St. John's Lutheran Church

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1901 1992

This property stands in Washington Township. History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858 gives that township a chapter of its own.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,375 specimens collected within 10 miles of St. John's Lutheran Church between 1804 and 1975: 2,308 Animalia, 38 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. J. P., A. Spreitzer, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande 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
	Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana	1804	Dr. Paddock	Worthington
	Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.	1805	J. R. Paddock	Worthington
	Carex comosa Boott	1809	Collector unknown	Worthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
	Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.	1840	Collector unspecified	"4 miles west of Columbus"
	Serpoleskea confervoides (Brid.) Loeske	1842	W. S. Sullivant	6 miles above Columbus
	Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)	1870	not recorded	Franklin, Ohio, USA
	Polioptila caerulea caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766)	1875	Muriealin, J	Flint?
	Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)	1877	P.N. Wheaton	Columbus
	Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)	1897	United States Bureau of Fisheries, R. Osburn & E. Williamson	Ohio, Scioto River, Franklin County
	Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)	1897	R. Osburn & E. Williamson	Olentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio
	Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819	1897	not recorded	Olentangy River, Franklin County, Franklin County, township n/a
	Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)	1897	R. Osburn & E. Williamson	Olentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio

All 2,375 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

United 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.

• 1901 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
• 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
• 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
• 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
• 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
• 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000

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 - 296 words, 5 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79002877, 5 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Myer House	under 500 feet	1979
	Louis Rings Residence	1.2 miles	1979
	Louis Rings Barn #1	1.2 miles	1979
	Louis Rings Barn #2	1.2 miles	1979
	E. Boles Cottage	1.5 miles	1979
	Walter Datz House	1.5 miles	1979