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 137 National Register listings in Summit County · listed in 1979 · category: Structure · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Summit County.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Boston Township. Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908 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 Boston Township - 299 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Lock No. 27 between 1993 and 2012, burning about 7 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | RIVERVIEW ROAD |
| 31 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | AKRONS |
| 30 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | RAILROAD |
| 13 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | BRUNTY |
| 22 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | ERDOS |
| 16 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | QUICK |
| 15 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | KEEBLER |
| 22 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | LEDGES |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 936 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lock No. 27 between 1867 and 1975: 823 Animalia, 63 Plantae, 49 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. Black, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum | 1888 | Wright, A.A. | Tallmadge. |
 | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1889 | Foltz, Kent O. | Sand Run Park; Akron |
 | Asclepias verticillata L. | 1889 | not recorded | Akron |
 | Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1867 | Collector(s): James Lee Peters | Akron |
 | Empidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843) | 1877 | A. Hall | Cuyahoga |
 | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs | 1880 | F. O. Payne | Akron |
 | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1887 | B. Sanford | Hudson |
 | Hydrastis canadensis L. | 1888 | E.L. Sturtevant II | |
 | Lonicera dioica L. | 1888 | K. O. Foltz | |
 | Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd. | 1888 | K. O. Foltz | |
 | Carex pensylvanica Lam. | 1889 | Foltz, K.O. | Akron |
 | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1889 | Reade M. C. | Hudson |
All 936 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lock No. 27: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herbruck Trucking Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Herbruck Trucking Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Robert E. Alden Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Everett, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Everett | - | Large tree limbs downed near Woodridge High School in Peninsula. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Everett | - | Numerous trees downed near intersections of Charlene Drive, Quick Road, and Woodridge Drive between Everett and Stow. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Everett | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
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 - 576 words, 5 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79000303, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furnace Run Aqueduct | 0.1 miles | 1979 | |
 | Hale, Jonathan, Homestead | 1.3 miles | 1973 |
 | Lock No. 26 | 1.3 miles | 1979 |
 | Brown, Jim, House | 1.5 miles | 1979 |
 | Welton, Allen, House | 2.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Lock No. 28 | 2.3 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000303 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 137 listed properties in this county. |
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