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 Morgan Mansion is a historic residence in and the current city hall of Wellston, Ohio, United States. Built in 1905, it was the home of one of Jackson County's leading industrialists, T.J.”
Wikipedia article Morgan Mansion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 10 National Register listings in Jackson County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.79001867- 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.
Fires near this property
41 since 2009
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Mansion between
2009 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning
18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
12
Arson/incendiarism
9
Equipment and vehicle use
1
Fireworks
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 877 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Morgan Mansion between 1878 and
1975: 550 Animalia, 264 Plantae, 58 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by 'Odell, D., A. Cronquist, A. M. Evans 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
2 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Mansion: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Wellston, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood.
The reports record 3 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.
Multiple large trees were blown down by thunderstorms winds. The winds also removed the underpinning from a mobile home, and blew over a chest freezer that was stored outside.
Rains of 1.5 to 2.5 inches fell in less than 3 hours over saturated grounds. Streams such as Pigeon Creek and Sugar Run overflowed over roads. Urban flooding also occurred. From the 15th thru the 18th the city of Jackson had 5.5 inches of rain.
Thunderstorms moved rapidly south through Ohio, producing a gust front on its' leading edge. Trees and power lines were blown down. Winds gusted to around 60 mph.
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
3,205 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
story structure can best be described as eclectic in design, although Structure so that ic would blend with the Victorian architecture of CONDITION EXCELLENT DETERIORATED _UNEXPOSED there is some Spanish Mission influence as well as Jacobethan influence X_UNALTERED a cut stone coursed foundation and is rectangular in shape.The mahogonany woodwork, staircases and fireplaces have not been altered. The interior of the Morgan Mansion remains in tact.The The carriage entrance on the side- east elevation carries out the an excellent adaptive use. The Morgan Mansion- Wellston City Hall is a stretcher bond under the dormers.All windows have cut stone lintels and sills.
have quoins except the bay windows and the front center windows front porch and on the porch leading to the carriage entrance carries The City of Wellston in using the mansion for offices have effected CHECK ONE the period. The roof line has hipped dormers with cornice and with eaves open front porch area are also carried out on the carriage entrance, out a Maltese Cross theme. is lined with a sloped soffit and the eaves protrude with the _GOOD all offset to the left with stone banding. This 2 and one-half roof is hipped with cross gables and made of asphalt. The cornice DATE All windows projecting and rafters exposed.The center dormer in the front has The center dormer in the rear stepped, radiating voussoirs with quoins at the side.
The quoins throughout the facades.of the structure appear influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's prarie style. rear-north side.The two side front lower level windows have arched This house is a The Doric stone columns on the roof theme as does the front porch.The iron grill work on the It has a pediment with cut stone columns.
Statement of significance
focal point of the center of the City anå visually is the best builring The mansion, once the scene of many social and family jail are now in the former laundry room: The Morgans lived only a brief time in the house, as Mr. the interior remained a mystery until the time the City of 1905 1400-1499 _1800-1899 EDUCATION POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ART CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _1700-1799 BUILDER/ARCHITECT ENGINEERING _1600-1699 XINDUSTRY _1500-1599 MILITARY SCULPTURE PERIOD dining room, paneled in oak formerly housed the Wellston Library, _PHILOSOPHY MUSIC _TRANSPORTATION LITERATURE ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _RELIGION _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _PREHISTORIC _COMMUNICATIONS most successful and wealthiest men in Jackson County, Ohio.
_SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN _COMMERCE The Morgan Mansion was built by T.J. Morgan, one of the Wilbur Mills the American Legion Post, provided no alcohol was "served". _THEATER gatherings of the Morgans, was purchased by the City of Wellston in l935 for use as city offices, and the basement was leased to _INVENTION _ECONOMICS Morgan founded the Wellston Coal and Iron Company in l884 and X1900- -LAW Mills, noted Columbus, Ohio architect. now most successfully been adapted for use by the city. Wellston purchased the residence for a city building.It has The full basement of the house houses the police court, and the police office and The solarium off the dining Consequently, Morgan lived only a few years after its completion. room is now the Service Director's Office.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79001867, 19 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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