BlockFrom the record
One of 121 National Register listings published here for Lorain County · listed in 1979 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Brownhelm Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Address. Along N. Ridge Rd., Vermilion
- When was it listed? June 1979
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 79003748 - 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
1903 to 1956The ground this property stands on, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
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 Brownhelm Historic District: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Finnegan Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Birmingham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Maps showing this location
6 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.
- 1903 USGS Vermilion quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lorain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mill Hollow House, The | 1.5 miles | 1976 |
 | Amherst Town Hall | 3.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Central School | 3.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Old Amherst Freight Depot | 3.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Dean Road Bridge | 4.1 miles | 1978 |
 | South Ridge Schoolhouse | 6.0 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003748 in Record Group 79. |
| Lorain County | All 121 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.
- 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.