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Photograph of Karrer Barn
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Karrer Barn

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 Karrer Barn is a historic barn located in Dublin, Ohio. Named after locals Emmett Karrer and George Michael Karrer, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”

Wikipedia article Karrer Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 295 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 6199 Dublin Rd., Dublin, 43017
  • When was it listed? 1979-04-11
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Washington Township MRA
  • Township. Washington township
  • National Register reference number. 79002788 - 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

333 words

The chapter on Washington Township in History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858 names Dublin. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

This township was set off and organized by its present name in 1809.. It then comprised all of what is now Washington, all of Perry and Norwich, and part of Brown; and was composed of parts of the original townships of Franklin, Darby and Liberty. The fii'st settlement in this township was commenced in the neighborhood of where Dublin now stands, about the year 1801 or 1802. Amongst the first settlers were old Mr. Ludwick Sells, from Huntington County, Pennsylvania, and his family of sons, Samuel, Peter, Benjamin and William ; the latter one of whom is still living, in the town of Dublin. An older brother, John Sells, also removed into the same neighborhood in 1808 or 1809. In 1818, he laid out the town of Dublin, which soon became a pleasant and healthy village, and of late years a place of considerable business, with a population of some three or four hundred ; a fair proportion of stores, taverns, and mechanics, and a good mill in the immedi- ate vicinity. There are four churches in the town - Methodist, Presbyterian, Newlight and Christian - all have their church buildings. Beside the churches in town, there is a respectable German Lutheran Church within a mile or two of the village, erected within the last year. In the west part of the township the religious meetings are principally held in the school houses.

Passage source: History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858.

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 Washington Township - 333 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 2,561 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,561 specimens collected within 10 miles of Karrer Barn between 1804 and 1975: 2,467 Animalia, 45 Plantae, 29 Fungi, 17 Chromista, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C Whitney, A. J. P., A. J. Penniman 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Juniperus virginiana, not of this specimenJuniperus virginiana var. virginiana1804Dr. PaddockWorthington
A photograph of the species Platanthera psycodes, not of this specimenPlatanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.1805J. R. PaddockWorthington
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1809Collector unknownWorthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Helodium paludosum, not of this specimenHelodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.1840Collector unspecified"4 miles west of Columbus"
A photograph of the species Serpoleskea confervoides, not of this specimenSerpoleskea confervoides (Brid.) Loeske1842W. S. Sullivant6 miles above Columbus
A photograph of the species Thamnophis Fitzinger, not of this specimenThamnophis Fitzinger, 18431853not recordedColumbus
A photograph of the species Vireo olivaceus, not of this specimenVireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1870not recordedFranklin, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Chaetura pelagica, not of this specimenChaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758)1873J M Wheaton
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1897United States Bureau of Fisheries, R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOhio, Scioto River, Franklin County
A photograph of the species Ameiurus nebulosus, not of this specimenAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOlentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 18191897not recordedOlentangy River, Franklin County, Franklin County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOlentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio

All 2,561 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this property

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dublin, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1997Thunderstorm WindDublin1 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDublin$100,000A large swath of trees were downed across the northern Columbus suburbs, with major damage to several homes and buildings from falling trees. More trees were downed on the southeast side of Columbus.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDublin$30,000A storm left a long narrow path of damage across the county. Numerous trees and power lines were downed and an office trailer was overturned.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Dublin$30,000A tornado made a brief touchdown in an area where downbursts were also occurring. Several homes received minor damage and numerous trees were downed.
August 2003Flash FloodDublin$20,000Sawmill and Smoky Row Roads were flooded with several vehicles stranded in high water. Numerous homes had basement flooding.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindDublin$15,000Several trees were downed and a barn was damaged.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDublin$15,000Numerous trees were uprooted and several others partially downed on Cranston Drive due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindDublin$10,000Twelve power poles were downed.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDublin$10,000Power poles were snapped and wires were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDublin$5,000Downed tree limbs and power lines blocked the roadway near Brand and Coffman Roads due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDublin$5,000Numerous trees downed. Three-quarter inch hail also fell.
August 2000HailDublin$5,000Nickel size hail fell and some trees were knocked down in Dublin.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindDublin$5,000Strong winds caused downed trees just east of Dublin. Also, dime size hail occurred in Columbus, Hilliard, and Westerville.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindDublin$5,000Trees downed.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDublin$5,000Trees were downed.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindDublin$5,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDublin$3,000Multiple trees were reported knocked down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDublin$3,000A tree fell onto an SUV.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDublin$3,000Trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDublin$3,000Large tree limbs were downed. One tree 60 feet tall and three feet in diameter was knocked down as well.
June 1999HailDublin$3,000One inch hail was also reported. Trees were knocked down, and a few were stripped by the larger 1.25 inch hail.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDublin$2,000Multiple large branches were downed across U.S. 33 East.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindDublin$2,000A few trees were downed in the Dublin area.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDublin$2,000Several large branches were reported down around the Dublin area due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDublin$2,000Three trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindDublin$2,000A few trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDublin$1,000A large decaying tree was downed.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDublin$1,000A large tree branch fell onto a house.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDublin$1,000A 19 inch diameter branch was downed due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Flash FloodDublin$1,000Street flooding and standing water in yards due to heavy rainfall was reported on the north side of Dublin.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDublin$100A large tree limb was downed.
September 2019HailDublin-Several reports of 1 to 1.75 inch diameter hail were received from the Dublin area.
July 2013Heavy RainDublin-A stream in Coffman Park came 2 feet out of its banks due to heavy rainfall.
March 2012FloodDublin-Street flooding and ponding of water in low lying areas occurred due to heavy rain.
April 2026HailDublin-no account filed
April 2024HailDublin-no account filed
July 2012HailDublin-no account filed
July 2012HailDublin-no account filed
March 2012HailDublin-no account filed
March 2011HailDublin-no account filed
March 2011HailDublin-no account filed
April 2011HailDublin-no account filed
March 2011HailDublin-no account filed
April 2011HailDublin-no account filed
May 2011HailDublin-no account filed
August 2003HailDublin-no account filed
May 2002HailDublin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin County

Map coverage status

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.

From the nomination file

297 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 reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and 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.

The whole case file for this property - 297 words, 4 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79002788, 4 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Wright, J.E. Farmunder 500 feet1979
Riley, F., Houseunder 500 feet1979
Brelsford-Seese House0.2 miles1979
Pinney, Dr. Eli, House0.2 miles1979
Marshall, David, House0.2 miles1979
Dublin Cemetery Vaults0.2 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79002788 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Franklin CountyAll 295 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.
  • 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.