Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1978. 19 historic map sheets show this location, the earliest from 1902.
From the record
“The Charles Rice Ames House is a historic residence in the city of Belpre, Ohio, United States. Built in 1843 in the Greek Revival style of architecture, the house has been named the region's most outstanding Greek Revival structure.”
Wikipedia article Charles Rice Ames House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 39 National Register listings in Washington County · listed in 1978 · category: BUILDING · significant for ARCHITECTURE · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Washington County.
Also known as. Patton, Roger and Carol Lynn, House
Township. Belpre city
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number.78002208- 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.
Then and now
1902 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19021994
The ground it stands on
36,149 words
The chapter on Belpre Township in History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881 names Belpre. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
In 1797 the court declared that all the territory south of the townships of Waterford and Marietta and north of Gallipolis, be known as Belpre township, embracing parts of the present counties of Athens, Vinton, and Ross, together with fractions of Hocking, Meigs, Jackson, and Pike as they stand to-day.
The general form of Belpre is similar to that of Washington county, of which it is the most southern township. Resembling a triangle, it has about eight miles of northern line and nearly seven miles on the west, while the Ohio river as an irregular hypothenuse meanders in a southwesterly direction. North and west, with a general tendency toward the south, are ranges of hills which alternately approach toward and recede from the valley of the Ohio. These hills have no special geological features. They are in many respects similar to their sister hills in the eastern part of the county, save that there are no large deposits of coal or petroleum. Towards the southern portion of the township there are slight indications of oil, and their seams of coal have occasionally been worked, but the labor is unremunerative. All along the line of the ridge which determines the course of the streams and extends from northeast to southwest, may be found in the out-croppings of the rocky sides an excellent quality of sandstone, especially adapted for building purposes, and in many places affording an excellent grind-stone grit. The principal quarry is a short distance above Little Hocking, and stone is taken from the vicinity of Belpre village.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Ames, Charles Rice, House between
1992 and 2019, burning about 61 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 were 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
36
Equipment and vehicle use
9
Misuse of fire by a minor
9
Arson/incendiarism
7
Smoking
5
Recreation and ceremony
2
Natural
1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1
Fireworks
1
Other causes
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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 253 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Ames, Charles Rice, House between 1877 and
1974: 146 Fungi, 85 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by AGOSTINI, CHARLES T, Archer W. A., Archer, W. A. 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
5 workings within 5 miles of Ames, Charles Rice, House: 3 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Belpre, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud.
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.
The city's safety-service director said more than 100 trees were downed in the city. He estimated wind gusts of around 70 mph. Roofs were damaged by fallen trees. Some city residents even reported their vehicles were lifted off the pavement.
Marietta measured 2 inches of rain in 90 minutes. In that community, cars were stranded, and a few homes received water damage. Route 618 was damaged near Belpre.
Trees and power lines fell, damaging roofs in town. Several streets were blocked by fallen tree branches. An F2 tornado was occurring across the Ohio River, near Lubeck in Wood County of West Virginia.
Thunderstorms moved from east to west crossing the Ohio River from West Virginia. The city of Marietta hauled 130 loads of fallen limbs away over a eight day cleanup period. At least two homes were damaged. A dairy barn was heavily damaged in Warren Township. A tree fell onto a car in Belpre.
Businesses along Washington Boulevard next to Stone Road and Sycamore Street were flooded. Two homes flooded on Florence Street, with water rescues conducted to help trapped citizens. A Daycare facility also flooded with knee deep water, resulting in a water rescue of the staff and children.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by geocoding the property's own street address, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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
with beveled siding. It rests upon a basement foundation of cut coursed two windows 1s decorated by dentils on the facade and west side. Window sash, two lights over two, was apparently added c. 1880 in the CONDITION in evidence. sandstone blocks. DETERIORATED FAIR Situated on a spacious lawn, the "r" shaped house has as 1ts center second story central block wall above the porch is adorned with engaged XORIGINAL SITE feet high whereas the central foyer is eight feet high. CHECK ONE box frame building stood(well into the twentieth century)immediately century and a drawing in an l875 atlas reveal that the exterior has straddle the ridges of the wings and a large inset end chimney appears garage added c. 1970.
-GOOD Additions:Prior tol920 one story frameadditians were made to the RUINS remained substant1ally unchanged at least in the last century. the sides. The windows, with plain side surrounds surmounted by a simple wash room, kitchen and woodhouse. None of the above buildings are now DATE as triangular pediments. In the northwestern ell and extending beyond The building is constructed of a timbered frame The first floor wing rooms are nine to the rear of the house.It served the simultaneous functionsof The house is divided into seven bays in the front and two bays on Alterations:Views ofa photograph taken in the early twentieth of fifteen feet. most of its mantels and woodwork.
The facade gable end and those of the wings are formed The roof is covered with slate shingles.Inset end capped chimneys rear and northeastern ell. in the facade, is protected by the recessed first story three bay open The interior retains its original rectangular stairway as well as frame porch with pillars in antis supporting & full entablature.The AREAS OF
Statement of significance
architecture in Belpre, Ohio. It is also a tangible reminder of the horses, which were trained to pull funeral coaches, to all parts of the 1n 1939, the estate was broken up into housing tracts. 1500-1599 1700-1799 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EDUCATION PERIOD ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE LAW SIGNIFICANCE ART ENGINEERING INVENTION MILITARY THEATER CONSERVATION LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT Frederick Ames, the son of Charles Rice Ames, subsequently owned and _OTHER(SPECIFY) death at Valley Forge in the winter of 1778. RELIGION _COMMERCE _INDUSTRY X1800-1899 Harvard College and served as a chaplain in the American Army until his -1400-1499 PHILOSOPHY _MUSIC _1900- COMMUNITY PLANNING SPECIFIC DATES c. 1843 and 1845.
Daniel Fischer, & carpenter and wheelwright is believed to New England heritage of Belpre and Washington County, Ohio. Charles ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC Revolutionary War land grant covering a large portion of the Rockland the Revolutionary service of the grandfather of Charles Rice Ames, He was a prominent stockman and exported draft world. resided in the house. BUILDER/ARCHITECT Daniel Fischer The Ames house is the finest example of the Greek Revival style of the Rev.Sylvanus Ames.(1744-l778).Sylvanus Ames was a graduate of Vol. 4.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 78002208, 9 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
5 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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