BlockFrom the record
One of 180 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 1979 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Stumpy Basin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 200 ft. E of Cuyahoga River and approx. 0.5 mi. S of Ohio Turnpike, Peninsula, 44264
- When was it listed? 1979-12-11
- Category. site
- Also known as. Ohio and Erie Canal TR
- Township. Boston township
- National Register reference number. 79000313 - 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
1903 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
The ground it stands on
299 wordsThe chapter on Boston Township in Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908 names Peninsula. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Boston Township contains three villages - Peninsula, Boston Mills and Everett. The earliest settlers were also from Connecticut. In 1805, the purchasers of the holdings of the Connecticut Land Company sent many surveying corps into Summit County for the purpose of alloting the lands. In this year Alfred Wolcott, Jamas Stanford. John Teale and Samuel Ewart came into Boston Township for the purpose of making a survey. In 1806, Wolcott and Stanford both purcha.sed land surveyed by them the summer previous and located upon it at once. Tlioy thus became the first settlers in the town.ship. The Wolcott family afterward became very prominent and influential. The town.ship wa.? organized in 1811, as a part of Portage County.
Passage source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908.
its firet officers were Timothy Bishop, Andrew Johnson and Aai'on Miller, trustees; William Beers, clerk; Launcelot May, treasurer; Alfred Wolcott and Moses Cunningham, justices of the peace, and James Jordan, constable. More than 140 men of Boston township fought for the Union in the war of 1861-65, the most distinguished of whom was Colonel Arthur L. Conger. On July 4, 1889, Colonel and Mrs. Conger presented to Boston Town- .ship the fine soldiers' monument which stands in the village of Peninsula at its western border. Peninsula has an extensive flour-mill and, in the southern part of the village, a large stone-quaiTy of a fine-gi'ained, white .sand-stone, from which mill-stones are made. Boston has saw-mills and the great papermills of the Akron-Cleveland Paper Bag Company, the power for which is partly secured from a large dam thrown across the Cuyahoga River. Colonel A. L. Conger aaid Hon. S. P. Wolcott are the Boston citizens who have earned for themselves the greatest fame. At the present time Charles Peterson is clerk and E. B. Conger and N. B. Wise are justices of the peace.
Passage source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908.
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.
Fires near this property
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Stumpy Basin between 1993 and 2012, burning about 6 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | BOSTON |
| 5 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | GOOD |
| 2 April 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | PINEHOLLOW |
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 911 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 911 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stumpy Basin between 1877 and 1973: 855 Animalia, 43 Plantae, 13 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Black, A. Hall, A. Woolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1889 | Foltz, Kent O. | Sand Run Park; Akron |
 | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | C. Rutter | Cuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio |
 | Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) | 1904 | W. Warner | Cuyahoga Falls |
 | Empidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843) | 1877 | A. Hall | Cuyahoga |
 | Buteo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1887 | B. Sanford | Hudson |
 | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1889 | Reade M. C. | Hudson |
 | Carex communis L.H.Bailey | 1892 | Werner, W.C. | Cuyahoga Falls |
 | Scolopax minor J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1892 | Beryl Hodge | Hudson |
 | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1893 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Summit, Ohio, USA |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula, Ohio |
 | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1893 | not recorded | Silver Lake |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Ohio |
All 911 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this property
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peninsula, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 2004 | Lightning | Peninsula | 9 hurt | Nine boys ages 11 to 14 were injured when lightning struck a tree near their campsite. All of the injuries were minor. The boys were staying at a campground in Boston Township. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Peninsula | $15,000 | A thunderstorm with torrential rain produced 2.25 of rain, most of which fell within 30 minutes between 606 PM and 636 PM. Flooding commenced shortly thereafter around 640 PM. Storm drains were overwhelmed with water over a foot deep filling in streets. Roads flooded include Morris Drive, Woodland Drive, I-271 underpass, with minor damage to Riverview Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | $4,000 | A few trees were reported down in Peninsula and Munroe Falls. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | $4,000 | A few trees were reported down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree on Truxell Road. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | - | Trees snapped about one-mile NNW of Peninsula. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peninsula | - | Trees downed along West Streetsboro Road, between Stine Road and Ridgeway Street. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Peninsula | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:24000
From the nomination file
474 words on recordWhen 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 - 474 words, 4 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79000313, 4 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lock No. 31 | under 500 feet | 1979 |
| Lock No. 30 and Feeder Dam | 0.7 miles | 1979 | |
| Lock No. 29 and Aqueduct | 0.7 miles | 1979 | |
 | Peninsula Village Historic District | 0.8 miles | 2017 |
 | Jim Brown Tavern | 1.0 miles | 1979 |
 | Boston Mills Historic District | 1.1 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000313 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 180 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- 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.
- 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.