BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Putnam County · listed in 1979 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gilboa Main Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 4 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
The listing
- Address. Main St., Gilboa
- When was it listed? February 1979
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 79001927 - 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
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gilboa Main Street Historic District in 2002, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gilboa Main Street Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ottawa Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Putnam Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Putnam Stone Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Maps showing this location
4 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Leipsic quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bridenbaugh District No. 3 Schoolhouse | 4.0 miles | 2005 |
 | Ottawa Waterworks Building | 5.9 miles | 1976 |
 | Putnam County Courthouse | 6.4 miles | 1974 |
 | Leipsic City Hall | 6.5 miles | 1979 |
 | Dr. H. Huber Block | 6.5 miles | 1980 |
 | John Edwards House | 6.9 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001927 in Record Group 79. |
| Putnam County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- 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.
- 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.