BlockFrom the record
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Crawford County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
J & M Trading Post - Annex
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Leesville Rd., Leesville, 44827
- When was it listed? 1979-04-03
- Category. building
- Also known as. Leesville Village MRA
- Township. Jefferson township
- National Register reference number. 79002809 - 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
1915 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
The ground it stands on
5,439 wordsThe chapter on Jefferson Township in History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881 names Leesville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
ELIAS McCLURE, farmer ; P. 0. Gallon ; was born in Richland Co., Ohio, in 1828, and is a son of John J. and Esther McClure. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania, and father, of Washington Co., Md. The father went to Pennsylvania, where he was married and where he resided until about 1828, when they came to Richland Co., Ohio, and in about 1829, came to Crawford Co. The father entered land in what was then Jackson Township, now Jefferson, which he cleared and improved, and where he resided for about sixteen years, when he purchased a piece of land near Leesville, in the same township, where he died in
Passage source: History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881.
, ville ; was born in Crawford Co. in 1841 ; son of Dr. John McKean, who came from Columbiana Co. to Crawforil in about 1835, and settled at Leesville, where he practiced medicine for a great many years. The father now lives in Crestline, where he is also j'et practicing medicine. The subject of this sketch spent his j'outh and early manhood with his parents, and has the advantage of a good education. He is of a family of nine children, four of whom are now dead. He was married in 1863, to Wilimina Smith ; she was born in Perry Co., Penn., in 1841, and came to Crawford Co. with her parents in about 1858, Her parents settled near Leesville, where they lived and died. From this union, there are three children - Beulah B., Harry L. and Bertram S. The mother of these children died in February, 1880. Mr. McKean has always followed farming and stock-growing for a business. He and family are members of the United Brethren Church.
Passage source: History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881.
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 Jefferson Township - 5,439 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of J & M Trading Post - Annex in 2019, burning about 9 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15306 |
| 13 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15305 |
| 13 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15307 |
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 134 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 134 specimens collected within 10 miles of J & M Trading Post - Annex between 1842 and 1973: 111 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Beal, L. E., Benjamin, J. R., Chase, H. (Hazel) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1842 | William S. Sullivant | |
 | Peronospora sordida Berk. & Broome | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley |
 | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley; 40.761724 -82.873517 |
 | Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hedw.) Grout | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Drepanocladus polycarpos (Blandow ex Voit) Warnst. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1844 | not recorded | |
 | Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr. | 1897 | W.A. Kellerman | |
 | Stereum versicolor (Sw.) Fr., 1838 | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | Galion. |
 | Gymnoconia interstitialis (Schltdl.) Lagerh. | 1906 | Hieber Christina | Bucyrus |
 | Puccinia chrysanthemi Roze | 1922 | Orewiler Henry | Tiro |
 | Lythrurus fasciolaris (Gilbert, 1891) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
 | Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
All 134 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of J & M Trading Post - Annex: 2 past producers. None of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Crawford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2013: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Leesville | $200,000 | The severe storms and heavy rains which hit Galion from Wednesday night and early Thursday morning caused more than $200,000 in damages in Galion. $100,000 in damages occurred to the Gospel Baptist Church. City firefighters evacuated seven residents on Sixth Avenue when knee-high flood waters rose around 11 p.m. at the single-story apartments. A residence on Grant Street flooded, leaving the home a total loss, according to Galion Police Department. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Leesville | $35,000 | Widespread flood was occurring across the county with the worst conditions in Crestline after an estimated four inches of rain fell in 4 hours. Six homes and one business along Front Street had flood waters into the first floor. Several Streets were closed. |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited 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.
- 1915 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS North Robinson quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
From the nomination file
511 words on recordWhen 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 - 511 words, 4 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79002809, 4 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J & M Trading Post | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Leesville Town Hall | under 500 feet | 1979 |
| Col. William Crawford Capture Site | 0.3 miles | 1979 | |
| Crestline City Hall | 2.1 miles | 1974 | |
 | Heckler Farmhouse | 2.6 miles | 1976 |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church | 2.7 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002809 in Record Group 79. |
| Crawford County | All 26 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.
- 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.