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.
“The first Congregational Church was organized February 21st, 1S19, by Rev. William Hanford, Missionary from Connecticut, assisted by Rev.”
Pioneer History of Medina County (1861). Machine-read text.
one of 27 National Register listings in Medina County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Medina City Township in Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861 names Weymouth. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
In 1818 Seymour and Doan built a grist-mill adjoining the saw- mill in Weymouth. Mrs. Seymour is. now in her seventy-fifth year, and has been the mother of seven children, but two of whom are now living. She says it may be her life has been spared for greater trials, but God's will be done ; and she further says that whatever the Lord may see fit to place upon her she will try to bear patiently. Captain Lathrop Seymour died December. 19th} 1835.
Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.
The first Congregational Church was organized February 21st, 1S19, by Rev. William Hanford, Missionary from Connecticut, assisted by Rev. Simeon Woodruff. The Church was organized at the house of Isaac Barnes, and consisted of seven members, viz : Joseph Northrop, Charity Northrop, Isaac Barnes, Marther Barnes, Nira B. Northrop, Giles Barnes and John Barnes. All have died except Nira B. Northrop and Giles Barnes. Mr. Hanford, Missionary, occasionally preached in Medina, for four or five' years. Joseph Northrop was born in Brookfield, Connecticut, June 13th, 1766 ; Charity, his wife, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, February 6th, 1769. They removed from Brookfield to Cornwall, Connecticut, February, 1796, and from thence to Medina, as before mentioned, when there were but two families in the township ; but several others arrived soon after. Joseph Northrop first settled on the bank of Rocky River, north side of the east and west road, lot thirty. After seven years, he moved on to lot fifty-six, where he remained until his death, which occurred July 21st, 1843, in the seventyeighth year of his age. Charity, his wife, died December 26th, 1851, in the eighty-third year of her ag«. Isaac and Marther Barnes were from Camden, New York, and, after ten or twelve years, removed to Richland, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, and have since both died. Nira B. Northrop was born in Brookfield, Connecticut, December 8th, 1791, and still lives, on lot fifty-six, the same he bought in 1816. Giles and John Barns were from West Hartford, Connecticut. Giles now lives in Weymouth. John went to Hudson, first, from here, and thence to Richland, Michigan, and has recently died. Life is as a vapor; it appearethfor a short season, and then vanisheth away.
Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.
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 Medina City Township - 25,890 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 356 specimens collected within 10 miles of Seymour, William H., House between 1884 and 1975: 315 Animalia, 35 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Roberts, Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | not recorded | |
 | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1894 | Watson, J.R. | Medina Co. |
 | Nesaea verticillata (L.) Kunth | 1896 | Watson,J.R. s.n. [1896-08] | [label: North Ohio Flora. J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Liverpool, Medina Co. [Medina County] |
 | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | unknown | Medina |
 | Halictus confusus confusus | 1885 | H. E. Summers | Medina |
 | Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Plum Creek |
 | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
 | Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea | The Western Reserve. Brunswick |
 | Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
 | Euphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Lester |
 | Hinea Townsend, 1916 | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
 | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Brunswick |
All 356 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Seymour, William H., House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weymouth, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weymouth | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled around two dozen trees near Weymouth. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weymouth | - | Tree down at Nichols and Wilbur Roads. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weymouth | - | A large tree was blown down. |
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 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.
century. Each window has a wooden panel below the sill. The doors and hardware are original. The floors are made of wide boards, first floor and three rooms on the second floor of the house, which Two smaller building are located on the lot, a garage and a nineteenth has walnut balusters and bannister.There are five rooms on the AREAS OF
ing before the Civil War. It was the home of two families associated with the local history of Weymouth, the Seymours and the Weltons. Seymour arrived in Weymouth in 1817 and built the first sawmill in the Later in the century, Weymouth became a thriving village, with a grist from 1870 to 1880. This house is illustrated in the county atlas of 1874. At that time it was the home of N. W. Welton, a dairy farmer and having arrived before 1818. 1853 ART LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PERIOD INVENTION BUILDER/ARCHITECT EDUCATION SIGNIFICANCE THEATER INDUSTRY TRANSPORTATION Medina Township.
LITERATURE RELIGION _AGRICULTURE _1700-1799 _PREHISTORIC MILITARY MUSIC _COMMERCE _COMMUNICATIONS _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _1500-1599 _1600-1699 _ENGINEERING XARCHITECTURE architecture possessing integrity of location, design, materials, feeling Seymour was one of the township officers.The Congregational Church of the Early Gothic Revival style popularized in America by A.J.Down- 1800-1899 cheese maker.The Weltons were also an old family in the township, _1400-1499 and association.Its associations with the Seymour and Welton families Weymouth was an early point of settlement in Medina Township.Lathrop house.The principal business was cheese making, which flourished The Seymour-Welton house is a striking example of Gothic Revival contribute to its significance in the local history of Weymouth and was organized in his home in 1835.According to the tax records, _CONSERVATION _PHILOSOPHY township the same year.When Medina Township was established in 1818, The Seymour house is primarily significant as a fine surviving example _ECONOMICS _SCULPTURE this house was built in 1853.It is shown on the Medina County Map of -SCIENCE __1900- 1857 in the name of William H.
Seymour. mill, shoemakers, a blacksmith, a wooden ware factory, and a stage
The whole case file for this property - 1,776 words, 12 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79001896, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Blakslee, Burritt, House | 1.7 miles | 1974 |
 | King-Phillips-Deibel House | 4.5 miles | 1982 |
 | St. Paul's Episcopal Church | 4.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Blake, H. G., House | 4.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Munson, Judge Albert, House | 4.8 miles | 1980 |
 | Medina County Courthouse | 4.8 miles | 1970 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001896 in Record Group 79. |
| Medina County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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