National Register reference number.79001917- 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
1910 to 1992
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19101992
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Zanesville city. The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
was so named in honor of Captain John C. Hazlett, of 2d O. V. I., and his cousin, Harry Hazlett, of the 5th U.S. Artillery, both of whom were killed during the Civil war; the post was organized June 1, 1881, with the following officers: C. C. Goddard, post commander; M. V. B. Kennedy, senior vice commander; Wilson C.
Zanesville and its immediate vicinity possess facilities for manufacturing in nearly, if not quite, all the industries requiring skilled labor, it is believed, all things considered, equal, if not superior to those of any place East or West. In every item to be taken into account in the make-up of a manufacturing city comparison is challenged. It was the remark of the late John Quincy Adams made in reference to the water power here existing, that "Zanesville was the Lowell of the West." Henry Clay, in one of his letters, after personal inspection of the water power at this point, said: "The water power furnished by the James river at Richmond makes it the best manufacturing site in the United States save that at Zanesville, Ohio." These opinions were expressed before the era of coal and railway transportation.
The manufacturing interest of Zanesville are at this time its leading attraction. It is a growing interest and is imparting to the city a permanent and solid character, and placing it among the most prosperous cities of the West. The progress made in this direction has been rapid during recent years. Old industries have been enlarged and extended, and new ones added which bid fair to become large and prosperous enterprises. This stimulus to manufacturing industry is attributed to the fact that fuel and living are so cheap, market supplies of all kinds so abundant, the facilities for shipment so superior, and the location so central and generally so advantageous. Besides a more enlightened and liberalized sentiment than heretofore existed now prevails, and there is exhibited more of a disposition to encourage productive enterprises by furnishing money at liberal rates to aid in their prosecution.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 57 fires within 5 miles of George and Edward Kearns Houses
between 2012 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning
32
Power generation/transmission/distribution
7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
5
Equipment and vehicle use
5
Smoking
3
Arson/incendiarism
2
Recreation and ceremony
2
Other causes
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 846 specimens
collected within 10 miles of George and Edward Kearns Houses between 1873 and 1975: 733 Animalia, 88 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W. M. 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
6 workings within 5 miles of George and Edward Kearns Houses: 3 past producers, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Zanesville, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 62 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 17 flash flood, 5 flood.
The reports record 1 death. 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.
Thunderstorm winds blew down four power poles and power lines just north of Zanesville. Several trees were also reported down across the eastern part of the county.
Street flooding was reported in and near Zanesville after 1.30 inches fell in 20 minutes. Large branches were downed east of Zanesville. One branch fell on a passing motorist's car. There was no mention of any injuries.
United 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.
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
stone foundation. The inside angle of the ell, facing Luck Avenue, is ing a handsome double door. A richly-decorated open frame porch extends a 2-story bay window. Fenestration is accomplished through the use od though it seems likely that bracketry matching that on the front porch barn, 24'x36'. It is covered with vertical shiplap siding and its slate- DATE The across this entrance section.From the southwest arm of the ell springs feature a modified pediment which contains half-timbered decoration.The south side also projecting. with the interior angle of the ell facing northwest. The bays on the west and south have angled story carriage garage. and contain paired windows.A 1-story attached carriage garage,16'x32 once was present.The roof is ofa low hipped design.
_UNEXPOSED The Kearns-Kinnan-Sebach House (1891) stands approximately 100'north of part of the addition was1ocateda storage area.The addition is laid in In 1936 this barn was moved They are built on the east side of The ends of the Form No. 10-300a (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FEB 2 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM KEARNS HOUSES, Zanesville, Ohio ITEM NUMBER Also, at the intersection of the interior of the ell is located a of the square tower, on the first story; the other is a rectangular window, set horizontally, and opening into the diningroom in the pro- house. PAGE covered intersecting gable roof. No historic outbuildings remain with the Kearns-Kinnan-Sebach House.
CONTINUATION SHEET The interior of the Kearns-Kinnan-Sebach House is richly.trimmed in DATE ENTERED jecting north gable. gable was moved from an upstairs bedroom to replace the fireplace on the south side was struck by lightning in 1977; its restoration A 1935 gable roof 1-car garage,12x22,is1ocated just east of the Kearns family's glass factory.
built in 1883 to replace an 1874 9-room wood frame dwelling which burned. he and his family left Zanesville for Cincinnati, where he worked for the ART ENGINEERING ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC The LAW RELIGION SIGNIFICANCE AGRICULTURE BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD Kearns withdrew and built a manufacturing plant just east of his home on MILITARY INVENTION unknown _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT MUSIC _TRANSPORTATION _PHILOSOPHY -1600-1699 -1500-1599 Kearns-Kinnan-Sebach House at 306 Luck Avenue is an outstanding, intact period for its architectural character.
The Kearns Houses are nominated for their significance as residences of early Zanesville glass manufacturers, as well as for their being well- However, the new structure does not appear on the tax duplicate until 1885, George and Noah entered into partnership with Capt. Joseph Gorsuch and F. _1700-1799 -1400-1499 built for George W. Kearns (1822-1906),a Pittsburgh native who emigrated later, after which time the brick house was occupied by his son, William Hale House at 320 Luck Avenue is dependent upon the Victorian Italianate preserved examples of late nineteenth century elite architecture.The X1800-1899 _COMMUNICATIONS - CONSERVATION _ECONOMICS -LITERATURE Flint Glass Works in 1852 and in 1850 the firm of G.W.
Kearns G Co.was _COMMERCE of his life and became office manager after his father's death. In 1920 but lived there themselves also. _1900- ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING C. Edward Kearns. property was owned by the Jospeh Hale family who apartmentized the structure Products Company, a local conglomerate which served the interests of various organized to manage the glass business. Pennsylvania the same year and purchased the old Crosby Glass Works, which druggists' wares. With his brother Noah he purchased the Charles R.Sebach family.Sebach's daughter is the current owner-tenant. The Kearns-Kinnan-Sebach House was built in 1891 for G.W.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79001917, 15 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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