Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1980. 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
“Oxford station was a historic train station at South Elm and West Spring Streets in Oxford, Ohio. Oxford first received railroad service in the 1850s, when a line connecting the Chicago and Cincinnati rail networks was completed through the city.”
Wikipedia article Oxford station (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad), CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 63 National Register listings in Butler County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Butler County.
National Register reference number.80002949- 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.
August 5, 1811, at a session of the same commissioners, on petition of inhabitants of Milford Township, it was 'ordered, that so much of the township of Milford as lies within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of the county of Butler; thence south with the western boundary line of the said county of Butler to the southwest corner of township numbered five in the first range east of the meridian line drawn from the mouth of the Great Miami River; thence east with the southern boundary line of the same township to the southeast corner thereof; thence north with the eastern boundary line thereof to the north boundary line of the said county of Butler; thence west with the same to the place of beginning, - shall compose a township which shall be called and known by the name of Oxford Township." Election to be held at the house of Sylvester Lyons on the 24th day of August, 1811, for the election of township officers.
Oxford Township presents a variety of soils and surfaces: The land is generally elevated and well. adapted to grazing, the growing of wheat, and produce of all kinds. Farms are small, and the agricultural population large for the territory embraced. With the exception of two or more sections, the land belongs to the Miami University, the trustees of that institution leasing the land for ninety-nine years, renewable forever, subject to the annual payment of a quit-rent of six per cent on the purchase money.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 1,851 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Oxford Railroad Depot and Junction House between 1888 and
1975: 803 Animalia, 770 Fungi, 204 Plantae, 60 Protozoa, 13 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by ?, A. V. J.; W. G. S., A.L.; Bucholtz, I. 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 federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Oxford Railroad Depot and Junction House: 1 plant.
All of them still produce. 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Oxford, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 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.
One half mile of power poles were knocked down along State Route 732. Three trees up to 12 in diameter were snapped along Reily-Millville Road. A greenhouse was blown over on US Route 27 in Hanover Township.
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.
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From the nomination file
6,737 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
-unexposed The Junction House, constructed in 1860,has served as a railroad inn, tavern, grocery, original slanting roof made of zinc sheets. of the original woodwork and some of the lighting fixtures still remain. A small brick lean-to addition was added to the rear after the turn of the century. the B&o Railroad tracks. X altered The nominated properties flank both sides of South Elm Street, just north of its junction with placed four-window projecting dispatcher's bay is flanked by double doors with windows at each in the first story. Wooden panels are placed between the transoms and the large second date Window.sashes are two over two double hung.Large flat stone lintels and projecting lug facade.Originally, the hood included a roofed extension to provide shelter for passengers.
apartments.Originally large store rooms were to each side of the first floor hall.During story windows. The structural unit is completed in the second story by five paired casement each side.A hood supported by large wooden brackets.extends the full length of the main - prehistoric - 1400-1499 - archeology-historic _ conservation - 1500-1599 Ilterature - sculpture X architecture .education . military _ social/ _ music X 1800-1899 X commerce -industry - other (specify) became the major means of transportation, the Railroad Depot, built in 1895, was not only products, but also an important social focus for the city. As late as the 1920's, many of the Junction Railroad Company, is the Junction House.
It was built in 1860, remodeled in Regular passenger service was discontinued in the 1950's, but the building continued in use included an inspection by Bruce E. Goetzman, historical architect from Cincinnati, who found completion of the railroad, for use as a grocery and residence.
(in one paragraph) unclear and it is hoped that the nomination will promote its reuse. has been used as a residence since that time and is currently divided into four apartments. to the city's order that the depot be made safe or removed.Local preservation efforts have Areas of Significance-Check and justify below The Junction House was constructed in 1860 by Iassc & Joseph Write shortly after the - - philosophy - archeology-prehistoric .science :politics/government X transportation 1868, and during the heyday of the railroads, became a fashionable railroad inn with a The railroad first came through Oxford in the early 1850's and ran from Hamilton, Ohio to rail systems. The initial frame station in Oxford was replaced by the present one in 1895. the building to be structurally sound.
The exact future of the depot is, however, still dry ever since). George Meyers, a blacksmith by trade, operated a carriage factory to the The Oxford Railroad Depot and Junction House are significant for their representation of the tavern, dining room, and overnight accomodations. Both properties are also architecturally Rushville, Indiana.
This provided a link or "junction" between the Cincinnati and Chicago interesting to note that the Junetion House tavern was one of the last in the city to close in response to the Oxford Women's Temperance Crusade.in 1874 (the community has remained located conveniently across the street from the depot and named for the first rail enterprise, community planning role of the railroad in this small wouthwestern college community.Before the automobile for a dispatcher until 1977.It is now used only for storing railroad maintenance equipment, 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 80002949, 34 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.
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.
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.
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