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 William Marshall Anderson House is a historic house in Circleville, Ohio, United States. Built in 1865 as the home of William Marshall Anderson, the house has been ranked as a leading example of Gothic Revival architecture.”
Wikipedia article William Marshall Anderson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 20 National Register listings in Pickaway County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.79001925- 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.
The ground it stands on
18,473 words
The chapter on Circleville Township in Circleville Herald (1928-01-03), published 1928 names Circleville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
One of the gayest watch parties in Circleville Saturday night was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clif ton, on North Court street. The New Year was welcomed by radio and with i D. Doddroe, son of Mr .and Mrs. H. R. Doddroe of Blacklick, at the home 1 of the officiating minister, the Rev. j T. M. Ricketts, of Ashville, Ohio. The bride was graduated from Ga hanna High school with the class of 1919 and has been employed by the Belle Telephone Company there. Mr. and Mrs. Doddroe will live near Gaj hanna, where Mr. Doddroe is engaged j in farming.
Saturday. Miss Mary Ellen Phillips returned to Columbus Business and Training School, Tuesday morning. Theodore Goeller, w'ho is a student at Colorado College, at Colorado j Springs, Colo., returned Tuesday j evening after spending the Christmas vacation with his father, Mr. John ! C. Goeller. Norman Aronson has returned to | Ada, Ohio, wdiere he is a student at Ohio Northern University. Air. and Airs. Robert H. Bates left Alonday night for Norfolk, Va., j where they will spend several w'e'eks as guests of his sister, Mrs. John F. Small. In their absence Aliss May Lowre will have charge of the print ing office. ' Air. and Mrs. H. C. Stoker and daughter, Harriet, of Columbus, were guests of Mrs. Stoker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gearhart, for the New' Year holidays. Miss Helen Skeele, of Columbus, a former teacher in the Circleville high ! school, visited friends here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Airs. Donald Smith, of To ledo, wdio have been the guests of Col .and Airs. C. E. Groce, have re turned to their home. Air. Guy Culp left Tuesday for Chicago, to attend the furniture m ar ket, where he is showing one hundred living room suites made by the E. AI. Hulse Co. Aliss Elsie Jew'ell, of Akron, who has been the guest of Miss Dorothy Ale Arthur, left Alonday for her home. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mead and son, i William Jr. ,and daughter, Mary Al ice, of Mansfield, are guests of his and her parents, Air. and Airs. Charles G. Mead and Air. and Airs. H. S. Hulse. Mrs. Flora Watson and daughter, Mrs. Alerle Lane, spent Sunday w'ith Mrs. Alary Jones, in Columbus. Airs. Alary Morris spent Sunday with her son, Albert Alorris and w'ife. 1 Aliss Alary L. Walters, who has been spending the holidays the guest of her parents, Air. and Mrs. John Walters, and Aliss Beatrice Hosier, daughter of Air. and Mrs. S. T. Hosier of Walnut street, left Tuesday for Delaware, to resume their studies at the Ohio Wesleyan university. Miss Alice Adah May leaves Wednesday for Baltimore, Aid., to re enter Goucher college for women. I. A. Jones, of East Franklin street, is ill with pneumonia.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 2,730 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Anderson, William Marshall, House between 1829 and
1975: 2,632 Animalia, 81 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender, Acker, G. & Class 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
5 workings within 5 miles of Anderson, William Marshall, House: 4 past producers, 1 producer.
1 still produces. 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Circleville, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 29 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 14 flood, 7 flash flood.
The reports record 7 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.
A tornado touched down west of Circleville, pulling a small shed off of its foundation and destroying a section of a construction building. after this, the tornado lifted and then touched down in a more developed area in town. It destroyed a building housing two businesses and ripped the roof off of a section of a strip mall, ejecting furniture from inside the structure. A large sign weighing several hundred pounds was ripped from its foundation and blown twenty feet away. A tractor trailer with a load of 18 to 19 tons was blown over and dragged ten feet away from where it landed. The tornado then proceeded to a housing development where several homes were destroyed, several roofs ripped off, and garages either destroyed or moved from their foundations. Trees were twisted and broken off at their bases and carports were also torn from nearby houses.
A tornado touched down along State Route 361, causing damage to three buildings at the Pickaway Machine and Fabricating Company. Portions of the aluminum roofing and insulation were removed from these three buildings, and deposited throughout the complex and in a cornfield across Route 361. Corn stalks at six to eight feet in height were knocked over in a 150 foot wide swath across this cornfield, extending for a mile to the northeast to Boggs Road. Across Boggs Road, minor tree and limb damage occurred, with part of an open air aluminum shed being blown into a nearby tree line.
A small tornado moved across the south side of Circleville producing minor structural and roof damage to a few buildings, and some damage to nine cars at a dealership. Numerous trees and power lines were also knocked down.
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From the nomination file
1,801 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
arched, double hung, 4/4 light sashes with sinple stone lintels and CONDITION UNEXPOSED UNALTERED vicinity. FAIR downstairs rooms feature plaster friezes. XALTERED The east and the west elevations are quite similar.Round arched arched windows make up the remainder of the openings on the facade. roof is covered with asbestos shingles. been slightly modified over the years.The house is constructed entirely arches and bracketed cornice is a handsome feature. CHECK ONE The house is situated on a landscaped lot with a cast iron fence.
The interior is virtually unaltered and in excellent condition.A Revival style.The original plan of the house was a T-shape which has curved staircase with a cherry bannister is located in the hall and the All of the windows feature brick hoodmoulds, plain stone sills and The carriage stall and washroom are on the first level.A well and the main portion of the house while rectangular double hung four over windows with brick hoodmoulds, stone sills and shutters are located in stone lintel above.A large, pointed arch window and gable are also features lo' double walnut doors with beveled glass panels and a plain The entrance is located in the center of the three bay facade.It but less ornate than the one in front.
-DETERIORATED The William Marshall Anderson House was built C.l865 in the Gothic -GOOD LRUINS located in the center bay of the facade, above the entrance. Round There are several well preserved nineteenth century homes in the near shutters.A rather ornate porch with octagonal columns, decorative cistern are located under the washroom floor.The windows are slightly sills.A wooden two story addition was built in l973. of brick and rises 2 1/2 stories in height.The intersecting gabled Attached to the house is a two story brick wash and carriage house. AREAS OF
Statement of significance
was Robert Anderson, the Commander of Fort Sumter when the Civil War broke 1400-1499 1500-1599 1600-1699 INVENTION ART X1800-1899 SIGNIFICANCE EDUCATION PERIOD AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY LAW COMMUNICATIONS MILITARY "One of the most interesting and instructive institutions of Circleville is _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT preservation and is considered an important local landmark. connoissour, naturalist and the possessor of an extensive private library XARCHITECTURE Colonel Anderson was a member and president of the Board of Education of example of Gothic Revival domestic architecture in Circleville.It has _SCULPTURE Colonel Anderson an important Circleville citizen. and even more entertaining and instructive that the sight of his rare LITERATURE evident throughout the house.
The Colonel William Marshall Anderson House is in excellent state of _ECONOMICS The Colonel William Marshall Anderson House is significant for both its architect, who was responsible for several schools and the Circleville architecture and historical associations.The house is an excellent curiosities will be his intelligent and graceful account of them. Circleville Public Library and was elected its first president in l873. _PHILOSOPHY _TRANSPORTATION Revival style such as the pointed arch openings, intersecting gable roof, Ohio and married the daughter of Ohio Governor Duncan McArthur.Colonel the cabinet of Indian curiosities owned by Colonel W. Marshall Anderson .
Completed C.1865,the Anderson House exhibits characteristics of the Gothic _RELIGION _ENGINEERING _PREHISTORIC -1700-1799 _THEATER Colonel Anderson was born in Kentucky in l8o7.He was the son of Richard _CONSERVATION -COMMERCE -1900- been little altered and is in excellent condition. The house was built by Anderson was known locally as an accomplished scholar, linguist, art and collection of Indian artifacts. According to a local history, possible William Doane BUILDER/ARCHITECT the house is similar to that of other buildings designed by Doane.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79001925, 13 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.
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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