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
“The Gantz Homestead, also called the Gantz Farm House, in Grove City, Franklin County, Ohio, United States, was built in or around 1832. National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”
Wikipedia article Gantz Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 295 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
National Register reference number.79001842- 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gantz Homestead between
2003 and 2003, burning about 1 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 9,462 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Gantz Homestead between 1814 and
1975: 7,428 Animalia, 1,318 Fungi, 571 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 27 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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
7 workings within 5 miles of Gantz Homestead: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Grove City, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 flood.
The reports record 1 death and 2 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.
The tornado initially touched down just south of Orders Road and moved northeast, crossing Hoover Road and I-71, and eventually White Road before lifting just north of White Road and just south of Stringtown Road.||The most significant damage along this path occurred on the west side of I-71, first near Orders Road where 4 large utility poles were snapped at the base and lying across Orders Road. Structural damage was found to multiple townhouses and other structures on the west side of Hoover Road, where a newly built detached garage was completely destroyed, and several townhouses had partial uplift and removal of roofing and damage to exterior walls. Many townhouses had garage doors pushed in, with portions of roofs removed. Debris spatter was indicated on all 4 sides of several structures. Four more large electrical transmission poles were snapped on the west side of Hoover Road. Eyewitness photos and videos confirm a tornado on the ground in this area. The most significant damage in this area was consistent with wind speeds around 105 mph and represents the strongest of the winds associated with this tornado.||As the tornado crossed I-71, it began to weaken and lift as damage became lighter and more intermittent, consisting of tree and minor structural damage to roofing materials. Still, many homes immediately east of I-71 suffered at least minor damage and/or tree damage before the tornado lifted.
Several homes sustained roof and siding damage in the Robin Estates neighborhood off of Demorest Road. Numerous large trees were uprooted and debris was scattered throughout the neighborhood. Additional trees were down along Clime Road, causing minor damage to automobiles. The damage was caused by a possible microburst with winds in excess of 60 mph.
Thirty trees, five of which were greater than three feet in diameter, were downed at the Pinnacle Golf Course. Several trees and power lines were knocked down along White Road, and a few homes had siding peeled off.
Numerous roads were flooded and closed across the southern part of Franklin County. Two boys were were swept into Big Run Creek near Grove City. They were later rescued.
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
1,153 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
Glazed bricks, which appear at random on all elevations, adds an also with gable roof, was built on the rear of the building c. 1860. roof was constructed c. 1920. It is also located to the rear of the CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED UNALTERED EXCELLENT XALTERED CHECK ONE interesting dimension to the appearance of the building.The facade is The original portion of the house was constructed entirely of brick The entrance in this portion features a transom and the windows.are is one of the earliest existing houses in the Grove City area. on the farm, although not in close proximity to the house. door architraves- are intact. double hung 6 over 6 lights.A frame L-shaped porch with shed X.FAIR -GOOD c. 1830. It measures 3 by 2 bays and has a gable, composition roof. house.
Much-of the interior woodwork - mantels, staircase, window and The house is set well back from the foad and is surrounded by trees in RUINS The simple entrance and double hung quite plain.Two small attic windows appear on the north elevation, simple consisting of three bays. The Gantz Homestead, which is an example of an early vernacular farmhouse, while the south elevation has no openings.The one story brick wing, AREAS OF
Statement of significance
example of early rural architecture, it is one of the earliest Adam Gantz came to Jackson Township from Washington County, Pennsylvania It is a simple, substantial building, typical of the type built by many 1600-1699 1700-1799 COMMERCE ART INVENTION LAW ECONOMICS ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC BUILDER/ARCHITECT ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE RELIGION PERIOD XARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE TRANSPORTATION X1800-1899 LITERATURE SCULPTURE INDUSTRY 1900- _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT The Gantz Homestead has considerable local significance.It is an _COMMUNICATIONS existing houses in Jackson Township and it was built by Adam Gantz, MILITARY PHILOSOPHY. _PREHISTORIC one of the first settlers in.the Grove City area. woodwork is well executed.
-1400-1499 _THEATER -EDUCATION At the time of his death in 1872,Adam Gantz had acquired over 700 acres farm and it remained in the Gantz family until 1977 when it was left to -MUSIC Ohio settlers. SPECIFIC DATES c. 1830, 1860, 1920 the Grove City Recreation and Parks Department for use as a city park. The Department is quite interested in the preservation of this local and was prominent in township government.His son Albert took over the The glazed random brick is unusual and the interior' in 1826.He settled on 200 acres and built this brick farmhousec1830 9
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79001842, 10 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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