Built in 1842 in the Federal architecture. 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 South Salem Academy is a historic former school in South Salem, Ohio, United States. Built in 1842, it is a stone building constructed in the Federal style of architecture.”
Wikipedia article South Salem Academy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 22 National Register listings in Ross County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1842, Federal architecture.
National Register reference number.79001937- 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
8 since 2007
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 8 fires within 5 miles of South Salem Academy between
2007 and 2020, burning about 58 acres 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
3
Debris and open burning
2
Recreation and ceremony
1
Other causes
1
Misuse of fire by a minor
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 795 specimens
collected within 10 miles of South Salem Academy between 1898 and
1975: 520 Animalia, 229 Fungi, 38 Plantae, 8 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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 National Weather Service names
South Salem, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail.
The reports record 1 injury. 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.
The tornado briefly touched down on a residential property, partially removing the roof of a manufactured home. A few outbuildings were also damaged and a large shipping container was blown from its location. A child sustained minor injuries due to flying glass. A few large trees were also downed.
The tornado initially caused damage to trees east of South Salem Cemetery and within Sunset Park. The highest intensity occurred shortly after touch down with two structures destroyed along Stewart Street. One structure, which was bolted to a concrete foundation, was lofted onto Stewart Street. The other structure had nearly all of the exterior walls collapsed. The roof was lofted and pieces were found littered along the tornado track through the town. Snapped power poles also occurred along Stewart Street. The tornado then moved southeast over Main Street with significant tree and minor structure damage observed. The tornado continued to cause tree damage and minor structure damage along Lower Twin Road before exiting South Salem to the east. The final tree damage observed was along a creek south of Lower Twin Road, where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted.
One tree with a trunk diameter of 4 feet was snapped off. Numerous tree limbs were reported down or broken. These occurrences were due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
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
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From the nomination file
2,973 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
This two story cut limestone rectangular structure was built storage, and another cement block addition was added to the rear of to meet state standards for Industrial Arts.. Previous to the addition cafeteria and a vocational argricultural shop. Although there have been major alterations, enough remains fireplaces, and stairwell remain, and can easily be restored. _UNALTERED XALTERED bell remains inside. of the two inside end chimneys is a cupola which stands approximately X_ORIGINAL SITE .EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR point in time to house the school master. _UNEXPOSED CHECK ONE in the Federal Style in l842 with native materials by the members of cornice meets the gabled roof line in the front and back of the building. 1 - RUINS three feet in height and is luvered on all four sides.
The original A cement block addition was added to the north side for more DATE industrial arts. downstairs and two rooms upstairs. the Presbyterian congregation.Two thousand dollars was pledged in of an industrial arts classroom, the academy was used as a library These rooms have since been altered The wooden floor in this room was replaced with cement There are five bays in the front and 2bays in the side.In the center The original academy appears to have had two large rooms academy on the north west side was torn out to enlarge this room for doorway.Plain lug sills and stone lintels head the windows and the B_
Statement of significance
in the Scioto Valley. A classical, mathematical, scientific and English for higher classes in college, educating teachers for common schools and academies, training others for several other callings and gave sound Christian of the village of South Salem by John Sample in 1846 and the erection of Presbyterian Church, called together the members of his church and neigh- it was said that every stone was laid with a prayer. Along with a flourishing musical department the academy compared Many famous men attended South Salem Academy, including: Bishop Stephen Merrill; Judge Alfred Yaple of Cincinnati; J.D. McDill, Senator and Governor of Ohio. The academy is located in the village of South Salem, which is five 1600-1699 1400-1499 1500-1599 ART COMMUNICATIONS people.
PHILOSOPHY The COMMERCE PERIOD SCULPTURE AGRICULTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _1700-1799 ECONOMICS LITERATURE ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC POLITICS/GOVERNMENT from Iowa; J.J. Pugsley, Congressman and Joseph Benson Foraker, Senator construction was done by menbers of the Presbyterian Church.wood came PREHISTORIC the institution was transferred to the care of the Chillicothe Presbytery. from the surrounding forests and the stone was quarried along Paint Creek; XMUSIC INVENTION During the l9th organizations were in the fore- significant as one of the earliest of these educational institutions _CONSERVATION _INDUSTRY TRANSPORTATION several houses to accomodate students.In 1859,by vote of the stockholders, dated with the Greenfield Exempted Village Schools.
favorably with any similar institution, either in the East or South in its agreement for a transfer of building and grounds to Buckskin Township to In Stewart of the South Salem school was established inl843,at South Salem Academy to prepare students K1800-1899 On April 16,1907,the academy trustees entered into negotiated -1900- ..LAW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE XRELIGION front of promoting educational activities, and South Salem Academy is Century homes with tree-lined streets and a population of approximately 200 the parishioners of DI
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79001937, 24 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
2 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.
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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