Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1979. 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 338 National Register listings in Cuyahoga County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Cuyahoga County.
National Register reference number.79000289- 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
3 since 1993
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Knapp, William, House between
1993 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism
1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1
Natural
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 2,934 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Knapp, William, House between 1850 and
1975: 2,542 Animalia, 209 Fungi, 104 Plantae, 73 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 incertae sedis. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. D. Selby, A. Hall 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
8 workings within 5 miles of Knapp, William, House: 4 producers, 4 past producers.
4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Valley View, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
Nearly 4.5 inches of rain was reported over southern Cuyahoga County. The resulting flooding was primarily to roads and infrastructure, but there was some basement flooding mainly in the Berea area. Some impacts include widespread metropark flooding. The Canal Road in Valley View was closed from Rockside to Stone due to sinkhole conditions. In Macedonia there was a partial bridge collapse.
The tornado touched down near Schrieber Road then travelled south into Summit County. The damage path was around four miles in length and was non-continuous. Approximately 200 trees were downed along the damage path. A house in Valley View had several windows blown out and also suffered roof and chimney damage. The roof of the house was penetrated in couple of spots by flying debris. A small building nearby was blown off of its foundation and a car was also significantly damaged in the area. Several other homes and a barn sustained roof damage from fallen trees and one house had all of its window screens blown out. A semi trailer was flipped on its side near Hub Park.
The Cuyahoga River at Independence, a river forecast site, reach moderate flood stage. The river reached flood stage around 8 pm on the 15th, exceeded moderate flood stage a few hours later, and crested at 20.9 feet at 6 am on the 1th. The river came out of banks flooding roads in the Valley View community. Some garages and basements were flooded, but damage was limited. The major flood stage, 21.0 feet, was recently raised due to extensive mitigation efforts which were validated during this event.
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
2,159 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
CONDITION MOVED DATE XDETERIORATED DESCRIPTION CHECK ONE UNALTERED house has an ashlar sandstone foundation and there is a basement. state of preservation at this portion of the canal XALTERED The main block is rectangular, three bays wide by five bays and north elevations, asphalt shingles on the east and south is flanked by two pairs of windows, although one of the windows of the original main block and a one-story ell added later. The original clapboard siding of the house has been obscured The Knapp House is situated on a hillside and commands an in bad condition and there are no gutters. of the Knapp House. at the rear.
The front entrance is on the left side and is reached by a _EXCELLENT long,and is situated with its gable end facing the road.The neglect.Damage by water is a major problem, since the roof is plain frieze and gable returns. There is a central chimney. XORIGINAL SITE The William H. Knapp House is a modest, one-and-one-half-story by later coverings: wide-width aluminum siding on the west excellent view of the Ohio and Erie Canal, still in a remarkable _UNEXPOSED _GOOD is a National Historic Landmark.) Across Canal Road is the entablature and pilasters.
interior inspection was not permitted by the tenant, although the tenant did indicate that the house has been substantially altered inside.The house is suffering severe damage due to in the Greek Revival style.A huge willow tree frames the front and stylein the center of the north wall.The latter entrance The main block features a flight of three ashlar steps.There is a door of the same size - RUINS AREAS OF
Statement of significance
In 1811, at the age of three, Deborah Ledyard Wightman (1808-1880) brother-in-law, John G. Wightman, dated December 21, 1828, indicates moved to Milan, Ohio, for in a draft of a letter written about 1860 Cleveland, 1796-1840, 2 vols. (n.p.: Evangelical Publishing House, 1914), 2: 136.
History 1836 ART 1400-1499 ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT SCIENCE MILITARY X1800-1899 BUILDER/ARCHITECT THEATER TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY _COMMUNICATIONS SIGNIFICANCE RELIGION XEDUCATION Correspondence in the manuscript files of the Western Reserve XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT and on the Milan Canal in Erie County before settling in Independence _PREHISTORIC - INVENTION This modest frame house in the Greek Revival style was built in reputation for generously sharing her home with anyone in need of emigrated with her parents from Groton, Connecticut, to Cleveland. sentative of the kind of houses built by early settlers in the Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, The Pioneer Families of Cuyahoga Valley.
Historical Society indicates that William Herman Knapp _COMMERCE _PHILOSOPHY 1836 for William H. and Deborah Wightman Knapp, early settlers in Deborah, and Deborah's sister Harriet (then just three years old) -1600-1699 the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal near Coshocton, Ohio, -1500-1599 _LITERATURE -1700-1799 - - 1900- _COMMUNITY PLANNING township clerk, assessor, and postmaster. Between 1839 and 1845, he served as His wife, Deborah, earned a local in 1833. Knapp held numerous public offices, including those of Canal opposite the river from Coshocton, Ohio. Knapp, his wife ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC that Knapp then was working on fifteen miles of the Ohio and Erie The family settled on ten acres of land on Broadway near Woodland Independence township.
Knapp was a civil engineer who worked on Surveyor for Cuyahoga County. He taught school in the township for about five years. D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79000289, 16 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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