of Zanesville was fanned into a living flame of political hatred by the rumor that the state convention of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society was to assemble in the stone academy in May, 1839. Howells, an Englishman, engaged in tanning at Woodlawn avenue and Harrison street, and others, had made ethusiastic speeches before the convention, which the mob considered inflammatory, and the information was carried into the country, and hundreds of rural pro-slavery men came into Zanesville to reinforce the haters of the Abolitionists.”
Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio (1905). Machine-read text.
one of 70 National Register listings in Muskingum County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.78002164- 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.
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Zanesville city, The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
was so named in honor of Captain John C. Hazlett, of 2d O. V. I., and his cousin, Harry Hazlett, of the 5th U.S. Artillery, both of whom were killed during the Civil war; the post was organized June 1, 1881, with the following officers: C. C. Goddard, post commander; M. V. B. Kennedy, senior vice commander; Wilson C.
The first election for officers for the town of Zanesville was held April 2, 1814, and resulted in, the choice of William Craig, mayor; William Blocksom, recorder; Samuel Frazey, treasurer; Ezekial Bassett, appraiser; Peter Mills, George Reeve, Nathan C. Findlay and James Hampson, councilmen. Findlay refused to serve and John Hamm was chosen to fill the vacancy. The mayor-elect was an Irishman, and carpenter by trade, who came to the town in 1805, and with Thomas Moorehead erected the first Methodist church, in Second street; he was a devout Methodist and had the confidence of his neighbors, but had an insatiable ambition to hold public office; his elevation to the mayoralty caused him to aspire to gubernatorial honors and he became a candidate ; fifty-one votes were cast in his favor in Muskingum county, and none elsewhere, but he was ever after called '""Governor,'' and was pleased with the sobriquet. In 1817 he was appointed collector of county taxes and absconded with the money, located near St. Louis, where his wife joined him and where his investments in real estate made him very wealthy. His bondsmen were James' Mc- Guire, who was bankrupted; James Linder, who was nearly ruined; and James Herron and James Hampson, who were able to sustain the loss without injury.
July 2, 1819, the County Commissioners created Zanesville township, beginning on the Muskingum river on the line dividing the twelfth and thirteenth ranges; thence north to the military line; thence east to the line dividing the sixth and seventh ranges; thence north with said line to the line dividing the second townships of ranges six and seven; thence west to the Muskingum river and down it with the meanderings to the place of beginning. This tract embraces nearly all of what is now Wayne and Washington townships and the present city east of the river; Washington township was cut off June 5. 1822, and Wayne, \larch 6, 1826. Several amendments to the original act were made and March 19, 1850, an act was passed creating the city of Zanesville, which was to comprise so much of the county of Muskingum as was embraced within the limits of and designated in the records of the county as Zanesville township. The act divided the city into four wards, the east and west line of division being the center of the National road from the eastern boundary of the township to the intersection with the center of Fountain alley, and from that point with the center of the allev to the river; the north and south division line was the center of Cypress alley, from both sides of the city. The First ward was the southwest corner of the city as so divided: the Second ward, the northwest corner ; the Third ward, the southeast corner and the Fourth ward, the northeast corner. The mayor was to be
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Lash, William D., House between
2012 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning
33
Power generation/transmission/distribution
7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
6
Equipment and vehicle use
4
Smoking
2
Arson/incendiarism
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 862 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Lash, William D., House between 1873 and
1975: 714 Animalia, 123 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W. M. 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
10 workings within 5 miles of Lash, William D., House: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Zanesville, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 62 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 17 flash flood, 5 flood.
The reports record 1 death. 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.
Thunderstorm winds blew down four power poles and power lines just north of Zanesville. Several trees were also reported down across the eastern part of the county.
Street flooding was reported in and near Zanesville after 1.30 inches fell in 20 minutes. Large branches were downed east of Zanesville. One branch fell on a passing motorist's car. There was no mention of any injuries.
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
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From the nomination file
1,489 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
locally. The house is built on frame construction with shiplapped The door itself is a four panel design made of walnut, and is is located in the den, which also has one of the four working fire- The secondary door has 6/6 window lights with a the interior with tasteful paint, wallpaper, and floor material CONDITION selections. FAIR 7DESCRIPTION XALTERED The southwest first story wall boasts a four unit bay window bracketry work on the northeast and northwest elevations.A nicely siding and a truncated hip roof with slate shingles. The foundation is rockfaced sandstone, presumably quarried Two brick sidewalks lead you across the front yard under some The house has two and one-half stories with the attic presently slightly recessed with a fixed transom.
all four chimneys in good shape and intact. There are two wooden porches in good shape minus the cornice The Leepers have done a commendable job of restoring much of and fine bracketry.Most of the plaster in the house is in fine detailed portico with fine bracketry highlights the main front door. shape along with the original woodwork. places and natural finished bi-fold double hung wooden shutters. XORIGINAL SITE CHECK ONE _DETERIORATED pointed wooden lintels and plain slip sills. _UNEXPOSED - UNALTERED All of the windows are.double hung 2/2 in.design.with well preserved, -GOOD _RUINS reflected on the exterior of this fine Victorian house. The feel- ing of the site and house is one of a"well seasoned"appearance. AREAS OF
Statement of significance
more than thirty years, and was involved with education in general in southeastern degree in 1874 (from Ohio University), and four years later, in 1878, he assumed the duties of Superintendent of the Zanesville Public Schools, a position that he was to the Zanesville schools, as well as a sort of special education program for slower was. held at the new high school, with overflowing crowds; the eulogy was offered by the were built in the upper Dresden Road area.
1400-1499 1700-1799 ECONOMICS ART ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC COMMUNICATIONS LAW ENGINEERING PHILOSOPHY AGRICULTURE PERIOD BUILDER/ARCHITECT SCULPTURE THEATER MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE LITERATURE INVENTION _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 1600-1699 _CONSERVATION _TRANSPORTATION X1800-1899 and held memberships in a number of statewide teachers'organizations.During his _COMMERCE _PREHISTORIC This residence is a typical example of midwestern Victorian architecture inwood.
1880s, this building has continued to be associated with him through the years.It is William Lash himself figured prominently in the educational life of Zanesville for said that he often conducted classes in his Dresden Road home before neighborhood schools was completed in 1883,and currently functions as the Board's offices.The second, both of which continue in use today by the Board of Education. The first of these Ohio University in 187l.That same year he began his regular teaching career in -1500-1599 -RELIGION _1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING X EDUCATION _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT -1.- _OTHER (SPECIFY) Jackson, Ohio. In 1872, he moved to Zanesville to teach. He received his Master's hold until his death thirty-one years later.
Lash was a progressive, innovative educator completed just prior to Lash's death, was for almost fifty years known as Lash High entire city into mourning, closing schools and businesses alike. A memorial service State Commissioner of Schools, John Zellar. A plaque erected in the hall of Lash High School reads: "In loving memory of William D.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 78002164, 9 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.
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.
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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