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.
one of 338 National Register listings in Cuyahoga County · listed in 1979 · category: Structure · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Cuyahoga County.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Independence City. History of Cuyahoga County Ohio, published 1870 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 Independence City - 4,214 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Tinkers Creek Aqueduct 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.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | VANACHEK |
| 28 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.3 acres | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STONE |
| 18 March 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | HILLSIDE ROAD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,523 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tinkers Creek Aqueduct between 1854 and 1975: 1,452 Animalia, 50 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 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.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Osmunda claytoniana L. | 1894 | Winkler, H.J. | Cleveland. |
 | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | 1897 | Winkler, H.J. | Woods, Cleveland. |
 | Claytonia virginica L. | 1897 | Watson,J.R. s.n. [1897-04] | [label: North Ohio Flora. J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Cuyahoga Co. |
 | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1854 | Robert Kennicott | Cleveland |
 | Dendroica caerulescens caerulescens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1876 | A. Hall | unspecified |
 | Dendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1876 | A. Hall | unspecified |
 | Dendroica fusca (Statius Müller, 1776) | 1876 | A. Hall | unspecified |
 | Dendroica striata (J.R.Forster, 1772) | 1876 | A. Hall | unspecified |
 | Seiurus aurocapilla aurocapilla (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1876 | A. Hall | unspecified |
 | Baeolophus bicolor bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1877 | A. Hall | unspecified |
 | Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. | 1890 | R. H. Ingraham | Miles |
 | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyohoga River, Independence, Ohio |
All 1,523 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tinkers Creek Aqueduct: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rockside Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Terra Visa Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Terra Visa Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hydraulic Press Brick Company Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Independence Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Valley View | $500,000 | 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. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Valley View | $175,000 | 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. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley View | $10,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Valley View | $5,000 | Dime size hail was observed. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Valley View | $3,000 | 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. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Valley View | - | Hail up to ping pong ball-size in Valley View. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Valley View | - | no account filed |
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.
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 reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and 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.
The whole case file for this property - 465 words, 4 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79000296, 4 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason, Edmund, House | 0.2 miles | 1978 | |
| Knapp, William, House | 0.5 miles | 1979 | |
| Lock Tender's House and Inn | 0.6 miles | 1979 | |
| Packard-Doubler House | 0.7 miles | 1979 | |
| Lock No. 37 and Spillway | 0.8 miles | 1979 | |
| Wilson Feed Mill | 0.9 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000296 in Record Group 79. |
| Cuyahoga County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
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