Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Athens County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Athens Governmental Buildings between 2006 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BEAN HOLLOW |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | RAW FIRE |
| 2 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | NORTH PEACH |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12805 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | ROLL IN |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Manasseh Cutler Hall, Ohio University | under 500 feet | 1966 |
 | Ohio University Campus Green Historic District | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Athens Downtown Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Beasley Building | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Athens B & O Train Depot | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Mount Zion Baptist Church | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001782 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Athens County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |
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